Volume XVIII

The Collected Works of

J.KRISHNAMURTI

The Complete Index

HOW TO USE THIS INDEX

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Abandonment: and the absence of ‘me’, (VIII) 311-12; and beauty, (XI) 205-6; and reality, (X) 249; and the self, (XI) 10; and what is, (XII) 165

Absorption: versus attention, (XIII) 337; and concentration, (XIII) 264; and the deluded mind, (XI) 37; versus self knowing, (XV) 177

Acceptance: and acknowledgement, (XI) 267; of authority, (XIV) 246; of conflict, (XVI) 85; defining, (XVI) 142; and denial, (XIII) 86; and desire to become, (IV) 134-35; and deterioration, (XVI) 60; and dulled feelings, (XIV) 34; and escape, (V) 329; as hindrance to meditation, (XIV) 33; meaning of, (VI) 291; of problems, (V) 335; (XIV) 181; of religious authority, (XIV) 258-59; of sorrow, (XIII) 314; and transformation, (V) 252. See also Conformity

Accumulation, (II) 77; and ambition, (VII) 242-43; and awareness, (IV) 80-81; (X) 53; and belief, (V) 319-20; as the cause of sorrow, (IX) 100; and the center, (X) 23-24; and ceremony, (II) 22-23; and conflict, (VI) 337-39; (IX) 66; (XVII) 172; and continuity, (VIII) 250; and the creation of patterns, (X) 64; versus creativeness, (VIII) 235-36; and creative thinking, (II) 101; and deterioration, (IX) 263; dying to, (XIV) 257; and emptiness, (l) 141; (II) 76-77; (X) 30; and experience, (X) 51; (XIII) 193, 195; of experience, (XIV) 215-16; and exploitation, (X) 168-69; and fear, (VI) 36; (VII) 302; and fear of death, (XVI) 31; freedom from, (XI) 241; and the fresh mind, (VI) 161; versus the fresh mind, (VIII) 267; and the growth of nationalism, (V) 75; as hindrance, (IX) 111, 113; as hindrance to creation, (XV) 244; as hindrance to discovery, (IX) 35-36; (XI) 260; as hindrance to learning, (X) 212; as hindrance to understanding, (II) 15-16; and inertia, (XVI) 27-28; and inner poverty, (III) 185, 241; versus intelligence, (VII) 134-35; and knowledge, (VIII) 276, 322; (IX) 244; (X) 172-73, 260-62; (XIII) 80-82; (XVII) 59, 230-31; of knowledge, (XI) 79-80, 82, 185, 249-50, 335-36, 337-38; (XIV) 170-71; and knowledge versus learning, (XVII) 21-22; and learning, (IX) 196, 238-40; (XVII) 40, 211-12; versus learning, (XI) 29, 60-61, 214, 227; (XII) 157-58; (XIV) 73, 239, 241, 243; (XV) 248; (XVI) 220; and meditation, (IX) 74-75; and memory, (IX) 49; as memory, (IV) 67; (V) 221; (X) 21; and the mind, (VII) 277; (XI) 108-9; and nationalism, (l ) 156; versus the new, (XI) 178; and the observer, (XVII) 210-11; and the past, (XVII) 177; of the past, (XV) 232; and the petty mind, (X) 157; of pleasant and unpleasant, (IX) 54; versus problem solving, (VII) 310, 312; and the process of time, (VIII) 50; reasons for, (VII) 322-26; (VIII) 105-6; results of, (l) 17-19; and security, (X) 87; and the self, (IV) 75; and self-knowledge, (IV) 22; (X) 59; versus self-knowledge, (VIII) 308; versus the sensitive mind, (X) 152; and simplicity, (VIII) 106; versus the still mind, (VIII) 52; and suffering, (VIII) 204; and the thinker, (XI) 250; and time, (XI) 390;

(XVI) 200; versus truth, (X) 243; and the unconscious, (VIII) 345; and the unknowable, (IV) 67; and wisdom, (VI) 33; and worship of knowledge, (VII) 102. See also Acquisitions; Acquisitiveness; Environment; Envy; Experience; Greed; Heredity; Knowledge; Memory; Mind; Past; Possessions; Possessiveness; War

Accumulative process: defining, (III) 6 Achievement, (l) 147-48; and desire for technique, (V)

309; and discipline, (IX) 146; and effort, (l) 84-85; and finality, (l) 8, 11-12; and frustration, (VII) 205; (XII) 52; futility of, (l ) 12; search for, (l ) 50-52; and sorrow, (XIII) 308; struggle for, (XVII) 119. See also Ambition; Becoming; Success; Virtue

Acknowledgement: and acceptance, (XI) 267 Acquiring: versus learning, (XIII) 91 Acquisition: and authority, (VII) 54; as basis of

society, (IX) 83-84; and consciousness, (III) 14; desire for, (IV) 95-96; (VII) 90; and disintegration, (VII) 113; and envy, (VII) 208; and exploitation, (III) 15; and isolation, (VI) 88; and opposites, (III) 40; and path to war, (IV) 23; and the shallow mind, (VII) 312-13; and society, (XII) 310-11; and will, (VIII) 36. See also Accumulation; Acquisitiveness; Ambition; Envy; Exploitation; Greed; Possession; Security

Acquisitive discontent: freedom from, (VIII) 29-30 Acquisitiveness, (II) 116-17; as basis of religious and

social life, (VII) 114; breaking away from, (IX) 219; and career, (X) 263; and change, (VIII) 163; (IX) 27-28; and the collective will, (VIII) 273; and compromise, (II) 116-17; and conformity, (II) 104; and culture, (IX) 196; and destruction of the social order, (III) 182; and discontent, (VIII) 27; and divisions, (II) 209; as effort, (XII) 127; and egotism, (II) 156; and envy, (III) 230-31; (VII) 112-13; and exploitation; (IV) 134; freedom from, (VIII) 189; and the free mind, (VIII) 185; as hindrance to truth, (X) 3; and inequality, (IV) 95-96, 198; and livelihood, (V) 145; and morality, (III) 54; and principles, (l ) 175-76; as road to war, (II) 131; as the social base, (XVII) 168; as social desire, (XII) 148; and the social structure, (XV) 116; and society, (VIII) 257-58; (IX) 99, 202, 251-52; and thought, (XII) 312; the urge of, (IX) 39-40. See also Accumulation; Achievement; Acquisition; Ambition; Becoming; Craving; Discontent; Envy; Freedom; Fulfillment; Gain; Greed; ‘More’; Nationalism; Possessions; Possessiveness; Power; Professions; Society; War

Acquisitive society, (XI) 250; and the collective will, (VIII) 300-302; and competition, (XII) 123; and enslavement to its values, (XIII) 295. See also Power; Society

Acting: as the essence of freedom, (XVII) 134-35; and learning, (XVI) 215-16, 218; on and off stage, (VIII) 137; and seeing, (XIII) 72. See also Action

“Acting”: and “verb”, (XI) 16 Action, (l) 13-15, 75, 87-88, 96-97, 98-99, 100, 153-

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52, 123-25; (VIII) 314-17; (XI) 109-13, 160-65, 223-28, 262-65, 314-19, 341-46; (XII) 20-29, 31, 33-36, 40; (XIII) 326-30; (XIV ) 203-8, 231-37, 280-85; (XVI) 72-77, 173-75, 225, 228, 230; (XVII) 18-22; and the absence of consciousness, (XII) 125; and the absence of pretension, (XVI) 228; and the absence of time, (XVII) 140; through acceptance of work, (V) 54; and accumulation, (II) 77; and accumulation of knowledge, (XVII) 59; as the act of listening, (XV) 189; and agreement, (III) 8; and analysis, (l) 29-30; and attention, (XVI) 246; and authority, (XI) 381; avoidance of, (II) 2; and awareness, (l) 57-58, 193; based on friction, (XIII) 109; and beauty, (XVI) 301; and behavior, (XVII) 204; versus being, (XI) 16; and belief, (V) 239; (XVI) 260; born of fullness, (XII) 75; and cause and effect, (X) 222; (XV) 132; and the center, (X) 178-80; and cessation of ritual, (VIII) 44; and challenge, (VI) 124-25; and change, (VIII) 36; (X) 137; as change, (XI) 313; (XVII) 13; and choice, (XI) 221; and clarity, (XVI) 31; as both collective and individual, (XIV) 56; and commitment, (XI) 371-72; (XIII) 44; and communion, (XV) 309-10; and comparison, (X) 188; and compassion, (XIII) 298-99; and complete life, (l) 13; as completeness, (II) 85; completeness of, (l) 65, 180; and comprehension of the whole, (XII) 57; and condemnation, (XII) 5-6; and conditioning, (VIII) 289; (IX) 258; (XVI) 241; (XVII) 16, 19-20; without conditioning, (XII) 123; and conflict, (II) 115; (VIII) 310; (XVI) 56, 225; without conflict, (XII) 129; and conflict through contradiction, (XII) 130; and the conflict of ideology, (XVII) 248-49; and conformity, (l) 58; and confusion, (VII) 197; (VIII) 201; (IX) 29, 89; (XVI) 247, 278; (XVII) 17, 21; and the confusion of challenge and response, (XII) 130; and consciousness, (III) 63-64, 71-72; (IV) 165; and contradiction, (XI) 336-37; (XV)198, 310; without contradiction, (XVI) 228; as creative, (VII) 236; and creative being, (V) 117; and creative energy, (XIII) 112; and creative intelligence, (III) 91; and crisis, (XIV ) 152; deciding on, (IX) 205; defining, (l) 121; (II) 99-100; (V) 230; (XIV) 68, 231-32, 283; and desire, (VI) 287-88; (XV) 64, 312; and desire and pleasure, (XV) 166; desire for, (XI) 48; desire for immediate, (IX) 206; and the desire to do “good”, (X) 46; and despair, (XVI) 265; as destructive, (XII) 14; disassociated from society, (IX) 202-3; and discontent, (XII) 13-14; and disintegration, (VI) 263; and disorder, (XV) 199; divided, (XIV) 20-21; divided from life, (XI) 314-15; divisions in, (l) 27-28; and dogma, (VI) 152; and duality, (l) 46, 76; and effort, (l) 85-86; and emptiness, (XIV) 118; from emptiness, (XI) 93-94; as an end, (l) 88; and energy, (XV) 178-79, 181, 235-36, 279, 288, 318; and enslavement, (l ) 8; and environment, (II) 40, 89-90; and existence, (IV) 195-96; and experimentation, (II) 127-28; explaining process, (V) 86-87; explanation of, (II) 147; and facing fear,

(XVI) 276; and fact(s), (XI) 347; (XIII) 69; (XIV) 1; (XV) 25, 337, 339; and fear, (l ) 9; (II) 200-201; and feeling, (XI) 96-97; and the field of consciousness, (XI) 385; and the field of the known, (XVI) 180; as finite, (l ) 8; and the follower, (VIII) 45; as fragmentary, (X) 232-33, 234; fragmentation, of, (XVI) 241; and freedom, (VI) 68-70; (VIII) 45; (XIV) 139; (XV) 211, 214; (XVII) 19; and freedom from confusion, (XVI) 275, 276; and freedom from ideas, (XV) 214; and freedom from identification, (XVI) 151; and free flow of life, (l) 12; and fulfillment, (l) 10, 193; (II) 211-12; (VII) 234; fundamental, (II) 61; and gradual self-knowing, (XIV) 155; and habit, (III) 115; and harmo ny, (l) 11-12, 161; of heart and mind, (XV) 6; and the hindrance of ideology, (XVII) 191; and hope, (XVI) 267; and humility, (XI) 267; and the ‘I’, (III) 10-11, 13; and idea(s), (V) 280, 349-51; (VI) 259-62, 272, 291-92, 326, 349-51; (XI) 214; (XII) 102; (XIII) 45, 51, 110; (XIV) 21, 53, 68-70, 135-36, 139, 194-95; (XV) 88-89, 168-69, 183, 211, 214, 265; without ideas, (XVI) 260-61, 267; and ideology, (XVII) 138, 139-40, 141; and ignorance, (III) 12, 13; and image, (XVII) 250; immediate, (XV) 339; and importance of the individual, (III) 184; as inaction, (XVI) 122; incomplete, (II) 198; and incomplete life, (l) 13, 81; individual and collective, (VI) 93-94; (XIII) 1-2; and individual responsibility, (II) 10-11; and individual understanding, (l) 4; and inquiry, (IX) 268-69; and instinct, (l) 19; versus intellect, (XVI) 8; and intellectual sensitivity, (XIII) 42; and intelligence, (VII) 188-89; and intuition, (II) 23; and inward revolution, (IV) 102; and knowing ourselves, (XI) 306; and knowing what to do, (XII) 123, 128; and knowledge, (VI) 265; of the known, (XVII) 82; and learning, (XVII) 59; as learning, (XI) 358; (XVI) 20; as liberation, (l) 19, 41-42; and life, (XIV) 68, 70; as life essential, (XII) 307; and limitation, (III) 39; as limitation, (II) 82-83; limited and unlimited, (l) 39; and listening, (XI) 380; (XIII) 302; (XV) 155, 222; (XVI) 245; (XVII) 22-24; and living, (XV) 163; and looking, (XIV) 234; loss of freedom in, (XIII) 326-27; and love, (V) 115; (XVII) 250; and love of life, (II) 210; meaning of, (l) 82-84; (II) 214-15; (XVI) 151; and meditation, (l ) 26-27; (XII) 42; and memory, (l) 24-26, 180-81; and motive, (l ) 24; (XVII) 155; as motiveless, (XIII) 45; and the movement of life, (XIV ) 290; nature of, (XVII) 18-19; and the need for clarity, (XIV) 229-30; and the negative, (XV) 264-65; as new, (XV) 168; not of time, (XVI) 58, 59; and observation, (XVI) 152; past and future, (II) 163-64; and perception, (II) 11; (XV) 332; and personal control, (II) 102-3; and physical danger, (XVI) 155; and pleasure, (XVII) 12; through pleasure and pain, (II) 100-101; and the positive, (XV) 264-65; and the postponement of time, (XIV) 253; precedes the idea, (V) 42-44; and predestination, (II) 146; and prejudice, (l) 24; as

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the present, (XIV) 13; in the present, (XI) 368; process of, (XVII) 12-13; and progress, (l) 189-90; psychological, (XIV) 68; purity of, (II) 37; questioning, (XVI) 72; through questioning, (II) 59; and the quiet mind, (XVII) 137; and reaction, (l) 38; (II) 102-3; (XII) 79, 82-84; without reaction, (XII) 123, 128, 278; (XIII) 233; and reason, (XI) 36; and relationship, (VI) 78; (XIII) 116; (XV) 13, 129; and relationship to society, (V) 342-43; and the religious mind, (XIII) 91, 156-57, 162; repetition of, (XVI) 228; and responsibility, (II) 201-2; and result, (VI) 233; and revolution, (VII) 199-200; (XIV) 44; and reward and punishment, (III) 135; and satisfaction, (VII) 185; and saying no, (XVI) 60; and search for security, (II) 208; as secondary to the good mind, (IX) 262; and seeing, (XVI) 2, 170-71; and seeing the fact, (XIV) 294; and the self, (VII) 253-54; and self-awareness, (V) 270; and self-consciousness, (II) 8; and self-fulfillment, (VII) 167-68; and self-knowledge, (V) 79; (XI) 184; and silence, (XVI) 32, 71; and silent observation, (XV) 47; and sleep, (XII) 46; small scale, (V) 96; and society, (XIII) 110; without sorrow, (XI) 239; source of, (XII) 65-66; as spontaneous expression, (II) 56, 67-68; and still mind, (VI) 176; and suffering, (II) 9-10; (VIII) 205; and thinking, (X) 221; and thought, (V) 5-6, 7; (IX) 260; (XIII) 315; (XVI) 134; (XVII) 163; as thought, (X) 260; without thought, (XVII) 252; and time, (XI) 364; (XIV) 149; (XV) 115, 141; and the time interval, (XVII) 141-42; versus tolerance, (II) 21; and total recognition of reaction, (XIII) 141-42, 143; and truth, (l) 177-78; (II) 157; types of, (VIII) 200-201; (XI) 109-11, 314; (XIII) 93-94; (XIV) 135; understanding, (III) 99; (V) 37-40, 72, 205-7; (VII) 108-9; (XI) 201-3, 205-6; (XII) 278; and understanding, (XV) 20, 62, 67, 335-36; (XVII) 168; as understanding, (l) 79-81; (VI) 18; through understanding, (II) 10-11, 224; and understanding the conditioned mind, (VII) 150-51; understanding the process of, (XVII) 55; and urgency, (XVII) 54; and violence, (VI) 233; (XIV) 293; or voluntary compulsion, (II) 155-56; and watching, (XIV) 66; as the whole of life, (XV) 331, 344, 345; and the will, (XIV) 189-90; without will, (XV) 200; and wisdom, (II) 25-26, 45; and words, (XII) 6; versus words, (V) 38; and world unity, (II) 47. See also Action and ideas; Choice; Hindrance; Religion; Systems; Thought; Total action; Unity

Action and idea(s), (XVII) 4, 12-13, 87, 248-53; and conflict, (XVI) 38-39, 216, 218-19; (XVII) 249, 250; and contradiction, (XIV) 231-34; (XV) 253, 315; and the disorder of division, (XVII) 248; division between, (XIV ) 44-45; and the gap between, (XIV) 20-21; gulf between, (XIV) 58; and the sense of danger, (XVI) 184; and the time interval, (XVI) 152. See also Action; Conflict; Idea(s); Ideal(s)

Action and inaction: and sorrow, (XVI) 57. See also Action; Inaction

Action and reaction: and the role of conflict, (XII) 131 Action, awareness, and living: as the same, (XVII)

253. See also Action; Awareness; Living Action, effort, and sorrow: as interrelated, (XV) 341-

42 Action, knowledge, and love: contradiction between,

(XIII) 45 Action of will: and change, (VIII) 164, 176-77; and

conditioning, (VIII) 218-19; defining, (VII) 182-83; and desire, (IX) 206; as desire, (X) 57-58; and discipline, (X) 247; and the ‘me’, (VIII) 155-56; and meditation, (VIII) 192; and revolution, (VIII) 36-38; and time, (XVI) 21-22. See also Action; Effort; Resistance; Will

Action without effort: and awareness, (XII) 131 Active mind: without center, (XI) 200; defining,

(VIII) 7; and dying, (XII) 160-61; and freedom from thought, (VIII) 6-7; limitations of, (XII) 163. See also Mind; Petty mind; Quiet mind

Active stillness: and cessation of fear, (IV) 51; and well-being, (IV) 37. See also Silent Awareness; Still mind; Stillness; Tranquillity

Activity, (V) 366-67; divisions of, (X) 174; and inertia, (XVI) 28; and leisure, (XIII) 42; meaning of, (V) 86-87, 230-31; as self-centered, (VII) 13, 15; and the state of tension, (XI) 25. See also Action

Actor: and action, (IV) 195-96 Actual: versus the conceptual, (XVII) 209; versus the

ideal, (XI) 150; understanding, (IV) 159. See also Action and ideas; Fact; Real; Reality; Truth

Actuality: as personal experience, (III) 56 Adaptability: and specialization, (V) 128-29 Addiction, (l) 122; as escape, (V) 345-46 Adjustment: and change, (X) 135-36; (XII) 254, 290-

91; to change, (XI) 124, 126; versus change, (XI) 149-50, 152; and cooperation, (XIV) 164; versus destruction, (XII) 225; as destructive, (XIV) 124; destructiveness of, (XV) 342-43; as hindrance to change, (XV) 329; (XVI) 55; versus learning, (XV) 316; and reformation, (IX) 13; superficial, (IX) 97-98. See also Conditioning; Conflict; Conformity; Discipline; Tradition

Adults: and the ability to love, (VII) 104 Advertising: and influences, (XI) 272. See also

Propaganda Affection: and the absence of comparison, (XVII) 216;

achieving, (XVI) 65; and awareness, (XIV) 301; and care, (XVII) 259; and communication, (XVII) 1; and communion, (XIV) 281; and cooperation, (XV) 35; defining, (XIII) 26; (XVI) 6; and the empty mind, (XII) 294; and learning, (XIII) 131; and observation, (XII) 60; as quality of the new mind, (XII) 294, 297-98; and relationships, (XVI) 34; and respect, (VIII) 126; and seeing the totality of life, (XVI) 5, 6; and suffering, (XIII) 31-32. See also Caring; Love

Africa: See Authority; Conditioning; Divisions; Nationalism; Society; War; World problems

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Afterlife, (l) 130; (IX) 115-16. See also Death; Reincarnation; Religion

Age: and desire for peace, (VIII) 128-29; and loss of enjoyment, (VIII) 118; and memory, (V) 327; and orthodoxy, (V) 171; and quality of life, (V) 201; understanding the nature of, (XIII) 145

Aged: and the corrupt mind, (VIII) 66 Aggression: dealing with, (IV) 27. See also Violence;

War Aging: and becoming, (XI) 74-76; and destruction,

(XVI) 298; and the deteriorating mind, (IX) 185; and the dull mind, (XI) 342; and growing insensitivity, (XVII) 78; and habits, (XIII) 221; and physical care, (XIII) 204; and the rigid mind, (XIII) 204-5; and time, (XV) 127. See also Old age; Older generation; Young; Young people

Agitated mind: ending, (XVII) 43. See also Dull mind; Innocent mind; Mind; Petty mind

Agitation: as hindrance to learning, (XV) 247-48; as hindrance to listening, (XIII) 101

Agreement: and confusion, (III) 8; and influence, (XI) 321-22; and intelligence, (III) 8; and tolerance, (III) 66; understanding, (X) 157-58

Alcoholism: and exploitation, (II) 214. See also Problems

Alert mind: and meditation, (XIII) 322; and nonacceptance, (XV) 343; and observation, (XIV) 73. See also Clear mind; Free mind; Fresh mind; Innocent mind; Mind; Quiet mind; Religion

Alertness, (IX) 173-74; and self-observation, (XIV) 138. See also Alert mind; Awareness

Alone: inability to be, (XII) 190; versus loneliness, (IX) 63; state of, (XII) 179. See also Aloneness; Loneliness

