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.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIThought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience.
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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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What you are the world is. And without your transformation, there can be no transformation of the world.
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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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Without freedom from the past, there is no freedom to all.
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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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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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Transformation can only take place immediately; the revolution is now, not tomorrow.
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All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual word, which has so unfortunately divided man.
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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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The primary cause of disorder in ourselves is the seeking of reality promised by another.
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We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.
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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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Despair exists only when there is hope.
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To meditate is to observe yourself, for you are totally responsible for your body, mind, thought.
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The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.
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