The entire way of life of a human being can change with a single perception. Insight into the working nature of ourselves mind by us will definitely bring revolution within. For this insight to happen, you must live with yourself by yourself happily. Unfortunately we can not stay alone with ourselves, if we are alone for sometime we will get bored, that means your mind is showing resistance to face itself as it is. In the present society it is dead easy to run away from you, the most benefited industry by this escape is entertainment industry; it may be media, movies, sports, drink, smoke, now a days internet…etc. But the question is why the mind is not interested to stay with itself? Is it because inwardly I don’t want to face the fact that my mind is shallow, dull, occupied with fear, confused however outwardly I am rich, more sophisticated but inward poverty I don’t want to face? One of the reason is present education system doesn’t teach a child the beauty of self learning. Doesn’t it give you extraordinary energy if you suddenly realized that you are always protecting yourself inwardly and it is causing immense suffering? To be unprotected intellect is real living; only the unprotected, innocent one is near to that which is eternal. The desire to move away from fact is sorrow, facing the fact and watching the fact with an innocent mind alters the fact which is happiness.
http://www.jiddu-krishnamurti.net/en/freedom-from-the-known
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Monday, March 5, 2012
You are the rest of mankind
One pleasant evening he and his friend went to a lake park, to sit down and share thoughts and have nice time. After sitting for a while and watching birds, the sheet of water in the lake and people walking, laughting, talking a nice conversation has started between him and his friend.
H - He HF - His Friend
H : Today morning I read the news paper and it is painful to see what is happening in the world.
HF: Why? What happened?
H : All the corrupted politicians, cunning corporate businesses, former suicides paper is full of sad news.
HF: So you say they are all responsible for the sorrow in the world not you?
H : How can I be responsible, I am no way related to all that.
HF: I may be right or wrong, but please listen to me patiently; I feel you
and me are also responsible if there is disorder in our life.
H : What do you mean by disorder?
HF: It's simple, if I have worries in life, fear in life, trying to repeat
yesterday's pleasure, if I am following, obeying other human being
then my life is in disorder.
H : How can you say that, worries and fears are common in life.
HF: I don't think so; our minds are conditioned in such a way. We never
put a question to ourselves can I live without them, even if someone
put that question there is lack of seriousness. We are all caught in a
race to become somebody, somebody whose photo will come in the news
paper, somebody when he walks everybody will say there he is, somebody
who has power and position. This desire to become somebody is there in
ancient kings to present modern man. A life with full of joy and
happiness has been oppressed by this desire to become somebody.
H : But without becoming what is life? It has no meaning.
HF: The politician that you read about is also a human being like you and
me. He is also living with fear about his opposition, he is acquiring
money, land because they give him certain feeling of being secured,
and they give him feeling of being somebody.
H : So do you say what he is doing is correct?
HF: No, What I am saying is we are equivalent to that politician. The
factors like fear, confusion, and desire to be secure are driving his
life and our lives too.
H : So what is your solution to this problem?
HF: No, the question is, do you have clarity about the problem? or you are
only interested in the solution and don't have the patience to look at
the problem. If I don't like the part of understanding the problem,
I create more problems out of a single problem.
http://www.jiddu-krishnamurti.net/en/freedom-from-the-known
H - He HF - His Friend
H : Today morning I read the news paper and it is painful to see what is happening in the world.
HF: Why? What happened?
H : All the corrupted politicians, cunning corporate businesses, former suicides paper is full of sad news.
HF: So you say they are all responsible for the sorrow in the world not you?
H : How can I be responsible, I am no way related to all that.
HF: I may be right or wrong, but please listen to me patiently; I feel you
and me are also responsible if there is disorder in our life.
H : What do you mean by disorder?
HF: It's simple, if I have worries in life, fear in life, trying to repeat
yesterday's pleasure, if I am following, obeying other human being
then my life is in disorder.
H : How can you say that, worries and fears are common in life.
HF: I don't think so; our minds are conditioned in such a way. We never
put a question to ourselves can I live without them, even if someone
put that question there is lack of seriousness. We are all caught in a
race to become somebody, somebody whose photo will come in the news
paper, somebody when he walks everybody will say there he is, somebody
who has power and position. This desire to become somebody is there in
ancient kings to present modern man. A life with full of joy and
happiness has been oppressed by this desire to become somebody.