Aloneness, (IV) 75, 154; (VII) 221-22; and the abandonment of authority, (XVII) 227; and the absence of fear, (XII) 157; (XV) 322; and achieving reality, (V) 357; and achieving truth, (IX) 85; and authority, (IX) 151; beauty of, (XVI) 149; and challenge and response, (XII) 272; and the collective, (IX) 14; and commitment, (XVI) 280; and confusion, (IX) 151; and cooperation, (XIV) 117-18; and creation, (VI) 153; and creativeness, (VII) 219-21; as death, (VIII) 309; defining, (VI) 38-39; (XII) 87; and the desire to belong, (XII) 66; versus despair, (XII) 261; and discovery of the truth, (X) 171, 173; (XIV) 172; and dying every minute, (XII) 225; and emptiness, (VI) 173-74; and energy, (XII) 260; and experiencing reality, (X) 130; without fear, (VI) 189; fear of, (XII) 256; (XV) 172, 173; (XVII) 74; and freedom, (IX) 48; and freedom from commitment, (XVII) 18; and freedom from fear, (XIV) 268; and freedom from influences, (XIV) 220-22; and freedom from the known, (XIII) 270; and the free mind, (X) 114, 167; as incorruptible, (X) 109; and the individual, (IX) 126; (XI) 217; and the individual mind, (XIII) 277; and inquiry, (IX) 270; versus isolation, (V) 323-25; (X) 5; and loneliness, (V) 308; (VI) 237-38, 312; (VII) 290;

(XIII) 269-70; versus loneliness, (VIII) 198, 309; (X) 262; (XI) 210-11; (XV) 32; (XVI) 38; and loneliness as different, (XIII) 187; as love, (XIII) 124; meaning of, (XVI) 38; (XVII) 18; versus methods, (VII) 311; and the mind, (XIV ) 222-23; and mutation, (XIV) 167; need for, (XI) 141; (XVI) 118; and the new mind, (XIII) 61; process of, (VIII) 313-14; and the real, (IX) 39; and reality, (XII) 231; as religious, (XI) 291; and the religious mind, (XII) 89; (XIV) 117; (XV) 317; and the removal of masks, (XVI) 225; and the search for God, (VIII) 269; and security, (XII) 135-36; and sensitivity, (XVI) 99; (XVII) 76-77; and the simple mind, (XIV) 269; and societal punishment, (XV) 328-29; state of, (XII) 271-72; (XIII) 230; (XV) 209-10; (XVII) 186, 188; as a state of love, (XI) 294; as a state of mind, (XIV) 118; as a state of revelation, (XII) 40; and technique, (V) 310-11; and total demand, (XI) 291; understanding, (XIII) 228; and understanding religion, (XIV) 220-21; and the unknowable, (XIII) 67; and the unknown, (XII) 315; and virtue, (XIII) 228; and vulnerability, (VI) 74-75. See also Emptiness; Isolation; Loneliness; Meditation; New; New mind; Occupied mind; Quiet mind; Sorrow

Altruism: process of, (XVII) 127; and religious revolution, (VIII) 186

Ambition, (IV) 39; (V) 292-93; (VIII) 96-99; ( IX) 274-77; (XIII) 124-27, 130; and the absence of love, (XII) 130; (XVI) 52; and action, (VII) 234-35; and the aggressive environment, (XIII) 296; as antisocial, (XI) 2; and authority, (XIII) 261; awareness of, (IX) 174-75; (XII) 56-57; cessation of, (XI) 136; (XIII) 182; for children, (IX) 271-72; as choice, (VII) 241-43; and comparison, (XII) 14, 15; as compassionless, (X) 202; and the competitive society, (VIII) 244-45; and conflict, (IV) 11-12; (VI) 337-38; (VIII) 232; (XI) 116; (XIII) 21, 180, 182; (XIV) 10; (XVI) 81-82; as conflict, (XII) 194, 264-66; and confusion, (XI) 51-52; and contradiction, (XII) 25; (XIII) 130; (XV) 180; and the contradiction of religion, (X) 239-41; as corrupt, (XII) 309-10, 312; and the creative, (XII) 192-93; and the cruel mind, (XII) 67; and daily life, (X) 207; denial of, (XIII) 78; as the desire to achieve, (VII) 204-5; as the destroyer of economic security, (VII) 144; as destructive, (IX) 71; (X) 116; and discontent, (XI) 286; and disorder, (XVII) 176; and division, (VIII) 346; dying to, (XI) 368; and education, (VII) 159; effects of, (X) 5-6; and effort, (IX) 233, 263; and the effort to be, (VIII) 222-24; and energy, (XII) 67; (XVI) 164-65; and environment, (VIII) 288; and envy, (VII) 113; versus equality, (VII) 314; examining, (XVII) 192; and exploitation, (VI) 260-62; facing the fact of, (XII) 289; (XIII) 36, 118; and fear, (VII) 83-85; (VIII) 62; (X) 132-33; (XII) 45; and the feeling of nothingness, (X) 119; freedom from, (X) 8; (XI) 210-11; (XII) 17, 227; (XIII) 168, 272; versus fulfillment, (III) 32; versus

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the good mind, (XII) 54; and habit, (XI) 135-36; as hindrance to communion, (XV) 82; as hindrance to freedom, (VII) 160; (X) 126; as hindrance to love, (IX) 103; (XIV) 61; as hindrance to peace, (IX) 15; and identity, (X) 45; and illusion, (VI) 339; and the individual, (IX) 274-76; and inequality, (VIII) 180-81; versus interest, (VII) 85; versus inward revolution, (VII) 156; irrational and rational, (XII) 18-19; as limitation, (VII) 95; living without, (XII) 150; (XIII) 261; and love, (XII) 135; (XV) 74; versus love, (XIV) 91; versus the mature mind, (XII) 205; and mediocrity, (VIII) 330; and meditation, (XII) 266-67, 310; (XIII) 96-97; and the mind without space, (XIII) 322; and the need for change, (X) 46; and the new mind, (XIII) 53; observing, (XIII) 299; as path to war, (X) 45; and pleasure, (XV) 71; and psychological need, (XII) 244; and the quiet mind, (XIII) 98; reasons for, (XVII) 123-24; recognizing, (VII) 15-16; and reincarnation, (XI) 137; and security, (XII) 296; and self-centered, (XI) 264; and self-contradiction, (XII) 16; and self-fulfillment, (XIV) 289; and self-improvement, (IX) 84; significance of, (III) 184; and social structure, (XIII) 116; and society, (X) 130; (XI) 193; (XIII) 78; and spiritual entity, (V) 292-93; and the spiritual man, (XI) 372-73; spiritual and worldly, (VII) 235; and superiority, (VII) 33; and time, (VIII) 331; (IX) 169; (XII) 101; (XIV) 150-51; and thought, (XVI) 170; and violence, (IX) 117-20; (XVI) 297; and war, (VIII) 261; (X) 74; and worldliness, (IV) 13-14. See also Acquisition; Acquisitiveness; Becoming; Comparison; Competition; Conditioning; Conflict; Contradiction; Craving; Envy; Experience; Fulfillment; ‘More’; Psychological structure of society; Self-expansion; Society; Success; Virtue

Ambition, greed, and envy: as basis of the social structure, (XIII) 167-68. See also Ambition; Envy; Greed

Ambitious mind: as shallow, (IX) 106 America, (VII) 239-40; (IX) 193, 277; advertising in,

(XII) 15; discontent in, (XVII) 131; and enslavement to prosperity, (XI) 306; and hippies, (XVII) 189; and the loss of adventure, (XII) 276; and manual labor, (VIII) 133; possible decline of, (XVII) 57; and prosperity versus freedom, (XII) 130; as prototype of prosperity, (XVII) 56; and racia l violence, (XVII) 94; and subliminal advertising, (XII) 139; and tradition, (VII) 74; and war, (XV) 343. See also Authority; Commitment; Conditioning; Divisions; Environment; Identification; Influences; Nationalism; Society; War; Words; World Problems

Americans: See Conditioning; Divisions; Ideology; Nationalism; Society; War; Words; World problems

Amnesia, (IX) 189; and thought, (XIV) 158. See also Memory

Amusement: and belief, (XVI) 258; and emptiness, (XVI) 232. See also Escape

Amusements: as escapes of the lazy mind, (XIII) 141 Analysis: as adjuster to society, (XIII) 284;

approaches to, (XII) 155; as a barrier, (l) 29-30; and conflict, (XVII) 248; and the conscious and unconscious, (XIII) 226; as different from perception, (XIII) 283-84; and ending fear, (XVI) 210, 212-13; and escape from fear, (VI) 335; of fear, (XIV) 291; and the free mind, (X) 26-27; futility of, (XVI) 279; as hindrance to change, (XII) 254, 256, 257; as hindrance to freedom, (XVII) 36; as hindrance to self-understanding, (XIII) 292-93; hindrance to the unconscious, (XIV) 38; immaturity of, (XVII) 66; need for, (XVI) 277; versus observation, (XIII) 297; and the presence of fear, (XV) 29-30; of problems, (XV) 151-52; and relationships, (XIV ) 249-50; and thought, (XVI) 108; and time, (XIV) 190; (XV) 160; (XVII) 176; and the unconscious, (XII) 126; (XIII) 167, 169, 194; (XVI) 188; uselessness of, (XVI) 154-55. See also Authority; Self-analysis; Self-knowing

Analyst: and conditioning, (XII) 257. See also Authority; Specialists

Analytic process: implications of, (XII) 141 Analyzer: See Analyzer and the analyzed Analyzer and the analyzed: and conflict, (XI) 321;

(XIII) 284, 292; (XVII) 248; and duality, (XIV) 190; and habit, (XIII) 243-44; as one, (X) 114. See also Analysis; Center; Observer and the observed; Thinker and the thought

Angels: and healing, (II) 25 Anger, (III) 203; and awareness, (XI) 18; and the

center, (XII) 147; and choiceless awareness, (IV) 117-18; dissolving, (III) 157-58; examining, (XVII) 221; freedom from, (XV) 91; as momentary, (VIII) 82; process of, (XI) 290; reaction to, (XVII) 260; reasons for, (VIII) 80; and self-image, (XII) 246; understanding, (III) 154; (VIII) 104; and the word, (XI) 87. See also Duality; Emotion; Feelings

Anglican: See Authority; Belief; Conditioning; Divisions; Religion; Words

Animal(s): and conflict, (XVI) 297; cruelty to, (X) 59-60; and the desire for pleasure, (XVII) 11; freeing the mind from, (XIV) 235; and human behavior, (XIV) 228; (XV) 299, 337; (XVI) 43; and human beings, (XVI) 16; (XVII) 161-62; and human culture, (XVI) 49; and human evolution, (XIV) 199; and inherent fear, (XIV) 287; and the inheritance of violence, (XVII) 199; and the social order, (XIV) 249-50; and violence, (XIV) 293; within, (XVII) 43. See also Brain; Animal instincts

Animal brain: and pleasure, (XVI) 282. See also Animals; Brain

Animal instincts: and the brain, (XVII) 135; human as inheritance, (XVII) 100; and human violence, (XVII) 220, 255; and pleasure and pain, (XVI) 147. See also Animals

Animal response: and physical fear, (XVII) 161-62. See also Animal instincts

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Annihilation: and fear of death, (VIII) 277-78 Anonymity: beauty of, (XI) 372-73; as desirable, (XII)

89-90; as truth, (VIII) 192. See also Aloneness; Ambition

Answers: absence of, (VIII) 171; (XVI) 188; approach to, (XVII) 135-36; and futility of search, (VIII) 143-44, 184; (IX) 4; (X) 35, 199; as hindrance to the problem, (X) 173; to life, (XI) 319; need to find, (XVII) 133; nonexistence of psychological, (XIV) 14; as nonexistent, (IX) 240; and the problem, (X) 124; and problems, (XII) 8-10; (XIV) 182; search for, (XIII) 65-66. See also Examination; Inquiry; Listening; Problems; Questioning; Questions

Antisocial: defining, (VIII) 279 Antithesis to synthesis: spiral of, (XVI) 265 Anxiety: and discovery of truth, (V) 28; and fear, (VII)

315; and fear of not achieving, (XIII) 220; freedom from, (XVI) 183; and intelligence, (VIII) 72-74; and life as limited, (V) 26-28; reason for, (VIII) 75-76; separation from, (XVI) 161; and sorrow, (XIII) 172. See also Conflict; Despair; Sorrow

Apes: and human behavior, (XIV) 199. See also Animal

Appreciation: and life, (XI) 315 Argumentation: and action, (XI) 162 Armaments: as hindrance to peace, (XVII) 281. See

also War Army: as hindrance to war, (IX) 86; as profession for

war, (V) 143. See also Professions; Society; Violence; War

Arrogance, (IX) 248 Art(s), (II) 37-38; absorption in, (XV) 177; and action,

(V) 350; creation of, (l ) 65; and creative expression, (XVII) 272; and dissatisfaction, (XVII) 86; and education, (V) 111-12; and escape, (XVI) 100-101, 182; as escape, (XVII) 42; and expression versus creation, (XIV) 166; as expression of life, (III) 76-77; and fragmentation, (XVI) 239, 288; and leisure, (XIV) 203; and materialism, (II) 38; and the search for experiences, (XIV) 215; and the search for the new, (XIV) 196-97; and total attention, (XIII) 176-77; and what is and ‘what should be’, (XVII) 88. See also Artist(s); Creation; Creative; Creative Artist; Creative Expression; Creativeness

Artist(s): and communion, (XIV) 182; and contradiction, (XV) 180-81; and the creative, (XII) 130-31; versus creativeness, (IV) 14-15; and creativity, (XII) 192-93, 273; and knowledge, (XIV) 138; and the known, (V) 237; and mediocrity, (XIII) 94; and psychological expansion, (IV) 199; and the search for the new, (XIV) 228; and the still mind-heart, (IV) 18; and technique, (IX) 58; two types of, (V) 285-86. See also Art; Creative; Scientific Mind

Artistic creation: defining, (XIII) 324-25 Artistic creativeness: versus creation, (XIII) 267 Artistic expression: conditions for, (XIII) 219; versus

creation, (XV) 137; and freedom, (XIII) 288-89

Artistic output: and conflict, (XIII) 284 Art of living, (V) 89 Asceticism, (l ) 131-32 Ashram(s): as concentration camps, (XVII) 174. See

also Community Asia: and meditation, (XV) 174. See also Authority;

Conditioning; Divisions; Nationalism; Society; War; Words; World problems

Asians: and meditation, (XVII) 80, 81. See also Asia Aspiration: and time, (XII) 98. See also Ambition Assassination: causes of, (IV) 168 Assumptions, (IX) 167; as hindrance, (X) 166-67; and

the occupied mind, (X) 157. See also Comparison; Conclusions

Atheism, (II) 33-34; and belief, (XIV) 267; and belief as one, (IX) 113; and the communist world, (XIV) 130. See also Belief; God; Religion

Atma, (VIII) 192; (IX) 233; (XI) 59; (XVII) 74; belief in, (XVII) 110; and conditioning, (X) 158; (XIV ) 36; and the dependent mind, (IX) 266; and the known, (XI) 191-92; and learning, (XIV) 240; and ‘me’, (X) 140; meaning of, (XIV) 16; as nonexistent, (XIV) 107; as non-spiritual, (IX) 236; as over-soul, (X) 142, 143; and pleasure, (XVI) 37; as the thinker, (XV) 66-67; and time, (XIV) 158. See also Entity; Religion; Self; Soul; Supreme self; Thinker

Atomic weapons: and the momentum of war, (VIII) 262

Attachment, (l) 134-35; (V) 227-29; (IX) 37-38; and conflict, (XI) 90; and continuity, (XI) 241; and dependency, (IX) 63; (XIII) 269; and detachment, (l) 126-27; (XI) 150-51; and dying, (XI) 210; dying to, (XVII) 236; as evil, (XIII) 120; and fear of emptiness, (IV) 208; forms of, (IX) 37; freedom from, (IX) 3; (X) 116; versus freedom from possessiveness, (X) 115; as hindrance to love, (VIII) 337; (IX) 155; as hindrance to passion, (XIII) 251; and love, (XIII) 123, 190; to the past, (V) 251; and the religious spirit, (XI) 293-4; and responsibility, (XIII) 223-24; and search, (IX) 182-83, 185; and sorrow, (XIII) 32, 251; understanding, (XI) 121-23; (XII) 30. See also Continuity; Dependence; Detachment; Dying daily; Relationship; Suffering

Attack: and defense, (IV) 27-28 Attention, (XIII) 172-77; and the absence of

condemnation, (XVII) 240-41; and the absence of the conscious and unconscious, (XVII) 165; and the absence of distraction, (XIII) 20; and the absence of division, (XVII) 193; and the absence of effort, (XVI) 63-64; and the absence of the entity, (XV) 170; and the absence of escape, (XVII) 42; and the absence of the fragmentary, (XIV) 202; and absence of loneliness, (V) 324; and the absence of memory, (XVII) 118; and the absence of the observer, (XVII) 89-90, 164-65; and the absence of reaction, (XIII) 322; and the absence of thought, (XVII) 148; and the absence of time, (XVII) 67; achieving, (XI) 8; (XII) 308;

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achieving through inattention, (XVII) 260-62; and achieving order, (XV) 174-75; achieving through understanding, (XVII) 67; and achieving understanding, (X) 85; and action, (IX) 203; as the action, (XVI) 246; and aloneness, (XI) 211; approach to, (IX) 177; as approach to problems, (X) 72; without authority, (IX) 128; and the aware mind, (XIV) 240; and awareness, (XII) 102; (XIII) 322, 324; (XIV) 111; (XVI) 185; and awareness of consciousness, (XVII) 146, 150-51; versus the awareness of inattention, (XVI) 190; and caring, (XIV) 127; and the center, (XV) 146; and cessation of following, (IX) 276-77; and choiceless awareness, (XVII) 240-41; and communication, (XVI) 41-42, 161; (XVII) 121; and communion, (XIV) 128; without comparison, (IX) 95-96; (XII) 12; and concentration, (XV) 178; versus concentration, (VIII) 292, 306; (IX) 49-50, 104-5; (XI) 119, 247, 353; (XII) 306; (XIII) 149-50, 264; without condemnation, (VIII) 344; conditions for, (XV) 113-14; and conflict, (V) 226; (IX) 101; and the conscious mind, (XI) 232; and the creative mind, (XI) 209-11; and death, (XIV) 256; defining, (IX) 79; (XI) 119; (XIV ) 62, 255; (XV) 161; and denial, (XIII) 92; and the denial of contradiction, (XIII) 72; describing, (XII) 215; (XVI) difficulty of, (XVI) 26; and direct contact, (XV) 161; versus discipline, (X) 181, 248; and discussion, (XVI) 253; and distraction, (XIII) 121, 336-37; versus distraction, (VIII) 327; as divided, (X) 117; and effort, (XII) 41; versus effort, (XV) 91; effortless, (IX) 280; (XIII) 216; (XVI) 142-43; to emptiness, (XVII) 124; and ending sorrow, (XV) 226; and the ending of thought, (XVI) 223; and energy, (IX) 133; (XIV) 88, 156; (XV) 112-13, 162; (XVII) 14; and examining, (XVI) 33; and the exclusion of fear, (XII) 252; as exclusive, (V) 166-67; (IX) 55; without exclusiveness, (IX) 153-54; and fact, (XII) 181; to fact, (XI) 288; and fear, (XI) 360; (XII) 249, 251; (XVII) 25, 165; and the field of the known, (XVI) 174; and freedom, (XIII) 173; (XVII) 39, 52; and freedom from fear, (XV) 321; and freedom from sorrow, (XIII) 313; and freedom of the mind, (XI) 51; and the freedom to look, (XVII) 211; and the free mind, (IX) 202; (XI) 53-54; and goodness, (VIII) 317-18, 340; (IX) 92-93, 229; (XII) 134-35; and the hindrance of effort, (X) 139-40; and the hindrance of the gradual, (XVI) 227; and the hindrance of memory, (XIII) 325; and the hindrance of naming, (XI) 350-51; and the hindrance of resistance, (XIII) 231; and the hindrance of verbalization, (XVI) 50; and the hindrance of words, (XVII) 75; and inattention, (XV) 112-13, 153-54; (XVI) 152; and ideals, (V) 290; as inclusive, (XIII) 20, 154-55; and investigation, (XIII) 100; and joy, (XVII) 123; and knowing the unconscious, (XIV ) 62; and knowledge, (XI) 383; and learning, (IX) 197; (XI) 109; (XIV) 244; (XVI) 53, 73; as limitless, (XI) 83; limitless and awareness, (XI) 199-200; and

listening, (IX) 237; (XI) 282, 330; (XII) 143-44, 248; (XIII) 108, 117, 125, 166, 170, 307; (XIV) 20, 48, 186, 193; (XV) 59, 89, 297; (XVI) 140, 144, 237; (XVII) 1, 24, 64, 101, 177, 274-75; and listening and seeing, (XIII) 70; and looking, (XVI) 130; (XVII) 259; and love, (XI) 79; meaning of, (X) 255-57; (XI) 7-8; (XVII) 115-16; and the meaning of words, (X) 112; and meditation, (XII) 44; (XIII) 192-93, 323, 324; (XIV) 301-2; (XV) 307-8; (XVI) 68; (XVII) 124, 125-26; without motive, (XVII) 50-51; (XIII) 174-75; and movement, (IX) 240; and mutation, (XVI) 6; and nonrepressive discipline, (XIV) 263; and not-knowing, (XII) 251; and observation, (XI) 237; (XVII) 114; and the observer and the observed as one, (XIII) 335; versus the occupied mind, (IX) 140; as the only virtue, (XIII) 75; and overcoming laziness, (XVII) 124; and passion, (XIV) 154; and perception, (XI) 258; and the perception of confusion, (X) 36; and play watching, (XV) 177; and power, (IX) 276; and problems, (IX) 200-201; to problems, (X) 35, 167, 200; process of, (VIII) 312-13; (X) 235; (XI) 80-82; (XII) 264, 269; and the process of the mind, (IX) 214; quality of, (XIII) 162; and the quality of goodness, (VIII) 310; and the quiet mind, (IX) 135; and reaction, (X) 269-70; as real discipline, (XI) 104; without resistance, (XV) 310-11; and responding to the new, (XVII) 136-37; and seeing, (XIII) 72-73; (XV) 190-91; (XVI) 2; and seeing the fact, (XVI) 57; and seeing, listening, and learning, (XV) 130; and self-awareness, (XI) 158; versus self-consciousness, (IX) 100; and self-discovery, (XIII) 216; and self-knowledge, (X) 181; and self-pity, (XVII) 127; and the sense of freedom, (XIV) 223; and separation of feeling and thought, (X) 264, 266; and seriousness, (XVII) 215-16; and the shallow mind, (XVII) 122; and silence, (XVI) 51; (XVII) 83; and the silent mind, (XIII) 264; and sorrow, (XIII) 84; (XIV ) 211; (XVI) 144; to sorrow, (XVII) 120; and space, (XV) 40; state of, (XI) 37-40; (XVI) 226; as a state of mind, (XII) 215; and the still mind, (X) 111-12; and stillness, (XII) 252; and the structure of pleasure, (XVII) 148; and the student, (XI) 9; and thinking, (IX) 191; and total action, (X) 175; as a total activity, (XVI) 161; as total good, (X) 33; and total silence, (XV) 238; and total virtue, (XI) 276; and transformation, (V) 285; types of, (IX) 69; and the unconditioned mind, (IX) 88; understanding, (XII) 167; (XVII) 44-45, 168, 259-60; and understanding, (VIII) 345-46; (XI) 248-49, 322; (XIII) 217; (XIV ) 82; (XVI) 128; and understanding conflict, (XIV) 10; and understanding fear, (XI) 175; and understanding the problem, (XI) 363-64; and the unknowable, (XIII) 188; as unlimited, (XI) 163-65; and the unoccupied mind, (X) 189; and verbalization, (XI) 389; and violence, (XVII) 259; and virtue, (XIV) 46, 218; and the virtuous mind, (XIII) 278; and the

