Wisdom: Thoughts From the Indian Masters (2)

We are always comparing what we are with what we should be. This measuring ourselves all the time against something or someone is one of the primary causes of conflict. Now why is there any comparison at all? If you do not compare yourself with another, you will be what you really are.

Krishnamurti

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The absurb denial of the truth is natural in man. Man does not want to be, but to appear to be. He does not want to see what he is, but tries only to see himself as the person other people take him for, when they talk about him.

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Svami Prajnanpad

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This craving for positions for prestige, for power to be recognized by society as being outstanding in some way, is a wish to dominate others and this wish to dominate is a form of aggression. And what is the reason for this aggressiveness? It is fear isn't it?

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Krishnamurti

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As an individual, a specific entity, you have physical, mental, and nervous limits, among others. If you know your own limits and try to stay within these limits, you are free.

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Svami Prajnanpad

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