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Clarity-in-action

Commentaries On Living by J. Krishnamurti is a book that is so piquantly intriguing and yet a stimulant that maintains a calm that seems like meditation for nerve cells in the brain. In one of the chapters, a topic that has been emphasized is “Having a sense of clarity amidst the pressure of respectability”. According to Krishnamurti, the one who has clarity in oneself need not decide right or wrong, doesn’t have to bleed in the war of confusions and settlements and whatever “is” (Krishnamurthy represents ‘is’ as something that you want genuinely) is right.

In our daily lives, our decisions are affected by our respectability, our accountability to others and society, our materialistic needs, and fulfilling standards set by a group of humans who have no sense of intelligence and wisdom.

Before starting any journey, ask yourself whether you want it or not, without any distortion. Don’t fight the odds beforehand. Let your mind figure out the ways once you have the ace in the deck. And trust me, the ace is always there. You just have to let other cards settle down and pick yours.

What would happen if, for one day, you chose to be yourself? You chose to be that chef or writer or researcher or business tycoon maybe … Who knows where you would have been if you, just for once, would have decided to step up and had the clarity of what you really want.

But it’s difficult, right?

To walk on a path with no emotional, financial, or physical support is indeed a herculean task. But what about the satisfaction that you would get after having it done? What about that one single life, one single chance to change it all?

Before starting any journey, ask yourself whether you want it or not, without any distortion. Don’t fight the odds beforehand. Let your mind figure out the ways once you have the ace in the deck.

And trust me, the ace is always there. You just have to let other cards settle down and pick yours.

“What ‘is’ is actual, not the desirable, but the fact.”

It’s the ultimate truth. Your crystal-clear mind is the truth. Don’t clutter it with bondages or assumptions. That thing that you want is a fact. Your fact! It isn’t just a desire. It’s who you are …

Krishnamurti writes, “I must be clear in myself, without the persuasion of respectability, without self-interested calculation, without the spirit of bargaining.”

And the bonus point? You don’t have to maintain the clarity, it’s always there.

Don’t oppose the confusion. Just stay calm, untouched by bias and persuasion. Let that electricity in your neurons flow and click when required!