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whole, (XIV) 262. See also Concentration; Listening; Meditation; Mind

Attention and inattention: two states of, (XVII) 220-21. See also Attention; Inattention

Attentive: defining, (XII) 203. See also Attention At the Feet of the Master, (II) 28-29; and followers,

(XIV) 71 Attitude: necessity for, (III) 61 Attraction: and repulsion, (V) 55 Austerity, (X) 248-49; and abandonment, (VIII) 311-

12; as complete attention, (X) 257; and continuity, (XIV) 45; defining, (XII) 165-66; (XIV) 27; (XV) 225; (XVI) 282; (XVII) 237-38; and inward aloneness, (XIII) 269; and love, (XVII) 242; and observation, (XIV) 27-28; and order, (XVII) 239, 242; and passion, (XI) 374; and self-abandonment, (XII) 273; and self-knowing, (XIV) 117; and sensitivity, (X) 134-35; and simplicity, (XIV) 268-69; (XV) 136. See also Simplicity

Authoritarianism: and obedience, (VII) 132; spread of, (XI) 41. See also Authority; Tyranny

Authority, (l) 75, 167-68; (II) 15, 161-62; (III) 54; (VI) 65-67, 185, 248-50; (VII) 51-54, 230, 299-303; (IX) 145-47, 147-52; (X) 204-6; (XI) 379-83; (XII) 234-38, 295-99; (XIII) 9-12, 120-24; (XIV) 244-47; (XVII) 33-34, 173-79; and the ability to think, (VII) 73-75; (VIII) 370; absence of, (XIV) 1; and the absence of freedom, (XVII) 218; acceptance of, (III) 237; (XVI) 181; acceptance of factual, (X) 126-27; acceptance of the religious, (XIV) 258-59; and the accumulation of knowledge, (IX) 167; and ambition, (VII) 84; and the analysis of dreams, (XIII) 293; and anarchy, (X) 70; attitude of, (XV) 227; and the awakened mind, (IX) 233-34; as background, (XIII) 234; as barrier to learning, (IX) 196-97; and the battle for the mind, (XI) 42; and beauty, (XIV) 308; and belief, (V) 353-54; (XVI) 255; as broken parts, (XI) 107; and the center, (XI) 225; and challenge, (V) 182-83; and change, (VIII) 27; (XVI) 174; (XVII) 10, 33-34; and children, (VII) 65-68; and commitment, (XVII) 18; and community, (V) 133-34; (VI) 116-17; versus comparison, (X) 188-89; and conditioning, (XI) 217, 358, 360-62; (XVII) 97, 139; and the conditioning of children, (IX) 108; and the conditioning of inattention, (XVII) 261; and conflict, (VI) 198-99; and conformity, (VIII) 179-80; (X) 138; (XII) 28; (XIV) 268; and confusion, (III) 235; (VIII) 213, 231; (IX) 29, 89, 246; (X) 35-36; (XI) 179, 181; (XIV) 12; (XVI) 2, 259, 280; (XVII) 17-18; confusion of spiritual, (XVII) 161; and contradiction, (XI) 317; (XIII) 235; and the control of thought, (X) 99-101; and cooperation, (VIII) 256; versus cooperation, (XIV) 266; craving for, (IV) 44-45; creating, (l) 6, 16; (VIII) 85, 208, 213-14; (IX) 145-47; creation of, (XII) 203-4; and creativity, (II) 37; versus creativity, (VIII) 183; and criticism, (XIV ) 33-34; and cruelty, (l) 163-64; and culture, (XV) 27; danger of, (XVI) 281-82; as the death of truth,

(XII) 167-68; defining, (II) 193-94; (XV) 321-22; and denial, (XII) 224-25, 250; denial of, (XIII) 55; (XVI) 184, 234; and dependence as love, (VII) 88-89; dependence on, (XVI) 196; (XVII) 121, 217; and dependence on the past, (XVI) 47; and dependency, (l) 21; (IX) 109; and desire, (XIV) 97; desire for, (XVII) 206; and the desire for change, (VIII) 21-23; and the desire for order, (XII) 189; and desire for reflected glory, (V) 133-34; and the desire for success, (XII) 295, 298; and the desire to change, (XVII) 197; and the desire to be helped, (VII) 11-12; desire to receive help from, (XIV) 163; as destructive, (IX) 207; (XIV) 230, 235; and deterioration, (IX) 285; as detrimental, (XI) 377; versus direct experience, (XI) 184; discarding, (XVII) 43; and the disciple, (X) 127-28; and discipline, (VII) 146-47; (X) 96; and disorder, (XV) 328-29; (XVII) 173-74, 197, 200; and division(s), (IX) 169-70; (XV) 227; and dogma, (II) 208; and domination, (XI) 9; and doubt, (l) 154-55; and the dull life, (VII) 118; and duty, (VII) 122-23; and education, (VIII) 282-83; (X) 65, 147; ending of, (XV) 219; as end to self-knowledge, (IV) 141; as escape, (l) 127-28; and escape from confusion, (XVII) 227; and escape from daily life, (XI) 386-87; and escape from problems, (XV) 191; as evil, (V) 178; (XI) 181; (XII) 296; evil of, (X) 70, 77-78; and example, (IX) 201-2; and experience, (XIII) 71; and exploitation, (l) 172-73; (III) 25, 26; (V) 308; (VIII) 25; as exploiter, (II) 163; external and inward, (VII) 300-301; and the fact, (XIII) 38; failure of, (VIII) 142; (XVII) 94, 133; and the false, (XII) 279; and fear, (l) 11; (II) 223; (VII) 63; (VIII) 199-200; (XII) 278; (XV) 322; (XVII) 16, 227; and the fear of being different, (IX) 14; fear of questioning, (XVII) 129; and the field of the collective, (IX) 126; and followers, (VIII) 43-46, 47-48, 171-73; (XIV) 28; and following, (XI) 347-48; and following patterns, (XVI) 232; forms of, (XI) 380; (XIV) 171; versus freedom, (XI) 65-67; freedom from, (V) 18-19, 24, 218-19; (VIII) 141-42, 152; (IX) 14, 244-45; (X) 99-101; (XII) 204; (XIII) 334; (XIV ) 18-20, 116-17, 130-31, 172-73; (XV) 312; freedom from conditioning, (IX) 2-3; freedom from psychological, (XIII) 334; and freedom from tradition, (XII) 171; and the free mind, (IX) 218; versus the free mind, (X) 172-73; function of, (XIII) 70-71; futility of, (IV) 33; (X) 71; (XI) 230-31; (XIII) 61; (XVI) 233; and God, (XIII) 41-42; government, (XII) 286; as guide to happiness, (V) 256-58; and helping sufferers, (XIII) 313; as hindrance, (IV) 115; (X) 21; (XII) 180; as hindrance to change, (VII) 51-52; (XVII) 50, 198; as hindrance to clarity, (XIV) 229; as hindrance to communication, (XI) 155-56; as hindrance to communion, (XVI) 161; as hindrance to discovery, (X) 122-24; (XIII) 215; as hindrance to exploration, (XVII) 161; as hindrance to freedom, (XV) 172-73; as hindrance to inquiry, (XVI) 221;

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as hindrance to learning, (XIV ) 170-71, 246; (XV) 12; as hindrance to the new, (XVI) 214; as hindrance to the new mind, (XII) 114; as hindrance to observation, (XIII) 335-36; as hindrance to order, (XV) 298; as hindrance to reality, (II) 157; (XI) 204; as hindrance to religion, (X) 181; as hindrance to self-inquiry, (X) 254; as hindrance to self-knowledge, (IV) 78; (X) 48; as hindrance to solving problems, (IX) 206; as hindrance to truth, (X) 109-10, 165; (XI) 20; as hindrance to understanding, (X) 33; (XI) 166; as hindrance to the unknown, (IX) 54; and humility, (XVII) 274; versus humility, (IX) 112; and idea of God, (VII) 85-86; and ideology, (XVII) 180; as immoral, (X) 198; and the imposition of formulas, (XIV) 142; versus the individual, (XI) 145; versus individual discovery, (VIII) 342-43; and inequality, (VIII) 180-81; and influence, (XIII) 226-27, 326; inner and outer, (II) 157-58; (VIII) 213-14; and inquiry, (IX) 269-71; and inquiry into deterioration, (XIV) 29-30; and inquiry into the true, (XIV) 265; and insensitivity, (XV) 277; and the intellect, (III) 187; and intelligence, (VII) 189-90; internal and external, (II) 177-78; and the interpretation of dreams, (X) 120; inward and outward, (III) 82; (XII) 144; and knowledge, (VII) 102-4, 310-11, 312; (X) 260-61; (XIV) 86-87; and the known, (X) 87; and the law, (XVI) 17; of law, (XV) 92; and learning, (XIV) 171, 292; versus learning, (XI) 2; (XIII) 245; levels of, (VII) 300, 302; liberation from, (XIII) 58-59; and listening, (VIII) 173-74; (XV) 239; and looking at the self, (XIV) 242; and the loss of faith, (XVII) 57; and loss of harmony, (II) 37; and the loss of inquiry, (XIV) 75; and love, (XVI) 64; (XVII) 187-88; in marriage, (V) 87; and the meaning of life, (X) 66; and the mechanical mind, (IX) 187; and the mediocre mind, (VIII) 124; and meditation, (XI) 247; (XIII) 152, 154; (XV) 84; versus meditation, (IX) 74, 132, 279-80; and method, (IX) 176; (XV) 83-84; as momentary satisfaction, (XIII) 65-66; and mutual discovery, (V) 64; and the narrowing of freedom, (XI) 247; necessary forms of, (XIII) 72; need for, (II) 164-65, 196; (VIII) 25; (IX) 256-57; and need for security, (VI) 94; (IX) 8; and the need through fear, or religious, psychological and philosophical, (IX) 3; need to abandon, (X) 131-32; need to be independent of, (XVII) 5-6; and the need to find answers, (XVII) 133; need to understand, (V) 19; versus the negative approach, (XI) 292; versus the new, (IX) 278; versus new thinking, (XIV) 5; nonacceptance of, (XV) 317-18; (XVII) 269; nonreliance on, (XVI) 38; and obedience, (XIII) 70-71, 73, 261; versus observation, (XIV) 18, 19-20; and the old mind, (XIV) 15, 20; and organizations, (V) 184; and organized religion, (V) 36-37; origins of, (II) 224-25; over others, (II) 22; and parenting, (l) 55-56; as path to darkness, (XVI) 51; placing trust in, (XIV) 275-77; and political peace, (VIII) 225; and positive thinking, (XII) 283;

and power, (V) 45; and prayer, (XIV) 156; and the principle of pleasure, (XVII) 66; and problems, (XV) 212; and the promise of physical security, (XVII) 174; and psychological order, (XV) 57; and the purpose of life, (VII) 86-87; (VIII) 328; questioning, (XIII) 4-5; and questioning, (XII) 285-87; and reaction, (XII) 21; and the reasons for dependency, (IX) 61-62; rejection of, (XII) 145; (XV) 95, 97; (XVI) 92-93; (XVII) 154, 198; and relationship, (IV) 142; and religion, (IX) 38-39; (X) 125; (XI) 146; (XIII) 333, 336; (XIV) 6, 86-87; and religious dogma, (l ) 150; and the religious life, (XIV ) 267; and the religious mind, (XII) 270, 323-24; versus the religious mind, (XIII) 88-89; (XVII) 246; and repetition, (XV) 251; and resistance to change, (XI) 311; and revolution, (II) 230-31; and righteousness, (X) 184; on right and wrong, (VII) 291; and the ritualistic mind, (XII) 84; and search, (IX) 48-49, 87, 180-81, 184-85; the search for, (IV) 46; (X) 203, 205-6; and the search for answers, (XV) 106; and the search for comfort, (XV) 241; and the search for God, (VII) 72; (VIII) 254; and the search for an ideal, (II) 211-12; and the search for life’s meaning, (X) 63; and the search for meaning, (VIII) 240-41; and the search for permanence, (XVII) 151; and search for security, (X) 66; (XI) 36; (XIV ) 129-30; and search for truth, (II) 233; (IX) 165-66; (XI) 222-23; and security, (VIII) 47; (XIII) 176; (XIV) 130; and seeking, (XVII) 87; self as, (XVII) 70; versus self-discovery, (X) 179; and self-knowledge, (V) 224-25; versus self-knowledge, (IX) 79; without self-knowledge, (IV) 71; versus sensitivity, (XV) 21; and sex, (XIV) 166; and social morality, (XII) 142-43; and social obedience, (VIII) 83-84; and solutions, (VII) 140-42; as a solution to problems, (XVI) 72; as source of confusion, (V) 90; as source of oppression, (II) 196; spiritual, (X) 204-5; (XIII) 108; (XV) 92; and success, (XIII) 75; and teaching, (IX) 238-40; and thought, (XII) 205; and time, (IX) 177; and the timeless, (IX) 138; and tradition, (XVII) 280; and traditional behavior, (XVII) 200; and tranquillity, (IV) 23; and the true and false, (XV) 3; and the true democrat, (XVII) 270; and truth, (VIII) 144; versus truth, (IX) 67; (XI) 167; types of, (III) 57; (VII) 51-52; (X) 205-6; as tyrannical, (XI) 260; tyranny of, (XII) 144, 145; and uncertainty, (XIII) 63; uncertainty and the desire for, (XVI) 207; understanding, (l) 75; (II) 153-54; (IV) 8; (XI) 348; (XIII) 227; understanding the anatomy of, (XIV ) 86-87; and understanding fear, (XIV) 246-47; understanding the process of, (XI) 180; and the uneducated, (II) 182; and violence, (IX) 118; (XVII) 257; and the willingness to be led, (XIV) 244-45; and world tyranny, (XV) 162; and the word, (XII) 314-15; and working together, (XI) 308; and world crisis, (XII) 283; and world problems, (XVII) 160; and worship, (l) 138; (IX) 110, 112; worship of, (III) 213-14; (XIV) 162, 166; (XVII) 77; and

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yesterday’s ideas, (XI) 225-26. See also Educators; Escape; Followers; Gurus; Harmony; Leaders; Master(s); Priest; Reality; Religion; Society; Specialists; State; Teacher(s)

Authority of law: as necessary, (XIII) 120-23 Automation: and daily living, (XVI) 190; effects of,

(XVII) 128; and leisure, (XIV) 162, 203; (XV) 95-96, 97; (XVI) 54; (XVII) 167; and the mechanical, (XIII) 77. See also Computers; Electronic brain; Technology

Avoidance : and domination, (V) 303; and fear, (XVI) 109. See also Escape; Isolation

Awake: and asleep (VII) 171 Awakened intelligence: state of, (XIII) 266 Awakened mind: and authority, (IX) 233-34. See also

Mind; Occupied mind; Quiet mind Awakening: through conflict, (II) 147-48; individual,

(II) 168; of true intelligence, (II) 205. See also Fulfillment; Intelligence

Awareness, (l) 16-17, 46-47, 98; (II) 41, 59, 75, 98, 100-101, 108, 115, 136; (III) 36, 171-72, 174-75, 189, 190, 193, 198-201; (VI) 222; (XII) 305-6, 311-13; and the absence of distraction, (XIII) 278-79; and the absence of fear, (XV) 292; of the absence of love, (IX) 267-68; and the absence of the unconscious, (XVI) 226; and acceptance, (X) 59; achieving, (XI) 34; (XII) 266; and achieving attention, (XVII) 261; and achieving joy, (XVI) 71; and acquisition, (IX) 40; and action, (l) 57-58, 153-54; (II) 76-77; (IV) 196; (IX) 30-31, 285-87; (XI) 267; of action(s), (XII) 68, 73; (XIII) 327-28; and ambition, (XII) 310, 312; and asking the right question, (XVII) 137; and attachment, (IX) 38; (X) 116; attempt to maintain, (XIII) 325; and attention, (XI) 200; (XIV) 159-60; (XVII) 116; and austerity, (XIV) 45; and authority, (VII) 20-21, 313; and beauty, (X) 270; and beyond conditioning, (IX) 101; and the center, (XII) 155; of the center, (XI) 135-36, 346; and the cessation of dreams, (X) 120; and cessation of escapes, (V) 345-46; and cessation of gossip, (V) 288; and cessation of the past, (IX) 266-67; and the cessation of thought, (VIII) 236; of challenge and response, (XII) 75-76; and change, (VII) 38; (VIII) 162; (XI) 172-73, 276; and choice, (VIII) 216, 232; (XV) 38; choiceless, (VIII) 224-25; (IX) 35-36, 38; (X) 16, 36; of comparison, (XIV) 194; without comparison, (XV) 136; complications of, (XVI) 186; versus concentration, (X) 161; without condemnation, (IV) 190-91; (VII) 297; (VIII) 127; (IX) 47-48, 72-73, 124; (XI) 158; and the conditioned state, (III) 114; and conditioning, (VII) 266; (VIII) 217-19; (IX) 35-36, 160, 162-65; (XV) 138; (XVII) 98, 107, 166, 218; of conditioning, (IX) 144-45; (X) 108, 122-23; (XI) 271-72; and conflict, (II) 43; (V) 349, 351; (XIII) 21, 50; (XIV) 10, 12; of conflict, (XVI) 84, 85; and conformity, (XV) 216; of confusion, (IX) 89, 246-47; of the conscious, (XIV) 62-63, 65; of conscious and unconscious, (VII) 72; (XV) 271; and consciousness, (VIII)

210; of consciousness, (XIV) 7; and contradiction, (IX) 6; of contradiction, (VIII) 324; (XII) 24; (XV) 178, 249-50; and cooperation, (VIII) 256; versus cultivation, (IX) 270; curing hate with, (III) 238-39; of death, (XI) 366; of death and love, (XIV) 213-14; defining, (III) 51-52; 117, 178-79; (IV) 69-70, 112-13, 201-2; (XIII) 34, 321-22; and denial, (XIII) 53; and desire, (X) 245; (XII) 245; of desire, (XI) 204; (XVII) 185; of desire for permanence, (VII) 329-30; and the destruction of ‘me’, (VII) 30-31; and discipline, (II) 62-63; (III) 247; (V) 259-60; (VIII) 295; (XIV) 4, 218; as discipline, (XVII) 59; of discontent, (IX) 38; and discovery of the mind, (XVII) 14; and discovery of the true, (XII) 280; discovery through, (II) 17-18; of the disintegrating mind, (XIV) 28; of disorder, (XV) 206-7; and dissipation of anger, (III) 157-58; and distraction, (IX) 10-11; without division, (XII) 101-2; and domination, (V) 304; and dreams, (IX) 60-61, 124; (X) 55; (XVII) 84; and duality, (VIII) 173; of duality, (XIV) 36; and the dull mind, (XII) 17-18; and dying to habit, (XI) 136; and dying to the known, (XV) 231, 233; and dying to pleasure, (XV) 291; and earnestness, (XI) 74; and education, (l) 44; and effort, (III) 58, 65-66; (IV) 209; (VII) 258, 298-99; and emptiness, (II) 44-45; of emptiness, (X) 30; and the emptying of the mind, (XVII) 82, 83; and the empty mind, (IX) 23; (XIV) 269; and the end of ‘becoming’, (X) 272; and the end of seeking, (XV) 242; and the end of thought, (IX) 141-42; as end to conflict, (IV) 71; and energy, (XIII) 231; and entering into the unknown, (IX) 54; and environment, (II) 16; (IX) 5; and envy, (VI) 342-43; of envy, (IX) 252; (XIII) 41; and escape, (l) 17; (IV) 166-67; without exclusion, (XVI) 185; and experience, (X) 145-46; (XIII) 222; of experience, (XI) 88; and exploitation, (X) 169; and the external environment, (VIII) 229-30; of the fact, (VIII) 346; (XI) 31-32; (XII) 164-65; of the fact of fear, (XIII) 34, 36; and fasting, (IX) 201; and fear, (XII) 43; of fear, (VII) 291, 315-16; (XI) 174-75; (XVI) 175, 210-11; without fear, (III) 96; and feeling, (XI) 72-73; and following, (IX) 152; of the fragmentary life, (XVII) 243; of fragmentation, (XV) 102-4; and freedom, (l) 7, 139; (II) 17-18; (V) 321; (VIII) 206-7, 238; (XI) 182-83; and freedom from conditioning, (VIII) 270; (X) 158-59; and freedom from dreams, (X) 151-52; and freedom from fear, (XIII) 250; and freedom from influences, (X) 115-16; and freedom from the past, (X) 209-10; (XIV) 216-17; and the free mind, (XI) 105, 257-58; and free thought, (II) 42; and guilt, (X) 243-44; of guilt, (XI) 347; and habit, (X) 19; (XV) 135-36; of habits, (III) 73-74; (XI) 82, 298-99; (XIII) 239-40; and harmony, (l) 30; hindrance to, (l) 192-94; as hindrance to conditioning, (XIII) 8; as a human being, (XVI) 150; of human problems, (XI) 259; of ideology, (XVII) 141; and illusion, (III) 121; (V) 282; of image, (XV) 201-2; of inattention, (XVII) 120; and

