If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem.
Interpretation
Understanding the problem leads to finding the solution, as they are interconnected.
Jiddu Krishnamurti emphasizes that the essence of a solution lies within the problem itself. By deeply understanding the nature of the issue at hand, one can uncover answers that align closely with the challenges being faced. This perspective encourages a holistic view of problems, suggesting that solutions emerge naturally when we grasp the complexities behind them.
In practice
In a team meeting discussing project challenges, this quote can inspire the team to focus on understanding the issues deeply before jumping to solutions.
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.
True humility does not know that it is humble. If it did, it would be proud from the contemplation of so fine a virtue.
Little by little he came to recognize the difference between the spirits that agitated him, one from the enemy and one from God.
I have a lot of what you might call creative self-loathing - I have pretty high expectations, and they seem to consistently be higher than what I'm able to accomplish.
The best athlete wants his opponent at his best. The best general enters the mind of his enemy. The best businessman serves the communal good. The best leader follows the will of the people. All of the embody the virtue of non-competition. Not that they don't love to compete, but they do it in the spirit of play. In this they are like children and in harmony with the Tao.
People are afraid, very much afraid of those who know themselves. They have a certain power, a certain aura and a certain magnetism.
Abandon cleverness, discard profit, and thieves and robbers will disappear.
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