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“Benjamin Franklin once said, ‘If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”
― Not Just an Accountant: The Diary of the Nation's Conscience Keeper
― Not Just an Accountant: The Diary of the Nation's Conscience Keeper
“Fear is always in relation to something; it does not exist by itself. There is fear of what happened yesterday in relation to the possibility of its repetition tomorrow; there is always a fixed point from which relationship takes place.
How does fear come into this? I had pain yesterday; there is the memory of it and I do not want it again tomorrow. Thinking about the pain of yesterday, thinking which involves the memory of yesterday’s pain, projects the fear of having pain again tomorrow. So it is thought that brings about fear. Thought breeds fear; thought also cultivates pleasure. To understand fear you must also understand pleasure – they are interrelated; without understanding one you cannot understand the other. This means that one cannot say ‘I must only have pleasure and no fear’; fear is the other side of the coin which is called pleasure.”
― On Fear: Krishnamurti's Profound Teachings on Understanding and Overcoming Hidden Fears, Dependence, and Attachment
How does fear come into this? I had pain yesterday; there is the memory of it and I do not want it again tomorrow. Thinking about the pain of yesterday, thinking which involves the memory of yesterday’s pain, projects the fear of having pain again tomorrow. So it is thought that brings about fear. Thought breeds fear; thought also cultivates pleasure. To understand fear you must also understand pleasure – they are interrelated; without understanding one you cannot understand the other. This means that one cannot say ‘I must only have pleasure and no fear’; fear is the other side of the coin which is called pleasure.”
― On Fear: Krishnamurti's Profound Teachings on Understanding and Overcoming Hidden Fears, Dependence, and Attachment
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