This light in oneself

If you look closely you will see that your search is nothing but a search for comfort and security and escape; not a search for understanding, not a search for truth, but rather a search for an evasion and, therefore, a search for the conquering of all obstacles; after all, all conquering is but substitution, and in substitution there is no underst... See more

So, to find out an action which is not based on idea, concept and formula you must listen to the whole of that structure, see, understand that whole structure completely, and in the very understanding of it you have turned away from it. And therefore your mind then is in a state of negation, not bitterness, not cynicism, but because it sees the fut

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Self-knowledge is obviously a process, not an end in itself; and to know oneself, one must be aware of oneself in action, which is relationship. You discover yourself, not in isolation, not in withdrawal, but in relationship—in relationship to society, to your wife, your husband, your brother, to man; but to discover how you react, what your respon... See more

Truth can be discovered by anyone, without the help of any authority and, as life is ever-present, in an instant.

Whether they like to be “followers,” or resist being “followers,” they want to deal with the teacher as an authority. They must, therefore, go through all their judgments and emotional issues about authority. But it is not a question of authority here, of somebody who knows and somebody who doesn’t know, nor a matter of following somebody else. All

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