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The Hindu, The Oriental, Says That The Physical Is But The Shadow Of The Eternal, Of The Truth; And He Says 'in Order To Understand The Truth, I Must Let The Shadow Go, And Not Concern Myself With It, But With The Understanding Of The Eternal.' So He Does Not Concern Himself With The Physical. He Is More Concerned With The Quality Of Mind And Heart. Hence There Is Disease, There Is Disorder, And There Is Chaos And Neglect And The Gradual Running Down Of The Physical.

-Jiddu Krishnamurti

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Jiddu Krishnamurti

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The Hindu, The Oriental, Says That The Physical Is But The Shadow Of The Eternal, Of The Truth; And He Says 'in Order To Understand The Truth, I Must Let The Shadow Go, And Not Concern Myself With It, But With The Understanding Of The Eternal.' So He Does Not Concern Himself With The Physical. He Is More Concerned With The Quality Of Mind And Heart. Hence There Is Disease, There Is Disorder, And There Is Chaos And Neglect And The Gradual Running Down Of The Physical.

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As The World Has To Attain The Fulfilment Of Eternal Life, To Me It Does Not In The Least Matter What I Am Called -'enlightened One', 'son Of God', Or Something Else. To Me, It Has No Purpose - As Little As When The Buddha Said, 'i Am The Enlightened One'.

Only When Your Hearts Are Empty Of The Things Of The Mind, Is There Love. Then You Will Know What It Is To Love Without Separation, Without Distance, Without Time, Without Fear.

Space And Time Are Real For The Man Who Is Yet Imperfect, And Space Is Divided For Him Into Dimensions; Time, Into Past, Present, And Future.

There Is No Tranquility In Ideas.

Without An Integrated Understanding Of Life, Our Individual And Collective Problems Will Only Deepen And Extend. The Purpose Of Education Isn't To Produce Mere Scholars, Technicians And Job Hunters, But Integrated Men And Women Who Are Free Of Fear; For Only Between Such Human Beings Can There Be Enduring Peace.

There Is No Partial Sensitivity; Either It Is The State Of One's Whole Being, Total Consciousness Or It Is Not There At All

Love, And Don't Be Caught In Opinions And Ideas About What Love Is Or Should Be.

True Understanding Is Possible Only When We Are Fully Conscious Of Our Thought, Not As An Operative Observer On This Thought, But Completely And Without The Intervention Of A Choice.

Relationship Is Action, Is It Not? Action Has Meaning Only In Relationship; Without Understanding Relationship, Action On Any Level Will Only Breed Conflict. The Understanding Of Relationship Is Infinitely More Important Than The Search For Any Plan Of Action. The Ideology, The Pattern For Action, Prevents Action. Action Based On Ideology Hinders The Understanding Of Relationship Between Man And Man.

The Earth Doesn't Belong To Anyone. It Is The Land Upon Which All Of Us Are To Live For Many Years, Ploughing, Reaping And Destroying. You Are Always A Guest On This Earth And Have The Austerity Of A Guest. Austerity Is Far Deeper Than Owning Only A Few Things. The Very Word Austerity Has Been Spoilt By The Monks, By The Sannyasis, By The Hermits. Sitting On That High Hill Alone In The Solitude Of Many Things, Many Rocks And Little Animals And Ants, That Word Has No Meaning.

Without Freedom, There Is No Creation.

Religion Is The Frozen Thought Of Man Out Of Which They Build Temples.

Hitler And Mussolini Were Only The Primary Spokesmen For The Attitude Of Domination And Craving For Power That Are In The Heart Of Almost Everyone. Until The Source Is Cleared, There Will Always Be Confusion And Hate, Wars And Class Antagonisms.

It Is Necessary That One Be A Light To Oneself In A World That Is Becoming Utterly Dark.

In Our Relationship With Children And Young People, We Are Not Dealing With Mechanical Devices That Can Be Quickly Repaired, But With Living Beings Who Are Impressionable, Volatile, Sensitive, Afraid, Affectionate; And To Deal With Them We Have To Have Great Understanding, The Strength Of Patience And Love.

When One Loses The Deep Intimate Relationship With Nature, Then Temples, Mosques And Churches Become Important.

When We Talk About Understanding, Surely It Takes Place Only When The Mind Listens Completely - The Mind Being Your Heart, Your Nerves, Your Ears- When You Give Your Whole Attention To It.

The Ending Is The Beginning, And The Beginning Is The First Step, And The First Step Is The Only Step.

When Your Child Is Very Young, You Must Protect Him From Doing Harm To Himself And Others, Then Later By Precept, Explaining To Him What Is Going To Be For His Eventual Happiness.

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 Description Is Not The Described; I Can Describe The Mountain, But The Description Is Not The Mountain, And If You Are Caught Up In The Description, As Most People Are, Then You Will Never See The Mountain

Analysis Does Not Transform Consciousness.

There Are Laws In Some Countries, I Believe, Which Prohibit Anyone From Following You In The Street, And If Someone Does, He Can Be Arrested And Put Into Prison. So, Spiritually, I Wish There Were A Police System Which Would Put People Into A Spiritual Prison For Following Others. In Fact, It Does Happen Automatically.

Religion Becomes A Matter Of Belief, And Belief Acts As A Limitation On The Mind; And The Mind Then Is Never Free. But It Is Only In Freedom That You Can Find Out What Is True, What Is God, Not Through Any Belief; Because Your Belief Projects What You Think God Ought To Be, What You Think Ought To Be True. If You Believe God Is Love, God Is Good, God Is This Or That, Your Very Belief Prevents You From Understanding What Is God, What Is True.

All Authority Of Any Kind, Especially In The Field Of Thought And Understanding, Is The Most Destructive, Evil Thing. Leaders Destroy The Followers And Followers Destroy The Leaders. You Have To Be Your Own Teacher And Your Own Disciple. You Have To Question Everything That Man Has Accepted As Valuable, As Necessary.

The Crisis Is Not Out There In The World, It Is Within Our Own Consciousness.

Each Breath Is Transforming Me Into Thine Image.

Can Thought Be Silent?

The Society In Which We Live Is The Result Of Our Psychological State.

It Is Intelligence That Brings Order, Not Discipline.

Life Is A Joyous Thing Essentially, But When You Bind Life By All These Rigid Moralities And Traditions, And Dogmas And Creeds, Then There Is Misery.

When There Is Love, There Is No Duty. When You Love Your Wife, You Share Everything With Her-your Property, Your Trouble, Your Anxiety, Your Joy. You Do Not Dominate. You Are Not The Man And She Is Not The Woman To Be Used And Thrown Aside, A Sort Of Breeding Machine To Carry On Your Name. When There Is Love, The Word Duty Disappears.

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