Think of these things Book review -2017

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“THINK OF THESE THINGS”

By ‘J.Krishna Murthy’.

It was the time India was under the British rule a man named J.Krishna Murthy was born in Andhra
Pradesh. He was adopted by Annie Besant, the President of theosophical society at the age of 15 to
train him as a world teacher. After years of training he was made as the president of an organisation
named ORDER OF STAR IN THE EAST to spread the message to the world in a wider angle. Throwing
out all the expectations he dissolved the organisation and gave back all the funds contributed for the
organisation. He did this in the view as he felt that he is not a guru to anyone. Everyone should be
his own guru. Each human should be his own light to himself. After this he travelled a lot to awaken
the humans and let them break the chains of tradition and society.

Coming to the book “THINK OF THESE THINGS” he gives his insights on several general issues
of our lives which we must think of. This book contains many chapters but I divided it into 7 topics. I
want to give you the core aspects of his teaching. The first and foremost aspect is LIFE.

Don’t accept or regret what I’m going to say in the first instance. You just think of it.

LIFE:

What is life? Did you ever think about it? Three meals a day, clothing, shelter, sex, your job and
routine habits etc, Is this life? Actually life is beyond all these. It is an extraordinary mystery...not the
mystery in books, not the mystery people talk about but a mystery that one has to discover by
oneself by breaking all the chains of society, which prevents you to think for yourself on your own.
Your parents, teachers, leaders may explain about life but it may be entirely false. It is you who have
to understand life to know joy of living in this beautiful earth. It is not the main job we have to work
on? But unfortunately we don’t take a look that we are becoming like machines that are
programmed to do some work and we lose the sense of love, beauty of smile and joy of
togetherness. All of us are busy. On what???

Henry David Thoreau says:

“I went to the woods because I want to live deliberately. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the
marrow in life! To put to rout all that was not life. And not, when I came to die. Discover that “I
had not lived “. Live a life that you not regret on your death bed.

Think out don’t waste this wonderful life on wasting on these useless works which society teaches.
Make your own life. Live your life that you don’t regret on your death bed.
EDUCATION:
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Why we all are being educated? Is it only to get a job to fill our stomach? Then there is no point in
getting education because you can do it by any means. Then what is education about? The real
education is which helps you to understand the whole process of life which gives you freedom from
all sorts of fears. All our teachers parents says us keep attention on what they say but we can’t beat
we don’t like what they are saying. When we are doing a thing which we most like no one need to
say keep our attention we keep our attention we most like no one need to say keep our attention
we keep all attention, our mind, our heart to that thing. So, the real purpose of education is to help
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you to find out what you love most to do in your life if you can’t find you are going to be miserable
along all our life.

The third topic is love

Love:

Love, what a beautiful word it is? When we hear this word inside of us we get a feeling which can’t
be described through words. All of us are very interested to know what is Love? Aren’t we? Is it Love
what our cinemas depict? What the religious leaders say? What the political leaders say? Don’t
answer. Think for your own what is love? Love is the extra ordinary feeling of affection towards
anything & anyone with expecting nothing in return you may be very clever, you may pass all your
examinations, get a doctorate & achieve a high position but if you don’t have this sensitivity, this
feeling of simple love, your heart will be empty. There will be no beauty in your life. You must have
love for birds, animals, flowers.... what not everything on this earth. Love is the only thing that can
bring a transformation in this world. If we really love it is not our duty to bring solutions to all the
conflicts we face in our lives is not necessary to make this earth a better place to live for
generations?

Happiness:

Every one of us desires to be happy forever. Don’t we? We are all striving to be happy. When we are
children we try to find happiness in playing, acquiring toys, listening stories...etc. when we become
somewhat younger we try to find through happiness, money, possessions, status, prestige.... but we
don’t find it because happiness is not in the external things. It’s inside of us. Happiness is like a
butterfly. When you chase it you are not going to get it. When one sits calm and observe it plays
with you. Every one of us thinks that by doing something we shall be happy. Like becoming an IAS,
Lawyer, Doctor... etc we think we will be happy. Actually the happiness lies in the journey to the
destination. When you do what you are going to be happy. In reality there is nothing called success?
When there is fear there is no happiness. Don’t fear about your future, parents, society. Do what
you love. It is going to keep you happy. Be in this moment to enjoy life moment to moment.

Revolution:

When we utter the word revolution there is an extreme feeling in the old generation. Why? Because
they want us to follow, to do what they say, to imitate them. Imitating is a self suicide? Is not it?
They don’t want to be questioned by us. Many of us blindly follow what they say. We are afraid to
be original. So, we mostly copy someone. We think when we accept anything we think of our
society’s perception towards such. You get questions like Are we going to be safe? Secure? We are
afraid of adventures. A boat is safe in the harbour but is it made for it? No. Just like that we are not
born to imitate, you don’t know about life until question everything said by the past. Don’t blindly
follow any religion, any leader, and any theory follow what your heart says. The political & economic
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revolutions are not going to make change what makes is inner revolution. Break all the geographical
& psychological boundaries created by society. You are not a Hindu/Muslim/Christian/Buddhist, you
are not an Indian/Russian/American.... you are a humans being “realizing although is Revolution.”

Freedom:

What is to be free? Why fight for freedom is the cause of all the revolutions happened until now it
may be Russian revolution, American revolution, French revolution, Indian non-violent fight for
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independence. Freedom is not merely for independence to what you like. Freedom includes
understanding the influence of parents, religion, and society & gets rid of that which confirmed
unthinkingly. Freedom is that state of mind in which there is “no fear” state of mind in which there is
no fear. All our national leaders fought for freedom from British? But are we really free? I want to
quote what

Rabindranath Tagore says

“Where the mind is without fear & the head is held high there”

Ambition:

Wherever one goes in the world, it doesn’t matter where one finds that society is in a perpetual
state of conflict there are always the powerful, the rich. The well to do on the one hand and the
labourers on the other hand and each one is enviously competing each one wants a higher position a
bigger salary one more power, greater prestige. That is the state of world and so there is always war
going on both within & without the cause for all their ambition to be somehow is it not our duty to
create a society where there is a conflict either.

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