What Is Our Responsibility? – Saanen 1974 (EN)

Listen to talks from J. Krishnamurti's Saanen gathering in Switzerland, 1974.This Talk: What Is Our Responsibility? – 2 August 1974 • Q: How do I put the feeling of responsibility into action?• We approach a problem from the outer to the inner and the inner to the outer. It is an endless ebb and flow.• Who has created the division, this structure as the outer and the inner? We are educated in that and are caught in it.• Division takes place when there is an image in the mind. Responsibility is to free yourself of images absolutely.• When you feel responsibility, the flame of it will burn the image.• Seeing the world as it is and ourselves as we are, responsibility begins to awaken.-Jiddu Krishnamurti (May 12, 1895 – February 17, 1986) was a world renowned writer and speaker on philosophical and spiritual subjects. His subject matter included: the purpose of meditation, human relationships, the nature of the mind, and how to enact positive change in global society. Krishnamurti was born into a Telugu Brahmin family in what was then colonial India. In early adolescence, he had a chance encounter with prominent occultist and high-ranking theosophist C.W. Leadbeater in the grounds of the Theosophical Society headquarters at Adyar in Madras (now Chennai). He was subsequently raised under the tutelage of Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater, leaders of the Society at the time, who believed him to be a "vehicle" for an expected World Teacher. As a young man, he disavowed this idea and dissolved the world-wide organization (the Order of the Star) established to support it. He claimed allegiance to no nationality, caste, religion, or philosophy, and spent the rest of his life traveling the world as an individual speaker, speaking to large and small groups, as well as with interested individuals. He authored a number of books, among them "The First and Last Freedom", "The Only Revolution", and "Krishnamurti's Notebook". In addition, a large collection of his talks and discussions