Conflict Makes Us Delusional
“In the midst of conflict there is no understanding at all, only a blind struggle. Conflict leads to apathy, to delusion. We must go outside the pattern of duality for creative, revolutionary understanding.” — J. Krishnamurti When an argument between partners goes out of control, an outsider is needed to resolve it—a therapist, a common […]
You Can’t? Or You Won’t?
“It is thoughtlessness that must be considered, not the mere giving up of a habit or conflict. The abandonment of a habit will naturally flow if there is thoughtfulness, if there is sensitivity. . . So if you want to smoke, smoke; but be intensely aware of all the implications of habit: thoughtlessness, dependence, loneliness, […]
Why Are You Lonely?
“To find the right and lasting answer to loneliness, we must first cease to run away from it, for thought is ever seeking a refuge, an escape. Only when the mind-heart can accept this void unconditionally, yielding to it without any motive, without hope or fear that there can be its transformation.” — J. Krishnamurti […]
Judgment Is Your Enemy
“Right thinking comes with self-knowledge. Without understanding yourself, you have no basis for thought; without self-knowledge, what you think is not true.” — J. Krishnamurti The most effective way to get unstuck from a problem is to speak to someone (or something, like a rubber ducky). But we often struggle to even start speaking. Why? […]
Inspiration Is Like Romance
“This process of covering up the arid loneliness is called inspiration. Inspiration then becomes a mere stimulation, and as with all stimulation, it soon brings its own boredom and insensitivity. So we go from one inspiration, simulation, to another, each bringing its own disappointment and weariness; thus the mind-heart loses its pliability, its sensitivity; the […]
The Key to Inner Transformation
“If you who have created this struggle and suffering do not change fundamentally, will systems, conferences, blueprints bring about order and goodwill? Is it not imperative that you transform yourself, for what you are the world is?” — J. Krishnamurti Social media should be regulated to protect our mental health and curb fake news. Schools […]
When Should You Trust Your Gut?
“Who is there to tell you what to do? We have this mentality that I must have someone to tell me what to do. Psychologically, why should I accept what somebody else says, when I realize that I am the rest of mankind? That mankind is me. The ‘me’ is the history of mankind, the […]
Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish
“Or we try to cover up this emptiness with ideas, beliefs, creeds, fancies; then opinion, goodwill, and experience of others take on powerful import; then ceremonies, priests, Masters, saviors become essential and destroy self-reliance; then authority is worshipped.” — J. Krishnamurti The terms “principle” and “ideology” might appear similar, but they’re as different as apples […]
How To Attain Moksha
“Poverty of being is revealed when we try to overcome it by covering it up with possessions, with the worship of success and even virtues. Then things, property, come to have great significance; then class, social position, country, pride of race assume great importance and have to be maintained at all costs; then name, family, […]
Will Bitterness Make Things Better?
“Hate begets hate, ill will begets ill will. Very often in our relationships, this spirit of retaliation breeds only more violence and more antagonism.” — J. Krishnamurti You have a friend who speaks without thinking when she gets angry (which is often). Sometimes, her words hurt you or embarrass you in public. To teach her […]