Jiddu Krishnamurti

in the transcendent state life must then be dominated by the lower self, wherein we surrender to the self-programmed habitual reaction to events and circumstances. In daily life, then, when we do not know what to do we look to others for direction. The lower self is always looking for the reassurance that all is well. When not established in the transcendent we can never come across the new for we are always clinging to the old. According to Krishnamurti, the transcendent can only be brought about by understanding that “meditation is the constant understanding of the way of life” and that this can only be secured by the process of observation (Krishnamurti 1968). He highlights the importance of observing the whole process of and the movement of life as the way to transcend the lower self and enjoin with the Self. He states that in order in order to engage in observation “one must be free to be completely a light to oneself. This light cannot be given by another” (What is Meditation (Truth and Actuality) 1976). The light that Krishnamurti speaks of is that of the transcendental Self. This light of the Self can only be reflected through the physiology when we let go of any ideas of who we think we are. This is essential for only through pure observation can our true Self can come forth…

Additionally, he stresses the importance of questioning everything, thinking critically, and discovering the answers on your own. Krishnamurti’s book speaks on the mind by saying “The content of my consciousness is my unhappiness, my misery, the images which I have collected through life…Can all that be completely emptied?… If it is not possible … There is neither hope, nor despair, I am in prison….The mind must find out how to empty its content. That is, have no image. The image means the past…

Why Go to College? Jiddu Krishnamurti once wrote, “There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from that moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.” People go to college to get a direction for life. They want to grow and become better. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the holder of a bachelor’s degree will make an average of $40,478 per year as opposed to just $22,895 for high…

“Governments want efficient technicians, not human beings, because human beings become dangerous to the government” (Jiddu Krishnamurti) This quote by the public speaker, Jiddu Krishnamurti, is often reflected in the novels Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. The novels both deal with the recurring theme that the government is willing to remove humanity for an efficient, conflict-free society. We see this in both government's use of conditioning the…

Observation as described by Jiddu Krishnamurti is “choiceless awareness,” observation without any motive (Beyond Myth and Tradition Series, 1997). Krishnamurti suggests that by means of observation without motive, we have brought the past into the now, and allowed the past to end in the now. In the now we are then free of the bonds of the past and free of the uncertainty of the future. In the state of observation without motive, we naturally become Self-referral and intuitive knowing arises by…

going to win because Tom Robinson was of color, Jem tells Atticus, “you can’t just convict a man on evidence like that, you can’t” (295). Jem is so surprised that Tom was being convicted when the evidence clearly demonstrated that he was innocent. What countless don’t realize is that one isn’t always convicted in a court, if not in everyday life. Every time someone is judged because of appearance, background or personality, they are automatically being convicted by the inane opinions of others…

ever greater quantities of CRAP! This current state is an overwhelming tragedy and shame of omniversal proportions - it used to be such a lovely class M planet … the only one for light years around. Still is awesomely breathtaking, but painfully dying. Perhaps it is best we get no visitors - we would be sooo embarrassed! They would take us for a severely dysfunctional, gone mad actually, race, that has inexplicably turned both on its host and on itself ... might even think about fumigating.…

grumbling of how they shouldn’t stop the lottery because, “Next thing you know, they’ll be wanting to go back to living in caves...There’s always been a lottery” (Milne 143). Once again, he mentions that, “There’s always been a lottery”. Tradition is an important theme in the story because it also represents the blind faith in the villagers. They assume that if that they don’t break tradition everything will be peaceful in the village. They don’t question it because they dislike any change.…

of productive living, and the use of the powers of love and reason which unite us with the world. Happiness consists in our touching the rock bottom of reality in the discovery of our self and our oneness with others as well as our difference from them…Happiness is to experience fullness, not emptiness to be filled. The average man today may have a good deal of fun and pleasure, but in spite of this, he is fundamentally depressed.” (Ibid, p. 202) Unfortunately, happiness and mental health are…

“Tradition is our security. And when our mind is secure, it is in decay,” laments Jiddu Krishnamurti wisely. While tradition is a solace to many, as Krishnamurti puts it, once outdated, it can result in the deterioration of society. And worse, perhaps, are the consequences faced by those who protest antiquated values. Set in a stereotypical American town and initially written with a joyful tone, “The Lottery” explores such paradoxical views on tradition shifting to a dark and sinister tone…