Free yourself from the psychological structure of society, which is to free yourself from the essence of conflict.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the importance of liberating oneself from societal norms to overcome internal conflicts.
Jiddu Krishnamurti's quote encourages individuals to detach from the relentless psychological constructs imposed by society. He suggests that by stepping away from these structures, one can discover personal freedom and alleviate the inherent conflicts that arise from conformity and external expectations. It underscores the need for self-awareness and introspection as essential steps toward true liberation and peaceful existence.
In practice
In a motivational speech about personal growth and independence.
The following of authority is the denial of intelligence. [It] may help us temporarily to cover up our difficulties and problems; but to avoid a problem is only to intensify it, and in the process, self-knowledge and freedom are abandoned.
In seeking comfort, we generally find a quiet corner in life where there is a minimum of conflict, and then we are afraid to step out of that seclusion.
If you listen through the screen of your desires, then you obviously listen to your own voice; you are listening to your own desires.
If you have this extraordinary thing going in your life, then it is everything; then you become the teacher, the disciple, the neighbour, the beauty of the cloud - you are all that, and that is love.
Meditation is one of the greatest arts in life - perhaps the greatest, and one cannot possibly learn it from anybody, that is the beauty of it.
All of us have been trained by education and environment to seek personal gain and security and to fight for ourselves. Though we cover it over with pleasant phrases, we have been educated for various professions within a system which is based on exploitation and acquisitive fear.
Our collective freedom... depends on our ability to defend the rights of others.
The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous.
It is not the business of science to inherit the earth, but to inherit the moral imagination; because without that, man and beliefs and science will perish together.
It is incredible how as soon as a people become subject, it promptly falls into such complete forgetfulness of its freedom that it can hardly be roused to the point of regaining it, obeying so easily and willingly that one is led to say that this people has not so much lost its liberty as won its enslavement.
Ain't it just like the night to play tricks when you're tryin' to be so quiet?
For many terrorists, carrying out an attack allowed them to become the heroes of their own story.
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