It [thought] is a mechanical thing and can solve only mechanical problems. But you want to use it to understand something living; that is the problem… - U. G. Krishnamurti

When once we are freed from the goal [of solving problems], the question of whether it is a positive approach or a negative approach does not even arise.

Belief is like any other habit, the more you try to control and suppress it, the stronger it becomes.

But thought is a very protective mechanism and is interested in its own survival. At the same time thought is opposed fundamentally to the functioning of this living organism. We are made to believe that there is such a thing as mind. But there is no such thing as your mind or my mind. Society or culture, or whatever you want to call it, has created us solely and wholly for the purpose of maintaining its own continuity and status quo. At the same time, it has also created the idea that there is such a thing as individual. But actually, there is a conflict between the two – the idea of the individual and the impossibility of functioning as an individual separate and distinct from the totality of man’s thoughts and experiences.