Doesn't sound very neo-advaitin to me! Also, why is it nonsense? He's talking about living and reacting out of concept rather than experience.
--- yifuxero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > from a website: (U.G. Krishnamuri believed that > thought is the enemy). > > "A: As I said the last time, this separateness from > the totality of > things around us, and the idea that the whole thing > is created for > our benefit and that we are created for a grander > and nobler purpose > than all the other species on this, planet, are the > causes of this > destruction. This powerful use of thought is what is > destructive. > Thought is a self-protective mechanism. So anything > that is born out > of thought is destructive -- whether it is religious > thought or > scientific thought or political thought -- all of > them are > destructive. But we are not ready to accept that it > is thought that > is our enemy. We don't know how to function in this > world without the > use of thought. You can invent all kinds of things > and try to free > yourself from this stranglehold of thought, but > there is no way we > can accept the fact that that is not the instrument > to help us to > function sanely and intelligently in this world. > Thought is a self- > perpetuating mechanism. It controls, moulds, shapes > our ideas and > actions. Idea and action -- they are one and the > same. All our > actions are born out of ideas. Our ideas are > thoughts passed on to us > from generation to generation. Thought is not the > instrument to help > us to live in harmony with the life around us. That > is why you create > all these ecological problems, problems of > pollution, and the problem > of possibly destroying ourselves with the most > destructive weapons > that we have invented. So, there is no way out. You > may say that I am > a pessimist, that I am a cynic, or that I am this, > that, and the > other. But I hope one day we will realize that the > mistakes we have > made will destroy everything. The planet is not in > danger. We are in > danger > > > ------------------------------------ > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
