Thursday, July 16, 2009

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A whole laboratory inside you

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Questioner: What value do you place on social sciences and the understanding of  man?Krishnamurti: Sir, when you have got the whole laboratory inside you, why do you want to “study man”?  Study yourself, the whole human being, the whole complexity, beauty, extraordinary sensitivity which is  you. Why do you want to study what somebody else says about man? The whole of mankind is you. And you in relationship with another is society. You have created this terrible, ugly world which has become so utterly meaningless, and that is why young people are revolting throughout the world. To me it is such a meaningless life. The society which man has created is the outcome of his own demands, his own urgencies, instincts, ambitions, greed and envy. You think that by reading all the books about man and going in for social study, you are going to understand yourself. Would it not be much more simple to begin with yourself?Talks with American Students, p 45
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