The Mirror of Relationship by J. Krishnamurti

Author:J. Krishnamurti
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, Ltd.

Third Talk at Ommen

I have been trying to explain what is the right inward condition in which one can truly be oneself; that so long as the habit-forming mechanism exists, one cannot truly be oneself, even if it is considered good. All habit must prevent clarity of perception and must conceal one’s own integrity. This mechanism has been developed as a means of escape, a process of concealment, of covering up one’s own confusion and uncertainties; it has been developed to cover up the futility of one’s own actions and the routine of work, of occupation; or to escape from emptiness, sorrow, disappointment, and so on.

We are trying to escape, run away from ignorance and fear through forming habits that will counteract them, that will resist them—habits of ideals and morality. When there is discontentment, sorrow, the intellect mechanically comes forward with solutions, explanations, tentative suggestions, which gradually crystallize and become habits of thought. Thus suffering and doubt are covered over.

So fear is the root of this habit-forming mechanism. We must understand its process. By understanding I do not mean the mere intellectual grasp of it, but the becoming aware of it as an actual process that is taking place, not superficially, but as something that is happening every day of one’s life. Understanding is a process of self-revelation, of being aware not merely objectively, mechanically, but as a part of our very existence.

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