Without freedom from the past, there is no freedom to all.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIWhen one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important.
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All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual word, which has so unfortunately divided man.
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The function of education is to help you from childhood not to imitate anybody, but be yourself all the time.
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Change in society is of secondary importance; that will come about naturally, inevitably, when you as a human being bring about the change in yourself.
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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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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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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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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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You can only be afraid of what you think you know.
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Put away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take the journey of self-discovery.
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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 moment I am aware that I am aware, I am not aware. Awareness means the observer is not.
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Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.
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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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Do not pursue what should be, but understand what is.
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To know yourself you need not go to any book, to any priest, to any psychologist. The whole treasure is within yourself.
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