Urgency of Change • The Krishnamurti Podcast Krishnamurti on Despair
Dec 31, 2025
In this enlightening discussion, J. Krishnamurti, a revered philosopher and spiritual teacher, delves into the heavy topic of despair. He explores how hope often emerges as a reaction to this deep feeling, questioning the role thought plays in both despair and hope. He argues for observing one's thoughts to transcend personal confinement and the ego-prison. Krishnamurti emphasizes that true freedom from despair comes not through hope, but through direct engagement with it, allowing for clarity and liberation from conditioned responses.
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Thought Builds The Prison
- Thought creates the 'me' and the prison of despair by endlessly operating within the known.
- Seeing thought's totality quiets it so neither despair, hope, nor belief remain.
Listen Without Wanting
- Don't seek a method to acquire an 'awake' mind; listen without wanting or seeking.
- That listening, free of knowledge, creates the space for understanding and ends conflict and despair.
Naming Creates Separation
- Naming or verbalizing despair creates a separation between observer and observed and breeds fear.
- When the observer and the observed are not divided, fear dissolves and the problem loses meaning.