We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIIf 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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Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.
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When you do not name a group of people, you are compelled to look at each individual face and not treat them all as the mass.
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Here is my secret: I don’t mind what happens.
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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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The moment I am aware that I am aware, I am not aware. Awareness means the observer is not.
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The function of education is to help you from childhood not to imitate anybody, but be yourself all the time.
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The word ‘innocence’ means a mind that is incapable of being hurt.
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To meditate is to observe yourself, for you are totally responsible for your body, mind, thought.
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There is hope in people, not in society, not in systems, but in you and me.
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What you believe you experience.
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You can only be afraid of what you think you know.
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Without knowing yourself, there is no peace.
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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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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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Knowledge is an addiction, as drink; knowledge does not bring understanding. Knowledge can be taught, but not wisdom; there must be freedom from knowledge for the coming of wisdom.
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Its beautiful to be alone. To be alone does not mean to be lonely. it means the mind is not influenced and contaminated by society.
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Transformation can only take place immediately; the revolution is now, not tomorrow.
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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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If you come across fear, stare it in its eyes. Face it and you will notice that fear fades away.
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Enlightenment is an accident, but some activities make you accident-prone.
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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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Be a light unto oneself,
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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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It’s no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
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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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No book can teach you about yourself, no psychologist, none of the professors or philosophers. What they can teach you is what they think you are or what they think you should be.
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