The function of education is to help you from childhood not to imitate anybody, but be yourself all the time.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIIf you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.
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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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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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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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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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What you believe you experience.
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You can only be afraid of what you think you know.
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Fear is nonacceptance of what is.
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The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.
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Despair exists only when there is hope.
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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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We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.
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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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Knowledge, idea, belief stands in the way of wisdom.
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Be a light unto oneself,
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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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Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.
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Throughout life, from childhood, from school until we die, we are taught to compare ourselves with another; yet when I compare myself with another I am destroying myself.
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Where there is love, do what you will, it will be right action. It will never bring conflict to one’s life. In the flame of love, all fear is consumed.
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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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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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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 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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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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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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The mind has to be empty to see clearly.
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