So Long As There Is Verbal Opposition Of "What Should Be" vs. "What Is Actual" There Will Always Be Inequality And Despair
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Today, I came across an article that talked about redefining what “feminism” means, which said that:
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“Without relationship, there is no existence: to be is to be related. Most of us do not seem to realize this; that the world is my relationship with others, whether one or many. My problem is that of relationship. What I am, that I project, and obviously, if I do not understand myself, the whole of relationship is one of confusion in ever-widening circles. So, relationship becomes of extraordinary importance, not with the so-called mass, the crowd, but in the world of my family and friends, however small that may be, my relationship with my wife, my children, my neighbor. In a world of vast organizations, vast mobilizations of people, mass movements, we are afraid to act on a small scale; we are afraid to be little people clearing up our own patch. We say to ourselves, "What can I personally do? I must join a mass movement in order to reform." On the contrary, real revolution takes place not through mass movements but through the inward revolution of relationship; that alone is real reformation, a radical, continuous revolution. We are afraid to begin on a small scale. Because the problem is so vast, we think we must meet it with large numbers of people, with a great organization, with mass movements. Surely, we must begin to tackle the problem on a small scale, and the small scale is the "me" and the "you." When I understand myself, I understand you, and out of that understanding comes love. Love is the missing factor; there is a lack of affection, of warmth in relationship; and because we lack that love, that tenderness, that generosity, that mercy in relationship, we escape into mass action which produces further confusion, further misery. We fill our hearts with blueprints for world reform and do not look to that one resolving factor, which is love.”
~ J. Krishnamurti, The Book of Life
~ J. Krishnamurti, The Book of Life
Today, I came across an article that talked about redefining what “feminism” means, which said that:
“For
the record, feminism by definition is the belief
that men and women should
have
equal rights and opportunities. It is the theory of political,
economic and social equality of the sexes.
She
then extended feminism to men as well, saying “gender equality is
your issue too,” especially when it comes to emotional well-being
and the pressure to succeed in a “male” way. “Both men and
women should feel free to be sensitive,” she reminded us.
“Both men and women should feel free to be strong.”
Equality
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“The fullest development of every individual creates a society of equals. The present social struggle to bring about equality on the economic or some spiritual level has no meaning at all. Social-reforms aimed at establishing equality, breed other forms of antisocial activity; but with right education, there is no need to seek equality through social and other reforms, because envy with its comparison of capacities ceases. We must differentiate here between function and status. Status, with all its emotional and hierarchical prestige, arises only through the comparison of functions as the high and the low. When each individual is flowering to his fullest capacity, there is then no comparison of functions; there is only the expression of capacity as a teacher, or a prime minister, or a gardener, and so status loses its sting of envy.”
~ J. Krishnamurti, Life Ahead Introduction
“To understand each other, I think it is necessary that we should not be caught in words; because, a word like God, for example, may have a particular meaning for you, while for me it may represent a totally different formulation, or no formulation at all. So it is almost impossible to communicate with each other unless both of us have the intention of understanding and going beyond mere words. The word freedom generally implies being free from something, does it not? It ordinarily means being free from greed, from envy, from nationalism, from anger, from this or that. Whereas, freedom may have quite another meaning, which is a sense of being free; and I think it is very important to understand this meaning. After all, the mind is made up of words, amongst other things. Now, can the mind be free of the word envy? Experiment with this and you will see that words like God, truth, hate, envy, have a profound effect on the mind. And can the mind be both neurologically and psychologically free of these words? If it is not free of them, it is incapable of facing the fact of envy. When the mind can look directly at the fact which it calls 'envy,' then the fact itself acts much more swiftly than the mind's endeavor to do something about the fact. As long as the mind is thinking of getting rid of envy through the ideal of non-envy, and so on, it is distracted, it is not facing the fact; and the very word envy is a distraction from the fact. The process of recognition is through the word; and the moment I recognize the feeling through the word, I give continuity to that feeling. ”
~ Krishnamurti, The Book of Life
The
Seed of Physical Cruelty & Violence Is The
Verbal Promotion of “What Should Be” Proper
It
is this “What Should Be” that is at the root of all Human
suffering, cruelty and continual conflict. This is the emotional
“smoking-gun” that fans the flames of endless strife among
people. In the socially conditioned or programmed mind, there is no
freedom in the mind to critically examine this elusive psychological
error that perpetuates itself (while claiming to seek an end to
emotional and physical misery). There is a built-in hypocrisy in
emotionally biased word-wars.
When
opinions, ideals are presented, there is a pressure to take sides to
either agree or disagree with them. All mental energy is wasted on
choosing a side and then defending it, and often times even to the
death. Spread throughout the world, people engage in this meaningless
exercise that leads to either domination of one group over another or
all out annihilation. This is nothing more than organized
disintegration of mind and body lacking clarity or understanding
beyond “the word”.
“Words” are wrongly being used to replace the reality. They are innately only meant to describe or point to something of actual substance, not be that substance. The "description/word" is NOT that thing described! For example, the word “food” is NOT the actual substance of food, is it? No. That term, "food", merely acts as a pointer in order to call your attention toward the reality of that substance that one ingests for biological nourishment, right? If the word was the thing, then you could satisfy your hunger by merely stating a word of what you would like to eat. And, your physical hunger would be satisfied. This is why "The Word" is not the essence of anything. Words are inherently meant only to describe or point. So after you examine/understand that substance you, then, go beyond the word to take action to eat it , or not. But, the thing that is called "food" is not that word. Words only point and alert the mind to examine the actual thing that is being pointed at to figure out what is being pointed out either exists or does not exist and how to interact with that thing.
“Words” are wrongly being used to replace the reality. They are innately only meant to describe or point to something of actual substance, not be that substance. The "description/word" is NOT that thing described! For example, the word “food” is NOT the actual substance of food, is it? No. That term, "food", merely acts as a pointer in order to call your attention toward the reality of that substance that one ingests for biological nourishment, right? If the word was the thing, then you could satisfy your hunger by merely stating a word of what you would like to eat. And, your physical hunger would be satisfied. This is why "The Word" is not the essence of anything. Words are inherently meant only to describe or point. So after you examine/understand that substance you, then, go beyond the word to take action to eat it , or not. But, the thing that is called "food" is not that word. Words only point and alert the mind to examine the actual thing that is being pointed at to figure out what is being pointed out either exists or does not exist and how to interact with that thing.
Words
that point to an emotional state of being that does not exist but you wish exist
are ideals, beliefs or the “What Should Be”. This is where psychological conflict begins. However whenever people "dislike" any
given emotional condition, challenge or situation in their daily lives, they seek a way to
get rid of or escape from it. They do this through verbal
combat or opposition. Their emotional prejudice of “like” or “dislike” dictates all verbal-warfare. It is automatically presumed that opposition,
oppression of something will fix the problem. Instead, it only
distorts, spreads and intensifies social discord that ultimately leads to physical or economic peril. The more one focuses on the emotional-based “What
Should Be”, the more the mind distances itself from learning or being in direct contact with the actual mental state of the original disturbance, which in this case is: gender inequality and why it exists at all.
By
seeking to use a group of emotional words to try to manufacture
“equality”, one creates a gap between FACT (What The Problem Is)
vs. FICTION (What Should Be Done To Correct The Problem). In matters
of psychology or emotion, the manner in which one APPROACHES the
challenge/problem is what determines its outcome. The traditional
approach is to either push the problem away or smash it. It starts
through verbal condemnation of the problem, followed by the emotional
identification or attachment to the conceptualization of an opposite
to replace the ugly condition that is “disliked”. It is taken for
granted (or believed) that this process of emotion-opposition through idealism is the only way to deal with the
problematic sociological traditional attitudes and behavior regarding gender bias, discrimination or inequality.
You and I Are the Problem, Not the World
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“The world is not something separate from you and me; the world, society, is the relationship that we establish or seek to establish between each other. So you and I are the problem, and not the world, because the world is the projection of ourselves, and to understand the world we must understand ourselves. That world is not separate from us; we are the world, and our problems are the world's problems.”
~ J. Krishnamurti, The Book of Life
So the main problem lies in The Approach to our emotional-social problems. In general, people traditionally feel that one gender is superior or inferior to the other. Thus, the covert or overt gender-war rages onward to dominate or submit, so long as our species allows itself to be governed by its Ego. As long as there is emotional domination, there can never be equality, because the very act of domination is biased/unfair. “Equality” cannot be sought after through word-worship or through conformity to any ideal or belief. One can easily proclaim to be equal to another gender. However, those words are not the fact of the matter, is it? One must first understand how "inequality" arises through self-awareness. We always want to attack others and force them to change without first understanding how to break free of our own antequated traditional mindset or conditioning. Egos hate to self-examine. That is why the seed of the problem remains unchanged and, thereby, the social problem is , then, cleverly disguised or masked. Then, the social leaders pretend like the problem has been dealt with. All that happened was the problem was swept under the rug, so to speak. “Equality” is a byproduct of the mental-freedom to see/examine the fallacy of seeking the opposite of “What Is” actually going on by trying to emotionally-cling onto the ideal or belief or speculation of “What Should Be” true (according to the people of power subjective “likes” & “dislikes”).
You and I Are the Problem, Not the World
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“The world is not something separate from you and me; the world, society, is the relationship that we establish or seek to establish between each other. So you and I are the problem, and not the world, because the world is the projection of ourselves, and to understand the world we must understand ourselves. That world is not separate from us; we are the world, and our problems are the world's problems.”
