Creativity

Try to see the delicate distinction. For example, you are hungry, then you eat—this is action. But you are not hungry, you don’t feel any hunger at all, and still you go on eating—this is activity. This eating is a kind of violence: you destroy food, you crush your teeth together and destroy food; it gives you a little release of your inner restles... See more

are no worries, no anguish, no anxiety.

Self-consciousness is morbidity. Self-consciousness is a frozen state, blocked. It is like a dirty pool—going nowhere, just drying out, evaporating and dying. Of course, it stinks.

That’s the paradox of creativity. If you see a painter painting, certainly he is active, utterly active, madly active—he is all action. Or if you see a dancer dancing, he is all action. But still, deep down there is no actor, no doer; there is only silence. Hence I say creativity is a state of paradox. All beautiful states are paradoxical. The high... See more

Self-consciousness is always afraid, always trembling. And you always need support from others–somebody to appreciate you, somebody to clap; somebody to say how beautiful you are or how intelligent.

And that is the essence of wisdom—to be in harmony with nature, with the natural rhythm of the universe. And whenever you are in harmony with the natural rhythm of the universe, you are a poet, you are a painter, you are a musician, you are a dancer.

Only in a horizontal position can you fall asleep—you

Consciousness is health, self-consciousness is disease—something

and he said, “The more I ponder, the more it becomes unknowable. The more I know, the more difficult it becomes to say that I know.

Action is not activity; activity is not action. Their natures are diametrically opposite. Action is when the situation demands it and you act, you respond. Activity is when the situation doesn’t matter, it is not a response; you are so restless within that the situation is just an excuse to be active.