When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIRelationship is a mirror in which you can see yourself, not as you would wish to be, but as you are.
More Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes
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Religion, politics, society are exploiting you, and you are being conditioned by them; you are being forced in a particular direction. You are not human beings; you are mere cogs in a machine.
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The primary cause of disorder in ourselves is the seeking of reality promised by another.
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Here is my secret: I don’t mind what happens.
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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 moment you follow someone you cease to follow Truth.
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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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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 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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We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer 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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It’s no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
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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 moment I am aware that I am aware, I am not aware. Awareness means the observer is not.
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Using another as a means of satisfaction and security is not love. Love is never security; love is a state in which there is no desire to be secure; it is a state of vulnerability.
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If your eyes are blinded with your worries, you cannot see the beauty of the sunset.
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Thought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience.
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Enlightenment is an accident, but some activities make you accident-prone.
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Knowledge, idea, belief stands in the way of wisdom.
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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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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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Contentment is not happiness. Contentment is stagnation and decay, whereas happiness is life and growth.
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Be a light unto oneself,
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Look what is happening in the world – we are being conditioned by society, by the culture we live in, and that culture is the product of man. There is nothing holy, or divine, or eternal about culture.
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The crisis is not out there in the world, it is within our own consciousness.
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Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.
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