Wisdom in SpaceThe danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that man may become robots.
-- Erich Fromm
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Know ThyselfKrishnamurti on How Not to Be Born Again
Jiddu Krishnamurti viewed the idea of being “born again” (reincarnation) as a continuity of the “me”—the bundle of memories, conditioning, and thought-based self-interest. He argued that true freedom is not about manipulating future lives, but about ending the continuity of this self in the present moment.
Here is how Krishnamurti described not being “born again,” which he called “real incarnation” or dying while living:
Krishnamurti taught that “death” is the ending of everything accumulated, such as wounds, pains, and memories.
Ending the “Me”: Reincarnation is the continuation of thought-based consciousness. To not be born again is to stop this continuity.
Dying Now: You must “die” to your attachments, conditioning, and personality every day. “Die to everything of yesterday, so that your mind is always fresh, young, innocent, full of vigour and passion”.
Total Negation: The mind must strip itself of all knowledge and conditioning.
Krishnamurti maintained that the future is built by the present, so changing the future depends entirely on “what is” today.
Immediate Action: “Incarnate today, afresh – not in the next life!”.
No Postponement: Hoping for a better next life is a postponement of tackling one’s inner chaos.
Remaining with “What Is”: Conflict ends when you observe your greed or jealousy as a fact without trying to change it into its opposite (like non-violence).
The “self” is a bundle of memories and thoughts, which creates a center that perpetuates itself.
No Center: When the mind is free from the center (the “I”), it is free from the limitations of time and memory.
Total Observation: When you observe the self-centered activity of the mind with total attention, that observation brings its own ending.
For something totally new to emerge, the mind must be silent, which is only possible when it is empty of the known.
Silence of the Mind: “A mind that has understood the whole movement of thought becomes extraordinarily quiet, absolutely silent. That silence is the beginning of the new”.
No Method: You cannot use a method, system, or discipline to achieve this, as those are tools of thought that strengthen the self.
In summary, Krishnamurti’s way of not being born again is to live with such total attention and awareness that the “me” dies completely in each moment, leaving the mind fresh, silent, and new, without the burden of the past.
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On reincarnation | J. Krishnamurti
The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present.
-- Barbara De Angelis
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Zsolt ZsembaWhen the Lights Go Out
When the lights go out
I watch your struggle
My spirit takes hold of your mind
You try squirm, you try to fight
You cannot see me in the dark
Frozen in fear, you try to scream
Your voice echoes, but no one hears
Sweat runs in your eyes
Mixes with the tears you cried
The more you struggle, the more I smile
Do not fear the pain inside
The horror within is in your mind
You struggle with instability
Overthinking your insecurity
Your illness is in your mind
Every word and every smile
What do they mean
Why do they smile
You created your reality
It’s time for you to escape and be free
My theory is that as the world improves, expectations rise even faster, leading to the persistent illusion that the world was better in the past. The only time the illusion is punctured is when a society is successfully digging out of a very big slump.
-- Noah Smith (@Noahpinion)
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The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that man may become robots.
-- Erich Fromm
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The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that man may become robots.
-- Erich Fromm
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Quick Quotes“The past is buried deep within the ground in Rabat, although the ancient walls in the old city are still standing, painted in electrifying variations of royal blue that make the winding roads look like streamlets or shallow ocean water.”
― Raquel Cepeda
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Rick OllieWhat do you spend more time thinking about the future or the past? Me. I try living for the moment!
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If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.
-- Lao Tzu
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