To meditate is to observe yourself, for you are totally responsible for your body, mind, thought.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIIntuition is the whisper of the soul.
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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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Fear is the destructive energy in man. It withers the mind, it distorts thought, it leads to all kinds of extraordinarily clever and subtle theories, absurd superstitions, dogmas, and beliefs.
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Be a light unto oneself,
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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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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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What you believe you experience.
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It’s no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
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The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.
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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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Fear is nonacceptance of what is.
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Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.
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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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You can only be afraid of what you think you know.
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Here is my secret: I don’t mind what happens.
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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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The moment you follow someone you cease to follow Truth.
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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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Transformation can only take place immediately; the revolution is now, not tomorrow.
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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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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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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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The function of education is to help you from childhood not to imitate anybody, but be yourself all the time.
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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 word ‘innocence’ means a mind that is incapable of being hurt.
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Thought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience.
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