A THREAD on timeless ideas by Jiddu Krishnamurti:
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It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
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It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
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Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased.
Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased.
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There is no end to education.
It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education.
The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.
There is no end to education.
It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education.
The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.
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You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it.
That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing, and dance, and write poems, and suffer, and understand, for all that is life.
You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it.
That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing, and dance, and write poems, and suffer, and understand, for all that is life.
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When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important.
When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important.
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The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is.
Self-knowledge has no end - you don't come to an achievement, you don't come to a conclusion.
It is an endless river.
The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is.
Self-knowledge has no end - you don't come to an achievement, you don't come to a conclusion.
It is an endless river.
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Follow the wandering, the distraction, find out why the mind has wandered; pursue it, go into it fully.
When the distraction is completely understood, then that particular distraction is gone.
When another comes, pursue it also.
Follow the wandering, the distraction, find out why the mind has wandered; pursue it, go into it fully.
When the distraction is completely understood, then that particular distraction is gone.
When another comes, pursue it also.
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Find out for yourself what are the possessions and ideals that you do not desire.
By knowing what you do not want, by elimination, you will unburden the mind, and only then will it understand the essential which is ever there.
Find out for yourself what are the possessions and ideals that you do not desire.
By knowing what you do not want, by elimination, you will unburden the mind, and only then will it understand the essential which is ever there.
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To understand the immeasurable, the mind must be extraordinarily quiet, still.
To understand the immeasurable, the mind must be extraordinarily quiet, still.
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Meditation is freedom from thought and a movement in the ecstasy of truth.
Meditation is explosion of intelligence.
Meditation is freedom from thought and a movement in the ecstasy of truth.
Meditation is explosion of intelligence.
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It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.
It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.
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It is truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.
It is truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.
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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.
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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Governments want efficient technicians, not human beings, because human beings become dangerous to governments – and to organized religions as well.
That is why governments and religious organizations seek to control education.
Governments want efficient technicians, not human beings, because human beings become dangerous to governments – and to organized religions as well.
That is why governments and religious organizations seek to control education.
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To understand life is to understand ourselves, and that is both the beginning and the end of education.
To understand life is to understand ourselves, and that is both the beginning and the end of education.
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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.
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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If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem.
If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem.
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The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.
The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.
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