Rajneesh Quotes

I'm not sitting somewhere dwelling on the past. I'm not fretting or obsessing about something in the future.

Some there are that torment themselves afresh with the memory of what is past; others, again, afflict themselves with the apprehension of evils to come; and very ridiculously both - for the one does not now concern us, and the other not yet ... One should count each day as a separate life.

Don't worry about the past and don't try to solve the future.

Don't dwell on what has passed away or what is yet to be.

And though some days it is very hard, I try not to live for the future. And I try not to dream of the past.

I don't carry the burden of the past or the madness of the future. I live in the present.

I do not believe in living in either the future or the past.

You have to live in the present, I think.

You can't really live in the past because the present is always present.

How often are you worrying about the present moment? The present moment is usually all right. If you're worrying, you're either agonizing over the past which you should have forgotten long ago, or else you're apprehensive over the future which hasn't even come yet. We tend to skip over the present moment which is the only moment God gives any of us to live.

I have to remind myself, Stop thinking about the future. Stop thinking about what happened at work today, or another choice you could have made. Just be with your kids. Just be with your friends. Enjoy your victories. Stop second-guessing things that have already happened.

If you try to live that which is past, that which IS will bypass you.

If you separate from . . . everything you have done in the past, everything that disturbs you about the future . . . and apply yourself to living the life that you are living-that is to say, the present-you can live all the time that remains to you until your death in calm, benevolence, and serenity.

I'm trying to be present, not thinking and worrying about the past or the future. That's such a waste of time, you know?

To quote the Tsalagi, you should never allow your yesterday to use up too much of today. The past is gone and tomorrow is at best a maybe. Live for this moment because it may be all you'll ever have.

I really - I try not to look ahead too far into the future and really just appreciate the here and now.

My life is every moment of my life. It is not a culmination of the past.

The real enemies of our life are the 'oughts' and the 'ifs.' They pull us backward into the unalterable past and forward into the unpredictable future. But real life takes place in the here and now.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

I'm ready to live in the present - not the past and not in the future - because in the present is where there's peace.

No matter how happy I had been in the past I do not long for it. The present is always the moment for which I love.

Die to the past every moment. You don't need it. Only refer to it when it is absolutely relevant to the present. Feel the power of this moment and the fullness of Being. Feel your presence.

Our whole energy remains blocked either in the past or in the future. When you withdraw all your energy from past and future a tremendous explosion happens.

When we enter the present moment deeply, our regrets and sorrows disappear, and we discover life with all its wonders.

It isn't the great big pleasures that count the most; it's making a great deal out of the little ones--I've discovered the true secret of happiness, Daddy, and that is to live in the now. Not to be for ever regretting the past, or anticipating the future; but to get the most that you can out of this very instant.