Guest guest Posted June 2, 2002 Report Share Posted June 2, 2002 UG: You know, this dialogue is only helpful when we come, both of us, to a point and realize that no dialogue is possible, that no dialogue is necessary. When I say 'understanding', 'seeing', they mean something different to me. Understanding is a state of being where the question isn't there any more; there is nothing there that says " now I understand! " -- that's the basic difficulty between us. By understanding what I am saying, you are not going to get anywhere... Q: Who am I? UG: (Laughs) You know very well who you are. Q: What do you mean? UG: Is " Who am I? " really your question? Not at all; you picked it up somewhere. The questioner is the trouble, not the question. If you didn't pick up this question, you would pick up another. Even after forty years you will still be asking what the meaning of life is... -U.G. Krishnamurti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 2, 2002 Report Share Posted June 2, 2002 Very nice passage. I like his sense of humor in this dialogue. But he forgot to say what the meaning of life is. Drat! -- Dan > UG: You know, this dialogue is only helpful when we come, both of us, > to a point and realize that no dialogue is possible, that no dialogue > is necessary. When I say 'understanding', 'seeing', they mean > something different to me. Understanding is a state of being where > the question isn't there any more; there is nothing there that > says " now I understand! " -- that's the basic difficulty between us. > By understanding what I am saying, you are not going to get > anywhere... > > Q: Who am I? > > UG: (Laughs) You know very well who you are. > > Q: What do you mean? > > UG: Is " Who am I? " really your question? Not at all; you picked it up > somewhere. The questioner is the trouble, not the question. If you > didn't pick up this question, you would pick up another. Even after > forty years you will still be asking what the meaning of life is... > > -U.G. Krishnamurti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 2, 2002 Report Share Posted June 2, 2002 I like your sense of humor Dan! Thanks, Michael At 03:30 PM 6/2/2002, you wrote: Very nice passage. I like his sense of humor in this dialogue. But he forgot to say what the meaning of life is. Drat! -- Dan > UG: You know, this dialogue is only helpful when we come, both of us, > to a point and realize that no dialogue is possible, that no dialogue > is necessary. When I say 'understanding', 'seeing', they mean > something different to me. Understanding is a state of being where > the question isn't there any more; there is nothing there that > says " now I understand! " -- that's the basic difficulty between us. > By understanding what I am saying, you are not going to get > anywhere... > > Q: Who am I? > > UG: (Laughs) You know very well who you are. > > Q: What do you mean? > > UG: Is " Who am I? " really your question? Not at all; you picked it up > somewhere. The questioner is the trouble, not the question. If you > didn't pick up this question, you would pick up another. Even after > forty years you will still be asking what the meaning of life is... > > -U.G. Krishnamurti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 2, 2002 Report Share Posted June 2, 2002 Cool passage. My interpretation is that questions such as " Who am I " are , as Maharshi has said, are just thorns (concepts/ideas) that are in turn used to pick out and remove other thorns(other ideas). Final realization , results when questions such as " Who am I " annhilate and are " self-immolated " . Such these questions, rooted in the world of phenomenality , are , as Maharaj said, the " child of a barren woman " . Namaste, ---- Anand. Very nice passage. I like his sense of humor in this dialogue. But he forgot to say what the meaning of life is. Drat! -- Dan > UG: You know, this dialogue is only helpful when we come, both of us, > to a point and realize that no dialogue is possible, that no dialogue > is necessary. When I say 'understanding', 'seeing', they mean > something different to me. Understanding is a state of being where > the question isn't there any more; there is nothing there that > says " now I understand! " -- that's the basic difficulty between us. > By understanding what I am saying, you are not going to get > anywhere... > > Q: Who am I? > > UG: (Laughs) You know very well who you are. > > Q: What do you mean? > > UG: Is " Who am I? " really your question? Not at all; you picked it up > somewhere. The questioner is the trouble, not the question. If you > didn't pick up this question, you would pick up another. Even after > forty years you will still be asking what the meaning of life is... > > -U.G. Krishnamurti ______________________ Everything you always wanted to know about cars and bikes,now at: http://in.autos./cricket/tracker.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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