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It is very easy to conform to what your society or your parents and teachers tell you. That is a safe and easy way of existing; but that is not living...To live is to find out for yourself what is true.

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There is no such thing as living alone, for all living is relationship; but to live without direct relationship demands high intelligence, a swifter and greater awareness for self-discovery.

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One of the functions of thought is to be occupied all the time with something. Most of us want to have our minds continually occupied so that we are prevented from seeing ourselves as we actually are. We are afraid to be empty. We are afraid to look at our fears.

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Do it or don't do it but get on with it.

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It seems to me that the real problem is the mind itself and not the problem which the mind has created and tries to solve.

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Is it possible to observe without the observer?

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Enlightenment is an accident, but some activities make you accident-prone.

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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.

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But if you have no relationship with the living things on this earth, you may lose whatever relationship you have with humanity.

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To meditate is to observe yourself, for you are totally responsible for your body, mind, thought.

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And it is impossible to treat human beings as human beings if you label them, if you term them, if you give them a name as Hindus, Russians, or what you will. It is so much easier to label people, for then you can pass by and kick them, drop a bomb on India or Japan.

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Buddha called himself 'The Enlightened One' and Jesus called himself 'The Son of God'. To me the term 'World-Teacher' is of as little importance as 'The Son of God' or 'The Enlightened One'.

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And as we are - the world is. That is, if we are greedy, envious, competitive, our society will be competitive, envious, greedy, which brings misery and war. The State is what we are.

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To die every day to every problem, every pleasure, and not carry over any problem at all; so the mind remains tremendously attentive, active, clear.

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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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Not to know is the beginning of wisdom.

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Beyond all explanations which a good brain can give, why do we choose the worse and not the better, why hate rather than love, why greed and not generosity, why self-centred activity and not open total action? Why be mean when there are soaring mountains and flashing streams? Why jealousy and not love? Why?

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The thought is not the thing.

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If you leave the pool you have dug for yourself and go out into the river of life then life has an astonishing way of taking care of you, because then there is no taking care on your part.

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Life behind all form is one, the expressions of that life are not of very great importance.

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