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Conditioning

We are second-hand human beings
It begins at school and you go through life repeating what others have said. You are therefore second-hand human beings.
—KRISHNAMURTI
From the book Flight of the Eagle
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Freedom to observe conditioning
When you have no motive you are free to observe your conditioning.
—KRISHNAMURTI
Krishnamurti at Madras 1977, Discussion 1
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Knowing you are conditioned
When you struggle against disturbance, or defend yourself against outer or inner threat, you know you are conditioned.
—KRISHNAMURTI
From the book Freedom from the Known
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If conditioned, life is a battlefield
Without freedom from conditioning, humanity will always remain a prisoner and life will remain a battlefield.
—KRISHNAMURTI
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When we interpret according to conditioning
It is when we begin to interpret, to translate according to our conditioning, according to our prejudice, that we miss the truth.
—KRISHNAMURTI
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