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“If your love leads to misery, it was from the ego. If your love leads to a beautiful benediction, a blessedness, it was from nature. If your friendship, even your meditation, leads you to misery, it was from the ego. If it were from nature everything would fit in, everything would become harmonious. Nature is wonderful, nature is beautiful, but you have to work it out.”

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Rajneesh, originally named Chandra Mohan Jain, was an Indian spiritual teacher and writer. Born on December 11, 1931, and passed away on January 19, 1990, he is known for his unique teachings and lifestyle that attracted followers from around the world. more

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“But in the West it is very easy to dissolve the ego. So whenever a Western seeker reaches an understanding that ego is the problem he can easily dissolve it, more easily than any Eastern seeker. This is the paradox - in the West ego is taught, in the East egolessness is taught. But in the West it is easy to dissolve the ego, in the East it is very difficult.”

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