by J. Krishnamurti, from a gathering at Oomen, Holland, 1930
SEED QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION: How do you relate to the directive to fulfill oneself in perfection? Can you share a personal story of a time you felt life in all things? What helps you include the negative in your conception of the positive?
I am the a proud 89 year African-American family Matriarch,,,,four children, 9 grandchildren, and 6 great-grand children! My progeny has met challenges, overcome disappointments and rejoiced with successes.
My being is manifested in their beings --morally, spiritually and physically.
To fulfill oneself in perfection means to fulfill myself in being all of what I am, being total and whole, being all of me present and manifesting. I think I never felt life in all things, unless it was somewhere between conception and about age two. I have come to think that there is life in all things, and that awareness has been enlivening for me and has helped me feel more one with all resulting in increased compassion for and with all. What helps me include the negative in my conception of the positive is considering and believing that there is no negative and positive in nature, they are only in my perception. There is one nature/reality that I am part of -- some of it I like and some I don't, some I agree with and some I don't, some of which I embrace and some of which I fear, but I know I and it are really all part of the one.