“Come,
Come away,
O love,
Sit beside me;
I will teach thee
The way to
Happiness.”
I have collected here some excerpts of a poetical work by J. Krishnamurti, published first in 1927 under the title ‘The Search’, and later in the book ‘From Darkness to Light’ (1980), along with other poems from this period. Krishnamurti considered these writings as not being part of his official teachings, for they were written when he was still involved with the Theosophical Society, the organisation that raised him to become the new World Teacher and that he left in 1929. They are nevertheless a beautiful read, imbued with the wonder of nature, and the search for happiness. In the Publishers Note, we read: ‘These poetic writings represent a facet of Krishnamurti that is characterized by the intensity of his feelings and by his passionate appeal to the individual for self-realization of truth.’ I hope you enjoy them…
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“Balanced between the past and the future,
the “I” is poised as a tiger ready to spring,
as an eagle ready to fly,
as the bow at the moment of releasing the arrow.
This moment of equilibrium, of high tension,
is “creation.” It is the fullness of all life,
it is immortality.
The wind of the desert sweeps away
all trace of the traveller.
The sole imprint is the footstep of the present.
The past, the future… sands blown by the wind.“
~ J. krishnamurti (From Darkness to Light)
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I have been a wanderer long
In this world of transient things.
I have known the passing pleasures thereof.
As the rainbow is beautiful,
But soon vanishes into nothingness,
So have I known,
From the very foundation of the world,
The passing away of all things
Beautiful, joyous and pleasurable.
If thou wouldst concern thyself with the lasting,
With the eternal, with the indestructible,
With divinity, with immortality,
With wisdom which is the pool of Heaven,
If thou wouldst know of that everlasting Kingdom of Happiness,
If thou wouldst know of that Beauty that never fades or decays,
If thou wouldst know of that Truth that is imperishable and alone—
Then, O world,
Look deep within thyself
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