Enlightenment is an accident, but some activities make you accident-prone.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIOne is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.
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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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The mind has to be empty to see clearly.
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The moment you follow someone you cease to follow Truth.
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When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important.
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Most people like to live in illusions.
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When one has an image about oneself one is surely insane, one lives in a world of illusion.
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The primary cause of disorder in ourselves is the seeking of reality promised by another.
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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 moment I am aware that I am aware, I am not aware. Awareness means the observer is not.
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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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Fear is the destructive energy in man. It withers the mind, it distorts thought, it leads to all kinds of extraordinarily clever and subtle theories, absurd superstitions, dogmas, and beliefs.
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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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Contentment is not happiness. Contentment is stagnation and decay, whereas happiness is life and growth.
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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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If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.
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