14/06/2026
Since 2022. Every moment of my life I've been striving to unconditionally accept every part of me ❤️
Have you ever truly observed yourself?
And what do you find within?
Is there both light and shadow?
Parts of yourself that you are proud of.
And parts you would rather hide.
Most of the time, we embrace what we consider beautiful.
And we condemn what we consider ugly.
For example:
We notice jealousy.
And immediately:
“I shouldn’t feel this way.”
We notice fear.
“I’m so weak.”
We notice selfishness.
“This is bad.”
We notice a desire for recognition.
“A spiritual person shouldn’t be like this.”
Before we even understand what is actually happening,
we have already condemned it.
And according to Krishnamurti,
it is this condemnation that prevents understanding.
Usually, we think of freedom as:
being able to do whatever we want,
not being controlled,
not being limited.
But Krishnamurti is speaking of a completely different kind of freedom:
the freedom to look at ourselves without fear.
Because if every time we see a truth about ourselves,
we immediately condemn it,
we will never dare to look more deeply.
We will only look at what is pleasant.
And avoid what makes us uncomfortable.
As a result,
our understanding of ourselves becomes distorted and incomplete.
According to Krishnamurti,
freedom does not begin when we change ourselves.
It begins when we are able to see the whole of ourselves —
both the light and the shadow —
without any condemnation entering in.
Not to indulge it.
Not to justify it.
But to see it clearly.
And in that clarity,
transformation can take place naturally.
This is the paradox that Krishnamurti often pointed to:
Only when we stop fighting what we are,
do we truly begin to understand it.
