Is desire something fundamental? | J. Krishnamurti

Brockwood Park 1983 - Question #2 from Question & Answer Meeting #1
'Is desire something fundamental in human beings? Without desire could we function in this world at all?'
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[@MrDrpk]

What a beautiful and simple message : Movement of thought in response to sensation is the origin of desire

[@rohitsharma1285]

But that doesn't answer the question

[@junaid12345678901234]

so called Enlightened or otherwise you will have desire but if you understand the nature of desire, you will watch it arise and then go away just like an ebb and flow of river. It's a cyclical movement and you are part of that movement, so in a way you are that. Tat avam asi.

[@KINGJUNAID555]

@@junaid12345678901234 absolutely.

[@raksha6057]

Thnk u krishna,you're a strong mirror to humanity

[@upalipeiris7968]

K knows exactly what he talks about because he has understood the mind and its reactions well. What a great man.

[@jasveersingh-rp8lc]

I must say you should give a fair trial to vipassana meditation course, you will understand very deeply what K is saying, and you will understand this in experiencal level and most important you will know how to eradicate the mental defilement from its roots.

[@Milo_Plays_MM2]

Beyond all holy books teaching Thanks for sharing and uploading

[@DihelsonMendonca]

It´s really incredible that we can see him, as if he is still alive. Like we were all there, and know that 1000 years from now, people will see him alive this way, the miracles of technology.

[@srinivasarao6171]

Live Streaming across time-space horizon!

[@kannadacreativefilms]

Speechless 🙏🙏🙏 Nobody pointed out to the truth this much

[@priyagunaraj6919]

He just nailed it ❤

[@devangchauhan3585]

This man was/is beyond super genius. No words to describe this enlightened genius if somebody asks about him.

[@mellowbirds4777]

Well that’s of no value. What value in bigging him up? Do you think he would appreciate such ego boosting none sense?

[@weaamkhalid2478]

True!

[@coolmohan]

“.....when you observe it so closely, then thought hesitates.”

[@drharisht.k.1871]

Beautiful talk...have patience and watch attentively till the end from 20:18 you may stumble upon some truth...

[@kanukhimji7328]

Wow desire for a blue suit or disire for truth are same mind blowing stuff TOTAL true, have I got it Harish

[@kanukhimji7328]

Sorry totally true

[@madhavangopalan7463]

I like to hear your talks

[@prasadmulupuri8714]

Fantastic statement that desire for a blue shirt and for heaven are on par; both are simply desire.

[@laurad4822]

Thank you for this masterpiece!!! ✌️

[@northstargilan3323]

Thanks for sharing.🌹🙏❤️🌹

[@tharunkumar3481]

Blessed are those listening to this

[@rmiddlehouse]

It’s called dopamine!

[@weaamkhalid2478]

Thank you 💞🌕🌳🙏

[@krishnachaitanya1562]

Epic

[@Zara-um1nx]

Love from penda

[@maheshkb9781]

19:25 27:20 why thought captures the sensation and makes image out of it ? Ans:- unconscious unaware moment 33:40, Significance of Thought.

[@Mohamed-bm6yk]

his books are very good

[@preethikrao]

🙏🙏🙏

[@ph7467]

I am not sure he answered the questions: Is desire fundamental? Could we live without desire? Rather he explained what is the structure of desire.

[@OrbitinThought]

He answered… must listen again if you didn’t get it..

[@Wise-9]

No, we can't.

[@PeymanNamini]

The Root of desire is eyes.

[@cmanjularao9833]

K....... ❤️

[@belove5662]

I thought that lady's comment was very pertinent: baby is complete whilst part of the mother. Once born, it searches for the connection with mother, instant and effortless provider of all its needs. Likewise all of us when incarnating and thus becoming separate from the All, which we WERE, now feel the incompleteness and the dissatisfaction. BEING ONE with All was such a complete experience of being, it nourrished us and was infinite. Now incarnated, we seek completeness again. This is the root of desire! It has a pupose though: it is the drive to become ONE with all of the fragmented expressions of the All, thus allowing us to CREATE oneness and BE CONSCIOUS OF IT/ EXPERIENCE IT (something you cannot do if you are not fragmented out of the all, or incarnated). Often though we do not understand the purpose of our desiring and we desire objects that cannot satisfy our real hunger for connection. Love is the glue that binds us all: indulge in love and you will find you mother, and she will provide for all you needs instantly :) Lots and lots of Infinite Love to All

[@shaileshjha]

What JK is talking about is that Desire is a thought process and therefore psychological. Mind is trapped in its own illusions. I thinks that's what he meant. Desires are the construct of the mind which is not based on fact and therefore never fulfilling and never ending.

