Freedom is always at the beginning and not at the end.

The mind has to be empty to see clearly.

Live with it. You live with pleasure, don't you? Why don't you live with suffering completely? Can you live with it in the sense of not escaping from it? What takes place? Watch. The mind is very clear, sharp. It is faced with the fact. The very suffering transformed into passion is enormous. From that arises a mind that can never be hurt. Full stop. That is the secret.

Imagination builds the image of the self, and thought then functions within its shadows. From this self-concept grows the conflict between what is and what should be, the conflict in duality.

A man who is really earnest must begin with himself, he must be passively aware of all his thoughts, feelings and actions.

Don't we introduce time as a means of becoming more evolved? The brain has evolved but is there evolution inwardly? Can the brain dominated by time not be subservient to it?

Good heredity and environment are necessary. You cannot compare the child of a savage with the child of a civilized person.