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.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIOne is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.
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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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Enlightenment is an accident, but some activities make you accident-prone.
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Fear is nonacceptance of what is.
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Where there is love, do what you will, it will be right action. It will never bring conflict to one’s life. In the flame of love, all fear is consumed.
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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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It is truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.
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To meditate is to observe yourself, for you are totally responsible for your body, mind, thought.
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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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The function of education is to help you from childhood not to imitate anybody, but be yourself all the time.
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Despair exists only when there is hope.
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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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Here is my secret: I don’t mind what happens.
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Relationship is a mirror in which you can see yourself, not as you would wish to be, but as you are.
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Do not pursue what should be, but understand what is.
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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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