Time, thought, sorrow, and the ending of sorrow || Acharya Prashant, on J. Krishnamurti (2014)

To understand the nature of sorrow, and the ending of sorrow, one must understand time and to understand time is to understand thought.J. Krishnamurti

Speaker: To understand sorrow, one must understand time, and to understand time is to understand thought.What is ego?We usually say the ego is “I am this” and this could be anything. I am a male, I am a body, I am a father, I am a scholar, I am happy, I am these many years of age. But all these statements are incomplete. The ego is “I am X, now” (emphasizing on now). This now is a very important part of the ego and this now has to be understood, if this statement has to be understood. This statement says, “To understand sorrow, you’ll have to understand time and to understand time you’ll have to understand thought.” Ego is this now. We exist not only as something in relation to others; we also exist in the zone of the ego as something in relation to time. I am something now. Now is the center of ego. In space, the body is the center of ego. As mind, now is the center of ego.

Listener 1: Mind is the center of ego?

Speaker: Who am I? In this entire vast space, who am I?

Listener 1: This bodySpeaker: This body. So the center of this ego is? This body.

Listener 1: In space