Throughout 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.
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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When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important.
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Intuition is the only true guide in life.
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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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The fundamental factor of self-deception is this constant desire to be something in this world and in the world hereafter.
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The moment you follow someone you cease to follow Truth.
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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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Merely to stuff the child with a lot of information, making him pass examinations, is the most unintelligent form of education.
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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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Do not pursue what should be, but understand what is.
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Transformation can only take place immediately; the revolution is now, not tomorrow.
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I don’t mind what happens. That is the essence of inner freedom. It is a timeless spiritual truth: release attachment to outcomes, deep inside yourself, you’ll feel good no matter what.
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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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The crisis is not out there in the world, it is within our own consciousness.
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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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You can only be afraid of what you think you know.
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