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.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTITo 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.
More Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes
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When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important.
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The primary cause of disorder in ourselves is the seeking of reality promised by another.
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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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Without freedom from the past, there is no freedom to all.
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The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.
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Relationship is a mirror in which you can see yourself, not as you would wish to be, but as you are.
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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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Intuition is the whisper of the soul.
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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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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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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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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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If you find out what it is you love to do and give your whole life to it, then there is no contradiction, and in that state your being is your doing.
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Fear is nonacceptance of what is.
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