Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIWhen 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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You can only be afraid of what you think you know.
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It is truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.
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When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important.
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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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There is hope in people, not in society, not in systems, but in you and me.
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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 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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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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Fear is nonacceptance of what is.
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The crisis is not out there in the world, it is within our own consciousness.
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Contentment is not happiness. Contentment is stagnation and decay, whereas happiness is life and growth.
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The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.
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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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The fundamental factor of self-deception is this constant desire to be something in this world and in the world hereafter.
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From innumerable complexities we must grow to simplicity; we must become simple in our inward life and in our outward needs.
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