Love, Freedom, and Aloneness: On Relationships, Sex, Meditation, and Silence

A solitary, a sannyasin—that’s what sannyasin means, a solitary being, a wanderer, absolutely happy in his aloneness. If somebody walks by his side it is okay, it is good. If somebody leaves it is also okay, it is good. He never waits for anybody and he never looks back. Alone, he is whole. This beingness, this wholeness, makes you a circle. And th

Freedom gives you the opportunity either to fall below the animals or to rise above the angels. Freedom is a ladder. One end of the ladder reaches hell, the other end touches heaven. It is the same ladder; the choice is yours, the direction has to be chosen by you.

The soul remains a seed—and it will remain a seed if you cannot find the right soil of love for it.

Your biology is your roots; your consciousness is your flowering.

Think before you desire a thing. There is every possibility it will be fulfilled, and then you will suffer. That’s what happens to a rich man. He was poor, then he desired riches, and desired and desired, and now it is fulfilled. Now he is unhappy, now he is crying and weeping and he says, “My whole life has gone accumulating worthless things, and

Love knows nothing of duty. Duty is a burden, a formality. Love is a joy, a sharing; love is informal. The lover never feels that he has done enough; the lover always feels that more was possible. The lover never feels, “I have obliged the other.” On the contrary, he feels, “Because my love has been received, I am obliged. The other has obliged me

Your blissfulness is with you whatever you are doing. It will enhance every activity, it will enrich every act that you do. Your love will have a totally different flavor. Now there will not be any hate hiding behind it; it will be simply love. There will not be even the expectation that something should be returned to you. You don’t need anything.

Do not make anyone a slave; otherwise you will become a slave.

Love is the only freedom from attachment. When you love everything you are attached to nothing.