Weigh in the balance of your wisdom, the sense-pleasures on one side and the bliss of peace on the other. Whatever you determine to be the truth, seek that. — Yoga Vasishta (tr. by Sw. Venkatesananda, p. 146) Questioner: How would you cope with an incurable disease? Krishnamurti: Most of us do not understand ourselves, [...]
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You cannot indulge and yet be alert
“You cannot be worldly and yet be pure in the pursuit of Reality. Our difficulty is we want both, the burning appetites and the serenity of Reality. You must abandon the one or the other; you cannot have both. You cannot indulge and yet be alert; to be keenly aware there must be freedom from [...]