~ J. Krishnamurti, The Book of Life
So the main problem lies in The Approach to our emotional-social problems. In general, people traditionally feel that one gender is superior or inferior to the other. Thus, the covert or overt gender-war rages onward to dominate or submit, so long as our species allows itself to be governed by its Ego. As long as there is emotional domination, there can never be equality, because the very act of domination is biased/unfair. “Equality” cannot be sought after through word-worship or through conformity to any ideal or belief. One can easily proclaim to be equal to another gender. However, those words are not the fact of the matter, is it? One must first understand how "inequality" arises through self-awareness. We always want to attack others and force them to change without first understanding how to break free of our own antequated traditional mindset or conditioning. Egos hate to self-examine. That is why the seed of the problem remains unchanged and, thereby, the social problem is , then, cleverly disguised or masked. Then, the social leaders pretend like the problem has been dealt with. All that happened was the problem was swept under the rug, so to speak. “Equality” is a byproduct of the mental-freedom to see/examine the fallacy of seeking the opposite of “What Is” actually going on by trying to emotionally-cling onto the ideal or belief or speculation of “What Should Be” true (according to the people of power subjective “likes” & “dislikes”).
“What
Is” the problem? The problem is a disturbance of some kind. On the
surface, the problem is that women have been forced, throughout
history, to be in a social subordinate position. The real problem is
that women do not understand the value of their nature. They compare
their physical differences to the man's physical abilities. It is
like comparing the attributes of daytime to the attributes of
nighttime. Both operate differently. That does not mean that day is better than the night nor does it make it less meaningful than the night nor visa versa.
The problem with humans is that they destroy their innate value through
comparing themselves with each other, rather than communing with and understanding their nature; and learning what that nature really is. Everything that exists
has an intrinsic worth unto itself:
The
sun, for example, need not compare itself to the moon in order for it
to be of value to itself. Why do women want to be able to lift as much weight as
a man? Why do men want to be “pretty” or “dainty” like a
woman? It would be like the front wheels (male) wanting to operate
like the rear wheels (female). The front wheels of a vehicle is not better than the rear wheels; they just have different functions. If you get rid of either the front or rear wheels, the vehicle can't move. Both front and rear wheels are vital for movement of the vehicle. Is your mouth superior to your anus?
No, of course not. So the upper half of your body is not any more important than your lower half. But both halves have different functions and need each other for the sake of the whole body's survival.
All things have their place and function. If you remove any vital function, everything will fall apart. For instance, if you took away the female chromosomes out of your DNA, the human body would fall apart. If you took away the male chromosomes of your DNA, the same thing would happen. The human body comprises EQUAL AMOUNTS of chromosomes (23 female + 23 male). There is no superiority or inferiority between them. Yet the male and female chromosomes serve different expressions and functions of energy from each other in order for the homo sapiens to exist at all. Male and female energy can never express itself in the same manner because there must be opposite expressions for their to be biological equilibrium.
All things have their place and function. If you remove any vital function, everything will fall apart. For instance, if you took away the female chromosomes out of your DNA, the human body would fall apart. If you took away the male chromosomes of your DNA, the same thing would happen. The human body comprises EQUAL AMOUNTS of chromosomes (23 female + 23 male). There is no superiority or inferiority between them. Yet the male and female chromosomes serve different expressions and functions of energy from each other in order for the homo sapiens to exist at all. Male and female energy can never express itself in the same manner because there must be opposite expressions for their to be biological equilibrium.
The
confusion comes from thinking that male and female energy must have
the same identical manner of expression in order for there to be
equality. Nothing could be further from the truth. If that were the
case, there would be no distinction between male and female and would defy the Natural Laws of Energy -- which is opposite expressions (Positive & Negative). Life is
matter. Matter is made of atoms. Atoms contain equal amounts of
negative (female) and positive (male) energy, just like in a battery.
If you don't have these opposite expressions that differ, everything
would vanish. So, what is the key to making these opposite
expressions harmonize or cooperate?
It
is the ZERO FACTOR of NEUTRALITY. That is the “neutron” at
the center of atoms. The "neutron" has "no charge" (neither negative nor positive); it is "nothing". But, it is that state of nothingness/neutrality that makes it possible for the opposite expressions of energy to harmonize (peacefully co-exist). Please understand that life is energy or matter. And, it expresses itself in opposites (like negative and positive or dark and
light or exhale and inhale). When the opposites are not prejudiced or favored but are, instead, equally expressed and studied,
then the zero charge of neutrality merges the opposites to harmonize and create. The chaos begins when we try to give greater value to one of the opposites. That is what happens when we treat men higher than women (or visa versa).
In the emotional psyche there are opposite expressions of feelings and thoughts that we either “like” & “dislike”. They are there to distinguish things for the benefit of biological well being. And, they are there emotionally to study and fully understand our whole mind. The Ego wants to be “liked”. So it rejects anything that it “dislikes” either about itself or others. Whenever you think or feel something that you “dislike”, you try to get rid of it, don't you? Organized-religion dictates that you must force yourself to think and feel in a particular way, and fight against anything outside of that. From childhood, it has been imposed upon our minds to be "good" or else suffer some form of punishment. If you blindly obey, you are praised and rewarded. It is no different than being a trained dog or circus animal that gets a treat for performing the commanded trick correctly or is brutalized if he fails to obey.
Hence, one has split their emotional-mind into "bad" & "good"; then promote the so-called "good" thoughts/feelings and repress or imprison the so-called "bad" ones. Since you are ALL of your thoughts/feelings, that means whenever you repress yourself, you will resist that repression. Hence, your total mind is at war with itself. As a result, there is the terror of not being able to control yourself. And, you can't emotionally control yourself because "the controller is the controlled", hence no control at all. All that the mind can do is learn about itself through watching how it responds, without doing anything about it.
We have been programmed, trained or conditioned "to do something about it". If we have a feeling like "hatred", for example, then we tell ourselves that we must not feel that way, and then superficially say, "I'm sorry for hating". But that changes nothing. The fact is that you are that feeling (of hatred) and no amount of denial can change it. Emotional thoughts and feelings can only naturally end when one is in full contact with its emotions, without seeking to direct them or overcome them or willfully change them into something "better" to suit our liking. Because anything the emotional-mind does to change itself will still be born of the very essence of itself, which is based on Past Memories. The Past cannot bring about Newness. The Past is restricted and is not free to be in touch with itself, which is why it makes up illusions called "beliefs" then tells itself that it's in a "better" place and is now "saved" from any state of mind that it “dislikes”. Then it can make the false claim that it has changed. However, nothing could be further from the truth.
The point is to understand and commune with every thought and feeling that pops up in our daily lives. The act of pure self-examination or self-awareness, alone, contains "no bias" (it is "neutral"), which is beyond the Past Emotional Memory. Therefore, when people praise or condemn anything about me, I will have an emotional feeling or thought pop up. Instead of trying to get rid of or verbally attack or condemn those people who stimulated my emotions that I may “dislike”, I passively watch what I feel without classifying it. There is no positive nor negative bias when I simply commune or be in touch with my emotional responses, so that there is only pure learning about "The Self" (the emotional mind). In a state of pure learning (communing) there is no limitation nor friction, because no part of "The Self" is in opposition with itself. When psychological conflict ends, naturally, then people and their genders are able to co-exist in harmony just like the electrons (negative energy) and protons (positive energy) does. It is the equal amounts of electrons & protons that is kept in balance with the neutron (which has no charge). Similarly, it is the equally, unbiased observation of both pleasant and disturbing emotions that neutralizes all friction within the Human Consciousness.
So whatever you feel or think, emotionally, dissolves once it has fully blossomed and told its story and you have fully listened to it. Hence your emotional mind is free and at peace to give birth to any thought or feeling; embrace it and then let it go and die. In such a state of mind, there is no need to compare or measure oneself against another person because one is just learning about oneself which frees the mind to be Whole unto itself. Then there is freedom and equality, because ALL thoughts and feelings are examined and communed with impartially and equally. If the mind treats itself with equality, it is free from all external inequalities of others. Then, when people call you anything, you can't be psychologically disturbed. The Neutral Holistic Mind is the seed of bringing about a different world of Humanity that is free of the Ego.
In the emotional psyche there are opposite expressions of feelings and thoughts that we either “like” & “dislike”. They are there to distinguish things for the benefit of biological well being. And, they are there emotionally to study and fully understand our whole mind. The Ego wants to be “liked”. So it rejects anything that it “dislikes” either about itself or others. Whenever you think or feel something that you “dislike”, you try to get rid of it, don't you? Organized-religion dictates that you must force yourself to think and feel in a particular way, and fight against anything outside of that. From childhood, it has been imposed upon our minds to be "good" or else suffer some form of punishment. If you blindly obey, you are praised and rewarded. It is no different than being a trained dog or circus animal that gets a treat for performing the commanded trick correctly or is brutalized if he fails to obey.
Hence, one has split their emotional-mind into "bad" & "good"; then promote the so-called "good" thoughts/feelings and repress or imprison the so-called "bad" ones. Since you are ALL of your thoughts/feelings, that means whenever you repress yourself, you will resist that repression. Hence, your total mind is at war with itself. As a result, there is the terror of not being able to control yourself. And, you can't emotionally control yourself because "the controller is the controlled", hence no control at all. All that the mind can do is learn about itself through watching how it responds, without doing anything about it.
