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The very desire to be certain,to be secure,is the beginning of bondage.It's only when the mind is not caught in the net of certainty,and is not seeking certainty, that it is in a state of discovery.

The very desire to be certain,to be secure,is the beginning of bondage.It's only when the mind is not caught in the net of certainty,and is not seeking certainty, that it is in a state of discovery.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Discovery, Mind, Desire
Jiddu Krishnamurti (2010). “Commentaries on Living 1”, p.181, M-y books ltd

The fundamental factor of self-deception is this constant desire to be something in this world and in the world hereafter.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Self, Deception, Desire
Jiddu Krishnamurti (2013). “The first and last freedom”, p.234, Rajpal & Sons

Using another as a means of satisfaction and security is not love. Love is never security; love is a state in which there is no desire to be secure; it is a state of vulnerability.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Love, Mean, Desire
Jiddu Krishnamurti (2010). “Commentaries on Living”, p.127, M-y books ltd

Fear begins and ends with the desire to be secure; inward and outward security, with the desire to be certain, to have permanency. The continuity of permanence is sought in every direction, in virtue, in relationship, in action, in experience, in knowledge, in outward and inward things. To find security and be secure is the everlasting cry. It is this insistent demand that breeds fear.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Fear, Desire, Inward
Jiddu Krishnamurti (1984). “Krishnamurti's notebook”, Harper San Francisco

The very urge to get rid of desire is still desire, is it not?

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Desire, Stills, Urges
Jiddu Krishnamurti (2010). “Think on These Things”, p.20, Harper Collins

We should awaken feelings of respect for each other. In other words, awaken the desire to kill selfishness.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Feelings, Desire, Selfishness
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While expressing your desires, you would need to exercise control in order to prevent them from doing harm to you or to others.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Exercise, Order, Desire
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After all, conflict arises, does it not, through the desire to be something, to be other than what is.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Self Esteem, Ego, Desire

Find out for yourself what are the possesions and ideals that you do not desire. By knowing what you do not want, by elimination, you will unburden the mind, and only then will it understand the essential which is ever there.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Knowing, Mind, Desire

I am concerning myself with only one essential thing: to set man free. I desire to free him from all cages, from all fears, and not to found religions, new sects, nor to establish new theories and new philosophies.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Philosophy, Men, Desire
"Truth is a pathless land". Jiddu Krishnamurti's specch at the opening day of the annual Star Camp at Ommen, Holland, www.jkrishnamurti.org. August 3, 1929.

If you have a great many desires, you will gradually eliminate them one by one, until you allow certain desires to dominate and the others to die away.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Desire, Great Men, Certain
Source: www.jiddu-krishnamurti.net

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