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.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIKnowledge, idea, belief stands in the way of wisdom.
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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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It is truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.
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Here is my secret: I don’t mind what happens.
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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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Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.
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The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.
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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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When one has an image about oneself one is surely insane, one lives in a world of illusion.
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Intuition is the only true guide in life.
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The mind has to be empty to see clearly.
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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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There is an art of seeing things as they are: without naming, without being caught in a network of words, without thinking interfering with perception.
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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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Most people like to live in illusions.
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Transformation can only take place immediately; the revolution is now, not tomorrow.
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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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Without knowing yourself, there is no peace.
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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 moment I am aware that I am aware, I am not aware. Awareness means the observer is not.
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You can only be afraid of what you think you know.
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The crisis is not out there in the world, it is within our own consciousness.
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When you do not name a group of people, you are compelled to look at each individual face and not treat them all as the mass.
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If you find out what it is you love to do and give your whole life to it, then there is no contradiction, and in that state your being is your doing.
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It’s no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
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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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