Krishnamurti is regarded globally as one of the greatest thinkers and religious teachers of all time. He did not expound any philosophy or religion, but rather talked of the things that concern all of us in our everyday lives, of the problems of living in modern society with its violence and corruption, of the individual's search for security and happiness, and the need for mankind to free itself from inner burdens of fear, anger, hurt, and sorrow. He explained with great precision the subtle workings of the human mind, and pointed to the need for bringing to our daily life a deeply meditative and spiritual quality... Read More>>>
Our consciousness has been programmed for thousands and thousands of
years and we have been conditioned, programmed, wired...to be, to think
as individuals. To think as separate entities struggling, struggling
conflict -- from the moment you're born until you die. We are
programmed to it. We have accepted that. We have never challenged it,
we have never asked, if it possible to live a life totally, absolutely
without conflict.
This is one of a series of dialogues between J Krishnamurti, David Bohm,
Rupert Sheldrake and John Hidley. The purpose of these discussions is
to explore essential questions about the mind: what is psychological
disorder and what is required for fundamental psychological change.
J
Krishnamurti is a religious philosopher, author and educator who has
written and given lectures on these subjects for many years. He has
founded elementary and secondary schools in the United States, England
and India.
David Bohm is professor of theoretical physics at
Birkbeck College, London University in England. He has written numerous
books concerning theoretical physics and the nature of consciousness.
Professor Bohm and Mr Krishnamurti have held previous dialogues on many
subjects.
Rupert Sheldrake is a biologist whose popular book
proposes that learning in some members of a species affects the species
as a whole. Dr Sheldrake is presently consulting plant physiologist to
the International Crops Research Institute in Hyderabad, India.
John
Hidley is a psychiatrist in private practice who has been associated
with the Krishnamurti school in Ojai, California for the past six years.d with the Krishnamurti school in Ojai, California for the past six years.
The speaker has said that going to an office everyday from nine to five is an
intolerable imprisonment. But in any society all kinds of jobs have to be done.
Is K's teaching therefore only for the few?
You have understood?
Shall I read it again?
The speaker has said that human society is so constructed throughout the world
that most people are occupied with jobs, pleasant or unpleasant, from nine to
five everyday of their life. And he said also that it is an intolerable
imprisonment. I don't know how you feel about it. Probably you like being in
prison, probably you like your jobs from nine o'clock to five o'clock, rushing,
rushing back and all the rest of it.
What shall we do?
To the speaker he wouldn't tolerate it for a single minute - for the speaker. I
would rather do something which would be pleasant, helpful and necessary to
earn enough money and so on. But most of us accept this prison, this routine -
right? We accept it.
So what shall we do?
Nobody, as far as one is capable of sufficient observation, nobody has
questioned this. We say it is normal, it is the way of society, it is the way
of our life, it is the way we must live. But if we all see together that such
an imprisonment, which it is actually, that we all feel it is intolerable, not
just verbally but actually do something about it we will create a new society -
right? We will if all of us say we will not tolerate for a single day this
routine, this monstrous activity of nine to five, however necessary, however
good and pleasant, then we will bring about not only psychological revolution
but also outwardly.
Right?
We may agree about this but will we do it?
You might say,
"No, I can't do it because I have responsibility, I have children, I have a
house and mortgage, insurance"
- thank god I haven't got any of those!
And so you might say,
"It is easy for you to talk about all this."
But it is easy for the speaker to talk about it because he refuses to go in
that pattern. From boyhood he refused it.
Jiddu Krishnamurti - Brockwood Park 2nd Public Question & Answer Meeting
30th August 1979
Acknowledged as one of the greatest religious teachers of this or any other age, the late J. Krishnamurti was a visionary whose ideas are still ahead of his time... Listen to a Free Sample>>> **************************************************** The Perfect Plan By Chuck Danes
Do you sometimes feel that life's unfair, that future hope is bleak? Do your day to day experiences leave your spirit feeling... Do you ever think the joys in life are reserved for just a few?
