The primary cause of disorder in ourselves is the seeking of reality promised by another.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIDiscipline 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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A lily or a rose never pretends, and its beauty is that it is what it is.
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You want to be loved because you do not love; but the moment you love, it is finished, you are no longer inquiring whether or not somebody loves you.
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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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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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Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.
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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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Fear is nonacceptance of what is.
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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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Put away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take the journey of self-discovery.
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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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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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Knowledge, idea, belief stands in the way of wisdom.
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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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Here is my secret: I don’t mind what happens.
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Be a light unto oneself,
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Despair exists only when there is hope.
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Enlightenment is an accident, but some activities make you accident-prone.
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Most people like to live in illusions.
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Do not pursue what should be, but understand what is.
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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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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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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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One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.
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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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There is hope in people, not in society, not in systems, but in you and me.
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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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