you see the whole horizon, the vast sky, the beauty of it, and the stillness of it.
And our minds have no space at all. Why? You are asking this question. I am not
asking you to ask it.
You know, isolation creates limited space. Isolation is a form of resistance,
and where there is resistance there is a limited space. I resist a new idea, a new
way of living; I resist any disparagement of tradition; I resist my beliefs. Within
that resistance, within that wall, there is a very small limited space. Have you
noticed it? And this resistance is part of will: I must do this, I should not do that,
I want this. Will is the factor of resistance, and will is part of thought which says
that there must be achievement, that there must be a change, that I must become
something. So the factor of not having space is this isolating process of thought
as the “me.” Oh, do get this, sirs! The activity of thought as the “me” creates a
very small space within itself. If you observe yourself, you will see how you act
within a very small, limited area. This small area is bound to time; and because it
is a small area it must chatter, it must act, it must move, tremble. Do you see that
any activity of resistance, which is the action of will, must limit and isolate space
in which the “me,” the “I,” the self-centered action is going on? Therefore there
is a duality, the “me” and the “not me”—what is beyond the wall of resistance
and what is inside the wall that is the “me.” And will is assertion, domination,
ambition, the desire for power, position, prestige, which each one wants. It is not
only the politician but you also want it; otherwise you wouldn’t elect the
politician. See—but not intellectually, not verbally or logically—how the mind is
limited, small, enclosed within the action of a very small area and that as long as
that area is very limited, there is no space and therefore there must be conflict.
So—please listen to this—can there be action without will? Now, again
traditionally you are brought up on the action of will—I must, I must not—and
therefore the “must” and “must not,” the “do” and the “don’t” are forms of
resistance. That action is born of will and therefore is limited. Now, look at it.
You have a habit of smoking. Now, if you resist it, saying, “I will not smoke,”
then there is conflict. Can you drop the habit without any resistance, that is,
without any will? You will drop it only if you understand the whole nature and
machinery of habit-forming, which we won’t go into now. That is not the point
involved.
So when there is space in which psychological time doesn’t exist at all, there
is no conflict whatsoever, and out of that space you can act without the action of
resistance and will. It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand, it’s up to you. You
see, we must find a new way of living, a new way of acting, and the old
traditional way doesn’t lead to a new action; it’s a repetitive action. And to find
and to act in a totally different way one must have the quality of mind in which
there is complete freedom of space.
So time is thought and time is sorrow. Now, with that understanding, let’s
find out what death is. Or shall we talk first about what love is? Because if you
don’t know what love is, you don’t know what death is. What is love, sirs? Is
love pleasure? Is love desire? Is love associated with sex? What is this thing that
we call love? Is it part of hate? In it is there jealousy, anxiety? Can a person who
is ambitious, seeking power, position, ever know what love is? We are talking it
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