U G Krishnarmurthi on the question.

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U.G.: You see, the existence of the very thing that is questioning, the

questioner, is at stake.

 

Questioner: Yes, exactly, that produces a lot of panic.

 

U.G.: You see, that is the trouble: you dare not question that basic thing,

because that is going to destroy something there which is very precious to you:

the continuity of yourself as you know yourself and as you experience yourself.

 

Q: Once you dare question it, then what?

 

U.G.: " Then what? " is absent. Then it begins to act. That is the action.

 

Q: I very much want to dare. Is there a way to dare?

 

U.G.: The question itself has the inherent capacity to find out the answer for

itself. You see, if there is no answer, the question can't stay there. You are

waiting for an answer either from outside or from inside. When both these areas

prove to be of no use at all, what happens to that question? The rejection is

not because I don't agree with the statements or experiences of others, but

because they are not valid as far as I am concerned.

 

So, it may be true, but it is not valid, so I reject them all. All outside help

is finished for me. When that goes, there is no helplessness here at all -- they

are linked together; you really can't separate them.