Tag Archive: On Being

To give up a habit, Krishnamurti says, one must observe it in details. Nothing is gained by willpower, for buried impulses only gather strength and, in time, erupt—inwardly or outwardly. Let nothing about a habit escape notice, Krishnamurti instructs. Do…
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World Number One is darkness, life feeding on itself, forms eating other forms until they are eaten themselves. In this world, everything born is fated to be eaten by something—wild animals, vultures, insects, worms, microscopic bacteria, cancer cells. Every living…
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What I do best is remember I’m going to die someday. Especially when my life seems to be sailing smoothly, this sense that I’ll end in nothing, that I’ll simply fall off the edge of the world, is the strongest…
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