That your hopes and dreams you'll never reach no matter what you do.
Perhaps you've thought how hard it is to get ahead these days?
That strain and strife are just part of life and nothing you do pays.
If you do, take heart my friend, so many think this way.
But there is hope a brighter path that you can take today.
It will require a shift in thought, it may challenge your beliefs
But it will guide you to a life of joy, content, relief.
So listen closely and absorb this perfect plan I share
Implement these steps you'll learn and soon you'll be aware
Of a life that's filled with joy beyond your wildest dreams
Regardless what "appears" to be no matter how life seems.
Focus your attention on what you soon will learn
The wisdom in it, if acted on will provide those things you yearn
The answers are available just seek and you will find
That all which you've experienced is a product of your mind
These troubles you encounter now that you feel get in your way
Are due to thoughts, emotions felt that you had yesterday.
For long ago the plan was made which allowed you to be free
From all these limitations that you now perceive to be
You have been given power which you're not yet aware
It's through misuse of this precious gift that's created your despair
For in the plan there came a clause that remains within it still
That each and every soul on earth be entitled to free will
You chose to limit your results by absorbing false belief
The plan designed to bring you joy through your own choice brought you grief
For every thought, emotion felt consists of energy
And those that you allow to grow is what life comes to be
The life that you are living now is due to seeds you've sown
The thoughts, beliefs, emotions felt is precisely what has grown
You must undo the damage done and shatter old beliefs
And do away with those that harm instead of bring relief
You must rethink the choices made that brought you where you are
Rewrite the script of your own life which allows you to go far
There is a law that draws to you those things you'd like to see
Just use your free will consciously and soon you will be free
To experience life's beauty and all it can provide
Just follow closely what is shared and use it as your guide
First you must become aware of all you think and say
Discover and become aware of the powerful role they play
In attracting the experiences you come to see in life
Are they in harmony with joy, or lack and pain and strife?
For it is these that stir within emotions that you feel
Projected out attracting more that you perceive as real
The energy they emanate attracts more of the same
Be conscious of the signal sent and what it is you claim
Now ponder on your core beliefs, what you believe is true
Are those beliefs in harmony with what you want to do?
Examine closely one by one and discern if they are truth
Or were they handed down to you and given you in youth?
Are they based on ease, love, joy and possibility
Or struggle, strain, fear and strife, examine them and see
Determine which will serve you and which you need to shun
Analyze them carefully, each and every one.
Jiddu Krishnamurti (12 May 1895 – 17 February 1986) was an Indian
speaker and writer on philosophical and spiritual subjects. In his
early life he was groomed to be the new World Teacher but later rejected
this mantle and disbanded the organisation behind it. His subject
matter included psychological revolution, the nature of mind,
meditation, inquiry, human relationships, and bringing about radical
change in society. He constantly stressed the need for a revolution in
the psyche of every human being and emphasised that such revolution
cannot be brought about by any external entity, be it religious,
political, or social.
Krishnamurti was born in British India and in early adolescence, he had a
chance encounter with prominent occultist and theosophist Charles
Webster Leadbeater in the grounds of the Theosophical Society
headquarters at Adyar in Madras. He was subsequently raised under the
tutelage of Annie Besant and Leadbeater, leaders of the Society at the
time, who believed him to be a "vehicle" for an expected World Teacher.
As a young man, he disavowed this idea and dissolved the Order of the
Star in the East, an organisation that had been established to support
it.
He claimed allegiance to no nationality, caste, religion, or philosophy,
and spent the rest of his life travelling the world, speaking to large
and small groups and individuals. He wrote many books, among them The
First and Last Freedom, The Only Revolution, and Krishnamurti's
Notebook. Many of his talks and discussions have been published. His
last public talk was in Madras, India, in January 1986, a month before
his death at his home in Ojai, California.
His supporters, working through non-profit foundations in India, Great
Britain and the United States, oversee several independent schools based
on his views on education. They continue to transcribe and distribute
his thousands of talks, group and individual discussions, and writings
by use of a variety of media formats and languages.
