You can only be afraid of what you think you know.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIAll 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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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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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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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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Be a light unto oneself,
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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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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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Intuition is the whisper of the soul.
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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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To know yourself you need not go to any book, to any priest, to any psychologist. The whole treasure is within yourself.
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One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.
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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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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 I am aware that I am aware, I am not aware. Awareness means the observer is not.
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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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Put away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take the journey of self-discovery.
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A lily or a rose never pretends, and its beauty is that it is what it is.
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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 ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.
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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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Only when the mind is still, tranquil, not expecting or grasping or resisting a single thing, is it possible to see what is true. It is the truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.
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When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important.
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No book can teach you about yourself, no psychologist, none of the professors or philosophers. What they can teach you is what they think you are or what they think you should be.
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Intuition is the only true guide in life.
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The crisis is not out there in the world, it is within our own consciousness.
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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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