do it now!

There's many people seeking. Some of them struggle to learn how to stand on their heads, or to sit straight and crossed-legged. Others just put on fancy clothes and talk a lot, but most are genuine, why would they not be? And not all of them base themselves on eastern philosophies.

Anyhow, probably all of them would agree in one thing: they are in the process of learning, of improving, of making themselves better so that someday they will obtain what they are looking for. But, why does it have to be in the future, why not now?


As an example, I'll take something completelly unrelated: world hunger. Everybody is more or less concerned about that huge problem. Myself, I give away some money every year to some organizations which are supposed to do something about the subject. Little money it is. And I think about it from time to time, although is not the first thought that crosses my mind every morning.

I guess some people are less concerned, donate no money, they woud think it is not fair that people are starving, but realisticly they've figured there's not much to do about it.

On the other hand, there's a few who devote themselves and their lifes to the problem; what about those? Do those think the solution is at their reach? Probably not, more the contrary. But they don't get depressed, they just try to do everything they can to make a small contribution, to help the people of the area wherever it is they've travelled to. And it is awesome.


It is not only they are morally superior (they are, to me); also they look at a huge problem with no visible solution and they decide they want to do everything they can and they do it now.


From J Krishnamurti:
"Do you actually need time to be free of greed? I am taking that as an example [...] You are used to think you do. When I say I will get over it, that will is time [...] So the mind has become accostumed to the idea of psychological time -tomorrow, or many tomorrows."

And many many paragraphs later, after he brilliantly dismantles the idea of psychological time,
"So where we are? Where are you with regard to what you have heard, what you have learned, what you have seen for yourself? It is just mere words for you to carry? Or is there a deep fundamental change so that you are free of all your problems, free of fear? [...]"
Which applies not only to his lecture, but to everything you have heard, you have learned, you have seen for yourself.

Let's forget for a moment about world hunger and about a world free of greed -no matter I have not done anything about those. Am I just carrying words? Have I done anything?