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Originally Posted by sky123
Why do we need Krishnamurti to explain when you are, you can explain  |
That's like saying why do we need Buddha's or anyone's teachings.
Maybe this is more clear...paraphrased some for you...
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The mind has an idea, like enlightenment, and it wants to become or reach that idea, which is a projection of desire. You are this, which you do not like, and you want to become that, which you like. This seeking is a self or ego projection; it is an extension of what is, the ego, the delusional self; the result is just a continuity of what is, ego.
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When you are aware of this trick which you have played upon yourself, -
Krishnamurti....
Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
By
Chogyam Trungpa
In this modern spiritual classic, the Tibetan meditation master Chögyam Trungpa highlights the commonest pitfall to which every aspirant on the spiritual path falls prey: what he calls spiritual materialism. The universal tendency, he shows, is to see spirituality as a process of self-improvement—the impulse to develop and refine the ego when the ego is, by nature, essentially empty. "The problem is that ego can convert anything to its own use," he said, "even spirituality." His incisive, compassionate teachings serve to
wake us up from this trick we all play on ourselves, and to offer us a far brighter reality: the true and joyous liberation that inevitably involves
letting go of the self rather than working to improve it. It is a message that has resonated with students for nearly thirty years, and remains fresh as ever today.
They say the same thing I do.