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influences, (XII) 258, 321; of influences, (IX) 257; (XIII) 128, 300; and initiative, (VII) 63-64; of the inner and outer, (XV) 242-43; of inner conflict, (XIV) 48; of inner deterioration, (IX) 264; and inquiry into death, (XIII) 316; and integration, (VII) 18-19; and intelligence, (II) 175; (VIII) 139; of interference and fact, (XIII) 39-40; without introspection, (XVII) 252; and isolation, (III) 213; without judgement, (VIII) 270; of the known, (XI) 72, 282; and learning, (X) 173; (XIII) 21; (XIV) 178; (XV) 174-75; (XVII) 59; and learning about the self, (XIV ) 262; of life, (XI) 334; (XV) 230; of life and death, (X) 60-61; of life’s pettiness, (XI) 284-85; of life without condemnation, (IX) 93-94; and the limitation of consciousness, (XVII) 3; of limitations, (III) 98; (IV) 64; and listening, (XIV ) 8, 122-23; (XVI) 3; while listening, (VIII) 327; of loneliness, (IX) 119-20; (X) 52-53; (XI) 237; (XII) 314-15; maintaining, (l) 43-44; of masks, (XVI) 226-28; meaning of, (X) 53-54; (XII) 54-55; (XIII) 234, 330; (XIV) 69; (XV) 100, 194, 210; (XVII) 61, 224-25; and mediocrity, (X) 59; and meditation, (l) 28, 171; (VI) 367; (VIII) 326; (IX) 74; (XI) 247, 279; (XII) 42; (XIII) 45; (XIV ) 263; (XVI) 148; (XVII) 150; and memory, (VII) 187; and the mind, (X) 20; (XII) 147; of the mind, (VIII) 197; (XI) 170, 237-38; (XIII) 234-35; (XIV) 205; (XV) 276; of the mind’s limitations, (XII) 72; at the moment of pleasure, (XVI) 285; moment to moment, (VII) 324, 326-27; (X) 111; as momentous, (XIII) 184; without motive, (VIII) 313; and the movement of knowing, (XI) 270; and mutation, (XII) 311; and naming, (V) 274-75; necessity for, (IV) 142; (X) 64; need for, (XV) 138-39; and the new mind, (XII) 114; and not naming feelings, (XIII) 237; and the now, (XV) 267; and observation, (XIV ) 301; (XV) 140; (XVI) 114; and the observer of conflict, (XIII) 285-86; of the occupied mind, (IX) 205-7; and order, (XV) 172; and passive acceptance, (VI) 17, 20; and the past, (XVII) 22; of patterns, (XV) 99; and pleasure, (XVII) 84-85; of power, (XI) 277; (XII) 56; and prejudice, (V) 341; of the present, (XI) 174; (XIV ) 28-29; of problems, (XV) 192-95; (XVI) 173; of the problem of living, (XIV) 41-42; and problem solving, (VI) 333; as a process, (VIII) 243; the process of, (IV) 208-9; (XII) 43-44, 301-2; and process of confusion, (V) 368-69; and process of craving, (III) 164-66; of the process of living, (XVI) 190; of the process of truth, (XII) 34; process of understanding, (X) 90-92; and the quiet mind, (V) 296-97; (VII) 25; (XIV) 38-39; (XVII) 242; and recognition, (XI) 370; of relationship, (IX) 139; and religious freedom, (IX) 39; and religious practices, (l) 138; and renewal, (XVI) 244; retaining, (XVI) 151-52; and revolution, (II) 230-31; (VIII) 6; (XI) 387; and right relationship, (XVII) 7; of search, (IX) 209-10; of self, (XII) 109, 114; (XIV) 16-18; and self-abandonment, (XI) 99; of self-centeredness, (VII) 39; of self-

contradiction, (VIII) 266-68; (XI) 219-20, 262-63; and self-discovery, (VIII) 233; and self-knowledge, (VI) 50; (VIII) 15; (IX) 216; (X) 9, 34, 199; (XI) 186, 377; (XV) 84-85; and self-understanding, (XIII) 200-201; and sensitivity, (XIII) 85; and the serious mind, (IX) 183, 185; and silence, (IX) 66; (XIII) 212; and simplicity, (XI) 151-52; and specialization, (V) 293-96; and the state of attention, (XI) 249; and the still mind, (VIII) 325; (IX) 80; (XIII) 335; of the structure of conflict, (XIV) 13; and the structure of fear, (XVI) 179; and the structure of pleasure, (XVI) 154; of stupidity, (VII) 216-17; and suffering, 32-33; (V) 315-16; (X) 58; (XVI) 230; technique for, (IV) 73; and technological knowledge, (XVII) 47; and the thinker, (X) 15; and the thinker and the thought, (XV) 218; of thinker and thought, (V) 337; (VII) 231-32; and thought, (XIII) 48; of thoughts, (IX) 114; three stages of, (IV) 26-27, 74; three states of, (III) 225-26; and time, (XVI) 180; of time, (XI) 366; (XV) 115-16, 122; and total attention, (X) 140; and total change, (X) 184; of the totality, (IX) 14; (X) 253; of the totality of consciousness, (XVII) 145-46, 150-51; transcending thought through, (IV) 73; and transformation, (IV) 75; and the trivial mind, (VII) 32-33; as true process of education, (VII) 320; and truth, (l) 8; (V) 352; (XVII) 187-88; and the unconditioned mind, (III) 99-100; of unconscious habits, (XIII) 243-44; understanding, (IV) 143-4; (IX) 69, 139-40; (X) 17; (XVII) 45, 55; and understanding, (XIII) 337; and understanding contradiction, (XVI) 153; and understanding the mind, (VIII) 109; and understanding the word, (XVII) 199; and violence, (X) 82-83; and virtue, (XIII) 159; and voluntary effort, (II) 225; and the watcher and the watched, (XIII) 337; and watchfulness, (l) 66-67; of will and time, (XVII) 105; and will of understanding, (III) 155; and work, (XIII) 212. See also Attention; Discernment; Freedom; God; Happiness; Ignorance; Intelligence; Quiet mind; Reality; Self-awareness; Self-knowledge; Truth; Understanding

Awareness, action, and living: as the same, (XVII) 253. See also Action; Awareness; Living

Background: as authority, (XIII) 234, and belief,

(XVII) 151-52; and challenge, (XVI) 220; and challenge and response, (XVI) 209-10; and conditioning, (IX) 35-36; (X) 20-21; defining, (X) 11-12; and distortion, (XIII) 316; and experience, (IX) 161; (XIII) 259-60; and the fact, (XIII) 37-38; and the interpretation of words, (XVII) 194, 195; looking with and without, (XVI) 204; need to understand, (X) 11-12, 14; and problems, (XVI) 209-10; and response, (XV) 23; and thinking, (X) 214, 219-20; understanding, (IX) 259; (XIII) 36. See also Conditioning; Conformity; Culture; Environment; Society ; Tradition

Bad: versus good, (VIII) 309-11

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Balance: achieving, (III) 22; of heart and mind, (l) 91-92

Barrier(s): conscious and unconscious, (XI) 102-3; to mind-heart, (III) 9; to understanding, (VII) 120-21. See also Hindrance(s)

Battles: inner and outer, (XVI) 94-95. See also Conflict; War

Beatles: as reaction, (XV) 71, 128 Beatniks: and old patterns, (XVII) 134; as reaction,

(XII) 144, 172; (XV) 71, 128. See also Revolt; Younger generation

Beauty: and abandonment, (XII) 273; through abandonment, (VIII) 11-12; ability to appreciate, (XI) 42-43, 74; absence of, (XVI) 95; and absence of the center, (XI) 345; and the absence of fear, (XII) 156; and the absence of thought, (XVII) 233-34; achieving the state of, (XIII) 143; and aloneness, (XVI) 38; appreciation of, (V) 111-13; (XI) 42-43; and art, (XIII) 176-77; art of seeing, (V) 146; awareness of, (VIII) 173; and clarity, (XIV) 106; and concentration, (XI) 119; and conditioning, (XI) 32; and creation, (XII) 326; (XV) 93-94; and creativity, (VIII) 107-8; defining, (VI) 96-97; (X) 269-70; (XV) 26; defining the state of, (XVII) 85; defining through conditioning, (XV) 260; denial of, (XV) 61; desire for, (XII) 131; and the ending of t ime, (XVI) 240; and energy, (XII) 290; as escape, (VI) 298; external and internal, (VIII) 83; and feeling, (XIV) 289; and freedom, (XI) 66-67; goodness and truth as one, (X) 269; and the hindrance of the mind, (VIII) 115; and human relationships, (XVII) 90; inability to cultivate, (XIV ) 199-200; insensitivity to, (XIV) 153; inward and outward, (V) 111-13; knowing, (XVII) 187; and knowing love, (XVII) 242; and living, (XII) 17; living with, (XII) 12, 136; loss of, (XIV) 137; and love, (XIV) 308-9; (XV) 26; meaning of, (V) 35-36; (XIV) 268-69; (XV) 285-86; and meditation, (XVI) 66-67; nature of, (XVI) 25-26; and the need for passion, (XVII) 157; and negative thinking, (XI) 92, 94; without the object, (XVI) 123; and the observer, (XV) 314; and passion, (XII) 245; and peace, (VII) 127; perception of, (XI) 143; as perishable, (VII) 100-101; and pleasure, (XV) 142; (XVII) 181; quality of, (XI) 373-74; (XVII) 85; and the quiet mind, (XV) 190; and religion, (XIV) 166; (XVI) 64-65; and the religious mind, (XII) 226; (XIV) 45; as sacredness, (XV) 243; scarcity of, (XVI) 51; seeing, (XVI) 301; and seeing factually, (XVI) 240-41; sense of, (XVI) 148; (XVII) 207; and the sensitive mind, (IX) 272-73; (XII) 105, 165-66; and sensitivity, (XV) 81, 93; sensitivity to, (XI) 278; and sharing, (XV) 227; and simplicity, (VIII) 106; (XI) 10; (XV) 175; state of, (IX) 118; and the state of abandonment, (XI) 205; and the state of aloneness, (XIV ) 220-22; state of mind of, (XIV) 110; and the state of negation, (XII) 255; and the state of self-abandonment, (XIII) 252; and time, (XIV) 222; (XVI) 239, 240; and total inaction,

(XVI) 212; and total revolution, (XVI) 48; as truth, (V) 35-36; and ugliness, (VII) 206-8; ugliness, and the ability to see, (VII) 109-10; understanding, (XIV) 222; understanding the quality of, (XVI) 114; as unrelated to daily life, (XVII) 132; as whole process, (VII) 110; without the word, (XII) 181. See also Becoming; Caring; Death; Life; Living; Love

Beauty, death, and love: as connected, (XIII) 105 Beauty, love, death, and creation: as related, (XV) 142.

See also Beauty; Death Becoming, (IV) 29; and action, (XII) 128; and

authority, (IV) 163; and being, (XI) 297; versus being, (VII) 197-200; (X) 266-69; (XV) 73; and belief in progress, (V) 127-29; as a cause of conflict, (XIII) 255; cessation of, (VIII) 169-71; and concentration, (XI) 200; and conflict, (IV) 56; (V) 213, 216-17; (VIII) 197, 318; (XII) 264-65; (XIII) 18; and confusion, (VII) 197-99; and contradiction, (XI) 26; and the creation of problems, (XIII) 273; as denial of what is, (IV) 135; and desire, (VIII) 158-59; and the desire for ‘more’, (X) 261; as destructive, (XII) 127; and dissatisfaction, (IX) 46; and the dull mind, (VIII) 173; and effort, (V) 116-17; (VIII) 51-52; (XI) 246; and the effort of self-denial, (X) 75; and envy, (VIII) 107-8; (X) 241-42; as envy, (XII) 110; and exploitation, (X) 169; and fear, (V) 321-22; and fear of death, (XI) 192; freedom from, (X) 246-47; futility of, (V) 364; and gradualism, (VIII) 339-40; as hindrance to total comprehension, (X) 87-88; hunger for, (XIII) 203; and ideals, (XI) 24; and jealousy, (VIII) 97-98; and the known, (VIII) 215; and levels of consciousness, (IV) 195; and the loss of beauty, (VIII) 340-42; and meditation, (V) 211; and memory, (IV) 190 (V) 120; and the mind, (VIII) 16, 18; process of, (VIII) 319; (X) 266-69; and process of ambition, (VII) 241-42; and process of understanding, (IV) 51-52; versus religious freedom, (IX) 34; and search, (IX) 20; and the search for God, (IX) 40; as secondary, (X) 267-68; and self-contradiction, (XI) 262; and simplicity, (V) 370; and sorrow, (X) 57-58; and thought, (X) 113; and time, (V) 139; (XI) 76; and understanding, (V) 270; (IX) 170; and virtue, (V) 365; and war, (IX) 71; and will, (IV) 42; 285. See also Acquisitiveness; Ambition; Being: Envy; Experience; Experiencing; Fulfillment; Success; Virtue

Becoming still: versus being still, (IV) 12, 26 Beginning: and the ending, (XI) 219, 223. See also

Death; Living Behavior: change in, (XV) 65-66; and freedom,

(XVII) 201; as human activity, (XVII) 200; and right and wrong conduct, (XVII) 201-2; as righteousness, (X) 233-36; and tradition, (XVII) 200

Being, (IV) 191; versus action, (XI) 16, 317; versus becoming, (IV) 111; (X) 266-69; and the creative mind, (VIII) 97; and “how”, (VIII) 190; and

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intelligence, (VIII) 174; and learning, (XI) 297; as nothing, (X) 266, 268; precedes action, (IX) 262; as primary, (X) 267-68; and religion, (VIII) 170; and revolution, (VII) 197-200; versus ‘to be’, (VII) 103-4; understanding, (IV) 51-52; versus words, (XI) 340-41. See also Becoming; Experiencing; Fact; Truth; What is

Belief: (l) 149, 150, 152-54; (II) 31; (V) 198, 238-40, 352-54; (VI) 253-57; (XVI) 253-56; and action, (XVI) 268; and the afterlife, (IX) 16; and authority, (VII) 52; versus awareness of existence, (XIV) 77; and background, (XVII) 151-52; basis of, (l) 152-53; as cause of war, (V) 15; (VII) 145-46; and change, (VII) 46; and circumstances, (XVII) 96; versus clear perception, (XIV) 266; commitment to, (XI) 324; and conditioning, (V) 202, 205; (VII) 257-58, 266-67; (VIII) 234; (IX) 161; (X) 66-67, 108-9, 221-23; (XI) 17, 387; (XII) 48, 238; (XV) 41; (XVI) 111, 156; (XVII) 109-10, 171; and confusion, (XVI) 255-56, 275; and contradiction, (XI) 22-24; and cooperation, (VI) 315-16; and craving, (III) 164-65; creating through craving, (III) 174; creation of, (II) 165; (VIII) 277; (XVI) 282; and cruelty, (VI) 111; and death, (IX) 115; (X) 97; (XIII) 186; (XIV) 104; defining, (VII) 44; and the denial of freedom, (XIII) 6; and dependence on authority, (IX) 113; and dependence on the past, (XVI) 47; and desire, (VII) 78-79; and desire for permanence, (VII) 328; and desire for security, (VII) 279; as destructive, (VII) 225-26; and destructive energy, (XIII) 112; as detriment to discovery, (XII) 126; as division, (II) 42; and divisions, (IX) 145; and division by conditioning, (VIII) 217; as divisive, (V) 171; (VI) 111, 152, 339-41; and divisive thought, (VI) 48-49; and doubt, (l) 154-55; as a drug, (XVII) 7; and the dull mind, (VII) 43-44; and environment, (II) 16; and escape, (X) 7; (XI) 286; as escape, (III) 7, 21-22; (V) 263; (VIII) 135-36; as escape from conflict, (II) 37; establishment of, (II) 15-16; examining, (IV) 103-4; examining the need for, (XVI) 265; and experience, (V) 334, 336; versus experiencing, (V) 186; and experiencing God, (VII) 44-45; versus fact, (VIII) 334; falseness of, (V) 49; and false security, (VI) 318; and fear, (VII) 302; (VIII) 150-51; (XI) 241-43; (XIV) 24; (XV) 317; and fear of death, (XII) 161; (XVII) 149; and the fear of disturbance, (XI) 315-16; and followers, (XVI) 234; freedom from, (VIII) 311; (IX) 144-45, 173; (X) 24; (XV) 318-19; (XVII) 41; and freedom from conditioning, (X) 26; and freedom from fear, (III) 59; freeing the mind of, (XVI) 260; and the free mind, (VIII) 264; versus the free mind, (XI) 105; and the futility of search, (VIII) 326-28; and God, (II) 33-34; (XIII) 41-42; (XIV) 131; in God, (IX) 227-28; in God or science, (III) 9; as habit, (VIII) 78-79; and the hereafter, (VII) 331; as hindrance, (II) 42; (III) 223-24; (IV) 120, 151, 157, 159; (VI) 71, 111; (IX) 234; as hindrance to experiencing, (V) 188; as hindrance to God, (XV)

326; as hindrance to inquiry, (IX) 182, 185; as hindrance to learning, (XII) 106; as hindrance to love, (VII) 184; as hindrance to new, (V) 271; as hindrance to reality, (V) 346-47; as hindrance to religion, (VII) 107; (XII) 269-70; as hindrance to search, (X) 170; as hindrance to truth, (V) 112; (IX) 2, 3, 157; (X) 32; and hope, (XI) 365; and human beings, (XVI) 72; and hypothesis, (XIII) 87; and ignorance, (III) 106; as illusion, (XII) 263; and intelligence, (XVI) 255; and the invention of God, (XV) 88; and inward security, (VI) 269-70; as the known, (VI) 190; (VIII) 182; and learning, (IX) 239; and life questions, (VII) 129-31; and listening, (XI) 208; living without, (XVI) 261; loss of, (XVII) 160; and love, (V) 54-55; and Masters, (XII) 56; and the mind, (VII) 93; and movement of life, (III) 109; need for, (XVI) 253-56; and need for security, (IV) 88; (VIII) 229-30; and nonbelief, (VIII) 116; and nonviolence, (XVI) 255; and opposition, (III) 225-26; and organizations, (X) 15-16; organized, (X) 223-25; origins of, (III) 8-9; and the past, (V) 319; and pill-taking, (XI) 81; and pleasure, (XV) 335; and the positive approach to religion, (XI) 203-4; and problems, (XI) 178; and propaganda, (XII) 251; as a psychological state, (XVI) 258; versus reality, (VIII) 294; and the reality of death, (XIII) 318; reasons for, (V) 306, 307, 346-47; and reincarnation, (VI) 67-69; and relationship, (VIII) 336-37; and relief from sorrow, (VII) 262; and religion(s), (V) 264; (IX) 84; (XII) 323; (XIV) 43, 220; religious, (XII) 62; and the religious man, (XI) 49; and the religious mind, (XIV) 116; versus the religious mind, (XVII) 246; and religious organizations, (XIII) 4; satisfaction of, (XI) 291; the search for, (l) 31-33; as search for security, (IV) 124-25; and search for truth, (VI) 17-18, 20; as self-defense, (XVI) 267; and self-protection, (XVI) 276; and separatism, (VI) 180; versus seriousness, (XVI) 79; and simplicity, (VII) 118; and the spiritual entity, (XVII) 236; as the stupid mind, (XIV) 261; and suffering, (l) 123-24; (V) 316; and suicide, (VII) 200-201; and superiority, (l) 159; and true religion, (VI) 31-32; (VII) 319; and truth, (VII) 292; types of, (III) 111; and the unconscious, (III) 14; (XII) 125; versus understanding of life, (III) 182; and understanding what is, (VII) 253; as unimportant, (XI) 169; as unnecessary, (XVI) 251; as valueless, (XII) 18-19; and want, (III) 17-18; and world divisions, (XV) 196. See also Authority; Conditioning; Dogma; God; Idea(s); Ideal(s); Idealist; Ideology; Imitation; Intuition; Patterns; Questioning; Reality; Religion; Society; Tradition; Truth; What is; Words

Believer(s): and the insensitive mind, (XII) 165; and nonbelievers, (XII) 323; and organized dogma, (VI) 190; as prisoner, (IV) 113

Believer(s) and nonbeliever(s): and conditioning, (X) 34; as one, (XVI) 137; as same, (X) 102-3; as slaves to propaganda, (XIII) 270. See also Belief

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Belonging: abandonment of, (XVI) 275; and the cessation of thought, (VIII) 79; and commitment, (XI) 371-72; (XII) 66; compulsion for, (XI) 214-16, 218; and custom, (XI) 325; desire for, (XI) 323-25; (XIII) 93-94; and the dull mind, (XI) 372; and exclusivity, (II) 26; as hindrance to understanding, (XII) 200-201; need for, (XII) 33-34; and the positive state, (XII) 80-81; reasons for, (XI) 343; and the search for God, (XII) 127. See also Ambition; Competition; Conformity; Fear; Identification

Besant, Dr. Annie, (l ) 162-63, 165-66, 171-72; and World Teacher, (II) 31

Beyond: anxiety, (XVI) 183; consciousness of, (XVII) 169-70; discovery of, (XI) 88; mind, (XI) 171; seeking, (XVI) 180, 181; and what is, (XVII) 266-67. See also God; Meditation; Mutation; Quiet mind; Reality; Religion; Truth; Unknown

Beyond the mind, (X) 141-42; achieving the state of, (IX) 70; and freedom from the ‘me’, (IX) 215-16; possibility of going, (XII) 125. See also God; Quiet mind; Reality; Truth

Beyond time: and the dependent mind, (XIII) 153, 154; and the free mind, (XIII) 5; the need to go, (XII) 58; seeing, (XIII) 163. See also God; Immeasurable; Reality; Truth

Bhagavad-Gita: See: Authority; Books; Conditioning; Conformity; Religion; Words

Bias: freedom from, (XIII) 314-15; and solutions, (II) 195. See also Prejudice; Tolerance

Bible: See Authority; Background; Belief; Books; Conditioning; Conformity; Divisions; God; Knowledge; Propaganda; Religion; Religious mind; Visions; Words

Big brother: and fear, (XVI) 104. See also Authority Biology: and brain development, (XIII) 241 Blavatsky, Madame, (II) 26-27 Bliss: achievement of, (l) 8-9; as fulfillment, (l) 16;

state of, (XII) 102; versus the static state, (XI) 117; and understanding conflict, (XIV) 71-72. See also Happiness; Joy

