CLOTHING IS NOT JUST CLOTHING. It has a philosophy, and a very insane one. Then the body is divided, then the mind is divided. Then the conscious, unconscious, subconscious -- and divisions go on growing. And in the end a child is born as a unity, and the same child dies as a crowd -- as a crowd! totally a madhouse! EVERYWHERE HE HAS BEEN DIVIDED, and between these divisions there is constant conflict, struggle; and the energy is dissipated. And you really never die; you kill yourself. We are all committing suicide, because this dissipation of energy is suicide. So it is rare that a […]

I LOVE MANKIND, but the way they are, they need immense changes. And because I propose those changes, they become hostile. Because they think I am taking away very precious things from them, AND I AM TAKING AWAY ONLY THEIR CHAINS. But they have been in those chains for centuries. They have already accepted them as ornaments. So my compassion and my love and my concern only create hostility in them. IN THE FRENCH REVOLUTION IT HAPPENED that there was in France a castle, Bastille, where they used to imprison people who were sentenced to remain in the prison till they die. Their hands and […]

ONE OF THE GREATEST SOURCES OF EGOLESS EXPERIENCES IS SEX, LOVE. That too has been destroyed by the priests; they have condemned it, so it is no more such a great experience. Such a condemnation for so long, IT HAS CONDITIONED THE MINDS OF PEOPLE. Even while they are making love, they know deep down that they are doing something wrong; some guilt is lurking somewhere. And this is so even for the most modern, the most contemporary, even the younger generation. On the surface, you may have revolted against the society; on the surface you may no more be a conformist. BUT THINGS HAVE GONE […]