To whoever concerns and wants to think…. You and I are the problem not the world,because the world is the projection of ourselves and to understand the world we must understand ourselves.The world is not seperate from us;we are the world,and our problems are the world’s problems.This cannot be repeated too often because we are so sluggish in our mentality that we think that world’s problems are not our business,that they have to be resolved by the UN OR BY SUBSTITUTING NEW LEADERS FROM THE OLD. It is a very dull mentality that thinks like that,because we are responsible for this frightful misery and confusion in the world;this ever-impending war on every level of existence .To transform the world,we must begin with ourselves;and what is important in beginning with ourselves is the intention.The intention must be to understand ourselves and not to leave it to others to transform themselves or to bring about a modified change through revolution,either of the left or of the right or of the regional jingoism.It is important to understand that it is our responsibility,yours and mine;because ,however small may be the world we live in,if we can transform ourselves,bring about a radically different point of view in our daily existence,then perhaps we shall effect the world at large,the extended relationship with others………… Real revolution is not through any particular pattern,of any idealism,but it is a revolution of values,a revolution from sensate values to the values that are not sensate or created by environmental or any kind of influences.To find these true values which will bring about a radical revolution,a transformation or a regeneration,it is essential to understand oneself.Self knowledge is the beginning of wisdom,and therefore beginning to transform with in and whoever in relation with you i.e the whole universe……… To understand oneself there must be intention to understand- and that is where our difficulty comes in.surprisingly we try to change the whole system, whole world but don’t try to change ourselves..Ridiculuos and hypocratic behavior pattern.. We must discover,and to do so there must be intention,the search ,the inquiry.So long as the intention to find out ,to inquire deeply,is weak or does not exist,mere assertion or a casual wish to find out about oneself is of very little significance.Thus the transformation of the world is brought about by the transformation of onself,because the self is the product and a part of the total process of human existence… I think it is important to understand this and not slur over it.Outward action,when accomplished, is over,is static;if the relationship between individuals,which is society,is not outcome of the revolution,the the social structure being static absorbs the individual and therefore makes him equally static,repetitive.Realizing the extraordinary significance of this fact,there can be no question of agreement or disagreement.It is a fact that society is always crystallizing ad absorbing the individual and that constant,creative revolution can only be in the individual ,not in the society,not in the outer.That is,creative revolution can take place only in invidual relationship,which is society. We see how the structure of present society of India is disintegrating;and we know it within our own lives.We can observe this as we go down the streets.We don’t need historians to tell us about the fact that our society is crumbling;and there must be new architects,reformers,technocrats,leaders to create a new society.The structure must be built on new foundation,on newly discovered facts and values.Such architects do not yet exist.That is our problem.We see society crumbling,disintegrating;and it is we,you and I,who have to be architects.You and I have to rediscover the values and build on a more fundamental and lasting foundation;because if we look at the current POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS AND REFORMERS(who aspires to be leader)we precisely in the same position as before.because you and I are not creative ,we have reduced society to the chaos,so you and I have to be creative because the problem is urgent;you and I must be aware of the collapse of the society and create a new structure based not on mere imitiation but on our creative understanding……. One of the fundamental reason is that the individual you and I ,has ceased to be creative.You and I have became imitiative,we are copying,outwardly and inwardly.Outwardly when learning a technique,when communicating with each other at verbal level,naturally there must be some copy,I copy words.to become an engineer,Imust first learn technique,then use the technique to build a bridge.when there is inward imitation,psychological,surely we ceased to be creative that is to fit into a particular social or religious formula.I have ceased to be a real individual.I have become a machine with curtained condition responses. We can see that when there is imitiation there must be disintegration;when there is authority there must be copying………….
Posted on: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 14:06:39 +0000
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