Krishnamurti- DONT Join any Group or Organizations.
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You know, there are many schools in Asia......and I believe they are creeping into this country too,where you are being taught how to be aware,or how to be attentive.Now the first thing is, if I may point out, don’t join anything,
don’t join any group,
any organisation –
I hope there is nobody here...
...who is the head of organisations, (laughter)
or group leaders.
Don’t,because you need a mind that is capable...to stand completely alone,
not be burdened by the propaganda of others...or the experiences of others.
Enlightenment doesn’t come through a leader,through a teacher,it comes through understanding.....of ‘what is’, which is in yourself,not running away from yourself.
So don’t, if I may most respectfully suggest,don’t join anything,
especially the religious kind...where they promise you Nirvana or God for five dollars,or give you some kind of talisman...
...in the shape of words – we’ll go into that presently;
because the mind has to understand actually...
...what is going on in the psychological field,
in its own field, and therefore it must be aware...
...of what is going on, aware without any distortion,
without any choice, without any resentment, bitterness,
explanation or justification, just to observe.
Now if this is laid happily, easily, with great joy,
not compulsively but with ease, with felicity,
without any hope of reaching anything,
because if you have hope you are moving away from despair,
therefore one has to understand despair,not search out hope.
Despair comes only when there is no understanding of ‘what is’.
Out of despair you have bitterness.
In the understanding of ‘what is’...
...there is neither despair nor hope.
All this is asking too much of the human mind, isn’t it?
Unless you ask the impossible...
...you fall into the trap of what is possible.
And that trap is very easy,
one has to ask the utmost of the mind,
the mind has to ask, and the heart,
the greatest demand,
otherwise we will slip into the most easiest, the possible,
the convenient, the comfortable.