Theos-Talk Archives (December 2000 Message tt00025)

But there is no freedom without discipline and organization. There can be
no harmony without conflict; no purity without defilement.

This morning I was reading Garma Chang on the train. Later. . . . waiting
for connecting bus. Across the road. . . . Los Angeles County Prison.
Freedom, I thought. . . . freedom.

Gene



----- Original Message -----
From: <arthra999@yahoo.com>
To: <theos-talk@egroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 9:43 AM
Subject: Theos-World Advice from Krishnamurti:


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> To climb high one must begin low
> Religious organizations become as fixed and as rigid as the
> thoughts of those who belong to them. Life is a constant change,
> a continual becoming, a ceaseless revolution, and because an
> organization can never be pliable, it stands in the way of change;
> it becomes reactionary to protect itself. The search for truth is
> individual, not congregational. To commune with the real there
> must be aloneness, not isolation but freedom from all influence
> and opinion. Organizations of thought inevitably become
> hindrances to thought.
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> As you yourself are aware, the greed for power is almost
> inexhaustible in a so-called spiritual organization; this greed is
> covered over by all kinds of sweet and official-sounding words,
> but the canker of avariciousness, pride and antagonism is
> nourished and shared. From this grow conflict, intolerance,
> sectarianism and other ugly manifestations.
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> Would it not be wiser to have small informed groups of twenty or
> twenty-five persons, without dues or membership, meeting
> where it is convenient to discuss gently the approach to reality?
> To prevent any group from becoming exclusive, each member
> could from time to time encourage and perhaps join another
> small group; thus it would be extensive, not narrow and
> parochial.
>
> To climb high one must begin low. Out of this small beginning
> one may help to create a more sane and happy world.
>
> -Krishnamurti
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> The Book of Life:
> Daily Meditations with J. Krishnamurti
> December Chapter
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