737 Krishnamurti on Possessions
Today in my inbox a sobering observation by Krishnamurti. Where to from here?
We
are that which we possess
We are that which we
possess. The man who possesses money is the money. The man who identifies
himself with property is the property, or the house or the furniture.
Similarly, with ideas or with people, and when there is possessiveness, there
is no relationship. But most of us possess because we have nothing else if we
do not possess. We are empty shells if we do not possess, if we do not fill our
life with furniture, with music, with knowledge, with this or that. And that
shell makes a lot of noise, and that noise we call living, and with that we are
satisfied. And when there is a disruption, a breaking away of that, then there
is sorrow because then you suddenly discover yourself as you are - an empty
shell, without much meaning.
Krishnamurti, The
Collected Works vol V, p 297