If people are foolish, they are bound to mix the personality and the Truth, and to build a temple around the personality and form a religion. Jiddu Krishnamurti More Quotes by Jiddu Krishnamurti More Quotes From Jiddu Krishnamurti The crisis is not out there in the world, it is within our own consciousness. Jiddu Krishnamurti crisis consciousness world Introspection is self-improvement and therefore introspection is self-centeredness. Awareness is not self-improvement. On the contrary, it is the ending of the self, of the “I,” with all its peculiar idiosyncrasies, memories, demands, and pursuits. In introspection there is identification and condemnation. In awareness there is no condemnation or identification; therefore, there is no self-improvement. There is a vast difference between the two. Jiddu Krishnamurti self memories two The significance of life is living. Jiddu Krishnamurti significance-of-life significance life-is Fear is not of the unknown, but of loss of the known. Jiddu Krishnamurti known loss Love is not of the mind, it is not in the net of thought, it cannot be sought out, cultivated, cherished; it is there when the mind is silent and the heart is empty of the things of the mind. Jiddu Krishnamurti mind heart love-is Being discontented, we either seek a different job or merely succumb to environment...instead of causing us to question life, the whole process of existence. Jiddu Krishnamurti awakening spiritual jobs A mind that is disciplined, controlled, is free within its own pattern; but that is not freedom. The end of discipline is conformity; its path leads to the known, and the known is never the free. Jiddu Krishnamurti patterns discipline mind The flowering of love is meditation. Jiddu Krishnamurti truth love life The primary cause of disorder in ourselves is the seeking of reality promised by another. Jiddu Krishnamurti disorder causes reality We shall quench our thirst, for we shall drink deep at the bubbling fountain of Wisdom. Jiddu Krishnamurti quench fountain drink The fact is one thing and the idea about the fact is another. Jiddu Krishnamurti one-thing facts ideas The real student is studying, learning, inquiring, exploring, not just until he is twenty or twenty-five, but throughout life. Jiddu Krishnamurti inquiring twenties real Aloneness is obviously not isolation, and it is not uniqueness. To be unique is merely to be exceptional in some way, whereas to be completely alone demands extraordinary sensitivity, intelligence, understanding. Jiddu Krishnamurti solitude understanding unique Again, I maintain that no organization can lead man to spirituality. Jiddu Krishnamurti spirituality organization men To meditate is to observe yourself, for you are totally responsible for your body, mind, thought. Jiddu Krishnamurti body meditation mind The enemy is not the other, the enemy is you Jiddu Krishnamurti enemy It is only the dull, sleepy mind that creates and clings to habit. A mind that is attentive from moment to moment - attentive to what it is saying, attentive to the movement of its hands, of its thoughts, of its feelings - will discover that the formation of further habits has come to an end. Jiddu Krishnamurti mind feelings hands Freedom of life does not mean disorder of life, does not mean chaos, and just everyone doing anything he wants. That is not the freedom of life. The tree, when you give it a chance, protect it when it is young, will grow straight, because it has developed its own resistance; but the moment you make it delicate, then it gets crooked. Jiddu Krishnamurti tree giving mean Student: Sir, you said you must change the world. How can you change it, sir? Krishnamurti: What is the world? The world is where you live - your family, your friends, your neighbours. And your family, your friends, your neighbours can be extended and that is the world. Now, you are the centre of that world. That is the world you live in. Now how will you change the world? By changing yourself? Jiddu Krishnamurti where-you-live family peace Energy functioning in a pattern becomes matter. That is all life is... Matter and energy are interrelated. Jiddu Krishnamurti patterns energy spiritual
