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.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTITo meditate is to observe yourself, for you are totally responsible for your body, mind, thought.
More Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes
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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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Put away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take the journey of self-discovery.
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The crisis is not out there in the world, it is within our own consciousness.
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Do not pursue what should be, but understand what is.
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Contentment is not happiness. Contentment is stagnation and decay, whereas happiness is life and growth.
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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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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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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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The moment I am aware that I am aware, I am not aware. Awareness means the observer is not.
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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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The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.
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To ask the ‘right’ question is far more important than to receive the answer. The solution of a problem lies in the understanding of the problem; the answer is not outside the problem, it is in the problem.
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One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.
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You can only be afraid of what you think you know.
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If you find out what it is you love to do and give your whole life to it, then there is no contradiction, and in that state your being is your doing.
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