Mind and consciousness as per j. Krishnamurti.

The article examines the Indian philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti's views on mind and consciousness. Krishnamurti held that total awareness is essential for a free mind. He argued that people must look inward and free themselves from self-perpetuated torment, avoid repression, and live in a society where individual and societal interests align. He saw religion as a product of past conditioning and advocated for an investigative, scientific mind. Living in totality, not in segments, is necessary to achieve pleasure without difficulty. The article describes uncovering the mind layer by layer for complete growth and presents Krishnamurti's philosophy as a simple yet abstract and deep path to understanding human consciousness.

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The present article looks at mind and consciousness from the perspective of the eminent Indian philosopher, Jiddu Krishnamurti. He believed in total awareness as being essential for a free mind. Human beings always learned from their past, and it was important that they looked inwards and freed themselves from self-perpetuated torment. It was also necessary that they avoided repression. The society in which we live should be organic, where, although individuals had no choice but to dwell in that society, it was one where the interests of the individual and society were the same. He also maintained that religion was always the result of past conditioning. A mind should be investigative and scientific. One could not get pleasure without difficulty, for which living in totality, not in segments, was a must. We often dwell on one part of the consciousness and miss its holistic aspect. One must uncover the mind layer by layer to achieve complete growth. Deeper delving into it and a study of J. Krishnamurti's philosophy is a must for the understanding of human consciousness, in a manner that is simple, yet abstract and deep.