We have been programmed, trained or conditioned "to do something about it". If we have a feeling like "hatred", for example, then we tell ourselves that we must not feel that way, and then superficially say, "I'm sorry for hating". But that changes nothing. The fact is that you are that feeling (of hatred) and no amount of denial can change it. Emotional thoughts and feelings can only naturally end when one is in full contact with its emotions, without seeking to direct them or overcome them or willfully change them into something "better" to suit our liking. Because anything the emotional-mind does to change itself will still be born of the very essence of itself, which is based on Past Memories. The Past cannot bring about Newness. The Past is restricted and is not free to be in touch with itself, which is why it makes up illusions called "beliefs" then tells itself that it's in a "better" place and is now "saved" from any state of mind that it “dislikes”. Then it can make the false claim that it has changed. However, nothing could be further from the truth.
The point is to understand and commune with every thought and feeling that pops up in our daily lives. The act of pure self-examination or self-awareness, alone, contains "no bias" (it is "neutral"), which is beyond the Past Emotional Memory. Therefore, when people praise or condemn anything about me, I will have an emotional feeling or thought pop up. Instead of trying to get rid of or verbally attack or condemn those people who stimulated my emotions that I may “dislike”, I passively watch what I feel without classifying it. There is no positive nor negative bias when I simply commune or be in touch with my emotional responses, so that there is only pure learning about "The Self" (the emotional mind). In a state of pure learning (communing) there is no limitation nor friction, because no part of "The Self" is in opposition with itself. When psychological conflict ends, naturally, then people and their genders are able to co-exist in harmony just like the electrons (negative energy) and protons (positive energy) does. It is the equal amounts of electrons & protons that is kept in balance with the neutron (which has no charge). Similarly, it is the equally, unbiased observation of both pleasant and disturbing emotions that neutralizes all friction within the Human Consciousness.
So whatever you feel or think, emotionally, dissolves once it has fully blossomed and told its story and you have fully listened to it. Hence your emotional mind is free and at peace to give birth to any thought or feeling; embrace it and then let it go and die. In such a state of mind, there is no need to compare or measure oneself against another person because one is just learning about oneself which frees the mind to be Whole unto itself. Then there is freedom and equality, because ALL thoughts and feelings are examined and communed with impartially and equally. If the mind treats itself with equality, it is free from all external inequalities of others. Then, when people call you anything, you can't be psychologically disturbed. The Neutral Holistic Mind is the seed of bringing about a different world of Humanity that is free of the Ego.
When
the woman compares her nature with the man, she “dislikes” his abilities because she is not designed to do what he can do. So she
gets angry and demands to be able to express herself like a man (she
is trying to become and outdo a man). In so doing, she is condemning and attacking her
feminine nature, because she wants to become a man and, thereby, escape from her own nature because she views it as being inferior. The woman is envious. Envy is a byproduct of measurement or comparison. Sometimes men do the same thing. Again through comparison, men try to act like a woman. Whenever one compares, it gives rise to jealousy or envy, hatred and aggression. Then one assumes that one thing is "better" than another. This illusion of the so-called "better" is only present in the Human Mind. Then it is inevitable that conflict begins when there is struggle "to become" the "better". Then, there is terror of not being able "to become" the "ideal", the "better". Whenever there is failure to achieve the "ideal", people set out to condemn and destroy those who have created the illusion of achieving the "ideal".
When an entity compares itself, it is actually hurting and destroying itself. Our function is to learn about what we emotionally think or feel, not to seek or escape to try to go beyond what we emotionally think or feel. Generally, men and women both lack the clarity of mind and the freedom to simply be in full direct contact within themselves (through learning from ones watchful communion of ALL internal emotional responses). In psychological learning, there is no friction, conflict or any problem to overcome. After all, who will overcome? Will the problem overcome itself? Of course it can't. Both men and women have only one challenge to face, and that is the challenge of being in touch with and, thereby, understanding ones total emotional state of mind. There is no problem while the mind is in a state of pure observation (without any desire interfering with what is being observed). The only doing or action lies within the watchful communion with ones emotions. There is “nothing to become”. All there is to do is for our mind to impartially commune with itself. That IS true equality!
When an entity compares itself, it is actually hurting and destroying itself. Our function is to learn about what we emotionally think or feel, not to seek or escape to try to go beyond what we emotionally think or feel. Generally, men and women both lack the clarity of mind and the freedom to simply be in full direct contact within themselves (through learning from ones watchful communion of ALL internal emotional responses). In psychological learning, there is no friction, conflict or any problem to overcome. After all, who will overcome? Will the problem overcome itself? Of course it can't. Both men and women have only one challenge to face, and that is the challenge of being in touch with and, thereby, understanding ones total emotional state of mind. There is no problem while the mind is in a state of pure observation (without any desire interfering with what is being observed). The only doing or action lies within the watchful communion with ones emotions. There is “nothing to become”. All there is to do is for our mind to impartially commune with itself. That IS true equality!
However,
people who don't learn through self-communion about their
nature (their emotional responses toward anything), are
lost, confused and violent. They compare themselves to others and then
grumble about the treatment of inequality. These incessant emotional complaints lead to social unrest and ultimately to massacres. In this vat of emotional misery, at its center is a broken
thing called an “Ego” (the one who compares/divides itself generating conflict/misery). “Ego” is self-loathing and seeks to escape from itself through adopting emotional words in
which to believe and take refuge. And, to give a false sense of “superiority”
or impose an artificial authority that it has imagined. The “Ego” of the Woman or Man is in competition. So it is a hoax when either gender speaks of "equality", because their “Ego” is a byproduct of emotional inequality. Where there is Ego there is bias!
In critically studying the movement and structure of ones “Ego”, without bias “like”/“dislike” corrupting your observation, you discover that the Ego is born out of
ignorance about its activity. It ignores itself -- by everlastingly
chasing after the opposite of what it is thinking or feeling (i.e., escaping into illusory ideals, beliefs or speculations about “What It Should
Be”). How can a Mind that is not free to study its falsehoods know “What It Should Be”? Mental
clarity can never be directly sought. First, one must see that it dangerously false to make up “What It Should Be”. And, deeply feel
the actuality of ALL states of mind. In that holistic communion
lies the understanding and clear awareness of any state of mind. When a state of being is
penetrated and fully felt, without seeking a means of escape, then
that state naturally withers away. Every state of mind has a birth and natural
death once it is fully felt/embraced. And, in that communion, that state of mind reveals the reality of its whole essence to be fully felt and understood. If you wholly listen
to its story, its energy is creatively released so that emotional condition naturally
dissolves. Then, one will behave appropriately to any challenge in our daily lives. There is no will power or coercion to get rid of
anything, because the neutral communion took care of it. It's just like when a storm is born. It expresses
its full nature. You ride it out until it naturally fades away. Then, another weather condition
arises to fully express itself, and we ride it out; then it dies. Ergo, the rhythm of life is Birth-Death, which are inseparable – like inhale/birth-death/exhale. Birth-Death are
two sides of the same coin of Energy/Life. Emotions are born to be Holistically Observed (to death).
Our
emotional thoughts and feelings are just like the various expressions of weather.
All forms of weather are just various expressions of energy. They all have an
intrinsic function to express themselves, fully and then end or die. If these
expressions get blocked, then it causes an imbalance and malfunctioning in the whole
movement of the ecological environment. Humans, tamper with the
weather based on their biased emotional nature of “like” & “dislike”,
which is causing unforeseen imbalances and problems in the long-term ecological development on Earth. So long as the Human species maintains its emotional ignorance
about itself, it is disrupting the natural processes in
our biosphere and in our health. Until people awaken to commune/learn about their “Ego”
(the fractured mind), there will be escalating deterioration, decay and ruination
throughout the material world. The connection between the mental and physical
realm dictates outward circumstances!
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“Without relationship, there is no existence: to be is to be related. Most of us do not seem to realize this; that the world is my relationship with others, whether with the one or the many. My problem is that of relationship. What I am, that I project, and obviously, if I do not understand myself, the whole of relationship is one of confusion in ever-widening circles. So, relationship becomes of extraordinary importance, not with the so-called mass, the crowd, but in the world of my family and friends, however small that may be: my relationship with my wife, my children, my neighbor. In a world of vast organizations, vast mobilizations of people, mass movements, we are afraid to act on a small scale; we are afraid to be little people clearing up our own patch. We say to ourselves, "What can I personally do? I must join a mass movement in order to reform." On the contrary, real revolution takes place not through mass movements but through the inward revolution of relationship; that alone is real reformation, a radical, continuous revolution. We are afraid to begin on a small scale. Because the problem is so vast, we think we must meet it with large numbers of people, with a great organization, with mass movements. Surely, we must begin to tackle the problem on a small scale, and the small scale is the "me" and the "you." When I understand myself, I understand you, and out of that understanding comes Love. Love is the missing factor; there is a lack of Affection, of warmth in relationship; and because we lack that Love, that tenderness, that generosity, that mercy in relationship, we escape into mass action which produces further confusion, further misery. We fill our hearts with blueprints for world reform and do not look to that one resolving factor which is LOVE.”
