Guest guest Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 Ahhhh... good! You did see it. So my question about this no longer applies Bill Nisargadatta , ADHHUB wrote: > > In a message dated 2/26/2006 8:56:43 AM Pacific Standard Time, > Nisargadatta writes: > > " billrishel " <illusyn > Krishnamurti on effort > > . . . effort is a strife or a struggle to transform that > which is into something which you wish it to be. I am > only talking about psychological struggle, not the > struggle with a physical problem, like engineering or > some discovery or transformation which is purely > technical. I am only talking of that struggle which is > psychological and which always overcomes the technical. > You may build with great care a marvellous society, using > the infinite knowledge science has given us. But so long > as the psychological strife and struggle and battle are > not understood and the psychological overtones and > currents are not overcome, the structure of society, > however marvellously built, is bound to crash, as has > happened over and over again. > > > > Effort is a distraction > from what is. The moment I accept what is there is no > struggle. Any form of struggle or strife is an indication > of distraction; and distraction, which is effort, must > exist so long as psychologically I wish to transform what > is into something it is not. . . . It is only if you are > aware of inward insufficiency and live with it without > escape, accepting it wholly, that you will discover an > extraordinary tranquillity, a tranquillity which is not > put together, made up, but a tranquillity which comes > with understanding of what is. > > == J. Krishnamurti > > > > > I'll swallow that hook, line and sinker. > > Phil > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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