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.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIThroughout life, from childhood, from school until we die, we are taught to compare ourselves with another; yet when I compare myself with another I am destroying myself.
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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 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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The word ‘innocence’ means a mind that is incapable of being hurt.
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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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You can only be afraid of what you think you know.
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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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The moment I am aware that I am aware, I am not aware. Awareness means the observer is not.
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Contentment is not happiness. Contentment is stagnation and decay, whereas happiness is life and growth.
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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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When you do not name a group of people, you are compelled to look at each individual face and not treat them all as the mass.
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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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Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.
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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 constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.
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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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