~ J. Krishnamurti, The Book of Life
Being Related
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“Without relationship, there is no existence: to be is to be related. Most of us do not seem to realize this; that the world is my relationship with others, whether with the one or the many. My problem is that of relationship. What I am, that I project, and obviously, if I do not understand myself, the whole of relationship is one of confusion in ever-widening circles. So, relationship becomes of extraordinary importance, not with the so-called mass, the crowd, but in the world of my family and friends, however small that may be: my relationship with my wife, my children, my neighbor. In a world of vast organizations, vast mobilizations of people, mass movements, we are afraid to act on a small scale; we are afraid to be little people clearing up our own patch. We say to ourselves, "What can I personally do? I must join a mass movement in order to reform." On the contrary, real revolution takes place not through mass movements but through the inward revolution of relationship; that alone is real reformation, a radical, continuous revolution. We are afraid to begin on a small scale. Because the problem is so vast, we think we must meet it with large numbers of people, with a great organization, with mass movements. Surely, we must begin to tackle the problem on a small scale, and the small scale is the "me" and the "you." When I understand myself, I understand you, and out of that understanding comes Love. Love is the missing factor; there is a lack of Affection, of warmth in relationship; and because we lack that Love, that tenderness, that generosity, that mercy in relationship, we escape into mass action which produces further confusion, further misery. We fill our hearts with blueprints for world reform and do not look to that one resolving factor which is LOVE.”
~ J. Krishnamurti, The Book of Life
If
women wish to be free of inequality, they need to be sensitively aware of the inequality going on in their mind. If the woman refuses to be in full contact with ALL of her thoughts and feelings, then she is promoting inequality. The way the mind is related to itself is also how it is related to society (people that you interact with). The woman demands to be treated with equality. Yet, she is treating herself unfairly. Fairness is unbiased, neutral and equal. But, in general, society has influenced us to divide our thoughts and feelings into "bad" and "good", then promote one of them and denounce and hide the other. You are told that you are a sinner, immoral or criminal if you don't live up to ideals of "being good". You are required to wage war against any thought or feeling that does not comply to these made-up ideals. Women fear their emotions. Consequently, they run to church, therapists or some mental expert to tell them how to think. Some may marry to allow their husband/wife to dictate their lives. And, emotional tradition tells women that they are evil or wicked if they don't hand their lives (and mind) over to their husband. So inequality is largely governing the world. But when you don't question tradition (psychological authority), then you are offering your life to it.
The female nature is inward/receptive (like the vagina). The male nature is outward/give (like the penis). The female nature is one of “attraction”, just like a magnetic pull. The male nature is one of “discharge”, just like a volcanic eruption of lava. Both opposite expressions of energy serve a necessary purpose in the grand scheme of life. To remove or eliminate either expression would cause the other expression of energy to collapse, as well. So you see, the problem that most women have is that they are too busy emotionally hiding from themselves (men do the same but express it differently). They don't like to be in touch with their own nature, so they are obsessed with criticizing the man's nature. Also, men do the same thing through blaming their shortcomings upon the woman and brutalizing her (is the male showing hatred toward himself).
The female nature is inward/receptive (like the vagina). The male nature is outward/give (like the penis). The female nature is one of “attraction”, just like a magnetic pull. The male nature is one of “discharge”, just like a volcanic eruption of lava. Both opposite expressions of energy serve a necessary purpose in the grand scheme of life. To remove or eliminate either expression would cause the other expression of energy to collapse, as well. So you see, the problem that most women have is that they are too busy emotionally hiding from themselves (men do the same but express it differently). They don't like to be in touch with their own nature, so they are obsessed with criticizing the man's nature. Also, men do the same thing through blaming their shortcomings upon the woman and brutalizing her (is the male showing hatred toward himself).
If
the man and the woman would pause and study their own emotional
responses, without condemnation or justification, then they would stop
trying to dominate each other. This talk about political “rights of equality” is just a
smoke screen. Why do people invent “rights”? It is because they
have failed to understand themselves through the Natural Laws of Communion with their
emotional responses. When someone pays you a compliment or insults
you, rather than clinging onto or attacking that person, why not take
a moment to embrace-and-understand your thoughts/feelings that was stimulated?
You see, a conditioned mind is emotionally divided against itself (because it is out of touch with its responses, impartially). If
a thought or feeling gets stimulated that we “dislike”, then we
traditionally and habitually seek to hide from that thought or
feeling. And, if we “like” it, we worship it and impose our ideals
onto the world around us, which can also cause antagonism and oppression. So we
distract ourselves by throwing a bunch of emotional negatively-charged words back at the one who insulted us. Or, we stroke their "Ego" in order to gain favoritism. Either way, this is the mind's way
of ignoring itself so that it does not have to be in direct contact
with an unpleasant thought or feeling that it has hidden from itself. That thought or feeling that it is trying to hide is its own nature. That which is ignored operates on an unconscious level, just like a two-headed snake. But, one head is ignorant and unaware of the other head. And, both heads are unaware that they are two halves of one thing. So they ignorantly plot to overthrow the other. Ultimately, the fragmented mind is blindly competing to win against itself, and is actually destroying itself -- no matter which side wins. The whole mind loses in the end. When the emotional mind drowns in its self-deceit, its body must suffer, as well.
The
ulterior motive of the mind is to divide itself into “High”
(Atman) and “Low” (the Id). It will indulge in the qualities
that it “likes” that another person stimulates to rise to the
surface. It will take pleasure in basking in the thoughts/feelings
that it “likes”. But, that is only the “heads” side of the
psychological/emotional coin. The other side, “tails” embodies
all of the thoughts and feelings of your ONE MIND, as well. But, the
mind seeks to suppress the expressions of itself that it “dislikes”,
it is in conflict and it is in a state of DISINTEGRATION. In other
words, the mind is literally tearing itself apart. It does so, every
time it denies or distracts itself away from itself. So it comes up
with “What Should Be” (the opposite emotional ideals or beliefs) in an effort to numb itself to feeling its whole nature.
So
if a man treats a woman like she is inferior to him by being cruel to
her, he is doing it to hide from his own insecurities that he has
denied about himself. Also
when the woman complains of being treated unfairly, she seeks an
outside savior to level the playing field instead of changing outside
conditions through radically changing herself (by being in direct contact with both her
positive and negative thoughts/feelings). Then, if men try to be
unfair to her, she would not be unknowingly contributing to her victimization, and the situation would remedy itself. Self-awareness cancels others from being able to take advantage
of you (no matter what their gender or position of prestige).
Bullies (either men or women) are aggressive toward others because they feel an emotional weakness that they wish to conceal. It is the Ego's way of IGNORING something about itself that it does not want to acknowledge. The bully only prevails because the bully hidden within the victim's mind is helping the external bully. The moment you refuse to commune with ALL of your responses, you are then being a bully toward your emotions to be ignored and repressed into its background by projecting an opposing belief or ideal in which to smother and drown it out. Those emotions that are being rejected are being victimized by a fragment of the mind that is pretending to be better than the feeling or thought that it does not wish to acknowledge. That oppositional pretense was conjured out of your original state of mind (that you shunned).
All opposites are born out of its own opposite, because the mind is the repository of pleasant and unpleasant memories. It is this emotional storehouse that reorganizes itself in order to appear like it has changed into something else that it can accept as “truth”. But the essence of the opposite ideal is still the same thing that it despises about itself. In other words, the mind is using its imagination (its emotional memories) to try to go beyond itself, which is an impossibility. Thus the mind is bullying itself in order to force itself to become something “better”. This is the fight between the so-called “good” & “evil”, which was generated the moment that the mind sought after “What It Thinks Should Be”. This is where all beliefs, ideals or emotional opinions/conclusions originate. Therefore, the bully within has granted permission to the outside world a blank check to take advantage and do whatever harm possible to you. The bully in you must first end in order to be free from the bullies you face in society.
Bullies (either men or women) are aggressive toward others because they feel an emotional weakness that they wish to conceal. It is the Ego's way of IGNORING something about itself that it does not want to acknowledge. The bully only prevails because the bully hidden within the victim's mind is helping the external bully. The moment you refuse to commune with ALL of your responses, you are then being a bully toward your emotions to be ignored and repressed into its background by projecting an opposing belief or ideal in which to smother and drown it out. Those emotions that are being rejected are being victimized by a fragment of the mind that is pretending to be better than the feeling or thought that it does not wish to acknowledge. That oppositional pretense was conjured out of your original state of mind (that you shunned).
All opposites are born out of its own opposite, because the mind is the repository of pleasant and unpleasant memories. It is this emotional storehouse that reorganizes itself in order to appear like it has changed into something else that it can accept as “truth”. But the essence of the opposite ideal is still the same thing that it despises about itself. In other words, the mind is using its imagination (its emotional memories) to try to go beyond itself, which is an impossibility. Thus the mind is bullying itself in order to force itself to become something “better”. This is the fight between the so-called “good” & “evil”, which was generated the moment that the mind sought after “What It Thinks Should Be”. This is where all beliefs, ideals or emotional opinions/conclusions originate. Therefore, the bully within has granted permission to the outside world a blank check to take advantage and do whatever harm possible to you. The bully in you must first end in order to be free from the bullies you face in society.
