The moment I am aware that I am aware, I am not aware. Awareness means the observer is not.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIThose who play a safe game die very safely.
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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.
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Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.
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Knowledge, idea, belief stands in the way of wisdom.
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Intuition is the whisper of the soul.
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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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It is truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.
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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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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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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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Its beautiful to be alone. To be alone does not mean to be lonely. it means the mind is not influenced and contaminated by society.
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If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.
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Be a light unto oneself,
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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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A lily or a rose never pretends, and its beauty is that it is what it is.
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The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is. Self-knowledge has no end – you don’t come to an achievement, you don’t come to a conclusion. It is an endless river.
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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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The primary cause of disorder in ourselves is the seeking of reality promised by another.
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Merely to stuff the child with a lot of information, making him pass examinations, is the most unintelligent form of education.
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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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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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Intuition is the only true guide in life.
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Do not pursue what should be, but understand what is.
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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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The moment you follow someone you cease to follow Truth.
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The word ‘innocence’ means a mind that is incapable of being hurt.
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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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