It is truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTILook 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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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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Put away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take the journey of self-discovery.
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The word ‘innocence’ means a mind that is incapable of being hurt.
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If your eyes are blinded with your worries, you cannot see the beauty of the sunset.
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Despair exists only when there is hope.
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Here is my secret: I don’t mind what happens.
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Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.
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Knowledge, idea, belief stands in the way of wisdom.
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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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The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is. Self-knowledge has no end – you don’t come to an achievement, you don’t come to a conclusion. It is an endless river.
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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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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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The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.
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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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When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important.
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