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U. G. Krishnamurti

The Mystique of Enlightenment (#W050)



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Those who offer enlightenment or salvation appear to often operate more as businessmen than as authentic spiritual teachers. In Part One of this two-part program, U. G. Krishnamurti he denies any possibility of knowledge of enlightenment. The very attempt to achieve enlightenment is an obstacle in the path of the proclaimed goal. The search for enlightenment is a device of the mind to perpetuate itself, in denial of its mortality.

In Part Two, he critiques various disciplines, both mystical and psychotherapeutic, which are said to lead to states of enlightenment. He proposes that states of enlightenment, if they are to be attained, must be gained in spite of--not because of--meditation, devotion, prayer, acceptance, forgiveness, or compassion. Stripped of all our pretenses, facing the despair of the human condition, freed of the imaginary diseases from which "enlightenment" may save us, we can build realistic and practical lives.

The late U. G. Krishnamurti was a world traveler and author of Mind Is a Myth and The Mystique of Enlightenment. Viewed by many as a liberated individual, he eschewed all gurus, teachings and followers.
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SPIRITUALITY AND PSYCHOLOGY II




Mind as a Myth (#S119)


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Does the mind exist as a distinct entity apart from our thoughts about it? U. G. Krishnamurti was a disquieting skeptic and author. As "mind" is a myth, he says, so is the notion of "self." The human being is like a dog chewing a dry bone. When its gums bleed, the dog may believe the bone is rich with blood. Just so, we believe the mind is real.
This program is also available in the VideoQuartet:
Does Mind Matter? (#Q294)
EXCERPT: The Mystique of Enlightenment

"Man cannot separate himself from the totality of what we call nature. Unfortunately, through the help of this self-consciousness which occurred somewhere along the line, he accorded himself a superior place and placed himself on a higher level, and treated himself, and we still continue to treat ourselves, as superior to the other species of life that we have on this planet. That is the reason why we have created this disharmony; that is why we have created these tremendous problems, ecological problems and other problems. Actually, man, or whatever you want to call him, cannot be separated from the totality of nature. That is where we have created one of the greatest blunders, and that unfortunately is the tragedy
of man."
--U. G. Krishnamurti 
EXCERPT: Mind as a Myth



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