A lily or a rose never pretends, and its beauty is that it is what it is.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIThe fundamental factor of self-deception is this constant desire to be something in this world and in the world hereafter.
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Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.
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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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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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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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The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.
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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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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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You can only be afraid of what you think you know.
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It is truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.
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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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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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The mind has to be empty to see clearly.
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To meditate is to observe yourself, for you are totally responsible for your body, mind, thought.
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Fear is nonacceptance of what is.
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Enlightenment is an accident, but some activities make you accident-prone.
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