“My grandfather ... had raised me with absolute freedom, no inhibitions, no suppressions, and no commandments.Love with freedom—if you have it, you are a king or a queen. That is the real kingdom of God—love with freedom. Love gives you the roots into the earth, and freedom gives you the wings.”

—  Rajneesh

Source: Autobiography of a Spiritually Incorrect Mystic (2000), p. 25

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