So
you see it changes nothing to go around seeking to punish others for
doing harm to others. Nine times out of ten, the cruel acts are
polarized between their emotional divided minds (of the aggressor and the recipient). The only true innocent
victims are children (before they develop the ability to divide their
minds and to believe in the opposite of their mental state of mind),
and the ecosystem (including all the creatures caught up in the
battle field). Otherwise, most acts of cruelty are born out of the
emotional state of duality due to failing to understand ones own
nature. Primitive thinking dictates that one must use willpower to
force out of existence any thought or feeling that one finds
offensively painful. However, the primitive mind never takes into
consideration the fact that the willpower and the undesired thought or
feeling is one in the same essence -- they are rooted in the emotional past memory. The emotional mind of Humanity has not yet realized that
its mind has two types of operations that are distinctively different
in dealing with two different realms of life -- the Technical & the Psychological.
There
is the mechanical aspect of living where the mind must use its
technical memory and choice to bring about beneficial change for physical security. For
example, our bodies are too frail to be exposed to the climate all of
the time. So we use our imaginations to conjure up a blueprint to
find a way to make clothes and shelter in order to shield our bodies from the harsh
elements of the weather. If human bodies were able to be naked
without harming our health, there would be nothing abnormal about
being naked. However, in comes the emotional mind that says, “It is
bad to be naked”. Why? Simply because the mind may not like the way
it looks. Or, it could be that a naked body arouses feelings of
sexuality, which is nothing wrong in and of itself. However, the
emotional mind develops a state of possessiveness (wanting to control
or own another person).
So a possessive mind gets upset when their mates naked body arouses others. Therefore, public nudity is frowned upon. In order to try to compensate for feeling psychologically insecure, the mind makes up rules (i.e., tenets, doctrines, ideals, beliefs, etc.) to impose the will of one gender over another. If the subjugated gender refuses to surrender to his or her will, then that gender will be treated ruthlessly. All because, the emotional mind thinks that just because it is appropriate to use its technological memory and willpower to bring about biological self-preservation, then one rationalizes that its also normal, sane and healthy to use my emotional willpower (of “like” & “dislike”, a.k.a. Prejudices) to dominate my spouse or mate. This is where mankind took a major wrong turn and has been replicating that error ever since.
So a possessive mind gets upset when their mates naked body arouses others. Therefore, public nudity is frowned upon. In order to try to compensate for feeling psychologically insecure, the mind makes up rules (i.e., tenets, doctrines, ideals, beliefs, etc.) to impose the will of one gender over another. If the subjugated gender refuses to surrender to his or her will, then that gender will be treated ruthlessly. All because, the emotional mind thinks that just because it is appropriate to use its technological memory and willpower to bring about biological self-preservation, then one rationalizes that its also normal, sane and healthy to use my emotional willpower (of “like” & “dislike”, a.k.a. Prejudices) to dominate my spouse or mate. This is where mankind took a major wrong turn and has been replicating that error ever since.
In
the area of biological survival, the mind must use its memory to take
positive action to bring about remedies. However in the are of
psychological or emotions, the mind IS "The Problem", itself. So... All
that it can do is to be still and study ALL emotional thoughts and
feelings that arise. Any effort taken to change or oppose whatever it is thinking or feeling, emotionally, will cause a contradictory division in ones entire
consciousness. It will then classify one side to be “good” - that which it “likes”; and the other half to be “evil” - that which it “dislikes”. Then, the struggle or battle with itself begins.
Once the mind is emotionally divided against itself, it seeks an
ally to help support one side of itself in order to win against the other side.
This is what gave rise to superstition, which ushered in “organized
religion”. This is mind being at war with itself.
"Organized
religion" is nothing but mental enslavement. But what, exactly, is
controlling the mind? Why, it is the emotional mind that is playing a
game of “hide-and-seek” within itself. So it is deceiving itself
by pretending that it can invent something pure and noble in order to
escape from its so-called impure thoughts and feelings. “Prayer” is simply
self-deception. The one praying imagines that it is appealing for
help from something different from itself. Then when things turn out
in ones favor, the emotional mind claims that its deity granted his
plea. Also, one assumes that its plea was fulfilled because of being
obedient towards the emotional rules. But if things turn out
unfavorable, and the person felt that he or she was complying with
the beliefs, then one might switch sides within ones own
consciousness and become the servant to its dark thoughts and
feelings (a.k.a. Satan). Then, one would pray to the dark deity. The whole
psychological, emotional or spiritual process is based upon
PLEASURE/REWARD or PAIN/PUNISHMENT.
The
emotional/psychological/spiritual mind is seeking PLEASURE/REWARD.
That is egocentric driven motives. That is not what the mind is
inherently designed to do. It has deviated from its nature which is
to understand its nature through direct communion, alone, and nothing
else. The mind is in the habit of feeling like it has all the
answers. That is part of its arrogance and ignorance. It thinks this
way because of its vast accomplishments in the technological or
mechanical side of life. Its memory has been used to make machines
that can measure various aspects of life, superficially. So it has
jumped to an erroneous conclusion that, in the emotional field, it
can measure its way to understanding its nature. But, deep down, the
emotional mind does not really want to be in touch with its actual
nature because its thought process cannot be in the driver's seat (in
other words be in power). The mind wants to be in control of all
aspects of life, including its emotional or spiritual side.
Firstly, we are biased within ourselves whenever we fail to fully commune with ALL ones emotional thoughts and feelings (be they liked/positive or disliked/negative ones). When the mind is free of psychological inequality by being in full direct contact with ALL of its emotional expressions, then it is no longer a sucker for emotional choice (of prejudice, “likes” or “dislikes”). Once you are fully aware that the “What Should Be” is nothing more than a thinly disguised noose being offered for you to hang yourself, then you will never fall prey to that psychological con game. So feminism is just another con game born out of resisting communing with ALL of ones actual emotions arising out of gender prejudice. Once one feels the reality of an emotional problem, that's the end of it. Then, a new outcome emerges out of that seed of holistic self observation and deep understanding. Then there's no need to rely upon any “What Should Be” (opposing ideal, belief or -ism), which only serves to disguise the psychological pain, yet never resolve it.
Here
is the fact, ALL emotional thoughts and feelings are the total mind.
So when the mind uses the fabric of itself, which are words and
images, to run away from a particular expression of itself, it is
playing a cruel trick upon itself. Because the fabricated Utopian ideal is just a twisted version of the thing that it hates. The mind
is using the mind to escape from the mind. Mind can NEVER EVER
escape from itself. You are Your Emotions! All words are yourself. So if
you conjure phrases to oppose any state of mind, those beliefs,
ideals and opinions are rooted in the very thing they seek to
overthrow. Just like the roots of a tree look different from the
leaves and branches, but they are just one entity, right? Ideals may
look different and sound different but its inventor is the same thing
as the emotional problem. So the ideal is the dummy but the
ventriloquist is the inequality state of mind that encourages you to
ignore him and only focus on the dummy, which is not alive or real.
The image, ideal or belief is only make-up or a dummy that is hiding the emotional pain of the ventriloquist, underneath.
So
you can redefine things all you want, the problem will always remain
underneath these -isms (which are thinly disguised emotional escape
vehicles) which will only serve to perpetuate and intensify the
problem of inequality, subconsciously. Equality is a byproduct of the
Neutral Holistic Observation of ALL Emotional Thoughts/Feelings,
which automatically cancels out any contradiction, division or
conflict (i.e., political ideal or dogma, etc.) – The “What
Should Be”. It is the equal examination of both the emotions you
“like” and “dislike” that reveals your WHOLE Psychological
Nature, which is fairness (equality). In that Neutral Holistic
Observation, alone, is freedom and equality. And, where there is
freedom to observe the whole-self, there is no duality, conflict or
unfairness. Then the mind is acting as “A Light Unto Itself”
(without bowing down to “What Should Be”).
Where
there is understanding through observation of any emotional thought
or feeling, there is no comparison nor antagonism. One is at peace
with ones nature by simply communing with whatever it feels. So it
wont matter what people say about you or if they are mean toward you.
Because you are free to learn about your nature as each emotional
response arises no matter what others say or do. In that pure
holistic self-examination lies freedom, happiness, bliss and love for
the wholeness of life (both negative and positive expressions of
energy). Then there is a Neutral Measureless State of Being, which is
Equality. One does not need any outside help to be in touch with
yourself. The world is being policed because most people are in
conflict and are out of order. When the mind is in order there is no
need to be policed nor have thousands of rules to try to obey, which
is an impossibility, anyway.
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“The mere desire to resolve a problem is an escape from the problem, is it not? I haven't gone into the problem, I haven't studied it, explored it, understood it. I don't know the beauty or the ugliness or the depth of the problem; my only concern is to resolve it, put it away. This urge to resolve a problem without having understood it is an escape from the problem - and therefore it becomes another problem. Every escape breeds further problems.”
~ J. Krishnamurti, Talks by Krishnamurti in Saanen, 1964
When
“Equality” exists within, it is naturally reflected as it grows
like a seed and blooms forth the physical harmonious conditions. At
present, the external conditions are toxic and unequal because the
seed of the emotional consciousness is at odds within itself. Such a
state of mind is not free to see itself as it is, so all that it sees
is distorted. So while it thinks that it can find solutions, a mind
that is a problem unto itself can only magnify, spread and multiply
external (social) and internal (psychological) problems, so long as
it is divided by trying to conform to the “What Should Be” vs the
“What Is” (“Fabrication” vs. “Problem”). It can only
manipulate the style of the problem, but basically the
problem's essence remains disorderly, unhealthy, insane and
fundamentally unchanged. Fate is determined by the manner of the
approach to the emotional mind, because it is the very foundation of
Human Life. If the approach remains the same, which is relying on
emotional ideologies which only opposes problems, then the outcome
must also continue to be the same. And, secretly, that is exactly
what the collective-ego desires. It does not want to change. That is
THE GREATEST LIE of all time. That is why people cling to the latest
beliefs, ideals and opinions and endlessly bicker over which one is
the best to choose and emotionally identify with. Then they are
willing to kill one another over it. That's the psychological
addiction that enslaves most of Humanity.
