Discontent is an unpolluted state which exists in each one of us if it is not deadened through wrong education, through gratifying solutions, through ambition, or through the pursuit of an ideal. When we understand the nature of real discontent, we shall see that attention is part of this burning flame which consumes the pettiness and leaves the mind free of the limitations of self-enclosing pursuits and gratifications.
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Don't be afraid of discontent, but give it nourishment until the spark becomes a flame and you are everlastingly discontented with everything – with your job, with your family, with the traditional pursuit of money, position, power – so that you really begin to think, to discover. But as you grow older, you will find that to maintain this spirit of discontent is very difficult. You have children to provide for and the demands of your job to consider; the opinion of your neighbours, of society closes in upon you, and soon you begin to lose this burning flame of discontent.
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Discontent is a flame that must be kept burning brightly, and not smothered by an interest or activity that is pursued as a reaction to the pain of it. Discontent is painful only when it is resisted. One who is merely satisfied, without understanding the full significance of discontent, is asleep; they are not sensitive to the whole movement of life. Satisfaction is a drug, and it is comparatively easy to find. But to understand the full significance of discontent, the search for certainty must cease.
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Don't be afraid of discontent, but give it nourishment until the spark becomes a flame and you are everlastingly discontented with everything – with your job, with your family, with the traditional pursuit of money, position, power – so that you really begin to think, to discover. But as you grow older, you will find that to maintain this spirit of discontent is very difficult. You have children to provide for and the demands of your job to consider; the opinion of your neighbours, of society closes in upon you, and soon you begin to lose this burning flame of discontent.
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#psylosophy
#meditation
#life
#day6

It is discontent that drives, that creates, that urges us on. If we can understand discontent without smothering it by the search for certainty and psychological security, if we can keep that discontent and its flame alive, our problem is simple, because that very discontent is creative, and from that we can move on. But the moment we smother discontent, put it away, resist it, hide it, the mind is concerned merely with the reconciliation of effects, and discontent is no longer a means of going forward and plunging into something unknown.
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#phylosophy
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#life

I think I can escape from my discontent by having something more, more clothes or more power and so on. But the dissatisfaction is still there, only I cover it up with clothes, with power, with cars. I just cover it up. Until you find out how to understand what you are, merely covering yourself with words, with power, with position, has no meaning. You will still be unhappy.
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#life
#day5

Being dissatisfied with and not understanding the fact of what we are, we create the idea of what we should be, so there is a division, a contradiction. Throughout the world, this process is going on, this escape from ‘what is’ through the ideational pursuit of ‘what should be’. And surely, as long as we struggle to bring about an approximation between the fact and the idea, conflict is inevitable.
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#meditation
#day4
#life

If you are somewhat intelligent or aware, and if you are dissatisfied with this transient world, you want something permanent, and therefore are constantly seeking: you join a movement, commit yourself to a political party or activity, and so on. You are always active in this search. But this search invariably leads to a predestined end. What you want is comfort, permanency, a state of mind that will never be disturbed, which you call peace. And you will find what you are seeking, but it will not be the real, it will not be truth.

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#day3
#life
#meditation

Why am I dissatisfied? I am married, and that does not give me satisfaction; I go to the church or temple, and that does not give me satisfaction; I go to various meetings, and they mean nothing; I look at trees and feel nothing. Gradually, I am dissatisfied with everything I see, have or feel. Which means what? I am seeking a satisfaction in which there is no dissatisfaction at all.
#krishnamurti
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#philosophy
#life
#day2

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Most of us, right through the world, are disturbed and discontented. Being dissatisfied, we want more prosperity, more things, more books, more amusement. But there is a deeper discontent which is not satisfied by external acquisitiveness. We then pursue inward acquisition, the mind demanding complete satisfaction from this endless discontent. We seek something that is enduring, satisfying, and we call it by different names: God, truth, bliss, happiness.
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First daylight of 2026 reaches the entire Atlantic (visible on GOES-19 satellite at star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/full…)

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The story for November sea surface temperatures continued with the ongoing weak La Niña in the east-central tropical Pacific, as well as the persistent anomalous warmth spreading across the midlatitude regions in both hemispheres.

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A look at global temperatures so far this year (January to November) compared to each other period since 1850... 2025 is the 2nd highest on record!

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Loops could be the most active fediverse platform by the end of 2026.

TikTok is the world's most popular social app, facing a forced sale to Oracle while US politics poison its algorithm. Millions will be looking for alternatives.

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If you're lonely or isolated or finding the Christmas period difficult for any reason, you might want to follow the hashtag #JoinIn

This tag is intended for people to start friendly chats about everyday stuff they're doing like making food, going for walks, listening to music etc.

It's fine to reply to posts with the JoinIn tag as the person who made the post is actively seeking conversation 🙂

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