To seek fulfillment is to invite frustration. True or false?

Question

Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian author and philosopher (1895-1986). Seems kind of pessimistic....

Answer 1

Somewhat, but to not seek fulfillment is to guarantee frustration.

Answer 2

Well, natsume soseki a japanese novelist about 100 years back thought that working for knowledge brought on obstacles: "chi ni hatarakeba kado ga tatsu..." he went on to say that life was difficult and there no other world and were there such a place that we would soon long to back here. Finally, he felt that since life is so difficult; the artist because his art "pleasures and comfors" the person so doing, the artist, is noble.

Jesus in fact said that (I think Jesus said it) that the that no sign shall be give the person who seeks after a sign. That would be kind of frustrating, huh?

Answer 3

When we long for something to be fulfilled, often we will find ourselves frustrated while we wait for the fulfillment. So, in this way his statement can be true. However, we should not kill our desires or longings as long as they are healthy - in fact they are often God given - but we must learn to live in the tension between longing and waiting for our desires to be satisfied in a holy way and seek instant gratification.

Answer 4

True. Dead people experience no frustration whatsoever.

I don't see it as pessimistic, merely as realistic. It's only pessimistic if you let those frustrations keep you from achieving what you want.

Answer 5

True

Answer 6

false

Answer 7

false

Answer 8

Very true my friend, Very true!