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“God or Enlightenment is the ultimate pleasure, uninterrupted happiness. No such thing exists. Your wanting something that does not exist is the root of your problem. Transformation, moksha, and all that stuff are just variations of the same theme: permanent happiness. The body can't take uninterrupted pleasure for long; it would be destroyed. Wanting a fictitious permanent state of happiness is actually a serious neurological problem.”
― U.G. Krishnamurti, No Way Out (Annotated): Enriched Edition. Uncompromising Conversations on Enlightenment Skepticism, Anti-Guru Philosophy, and the Futility of Spiritual Seeking

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“Vegetarianism for what? For some spiritual goals? One form of life lives off another. That's a fact, whether you like it or not.”
― U.G. Krishnamurti, Courage to Stand Alone: Enriched edition. A Radical Exploration of Self-Discovery and Non-Duality

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“Fact is, nothing can justify our existence. Existence of any flavor is not only unjustified, it is useless, malignantly so, and has nothing to recommend it over nonexistence.”
― Thomas Ligotti, The Conspiracy Against the Human Race

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“The world is a mirror, but there is a delay factor to its response. Tell yourself that the world cares about your comfort and wellbeing. Actively and consistently seek confirmation of the fact in any little thing until it becomes a habit. There will come a time when you realise that negativity has disappeared from your life, as if by magic. Even your environment will cease to be a source of negativity. Do not try to explain how. Just apply the approach consistently.”
― Vadim Zeland, Master of reality

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“We’re all afloat in a boundless sea, and the way we cope is by massing together in groups and pretending in unison that the situation is other than it is. We reinforce the illusion for each other. That’s what a society really is, a little band of humanity huddled together against the specter of a pitch black sea. Everyone is treading water to keep their heads above the surface even though they have no reason to believe that the life they’re preserving is better than the alternative they’re avoiding. It’s just that one is known and one is not. Fear of the unknown is what keeps everyone busily treading water. All fear is fear of the unknown. If someone in such a group of water-treaders betrays the group lie by speaking the truth of their situation, that person is called a heretic and society reserves its most awful punishments for heretics. If someone decides to stop struggling and just sink or float away, every possible effort is made to stop him, not for the benefit of the individual, but for the benefit of the group. To deny at all costs the truth of the situation.”
― Jed McKenna, Spiritual Enlightenment: The Damnedest Thing

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