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Thought and Time are the Root of Fear - J Krishnamurti - Public Talk 1 - Amsterdam 1981

J. Krishnamurti - Teachings

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What Is the Origin of Desire?

It is very important in understanding the whole nature of ourselves to understand what desire is, not to suppress it, not to run away from it. We can do that together. It doesn't mean that you are learning from the speaker. The speaker has nothing to teach you. You are merely acting as a mirror in which you can see yourself. When you see yourself clearly you can discard the mirror, it is no importance, you can break it up. So to understand desire requires attention, seriousness,. Why human beings have lived on this extraordinary energy of desire? What is the relationship between thought and desire? Because we live a great deal by will.

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