Becoming and Being

The human being through out the world is ever lastingly trying to or thinking about changing his living conditions. He is trying to put himself in a little higher social, financial status and this very desire to change his status has its own energy and from that energy there are out come of different actions. That means you and I act to put ourselves in a different level not only outwardly but inwardly also it is happening. For example I see my colleague or my neighbor who is very intelligent, and for him or for her living seems to be effortless therefore without conflict, by seeing that you also want to live with that state of mind in which there is no conflict and also there is no psychological pain at all. For most of us unfortunately this desire to change will exists till the end of our breath, which means our life journey is a constant struggle to be somebody. Now is it not important for you and me to find out a way of life in which there is no shadow of fear, conflict and suffering? If you say that is absolutely not possible then there no further inquiry but if you say let us see then we can begin, now can you find out for yourself by yourself this constant wastage of energy to be somebody both outwardly and inwardly, it is not that you should not live in better conditions but each and every human being should live a happy and joyful life the problem is very few are coloring their life with joy and undisturbed inner happiness. In this constant desire to become somebody or to change the present conditions of life what we missed out is the part of learning about the present condition of your life or the present state of mind. The best example for real growth is the life of a tree, no one might have observed its growth but when it grows it is rich and there is tremendous beauty in its life. I feel like for each moment of its growth it gathers all of its energy and makes it a meaningful moment. It can gather very easily because there is no becoming for it only being, unfortunately the whole human race is caught in becoming. http://www.jiddu-krishnamurti.net/en/think-on-these-things/1963-00-00-jiddu-krishnamurti-think-on-these-things-chapter-1

Thought is division

Mind can easily get connected to or it can make relationship to things it is watching, when you are actually related to something understanding that thing is effortless for the mind. In order to relate to something the self must cease to exist, but vanishing of this self seems to be much more difficult than all the advancement of modern science including latest computer technology. Now what is preventing me and you to actually relate to something? Suppose let's say I am sitting in a park to exercise this task, if I am watching a leaf or a flower, for few seconds mind can watch it, but soon thought overtakes my mind and pretends as though it is helping me by analyzing the thing that I am watching and it is 100% true that it leads no where, because my whole life is filled up with this activity. If it is actually making your life beautiful there must be no sorrow in your life by this time. So basic fact is thought is dividing myself from the thing that I am watching whatever might be that thing, it might be a human being or a tree or mountain...etc. Is this nature of thought which is creating division between me and other forms is the root cause of all the chaos in the world? The whole of thought and its subordinates like fear, ego, anxiety, and authority they all revolve around or survive on a promise that they will provide security. Yet they are the most inefficient, to bring a feeling of being completely secured. What is inward security at all, what you and I want to feel secure about? What if inward security is nothing but another illusion created by thought? Is all my psychological effort and struggle are about an illusion? Is it not intelligence to find out that psychological security is nothing but an illusion? Is not alertness, awareness and intelligence gives us a feeling of being secured? So negation of my own knowledge which is not fact seems to be real spirituality. Please do take care that you are purifying the content that I am sending through these mails. If these mails are not bringing any change in your day to day life or if you feel these are not useful for undisturbed inner happiness better you avoid them. http://www.jiddu-krishnamurti.net/en/freedom-from-the-known

Self uses conflict for it's existance

Let’s say for example one day I was sitting lazily at home not doing any thing. After certain period of time the mind starts worrying about something and if we patiently observe the inner activities of our own mind, we can see how this pain came into being. I sit watching TV ignoring the important work that I need to complete, so inwardly I am thinking that it will be good if I complete that work but outwardly my action is trying to escape from that work by watching TV, even though if you are doing some other task other than that important work still this pain exists. We used to ignore that pain, some how our mind is conditioned to ignore inner disturbances. As long as we are ignoring we can say there is a division, and where ever there is division there must be conflict it’s the law of the nature. Conflict which is friction, slowly deteriorates the mind. By being sensitive to our inner disturbances we can learn facts which make life very beautiful and holistic. I feel outwardly every nationalist wants every other human being must carry the flag of his nation, and every religious person wants only his religion should be true to all other human beings. So knowingly or unknowingly I want everybody should think like me, feel like me. This we can observe even in our small discussions that will happen in daily life, how people take sides of a politician, guru, ideology, religion and assert their own opinions. Is not this assertion a form of violence? When there is no division between idea and action, it seems some other kind of energy from nature flows into our being, in that state the action is effortless and complete, this action is no less than any benediction. I wish a deep insight for you and me about what this division does to us. http://www.jiddu-krishnamurti.net/en/freedom-from-the-known

The individual creates the group or society

One fine day he and his friend are talking to each other and here is the conversation. H - He HF - His Friend HF : Where are you coming from? H : I am coming from the park; today I joined the “DYAN” group. This group contains a small group of people who gathers in the park and does meditation, yoga and discuss about social reform. I am feeling satisfied by joining this group. HF : Is not satisfaction a hindrance to deep understanding about something? Is not the revolution of an individual has greater significance than collective revolution? H : But all the revolutions in the world are collective. HF : I don’t think so, the energy for those revolutions has been spread out from an individual, it may be Bhudha, Marx, Hitler, Tagore, Girban, Galib…etc. Some of them might have destroyed or brought peace to society, but they all took birth from the explosion of an individual’s insight into the disorder of human life. Even your “DYAN” group has also came from an individual’s mind isn’t it? H : There are so many youngsters doing charity work collectively, do you say it is wrong? HF : Yes and No! H : How come yes and no, it should be either yes or no? HF : They are wrong, when they are easily getting satisfied by just joining, (or) by doing some little work and think they did marvelous job (or) waiting for an article to come in the news paper or television about their group (or) when they compare with what they have done with what other group has accomplished. To put it simply when you don’t die to the good that you have done to others the self becomes strong. They are not wrong, only even though they are working collectively each group member is exerting his own energy to understand the issue and try to have new insights about the problem, the individual should not get carried away by the group. He must have capacity to question his own understanding as well as the group. I am not saying he should be in conflict with the group, but the mind should not be slave to any other, the other might be a group, religious organization, guru, ideology, ideal…etc. In one of the meeting Jaya Prakash Narayan quoted like this “When a human being is working and the desire for fame or recognition are absent GOD will be along with him” http://www.jiddu-krishnamurti.net/en/freedom-from-the-known

You can act only in the present

Once I read the statement “The present is eternal” and also “The present contains the past and future” how true it is even when I am writing this mail or while you are reading this mail. This moment is turning itself into past which is nothing but past or history and also I can’t take journey into future until the present moment turning itself into past. So the entire life cycle of a human being exists in the present moment, how well it is said by JK that “You can act only in the present”. Once the brain realizes the immense significance of present moment as a fact, not as an idea, theory or some intellectual concept but as a fact then the state of mind enters into a different level, in which there is no time interval between idea and action. This state is gifted by nature to every new born kid, we destroy that state, and we tell them before acting think about consequences from the society. Also human being has put constant effort to take control over future happiness. The outward things I can plan and execute to certain extent but all the problem is when I want to plan my inward state of mind for future. But inwardly the past and future are non facts; the fact is only present moment. Most unfortunately human mind is incapable to stay in the present moment, because we are caught in becoming somebody. Life will be miserable if the present is just a means to enter into the future, because all life is a single present moment, which means being not becoming. Psychologically time is the enemy of change. Can fear exists in a mind which is living in the present moment? Don’t put effort to stay in the present, but observe that your mind is imagining about future or recollecting past memories.

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To be unprotected and innocent

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.

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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.

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