Life Ahead - part 5 - Learning how to think
Questioner: What is real freedom, and how is one to acquire it?
KRISHNAMURTI: Real freedom is not something to be acquired, it is the outcome of intelligence. You cannot go out and buy freedom in the market. You cannot get it by reading a book, or by listening to someone talk. Freedom comes with intelligence.
But what is intelligence? Can there be intelligence when there is fear, or when
the mind is conditioned? When your mind is prejudiced, or when you think you
are a marvellous human being, or when you are very ambitious and want to climb the ladder of success, worldly or spiritual, can there be intelligence? When you are concerned about yourself, when you follow or worship somebody, can there be intelligence? Surely, intelligence comes when you understand and break away from all this stupidity. So you have to set about it; and the first thing is to be aware that your mind is not free. You have to observe how your mind is bound
by all these things, and then there is the beginning of intelligence, which brings
freedom. You have to find the answer for yourself. What is the use of someone
else being free when you are not, or of someone else having food when you are
hungry?
To be creative, which is to have real initiative, there must be freedom; and for
freedom there must be intelligence. So you have to inquire and find out what is
preventing intelligence. You have to investigate life, you have to question social
values, everything, and not accept anything because you are frightened.
"Real freedom is not something to be acquired..." đoạn này nói ở đâu rồi thì phải.
Questioner: What is real freedom, and how is one to acquire it?
KRISHNAMURTI: Real freedom is not something to be acquired, it is the outcome of intelligence. You cannot go out and buy freedom in the market. You cannot get it by reading a book, or by listening to someone talk. Freedom comes with intelligence.
But what is intelligence? Can there be intelligence when there is fear, or when
the mind is conditioned? When your mind is prejudiced, or when you think you
are a marvellous human being, or when you are very ambitious and want to climb the ladder of success, worldly or spiritual, can there be intelligence? When you are concerned about yourself, when you follow or worship somebody, can there be intelligence? Surely, intelligence comes when you understand and break away from all this stupidity. So you have to set about it; and the first thing is to be aware that your mind is not free. You have to observe how your mind is bound
by all these things, and then there is the beginning of intelligence, which brings
freedom. You have to find the answer for yourself. What is the use of someone
else being free when you are not, or of someone else having food when you are
hungry?
To be creative, which is to have real initiative, there must be freedom; and for
freedom there must be intelligence. So you have to inquire and find out what is
preventing intelligence. You have to investigate life, you have to question social
values, everything, and not accept anything because you are frightened.
"Real freedom is not something to be acquired..." đoạn này nói ở đâu rồi thì phải.
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