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Spreading the Teachings
On the teachings
Ó KFA
Truth cannot be repeated; when repeated it becomes a lie. This repetition is not
truth, and so propaganda is a lie. Truth is to be experienced directly.
Repetition is a mere copy. That which you repeat may be a truth to him who has
experienced it, but when it is repeated it becomes a lie. In this terrible net
of lies, called propaganda, thought is caught.
You have read or heard a formulation, an idea which appeals to you gives you
gratification, and you want to tell it to you friends, you do propaganda for it.
Have words greater meaning than nervous and verbal significance? Surely not. So
what you are spreading, an unfortunate term, is really worlds, and do words
dissolve our aches and sorrows, our problems? For instance, say you believe in
reincarnation, and you do propaganda for your belief. What are you spreading?
You are spreading your conviction, your conclusions, clothed in words; and
through words, through explanations, you think you have solved a complex human
problem. You are caught in the lie that the word is the thing. Surely, the word
'God' is not God but you are caught in the illusion that the word is God. So you
spread the word. The word becomes all-important, the label, and not 'what is'.
You want to catch others in the net of words in which you are caught; this is
propaganda. The words, explanations, set man against man. Then you will create a
new system based on Krishnamurti's words which you, the propagandist, will
spread for other propagandist. And what have you achieved by this? Whom have you
helped? It is the height of folly to spread someone else's experiences, words,
and thoughts.
You experience what you believe, and so it is a conditioned experience, and so
not a significant, vital experience. There can be vital, true experience only
when the process of thinking ceases. This significant experience you cannot
spread, as information, to cover up the inward and so the outward confusion. If
you give your mind and heart to a direct problem, such as nationalism or caste,
it is comparatively simple to understand. Nationalism is a poison which is
destroying man. This poison of race and caste is spreading more and more
throughout the world. It is setting man against man; it has become a cunning
instrument in the hands of the exploiter, and you want to be exploited, for
nationalism feeds your craving for self-expansion. You cannot be a nationalist
and yet talk of peace, for they are a contradiction. This, surely, you can
understand by putting aside your nationalistic spirit, your caste, and so on;
then only can you talk about the poison of nationalism, and only then can you
spread your understanding.
Your understanding Will be shown by your thoughts and actions, and not by the
rituals you perform or by the organizations to which you belong. There is hope
only in the transformation of yourself and not in a system, either of the right
or of the left. Belief separates man and sets man against man, and there can be
communion only when there is love. It is by the thoughts and acts of your life
that communion can be established, and not by mere words. To him who is seeking
truth, the truth of words, the truth of relationship, the truth of idea, become
all-significant. Truth is not some vague abstraction, but it is to be discovered
in the very thoughts, feelings and actions of our daily existence. Words become
very important when the word is the thing.
So if you want to spread these teachings, live them, and by your life you will
communicate.
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