David Bohm, Part 1

J. Krishnamurti discusses whether humanity has taken a wrong turn - a long time ago. Mankind has always tried to become something but instead of being constructive, people began plundering and taking slaves. The root of all this is in conflict, suggests J. Krishnamurti, and then delves into the question 'what is the root of conflict?'. Is it that all religions insist that one has to become something instead of facing facts. Christians have the idea of original sin, Hinduism has Karma - whatever the faith, the spur is the idea of becoming better. Dr Bohm points out that this is natural in us - an instinct and that we have reason why we shouldn't become better but J. Krishnamurti still probes the root cause. Is time the main factor? J. Krishnamurti points out that the conflict arises from the contradiction between what is and what one strives to be - inwardly, one builds up an 'egotistic centre'. One's brain perhaps becomes so accustomed to conflict that it rejects any other way of living - so conflict becomes accepted as inevitable. Dr Bohm sums this up as wanting simultaneously to be what we are AND to become something better - and therefore we are constantly in a state of turmoil.