Some go to sleep in an organization and never wake up, and those who do wake up put them selves to sleep again by joining another. This acquisitive movement is called expansion of thought, progress.
Interpretation
This quote suggests that many people remain stagnant in their thinking within organized systems, while true progress requires waking up to new ideas and perspectives.
Jiddu Krishnamurti's quote reflects on the nature of thought and consciousness within organized institutions. He implies that many individuals are conditioned to accept the norms of these organizations without questioning them, akin to 'sleeping.' Those who do awaken to new ideas may quickly find themselves complacent once again by conforming to a different set of beliefs, rather than genuinely expanding their understanding. Krishnamurti critiques this cycle of thought, advocating for a deeper, more personal and unbounded exploration of knowledge and existence, which he refers to as 'progress.'
In practice
During a seminar on personal development, one could use this quote to provoke discussion about critical thinking.
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.
If the money is raised by taxation, then the burden will fall where it ought to fall, . . . and the rich and stingy will no longer be able to evade the duties of citizenship and of humanity.
For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.
The issue isn't the accuracy of the bombs you have, it's how you use the bombs you have - and more importantly, whether you ought to use bombs at all.
Geometry is one and eternal shining in the mind of God. That share in it accorded to men is one of the reasons that Man is the image of God.
IT IS TIME THAT WE ALL SEE GENDER AS A SPECTRUM INSTEAD OF TWO SETS OF OPPOSING IDEALS.
The journey is better than the inn".
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