We start making every child ambitious, and ambition means you cannot love; ambition is anti-love. Ambition needs fight, ambition needs struggle, ambition needs you to use others as a means.
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If you meditate, meditation is so beautiful, who bothers about the result? And if you bother about the result, meditation is not possible. This result oriented mind is the only barrier, the only block. There are not many blocks, the only block is that of the result oriented mind: never here-now, always somewhere else thinking of the result; while making love, thinking about the result.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Focusing on results can hinder the true experience of meditation and presence.
This quote emphasizes that the essence of meditation lies in the practice itself rather than any anticipated outcome. By fixating on results, one can become distracted and fail to immerse fully in the present moment, which is essential for a meaningful meditation experience and other aspects of life such as love.
Themes
MeditationPresenceResult OrientedMindfulnessExperience
In practice
Example use cases
In a meditation workshop to encourage participants to let go of their expectations.
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