There is an art of seeing things as they are: without naming, without being caught in a network of words, without thinking interfering with perception.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIA lily or a rose never pretends, and its beauty is that it is what it is.
More Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes
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Discipline does not mean suppression and control, nor is it adjustment to a pattern or ideology. It means a mind that sees ‘what is’ and learns from ‘what was’.
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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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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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If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.
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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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The moment I am aware that I am aware, I am not aware. Awareness means the observer is not.
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To ask the ‘right’ question is far more important than to receive the answer. The solution of a problem lies in the understanding of the problem; the answer is not outside the problem, it is in the problem.
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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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Look what is happening in the world – we are being conditioned by society, by the culture we live in, and that culture is the product of man. There is nothing holy, or divine, or eternal about culture.
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Those who play a safe game die very safely.
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Be a light unto oneself,
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The moment you follow someone you cease to follow Truth.
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Throughout life, from childhood, from school until we die, we are taught to compare ourselves with another; yet when I compare myself with another I am destroying myself.
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Religion, politics, society are exploiting you, and you are being conditioned by them; you are being forced in a particular direction. You are not human beings; you are mere cogs in a machine.
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Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.
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Fear is nonacceptance of what is.
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In 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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From innumerable complexities we must grow to simplicity; we must become simple in our inward life and in our outward needs.
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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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It’s no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
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If your eyes are blinded with your worries, you cannot see the beauty of the sunset.
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Enlightenment is an accident, but some activities make you accident-prone.
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There is hope in people, not in society, not in systems, but in you and me.
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To be free comes not from changing or fixing this world, but from seeing this world as it is and opening the heart in the midst of it.
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To meditate is to observe yourself, for you are totally responsible for your body, mind, thought.
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