H : But without becoming what is life? It has no meaning.
HF: The politician that you read about is also a human being like you and
me. He is also living with fear about his opposition, he is acquiring
money, land because they give him certain feeling of being secured,
and they give him feeling of being somebody.
H : So do you say what he is doing is correct?
HF: No, What I am saying is we are equivalent to that politician. The
factors like fear, confusion, and desire to be secure are driving his
life and our lives too.
H : So what is your solution to this problem?
HF: No, the question is, do you have clarity about the problem? or you are
only interested in the solution and don't have the patience to look at
the problem. If I don't like the part of understanding the problem,
I create more problems out of a single problem.
http://www.jiddu-krishnamurti.net/en/freedom-from-the-known
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Change in you is change in society
The mere anguish to change the society only creates further confusion and misery. The one who wants to change the society must have very clear understanding about what is wrong with present society or with our day to day life. Only through negation one can come to positivity, to negate you must know what is wrong with present society. The best thing is to look at yourself as an outsider and see what is wrong with you, without any desire for change. Because desire to change prevents learning about yourself, if there is no desire to become somebody and you are watching yourself there is self learning, only this self learning brings revolution within. Start with simple things like in a day you are afraid of one thing or the other, question yourself is that fear in mind necessary? Why I am afraid? What I am afraid of?
Whenever your mind is forcing you to take some action to change society, ask yourself do you have clear and simple perception about the problem. The perception is correct when it reduces the complexity of the problem not when it increases it. Most of us don't have the patience to look at the problem without any desire for solution. The mind which is interested only in the end result may find a solution, but that solution is time binding and also it gives more energy to the problem and increases the complexity of the problem. A clear and simple perception is only possible when the mind is not divisive in itself; most of our minds are divided by nation, religion, caste, ideology, color, language...etc. Peace and happiness are global things but man out of his greed and ignorance reduced them as personal, and it is the root cause of all human sorrow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlNRH2fYoO4
http://www.jiddu-krishnamurti.net/en/freedom-from-the-known
Whenever your mind is forcing you to take some action to change society, ask yourself do you have clear and simple perception about the problem. The perception is correct when it reduces the complexity of the problem not when it increases it. Most of us don't have the patience to look at the problem without any desire for solution. The mind which is interested only in the end result may find a solution, but that solution is time binding and also it gives more energy to the problem and increases the complexity of the problem. A clear and simple perception is only possible when the mind is not divisive in itself; most of our minds are divided by nation, religion, caste, ideology, color, language...etc. Peace and happiness are global things but man out of his greed and ignorance reduced them as personal, and it is the root cause of all human sorrow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlNRH2fYoO4
http://www.jiddu-krishnamurti.net/en/freedom-from-the-known
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Be a light to yourself
Happiness in our heart is directly related to the process of learning. There is immense happiness when you are learning something independently and there is no end result to achieve. Only when the count of people who are in the process of learning increases we can see change in the society.
We can say our lives are in danger if we are simply living based on beliefs, admiring or following others. Day to day life is a book from which all other ideologies, theories, philosophies, sacred books has born. So the person who can learn from the relationships in day to day life can only live a comfortable, simple and happy life.
The person whose brain is caught in words of a guru, ideologies, philosophies, sacred books or a mail like this will only struggle till the end of life, because it ignored learning from day to day life. Books and words are just sign boards if you worship them you can not take the journey.
http://www.jiddu-krishnamurti.net/en/freedom-from-the-known
We can say our lives are in danger if we are simply living based on beliefs, admiring or following others. Day to day life is a book from which all other ideologies, theories, philosophies, sacred books has born. So the person who can learn from the relationships in day to day life can only live a comfortable, simple and happy life.
