To know yourself you need not go to any book, to any priest, to any psychologist. The whole treasure is within yourself.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIYou can only be afraid of what you think you know.
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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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When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important.
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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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It is truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.
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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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Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.
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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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The moment you follow someone you cease to follow Truth.
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One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.
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There is an art of seeing things as they are: without naming, without being caught in a network of words, without thinking interfering with perception.
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Intuition is the only true guide in life.
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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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When one has an image about oneself one is surely insane, one lives in a world of illusion.
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Contentment is not happiness. Contentment is stagnation and decay, whereas happiness is life and growth.
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Despair exists only when there is hope.
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