Sex becomes a problem when there is frustration. When work, which should be the true expression of our being, becomes merely mechanical, stupid and useless, there is frustration; when our emotional lives, which should be rich and complete, are thwarted through fear, there is frustration; when the mind, which should be alert, pliable, limitless, is weighed down by tradition, self-protective memories, ideals and beliefs, there is frustration. So sex becomes an over-emphasised and unnatural problem. Where there is fulfilment, there are no problems. When you are in love, vulnerably, sex is not a problem. For the one to whom sex is mere sensation, it becomes an urgent problem, eating away at your mind and heart. You will be free from this problem only when, through action, the mind frees itself from all self-imposed limitations, illusions and fears.

From Collected Works, Vol. 2

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Most of our lives are pretty ugly, sordid, miserable and petty. Our existence is a series of conflicts, contradictions, a process of struggle and pain, with fleeting joy and momentary satisfaction. We are bound by so many adjustments, conformities, patterns, and there is never a moment of freedom, never a sense of complete being. There is always frustration because there is always a seeking to fulfil! We have no tranquillity of mind and are always tortured by various demands. To understand all these problems and go beyond them, it is surely necessary to understand the nature of knowledge and the process of the mind.

From Choiceless Awareness

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If we can understand the problem of frustration, we shall have a mentality that is not merely intellectual but an integrated activity. Our religions, our social activities are based on frustration and sorrow. If we can go into this question of frustration, which is really the problem of duality, we may be able, for ourselves as individuals, to come to a creativity that is not a mere capacity or gift but a totally different action.

From Collected Works, Vol. 8

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I must be aware I am suffering, I am in anxiety, in a state of confusion and of fear. To recognise that, transformation is essential; I must not be self-contented. There must be real discontent. It must have a quality which is not mere change. If you see a cobra and know it to be a cobra, you have an instantaneous response. There is a bodily response to the poisonous snake, and you jump. It is not out of fear that you avoid it, but the understanding of the nature of the poison keeps you away.

From Can Conflict End?

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If you allow the flame of discontent to keep on burning, not being satisfied with anything, then superficial satisfactions have no place. Then this very dissatisfaction demands something much greater, and the ideals, the gurus, the religions, the establishment, become totally superficial. This flame of discontent, because it has no outlet, because it has no object in which it can fulfil itself, becomes a great passion. That passion is intelligence.

From The Wholeness of Life

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