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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When you cry and weep, when you are miserable, you are alone. When you celebrate, the whole existence participates with you. Only in celebration do we meet the ultimate, the eternal. Only in celebration do we go beyond the circle of birth and death.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Celebration connects us to the essence of existence, while sorrow isolates us.
This quote by Rajneesh highlights the profound difference between experiences of sorrow and joy. While moments of grief may leave us feeling isolated and alone, celebration creates a shared connection with the universe, allowing us to transcend the cycle of life and death. It suggests that joy and celebration are essential to experiencing the depth of existence and our place within it.
Themes
CelebrationExistenceSorrowJoyLifeTranscendence
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be shared at a wedding to emphasize the joy of celebration.
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