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.
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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The moment I am aware that I am aware, I am not aware. Awareness means the observer is not.
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Fear is nonacceptance of what is.
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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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Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding 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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There is hope in people, not in society, not in systems, but in you and me.
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The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.
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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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In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.
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The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.
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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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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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A lily or a rose never pretends, and its beauty is that it is what it is.
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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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When one has an image about oneself one is surely insane, one lives in a world of illusion.
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