[@shaileshjha]

"Love is the glue that binds us all", so is hatred which separates us. Love and hatred are both me. I think mind is trapped in extremes, love and hatred, rich and poor, intelligent and not intelligent. The opposites are the dual nature of the mind and there is always conflict.

[@alanjoseph9767]

Beautiful

[@benwoodman1606]

The statement may be true but it is not very relevant to understanding the way desire operates in life. We might as well say all problems arise with being born but such a statement is obviously of no value. We are living non babies (i assume) and we have to deal with desire.

[@iyyakuttirajasekaran9906]

Understanding desire is the greatest kind of intelligence awakening

[@SureshKumar-ph1zm]

Brilliant as always. Did you understand what I said ? :-)

[@kanukhimji7328]

Beyond brilliant I would say

[@explainplease2286]

MIRROR..! I AM SEEING MYSELF.

[@AnthonyHoward-ru8su]

I wonder what would be said of the desire to create such as in painting something specific

[@joydevghosh8017]

We are to distinguish between need and desire. While a need is an absolute necessity, desire is not driven by necessity but by subconscious impulses. Spiritual aspiration is a desire for being desire less

[@avimehenwal]

Help me people, I didnt follow how do I choose which desires are worth pursuing and which onces to be dropped?

[@pedjapetrovic7836]

You are asking for the life manuel, my friend. No one has one. This guy is just pointig the movement of unaware desire which is going on, so you could become aware of it. Only that small thing will help you to change your habit, if you don't forget about it until tomorrow. And you will understand the value of life

[@alperenekici3806]

English caption please

[@steladossantos6427]

aandacht

[@sanekabc]

Why would you want to contact something after seeing it if you weren't already attracted to it? That is, already have a feeling about it which drew you to it? It seems to me that after seeing, you have a feeling which makes you want to contact it, not in the order K presented it.

[@AmonWrath]

If you are already attracted to something that means thought has captured it in the past , desire is born for it kept in the memory and now seeing the new model iphone its simply strengthening that desire or weakining it as the new model is not suited for me as i hate notch . just top of my mind . let me know what you think of it .

[@ZubairKhan-vs8fe]

Was Ghandijis pursuit of non violence meaningless?

[@shaktikumarlyrics]

It seems that Gandhiji was not pursuing non-violence; he was living non-violence, as he had an insight into the nature of aggresssion and its absurdity.

[@johndavid2158]

Yes, with all the utopian propaganda of non-violence that everybody must follow Gandhi the icon, else bash them from mainstream, that was violent. Gandhi also couldn't keep his promises. Neither his followers after death. That is violence. Godse was violent but so was Gandhians. People imitating Gandhi, wearing hats, half dhotis, white clothes is only a cover up. Violence is very subtle. Saying only Gandhi represents whole India, not you and me is violent. Gandhi sent Indian Soldiers to first World War. He and his followers could not avoid violence at last. His last act, his death was violent. All these are facts. What's the point of being non violent all your life if you die violently? Don't you think something is a misfit.

[@S33K3R]

Human mind does not like to be still so we like distraction, all the desires are caused by the like to be distracted or not have a still mind :) we like vibration along with physical nature, being still means we will leave the physical dimension we are so comfortable in, which our conscious mind does not want to leave. That's the conflict we have to over come by meditation... To be absolutely STILL

[@kanukhimji7328]

I hope by meditation you are referring to K's kind of doing it and not sitting cross legged

[@kannadacreativefilms]

Desires are really silly

[@bishalbhandari7796]

Are those leather shoes he wearing?

[@vineetnihalani]

He still doesn't answer why does desire arise in the mind of a man

[@vineetnihalani]

He calls it some habit but how did that habit come in first place?

[@Wise-9]

I think it is very simple. We are human, and we have 🧠. Without desire one cannot live. Even evolution cannot happen without desire.

[@WillTheFrozen]

Krishnamurti is not the best