Relationship is a mirror in which you can see yourself, not as you would wish to be, but as you are.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIThe 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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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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Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.
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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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It is very easy to conform to what your society or your parents and teachers tell you. That is a safe and easy way of existing; but that is not living; To live is to find out for yourself what is true.
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Do not pursue what should be, but understand what is.
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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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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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Contentment is not happiness. Contentment is stagnation and decay, whereas happiness is life and growth.
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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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Without freedom from the past, there is no freedom to all.
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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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Fear is nonacceptance of what is.
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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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I don’t mind what happens. That is the essence of inner freedom. It is a timeless spiritual truth: release attachment to outcomes, deep inside yourself, you’ll feel good no matter what.
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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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