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.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIThe constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.
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Enlightenment is an accident, but some activities make you accident-prone.
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Despair exists only when there is hope.
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The word ‘innocence’ means a mind that is incapable of being hurt.
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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 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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If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.
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Knowledge is an addiction, as drink; knowledge does not bring understanding. Knowledge can be taught, but not wisdom; there must be freedom from knowledge for the coming of wisdom.
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Knowledge, idea, belief stands in the way of wisdom.
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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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The moment I am aware that I am aware, I am not aware. Awareness means the observer is not.
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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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If we want to change existing conditions, we must first transform ourselves, which means that we must become aware of our own actions, thoughts and feelings in everyday life.
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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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To 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.
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Thought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience.
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