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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Meditation is nothing but an effort to drop all the foreign elements so that you can see yourself as you were before you were born, mirrored in its purity. It is a great silence and a great joy to be there, and once you start abiding there, there is no death and no time. All fear, all greed, all anger, disappears: one is just there with no idea, no desire.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Meditation helps clear the mind of distractions, allowing for a deeper understanding of oneself.
This quote by Rajneesh expresses that meditation is a practice of stripping away external influences and distractions, enabling individuals to reconnect with their true essence. In this state of pure awareness, one experiences profound peace and joy, transcending the fears and desires that often plague the mind, thus accessing a timeless and eternal presence within.
Themes
MeditationSelf-AwarenessPurityJoySilenceFearDesire
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be shared during a mindfulness workshop to emphasize the benefits of meditation.
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