The person whose brain is caught in words of a guru, ideologies, philosophies, sacred books or a mail like this will only struggle till the end of life, because it ignored learning from day to day life. Books and words are just sign boards if you worship them you can not take the journey.
http://www.jiddu-krishnamurti.net/en/freedom-from-the-known
Friday, February 17, 2012
Change in you is change in society
The mere anguish to change the society only creates further confusion and misery. The one who wants to change the society must have very clear understanding about what is wrong with present society or with our day to day life. Only through negation one can come to positivity, to negate you must know what is wrong with present society. The best thing is to look at yourself as an outsider and see what is wrong with you, without any desire for change. Because desire to change prevents learning about yourself, if there is no desire to become somebody and you are watching yourself there is self learning, only this self learning brings revolution within. Start with simple things like in a day you are afraid of one thing or the other, question yourself is that fear in mind necessary? Why I am afraid? What I am afraid of?
Whenever your mind is forcing you to take some action to change society, ask yourself do you have clear and simple perception about the problem. The perception is correct when it reduces the complexity of the problem not when it increases it. Most of us don't have the patience to look at the problem without any desire for solution. The mind which is interested only in the end result may find a solution, but that solution is time binding and also it gives more energy to the problem and increases the complexity of the problem. A clear and simple perception is only possible when the mind is not divisive in itself; most of our minds are divided by nation, religion, caste, ideology, color, language...etc. Peace and happiness are global things but man out of his greed and ignorance reduced them as personal, and it is the root cause of all human sorrow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlNRH2fYoO4
http://www.jiddu-krishnamurti.net/en/freedom-from-the-known
Whenever your mind is forcing you to take some action to change society, ask yourself do you have clear and simple perception about the problem. The perception is correct when it reduces the complexity of the problem not when it increases it. Most of us don't have the patience to look at the problem without any desire for solution. The mind which is interested only in the end result may find a solution, but that solution is time binding and also it gives more energy to the problem and increases the complexity of the problem. A clear and simple perception is only possible when the mind is not divisive in itself; most of our minds are divided by nation, religion, caste, ideology, color, language...etc. Peace and happiness are global things but man out of his greed and ignorance reduced them as personal, and it is the root cause of all human sorrow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlNRH2fYoO4
http://www.jiddu-krishnamurti.net/en/freedom-from-the-known
Friday, February 10, 2012
Happiness and self forgetfullness
Seeing and listening are the basic gifts by nature to all human beings. They are gifts only when there is joy in your heart, when you are watching or listening to something. Is it possible at all that just by watching something my heart is filled with great ecstasy? It happens very easily when you are with nature, like when you are watching sunset, a bird on the fly, and the morning freshness of the mind...etc. In all the above said things we forget ourselves very easily. So whenever I forget myself and the mind became silent, simple and still there is this ecstasy in our hearts. Till this point life is simple.
I think the whole problem is we are aware of the fact that behind this ecstasy there is self-forgetfulness, which means you died for your sorrows, pleasures, fears, and burdens of day to day life for a moment and there exists this benediction. Our ignorance of this fact makes us run after success, power, position, money, sex, drink, recognition...etc. So ignorance which does not know us, is the root of all sorrow. Whenever we try to repeat our pleasures there followed the sorrow. Knowing about the self is the primary education for every human being.
http://www.jiddu-krishnamurti.net/
I think the whole problem is we are aware of the fact that behind this ecstasy there is self-forgetfulness, which means you died for your sorrows, pleasures, fears, and burdens of day to day life for a moment and there exists this benediction. Our ignorance of this fact makes us run after success, power, position, money, sex, drink, recognition...etc. So ignorance which does not know us, is the root of all sorrow. Whenever we try to repeat our pleasures there followed the sorrow. Knowing about the self is the primary education for every human being.
http://www.jiddu-krishnamurti.net/
Mind and Brain
May be the mind is of GOD and the brain is of human being. When certain things about brain are understood it can comprehend that which is whole or complete which is the mind. To put it other way when the activities of brain are not based on the calculation of self security then the mind will reach out the human brain or the brain is mind. The only reason being when my brain is only concerned about my security, it is destructive. When you are caught in the desire for self-security, you try to accumulate more and more. When you are only important to yourself, you will be ready to destroy balance in the nature, or the peace in the society. May be the mind wants a brain in which there is natural self abandonment. Here the word natural has great significance, if you say to yourself I must live without self then it is not natural. But if you learnt about the nature and structure of self, then it drops itself naturally. I used may be intentionally so please inquire into it.
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