All desiring is desiring for the futile. It leads only into frustration.

Because we cling to the past we become unavailable to the present.

She feels so contented in giving birth to a child, in helping the child to grow; and that's why she does not need any other kind of creativity. Her creative urge is fulfilled. But man is in trouble: he cannot give birth to a child, he cannot have the child in his womb. He has to find a substitute, otherwise he will always feel inferior to the woman. And deep down he does feel that he is inferior. Because of that feeling of inferiority man tries to create paintings, statues, dramas, he writes poetry, novels, explores the whole scientific world of creativity.

Pleasure is a sort of oblivion, a forgetfulness. Pain is remembrance, you cannot forget pain.

My approach is neither of attachment nor of detachment, but of simple understanding.

It is not a question of sitting silently, it is not a question of chanting a mantra. It is a question of understanding the subtle workings of the mind. As you understand those workings of the mind a great awareness arises in you, which is not of the mind. That awareness arises in your being, in your soul, in your consciousness.

Remember, meditation cannot be result-oriented; you simply meditate, that's all.