To know yourself you need not go to any book, to any priest, to any psychologist. The whole treasure is within yourself.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIIn oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.
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The very desire to be certain, to be secure, is the beginning of bondage.It’s only when the mind is not caught in the net of certainty, and is not seeking certainty, that it is in a state of discovery.
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When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important.
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Thought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience.
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What you are the world is. And without your transformation, there can be no transformation of the world.
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If we want to change existing conditions, we must first transform ourselves, which means that we must become aware of our own actions, thoughts and feelings in everyday life.
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The fundamental factor of self-deception is this constant desire to be something in this world and in the world hereafter.
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Merely to stuff the child with a lot of information, making him pass examinations, is the most unintelligent form of education.
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All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual word, which has so unfortunately divided man.
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Without knowing yourself, there is no peace.
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Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.
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The mind has to be empty to see clearly.
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The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.
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If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.
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A lily or a rose never pretends, and its beauty is that it is what it is.
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If your eyes are blinded with your worries, you cannot see the beauty of the sunset.
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