The Dark Side of Heaven: The World Teacher

Jiddu Krishnamurti (12 May 1895 – 17 February 1986) was a philosopher, public speaker, and writer, on psychological, sociological, and spiritual subjects.

All that we have invented,
the symbols in the church, the rituals,
they are all put there by thought.

Thought has invented these things.
Invented the savior.
Invented the temples in India
and the contents of the temples.

Thought has invented all these things called sacred.
You cannot deny that.

So thought in itself is not sacred.
And when thought invents God,
God is not sacred.

So what is sacred ?

That can only be understood
or happen when there is complete freedom,
from fear, from sorrow,
and when there is this sense of love and compassion
with it's own intelligence.

Then, when the mind is utterly still,
that which is sacred can take place.

1930
Jiddu Krishnamurti - New York 1928, Ojai