The Courage to Stand Alone - U.G. Krishnamurti
You have no freedom of action at all...
When that is understood, what is there expresses itself. The intelligence that is there can function much more effectively than all the solutions that man has come out with through his thinking, which is the result of millions and millions and millions of years of [evolution]. The ideal that we have placed before us, the perfect man, is just a myth. Such a man doesn't exist at all. The ideal man doesn't exist. It is just a word, an idea. All your life you are trying to become that ideal man and what you are left with is the misery, the suffering, and the hope to be that. "One day, you will see." That's the hope. We will die with that hope.
The Courage to Stand Alone - U.G. Krishnamurti
When the demand for bringing up any change in you ceases, then the concern to change the world around you also comes to an end.
The Courage to Stand Alone - U.G. Krishnamurti
Q: So what is this relation between ourselves and the world we live in?
U.G.: Absolutely nothing except that the world you experience is the one that is created by you. You are living in a world of your own. You have created a world of your own experiences and you are trying to project it onto the world. You have no way of experiencing the reality of the world at all. You and I use the same word to describe a video camera. What you are holding is a pen, or a pencil, as the case may be. So, we have to accept all these things as valid because they are workable. They help us to function in this world, to communicate only on that level intelligently.
The Courage to Stand Alone - U.G. Krishnamurti
Q: Would you say that there is no such thing as growth in spirituality? Or could you say that . . . .
U.G.: What I am suggesting is that there is no such thing as spirituality at all. If you superimpose what you call spirituality on what is called material life, then you create problems for yourself, because you see a growth, growth and development in the material world around you. So, you are applying that to this so-called spiritual life also.
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