Posts Tagged ‘Krishnamurti’
I assume that we don’t have sound-proof room and don’t use some plugs into our ears. This is the problem with most of us, when we can’t go in the Jungle for meditation and get disturbed with the noise of vehicles, or due to some sound tracks playing nearby, or with the talks of family members – or with the mix of three of them.
What happens is that we get irritated, and leave doing meditation but this is not the solution. Isn’t it? The solution is "don’t resist" if the noise is coming let it come; if somebody is talking nearby, let them talk – the problem only comes when we resist and complain. Otherwise there is disturbance but not the problem. Accept the disturbance and be with it, but keep on doing meditation.
We lose confidence because we forget the source and on periphery, there is only inferior, hypnotized and feeble life.
We lose confidence because:
- We feel insecure, we need security.
- We have emotional problems, we need comforts.
- We are conditioned, we need freedom.
- We are afraid, we need fearlessness.
- We are coward, we need courage.
- We are greedy, we need money and matter.
- We don’t understand life; we need someone to tell us.
…and so many things.
Biggest harm in lack of confidence
Listen carefully! "We are easily persuaded by anybody who promises us to ease out above factors." And, we are ready to pay any price.
How to get confidence?
Which is of greater importance to us, either to create our destiny, or to know the purpose of our lives?
Or, are we confused? Do we think "creating our destiny" is equal to the "purpose of our lives?"
Of course we can create what we want (there are hundreds of materialization techniques around the world). We can create a better money giving job, a better progress in competitive business, a woman or a man, heap of money and unlimited property – there is abundance of matter; we just want and create, we just want and create, but is it all the purpose of our lives??
Story: a bowl and a man
I heard a story, a man had a bowl, and he was the same as we are. And his bowl used to give him everything; when he asked food, bowl gave him food; when he asked money, bowl gave him money – this man was happy. But his happiness was all gone, when the things became repetitive because the bowl was giving him everything, every-time just easily – this man got fed up, he needed new things in life. Once he saw a man having same type of bowl, when he enquired that man told his bowl gives everything double. This man became interested and the bowls were exchanged, and he came back home. And when he tried the bowl, asked something, the bowl just made everything double, e.g., when the man asked give me a banana, the bowl said take two bananas; when man said give me two, then bowl said take four bananas…and so on and on. This man has lost everything and gone mad. We all are like this man who run after all sorts of enticements and forget the "purpose of life."
Try to understand!
I never say creating, attracting and materializing are bad, but I’m saying it is not the purpose of our lives. The purpose of life is not into the things, not in matter and objects – purpose of life is to set free, to get freedom from all these things.
What should be the purpose of life?
Things that give freedom can only give security. But, in the name of security the freedom is snatched by family, society and by so called Gurus.
Are we programmed?
We learn what society makes us learned and keep on repeating that without bothering about what is good and what is bad, and whole life is ruined. Do we feel this psychological prison?
Outward security
This is physiological and basic needs to every individual, i.e., food, shelter, medicine etc.
Inward security
This is psychological like for greed, fear, emotions, attachments, obsessions…and all Gods, Gurus, thinkers and motivators come in it.
Is there any security?
I had to complete and publish this post yesterday night, but I slept early thinking about "how knowledge is limited without experience (original source)," and we think this knowledge is everything, this everything turns into limited memory and gives limited thoughts and we feel hell out of life. Actually, lots of things were coming into my mind, but as soon as I thought about "limited knowledge," all he clouds disappeared from my sky, and I felt clear and calm.
Limited Knowledge > Limited Memory > Limited Thoughts = Conflict in relationship
Limited Knowledge> Limited Memory> Limited Thoughts= Unreal relationship
If we talk about conflict in relationship, it is also because of limited knowledge that drives limited thoughts, and limited thoughts give conflicts, isn’t it?
I feel if we take it seriously, it can change each one of use life as far as conflicts with thoughts is concerned.
I think we should directly talk about the "formula" that J. Krishnamurti gave, and later on talk about other thing. The formula is:
"Thinking is the process of memory.
Memory comes with knowledge.
Knowledge comes from experience."
There are four things: 1 thinking, 2 memory, 3 knowledge, and 4 experience. Is it clear to you? Fine! Now, if there is only knowledge and knowledge taking from somewhere (family, friends, society, etc), this knowledge is limited (or better say false) because it is not coming from the experience. And, when knowledge is limited, memory is limited. When memory is limited, thinking is limited. Now, listen carefully…when thinking is limited, it must cause conflict. Do you get it? If not, please read again.
This is one of the main causation of conflict: “What I’m and what I should be?”
What I’m – is the current reality.
What I should be – is the projection of mind.
And in, what I should be, we start creating an idea, a concept, a belief system…imaginary or visualized…whatever! And try to become that something to be, leaving out our current reality, the now, the present. And want “that something to be” to decide our current reality. And only the future is: “Tomorrow is, whatever we are actually now!”
Yesterday night, I finished watching one of J. Krishnamurti video, it was little longer than an hour, and it took me more than 5 hours to listen & understand it by play and replay, one sentence many-times, mainly because the wisdom of J. Krishnamurti was so profound, so unique, I laughed and enjoyed the whole night.
What I learned from J. Krishnamurti, I broke it into six parts; this is the first article of those interrelated parts. Herein, we are talking, as in the title (What’re conflicts in you? Analysis never works), and in next articles will be talking about three main causations of conflicts one by one (they are: "what I’m and what I should be," "time," and "thoughts"), and then in next article, how to have real relationship in life, and next how to have freedom and security in life.
If you don’t know about J. Krishnamurti, let me tell you, he isn’t a philosopher, he isn’t a thinker, he isn’t a Guru, and he just helps people with what he has realized in his life. He is amongst the rarest individuals to whom I truly like.
Now, come to our issues…
Someone asked this question to J. Krishnamurti, and he told how group consciousness affects the individual consciousness and how individual conscious affects the group consciousness. Let’s see…
How group consciousness affects the individual consciousness?
If you see the left image, the dot in center is an individual having his own psychology, conditioning, inclinations and belief systems. He has immediate circle of family, and family also has certain beliefs, thoughts, rituals, attitudes and conditioning that is coming down from generations. The next circle is of relatives having particular conditioning and psychology; next cycle comes of neighbors and friends, then of society and culture, then of regional cycle, and then of nationality, and each one having their own ideologies and bullshits.
You can think of how many layers are there over the head of an individual. How much he is conditioned with each layer, totally influenced and affected, and living a “$#&*^” (don’t know what to say) life.
The answer is in the question. Or, say if you have the question, the answer needs to be yours only.
The solution, the answer that we look for, expect from, and get from outside, an external source – can’t satisfy. But we, expect answers from others, even, we get answer –we don’t follow; we can’t follow because answer was from outside, it didn’t come from inside.
There is profound insight in this statement: "The solution is in the problem."
Whatever answers we get from others, it gives superficial relief, a temporary relief, a time pass, and things just to talk about only. The people who lived whole life with J. Krishnamurti, couldn’t get the height that Krishnamurti got, couldn’t work for society as Krishnamurti did. Because, whole life they kept on expecting and hearing answers from Krishnamurti. They couldn’t understand exactly what this man was saying – the solution is in the problem – what are you seeking will come from you only, not from Jiddu Krishnamurti.