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.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIWhat you are the world is. And without your transformation, there can be no transformation of the world.
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Most people like to live in illusions.
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Enlightenment is an accident, but some activities make you accident-prone.
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What you believe you experience.
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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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The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.
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The mind has to be empty to see clearly.
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Those who play a safe game die very safely.
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To meditate is to observe yourself, for you are totally responsible for your body, mind, thought.
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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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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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The word ‘innocence’ means a mind that is incapable of being hurt.
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Knowledge, idea, belief stands in the way of wisdom.
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Thought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience.
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The primary cause of disorder in ourselves is the seeking of reality promised by another.
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The moment you follow someone you cease to follow Truth.
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