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 has to spread all over your life. Whatsoever you do, do meditatively. Walk meditatively, eat meditatively. If you are making love, make love meditatively. Meditation has to become your life twenty-four hours a day; then only the transformation. Then you go beyond sex, you go beyond body, you go beyond mind. And for the first time you become aware of godliness, of ecstasy, of bliss, of truth, of liberation.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Meditation should permeate every aspect of life to achieve true transformation and awareness.
This quote by Rajneesh emphasizes the importance of integrating meditation into daily activities, suggesting that a meditative approach to everything we do can lead to profound personal transformation. By being fully present and mindful in each moment—whether eating, walking, or in intimate relationships—we can transcend the physical and mental limitations, ultimately gaining awareness of deeper truths such as ecstasy, bliss, and liberation.
Themes
MeditationMindfulnessTransformationAwarenessPresence
In practice
Example use cases
In a workshop about mindfulness, one could use this quote to stress the importance of incorporating meditation into all activities.
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