The Magic of Self-Respect

Every idea takes you away from yourself; hence the definition of meditation: a state of consciousness without any ideas.

Gautam the Buddha says, “If you meet me on the path cut my head off immediately, because what am I doing there?—disturbing you.

the definition of meditation is to be in a state of mind where no ideas exist, not even the idea of God.

individual need for self expression and creativity, and the need for the whole to function in harmony.

burdens of these imposed beliefs and superstitions

nine months he travels such a long journey; from being almost nothing he becomes a being. In nine months he passes through millions of years of evolution, from the very first being up to now. He passes through all the phases.

exposes a tremendously significant point within your being. Why do you feel afraid of dropping the idea of God? Certainly the idea of God is somehow preventing you from being afraid; so the moment you drop it, you start feeling afraid. It is a kind of psychological protection, that’s what it is.
The child is bound to be afraid. But in the mother’s womb he is not afraid—I have not heard that any child in the mother’s womb ever thinks of going to the synagogue or to the church, or reading the Bible or the Koran or the Gita, or even bothers about whether there is a God or not. I cannot conceive that a child in the mother’s womb will in any way be interested in God, in the Devil, in heaven, in hell. For what? He is already in paradise. Things cannot be better than they are.

Every idea takes you away from yourself; hence the definition of meditation: a state of consciousness without any ideas.

Whatever you ask, never ask a ready-made question, never ask a stereotyped question. Ask something that is immediately concerned with you, something that is meaningful to you, that carries some transforming message for you. Ask that question upon which your life depends.

It is my life and I have to live it.”