When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIThought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience.
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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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Fear is nonacceptance of what is.
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There is hope in people, not in society, not in systems, but in you and me.
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Those who play a safe game die very safely.
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Using another as a means of satisfaction and security is not love. Love is never security; love is a state in which there is no desire to be secure; it is a state of vulnerability.
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Here is my secret: I don’t mind what happens.
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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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Intuition is the whisper of the soul.
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You can only be afraid of what you think you know.
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Only when the mind is still, tranquil, not expecting or grasping or resisting a single thing, is it possible to see what is true. It is the truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.
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If you come across fear, stare it in its eyes. Face it and you will notice that fear fades away.
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To know yourself you need not go to any book, to any priest, to any psychologist. The whole treasure is within yourself.
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You want to be loved because you do not love; but the moment you love, it is finished, you are no longer inquiring whether or not somebody loves you.
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Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.
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One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.
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Put away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take the journey of self-discovery.
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Relationship is a mirror in which you can see yourself, not as you would wish to be, but as you are.
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The mind has to be empty to see clearly.
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Without freedom from the past, there is no freedom to all.
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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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Change in society is of secondary importance; that will come about naturally, inevitably, when you as a human being bring about the change in yourself.
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Enlightenment is an accident, but some activities make you accident-prone.
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The primary cause of disorder in ourselves is the seeking of reality promised by another.
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The moment you follow someone you cease to follow Truth.
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The crisis is not out there in the world, it is within our own consciousness.
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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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