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Born in poverty in India, Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986) became a leading spiritual and philosophical thinker whose ideas continue to influence us today. George Bernard Shaw declared that he was the most beautiful human being he had ever seen and Aldous Huxley was one of his close friends. Whether debating politics with Nehru, discussing theories with Rupert Sheldrake and Iris Murdoch, or challenging his students not to take his words at face value, Krishnamurti engaged fully with every aspect of life. He is regarded by many modern religious figures as a great teacher, an extraordinary individual with revolutionary insights; Joseph Campbell, Alan Watts, Eckhart Tolle and Deepak Chopra are all indebted to his writings.
Freedom from the Known is one of Krishnamurti's most accessible works. Here, he reveals how we can free ourselves radically and immediately from the tyranny of the expected. By changing ourselves, we can alter the structure of society and our relationships. The vital need for change and the recognition of its very possibility form an essential part of this important book's message.
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JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI QUOTES FROM THE BOOK "FREEDOM FROM THE KNOWN"
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What is important is not a philosophy of life but to observe what is actually taking place in our daily life, inwardly and outwardly
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If you try to study yourself according to another you will always remain a second hand human being
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To understanding what freedom is actually and life in its totality
Die to everything of yesterday so that your mind is always fresh, always young, innocent, full of vigor and passion.
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In seeking comfort, we generally find a quiet corner in life where there is a minimum of conflict, and then we are afraid to step out of that seclusion.
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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.
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Ch1-A journey
-My friend, in taking a journey into the secret corners of our minds, we must travel light; we cannot be burdened with opinions, prejudices and conclusions.
-Seeing what I am actually, is the first step towards realising my full potential.
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Ch2-The field of thought and understanding
-To see the beauty of your whole being, don't agree or disagree(intellectually), but follow with the intention to understand.
-Your reaction to a challenge reveals your conditioning.
-Give total attention to your conditioning, you will see that you are free from the past completely, that it falls away from you naturally.
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Ch3-The totality
-Concentration is exclusion; attention, which is total awareness, excludes nothing.Such state of attention is total energy; in such awareness the totality of yourself is revealed in an instant.
-Order will come by watching, being chiocelessly aware, NEVER trying to shape it, taking sides, opposing, agreeing, justifying, condemning, judging - which means watching it without any choice.
-Control in any form, like suppression, produces only conflict. Studying with ATTENTION brings about its own discipline in which there is no suppression.
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Self Understanding.
• Thought is always old based on past, it is not capable to discover something entirely new.
• Old brain cannot solve the enormous problem of living.
• To understand yourself is the beginning of wisdom.
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Virtue is not the denial of vice
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