This a noble piece of writing, but Krishnamurti suffers from the attitudes of his era in principally addressing one gender – so here he exhibits the very kind of ‘exclusionary violence’ (against women) that he deplores. This shows how even the most enlightened can still be restricted by the social attitudes and vocabulary of their era. It is a great challenge to live ethically in an age when unethical division/violence is being enacted by state leaders for cynical advantage. Krishnamurti also experienced it in hir era. [gender neutral pronoun]
On Apr 17, 2025 Michael Maxwell Steer wrote :