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 KRISHNAMURTIIf you come across fear, stare it in its eyes. Face it and you will notice that fear fades away.
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To ask the ‘right’ question is far more important than to receive the answer. The solution of a problem lies in the understanding of the problem; the answer is not outside the problem, it is in the problem.
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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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Fear is nonacceptance of what is.
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You can only be afraid of what you think you know.
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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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What you are the world is. And without your transformation, there can be no transformation of the world.
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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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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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If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.
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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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Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.
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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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The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.
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Its beautiful to be alone. To be alone does not mean to be lonely. it means the mind is not influenced and contaminated by society.
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The word ‘innocence’ means a mind that is incapable of being hurt.
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