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"My concern is not to be disturbed and I am trying to find a way in which I shall never be
disturbed. Why should I not be disturbed? I must be disturbed, to find out, must
I not? I must go through tremendous upheavals, turmoil, anxiety, to find out, must I not?
If I am not disturbed I shall remain asleep and perhaps that is what most of us do want - to be
pacified, to be put to sleep, to get away from any disturbance, to find isolation, seclusion,
security. If I do not mind being disturbed - really, not just superficially, if I don't mind
being disturbed, because I want to find out - then my attitude towards hate, towards resentment,
undergoes a change, doesn't it?"
The First and Last Freedom, p.194 |
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"Disturbance is essential for understanding and any attempt to find security is a hindrance to
understanding.
...If we can experience a feeling directly, without naming it, I think we shall find a great deal in it; then there is no longer a battle with it, because the experiencer and the thing experienced are one, and that is essential. That integration is necessary and has to be radically faced." The First and Last Freedom, p.195-196 |