Body: and change, (XVII) 149; in conflict with the mind, (XIII) 139; death of, (XII) 318; influence on the brain, (XIII) 325-26; and laziness, (XVII) 124; as a machine, (XIII) 317; and meditation, (XVII) 193-94; need for a healthy, (XI) 7; and physical overindulgence, (XVII) 129; and the quiet mind, (XVII) 63. See also Brain; Mind

Bondage: through belief and dogma, (IV) 63; of the mind, (IX) 2; and the struggle to be free, (X) 36-37

Books, (II) 27; (IV) 106, 142-43; (V) 92, 232, 314; (VII) 11, 102-4, 125, 140-41, 142; (VIII) 85, 86, 130, 144, 172; (XIV) 86; and accumulating knowledge, (VIII) 276; (XIV) 287; and action and ideas, (XV) 141; and authority, (VII) 71-72, 291; (XIV) 116, 246; and comparison as barrier, (VII) 149-50; and conformity, (VI) 66; versus creation, (XV) 279; versus direct experience, (XI) 184; and education, (VII) 320; function of, (XI) 387; futility of sacred, (X) 146; as hindrance, (VIII) 269; (IX)

265, 278-79; as hindrance to direct experience, (XI) 356; as hindrance to thinking, (XIV) 75; as hindrance to thought, (VI) 23-24, 114-15; as hindrance to truth, (VIII) 336; and intelligence, (XIV) 143; and knowledge, (VII) 310-12; and learning, (XIV) 292-93; and leisure, (XIV) 203; as not sacred, (XIII) 11, 13; versus observation, (VI) 95-96; as opinion, (VI) 1-2; and originality, (XIV) 149-50; and permanence, (X) 179; and prejudice, (V) 340; reason for reading, (XVI) 82; religious and psychological, (VI) 90-91; and repetition, (XIV) 138, 267; versus self-knowledge, (X) 176; and understanding life, (XI) 352; unimportance of sacred, (XVI) 23; and wisdom, (VI) 95-96. See also Authority; Conditioning; Education; Knowledge; Propaganda; Quoting; Religion; Words

Boredom: versus the creative moment, (IX) 92; and escape, (V) 251-53; escape from, (XV) 112; life as, (XIV) 115; as a major problem, (XV) 283; and the search for more, (XV) 39; and the search for the new, (XIV) 196; and sensation, (V) 263, 265; and society, (X) 95. See also Escape; Habit

Bourgeois living: and conflict, (XVI) 85 Bourgeois mind: and thought, (XVI) 167 Bourgeois society: and revolt, (XVII) 51-52. See also

Russia; Russian revolution; Society Brahmin(s): attitude toward killing, (XVII) 37;

defining, (V) 77; pleasure in being, (XVI) 98; significance of contribution, (IV) 90-91. See also Authority; Belief; Conditioning; Divisions; God; Past; Religion; Words

Brain: and the absence of conflict, (XVI) 51; and the absence of reaction, (XII) 213; as active and quiet, (XII) 213-14; aging of, (XVI) 239; as animalistic, (XV) 3; and animal origins, (XIV) 228; breaking through the dullness, (XIII) 301; and the cessation of effort, (XIII) 304-5; complexity of, (VIII) 109; and the conditioned versus the new, (XVII) 135; and conditioning, (XVI) 300; and the conditioning of fragmentation, (XII) 191-92; defining, (XIII) 11; development of, (XII) 226; evolution of, (XV) 118; and experience, (XVI) 142; freedom of, (XVII) 148; function of, (XI) 115, 167-68; (XII) 191-92, 225-26, 229, 270-71, 273, 298; (XIII) 43; (XIV) 171; (XV) 87, 136; (XVI) 197; 206; and the human as animal, (XIV) 235; and imitation, (XVI) 15, 18-19; and inertia, (XVI) 29; as lazy, (XIV) 135; as a machine, (XVII) 144-45, 146; and meditation, (XV) 87; and memory, (XII) 224; and the mind, (XI) 137, 142-43; (XIII) 241-42; (XVI) 15; and mutation, (XIV) 273; and the need for radical change, (XIV) 272, 274-75; and outward response, (XII) 225; as part of the mind, (XIV) 65, 136; and positive thinking, (XII) 213; and the process of existence, (XII) 273; quiet, (XIII) 97-98; rejuvenation of, (XVII) 145, 151; and restless inquiry, (XVII) 179; as the result of time, (XIII) 279, 294; and self-preservation, (XIII) 241; and silence, (XV) 40; and society, (XIII) 117; society’s

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influence on, (XIII) 301; as specialized, (XII) 270-71; and time, (XIII) 316; (XIV) 309; (XVI) 147; (XVII) 26-27; and total awareness, (XVII) 146-47, 148, 151; understanding the process of, (XIII) 155. See also Body; Mind

Brain and the mind: differences between, (XII) 270 Brain cells: and conditioning, (XVII) 139; and the

ending of memory, (XVII) 150-51. See also Brain Brainwashing, (XII) 125; and the conditioned mind,

(XVII) 218; and ideology, (XVII) 139. See also Conditioning; Propaganda

Britain: and Fascism, (II) 14. See also Authority; Conditioning; Nationalism; Society; War; World problems

Brotherhood, (I) 187; (II) 50-52; (V) 115; and affection, (II) 25; and contradiction, (XVI) 275; and exploitation, (II) 25; falseness as an ideal, (II) 141; and hypocrisy, (l) 173-74; as illusion, (VIII) 32; and Masters, (l) 164; meaning of, (X) 119; and nationalism, (l ) 155-58; and organized religions, (II) 51; and progress, (VII) 101-2; and religious hypocrisy, (II) 6; and Theosophy, (V) 205. See also Divisions; Equality; Exploitation; Patriotism; Religion; Tolerance

Brotherliness: and the family, (XIV) 293-94. See also Relationships; World problems

Brutality: and discipline, (V) 256-57. See also Self Buddha, (II) 48, 88; (VI) 91; and self-discipline, (IX)

66-67. See also Authority; Belief; Conditioning; Conformity; Divisions; Religion; Society; Words; World problems

Buddhism, (II) 48, 178; and negation, (XV) 257; and war, (IX) 116 ; (XVI) 81; (XVII) 3. See also Ambition; Authority; Belief; Buddha; Conditioning; Conformity; Division; Exploitation; God; Identification; Organized religion; Religion; Religious mind; Words; World problems

Buddhist, (VI) 48-49; and identity, (VI) 76. See also Authority; Belief; Conditioning; Divisions; Religions; Religious Organizations; Society

Bureaucracy: and old age, (VI) 301. See also State Bureaucrats: and role in society, (V) 142. See also

Governments; Power Businessman: as social detriment, (VI) 107 Businessmen: and occupation, (IX) 102 Business people: and exploitation, (II) 51; and

intelligent action, (II) 51; and livelihood, (V) 143. See also Professions

California, (XVII) 56; beauty of, (XVII) 85 Callousness: and the insensitive mind, (XVII) 267 Cancer: response to the word, (XVI) 105 Capability: and belief, (XVI) 257 Capacity, (VII) 274-75; achieving, (IX) 49, 50; and

awareness and concentration, (XII) 306; and death, (XII) 319; defining, (V) 254; and educational degrees, (XI) 3; emotional and intellectual, (XI) 5; and freedom from authority, (IX) 48-49; to go beyond virtue, (X) 62-63; and hindrance of experience, (IX) 50; and inquiry, (IX) 269-70; and

learning, (XI) 1-2; and passion, (XIII) 254; and the revolution of the mind, (XI) 15-16; and security, (XII) 137; and time, (XII) 200

Capellonis: See Hippies Capitalism, (II) 183; and acquisitiveness, (II) 65-66;

and communism, (XII) 278; and conditioning, (VIII) 8; and conformity, (II) 19; and desire for security, (II) 65-66; and employer-employee conflict, (XVII) 128; versus fundamental revolution, (VII) 165; and possessions, (II) 10-11. See also Authority; Background; Belief; Communism; Conditioning; Conformity; Divisions; Economics; Government; Identification; Ideology; Influences; Nationalism; Progress; Society; State; Tyranny; War; Words; World problems

Capitalism and communism: and the authority of the state, (VII) 66; and patterns, (VII) 278. See also Economics

Capitalists and communists, (V) 40, 41, 42, 66, 184 Care: defining, (XVII) 216; and the freedom to look,

(XVII) 211; looking with, (XVII) 43-44; and total attention, (XVII) 259. See also Affection; Caring; Love

Career: futility of, (X) 262. See also Work Caring: and communion, (XVI) 14-15; without

condemnation, (XIV) 125-26; and cooperation, (XIV) 123; defining, (XIV) 79; and feeling, (XIV) 289-90; listening, (XIV ) 127; and love, (XIV) 257-58; and love of children, (XV) 43; meaning of, (XIV) 123, 302; as solution, (XIV ) 18. See also Affection; Love

Caring mind: and observation, (XIV) 79. See also Caring; Mind

Casual mind: and the serious mind, (XII) 58. See also Dull mind

Catastrophe: cause of, (IV) 16 Catholic: See Authority; Belief; Conditioning;

Divisions; Religion; Society; Words; World problems

Catholicism: See Ambition; Authority; Belief; Catholic; Conditioning; Conformity; Divisions; God; Religion; Religious organizations; Saints; Tyranny; Words; World problems.

Cause: and determination, (XI) 393; of the dull mind, (XIV) 29; futility of knowing, (XVI) 278-79; as interrelated, (XI) 91; as not fixed, (XI) 364; of psychological problems, (XIV) 179; search for, (XVI) 8; and time, (XI) 192-93; of violence, (XVI) 289-92

Cause and effect, (II) 128-29; (III) 172, 173; (IV) 42-43, 50-51; (VI) 122-23; absence of, (XIV) 112; and action, (XV) 132; and contact, (XV) 31; and passion, (XIII) 251; process of, (X) 221-22; and sorrow, (XIII) 152-53; and time, (XII) 98, 100, 102; (XVI) 21; (XVII) 141; and a time interval, (XV) 122. See also Cause; Challenge; Challenge and response; Reaction; Response

Celibacy, (IV) 177. See also Chastity; Love; Sex

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Censor: and contradiction, (XV) 254; and duality, (XV) 38; as hindrance at looking at the self, (XVI) 220; and increasing conflict, (XIII) 283; and the now, (XV) 269; as observer, (XIII) 236-37; as thinker, (XIII) 90; and understanding conditioning, (XV) 181. See also Center; Observer; Thinker and the thought; Thought

Center: absence of, (XII) 102; (XIII) 44, 182; and accumulation, (XII) 199; and the accumulative process, (X) 178-79; and action, (X) 178-80; (XI) 224, 226, 318, 342-43, 346; and awareness, (XII) 147; awareness of, (XI) 346; as breeder of fear, (XIII) 135-36; as cause of conflict, (XII) 177-78; and change, (VII) 294-97; (VIII) 175-78; (IX) 26; (X) 44, 46; (XV) 335; and choice, (XVII) 53; and concentration, (XI) 119, 247; conditioned, (X) 26; and conditioning, (XII) 267-68; and conflict, (XIII) 47; and consciousness, (XI) 142; and continuity, (XVI) 243; and contradiction, (XII) 241; (XV) 251, 253; defining, (IX) 26-27; (X) 23-24; (XI) 185-86; (XII) 155, 166; (XIII) 135-36; (XV) 250-51; (XVII) 241; and desire, (VII) 40; as destructive, (XII) 87; and disorder, (XV) 219; dissipating, (XI) 135-36, 138; and distance, (XV) 262; dying to, (XII) 162; and experience, (X) 16-17, 261-62; (XIV) 299; and experiencing, (XII) 120; (XIII) 222; and fear, (XV) 219; and fragmentation, (XVI) 237-38, 239, 240; and freedom, (XIV) 297, 300; freedom from, (XV) 262; and the futility of escape, (XVI) 263; and the greed for more, (XVII) 90; as hindrance to consciousness expansion, (XVII) 38; as hindrance to inner space, (XIV) 298, 300; and hindrance of ‘me’, (VII) 305-6, 307, 308; as hindrance to seeing, (XVI) 5; as hindrance to the whole, (XVI) 237-38, 240; and ‘I’, (XIII) 136; identifying, (XI) 353; and knowledge, (X) 260-61; (XV) 146; and learning, (XIII) 131-32; as limiting, (X) 21; and listening, (XVI) 58; and loneliness, (XV) 210; looking without, (XV) 155; as ‘me’, (X) 15; meaning of, (XVII) 156; and meaningful change, (VII) 37; and memory, (XII) 198; (XIII) 103; as memory, (XVII) 149; and mental decline, (XVII) 78; as mind, (VII) 93; and moment to moment, (X) 218-19; movement toward, (XIV) 198-200, 202; need to understand, (XI) 326-27; observation from, (XII) 83-84; as the original source, (XIV) 202; as the past, (XVII) 88-89; and permanence and impermanence, (X) 178-79; and pleasure, (XV) 335; (XVII) 67; and pleasure and pain, (XV) 240; religious approach to, (XVII) 152-3, 156; and the religious mind, (XIV) 269; and resolving, (XVI) 248; and security, (XIII) 44; and self-observation, (XVI) 248; as shadow-maker, (XI) 142; and slavery, (XI) 258; and space, (XV) 126-27, 142, 204-5; (XVI) 70, 190, 192; (XVII) 41, 178-79, 186-87; and suffering, (XII) 95; as thinker, (XIII) 263; and thinking, (XV) 314-15; and thought, (X) 14-15; (XII) 222; (XIII) 43-44; and time, (XVII) 74, 75; as the totality of consciousness, (XVII)

169; and the transformation of the mind, (VII) 278; understanding, (XI) 134-36, 137, 224-26. See also Censor; Entity; ‘Me’; Object; Observer; Self; Thinker

Centerless: action, (XI) 225, 226-27. See also Center Center of action, (III) 85-87 Ceremony, (-ies), (l ) 102-3; (II) 21-22; and

contradiction, (XII) 32; as a control, (IX) 156-57; definition of, (II) 22; and divisions, (l) 160; as divisive, (VI) 340-41; and doubt, (l) 154-55; as illusion, (l) 72-73; and materialism, (II) 22-23; and spiritual life, (VI) 340-41; understanding of, (l) 64-65. See also Religion; Tradition

Certainty, (l) 69-71; and choice, (l) 69; and confusion, (VIII) 200-201; and death, (l) 69-70; desire for, (l) 177; (VIII) 43, 45-46; and doubt, (l) 70; and illusion, (l) 70-71; (VIII) 45-46; versus misery, (VII) 2; as nonexistent, (XIII) 119; origin of, (l ) 69; search for, (l ) 117; (X) 86; and suffering, (l) 128. See also Continuity; Fear; Mind; Permanence; Safety; Security; Uncertainty

Challenge: and accumulated experience, (XIII) 219-20; of achieving mutation, (XV) 207; and conditioned response, (XI) 68-69; and conflict, (V) 212; (IX) 2; (X) 25; (XIV) 133; dependence on, (XVI) 209; and experience, (XV) 128-29; (XVII) 33, 35; and inadequate response, (XVI) 208-9, 210; and individual responsibility, (V) 182-83; and learning, (XVII) 60; need for, (XV) 213-14; new, (X) 197; as new, (V) 305-6; (IX) 211; of the new, (VIII) 335; and observation, (XIII) 331-32; from the outside, (XII) 70; and the past, (XVII) 135-36; as renewal, (X) 187; and response, (V) 365; (VII) 231; (VIII) 283-84; (X) 157; and response as new, (XI) 234; and the responsive mind, (X) 149; to the self, (XIV) 159; and self-knowledge, (V) 336; and sorrow, (XVI) 142; and thinking, (IX) 190-92; (XIII) 135; (XV) 22-23; and time, (XI) 28; total approach to, (IX) 13; and understanding world problems, (XVII) 57. See also Cause and effect; Challenge and response; Reaction; Response

Challenge and response, (XVI) 208-10; and action, (XIII) 327; and conditioning, (X) 205; (XIII) 53; (XVII) 174-75; and conflict, (XIV) 136; (XVI) 10; (XVII) 74, 106; and the dependent mind, (XIII) 153; effects of, (XV) 304-5; and experience, (XII) 295, 308-9; (XIII) 5, 71; (XIV) 37, 158-59, 215, 299; (XV) 86; (XVII) 35, 155; and the interval of thought, (XIII) 291; (XIV) 292-93; life as, (XVII) 111; as life process, (IX) 108-9; (XII) 157; as limited, (XII) 68-71; and memory, (XVII) 148; to one’s state of mind, (XV) 98; and the origin of problems, (XVII) 32; and outward change, (XVI) 122; as paralyzing, (XIII) 54-55; and problems, (IX) 95; (XIV ) 176; (XV) 12, 192-93; (XVI) 74, 155; and the process of life, (XVII) 26-27; and the process of thought, (XV) 23; response to, (XII) 285; and thinking, (XII) 250; understanding, (XII) 272; and words, (XII) 275. See also Cause and effect; Challenge; Reaction; Response

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Challenge as new: and response as old, (V) 359-60 Change, (VII) 33-38, 39-42, 45-49, 51-55, 294-98,

321-22; (VIII) 111-12, 161-65, 175-78; (IX) 54-58, 96; (XI) 123-28, 271-78, 309-14; (XII) 253-57, 288-93; (XV) 132-38, 156-63, 197-202, 302-8, 333-39; (XVI) 47-51; (XVII) 9-11, 13-14; and the absence of “how”, (XVII) 197; achieving, (IX) 28-29, 57; (X) 109, 114; (XI) 19, 126, 128; (XIII) 3-4; (XVI) 170, 205, 222; achieving fundamental, (X) 10-12; achieving immediate, (XVI) 63-64; achieving in the heart and mind, (XVI) 8, 299; and action, (l) 1; (XI) 364; and adaptation, (XIV) 9; affecting the collectivist, (X) 193; approach to, (VIII) 22; (XVI) 127; and the art of listening, (XIII) 64; and attention, (XVI) 130; and authority, (VII) 51-52; (XVII) 198; avoidance of, (IX) 108; and awareness, (VII) 17-18, 19; as a bargaining process, (XV) 54-55; and caring, (XIV) 302; causes of, (XI) 149-50; and the center, (XII) 199; and the cessation of effort, (VIII) 34-38; and compulsion, (II) 22; and conflict, (XIII) 23; (XIV) 13; and conformity, (VII) 13; (XV) 3; and consciousness, (VII) 22-25; (XI) 385; (XVI) 54; creating anew, (III) 141; and the creation of problems, (VIII) 21-23; and crisis, (XVII) 194-95; and dealing with the problem, (XVII) 104-5; defining, (X) 11; (XI) 125; (XIII) 107-8, 118, 334; (XIV) 169, 172, 230; (XV) 158; desire for, (IX) 40, 225-27; (XVII) 33, 196-97; desire to avoid, (X) 99-100; and the destruction of the known, (XIII) 271-72; direction of, (VIII) 27; and the discovery of the true, (XIII) 64-65; and the dying of the mind, (X) 118; and effort, (XVII) 122; and the ending of time, (XVII) 103-4; and energy, (XVII) 144; as escape, (IX) 45; as escape from the fact, (XII) 284; examining the state of, (XVI) 263-65; and fear of radical revolution, (VII) 133; and feeling, (X) 185; and the field of the known, (XVI) 174; forms of, (IX) 25; and freedom from fear, (XVII) 9; and freedom from the psychological structure of society, (XIII) 206, 208; and fulfillment, (II) 213; fundamental, (IX) 152-55; as fundamental problem, (X) 116-18; futile attempts to, (XVI) 213; as gradual, (X) 117; and the hindrance of comparison, (XVII) 183; and the hindrance of conditioning, (XVI) 80; and hindrance of the past, (VII) 53; and the hindrance of success, (XIII) 74, 78; how to achieve, (X) 231-33; and ‘I’, (X) 44-45; and ideals, (IX) 41-43, 45; and ideas, (XIV) 236; immediate, (XVI) 201; as immediate, (XIII) 27; and the immediate or ultimate approach, (XVII) 102; through inaction, (XVI) 174; individual, (XIV) 272, 277; and the individual, (X) 13; (XI) 172; individual responsibility for, (XV) 52-54; individual and societal, (X) 155; in individual and society, (III) 152; and individual and the world, (VII) 7; and individualism, (l) 110-11; and the influence of propaganda, (XI) 271-72; and inner conflict, (VII) 23-25; inner and outward, (XI) 149-50; and knowledge, (XVII) 268; from the known to

the unknown, (VIII) 23-24; as limited, (XIV ) 188; and living things, (XII) 265-66; and looking at the fact, (XV) 66; meaning of, (XI) 310-11; (XIV ) 187-88; and mediocrity, (X) 59; and the mind, (XI) 89, 92-94; (XIV) 57-58; in the mind and social structure, (XVI) 219; as minimal through history, (XVI) 159; and modification through thought, (XVI) 166-67; as modified continuity, (V) 195-97; (VII) 322; and the ‘more’, (IX) 250-51; motives for, (X) 44; and movement, (XVI) 263-65; movement of, (X) 190-95; and the movement from what is to ‘what should be’, (XVII) 9; and mutation, (XIV) 5; and mystery, (XV) 49, 52; necessity for, (VII) 6-7; need for, (XI) 14-15, 238-40; (XV) 260, 329-32; (XVI) 152, 174; and the need for energy, (XVII) 119-20; need for instant, (XVI) 100-101; need for outward, (XVI) 242; and the new mind, (XII) 121; and observation of what is, (XVII) 82; and the observer, (XVII) 210, 276; and obsolescence, (XIV) 2-3; through organizations, (VII) 211; and the origin of thinking, (XVI) 168; outer, (XV) 302; (XVI) 243; and patterns, (VII) 7-8; (XIV ) 277; and the perception of truth, (VII) 322; through personal awakening, (III) 142; persuasion to, (XI) 309-11; physical and psychological, (XVII) 149; and pleasure and pain, (XVI) 128-29; possibilities for, (X) 44-45; possibility of, (XVII) 51; preconceived plan for, (IX) 225; problems of, (IX) 25-29; the process of, (VII) 12-13, 15; (XII) 200; and the process of the mind, (VII) 310; in the psyche, (XVII) 2; and punishment and reward, (XV) 330-31; and questioning, (XIII) 9, 11-12; rapidity of world, (XIII) 62; as reaction, (XII) 285; and the reactionary mind, (XI) 355; reasons for, (l) 18-19, 140-41; and relationships, (XVI) 43; and religion, (VIII) 167-70; and resistance, (III) 149; (VII) 181-83; resistance of the mind to, (X) 216-18; and the role of knowledge, (VIII) 154-55; and search for happiness, (IX) 44-45; without self-centered action, (X) 82; without self-interest, (X) 80; and self-knowledge, (X) 210; and society, (XV) 281; (XVI) 122; and space and the object, (XVII) 89; and spiritual advancement, (III) 71; and struggle, (VII) 30-31; superficial, (XIII) 267; (XVI) 47; and superficial revolution, (VII) 1; in technology, (XVII) 2; and the thinker and the thought as one, (X) 83; and thought, (XV) 306-7; (XVI) 220-22; in the thought process, (XVII) 138; and time, (XIV) 13, 306; (XVI) 20, 56-58, 234; (XVII) 143-44, 268-69; types of, (XII) 120-21, 285; (XV) 76, 212; understanding, (X) 13; (XI) 228-30, 335; (XII) 284-87; and understanding the pleasure principle, (XVI) 37; and what is, (XVII) 88; and will, (X) 13-14; through will, (XIII) 271-72. See also Belief; Center; Conditioning; Fear; Impermanence; Mutation; Permanence; Radical revolution; Radical transformation; Religion; Revolution; Teachers; Total revolution; Transformation; True religion

