A Key To End Sorrow

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Ein Schlüssel das Leid zu beenden
...von J. Krishnamurti

Die Forderung, in einer Beziehung sicher zu sein, führt unweigerlich zu Sorgen und Angst. Das Streben nach Sicherheit ruft Unsicherheit hervor. Hast du jemals Sicherheit in einer deiner Beziehungen gefunden? Hast du? Die meisten von uns wünschen sich die Sicherheit zu lieben und geliebt zu werden, aber ist es Liebe, wenn jeder von uns seine eigene Sicherheit, seinen eigenen ganz besonderen Weg sucht? Wir werden nicht geliebt, weil wir nicht wissen, wie man liebt.

In Beziehungen sagen wir allzu oft: Solange du zu mir gehörst, liebe ich dich, aber in dem Moment, in dem du es nicht mehr aushältst, fange ich an, dich zu hassen. Solange ich mich darauf verlassen kann, dass du meine sexuellen und sonstigen Ansprüche erfüllst, liebe ich dich. Aber ab dem Augenblick, ab dem du nicht mehr gibst, was ich will, kann ich dich nicht mehr lieben. Wenn du dich für dein ganzes Vergnügen von einem anderen abhängig machst, bist du ein Sklave dieser Person. Wenn man liebt, muss es Freiheit geben, nicht nur von einem anderen, sondern auch von sich selbst.

Diese Zugehörigkeit zu einem anderen, psychologisch genährt von einem anderen, abhängig von einem anderen - in all dem wird es immer Furcht, Angst, Schuldgefühle und Eifersucht geben, und solange es Angst gibt, kann es keine Liebe geben; ein Geist, der von Sorgen erfüllt ist, wird nie wissen, was Liebe ist; Sentimentalität und Emotionalität haben gar nichts mit Liebe zu tun. Und daher hat die Liebe nichts mit Vergnügen und Begehren zu tun. Liebe ist nicht das Produkt des Denkens, das der Vergangenheit angehört. Gedanken können unmöglich die Liebe kultivieren. Liebe ist immer aktiv gegenwärtig. Wenn du die Liebe kennst, wirst du niemandem folgen. Die Liebe gehorcht nicht. Wenn du liebst, gibt es weder Respekt noch Respektlosigkeit. Weißt du, was es bedeutet, jemanden zu lieben - jemanden zu lieben, ohne Hass, Eifersucht, Angst, Wut oder den Wunsch, sich in das einzumischen, was der oder die andere tut oder denkt, ohne zu verurteilen oder zu vergleichen?

Hat die Liebe Verantwortung und Pflicht, und wird sie diese Worte gebrauchen? Wenn du etwas aus Pflichtbewusstsein tust, geschieht das aus Liebe? Im Pflichtbewusstsein gibt es keine Liebe. Die Struktur der Pflicht, in der wir alle gefangen sind, zerstört uns letztendlich. Solange du gezwungen bist, etwas zu tun, weil es deine Pflicht ist, liebst du nicht, was du tust. Wo es Liebe gibt, gibt es keine Pflicht und keine Verantwortung.

Hast du schon mal um einen anderen geweint? Wenn du aus Selbstmitleid weinst, haben deine Tränen keine Bedeutung, weil du dich nur um dich selbst sorgst. Wenn du weinst, weil du jemanden verloren hast, in den du viel Zuneigung investiert hast, dann war es nicht wirklich Zuneigung. Die Trauer ist selbst verursacht, Sorgen entstehen durch Gedanken, Trauer ist das Produkt der Zeit.

Du kannst all das in dir selbst beobachten, wenn du es dir wirklich anschaust. Du kannst es vollkommen, vollständig, auf einen Blick sehen, ohne dabei analytische Zeit in Anspruch nehmen zu müssen. Du kannst sofort die ganze Struktur und Natur dieses schäbigen kleinen Dings namens "Ich" sehen. Meine Tränen, meine Familie, meine Nation, mein Glaube, meine Religion - all diese Hässlichkeit, all das ist in dir. Wenn du es mit deinem Herzen siehst, nicht mit deinem Verstand, wenn du es vom Grunde deines Herzens aus siehst, dann hast du den Schlüssel, der die Sorgen beenden wird.

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Seed Questions for Reflection

How do you relate to the notion that when one loves, there must be freedom from another and also from oneself? Can you share a personal experience of a time you felt love without hate, jealousy, fear, anger, condemnation, comparison or wanting to interfere? What helps you see the ugliness inside from the very bottom of your heart?

