Tuesday, June 19, 2007

"I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect. That is my point of view, and I adhere to that absolutely and unconditionally. Truth, being limitless, unconditioned, unapproachable by any path whatsoever, cannot be organised; nor should any organisation be formed to lead or coerce people along any particular path. If you first understand that, then you will see how impossible it is to organise a belief. A belief is purely an individual matter, and you cannot and must not organise it. If you do, it becomes dead, crystallised; it becomes a creed, a sect, a religion, to be imposed on others."

This quote by Krishnamurti represents a revolutionary way of considering one's life. I decided to begin this blog with this post because, while I do not subscribe to all of Krishnamurti's views, I find this statement profoundly powerful. In a time when the "religion" of consumer capitalism and other ...isms form humankind into clumps and queues of opposing artificial identities, Truth exist in a place untouched by organization and competition. Where are your wandering?

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