8 Osho Quotes on Living in the Moment. THIS Moment. Right Now.

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Excerpt: Drop the mind and suddenly you become happy for no reason at all. Read our 8 Osho quotes on living in the moment and start tasting the now.

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Introduction: Moments Matter — Be Mindful

In a society that tells us that happiness is on the other side of success and that fulfillment is somewhere across a distant horizon, it’s no wonder that many of us have a hard time staying out of our mind and in the present moment.

The mindset that so many of us adopt is one of always staying busy—always chasing, always pursuing, always onto the next thing.

We wake up in the morning and think about going back to bed, we shower and think about breakfast, we eat breakfast and think about our work day ahead, we go to work and think about coming home, we arrive home and think about all of the work we left behind…  It’s exhausting.

And what’s most frustrating is that many of us don’t even realize we’re doing it until most of the day is already done (if ever)!

It’s important to remember that these states—past and future—only exist in our mind and that the only state that we can ever truly savor is the present moment—this moment that we’re in right now. 

Years… Months… Weeks… Days… Hours… Minutes… Seconds—these all boil down to bigger and smaller collections of moments.

The present moment is where we should be focusing all of our present energy.  Because if we’re living a good moment, the days will take care of themselves; if we’re living a good day, the months will take care of themselves; if we’re living a good month, the years will take care of themselves.

It’s easy to let your minutes, hours, and days stroll by when the months, years, and decades seem so far away.  What’s one minute in comparison to the length of a year?

It feels tiny and therefore insignificant.  But the truth of the matter is, there are no insignificant minutes – or even seconds – of a person’s life.

Every moment counts; every moment matters.

So, how do we make the most of our moments?  To start, we have to actually be present in the moments that are given to us.  If we’re not mentally present, how can our moments be fully enjoyed? And interestingly enough, one of the best ways to become more mentally present is to drop the mind.

We have to train ourselves to stop thinking about the past and the future and learn how to just be.  This is not to say that we shouldn’t plan ahead, goal set, prioritize, or reflect—these are crucial strategies for managing time effectively and investing our moments in ways that make the most sense for us.

But what we should do however, is designate blocked out time for the above mentioned strategies and spend all of our other moments opening our senses to the wonders of the world around us.

Below you will find 8 Osho quotes on living in the moment from the book, Fame, Fortune, and Ambition: What is the real meaning of success? that will help you drop your mind and open your senses.

Take your time to really enjoy each of his chosen words in the quotes below.  Don’t rush through these sayings and don’t skip ahead to the end.  Remember, this moment is a beautiful moment to just be and to let each word slowly simmer into your mind.  Enjoy…

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The List: 8 Osho Quotes on Living in the Moment

“If you drop the mind, suddenly you become happy for no reason at all.  Then happiness is just natural, just as you breathe.   For breathing, you need not be even aware; you simply go on breathing.  Conscious, unconscious, awake, asleep—you go on breathing.  Happiness is exactly like that.”

Osho, Fame, Fortune, and Ambition

“Each desire is born out of the past, and each desire is projected in the future.  The past and the future constitute your whole mind.  Analyze the mind, dissect it, and you will find only two things: the past and the future.  You will not find even an iota of the present, not even a single atom.  And the present is the only reality, the only existence, the only dance there is.”

Osho, Fame, Fortune, and Ambition

You ask, ‘Why am I always daydreaming about the future?’  You are daydreaming about the future because you have not tasted the present.  Start tasting the present.  Find a few moments where you are simply delighting.  Looking at the trees, just be the look.  Listening to the birds, just be a listening ear; let them reach to your deepest core.  Let their song spread all over your being.  Sitting by the side of the ocean, just listen to the wild roar of the waves, become one with it… because that wild roar of the waves has no past, no future.  If you can tune yourself with it, you will also become a wild roar.  Hug a tree and relax into it.  Feel its green shape rushing into your being.  Lie down on the sand, forget the world, commune with the sand, the coolness of it; feel the coolness saturating you.  Go to the river, swim, and let the river swim within you.  Splash around, and become the splashing.  Do whatsoever you feel you enjoy, and enjoy it totally.  In those few moments, the past and future will disappear and you will be here now.”

Osho, Fame, Fortune, and Ambition

“In the ultimate analysis of life, name and fame are just irrelevant.  All that matters in the final reckoning is how you lived each moment of your life.  Was it a joy, was it a celebration?  In small things, were you happy?  Taking a bath, sipping tea, cleaning the floor, roaming around the garden, planting trees, talking to a friend, or sitting silently with your beloved, or looking at the moon, or just listening to the birds—were you happy in all these moments?  Was each moment a transformed moment of luminous happiness, was it radiant with joy?  That’s what matters.”

Osho, Fame, Fortune, and Ambition

“Let things be.  You just go on moving, enjoying whatsoever becomes available.  If success is there, enjoy it.  If failure is there, enjoy it—because failure also brings a few enjoyments that no success can ever bring.  Success brings a few joys that no failure can ever bring.  And a person who has no idea of his own is capable of enjoying everything, whatever happens.  If he is healthy, he enjoys health; if he is ill, he rests on the bed and enjoys illness.”

Osho, Fame, Fortune, and Ambition

“Heaven is not a goal; heaven is the presence right now.  If you are present, the divine is available.  If you live in the moment, you are enlightened; there is no other enlightenment.  And then ordinary life is so extraordinary.  Then to be just a nobody is so fulfilling.  I call this whole approach sannyas: dropping the goals, the purposes, the future—becoming part of existence this very moment, not postponing it.  Then in this very moment, a great explosion is possible in you: the ego disappears, you are no more, but the divine is.  And that is bliss and that is truth.”

Osho, Fame, Fortune, and Ambition

“Yes, there are problems, I agree. There are great problems.  Life is such a hell.  Misery is there, poverty is there, violence is there, all kinds of madnesses are afloat, that’s true—but still, I insist the problem arises in the individual soul.  The problem is there because individuals are in chaos.  The total chaos is nothing but a combined phenomenon: we have all poured our chaos into it.  The world is nothing but a relationship; we are related with each other.  If I am neurotic and you are neurotic, then the relationship will be even more neurotic—it is multiplied, not just doubled.  And everybody is neurotic; hence, the world is neurotic.  The beginning has to be with you: You are the ‘world problem.’  So don’t avoid the reality of your inner world—that is the first thing.”

Osho, Fame, Fortune, and Ambition

“Live in the moment for the sheer joy of living it.  Then each moment has the quality of an orgasm.  Yes, it is orgasmic.  This is how my people have to live, with no ‘should,’ with no ‘ought,’ with no ‘must,’ with no commandment.  You are not here to become martyrs; you are here to enjoy life in its fullness.  And the only way to live, love, enjoy, is to forget the future.  It exists not.”

Osho, Fame, Fortune, and Ambition

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If you enjoyed these Osho quotes on living in the moment, you should definitely consider reading his book in full. It comes highly recommended.