Guest guest Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 In a message dated 4/16/2006 8:55:25 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Nisargadatta writes: Sun, 16 Apr 2006 09:01:58 EDT epston Krishnamurti -Negative Teaching In a message dated 4/16/2006 4:14:39 AM Pacific Daylight Time, wwoehr writes: > > " Love is not a thing of the mind, is it? Love is not merely the > sexual act, is it? Love is something which the mind can not possibly > conceive. Love is something which cannot be formulated. And without > love, you become related; without love, you marry. Then, in that > marriage, you " adjust yourselves " to each other. Lovely phrase! You > adjust yourselves to each other, which is again an intellectual > process, is it not? . . . This adjustment is obviously a mental > process. All adjustments are. But, surely, love is incapable of > adjustment. You know, sirs, don't you, that if you love another, > there is no " adjustment. " There is only complete fusion. Only when > there is no love do we begin to adjust. And this adjustment is called > marriage. Hence, marriage fails, because it is the very source of > conflict, a battle between two people. It is an extraordinarily > complex problem, like all problems, but more so because the > appetites, the urges, are so strong. So, a mind which is merely > adjusting itself can never be chaste. A mind which is seeking > happiness through sex can never be chaste. Though you may momentarily > have, in that act, self-abnegation, self-forgetfulness, the very > pursuit of that happiness, which is of the mind, makes the mind > unchaste. Chastity comes into being only where there is love. " > > " Love Is Incapable of Adjustment " - The Book of Life (April 16) > > _http://www.jkrishnamurti.org/index.php_ (http://www.jkrishnamurti.org/index.php) ? L.E: A good example of very bad teaching and advice. Read it carefully. His ideas are very negative and hostile to well-being. Larry Epston The teaching is very good, but it's hostile to the illusion of love experienced by most folks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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