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“To me, each individual is far more valuable than society as a whole.”

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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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“This whole society, up to now, has been very violent with the individual. It does not believe in the individual; it is against the individual. It tries in every possible way to destroy you for its own purposes. It needs clerks, it needs stationmasters, deputy-collectors, policemen, magistrates, it needs soldiers. It does not need human beings.”

Way Needs Trying Believe Humans Doe Has Beens Whole Purpose Individual Human Beings Society Soldier Violent Policemen Collectors Clerks Magistrates Deputies

Author:Rajneesh

“Because all the societies, all the nations, all the cultures, have taken it for granted that the individuals exist for them, not vice-versa. To me, just the opposite is the case: the society exists for the individual, the culture exists for the individual, the nation exists for the individual. Everything can be sacrificed, but the individual cannot be sacrificed for anything. Individuality is the very flowering of existence - nothing is higher than it. But no culture, no society, no civilization is ready to accept a simple truth.”

Culture Individual Nations Simple Existence Accepting Cases Taken Society Ready Higher Civilization Opposites Individuality Vices Granted Vice Versa Flowering Simple Truths

Author:Rajneesh

“The society wants you to have beautiful personalities; the society wants you to have personalities which are comfortable for the society, convenient for the society. But the person is not the real thing, the individual is the real thing. The individual is not necessarily always comfortable to the society - in fact he is very inconvenient.”

Want Persons Real Facts Beautiful Individual Society Personality Comfortable Convenient Real Things Inconvenient Beautiful Person

Author:Rajneesh

“During the first seven years, every society tries to condition the mind - and conditioning means nothing but hypnosis: forcing authority, law, tradition, religion, scripture, the priest, the church, into the innermost unconscious of the child so that from there you can control him.”

Trying Years Mind Firsts Mean Children Law Church Society Conditions Authority Tradition Seven Scripture Unconscious Priests Seven Years Conditioning Hypnosis

Author:Rajneesh

“All the great masters in the world have been saying only one thing down the centuries, "Have your own mind and have your own individuality. Don't be a part of the crowd; don't be a wheel in the whole mechanism of a vast society. Be individual, on your own. Live life with your own eyes; listen to music with your own ears." But we are not doing anything with our own ears, with our own eyes, with our own minds; everything is being taught, and we are following it.”

World Mind Has Beens Whole Eye Individual One Thing Society Century Taught Masters Ears Individuality Crowds Following Live Life Wheels Mechanism Listening To Music

Author:Rajneesh

“The individual has totally different interests from the society, because the society has no soul. The society is soulless. And if you become too much a part of the society, it will reduce your soul also to a non-entity. Beware, before you have lost your whole opportunity. Don't be a slave. Follow society to the point you feel is needed, but always remain master of your own destiny.”

Ifs Feels Different Soul Whole Opportunity Individual Lost Interest Destiny Too Much Society Masters Needed Slave Your Soul Entity Be A Slave Soulless

Author:Rajneesh

“Remember, character is not of much value. What is valuable is consciousness - not conscience but consciousness. Conscience is created by the society. The more foolish you are, the more the society is able to create a conscience in you. It gives you an idea how to live your life. It manipulates you in a very subtle way. It hypnotizes you and conditions you. And the conditioning is so long that you forget completely that these are not your ideas.”

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Author:Rajneesh

“Society is just a structure with no soul. The soul is of the individual. One individual outweighs all societies. And, one individual's revolution outweighs all revolutions in the whole of history, because one man can become the womb for God to be reborn.”

Men Soul Whole Individual Society Revolution Structure One Man Womb Reborn

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“The more you become a part of society, the less and less you are an individual, the less and less you are spontaneous - because the very membership in the society will not allow you to be spontaneous. You will have to follow the rules of the game. If you enter a society, you accept to follow those rules that the society is playing, or has decided to play.”

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Author:Rajneesh

“Consciousness is much more than the thorn, it is the dagger in the flesh.”

Consciousness Conscious Flesh Daggers

Book:The Trouble with Being Born

Source: The Trouble with Being Born