Came across this quote. Any comments?
The religious mind does not belong to any group, any sect, any belief, any church, any organized circus; therefore it is capable of looking at things directly and understanding things immediately. Such is the religious mind, because it is a light to itself. Its light is not lit by another…
- J.Krishnamurti, Beyond Violence-
Truth is a pathless land and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect. Truth, being limitless, unconditioned, unapproachable by any path whatsoever, cannot be organized; nor should any organization be formed to lead or to coerce people along any particular path. My only concern is to set humanity absolutely, unconditionally free. Man cannot come to it through any organization, through any creed, through any dogma, priest or ritual, not through any philosophic knowledge or psychological technique. He has to find it through the understanding of the contents of his own mind, through observation and not through intellectual analysis or introspective dissection.
- J.Krishnamurti-
For a better idea of what's going on in this guy's head, check out http://www.jkrishnamurti.org/
Sunday, June 18, 2006
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an atheist?
Well that depends, the word atheist, by definition means non-believer. But what is it that he does not believe in? Does he not believe in God? Nowhere does he state that there is no God, or that he does not believe in God. One can, however, discern that he does not believe that religion can lift us from the downward spiral we find ourselves in.
So that begs more questions. Is religion God? Does religion necessarity lead to God? Can one reach God without religion?
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