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Truth is a pathless land

 "Truth is narrowed down and made a plaything for those who are weak and those who are only momentarily discontented. Truth cannot be brought down, rather the individual should make effort to ascend to it. You cannot bring the mountain top to the valley, if you would attain to the mountain top you must pass through the valley, climb the steep, unafraid of the dangerous precipices" 


~ J Krishnamurti


91 years on nothing has changed, nothing seems to change. Maybe these are one of the best-ever lines.



The most important thing to mention here, he strongly condemned that no one should become a  follower of him and also not consider him as a Guru, he stated that once one becomes a follower of anything, one confirms a pattern and starts having likes and dislikes towards others. And he also stated that he doesn't impose any authority, for which he mentioned in an interview that imposing authority over another is the greatest sin. 


Interestingly in 1929, and years in the build-up to it, he was the head of a spiritual organization named, Order of the Star with 30000 members. In 1929 at Holland in one of the gatherings in front of 3000 members, he announced the dissolution of that organization, and the speech content was almost similar in this video. And intact, that was a fairly rich organization for which he was head of, after dissolving it he returned all the lands and donations to whoever gave it. That's the man, he was certainly a great human being.


Truth is a pathless land


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