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Change and mutation: difference between, (XII) 284-86

Chaos: inward and outward, (III) 180-81; (XVII) 173; and order, (V) 221; and self-fulfillment, (VII) 1278-28; and suffering, (II) 204; and world divisions, (II) 113. See also Conflict; World problems

Character, (l) 188-89; (II) 16; (V) 198-99; and the background of authority, (XIII) 334; and clarity, (XI) 268; development of, (X) 195-96; defining, (XI) 19; as limitation, (II) 206; meaning of, (VII) 119; and resistance, (XIII) 277

Charity, (VIII) 4-5. See also Philanthropy Chastity, (V) 215, 218; and love, (V) 177; (VI) 56-57,

131 Chemicals: and emotions, (XIII) 77; and fear, (XIII)

136; and the mind, (XI) 81-82. See also Drugs Child: and authority, (XIII) 11; and conditioning,

(XIII) 272-73; explaining death to, (l) 67-68; and innocence, (XIII) 212; learning about, (XIII) 142-43; as parent, (III) 173

Children: and the ability to love, (VII) 104; and the absence of love, (IX) 267; and belief, (XVI) 257; caring about, (VIII) 38-39; and the conditioned parent, (VI) 264-65; and conditioning, (XVII) 47; conditioning of, (VII) 73-75, 238; (IX) 107-8; (X) 194; dependence on, (IX) 65; developing sensitivity in, (XVI) 139; and diet, (V) 113-14; and discipline, (X) 146-47; disciplining of, (VII) 147; divisions and effect on, (V) 105-7; educating, (III) 143; (VII) 50-51, 59-62, 63-64; and education, (X) 5; education of, (II) 230; (IV) 108; (VI) 202-3; (VII) 59-137, 319-20; ( IX) 267; (XVII) 77; and educational conformity, (XII) 296; and envy, (X) 28; explaining death to, (XII) 263; facing future life problems, (VII) 133; and the failure to educate, (V) 184; and the family, (XV) 43; and fear, (XII) 252; as followers, (VII) 78-79; freedom for, (IX) 50-51; and immortality, (IX) 157-58; influences upon, (VIII) 287-88; (IX) 155-56, 224-25; influencing, (X) 115-16; and instilling of ideas, (V) 276; love of, (VI) 202-3, 236; (IX) 271-72; (XVII) 253; loving their parents, (VII) 87, 88-89; mother’s love for, (XIV ) 307; and necessities of a healthy life, (V) 113-14; and the need to question, (VII) 75; and the need to think freely, (VII) 83; and obligation to parents, (VII) 82; and observation, (XIV) 18, 19; and the purpose of education, (VII) 157-60; as products of lovelessness, (V) 88; protecting, (VI) 236; rearing, (V) 171-74; reasons for having, (V) 171-72, 174; as reflection of parental values, (V) 106; and relationship to parents, (VII) 81-82; and the role of education, (IX) 11-12; and their role in society, (VIII) 226-27; and the significance of education, (X) 64-65; and social pressure, (III) 143; as social sacrifice, (X) 59-60; and the supple mind, (VII) 92; and teaching of war, (II) 169. See also Authority; Conditioning; Conformity; Education; Family; Images; Love; Parents; Relationships

China: See Authority; Conditioning; Divisions; Nationalism; Society; War; Words; World problems

Chinese revolution: failure of, (XVII) 167. See also Revolt; Revolution

Choice, (l) 14-15, 96, 98, 135; and action, (l) 38; and action and idea, (XVII) 15; and action as will, (XV) 198-200; between actions, (XI) 220-21; and authority, (IX) 150; and awareness, (VII) 293-94; (XV) 38; (XVII) 45; and challenge and response, (XII) 73-74; versus choiceless life, (III) 63; versus clarity, (XVII) 270; and concentration, (VII) 27; and conditioned thinking, (IV) 44; and conditioning, (VI) 227-28; and conflict, (l ) 26-27; (VI) 182, 206; (XVI) 9; conflict of, (III) 170; and conflict of opposites, (l) 34; and the confused mind, (VII) 165-66; (XVII) 240; and confusion, (IX) 246, 267; (XVII) 53; and desire, (VIII) 199-200; and discernment, (III) 77; and effort, (l) 8-9; and evolution, (l) 8; versus fact, (XIII) 34; and freedom, (XVII) 17; freedom from, (l) 14; (VIII) 204, 206; futility of, (l) 10; between good and bad, (VIII) 309-11; as hindrance, (VIII) 108-9; as hindrance to awareness, (XVII) 83; and incompleteness, (l) 3-4; individual, (III) 62-63; and intelligence, (VII) 189-90; as life process, (VII) 241-42; as limitation, (l) 14, 50; and meditation, (l) 26-27; (V) 208; negates freedom, (X) 90; and opposing desires, (IV) 11; and opposites, (l) 9; (III) 65-66; (XI) 164-65; and the petty mind, (VII) 216-17; and progress, (l) 189-90; and search, (VIII) 241; and the self, (IV) 179-80; and self-contradictory actions, (XI) 162-65; and suffering, (l) 28-29; and thought, (V) 261-63; and time, (XII) 158; between the true and false, (III) 90-91; as unnecessary, (XVI) 7; and violence, (XVI) 289, 291, 296. See also Ambition; Awareness; Choiceless awareness; Conditioning; Contradiction

Choiceless attention: and abolishing conditioning, (XIII) 274; and awareness, (XIII) 201; and conditioning, (XIII) 188; and contradiction, (XIII) 72; and dreams, (XIII) 193-94; and humility, (XIII) 268; and meditation, (XIII) 264, 323, 324; as negative approach, (XIII) 226; and observation, (XIII) 322, 324. See also Attention; Total awareness

Choiceless awareness, (IV) 23-24, 66; and the absence of effort, (XV) 61; and achieving mutation, (XVII) 117-18; and cessation of sorrow, (XI) 223; and change, (XVII) 88; and communion, (XVII) 219; without comparison, (XV) 85; and facing conflict, (XII) 241; and the free mind, (XII) 204; and hate, (III) 118; and image, (XV) 200-202; and learning, (XIV) 244; (XVII) 60; and living and dying as one, (XVII) 277; and the ‘me’, (VII) 307-8; meaning of, (XVII) 45-46; and meditation, (XV) 38, 40; (XVII) 150, 240; and observation, (XIV) 111; and passion, (XIV) 117; and perception, (XI) 339, 341; and the quiet brain, (XII) 325; and the quiet mind, (VII) 297; and the real, (IV) 44; and self-

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knowledge, (XVII) 75; and the spontaneous mind, (XIV) 59; and the state of knowing, (XI) 300; as a state of mind, (XVII) 220-21; and understanding, (VII) 195; and the understanding mind, (VIII) 54. See also Attention; Awareness; Choice; Truth

Choiceless life: achieving, (III) 75-76 Choiceless observation: and habit, (XIII) 243-44. See

also Observation Choiceless passivity: See Silent awareness Choosing: questioning the need for, (XVI) 84. See also

Choiceless awareness Christ, (II) 48, 88; (VI) 23-24, 91; and the hindrance

of authority, (XII) 180; and search for miracles, (II) 20; and truth, (IX) 67. See also Authority; Belief; Christianity; Conditioning; Divisions; God; Jesus; Religion; Words

Christian, (VI) 48-49. See also Authority; Belief; Christ; Conditioning; Divisions; God; Religion; Religious organizations; Sect

Christianity, (II) 5, 66; and the belief in damnation, (X) 202; and brotherhood, (II) 6; and conditioning, (X) 22; (XIII) 204; (XIV) 156, 221; as ideal, (II) 178-80; and prejudice, (II) 2-3; and religious distinctions, (II) 189; rites of, (II) 12; and search for truth, (II) 27; and sorrow, (XIII) 172; and suffering, (XII) 211. See also Ambition; Authority; Background; Belief; Conditioning; Conformity; Divisions; Exploitation; God; Identification; Organized religion; Religion; Religious mind; Society; Visions; Words; World problems

Christian tradition: awareness of, (IX) 5 Chronological time, (XII) 221, 272; and change, (XI)

125-26; defining, (XIII) 102; and the mind, (XIV) 209; as necessary, (XV) 75; (XVI) 20; as the only time, (XIII) 24-25; (XIV) 253-54; (XVI) 238; as outward, (XII) 159; and psychological time, (XIII) 258. See also Psychological time; Time; Timeless; Timelessness

Church: and conditioning, (XIV) 190; and religion, (IX) 9-10; tyranny of, (X) 77. See also Religion

Circumstances: and dealing with problems, (XVII) 95-96, 97

Cities: lack of space in, (XVII) 241; and the loss of natural beauty, (XVII) 207

Citizen: versus the individual, (V) 314. See also Government; State

Civic consciousness: and society, (XV) 53 Civilization: and “backward” societies, (III) 219;

breakdown of, (VIII) 259-60; as the collective will, (VIII) 262; and conditioning, (XI) 379; defining, (VIII) 300-301; and disintegration, (VIII) 268; and increasing complexity, (X) 195; and loss of feeling, (l) 169; as movement, (l) 178; and the narrowing of freedom, (XI) 376; and outer change, (XVI) 49; and reform, (VIII) 251-52; and the resolution of problems, (XIV) 252; and thought, (VIII) 315; and ‘what should be’, (XVII) 101. See also Background; Conditioning; Culture; Governments; Problems; Society; World problems

Civilizations: and their approach to life and death, (XV) 283. See also Culture; Society

Civilized: and primitive, (XIII) 190 Civilized behavior: as motiveless, (XI) 377 Civilizing effects: and ideologies, (XVI) 159. See also

Civilization Clarification: versus confusion, (X) 66; and freedom,

(IX) 237 Clarity, (XI) 177-79, 182-83; (XVI) 7-13; and the

absence of authority, (XIV) 246; and the absence of choice, (XVI) 9; achieving, (IX) 29; (X) 152-53; (XVI) 9, 207; (XVII) 21; achieving through awareness, (XV) 242-44; and achieving freedom, (XVI) 131; and action, (XIV ) 229; (XVI) 31; versus authority, (XVII) 174; and character, (XI) 268; and communion, (XIV) 226, 229; and conditioning, (XVII) 17; versus the confused mind, (XVII) 101; versus confusion, (XI) 51-52; and darkness, (XVI) 83; defining, (XIV ) 108; desire for, (III) 121; and discovery of the truth, (IX) 195; and ending the problem, (XVII) 99; and the fact, (XIII) 34; and fear, (XI) 349; versus following, (XVII) 165; and freedom from fear, (XIV) 229-30; and the free mind, (XV) 256; and the futility of dialogue, (XVI) 257, 258; versus the gradual process, (XVII) 20; and the hindrance of conflict, (XVI) 94; and the hindrance of confusion, (XVI) 115; and inner and outer awareness, (XV) 242-43; and inquiry into pleasure, (XVI) 215; listening with, (XVII) 64; and living without formulas, (XIV) 147; and meditation, (XVII) 124; meeting the challenge of, (XVI) 209; and the mind, (XIV) 29; and the movement of knowing, (XI) 300; need for, (XI) 259, 278-79, 281; (XVI) 7; and the negative mind, (XV) 257; and the new mind, (XVI) 19; and observation, (XVI) 197; through observation, (XIV) 143; and order, (XV) 172; and the quiet brain, (XVI) 17; and the quiet mind, (XVII) 58; and self-awareness, (IV) 1; and self-knowledge, (V) 225; and sensitivity, (XVII) 77; and space, (XIV) 112; state of, (XVI) 174; and thought, (XVI) 167; understanding, (XI) 201-6; and understanding action, (XVII) 19; and understanding the unconscious, (XVI) 10; and virtue, (XVII) 34; and what is, (XIV ) 106-7. See also Clear mind; Confusion

Class, (II) 10-11; and acquisitiveness, (II) 154; and brotherhood, (l) 157; and conflict, (l) 193; and human conditioning, (II) 149; and imperialism, (II) 223; and manual labor, (VIII) 133; and nationalism, (l ) 157-58; (II) 223; and religion, (l) 182-84; and social status, (VIII) 271; solutions to, (II) 222; and status, (XII) 271; and status quo, (II) 213. See also Class-consciousness; Conflict; Possessions; Poverty

Class and acquisitiveness: as the highest values, (IV) 98-99

Class-consciousness, (II) 44; and harmony, (II) 37; and social chaos, (III) 40-41; and society, (II) 6

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Classless society: defining, (VIII) 270-71; failure to achieve, (XI) 335. See also Culture; Equality; World problems

Class struggle, (IX) 193, 196 Cleanliness: need for, (XVI) 24 Clear mind: and the absence of choice, (XVI) 297;

(XVII) 54; and the absence of conflict, (XIV) 9, 10, 82; (XVI) 94; and the absence of fear, (XIV) 3; and the absence of seeking, (XVI) 247; achieving, (XIV) 88; and austerity, (XVII) 238-39; and coming to death, (XIV) 257; versus confusion, (XVI) 260; difficulty of achieving, (XVI) 296; and discipline, (XIV ) 146; and discovery of the true, (XIV) 9; and drugs, (XIV) 260; and ending contradiction, (XVII) 233; and the hindrance of conflict, (XVI) 112; and inaction, (XVI) 174-75; and inquiry into love, (XV) 228; and meditation, (XVII) 240; need for, (XI) 378; and negation, (XIV) 108; and understanding authority, (XII) 297. See also Clarity; Dull mind; Free mind; Fresh mind; Mind; New mind; Quiet mind

Cleavage: See Divisions Clergy: and social symptoms, (II) 38. See also Master;

Priest; Religion Coercion: and learning, (XI) 1. See also Influences;

Propaganda Collective, (IX) 255; and awareness of the mind, (XII)

280; and belief, (X) 54-55; and death, (XII) 163; defining, (VI) 296; (IX) 125; disassociation from, (XIII) 64; and the family, (VI) 139; function of, (XIII) 62; growth of, (X) 79-80; and the individual, (II) 65; (III) 226; (IX) 125-28, 207, 243-45, 274; (X) 38-39; (XIV) 41, 272, 277; versus the individual, (V) 279; versus individual action, (X) 204; and individual awakening, (II) 195-96; versus individual freedom, (IX) 13-14; and individual sorrow, (XIII) 308; versus individual thought, (X) 176; and the mind, (IX) 211; process of, (IX) 126; and religion, (X) 217-18; role of, (XIII) 1-2; and society, (XIV ) 252; transformation through the individual, (IX) 14. See also Collective and the individual; Conditioning; Conformity; Individual; Mass; Society

Collective action: and authoritarianism, (V) 277; and belief, (V) 238; without collective thinking, (VII) 175-76, 229-30; and compulsion, (VI) 279; and conditioning, (XIII) 62; and the individual, (II) 46, 217-18, 222; (XII) 253; and individual regeneration, (V) 39; meaning of, (VII) 168-69, 284. See also Action; Authority; Individual; Mass action; State

Collective and the individual, (XIV) 41, 272, 277; and conflict, (XIV) 48; as one, (XIV) 56. See also Individual; Society

Collective belief: as destructive, (IX) 265 Collective consciousness: altering, (XII) 269 Collective cooperation: achieving of, (II) 159 Collective man: as fiction, (VI) 131 Collective memory: and prayer, (VI) 119. See also

Mass

Collective mind: as hindrance to revolution, (XIII) 61-62; as the individual mind, (XI) 21; and self-knowing, (XIII) 59; and the unconscious, (XII) 253. See also Individual; Mind; Society

Collective response: as valueless, (X) 176-77 Collective thinking, (XII) 162-63; as collective action,

(VII) 168-69; as conditioned, (VII) 175-76; and conformity, (VII) 284-85; and cruelty, (VII) 229. See also Authority; Individual; State

Collective thought: and the denial of the individual, (XI) 295-96. See also Mass; Society

Collective unconscious: and viewing the whole, (XV) 189. See also Unconscious

Collective will: and civilization, (VIII) 271-72; freedom from, (VIII) 255-56; and the limitation of tradition, (VIII) 300-301. See also Conditioning; Individual

Collective work: and individual fulfillment, (II) 177 Collective worship: and regimentation of thought, (IV)

75-76. See also Conformity Comfort: and acceptance of influences, (XIII) 300; as

hindrance to truth, (V) 28; versus love, (XVII) 212; and need for authority, (VII) 65; (X) 48; as a pacifier, (II) 161-62; and prayer, (XIII) 95; and religion, (XIII) 333; search for, (XVII) 54, 64; and security, (XIV) 81; seeking, (XII) 209-10. See also Conformity; Permanency; Religion; Security; Seeking; Suffering

Commitment, (XI) 323-25, 328; awareness of, (XI) 346; and belief, (XVI) 275; and belonging, (XIII) 94; and conflict, (XVI) 280; and confusion, (XVI) 247, 275, 277; denial of, (XVI) 80, 233; desire for, (XII) 33-34; and the desire to belong, (XI) 323-24; (XII) 66; as escape, (XIV ) 115-16; and fear of change, (XVII) 5; freedom from, (XVII) 18, 217; versus generosity, (XIII) 151; and heart and mind, (XV) 6; as hindrance, (XI) 165; as hindrance to change, (XVI) 222; as hindrance to clarity, (XVII) 17-18; as hindrance to exploration, (XVII) 50; as hindrance to freedom, (XI) 215-18; as hindrance to observation, (XII) 83; and identity, (XIV ) 131; and inertia, (XVI) 28; to inquiry, (XVII) 215; and meditation, (XIII) 94, 96; and the need to belong, (XII) 38; and neurosis, (XIII) 337; and pleasure, (XV) 70, 311; versus questioning, (XIII) 2-3, 5; reasons for, (XI) 371-72; rejection of, (XV) 95; and security, (XI) 343; (XII) 133-35; and self-forgetfulness, (XII) 110; to seriousness, (XVII) 217; to understanding love, (XVII) 217. See also Belief; Belonging; Conformity; Fear; Identification; Ideology; Naming; Nationalism

Committed mind: See Dull mind Common man: concern for, (V) 84-85. See also

Individual Common Market: See Authority; Conditioning;

Nationalism; Society; War; Words; World problems

Communal dissensions: causes of, (V) 1-4 Communalism: and conflict, (V) 2-4; and effect on

children, (V) 106-7. See also Divisions; Separatism

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Commune: defining, (XIV) 225-26. See also Communication; Communion

Communication, (VIII) 175; (XI) 101-2; (XIV) 280-85; approach to, (XI) 226; and the barrier of words, (XI) 63; and communion, (XVI) 14; versus communion, (XIV) 280-81; (XV) 163; without comparing, (XIV) 84; without conclusions, (X) 169-70; conditions for, (XIV) 42; and contact, (XVII) 120; defining, (XIV) 180, 182, 281, 282-83; difficulty of, (IX) 8-9; (XIII) 31; (XIV) 127-28, 283; (XV) 55, 298; (XVII) 1; establishing, (XVI) 125; and experience, (V) 214-15; and facts, (XV) 124; and the hindrance of translation, (XVII) 194, 199; identifying, (XI) 155; importance of, (XV) 190; (XVI) 26; and intensity, (XV) 114; and labeling, (V) 311-13; and language, (VIII) 275-76; and listening, (IX) 177; (XI) 55-56; and love, (XVII) 24; meaning of, (XV) 340; (XVII) 221; and the meaning of words, (IX) 249, 252; (XIV) 15-16, 280-85; as mutual understanding, (IV) 104; problem of, (XV) 308-10; process of, (XV) 80-82; relationship, (XIII) 209; (XV) 336-37; and repetition, (VII) 246-47; and responsibility, (XVI) 41-42; and search for truth, (II) 27; and self-abandonment, (XI) 250-51; with spirits, (l) 130-31; as talk, (VII) 265; and time, (XII) 158; as a two-way process, (XV) 185-86; and the unconscious, (XI)1263; and understanding, (XI) 379-80; understanding, of, (II) 12; (V) 37-38; verbal, (V) 37-38; and words, (VII) 197-98; (X) 37, 112, 144, 146; (XI) 113-14; (XII) 86, 208, 229, 258, 301; (XIII) 281, 315; (XV) 26, 107, 171, 226; (XVI) 1, 23, 139-40; (XVII) 237, 274-75. See also Communion; Experiencing; Family; Listening; Naming; Propaganda; Religion; Symbols; Verbalization; Words

Communion: and the absence of authority, (XVI) 161; and the absence of the center, (XV) 127; and absence of fear and prejudice, (V) 78; achieving, (XI) 155; approach to, (XIV) 128; and attention, (XVII) 274-75; and awareness, (XV) 100; and clarity, (XIV) 27-28; and the commonality of problems, (XI) 239-40; and communication, (XI) 101-2; (XVI) 14; conditions for, (XV) 208, 336-37; defining, (XIV) 180-81, 281; (XV) 8, 163; (XVII) 222; difficulty of, (XV) 227; and equal intensity, (XV) 298; and family, (V) 16-18; versus ideas, (XIV) 195; and intensity, (XVI) 14-15; intensity of, (XIV) 100; and listening, (XI) 336; (XIII) 328; (XIV) 192; (XV) 114, 150; and looking without the observer, (XVI) 191; and marriage, (V) 175, 217-18; meaning of, (XI) 213-14, 333; (XIV) 185-86, 189; (XV) 309-10; and the meaning of words, (XIV) 114; and observing, (XV) 145-46; versus propaganda, (V) 227; and psychological security, (XIV) 184, 186; and self-awareness, (XI) 359-60; and sharing, (XV) 2, 62; state of, (XV) 2, 81-82; and total action, (XIV) 288; understanding, (VIII) 181-82, 184; and understanding, (XI) 322; and understanding words, (XIV) 225; and

verbalization, (VI) 305. See also Communication; Learning; Love; Relationship; Symbols

