It seems so impossibly difficult to be simple, to be what you are and
not pretend. To be what you are is in itself very arduous without trying
to become something, which is not too difficult. You can always pretend,
put on a mask but to be what you are is an extremely complex affair;
because you are always changing; you are never the same and each moment
reveals a new facet, a new depth, a new surface. You can’t be all
this at one moment for each moment brings its own change. So if you
are at all intelligent, you give up being anything. You think you are
very sensitive and an incident, a fleeting though, shows that you are
not; you think you are clever, well-read, artistic, moral but turn round
the corner, you find you are none of these things but that you are deeply
ambitious, envious, insufficient, brutal and anxious. You are all these
things turn by turn and you want something to be continuous, permanent,
of course only that which is profitable, pleasurable. So you run after
that and all the many other yous are clamoring to have their way, to
have their fulfillment…
So to be what you are is an extremely arduous affair; if you are at
all awake, you know all these things and the sorrow of it all. So you
drown yourself in your work, in your belief, in your fantastic ideals
and meditations. By then you have become old and ready for the grave,
it you are not already dead inwardly. To put away all these things,
with their contradictions and increasing sorrow, and be nothing is the
most natural and intelligent thing to do. But before you can be nothing,
you must have unearthed all these hidden things, exposing them and so
understanding them. To understand these hidden urges and compulsions,
you will have to be aware of them, without choice, as with death; then
in the pure act of seeing, they will wither away and you will be without
sorrow and so be as nothing. To be as nothing is not a negative state;
the very denial of everything you have been is the most positive action,
not the positive of reactions, which in inaction; it is this inaction
which causes sorrow. This denial is freedom. This positive action gives
energy, and mere ideas dissipate energy. Idea is time and living in
time is disintegration, sorrow.
J. KRISHNAMURTI : Part 1 : Life Story & Teachings
Documentary/Biographical Story about Krishnamurti, with rare film footage.
On Conflict
J. KRISHNAMURTI
This theme book examines a particularly important subject in Krishnamurti's
teaching through excerpts from his talks and dialogues.
On Fear
This theme book examines a particularly important subject in Krishnamurti's
teaching through excerpts from his talks and dialogues.
On Freedom
This theme book examines a particularly important subject in Krishnamurti's
teaching through excerpts from his talks and dialogues.
On God
This theme book examines a particularly important subject in Krishnamurti's
teaching through excerpts from his talks and dialogues.
On Learning and Knowledge
J. KRISHNAMURTI
This theme book examines a particularly important subject in Krishnamurti's
teaching through excerpts from his talks and dialogues.
On Love and Loneliness
This theme book examines a particularly important subject in Krishnamurti's
teaching through excerpts from his talks and dialogues.
On Mind and Thought
This theme book examines a particularly important subject in Krishnamurti's
teaching through excerpts from his talks and dialogues.
On Relationship
This theme book examines a particularly important subject in Krishnamurti's
teaching through excerpts from his talks and dialogues.
Books
Krishnamurti: The Open Door
NEW EDITION
The 3rd volume of Mary Lutyens biography of Krishnamurti. It covers the
period from the late 1960s until his death in 1986. The other volumes
are: Krishnamurti: The Years of Awakening; Krishnamurti: The Years of
Fulfillment; and The Life and Death of Krishnamurti (a compendium)
Can Humanity Change
Discussions between Krishnamurti and a group of Buddhist
scholars provide a unique opportunity to see what this great teacher had
to say about Buddhist teachings.
The conversations, which took place at Brockwood Park, England in the
late 1970s, focus on human consciousness and its potential for transformation.
When asked about following a guided practice Krishnamurti said, "Oneself
is already secondhand, living in the shadow of others, so why look to
others?"
Books Facing a World in Crisis
Reviews of Facing a World in Crisis
"Krishnamurti is one of the greatest philosophers of our age."—the
Dalai Lama
