All life is a movement in relationship. There is no living thing on earth which is not related to something or other.
Interpretation
Life involves constant interactions and connections with others and our environment.
Jiddu Krishnamurti emphasizes that all forms of life are interconnected. He suggests that every living being exists in relation to others, indicating that our lives are marked by relationships that shape our experiences and understanding of the world. This perspective encourages us to recognize the importance of these connections and the influence they have on our sense of existence.
In practice
In a speech about community, one could use this quote to highlight the importance of supporting one another.
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.
I know we can't abolish prejudice through laws, but we can set up guidelines for our actions by legislation.
I fully realize that no wealth or position can long endure, unless built upon truth and justice, therefore, I will engage in no transaction which does not benefit all whom it affects.
The experience of the self is always a defeat for the ego.
There's a belonging problem in Hollywood. Who dictates who belongs? The very body who dictates that looks all one way.
What difference is there, do you think, between those in Plato's cave who can only marvel at the shadows and images of various objects, provided they are content and don't know what they miss, and the philosopher who has emerged from the cave and sees the real things?
For 200 years, the West has been so dominant in the world that it's not really needed to understand other cultures, other civilizations. Because, at the end of the day, it could, if necessary by force, get its own way.
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