To do the thing that one loves...
It is strange how most people want recognition and praise - to be
recognized as a great poet, as a philosopher, something that boosts
one's ego. It gives great satisfaction but it has very little meaning.
Recognition feeds one's vanity an perhaps one's pocket, and then what?
It sets one apart and separation breeds its own problems, ever increas-
ing. Though it may give satisfaction, recognition is not an end in itself.
But most people are caught in the craving to be recognized, to fulfill
to achieve. And failure is then inevitable, with its accompanying misery.
To be free of both success and failure is the real thing.
From the beginning not to look for a result, to do the thing that one loves,
and love has no reward or punishment. This is really a simple thing if there
is love.
J Krishnamurti/ Biography chap.23/ Happy is the man who is nothing:Letters to a friend
recognized as a great poet, as a philosopher, something that boosts
one's ego. It gives great satisfaction but it has very little meaning.
Recognition feeds one's vanity an perhaps one's pocket, and then what?
It sets one apart and separation breeds its own problems, ever increas-
ing. Though it may give satisfaction, recognition is not an end in itself.
But most people are caught in the craving to be recognized, to fulfill
to achieve. And failure is then inevitable, with its accompanying misery.
To be free of both success and failure is the real thing.
From the beginning not to look for a result, to do the thing that one loves,
and love has no reward or punishment. This is really a simple thing if there
is love.
J Krishnamurti/ Biography chap.23/ Happy is the man who is nothing:Letters to a friend