I don’t mind what happens. That is the essence of inner freedom. It is a timeless spiritual truth: release attachment to outcomes, deep inside yourself, you’ll feel good no matter what.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIThe moment I am aware that I am aware, I am not aware. Awareness means the observer is not.
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If your eyes are blinded with your worries, you cannot see the beauty of the sunset.
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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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There is hope in people, not in society, not in systems, but in you and me.
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Merely to stuff the child with a lot of information, making him pass examinations, is the most unintelligent form of education.
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Intuition is the whisper of the soul.
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Despair exists only when there is hope.
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The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.
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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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Contentment is not happiness. Contentment is stagnation and decay, whereas happiness is life and growth.
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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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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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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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Without knowing yourself, there is no peace.
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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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From innumerable complexities we must grow to simplicity; we must become simple in our inward life and in our outward needs.
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We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.
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Be a light unto oneself,
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The mind has to be empty to see clearly.
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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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The moment you follow someone you cease to follow Truth.
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Transformation can only take place immediately; the revolution is now, not tomorrow.
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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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Without freedom from the past, there is no freedom to all.
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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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Thought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience.
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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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