When one has an image about oneself one is surely insane, one lives in a world of illusion.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIContentment is not happiness. Contentment is stagnation and decay, whereas happiness is life and growth.
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Do not pursue what should be, but understand what is.
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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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Enlightenment is an accident, but some activities make you accident-prone.
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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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Be a light unto oneself,
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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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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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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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What you are the world is. And without your transformation, there can be no transformation of the world.
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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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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 ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.
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Where there is love, do what you will, it will be right action. It will never bring conflict to one’s life. In the flame of love, all fear is consumed.
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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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Transformation can only take place immediately; the revolution is now, not tomorrow.
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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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We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer 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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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 mind has to be empty to see clearly.
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Thought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience.
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Despair exists only when there is hope.
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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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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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Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.
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