Communism, (l) 40-41; (II) 18-19, 66; (IX) 229-30; (XI) 90; and belief in impermanence, (XVII) 171; and capitalism, (XII) 278; and change, (XI) 310; and conditioning, (VIII) 8; (XVI) 156; and conformity, (II) 19; and the division of action and idea, (XV) 129; and employer-employee conflict, (XVII) 128; and the failure of utopia, (XIV) 118; versus fundamental revolution, (VII) 165; and government, (XVII) 125; influence of, (X) 104; as reaction to capitalism, (XV) 56; as religion, (XIV) 267; and revolution, (XI) 294; (XV) 4; spread of, (XI) 225; and suffering, (VI) 287-89; and thought, (XVI) 163, 167. See also Authority; Belief; Capitalism; Commitment; Communist; Conditioning; Conformity; Divisions; Economics; Government; Ideology; Influences; Nationalism; Revolution; Society; State; Tyranny; War; Words; World problems

Communist: and identification, (XVI) 34. See also Authority; Belief; Conditioning; Divisions; Nationalism; War; World problems

Communist Revolution: as fragmentary, (XIV) 274; futility of, (XVII) 51. See also Communism; Revolt; Revolution

Communists: and capitalists, (V) 40, 41, 42, 66, 184 Communist society: and repetition, (XVII) 206. See

also Communism; Society Community: defining, (VI) 117; founding, (V) 132-34;

identification with, (XVI) 34; and ideology, (XVII) 31; and truth, (VIII) 203. See also Society

Comparative thinking: defining, (VIII) 17 Comparison: absence of, (XVII) 185; and the absence

of conflict, (XIV) 11, 13; and the absence of love, (XVII) 216-17; and the accumulation of knowledge, (IX) 111, 112; and ambition, (VIII) 96; (X) 241; as authority, (VII) 125; as barrier to the new, (IX) 217; as basis for behavior, 193-94; as breeder of fear, (XIV) 193-94; versus caring, (XIV) 19; and competition, (VII) 303; comprehension of, (XII) 91; and condemnation, (VII) 208; (X) 110-11; and conflict, (X) 30; (XVII) 182-83, 230; as constant process, (IX) 95; and creation, (XII) 217; and the creation of problems, (XII) 11-13; and the desire for power, (VIII) 113-14; as destructive, (VIII) 46; and deterioration, (XIII) 31; and discipline, (VII) 303-4; discontent, (VII) 211, 212; (XII) 14; and dissatisfaction, (IX) 46; and the distracted mind, (VIII) 123; and the dull mind, (VII) 94; and dullness, (XVII) 213-14; in education, (VIII) 74, 134; and effort, (XVII) 30; and emptiness, (XV) 168; ending, (XII) 16; and envy, (VII) 109, 208; (VIII) 107; (IX) 251-52; versus facing what is, (XVII) 232-33; and fear, (VIII) 67-69; (IX) 47; and freedom, (VIII) 228, 231; freedom from, (IV) 2; and the free mind, (VIII) 264; versus the free mind, (X) 17; futility of, (X) 52-53; versus the happy mind, (VIII) 119; as hindrance, (IX) 239; as hindrance to learning, (XI)

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2-3, 161-62; (XV) 69; as hindrance to listening, (X) 91; (XVI) 3; and hindrance to perception, (IV) 8; as hindrance to understanding, (X) 34; and intelligence, (VIII) 46; and knowledge, (VII) 223; and listening, (XIII) 214; versus listening, (XI) 353; and loneliness, (XVII) 186; versus love, (VII) 94; and the mind, (VIII) 17-18, 115; (X) 265; and peace, (VIII) 130; and power, (IX) 275; and the presence of time, (IX) 197; and problems, (VIII) 100-101; and security, (VIII) 73-74; and self-knowing, (XIII) 248; and self-pity, (XIII) 83, 141; and shyness, (VIII) 98; and understanding, (VIII) 231, 253; versus understanding, (XI) 186-87; and the urge for power, (XII) 148, 149; and violence, (XVII) 257; and what is, (VIII) 169; (XII) 209; (XVII) 182-84, 185; and the word, (XII) 181. See also Ambition; Competition; Conclusion; Condemnation; Conformity; Education; Naming; Opinion; Power; Society; Suppression; Tradition; Will

Compassion, (l) 1, 92; (X) 191-95; and action, (XIII) 298; versus anger, (III) 158; and comprehending life, (XIII) 162; and compulsion, (X) 191-92; and conflict, (XIII) 260-61; versus divisions, (X) 201; and goodness, (XI) 322-23; importance of, (X) 188-89; and indifference, (X) 217; and learning, (XIII) 132; loss of, (X) 60; meaning of, (XIII) 295, 297, 298; and the new mind, (XII) 111; as not the word, (XIII) 296; and political action, (VI) 316-17; and the religious mind, (XII) 90; and the scientific mind, (XII) 90; and suffering, (l) 101; transmitting, (X) 192; and war, (X) 74. See also Love; New; Possessions

Compassionate mind: and mutation, (XIII) 300. See also Compassion; Mind

Competition, (II) 46-47; (III) 7; and ambition, (VII) 242; and anxiety, (VIII) 75-76; versus caring, (XIV) 257; and conflict, (XIII) 179-80; and co-operation, (II) 38-39; and education, (VIII) 57-58; versus efficiency, (XII) 20; and envy, (VII) 112; and exploitation, (II) 51-52; as hindrance to creativity, (VIII) 31; as hindrance to love, (XIV ) 173; as hindrance to peace, (IX) 71; and leadership, (XII) 19; and need for success, (VII) 308; and pain, (XVI) 218; and the positive approach, (XV) 256; and problems, (XII) 239, 241; and psychological security, (XIV) 185; and reaction, (XII) 36; as ruthless, (VIII) 68; and ruthlessness, (XIV) 247; and society, (IX) 126; (XI) 193; (XII) 15, 19; as time, (XII) 98; versus true education, (VII) 320; and truth, (VII) 245; viewed as necessary, (XII) 239; at work, (XIV) 206. See also Acquisitiveness, Ambition; Becoming; Comparison; Education; Fulfillment; Power; Society

Complete life, (II) 13-14. See also Fulfillment; Happiness

Completeness, (l) 15-16; (VII) 5-6; achieving, (l) 117-19; of action, (l) 84; craving for, (III) 182-83, 185; and creativity, (VIII) 272; and doubt, (l) 160;

futility of pursuit, (VII) 5; and self-discipline, (l) 35-36; and understanding, (l) 76-78 See also Action; Choice; Incompleteness; Totality; Whole; Wholeness

Completeness and incompleteness, (II) 75-78 Complexity: of external life, (V) 245-46; and the mind,

(VIII) 109-10; and the sannyasi, (VIII) 106; and simplicity, (IV) 73-74; (IX) 152; versus simplicity, (X) 259; and struggle, (VIII) 94; and understanding, (V) 85. See also Problems; Silent mind; Simplicity; Society

Composing: and contradiction, (XV) 306. See also Art(s); Creative

Comprehension: versus accumulation, (XI) 109; barriers to, (XI) 177-78; and the futility of explanation, (XI) 190; inner and outer, (XII) 95; moment to moment, (XI) 181-82; and the new mind, (XII) 57; and truth, (XIII) 14-15. See also Awareness; Listening; Understanding

Comprehensive action: and world peace, (XI) 371-72. See also Total action

Compromise, (l) 31; and conflict, (III) 92-93 Compulsion, (II) 79, 169-70, 228; and action, (II) 102;

and adult authority, (VII) 105; and change, (VIII) 22; (X) 135, 185, 232-33; (XI) 172-73, 273; and the conforming mind, (X) 100-101; and contradiction, (VIII) 266; and cooperation, (V) 278; and education, (VIII) 76-77; and environment, (II) 72-73; and experience, (II) 211-12; as hindrance, (X) 192-93; as hindrance to change, (XVI) 48; as hindrance to freedom, (VII) 160-61; and incompleteness, (II) 75-78; versus meditation, (XIV) 263; and the new mind, (VIII) 167; and occupation, (IX) 81; and power, (V) 45-46; and psychological change, (IV) 17; and resistance, (V) 257-60; and simplicity, (V) 246-47; and superficial change, (X) 232; voluntary action, (II) 228; and working together, (XI) 308, 311. See also Authority; Competition; Conflict; Conformity; Confusion; Contradiction; Discipline; Effort; Intelligence; Morality; Resistance; Tradition

Computer(s): function of, (XIV) 86; and human activity, (XVI) 8; and the human mind, (XII) 230; and knowledge, (XV) 51; and leisure, (XVI) 9, 122; as mechanical, (XII) 106; and mechanical knowledge, (XVI) 20; and mechanical learning, (XIV) 73-74; and mechanical thinking, (XIII) 77; and mechanistic human activity, (XIV) 57; and memory, (XV) 224; and the mind, (XI) 2; and the process of thought, (XII) 103-4; as rulers, (XVII) 125; takeover of, (XVII) 143. See also Electronic brain; Machines; Mechanical knowledge; Mind; Science; Technology

Concentration, (III) 200-201; (IV) 90, 181; (V) 7-8; (VI) 244-45; (VII) 26-27; (VIII) 156-57; (XII) 305-6, 312; as achievement, (IX) 74; and aloneness, (XI) 211; analyzing, (V) 81-82, 266; and attention, (XIII) 264; (XVI) 143, 161; versus attention, (VIII) 312-13; (IX) 197; (X) 140, 175; (XI) 353; (XII) 44; (XIV) 62; (XVII) 164; and

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conflict, (XIII) 337; (XVII) 259-60; without conflict, (XIII) 155; and control, (XV) 238; and creative interest, (III) 239-40; defining, (V) 135; (IX) 79; (XI) 7; (XVII) 45; describing, (XII) 215; as destructive, (XI) 37-38; and distraction, (XIII) 20; (XIV) 201-2; and division in consciousness, (III) 67; and duality, (XII) 102; and effort, (XIV) 262; and exclusion, (XIII) 175; (XIV) 111; as exclusion, (V) 208-210; (VII) 231-32; (XV) 174-75; (XVI) 185, 264; (XVII) 82-83, 240; and exclusion and nonexclusion, (XV) 278; exclusive or inclusive, (V) 91-92; as an exclusive process, (XIII) 20; forms of, (XIII) 264; freedom from, (XIV) 301; as hindrance to attention, (XIII) 201; as hindrance to meditation, (IX) 213, 280; and interest, (VIII) 80-81, 120; limitation of, (XV) 170-71; as limited, (XI) 119-20, 163-65; (XVII) 39; limitless, (XII) 312; versus listening, (XI) 56; and meditation, (III) 179-80; (V) 268, 361; (VI) 6-7, 174-75, 211-12, 327-28, 367; (XI) 245-47, 282; (XIII) 154-55, 195; (XVII) 81, 124, 179; versus meditation, (IV) 49, 53-54; (VII) 247; (X) 105, 160-61, 227-28; (XIV) 300-301; (XV) 37; and the observer and the observed, (XVI) 184-85; and the particular, (V) 166-67; process of, (V) 163-66; (XII) 264, 269; and the process of exclusion, (XII) 143; and resistance, (VI) 25-26; (XV) 59, 321; and silence, (XIV) 217; understanding, (XI) 198-200; (XII) 167; (XIV) 159-60; and understanding, (IV) 147; and will, (III) 174-75. See also Attention; Distraction; Listening; Meditation

Concept(s): versus fact, (XV) 10; as hindrance to observation, (XVII) 4-5; as hindrance to the true, (XVII) 84; and image, (XV) 193-94. See Belief; Idea(s); Ideal(s); Ideology; Patterns

Conceptual: defining, (XVII) 209; and truth, (XI) 9. See also Concept(s); Ideals; Ideas; Words

Conclusion(s): and conditioning, (VIII) 267; versus creativity, (X) 122; and the dead mind, (XIII) 120; and experience, (X) 22-24; and fear, (XII) 39; versus freedom, (IX) 237; and the free mind, (VIII) 263-64; as hindrance, (XII) 45, 270; as hindrance to communication, (X) 169-70; as hindrance to enquiry, (XVII) 68-69; as hindrance to listening, (XV) 252; as hindrance to observation, (XII) 113; as hindrance to sharing, (XI) 195-96; as hindrance to thought, (X) 121, 123, 206; (XI) 314; and ideas, (XI) 203; versus inquiry, (IX) 181-82, 185; and the intellect, (XI) 217; and learning, (X) 233-34; versus learning, (XI) 60-61, 113; versus negative thinking, (XI) 91; and problem, (VIII) 284; as repetition, (X) 166; and thinking, (XI) 2, 389, 390-91; versus understanding, (XI) 64. See also Belief; Comparison; Concepts; Conditioning; Conformity; Experience; Ideas; Knowledge; Opinion; Tradition

Condemnation, (VII) 298-99; achieving freedom from, (IX) 95; and action, (XII) 5-6; and attention, (IX) 276-77; and awareness, (V) 254; (IX) 30-31; versus awareness, (XIII) 34; cessation of, (XII)

228; and change, (IX) 154; and conditioning, (X) 215; and duality, (VIII) 195-96, 197-98; and emptiness, (X) 94; and envy, (IX) 99; (X) 28-29, 91, 265, 268; as escape, (V) 170; as escape from fact, (XII) 46; and evaluation, (VIII) 338-39; freedom from, (IX) 227; freedom from thought, (IX) 72; and the free mind, (IX) 4; as hindrance, (VIII) 230-31; (IX) 72; as hindrance to awareness, (IX) 70, 120; as hindrance to clarity, (XVII) 99; as hindrance to learning, (XIV) 172; as hindrance to life, (VIII) 118-19; as hindrance to looking, (XVII) 239; as hindrance to seeing, (XII) 61; as hindrance to self-knowledge, (V) 335, 338; (X) 33-34; (XI) 186; (XIII) 193; as hindrance to understanding, (V) 155, 303-4; (X) 110-11, 139; (XII) 65, 242; (XIII) 200; (XV) 276-77; (XVII) 225; as identification, (IV) 143; and jealousy, (VIII) 110; and labeling, (V) 311-13; (IX) 23; looking without, (XVI) 6; (XVII) 259; looking at the self without, (XIV) 241-42; and observation, (XIV) 17-18; and the observer and the observed, (V) 364; and problems, (VII) 243-44; as reaction, (XIII) 260; versus sensitivity, (VII) 271-72; and the stupid mind, (VIII) 149-50; and thought, (XIII) 48; understanding, (XIII) 30; and understanding, (X) 13; versus understanding, (V) 188-89; and the word, (XIII) 103-4. See also Ambition; Awareness; Comparison; Conclusion; Conflict; Interpretation; Naming

Conditioned knowledge: as hindrance to reality, (IV) 81

Conditioned mind, (VII) 73-75, 148-51; (X) 215; and adjustment to society, (XVI) 94; versus the alert mind, (X) 161-62; awareness of, (IV) 58; (XVII) 229; and belief, (VII) 257-59; beyond, (IX) 222; and change, (VIII) 176-77; (IX) 54-57; and collective thinking, (VII) 168-69; conscious and unconscious, (X) 151-52; and contradiction, (VIII) 267-68; and destruction, (XIII) 324; and division, (VII) 48; and fact, (XII) 316; freedom from, (X) 19-20; and the free mind, (XIII) 281; and God, (V) 4-5; as hindrance to capacity, (IX) 49; as hindrance to freedom, (X) 108-9; and illusion, (VII) 270; and inherited patterns, (IX) 98; and knowledge of God, (IX) 113; and the new, (XVII) 96-97; as the past, (XIII) 36; and problems, (VII) 175; and problem solving, (IX) 13-14; and radical transformation, (VII) 181-83; and recognition, (IX) 66; versus religion, (X) 107-9; and the search for answers, (XIII) 221; as shackled, (X) 165-66; and society, (VIII) 301-2; understanding, (VII) 180; and understanding the new, (V) 118; and understanding the true, (XIII) 273-74; and visions, (XIII) 322. See also Action; Conditioning; Conformity; Divisions; Dull mind; Memory; Mind; New; Quiet mind

Conditioned response: and belief, (V) 187; and experience, (V) 233; and the idea, (V) 206. See also Conformity; Divisions; Environment

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Conditioning, (III) 107, 189, 228-29; (VI) 75-76; (VII) 266-67; and the ability to think, (VIII) 15; and the absence of time, (XIV) 306; and acceptance, (XVII) 39; and the acceptance of fear, (XV) 159; and acceptance of the gradual, (XVI) 227; acceptance and rejection of, (IX) 5; achieving freedom from, (X) 26; (XI) 51, 53, 72-73; and action, (XVI) 173-74; (XVII) 16; and the active brain, (XIII) 117-18; and ambition, (XIII) 261; and the animalistic brain, (XVI) 197; versus anonymity, (XII) 90; and approach to problems, (XI) 15-16; and authority, (VII) 53, 301-2; (XIII) 11; (XIV) 86; (XVII) 97; and awareness, (IV) 60; (IX) 36, 144-45, 162-64, 165; (XVII) 98, 107, 218; awareness of, (XIII) 8, 188, 234; (XV) 100, 228; (XVI) 174; and background, (XIII) 5-7; as bad or good, (IX) 107-8; (X) 104; as barrier to thought, (IX) 198; and the basic problem of existence, (X) 122, 124; and becoming, (VII) 198-99; and being something, (IX) 71; and belief, (VII) 49; (VIII) 234; (IX) 228, 266; (X) 26, 102; (XVI) 137, 255; and belief and disbelief, (XIII) 29; and belief in God, (X) 66-67; (XII) 84; from birth, (XVI) 111; and books, (VIII) 269; and the brain, (XVI) 185, 300; of the brain, (XII) 191-92; breaking through, (XVII) 171-72, 173; and the center, (XII) 267-68; and certainty, (VI) 244; cessation of, (VIII) 95; (IX) 112; and challenge, (XI) 28; and challenge and response, (XII) 75; (XIV ) 37; (XVII) 148; and change, (VIII) 111-12, 162; (IX) 56-57; (X) 11-12; (XI) 310, 312; (XIV) 190; (XVII) 9; and children, (XIII) 272-73; of children, (VII) 78-79; (VIII) 287-88; (IX) 155-56; (X) 146-47; of children in society, (VIII) 287-88; and choice, (VII) 166; and collective, (IX) 125-28, 211; (X) 31-32, 54-55, 177-78; and the collective and the individual, (XIII) 62; (XIV) 56; and collective thinking, (VII) 229-30; and communication, (VIII) 275-76; and comparison, (XV) 168; (XVII) 182-83, 214; and the concept of God, (XVI) 113; and condemnation, (XIII) 30; and conflict, (XIII) 49-50; (XVI) 133; and the conscious and unconscious, (XII) 124-25; (XIII) 166-67; and consciousness, (IX) 141; (XIII) 111; (XVI) 143, 148, 189; and contradiction, (XIII) 51; and the contradictory answer, (XVII) 135; and control, (IX) 106; (XIV) 110; and the creation of problems, (IX) 253; and creed, (XI) 224-25; and crisis, (XIV) 156; and culture, (XVII) 12; defining, (VIII) 261; (IX) 100-101; (XII) 263-64; denial of, (XIII) 91; and the desire for permanence, (X) 7-8; and the desire to be free, (XIII) 326; and destruction, (IV) 28; and dictatorship, (XI) 57-58; and direct perception, (XI) 203-4; and discipline, (V) 258-59; (XIII) 321; (XIV) 4; and discovery, (XI) 190; and discussion, (XII) 2; and disorder, (XVII) 227-28; and division(s), (V) 152-53; (IX) 39, 194; (XVII) 279-

80; and the division between action and ideology, (XVII) 140; doing away with, (XVI) 234; and dreams, (IX) 123-24; (X) 150-52; in East and West, (IX) 121, 259-60; and education, (VIII) 146-47; and effect of experience, (IV) 31; and effort, (XI) 230; (XVII) 70; end of, (VIII) 52; and energy, (XVI) 165; enjoyment of, (IX) 164; and enslavement, (XII) 6; enslavement to, (XI) 323; and environment, (V) 161; (VI) 2; (X) 221-22; (XI) 255-56; and experience, (X) 22, 24; (XI) 11, 208, 222, 269, 305; (XII) 224; (XIII) 122-23, 159; (XIV) 215, 261; (XV) 39, 243-44; (XVII) 175; and experiencing the truth, (VII) 179-80; and facing the fact, (XIII) 34, 36; (XIV ) 294; factors of, (X) 37-38; and fear, (III) 245; and fear of the word, (XVI) 104, 107; and followers, (XVII) 165; and fragmentation, (XVI) 238; and freedom, (XI) 377-78; (XIII) 238; (XV) 205-6; (XVII) 5, 19, 166, 217-18, 263, 270; freedom from, (VII) 257-59; (VIII) 217-19; (IX) 78-80, 87-88, 227, 258; 22, 24, 37-39, 71, 157-58; (XI) 50-51, 59-60, 187-88, 248; (XV) 304; (XVI) 126-27; and freedom from the past, (XII) 144; versus the free individual, (X) 39; and the free mind, (VIII) 264-65, 291-93; (IX) 1-5, 80; (X) 18, 130; and the futility of escape, (XVII) 14; futility of solutions, (VII) 141-42; and God, (XV) 41; and habits, (XI) 134; (XVI) 57; as hindrance, (VI) 145; as hindrance to change, (XI) 312; (XVII) 100-104; as hindrance to discovery, (X) 170-71, 173; as hindrance to examination, (XVII) 233; as hindrance to freedom, (XVII) 278; as hindrance to investigation, (XVI) 79-80; as hindrance to living, (VIII) 341; as hindrance to living in the present, (XIV) 254; as hindrance to the new mind, (XIV) 15; as hindrance to revolution, (XVI) 298; as hindrance to sensitivity, (XIV) 5; as hindrance to understanding, (VII) 195; (X) 86, 198-99; (XIII) 165; of human beings, (XVII) 169; and identification, (V) 3; and illusion, (XII) 205; and images, (XIV) 108; immediate breakdown of, (XVII) 56; and the individual, (VIII) 204; (IX) 244; (X) 90; (XI) 181; (XVI) 48-49; and influence(s), (XII) 139, 236-37; (XIII) 226; influence of, (XIV) 190; and the influence of symbols, (X) 115; and the influence on children, (IX) 107-8; versus inquiry, (X) 242; and the interpretation of thought, (XVII) 136; versus investigation, (XIII) 100; and knowledge, (VIII) 179, 214-15; and the known, (XI) 386; and learning, (IX) 172-73; as limitation, (VIII) 36, 142-43; and the limited mind, (VIII) 2-4; and listening, (VIII) 216, 247, 298; (XIII) 214; and living in the present, (XIV) 295; and loss of enthusiasm, (III) 69-70; and the loss of freedom, (XII) 281; and meaning, (VIII) 64; and the mediocre mind, (VII) 219-21; and meditation, (VIII) 239; (XII) 42; (XIII) 94, 152, 192, 263; (XIV) 35; (XVI) 29; and memory, (IX) 190-92; (XV) 224; and method, (X) 213-14; and the mind, (VI) 108-10; (VII) 317; (IX) 5-6, 215-18; (X) 78,

