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but for you it is not helpful. For you it is only an excuse to stop doing anything.
Question 8
IS SILENCE VERY POWERFUL, AND IF SO, THEN WHY SHOULD ANYBODY SPEAK IN WORDS?
Yes, silence is very powerful, but first there must be people who can hear what is conveyed in silence.
Why is it necessary to make people listen?
It is necessary to me because I see that you are moving unknowingly toward a deep pit, and it is clear to me that you will fall into the pit and break your hands or feet. I can convey this fact to you in silence. But your ears cannot hear my silent message, so I have to shout at you to warn you, "Be careful! You will fall into the pit."
Question 9
DO YOU LOSE ANY ENERGY BY DOING SO?
No, no! No energy is lost. One who has known the source of energy does not lose energy. Only one who does not know the source can lose.
If I write anything like an autobiography, it may be either truth or untruth. If it is truth, it may harm you. If it is untruth, I would not want to write it. If it is completely truthful, it will cause you harm because I will have to say that whatever you are doing now is useless. You will readily agree with me that it is so.
One day an individual came to me. He said, "Because Krishnamurti said that meditation is useless, I have stopped doing meditation."
I said, "You have done a good thing. But what did you gain from it? You did not gain anything. Why did you start doing meditation in the first place? You wanted to conquer your anger and ignorance. Did you accomplish that by giving up meditation? No! Then why did you stop? Because Krishnamurti said that it is useless!"
You feel, "When a realized person says it is useless, why should I continue to do it?" This is the difficulty: I also know that it is useless; I also tell this to some, that it is useless. But I will only say this to a person who has done meditation for a long time and who can now understand its uselessness. Such a person has reached a stage where meditation must also be given up.
But to say in the marketplace that meditation is useless is dangerous. The listeners may have never
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