Put away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take the journey of self-discovery.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIThroughout 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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If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.
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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 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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Those who play a safe game die very safely.
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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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Be a light unto oneself,
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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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When one has an image about oneself one is surely insane, one lives in a world of illusion.
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Transformation can only take place immediately; the revolution is now, not tomorrow.
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When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important.
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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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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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There is hope in people, not in society, not in systems, but in you and me.
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Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.
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