The Ending of Conflict, Krishnamurti Krishnamurti Foundation Trust
“Conflict exists when we disregard what is actually taking place and translate it in terms of an ideal, in terms of ‘what should be,’ in a concept we have accepted, or we ourselves have created. When there is a division between ‘what is’ and ‘what should be’ there must inevitably be conflict.
Face the fact that you are in conflict, and live with it completely. … Most of our lives, from the moment we are born to the moment we die, is a series of conflicts, battles within and without. … If we are conscious of conflict … we try to escape from it, suppress it or find a way of conquering it. All this implies a constant battle, a weary, unending process. If we are unconscious of the conflict, we either become dead, insensitive, or various forms of psychosomatic diseases take place. ”
