心，能不能將恐懼徹底清空乃戈？任何恐懼都會滋生幻相褂痰，讓心變得呆滯、淺薄症虑。顯而易見缩歪，只要有恐懼在，心靈就沒有自由侦讨；若無自由驶冒，就絕無愛。我們多數(shù)人都有某種恐懼：恐懼黑暗韵卤，恐懼輿論骗污，恐懼蛇，恐懼生理疼痛沈条，恐懼衰老需忿，恐懼死亡……實在有太多的恐懼。那么蜡歹，我們能不能從恐懼中徹底解脫呢屋厘？
不難看出，恐懼究竟為我們每個人帶來什么月而。它讓人耽于謊言汗洒，它用各種方式腐化我們，它讓心變得空虛父款、淺薄溢谤。只要心有恐懼，則內(nèi)心總有黑暗的死角憨攒，永遠(yuǎn)得不到探索與展露世杀。當(dāng)然，身體的自我保護(hù)本能肝集，遠(yuǎn)離毒蛇瞻坝、遠(yuǎn)離懸崖峭壁、嚴(yán)防跌入電車輪下等本能沖動等等杏瞻，都是明智所刀、正常衙荐、健康的。不過勉痴，我現(xiàn)在探詢的是心理自我保護(hù)赫模，這種機(jī)制讓人恐懼疾病，恐懼死亡蒸矛，恐懼?jǐn)橙似俾蕖．?dāng)我們追求任何形式的自我實現(xiàn)，無論通過繪畫雏掠、音樂斩祭、關(guān)系或任何你喜歡的方式，我們總是心懷恐懼乡话。所以摧玫，重要的是覺知自己內(nèi)心的全部過程，去觀察绑青、覺知自心诬像，而不是問我如何甩掉恐懼。如果你只想甩掉恐懼闸婴，則你必將找到逃避恐懼的方法與手段坏挠，那樣就永遠(yuǎn)不能從恐懼中解脫。
——克里希那穆提《生命書：365觀心日課》（The Book of Life: Daily Meditations with Krishnamurti）
Freedom from Fear
Is it possible for the mind to empty itself totally of fear? Fear of any kind breeds illusion; it makes the mind dull, shallow. Where there is fear there is obviously no freedom, and without freedom there is no love at all. And most of us have some form of fear; fear of darkness, fear of public opinion, fear of snakes, fear of physical pain, fear of old age, fear of death. We have literally dozens of fears. And is it possible to be completely free of fear?
We can see what fear does to each one of us. It makes one tell lies; it corrupts one in various ways; it makes the mind empty, shallow. There are dark corners in the mind which can never be investigated and exposed as long as one is afraid. Physical self-protection, the instinctive urge to keep away from the venomous snake, to draw back from the precipice, to avoid falling under the tramcar, and so on, is sane, normal, healthy. But I am asking about the psychological self-protectiveness which makes one afraid of disease, of death, of an enemy. When we seek fulfillment in any form, whether through painting, through music, through relationship, or what you will, there is always fear. So, what is important is to be aware of this whole process of oneself, to observe, to learn about it, and not ask how to get rid of fear. When you merely want to get rid of fear, you will find ways and means of escaping from it, and so there can never be freedom from fear.
MARCH 22