We
are always struggling to fix our problems of living by trying to
shape and mold the outer physical conditions. But a plant is the
result of the content of its seed. Our minds are in a state of
disintegration, which manufactures ideals that brutes come
along and demand us to act like those concepts. That is not how
energy naturally works. You can't conform to a blueprint that is born
out of escaping from being in touch with parts of yourself that it
has denounced – that is 'self' vs. 'self'. That is why
hypocrisy rules most of the world. It's a lie to fabricate words to
obey. Words are meaningless without communion with the reality of ALL
states of mind. If I feel angry, then embrace it and learn about it
through feeling it. But if you turn to words to bury it, you are
separating yourself from being in touch with yourself. That is
self-destruction leaving you wide open for others to destroy you, as
well. Don't run from anger by condemning the person that stimulated
that emotion. You have been presented with an opportunity to see that
aspect of your nature and then it will naturally die once it has been
completely felt (without trying to improve it or edit it). Throwing
negative words at others does not stop your feeling angry; it only
intensifies it. And, seeking to hide from anger through pleasant
sounding words also strengthens anger that has been buried in its
subconscious, which will only rise up even more vehemently again when
you least expect it. This is where all cruelty and violence
originates, and that is what is being ignored in our so-called
education.
All
thoughts and feelings are like the weather that burst forth to be
fully experienced then it withers away and naturally dies. If we
could understand that our emotional side of our nature is like the
weather to be fully expressed in cycles that naturally arise as we
interact with our fellow man/woman, then we would not need to conjure
up false Utopian 'isms to pretend to obey. Right behavior is only
naturally born out of the thorough communion with our emotional
nature as it is stimulated throughout our daily lives. You are the
thing that you emotionally “like” or “dislike”. Holy means,
“to be whole”, “not divided or broken up”. You are broken
whenever you choose to cling to whatever you “like” and ignore
(which is the essence of ignorance) that which you “dislike” –
that is division, is it not? You don't like “inequality” if you
are on the receiving end of it, so you make up an opposite in which
to take emotional comfort. That puts the mind into a trance state in
order to pretend like it is now free from “inequality”. But the
one who fears being weak and worthless can pretend to be almighty by
imposing “inequality” upon others. Both the perpetrator
and the recipient of “inequality” are hiding from being in
touch with the reality of that which they “dislike”. When mind hides from itself, IT IS MISERY! IT IS VIOLENT!
The
mind compares “What Is” (the fact) with “What Should Be” (the
fiction or belief). Its prejudice is that: it “likes”, prefers and chooses the “What Should Be” or "The Ideal". So the Ego pretends
like the “What Should Be” or "The Ideal" is Reality, Truth or Moral. Then ego (sentimental-mind) becomes enemies with The Truth, Equality and Freedom - which is
what it “dislikes”. When the mind is out of touch with “What
Is” taking place in its emotional condition (the state it desires to ignore or deny), then that is insanity! Life means: being in communion with or in full contact with its actual emotional state! When the mind/ego opts to propagandize, believe or make-up reality (of the “What Should Be”), in an immoral struggle to emotionally escape/hide from itself, (which is egocentric), then our mind operates callously fragmented – UN-holy, wicked and monstrously violent.
Yet, a mind that is in conflict with itself imagines itself to be a "saint", "noble" or "honorable" in order to hide from The Truth about what it is actually doing (which is deceiving itself and others). Then, the lie disguises itself as the “truth” and The Truth (the thing that is being deliberately ignored or concealed) is then treated as being an evil lie. That is the psychologically-conditioned-realm in which most people are buried. It's a zombie-world of the living dead! The biological body is alive, but it is being slowly dragged into a state of rot by its dead mind. Because, it is not in living touch with ALL states of its being. A thing that's out of touch with itself is not related to itself; so, that mind is dead, numb to itself (a.k.a.,it's A Zombie!).
-->> Living (Body) + Dead (Mind) = Zombie
Yet, a mind that is in conflict with itself imagines itself to be a "saint", "noble" or "honorable" in order to hide from The Truth about what it is actually doing (which is deceiving itself and others). Then, the lie disguises itself as the “truth” and The Truth (the thing that is being deliberately ignored or concealed) is then treated as being an evil lie. That is the psychologically-conditioned-realm in which most people are buried. It's a zombie-world of the living dead! The biological body is alive, but it is being slowly dragged into a state of rot by its dead mind. Because, it is not in living touch with ALL states of its being. A thing that's out of touch with itself is not related to itself; so, that mind is dead, numb to itself (a.k.a.,it's A Zombie!).
-->> Living (Body) + Dead (Mind) = Zombie
We
are faced with LIVING PROBLEMS. Ideals (the “What It Should Be”) are dead things (the
storehouse of the past-emotional-memories) modified and projected into the present moments and presented as being "new solutions" (but it's really only a perpetuation of past problems). Newness means nothing old (the natural ending of ones emotional-past through unbiased communion/awareness). The “emotional-word” is born
out of the past-emotional-memories of inequality.
If you want to be free of inequality, you must begin by impartially observing every thought and feeling that arises out of your daily social contacts. And, your ego can do nothing to improve what it discovers in that emotional arena; because you are that arena. Any emotional retaliation attempting to alter what you see about your emotional thoughts/feelings will only strengthen those thoughts and feelings. Resistance is Self-Fear. One is then scared to observe oneself as one actually is. Therefore, the mind adopts the “What It Should Be”.
However, in living an unbiased observant life, you are then being the solution – without blindly following some propaganda (emotional-tradition) to become something opposite of the problem (i.e., the Ideal or the “What It Should Be”). The mind only radically changes once it ACTUALLY DETECTS WHAT IT IS FEELING-AND-THINKING from every present moment. Life is in the present moments of being holistically aware of ALL its responses. YOU ARE ALL OF YOUR RESPONSES that must be holistically examined – without control. Mind-control is an illusion, because mind can only cause self-destruction through dividing itself from “What It Is” & “What It Should Be”! Ergo, mind is out of control!
If you want to be free of inequality, you must begin by impartially observing every thought and feeling that arises out of your daily social contacts. And, your ego can do nothing to improve what it discovers in that emotional arena; because you are that arena. Any emotional retaliation attempting to alter what you see about your emotional thoughts/feelings will only strengthen those thoughts and feelings. Resistance is Self-Fear. One is then scared to observe oneself as one actually is. Therefore, the mind adopts the “What It Should Be”.
However, in living an unbiased observant life, you are then being the solution – without blindly following some propaganda (emotional-tradition) to become something opposite of the problem (i.e., the Ideal or the “What It Should Be”). The mind only radically changes once it ACTUALLY DETECTS WHAT IT IS FEELING-AND-THINKING from every present moment. Life is in the present moments of being holistically aware of ALL its responses. YOU ARE ALL OF YOUR RESPONSES that must be holistically examined – without control. Mind-control is an illusion, because mind can only cause self-destruction through dividing itself from “What It Is” & “What It Should Be”! Ergo, mind is out of control!
Society's key burden is the sentimental blindness of “The Me” that's out of touch with itself. Social-Policies masquerade as being the rescuer. ALL propaganda and political systems, all over the world, influence people to avoid being in full contact with your emotional responses taking place in
your daily life. The only way to get people to live in perpetual inequality, they must maintain a state of mental fragmentation, which breeds desperately seeking leadership. And, the flock must never awaken to The Truth that they don't need a leader once you learn to be a light unto yourself. That Light ignites by seeing what your emotional-mind is doing to trick itself through seeking refuge in psychological conformity in the make-believe of idealism -- i.e., the “What It Should Be”!
Without sentimental drive, the political system and organized-religion would vanish. So daily, we are being inundated with wave-after-wave of propaganda cheering us on to choose this emotional ideal or belief or opinion over another. Then, doing battle against others who chose against whatever you chose to emotionally identify with. People have allowed themselves to be driven by a ceaseless emotional war, beginning within themselves (of which ALL bloody wars are spawn). If war intelligently ends within, it will also end externally. War then naturally ends (psychologically, spiritually or emotionally) when one examines everything that one thinks and feels (without defense or offense). Just being in touch and doing nothing else. Then, one is truly free to function as a WHOLE BEING. And, the conflict between the higher & the lower, the leader & the follower and the master & the slave dissolves -- Equality is then born.
Without sentimental drive, the political system and organized-religion would vanish. So daily, we are being inundated with wave-after-wave of propaganda cheering us on to choose this emotional ideal or belief or opinion over another. Then, doing battle against others who chose against whatever you chose to emotionally identify with. People have allowed themselves to be driven by a ceaseless emotional war, beginning within themselves (of which ALL bloody wars are spawn). If war intelligently ends within, it will also end externally. War then naturally ends (psychologically, spiritually or emotionally) when one examines everything that one thinks and feels (without defense or offense). Just being in touch and doing nothing else. Then, one is truly free to function as a WHOLE BEING. And, the conflict between the higher & the lower, the leader & the follower and the master & the slave dissolves -- Equality is then born.
