Contentment is not happiness. Contentment is stagnation and decay, whereas happiness is life and growth.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIIt is truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.
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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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Without freedom from the past, there is no freedom to all.
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Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.
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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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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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If your eyes are blinded with your worries, you cannot see the beauty of the sunset.
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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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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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Here is my secret: I don’t mind what happens.
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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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It is truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.
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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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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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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.
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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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