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The Collected Works, Vol.
...in answering these questions, I would like to say that I
am not persuading you to think along my particular line. We are
trying to find the right answer together. I am not answering for you
just to accept or deny. We are going to find out together what is
true, and that requires an open mind, an intelligent mind, an
enquiring mind, an alert mind; not a mind that is so prejudiced that
it merely denies, or so eager that it accepts. And, in answering
these questions, one fundamental thing must be borne in mind. It is
that they are merely a reflection of the ways of our own thinking,
they reveal to us what we think. They should act as a mirror in
which we perceive ourselves. After all, these discussions, these
talks, have only one purpose, and that is the pursuit of
self-knowledge. For, as I said, it is only in knowing ourselves
first - deeply, profoundly, not superficially - that we can know
truth. And it is extremely arduous to know ourselves deeply, not
superficially. It is not a matter of time, but a question of
intensity; it is direct perception and experience that are important.
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J. Krishnamurti, Ojai 9th Public Talk 13th August 1949
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