But, society has been programmed through emotional, traditional imitation (i.e., Monkey-see-monkey-do mindset). If others are arguing over concepts, beliefs or ideals, then I'm suppose to follow suit – is the presumption. So it does not matter what technological skills you may possess. They are all overrun by emotional self-deception. A mind that is out of touch with itself is an ignorant mind (regardless of how much technological knowledge it has amassed). Because it will use that knowledge to destroy itself and others. The only way that a mind can correctly use knowledge is by being psychologically aware of itself. But, most people are still psychologically in the Dark Ages. So the babble about “What Should Be” marches on, which has no intrinsic value whatsoever.
The
only reason this horror carries on is the same reason a deadly virus
carries on and that is to consume the host until it is dead.
Psychologically, the human mind is consuming itself while it is
disintegrating and degenerating its body and environment. This
process is unsustainable, which makes it futile, invalid and
meaningless. That is why we have more children to replace the zombies
that have worn themselves out through this master-slave hoax. After
all, the slave is the master and the master is the slave. Because they
are two sides of the same coin of self-deceit. They are co-dependent
upon each other. Because a master needs a slave in order to convince
itself that it is a big deal. And, the slave needs a master in order
to pretend like it is not responsible for its own suffering. The
slave only suffers due to hiding inside lies (called beliefs) that
lead to the alter of sacrifice and bloodshed.
Masters are like a penthouse of a tall fancy-looking skyscraper that pretends to be unassociated from its dark hidden foundation of emotional-slaves upon which it sits atop a CRACKED FOUNDATION of idealism of the “What Should Be” true (which is the lie that they are superior – false!). A building cannot be superior to its foundation. A foundation without a building is pointless, too. So neither the building nor its foundation is superior nor inferior. Like a tree and its trunk and roots, it is one unit. Take away any part and the tree is no more. So social hierarchy of masters & slaves is an illusion. One side cannot exist without the other. End that falsehood in your mind, and it ends in the outer display of the world. Then the front and back wheels work in equal harmony. There is no conflict to overthrow or dominate. There can only be cooperation, once the mind learns to simply commune with ALL of its mental expressions -- just like ALL of the Earth's weather. Then, the mind-body are ONE harmonious energy.
Masters are like a penthouse of a tall fancy-looking skyscraper that pretends to be unassociated from its dark hidden foundation of emotional-slaves upon which it sits atop a CRACKED FOUNDATION of idealism of the “What Should Be” true (which is the lie that they are superior – false!). A building cannot be superior to its foundation. A foundation without a building is pointless, too. So neither the building nor its foundation is superior nor inferior. Like a tree and its trunk and roots, it is one unit. Take away any part and the tree is no more. So social hierarchy of masters & slaves is an illusion. One side cannot exist without the other. End that falsehood in your mind, and it ends in the outer display of the world. Then the front and back wheels work in equal harmony. There is no conflict to overthrow or dominate. There can only be cooperation, once the mind learns to simply commune with ALL of its mental expressions -- just like ALL of the Earth's weather. Then, the mind-body are ONE harmonious energy.
After all, the guard is dependent upon the prisoner to give himself
importance. Then, he is not superior, because the prisoner is being
used to define his/her worth. What worth is a warden without
prisoners? And, the enslaved secretly likes to be prisoners so
that they can pretend to be more self-righteous than their
oppressors. They don't want to take responsibility for their torment
born out of emotionally attaching themselves to a “What Should Be”
(IDEAL or BELIEF of some kind). When you invent a belief, you block
yourself from being in touch with the opposite of that belief/ideal.
Where there is division there must be a bully-victim scenario. Both
sides fuel the human drama of sorrow, pain and inequality (be it economic, dogmatic or gender).
This
ancient theater can only end when the mind awakens and makes contact
with its entire self. That contact, in and of itself, is like the
neutron of the atom. The Neutron is unbiased and is,
therefore, Equal! It has no charge (neither negative
nor positive charge). And, the Atomic-Neutron doesn't favor the electron-negative energy
over the proton-positive energy; nor visa versa. Since our being is also made
of atoms, our emotional thoughts/ feelings are expressed both
negatively (dislike) and positively (like). We split the atomic
structure of our mind whenever it emotionally favors or focuses on “like” over “dislike”; or visa versa. So emotional voting or democracy is fallacious, because it causes a split in the total psyche, which brings about inequality/imbalance among its emotional responses. It does not bring
freedom, instead it binds and limits the mind to destroy itself
through the fragmentation of believing or emotionally identifying
with “What Should Be”.
Hence, both the negative (dislike) and positive (like) thoughts/feelings are at war between itself. Because, the mind is not paying equal, holistic attention to ALL of its emotional thoughts and feelings (be they negative or positive). The mind then operates like an atomic bomb (just like when scientist artificially split the atom, the energy became destructive instead of creative). The mind is psychologically destructive whenever it divides and resists itself through inattention (when it tries to idealistically become the opposite of whatever it naturally thinks or feels).
When the mind learns about what it is doing that is destructive through purely paying attention, then that attention is neutral (neither positive nor negative), which naturally ends division (the battle between opposite thoughts and feelings withers). Then, the mind can operate creatively, lovingly and sanely. Then, the emotional responses are free to bloom and be watched just like the expression of day and night. When the mind views its entire nature, it is harmoniously equal to itself, and that is how it shall relate to others, as well. Gender wars of inequality fade away when the inside is self-aware, equally.
The emotional mind is the foundation of our lives. So long as that foundation is divided and in conflict within itself, the way we live will continue to be as it always has been. If you use the same volatile ingredients you will continue to get the same explosive outcome, repeatedly throughout human history. It is madness to ignore this fact.
Hence, both the negative (dislike) and positive (like) thoughts/feelings are at war between itself. Because, the mind is not paying equal, holistic attention to ALL of its emotional thoughts and feelings (be they negative or positive). The mind then operates like an atomic bomb (just like when scientist artificially split the atom, the energy became destructive instead of creative). The mind is psychologically destructive whenever it divides and resists itself through inattention (when it tries to idealistically become the opposite of whatever it naturally thinks or feels).
When the mind learns about what it is doing that is destructive through purely paying attention, then that attention is neutral (neither positive nor negative), which naturally ends division (the battle between opposite thoughts and feelings withers). Then, the mind can operate creatively, lovingly and sanely. Then, the emotional responses are free to bloom and be watched just like the expression of day and night. When the mind views its entire nature, it is harmoniously equal to itself, and that is how it shall relate to others, as well. Gender wars of inequality fade away when the inside is self-aware, equally.
The emotional mind is the foundation of our lives. So long as that foundation is divided and in conflict within itself, the way we live will continue to be as it always has been. If you use the same volatile ingredients you will continue to get the same explosive outcome, repeatedly throughout human history. It is madness to ignore this fact.
For equality in human relationships, the
foundation of the emotional mind must radically change. This silly competition to determine which gender will dominate the other is irrelevant. It's like being concerned about changing the style of the cup while overlooking the poison in the cup. It is the poison that needs to be poured out of the cup, the the container doesn't matter (the container being the gender). Superficial
change is not enough. A radical change lies in seeing that which is deceptive about obeying the variations of the beliefs or opinions about the “What Should Be” myths being
spun and promoted throughout society. Upon discovering that which is illusory about any
ideology, concept or belief (which is the “What Should Be”), your mind
leaves the dimension of confusion and conflict and enters the dimension of
Absolute Freedom and Clarity. You can't “fight to become free”
because all forms of conflict is restricted to the bondage of
division = disintegration = insanity = self-destruction.
Once you understand what insanity is, you are no long insane. Once the mind understands the inequality of the way it sees itself, then inequality ends, naturally. You can take all of these words and throw them out the window because unless you do the work of actually looking at your emotional responses and finding out the truth of what is being pointed at, you wont understand this message at all. You will either curse it or praise it or run away from it. Without full attention, all of life is just one great big blob of babble and meaningless noise. Intelligent Wisdom is when communication is born out of the direct communion of “What One Is” actually feeling -- without choosing to, dominate, control or overthrow itself (which is bias/inequality).
When the mind is equally observing ALL of its emotional responses throughout its daily relationships, one naturally cooperates and relates to others as equals. But, as long as people's emotional state of mind is dividing/classifying its emotions as either "good" or "bad" and resisting certain thoughts and feelings while promoting others, then one must treat others as being "superior" and "inferior" so, as a result, discrimination/inequality will prevail no matter what public relations propaganda is announced to deny it. Such superficial denial about social inequality only breeds a state of "Hypocrisy Of Emotionally Biased Word-Wars"!
Opposing inequality does not end it. Suppression of any kind only gives a temporary appearance of resolving the problem. The problem simply goes into hidden but the problem persists, nonetheless. All social unrest originates from the state of affairs within the emotional area of the mind. The way it is being approached is erroneous, faulty and sustains the problems. I think this is done deliberate to maintain this improper approach of dealing with the emotional mind. So long as the mind remains in a perpetual state of division and conflict, humanity will forever remain enslaved in conflict, which breeds inequality. Holistic self study is the only sane approach to social unrest. Those in power do not want this to ever happen because a mind that is not divided against itself is self-sufficient and cannot be intimidated nor hijacked nor tricked into allowing itself to be taken advantage. The first rule of warfare against the foe is to "Divide & Conquer". Without psychological/emotional division stirred up in the target, the target could not be conquered at all.
