Krishnamurti spoke of psychological freedom to whoever would listen to his message. He founded schools for children, teens, young adults, where young people can study all the usual subjects—and themselves as well. In the schools, as in all the talks and writings, he pointed out that it is not our wars, inner and outer, that will set us free, but the truth about ourselves. There is no path, no authority, no guru to follow: you have the capacity in yourself to find out what you are, what you are doing with your life, your relationships, and with your work. You must experiment with what is said in this book. Someone else’s truth sounds like only opinion until you try it out for yourself. You must look through the microscope yourself, or you will be left with the dust of words, not the actual perception of life.

We are usually taught what to think, but not how to think. We learn how to escape loneliness and mental suffering, not how to put an end to it.

Introduction by Dale Carlson

Krishnamurti向所願意傾聽的人講述心理自由該如何理解。他創辦兒童、青少年及年輕人的學校，讓年輕人在那裡是可以透過常規的學科學習 – 在學教中認識自己，就如從學校的講論或課本當中得著幫助，他指出，這種學習方式不應是一種心靈內外交戰的狀態，而是能助人的思維更加自由，去認識真正的我。這方式沒有既定的路徑、不須理會權威或任何大師去指導：你完全有能力親自去探究──你是誰，以及你想要的人生、怎樣的人際關係，什麼態度去面對工作。這些是用你從學習中作出實踐，若未經親身嘗試，別人的真知灼見，都只能是一種意見而已。你必須親自透過顯微鏡去觀察，否則你所留下的將是一堆塵土，而非真正期待那個自己。

我們通常被教導如何去處理，而不是思想如何解決，我們是學會如何逃避孤獨與精神痛苦，卻不懂得如何從根本上終結它們。

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作者 J.Krishnamuti 說出一個明確的事實，就是今日的教育偏向，受人的安排去排除獨立思考的原始教導方針。它形成的後患，是聖經曾出現過，而且在很早之前，發生在只有舊約記述的巴別地方出現。當時的人，是被統一指揮，那種現象出現的緣因，正好是這作者揭示，一個真理：沒有了自己，人剩下是一埋塵土。現在未到，不過你看不到，不表示你的後代看不到。

信耶穌被提，今日的人不可能看到，現在不信是理解。當人認識自己的原本，也許會相信。有人將人的來源加添了許多可能，就看你能從學習中，能否實踐去印證出來。