Tag Archives: Krishnamurti

Greed and Minimalism

Posted on April 16, 2017 by Symbol Reader

“Take greed. Do you know what greed is? It is eating more food than you need, wanting to outshine others at games, wanting to have more property, a bigger car than someone else. Then you say that you must not … Continue reading →

Posted in Minimalism, Uncategorized | Tagged C.G. Jung, consumerism, enantiodromia, greed, Krishnamurti, Minimalism, Minimalists | 15 Comments

Some Thoughts on Culture

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Symbol Reader

The term “culture” comes from the Roman orator Cicero, who wrote about cultura animi – cultivation of the soul. The soul, like a rose, needs rich, nourishing soil, a loving care and time to bloom. In a very interesting article … Continue reading →

Posted in culture | Tagged Christianity, Christopher Columbus, civilization, culture, East, Islam, Krishnamurti, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Renaissance, Soul, values, West, Western culture | 19 Comments

Krishnamurti on Strength

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Symbol Reader

“Everyone in the world is concerned with the search for that Truth which will satisfy him eternally, but in that search each one contends against another; and hence there is confusion, struggle and pain. They lack the certainty of purpose … Continue reading →

Posted in Quotations | Tagged doubt, freedom, Krishnamurti, strength, truth | 15 Comments

Krishnamurti on Suffering

Posted on March 6, 2016 by Symbol Reader

“Questioner: I seem to have suffered a great deal all my life, not physically, but through death and loneliness and the utter futility of my existence. I had a son whom I greatly loved. He died in an accident. My … Continue reading →

Posted in Quotations, Uncategorized | Tagged attachment, conflict, Krishnamurti, pain, self-understanding, sorrow, suffering | 21 Comments

Images of the Zodiac: Contemplating Aquarius

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Symbol Reader

Johfra Bosschart, Aquarius 1.“And the pool was filled with water out of sunlight, And the lotus rose, quietly, quietly, The surface glittered out of heart of light.” T.S.Eliot, “Burnt Norton” 2.“Praise to the jewel in the lotus.” (Om mani padme … Continue reading →

Posted in Johfra Bosschart | Tagged Aquarius, archetypes, astrology, C.G. Jung, Celestial Sea, enlightenment, implicate order, Johfra, Johfra Bosschart, Krishnamurti, lotus, prana, Ram in Thicket, Saturn, symbolism, symbols, truth, unus mundus, Uranus, waterbearer David Bohm, Zodiac | 33 Comments

Images of the Zodiac: Contemplating Taurus

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Symbol Reader

Posted in Johfra Bosschart | Tagged archetypes, art, Buddha, Freud, Johfra Bosschart, Krishnamurti, libido, Mars, myth, mythology, psychoanalysis, Shakespeare, spirituality, spring, symbolism, symbols, Taurus, The Tempest, Venus, Zodiac | 48 Comments

Why Think of Something Rather than Nothing

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Symbol Reader

Malevitch, Black Square I have an American Indian friend who is a Pueblo chieftain. Once when we were talking confidentially about the white man, he said to me: “We don’t understand the whites. They are always wanting something, always restless, … Continue reading →