Hence, psychological warfare begets war. They present emotional speeches to evoke anger, hatred and fear. Then the rulers point to a scapegoat group to attack and steal their physical security. The public supports war to escape from the pain of their lives and hope to make things better. The targets are overthrown because within their psyche, they are divided. Division takes place in the mind when it chooses to believe in anything in order to avoid being in full direct contact with ALL of its emotions. Due to fearing to be in touch with ourselves, we adopt beliefs seeking emotional comfort. When the mind seeks emotional comfort, it puts its physical security in harms way. Why? Because the mind has split itself, emotionally, so now it can be conquered. The goal of this deadly, devious game is to be more cunning than others so that you can profit off of the loss and misery of your fellow man/woman. This is how most of humanity exists. They superficially whine and complain about the pain of this kind of existence. But what it all boils down to is that hardly anybody is willing to step up and be responsible enough to end their internal conflict. That is the only thing that will change the status quo. Until that happens no collection of words will alter a damn thing. It takes direct action, which is being in touch or contact with your emotional thoughts/feelings. And, it is that actual contact, alone, that will transform the mind to being WHOLE! A Whole mind is not divided. Therefore, it is not in a condition that allows for being conquered by another divided mentality. When ALL of your thoughts and feelings are studied they are being treated with equality. Once you realize that you are ALL of your thoughts and feelings, you also realize that to fight against any of them is to be at war with yourself, which invites others to attack you and take your physical security.
I'm so tired of the media ceaselessly spewing out one tragic story after another then directing people to seek solutions through political representation. That is a lie. Politics is the methodology of pretending to protect and serve the public, while secretly making problems and scaring people so that they will never stop seeking their help. The last thing any government wants is for people to awaken to the error of depending on psychological believing. That, after all, is what is responsible for maintaining a split consciousness that can be controlled, dominated and deceived. We can't blame those who seek to take advantage of our psychological ignorance. Ultimately, it is the responsibility of each one of us to be Holistically in touch with our emotional state of mind. It is not Holistic when you seek to do something about what you observe. The observer IS the observed. The observer is poison. What is being observed is poison. So anything the observer does to try to improve what it is only intensifies it. But the Neutral act of watching is not emotion or memory. The act of seeing or detecting or being aware of what you are feeling or thinking, emotionally, is what naturally Neutralizes what is being observed. There is no opposition or conflict when you simply be aware of any emotion. The energy in that Holistic Awareness awakens Wisdom/Intelligence that is Whole. That is the solution to all the misery (inequality, cruelty, hierarchy, war, etc.).
But, most people don't want a REAL Solution. They only want to change the outside while leaving the content rotten. It's like pruning the rotten leaves off a tree but ignoring the rotting roots. You can keep playing around with the leaves. But their roots will just keep on producing more rotten leaves. That is the Human condition. We play around with fragmentary solutions. We never consider approaching our problems Holistically. All human problems are born out of a psychological state of its observer believes that whatever it observes is different from itself. That has been the status quo for thousands of years. Now this traditional thought process keeps trying to make it work. It has been using the same approach while expecting a different result. That is the definition of insanity. The approach is wrong and will continue generating more terrifying problems, which is exactly what the rulers want so that they can continue to rule, no matter what damage is done to the world. But, if the people wont be responsible for understanding themselves, they are giving their permission to be ruled and abused. After all, when a mind refuses to be in contact with its Whole being, it is being cruel and abusive to itself.
Thank you.
Once you understand what insanity is, you are no long insane. Once the mind understands the inequality of the way it sees itself, then inequality ends, naturally. You can take all of these words and throw them out the window because unless you do the work of actually looking at your emotional responses and finding out the truth of what is being pointed at, you wont understand this message at all. You will either curse it or praise it or run away from it. Without full attention, all of life is just one great big blob of babble and meaningless noise. Intelligent Wisdom is when communication is born out of the direct communion of “What One Is” actually feeling -- without choosing to, dominate, control or overthrow itself (which is bias/inequality).
When the mind is equally observing ALL of its emotional responses throughout its daily relationships, one naturally cooperates and relates to others as equals. But, as long as people's emotional state of mind is dividing/classifying its emotions as either "good" or "bad" and resisting certain thoughts and feelings while promoting others, then one must treat others as being "superior" and "inferior" so, as a result, discrimination/inequality will prevail no matter what public relations propaganda is announced to deny it. Such superficial denial about social inequality only breeds a state of "Hypocrisy Of Emotionally Biased Word-Wars"!
Opposing inequality does not end it. Suppression of any kind only gives a temporary appearance of resolving the problem. The problem simply goes into hidden but the problem persists, nonetheless. All social unrest originates from the state of affairs within the emotional area of the mind. The way it is being approached is erroneous, faulty and sustains the problems. I think this is done deliberate to maintain this improper approach of dealing with the emotional mind. So long as the mind remains in a perpetual state of division and conflict, humanity will forever remain enslaved in conflict, which breeds inequality. Holistic self study is the only sane approach to social unrest. Those in power do not want this to ever happen because a mind that is not divided against itself is self-sufficient and cannot be intimidated nor hijacked nor tricked into allowing itself to be taken advantage. The first rule of warfare against the foe is to "Divide & Conquer". Without psychological/emotional division stirred up in the target, the target could not be conquered at all.
Hence, psychological warfare begets war. They present emotional speeches to evoke anger, hatred and fear. Then the rulers point to a scapegoat group to attack and steal their physical security. The public supports war to escape from the pain of their lives and hope to make things better. The targets are overthrown because within their psyche, they are divided. Division takes place in the mind when it chooses to believe in anything in order to avoid being in full direct contact with ALL of its emotions. Due to fearing to be in touch with ourselves, we adopt beliefs seeking emotional comfort. When the mind seeks emotional comfort, it puts its physical security in harms way. Why? Because the mind has split itself, emotionally, so now it can be conquered. The goal of this deadly, devious game is to be more cunning than others so that you can profit off of the loss and misery of your fellow man/woman. This is how most of humanity exists. They superficially whine and complain about the pain of this kind of existence. But what it all boils down to is that hardly anybody is willing to step up and be responsible enough to end their internal conflict. That is the only thing that will change the status quo. Until that happens no collection of words will alter a damn thing. It takes direct action, which is being in touch or contact with your emotional thoughts/feelings. And, it is that actual contact, alone, that will transform the mind to being WHOLE! A Whole mind is not divided. Therefore, it is not in a condition that allows for being conquered by another divided mentality. When ALL of your thoughts and feelings are studied they are being treated with equality. Once you realize that you are ALL of your thoughts and feelings, you also realize that to fight against any of them is to be at war with yourself, which invites others to attack you and take your physical security.
I'm so tired of the media ceaselessly spewing out one tragic story after another then directing people to seek solutions through political representation. That is a lie. Politics is the methodology of pretending to protect and serve the public, while secretly making problems and scaring people so that they will never stop seeking their help. The last thing any government wants is for people to awaken to the error of depending on psychological believing. That, after all, is what is responsible for maintaining a split consciousness that can be controlled, dominated and deceived. We can't blame those who seek to take advantage of our psychological ignorance. Ultimately, it is the responsibility of each one of us to be Holistically in touch with our emotional state of mind. It is not Holistic when you seek to do something about what you observe. The observer IS the observed. The observer is poison. What is being observed is poison. So anything the observer does to try to improve what it is only intensifies it. But the Neutral act of watching is not emotion or memory. The act of seeing or detecting or being aware of what you are feeling or thinking, emotionally, is what naturally Neutralizes what is being observed. There is no opposition or conflict when you simply be aware of any emotion. The energy in that Holistic Awareness awakens Wisdom/Intelligence that is Whole. That is the solution to all the misery (inequality, cruelty, hierarchy, war, etc.).
But, most people don't want a REAL Solution. They only want to change the outside while leaving the content rotten. It's like pruning the rotten leaves off a tree but ignoring the rotting roots. You can keep playing around with the leaves. But their roots will just keep on producing more rotten leaves. That is the Human condition. We play around with fragmentary solutions. We never consider approaching our problems Holistically. All human problems are born out of a psychological state of its observer believes that whatever it observes is different from itself. That has been the status quo for thousands of years. Now this traditional thought process keeps trying to make it work. It has been using the same approach while expecting a different result. That is the definition of insanity. The approach is wrong and will continue generating more terrifying problems, which is exactly what the rulers want so that they can continue to rule, no matter what damage is done to the world. But, if the people wont be responsible for understanding themselves, they are giving their permission to be ruled and abused. After all, when a mind refuses to be in contact with its Whole being, it is being cruel and abusive to itself.
Thank you.
“Is there a
thinking without the word? When the mind is not cluttered up with
words, then thinking is not thinking as we know it; but it is an
activity without the word, without the symbol; therefore it has no
frontier; the word is the frontier. The word creates the limitation,
the boundary. And a mind that is not functioning in words, has no
limitation; it has no frontiers; it is not bound. Take the word 'love' and see what it awakens in you. Watch yourself; the moment I mention
that word, you are beginning to smile and you sit up, you feel. So
the word 'love' awakens all kinds of ideas, all kinds of divisions such
as carnal, spiritual, profane, infinite, and all the rest of it. But, find out what Love is. Surely, sir, to find out what Love is, the mind
must be free of that word, and the significance of that word.”
~ J. Krishnamurti, The Book of Life
~ J. Krishnamurti, The Book of Life
