Awakening of Intelligence (J. Krishnamurti Book 1)

by J. Krishnamurti

KRISHNAMURTI: No, it isn’t. It does not mean it is something solid, like the trunk of a tree. It is a movement, it is a living thing. One day it feels marvellous, the next day it is in great depression. One day it is passionate, lustful, the next day it is worn out and says, “Let me have some peace.” It is a constantly moving, active thing. How is this movement to transform itself into another movement, without becoming violent? First, let us get the question right. We said: this is a movement, it is a living thing, it is not static, it is not something dead, it is adding to itself all the time, and taking away from itself all the time. This is the “me”. And when the “me” says, “I must get rid of the ‘me’,” wanting to have another “me”, it is still violent; the “me” that says: “I am a pacifist, I live peacefully”, the me that seeks truth, the me that says “I must live beautifully, non-violently”, is still the “me” which is the cause of violence. What will the mind do with this living thing? And the mind itself is the “me”. Do you understand the question? Any movement on the part of the “me” to get rid of itself, to say “I must wither away”, “I must destroy myself”, “I must gradually get rid of myself”, is still that same movement of the “me”, is still the “me” which is the root of violence. Do we realise that? Do we really see that? Not theoretically, but actually realise the truth of it, that any movement of the “me” in any direction, is the action of violence. Do I actua...