Beyond Violence by Jiddu Krishnamurti

Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti [Krishnamurti, Jiddu]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General, Philosophy, Social Science, Body; Mind & Spirit, Violence in Society, Ethics & Moral Philosophy
Published: 2008-10-27T23:00:00+00:00

TALKS IN LONDON, MAY 1970

8. Control and order

The very process of control breeds disorder; just as the opposite—lack of control—also breeds disorder.

There are so many frightening things happening in the world; there is so much confusion, violence and brutality. What can one do, as a human being, in a world that is torn apart, in a world where there is so much despair and sorrow? And in oneself there is so much confusion and conflict. What is the relationship of a human being with this corrupt society, where the individual himself is corrupt? What is the way of life in which one can find some kind of peace, some kind of order and yet live in this society which is corrupt, disintegrating? I am sure you must have asked these questions of yourself; and if one has found the right answer, which is extremely difficult, perhaps one can bring about some kind of order in one’s life.

What value has one individual who leads an orderly, sane, whole, balanced life in a world that is destroying itself, a world that is constantly threatened by war? What value has individual change? How will it affect this whole mass of human existence? I am sure you have asked these questions. But I think they are wrong questions, because one does not live and act rightly for the sake of somebody else, for the benefit of society. So one must find out, it seems to me, what order is, so as not to be dependent on circumstance, on a particular culture—economic, social or otherwise—because if one does not find out for oneself what order is and the way to live without conflict, one’s life is wasted, it has no meaning, As we are living now in constant travail and conflict, life has very little meaning; it actually has no significance at all. Having a little money, going to the office, being conditioned, repeating what others say, having very strong, obstinate opinions and dogmatic beliefs—all such activity has very little meaning. And since it has no meaning, the intellectuals throughout the world try to give it a meaning. If they are religious they give it a particular slant; if they are materialistic they give it another, with a particular philosophy or theory.

So it seems very important—not only now but at all times, if one is at all serious—to find a way of life for oneself, not as a theory, but actually in daily life, a way to live without conflict of any kind at every level of one’s being. To find that out one must be serious. These meetings here are not a philosophical or religious entertainment. We are here—if we are serious, and I hope we are—to find out together a way of life not according to any particular formula or theory or principle or belief. Communication implies sharing together, creating together, working together, not merely listening to a lot of words and ideas; we are not dealing with ideas at all. So from

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