The fundamental factor of self-deception is this constant desire to be something in this world and in the world hereafter.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTINo 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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Do not pursue what should be, but understand what is.
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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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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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Most people like to live in illusions.
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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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When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important.
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Contentment is not happiness. Contentment is stagnation and decay, whereas happiness is life and growth.
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Be a light unto oneself,
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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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Here is my secret: I don’t mind what happens.
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From innumerable complexities we must grow to simplicity; we must become simple in our inward life and in our outward needs.
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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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It’s no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
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Despair exists only when there is hope.
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