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On Goodness

J KRISHNAMURTI

o bring about a good society has been the
Tdream of ancient Hindus, the ancient Greeks
and Egyptians. And a good society can only exist
when mankind is good because being good he
creates goodness, brings about goodness in his
relationship, in his actions, in his way of life.
Good also means that which is beautiful. Good
also means that which is holy; it is related to God,
to the highest principles. That word good needs to
be very clearly understood. When there is good-
ness in you, then whatever you do will be good,
your relationships, your actions, your way of
thinking. One may capture the whole significance
of that word, the extraordinary quality of that
word, instantly.
Please, let’s carefully think this over together,
because if you really go into it very deeply it is
going to affect your consciousness, it is going to
affect your way of thinking, it is going to affect
the way of your life. So please give a little atten-
tion to the understanding of that word. The word
is not the thing. I may describe a mountain most
beautifully, paint it, make a poem, but the word,
the description, the poem, is not the actual. We are
generally carried away emotionally, irrationally by
the description, by the word.