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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 Krishnamurti

Enlightenment is an accident, but some activities make you accident-prone.
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Enlightenment Freedom Spiritual
The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.
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Ability Inspirational Intelligence Judgement
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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Deception Desire Fundamental
Thought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience.
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Character Clever Thinking
Those who play a safe game die very safely.
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Death Games One Liner Play Safety
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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Beginning Desire Discovery Mindset Seek
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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Desire Love Mean Secure Vulnerable
It is very easy to conform to what your society or your parents and teachers tell you. That is a safe and easy way of existing; but that is not living; To live is to find out for yourself what is true.
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Existence Life Parents Philosophy Reality Teacher
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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Life Love Politics Religious World
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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Book Deep Philosophy Yourself
If you come across fear, stare it in its eyes. Face it and you will notice that fear fades away.
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Courage Eye Fade Fear Inspirational Motivational Strength
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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Direction Force Politics Religion Suffering
There is hope in people, not in society, not in systems, but in you and me.
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Hope People
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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Change Human Importance Yourself
The moment I am aware that I am aware, I am not aware. Awareness means the observer is not.
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Awareness Deep Moments Myself Philosophy
The function of education is to help you from childhood not to imitate anybody, but be yourself all the time.
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Education Motivational Time Yourself

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.

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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.

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