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8 Past Reflections
TM
Sep 4, 2023
If one is loving something or somebody then there must be no reason at all to love because, if at all there is a reason then when that reason is not met or fulfilled there will not be any love at all. That means love becomes conditional. Love is causeless and hence thought cannot willingly love or cultivate love. Love is either there in someone or it is not there.
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Vandana Gupta
May 22, 2023
Herein lies the key to understanding ourselves and our relationship with another. To love and yet, being aware of any negative emotions that arise as the 'what is', neither accepting nor rejecting what I experience at that moment. Aware, without a comparison to an ideal.
SS
Apr 17, 2019
Selfless acts are a source of profound meaning for your self and your life.
QB
Queen Bee
Apr 16, 2019
While I agree with the basic context of what you're describing, loving another person if the relationship is physical could lead to the end of your life or cause an incurable disease if someone has an extra physical relationship. The duty we all have is not to bring harm to anyone but especially not someone who cares for us. We have a duty to be honest with ourselves and others and while that may be uncomfortable and not very fun, it's the rule of treat others how you want to be treated. Why is it bad to expect someone to keep their end of an agreement? We give love and want love and the right thing to do is remove yourself if you can't commit to someone who loves you. For love to exist there must be mutual trust and without trust there is no love because self protection should be instinctive. So find someone who shares your values because we can love more than one in our lifetime once we get passed the hurt and disappointment of someone who doesn't value themselves eno... View full comment
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Merv Martin Apr 16, 2019
There is no duty, nothing you have to do. Only what you wish to do. It is not a duty to keep someone from harm, and if it is not your partner's wish to keep you from harm, run screaming!

There's nothing onerous about loving. (That's a good test.) Contracts and "agreements" are made between people that need a way to punish if a signee defaults. If the partnership can't be a partnership without a contract, then expect all the problems that the business world has with contracts. With children it's tough. But the defaulting entity is hurting them as well.

Cause joy. And when someone reflects it back, check 'em out. (Good filter!) Besides, random acts of kindness and senseless beauty are great fun. I love putting quarters in expired parking meters with cars parked by them. (It's a misdemeanor, but civil disobedienceis kinda fun too!)
DD
Apr 13, 2019
The notion that when you love, there must be freedom from another and also from oneself is right on. It means when you love you still maintain your independence and freedom, you are still you, you are not dependent or manipulative, not goal directed, and are simply true to yourself. I have had periods of love without hate, jealousy, fear, anger, condemnation, comparison or wanting to interfere, and have had some periods of love when one of those feelings occurs and can be part of love if I own it and express it as what I am experiencing in that moment and continue to be me, not try to change or control or do anything to myself or the other. What helps me see what is called the ugliness inside is being open and true to myself, trusting my experience, trusting the process, trusting truth, not getting hooked on some agenda, and continuing to honestly be me. I do that at times -- practice helps,.
JP
Apr 12, 2019
Love cannot be bound by any conditions or demands. Such conditions or expectations cause ugliness in our heart. Freedom is selfless love-free from the bondage of our own selfish desires and expectations and freedom from the bondage of other's selfish desires and expectations. I experience such a gift of unconditional love in my everyday life with people close to me. I extend my helping hand and reach out to serve them and they do the same thing for me. There is no demand, no expectation, no condition, no anger, no fear, no anxiety. Such experience nourishes both, the giver and the receiver. When I watch a bubble of of anger, fear or anxiety arising in me, I become aware of its hold on me. I mindfully process such emotionsand release them. I become free from my self-created bondage which creates deep joy and bliss in me.
Namaste!
Jagdish P Dave

SH
Apr 11, 2019
Love, the most potent, required, given, taken, shared, element/feeling/emotion/state that every living being aspires to dwell in. Carefully observed, the whole world and all stories that everyone has somewhere has "love" as the foundation to it..whether the narrative begins with "i am not loved" or "i feel totally loved". The passage tries to show us movement from first narrative to the second. In one of my relationships, i struggled for 4 years with the first narrative, i would do something to be loved in return or i would demand love in return to all i was giving? Or to fulfill the call of duty towards love i would act. The person who i am connected with did not show much appreciation, gratitude or concern to any of these behaviors of mine. I was heartbroken and irritated at this insensitivity and wanted to break up. But God is kind and always shows the way, i just took to silence from everything. I did not break up but went into a zone of careful self i... View full comment