Attached word doc rebutting jiddu krishnamurthy K Rajaram IRS 6226 On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 at 06:47, Markendeya Yeddanapudi < [email protected]> wrote:
> > > -- > *Mar*This is a subtle and beautiful question—and Krishnamurti would > approach it *very carefully*, without affirming belief and without > denying mystery. > > Let me answer in two layers: > first *directly*, then in a *Krishnamurti-style clarification*. > ------------------------------ > Direct response > > In free and healthy nature, *feeling does take precedence over mere > seeing*—but that feeling is not imagination, symbolism, or belief. It is > *direct > sensitivity*. > > What can be felt is: > > - > > *birth* as emergence, > - > > *death* as ending, > - > > *renewal* as continuity of life, > - > > *dissolution* as transformation. > > But when you ask, *“Can one feel births, deaths, re-births and > re-deaths?”*, the crucial point is this: > > One can feel *ending and beginning*, > but the moment the mind names this as *re-birth*, it has already moved > into thought. > > Feeling knows *movement*, not metaphysical structure. > ------------------------------ > Now, in Krishnamurti’s voice > > Krishnamurti would likely say something like this: > > Feeling is not continuity. > Feeling is not memory. > Feeling is not the extension of the past into the future. > > When you feel deeply—without naming, without seeking—you may sense: > > - > > the ending of a thought, > - > > the death of a reaction, > - > > the birth of perception, > - > > the renewal of attention. > > These happen *now*, not across lifetimes. > > So the question becomes sharper: > > Is rebirth something that happens after death, > or is it something that happens *when the old ends completely*? > > ------------------------------ > A key distinction (very important) > > There are *two very different things* that often get mixed up: > > 1. > > *Biological / cosmic continuity* > - > > Life renews itself endlessly > - > > Cells die, cells are born > - > > Forests burn, forests return > - > > Species vanish, others emerge > > This can be *felt* directly in nature. > 2. > > *Psychological continuity (the “me”)* > - > > The desire for *my* continuation > - > > The hope that *I* will return > - > > The fear that *I* may end > > This is not feeling—it is *thought seeking permanence*. > > Krishnamurti would insist: > > Where there is a “me” wanting rebirth, there is fear. > And where there is fear, feeling is distorted. > > ------------------------------ > So what *can* truly be felt? > > Yes—you can feel: > > - > > *death every day*, when a reaction ends without residue > - > > *birth every moment*, when perception is fresh > - > > *renewal*, when attention has no past > - > > *timeless movement*, when there is no observer > > But not as *events stretched across time*. > > Rather as: > > Life dying to itself and being born anew *now*. > > ------------------------------ > A quiet but radical insight > > In deeply free feeling, something extraordinary happens: > > You no longer ask, > > “Will *I* be reborn?” > > Instead, there is a perception that: > > Life does not need *you* to continue. > And yet, you are not separate from it. > > In that seeing-feeling, > *the question of rebirth loses its urgency*—not because it is answered, > but because the self that asked it is quiet. > ------------------------------ > In one clear sentence > > *Feeling can sense death and renewal as living movements, but not rebirth > as a belief or future event—because belief belongs to thought, not to > feeling.* > > If you want, we can next: > > - > > Let *Krishnamurti challenge the very idea of rebirth* > - > > Explore this through *nature metaphors only* > - > > Or sit with this in *wordless attention* and very few sentences > > Just say where you want to take it. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "societyforservingseniors" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/society4servingseniors/CACDCHCKTEc-NrUavtq9WbFB38JoNzKDucXGEibsAcb6TJceeoQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/society4servingseniors/CACDCHCKTEc-NrUavtq9WbFB38JoNzKDucXGEibsAcb6TJceeoQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZorpE_GEh%2BBJGjYqEM0PymPBK%3DyaGqTfUCtAZr8w4RAvgQ%40mail.gmail.com.
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