Jiddu Krishnamurti - If you begin to understand what you...
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“The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there.”
–Robert M. Pirsig
This change cannot possibly be brought about without knowing oneself, self-knowledge. This is not knowledge of the “higher self” or knowledge of some “supreme consciousness,” for they are still within the field of thought. Unless one understands one’s self, the self of every day—what it thinks, what it does, its devotions, its deceptions, its
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You become aware of the programming. You cannot change by an effort of the will; you cannot change through ideals; you cannot change through building up new habits. Your behavior may change, but you don’t. You only change through awareness and understanding.
J. Francis Stroud • Awareness: Conversations with the Masters
The only way to change is by changing your understanding.
J. Francis Stroud • Awareness: Conversations with the Masters
The conflict-ridden violent world cannot be transformed into a life of goodness, love, and compassion by any political, social, or economic strategies. It can be transformed only through mutation in individuals brought about through their own observation without any guru or organized religion.