It is truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIIf 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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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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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 primary cause of disorder in ourselves is the seeking of reality promised by another.
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Enlightenment is an accident, but some activities make you accident-prone.
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Do not pursue what should be, but understand what is.
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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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Despair exists only when there is hope.
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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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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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Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.
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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 you do not name a group of people, you are compelled to look at each individual face and not treat them all as the mass.
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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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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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