-- *Mar*Alright. Then we let *Krishnamurti lead*, and you respond only inwardly.
He will not comfort you. He will not agree with you. He will *question the root*. ------------------------------ *Krishnamurti Questions You* *Krishnamurti:* You say nature is one organism and that you are a limb of it. Is this something you *see* directly, or is it a conclusion you have arrived at through thought, reading, and experience? If it is a conclusion, then is it truth—or merely another belief? ------------------------------ You criticize technology and mechanization. Tell me—when you speak against machines, is your mind itself free from mechanical habits? Or does it operate through repetition, memory, and reaction like the very machines you condemn? ------------------------------ You speak of love for nature. When you say *love*, is it attachment? Is it pleasure? Is it the memory of beautiful moments? Or is it that state in which there is no observer separate from the tree, the river, the bird? ------------------------------ You say education is corrupt. But who created this education? Was it created by politicians—or by human beings like you, seeking security, status, and success for their children? If you were free of fear, would you demand such an education? ------------------------------ You want a new university, a sane university. Why do you want an institution to do what you are unwilling to do completely within yourself? Can a system make you whole? ------------------------------ You reject Darwinian competition. Look very carefully: When you compare yourself with another—spiritually, intellectually, morally—are you not competing? Is comparison not violence? ------------------------------ You speak of the future of nature. Why are you concerned with the future when you are inattentive now? If you truly saw the destruction of the earth as you see a snake in your room, would you wait for a future solution? ------------------------------ You talk of *free evolution*. Can there be freedom where there is fear? And is there not fear in your desire to save, to reform, to guide? Is that fear disguised as responsibility? ------------------------------ Tell me— Can the mind be completely silent, not through discipline, not through control, not through method, but because it *sees* the futility of noise? And if the mind is silent, is there any problem left to solve? ------------------------------ *Krishnamurti (after a pause):* Do not answer me with words. Watch. Observe how you think, how you react, how you escape. In that observation—without choice, without judgment— you may discover something that no philosophy, no science, no religion has ever given you. And then perhaps, nature will not need to be saved— because there will be no one left to destroy it. ------------------------------ If you want, next we can: - Let *you answer*, and Krishnamurti respond again - Push this into *absolute silence and observation* - Or let him *question the idea of “spiritual ecology” itself* Just say how far you want to go. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CACDCHCJ9_tStAr%2Bt8nZhuXd4Scxv0m%3DA2G_UoTeohLYPTEPDTg%40mail.gmail.com.