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142-43; (XI) 168-69, 233, 337-38, 340; (XII) 145; (XVII) 33; mind free from, (XVI) 38; and the mind of man, 98-101; on national levels, (X) 103-4; and need for illusion, (VII) 270; versus the need to inquire, (XVI) 229; versus the new, (XI) 35-36; (XIV) 8; versus the new society, (VIII) 302; and observation, (XVI) 162; and the observer, (XVI) 136-37; as obstruction, (VIII) 216-18; and old response, (V) 183; and organized religion, (XII) 78; and the past, (X) 205; as the past, (XIII) 317; and past experience, (XI) 281; and patterns, (VII) 279; (XVII) 178; and peace, (XVI) 126-27; perceiving, (XII) 145-47; and the petty mind, (VII) 203, 216; and positive thinking, (XI) 90, 92; and the possibility for change, (XVI) 127; and the possibility for rebirth, (XVI) 242; and the problem of existence, (X) 48-50; and problems, (VI) 332-33; (IX) 199-200; (X) 121-24, 197; and problems of existence, (VIII) 146-49; in problem solving, (VIII) 50-51; and the process of thinking, (X) 50-51; and propaganda, (XVII) 17, 109-10; and the purpose of life, (V) 20-21; and reaction, (XIII) 142; and reality, (VII) 44-45; and recognition, (VII) 209-10; (XI) 246; and reform, (V) 195, 197; and reincarnation, (XVII) 149; and relationships, (XVI) 203; and religion, (VIII) 229-30; (X) 202; (XI) 357; (XIII) 86-87, 333; (XIV) 221; and religion and the state, (XVI) 156; religious, (XIII) 208; versus the religious, (IX) 51; and religious experience, (IX) 102; and religious freedom, (IX) 33-36; and religious leaders, (XI) 358, 360; and the religious man, (XI) 49, 51; and response, (V) 358-60; (X) 145-46; (XII) 72-73; (XIV ) 22-23, 136-37; (XVI) 10, 89, 209; and the response to challenge, (XIII) 287; and response to problems, (XVII) 160; and revolution, (VII) 222-23; and right action, (X) 221; and right or wrong, (VII) 292; as the root of fear, (XII) 144; and search, (IX) 180-82; (XVI) 111; and the search for truth, (VIII) 249; and security, (IX) 182; and seeing the fact, (XIII) 178; and seeing what is, (XIII) 200; and the self, (IX) 130; (X) 34; (XIII) 246; and self-discovery, (IX) 281-83; and the shaping of the mind, (X) 2-3; and sleep, (IX) 60-61; and society, (IX) 83-85, 250, 282-83; (XIII) 225; (XV) 56; (XVI) 83-84, 112; (XVII) 169, 268; by society, (XIV) 79, 126; and survival within patterns, (XVII) 179; and systems, (IX) 232; and the thinker, (XIII) 91; and thinking, (IX) 11; (XI) 129; (XIII) 233; and thought, (VIII) 236; (X) 113-14, 250-51; (XI) 34, 41-43; (XIII) 172; (XIV) 107, 110; and time, (XI) 169; (XII) 100-102, 159-60, 206-7; (XIV) 209; (XV) 109; and the total mind, (VIII) 265-66; and truth, (V) 352; (VII) 115; and the unconscious, (VII) 196; understanding, (VII) 255; (IX) 135-38; (X) 25; (XIV) 185; and understanding, (XI) 187; and violence, (XVI) 289, 291, 292; and visions, (XII) 167; (XVII) 241-42; and war propaganda, (IV) 191-92; and words, (XII) 4, 302; (XIII) 215; (XIV) 7-8, 40; (XVI) 24. See also Awareness;

Conformity; Experience; Freedom; Memory; Mind; Truth

Conduct, (XVII) 200-204. See also Behavior; Images; Patterns

Confidence, (IV) 71; (VII) 274-75; and achievement, (V) 133; kinds of, (VI) 198-99; and the movement of discovery, (IX) 131; in the self, (IV) 104; and self-knowledge, (VII) 293; through self-knowledge, (IV) 104; two types of, (V) 34-35. See also Self-confidence

Conflict, (l) 45-46; (II) 60-61, 214; (IV) 196; (V) 160-62, 348-51; (XI) 258-59; (XII) 129-33, 153-57, 175-79, 193-98, 238-43; (XIII) 16-18, 23-26, 75-76, 230-34; 282-86; (XIV) 7-13, 78-82, 129-34; (XV) 341-46; (XVI) 6-13, 80-82, 84-85, 91-92; absence of, (IX) 101; (XVI) 162; and the absence of clarity, (XVI) 7; and the absence of peace and freedom, (XVI) 130-34; acceptance of, (XVI) 50, 51, 74; achieving the absence of, (XI) 363; achieving freedom from, (V) 157-58; and acquiring knowledge, (XIV) 87; and action, (XIV) 203-6, 239; (XVI) 56, 74, 269-71; and action and idea, (XIV) 21, 69; (XVI) 38-39, 216, 218-19; between action and idea, (IX) 216; between the actual and the idea, (XI) 150-51; between actuality and belief, (VII) 32-33; and ambition, (VII) 84; (XIII) 21; and the ambitious mind, (XII) 309-10, 312; approach to, (XIV) 49-50; between attachment and detachment, (IX) 38; and attention, (XII) 264; (XVI) 154; versus attention, (XVII) 260; and attention and concentration, (XII) 215; between attention and distraction, (V) 164; and attention and inattention, (XV) 154; and avoidance, (l) 28; and awakening, (II) 120-21; and awareness, (IV) 24-25; (IX) 30; (XIII) 21, 22-23; awareness of, (l) 4; (XV) 98-99; and awareness of relationship, (IX) 139; and awareness of self, (V) 158; and the battle of opposites, (XIII) 158; of beauty and ugliness, (VII) 207; and becoming, (VII) 198; and the belief in security, (XIV) 132; as blind struggle, (IV) 11; and the brain, (XIII) 294; as breeder of conflict, (XVI) 121-22; causes of, (XIV ) 10; as cause of sorrow, (VII) 90; and cessation of, (XI) 91; (XVI) 37, 122; cessation through compulsion, (V) 257, 259; and challenge and response, (IX) 109; (X) 25; (XVII) 106, 111; and change, (VII) 23-25; (IX) 26, 28, 57; (X) 11; (XVI) 49, 51, 152-53; and changing values, (IV) 32; and choice, (l) 29; (VII) 165; (VIII) 309-11; (XVI) 9; through choice, (X) 90; and class distinctions, (II) 50; and clearing the mind, (XIII) 48; and commitment, (XI) 371-72; and comparative thinking, (XIV) 196; and comparison, (XII) 13; (XVII) 182-83, 214, 232-33; and complexity, (VI) 337; complexity of inner, (XVI) 6; and concentration, (VII) 26-27; (VIII) 157; (XII) 264; (XIII) 20, 337; in concepts of man, (III) 37-38; and conditioning, (VI) 76; (XI) 11; (XIII) 49-50; between conditioning and movement of life, (VII) 257; and the confused mind, (XIV) 106; and confusion, (XVI) 276; and the conscious

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and the unconscious, (XV) 306; between conscious and unconscious, (X) 120; and consciousness, (l) 187-188; (VII) 23-25; (VIII) 14; of conservative and progressive, (VII) 321-22; and contradiction, (VI) 7-10, 191-92; (XII) 135; (XIII) 90-91; (XV) 114, 342-43; (XVII) 231; as contradiction, (XI) 23-27; of contradictory desires, (X) 110; and control, (IX) 129; versus creation, (IV) 2; (V) 80; creation of, (X) 116-17; and the creation of relationships, (XVII) 169; and creation of religion, (l) 191; versus the creative, (X) 17; and the creative being, (IV) 18; and crisis, (II) 93-94; culture, and vocations, (VII) 245-46; and daily existence, (XV) 342; as daily fact, (XVI) 255-56; and daily life, (XIV) 30; and decision making, (XIV) 55-56; definition of, (l ) 5; (XIII) 282-83; (XIV) 129; and dependence, (III) 159-60; and desire, (III) 151-52; (IV) 67; (VIII) 304-5; (IX) 82; (X) 27; (XII) 148, 152, 245; (XIV) 96-98, 183; (XV) 108; (XVI) 61; between desire and reality, (III) 146; and the desire for peace of mind, (XI) 170; and the desire for permanency, (XIII) 179-81, 263; and the desire for pleasure, (XVI) 282; and the desire for security, (XIV) 131; and desire for sex, (V) 216-17; and the desire to be free of, (XII) 123; and desire to escape, (V) 349; (XI) 228; and desire to live without, (XVI) 94-95; and destiny, (XIV) 64; as destructive, (XIII) 179; (XIV ) 242; as destructive force, (VI) 7-8; and the destructive mind, (XII) 19; destructiveness of, (XII) 14; and the deteriorating mind, (XIV) 175; and deterioration, (VII) 126; (XI) 343-45; and discipline, (XIII) 80; (XVI) 150; and disintegration, (XIV) 28; and disorder, (XVII) 224, 248, 249, 250; and dissipated energy, (XII) 289; and distortion of the mind, (XVII) 267; and distraction, (XIII) 278-79; and division(s), (XII) 134; (XIII) 322-23; (XV) 56; (XVI) 23; (XVII) 279-80; through division, (III) 69; (XIV ) 160; and the division of action and idea, (XVII) 40; and the division of the observer and the observed, (XVII) 276; and the division between thinker and thought, (XIII) 305; (XIV ) 242-44; and the division of memories, (X) 73; and dreams, (VII) 171-72; and dogma, (II) 184; (VI) 46; and division, (V) 322; and duality, (III) 153-54; (VII) 47-48; (XI) 32-33; (XIV) 293; (XVI) 68; (XVII) 208; and duality of the thinker and the thought, (IX) 283; and the dull mind, (XII) 176-77; (XIII) 46-47, 50; between duty and fact, (XII) 127; and ecstasy of life, (l ) 193; effect of, (XIII) 43; effects of understanding, (XV) 87; and effort, (V) 116; (X) 114; (XI) 21-22, 354; (XII) 214; (XV) 61; and ego (l) 187-188; elimination of, (XI) 355; (XIV) 294; (XV) 143; and the employer and the employed, (XVII) 127-28; and emptiness, (X) 30; ending, (IV) 159; (VII) 318; (IX) 115; (XII); (XVI) 4, 69, 77, 99, 272; (XVII) 42-43; and energy, (XII) 63, 65, 110, 289; (XIII) 5, 46-47, 181-82, 230, 337; (XIV) 6, 208; (XVI) 164-65, 244; (XVII) 120; and environment, (II) 35-36, 50, 54-57, 85-86, 224; environment and

the individual, (II) 16; and envy, (IX) 99; (X) 29-30; eradication of, (XII) 129-33; and escape, (XIV) 250-57; escape from, (II) 4-5, 14, 43, 64, 119; (VI) 88; (VII) 243; (IX) 136; (XV) 150; (XVI) 34; and escape from fear, (XVI) 211; examination of, (II) 86-87; and exclusion, (V) 266; and experience, (II) 44; between the experiencer and the experience, (XI) 142-43; experimenting with, (II) 43; facing, (XVI) 166; and fact, (XII) 323-24; between fact and desire, (XII) 104, 106; between fact and idea, (XIII) 32-33, 35; (XIV) 290; and fear, (II) 103-4; (VII) 191, 193; (XIII) 135; (XV) 117, 118; (XVI) 266; (XVII) 211; and fear of change, (III) 103-4; between formulas and what is, (XIV) 142; and the fragmentary outlook, (X) 148-49; and fragmentation, (XVI) 287-88; (XVII) 29; and freedom, (IX) 144; (XVI) 46-47; versus freedom, (X) 29, 58; freedom from, (l) 32; (III) 75-76, 98; (XI) 300; (XIV) 55; (XVI) 91-92, 201; (XVII) 171, 270, 273-74; versus the free mind, (XIII) 88; and fulfillment, (VII) 329-30; and function and status, (XVII) 122; of greed and need, (III) 155; and habit(s), (X) 134-35; (XIII) 239; (XIV) 144-45; between the heart and the mind, (VIII) 159-60; as hindrance to energy, (XIV) 78, 295; as hindrance to exploration, (XIII) 335; as hindrance to light, (XVI) 8; as hindrance to living fully, (XIII) 78; as hindrance to the new mind, (XIV) 49; as hindrance to observation, (XIII) 14; (XIV) 42-43; as hindrance to order, (XV) 296-97; as hindrance to the religious spirit, (XIV) 43; as hindrance to the sensitive brain, (XVI) 19; as hindrance to understanding, (V) 360; as hindrance to understanding life, (XIV) 278; and the human being, (XVI) 93; and human history, (XVI) 80; and the ‘I’, (II) 30, 35-36; of ‘I’ and environment, (II) 54; and ideals, (II) 18, 40-41; (V) 290; (VIII) 221; (IX) 277, 286; (XI) 23-25; and ideas, (V) 325; and idea and action, (XVI) 268-71; between idea and action, (XV) 142; and identification, (V) 4; and ideology, (X) 74; and illusion, (II) 197; (VI) 343-45; and image, (XV) 193-95; between images, (XVII) 205; implications of, (XVI) 52; and the inadequate response, (IX) 2; and the individual, (II) 50; (III) 175-76; (IV) 153; between individual and group, (II) 130; between individual and the mass, (III) 91; between individual and society, (VII) 285; in the individual and the world, (XIV) 124; and individuality, (II) 196; and innocence, (XIV) 202; inside and outside, (XIV) 72-73; and integration, (VI) 359; investigating, (XVI) 81-82; inward and outward, (V) 339; (XI) 243; (XIII) 168, 221; (XIV) 47-48; and inward and outward movement, (XIII) 268; and inward beauty, (V) 112; and knowledge and learning, (XIII) 81; and the known, (XIII) 290; between known and unknown, (VI) 226-27; and leaders, (V) 368-69; (X) 173-75; and learning, (XIV) 239; and liberation, (l) 135-36; liberation from, (III) 82; and life, (VIII) 341-42; in life, (XII) 43; between life

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and the conditioned mind, (VIII) 147; and the limitations within consciousness, (XVII) 3; and limited action, (XIII) 327; versus listening, (IX) 105-6; and livelihood, (IX) 204; living a life of, (XVI) 160; living and dying, (VII) 187; living in, (XIII) 257-58; living without (XIII) 18, 127-28; (XV) 153, 214; (XVI) 161; (XVII) 30, 252; and loneliness, (XIII) 127; and love, (XIV) 257; versus love, (XVII) 205; and loveless existence, (V) 101; and the mature mind, (XV) 288; and the ‘me’, (VII) 305-6; between ‘me’ and the ideal, (VII) 4; meaning of, (XIV) 50, 81; between mechanical and spontaneous, (III) 125-26; and meditation, (II) 40; (VII) 57; (XI) 197; (XIII) 262; (XIV) 35; and memory, (l) 24-26; and the mind, (III) 132; (VII) 325; (XII) 15, 110; (XIII) 282; in the mind, (XI) 168-69; between the mind and body, (XIII) 139; through misunderstanding, (II) 1; and the ‘more’, (IX) 66; and motive, (XIV) 238; as a natural state, (VI) 72-73; nature of, (XVI) 85; need for, (II) 1; need for ending, (XVI) 213-14; and the need for order, (XVII) 245, 248; need for understanding, (XVI) 52; need to avoid, (V) 73; and observation, (XIII) 298; and the observer, (XIII) 283; (XVI) 69; and the observer and the observed, (XIII) 194, 297; (XV) 126; (XVII) 41, 209-10; between the observer and the observed, (XII) 177-78; and occupation, (VII) 42-43; and the occupied mind, (IX) 81, 205-6; of opposites, (l) 135; (II) 17, 54-55, 56-57; origin of, (II) 147-48; (XIII) 76, 78, 263-64; and passion, (XIV) 95; and the past, (XIII) 72; between past and present, (XII) 208; past, present, and future, (V) 213; and patterns, (X) 99; and peace, (VIII) 129-30; and perception, (V) 211; and perfection, (l) 112-13; (II) 35; and the petty mind, (IX) 105; physical effects of, (XIV ) 74; and pills, (XI) 81; and pleasure, (XV) 164; (XVI) 91-92, 214, 217; (XVII) 122-23, 184, 185; and pleasure and desire, (XVI) 93-94; as the positive approach, (XI) 292; and positive inquiry, (XVI) 75-76; and the positive mind, (XV) 259; and possessiveness, (II) 8; and power, (VII) 13; and prayer, (VI) 14; and problems, (V) 333, 336; (XI) 15-16; (XV) 152-53; as productive thought, (V) 168-69; and psychological security, (V) 344; through questioning, (II) 3; versus the quiet mind, (IX) 91; reasons for, (VIII) 76; (XI) 22-24; and relationship(s), (III) 114-15, 155-56; (XVI) 34-35; of relationship, (IV) 38; (V) 294-95; (VI) 4-5, 18-20, 78-81, 239-40; and religious distinctions, (II) 50; versus the religious man, (XIV) 29; and the religious mind, (XII) 175; and resistance, (X) 255-56; (XIII) 107, 109; resolving, (V) 367; resolving the problem of, (XVI) 8; and response, (X) 51; and right livelihood, (V) 53; roots of, (XVI) 153-54, 156; and search, (VIII) 327-28; and the search for happiness, (X) 41; and search for peace, (VII) 20-21; (XI) 130; and the search for pleasure, (XVI) 112; and search for security, (IV) 44; and the search for self-expression, (XIV) 247-48; and

search for solutions, (II) 57-59; and security, (XI) 66; and seeking a system, (XVII) 197; and self, (VI) 281; of self-created duality, (III) 121; and self-discipline, (XVII) 170; versus self-knowledge, (XIII) 329; and separation, (XVII) 278; and the separation of thought and action, (XVII) 252; versus silence, (XV) 37; and social conformity, (XV) 15-16; and social structure, (XIII) 165-66; and society, (VII) 80; (X) 43-44; (XVII) 153; and sorrow, (X) 56-58; (XII) 209; (XV) 222, 225-26; source of, (VI) 337-39; (XIV) 244; and space, (XVI) 248-249, 250; and the static center, (III) 104; and status, (VIII) 37; and the still mind, (VI) 101; and struggle, (VII) 29; and submission of the individual, (V) 278; and success, (XIII) 237; and suffering, (l) 36-37; (II) 44, 176; through suppression, (VIII) 90-93; and the thinker and the thought, (X) 85, 115; (XIII) 143-44; (XIV) 36, 92-93; (XVII) 249-50; between thinker and thought, (VI) 151; with the thinker as center, (XV) 67; and thinking, (XV) 23; and thought, (XV) 224; (XVI) 75-76, 133, 167, 182, 230; and time, (V) 51-52; (XI) 110; (XII) 159; (XIII) 25, 103; (XV) 125; (XVI) 184; and tolerance, (III) 92-93, 94; as torture, (XIV) 142; and tradition, (VII) 70; with tradition, (II) 224; and truth, (VIII) 307; (XIV ) 57; and unawareness, (l) 32; and unconscious, (II) 64; as uncreative, (V) 364; (VII) 281; understanding, (III) 199; (XII) 129-33; (XIV) 81, 124-25; (XVI) 4; and understanding, (l) 139-40; (II) 33; (IV) 11-12, 28-29; (VI) 221-22; understanding daily, (XVI) 4; understanding the process of, (V) 349; (XII) 296-97; understanding the structure of, (XIV) 71; (XVII) 273-74; and values, (IV) 19; and violence, (XVII) 233; and wanting, (VIII) 137; and war, (XVI) 3-4; and the waste of energy, (XIV) 289-90, 293, 295; (XV) 91, 108; (XVI) 67, 68-70, 153; (XVII) 121, 122; and what is, (XVII) 170; and what is and ‘what should be’, (XVII) 88, 90, 102, 208-9; between what is and ‘what should be’, (IX) 154, 167; (XV) 65, 161-62; (XVI) 183; and ‘what should be’, (VII) 227; and will, (X) 26-27; (XI) 267; (XII) 158; (XVI) 95-97, 99; within and without, (III) 181-82; and working together, (XI) 308-9; and the world, (VI) 19. See also Confusion; Contradiction; Disorder; Effort; Envy; ‘I’; Sorrow; Struggle; Want

Conflict and degeneration: relationship between, (XIII) 282. See also Conflict

Conflict of duality: and choice of right and wrong, (VII) 294-96; and comparison, (X) 221; and resistance, (X) 257; and the thinker and the thought, (X) 41

Conflict of opposites, (III) 81-82, 165, 169, 209-10; (IV) 2-3, 11-12, 123, 185-86; (VII) 49-50; and becoming, (IV) 131-32; and craving, (III) 220; creating, (VIII) 318; and desire, (VII) 40; and desire for happiness, (IV) 28; versus facing the fact, (XIII) 36; and facing fear, (XIII) 33; and habit, (IV) 10-11; and illusion of results, (IV) 67;

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and impermanent solutions, (IV) 5-6; and learning, (XII) 199; and the mind, (VIII) 253. See also Conflict; Divisions; Duality; Opposites; Sorrow

Conformity, (l ) 32, 53, 62; (VI) 65-66; (XV) 214-20; and action, (l) 27, 82; (XVI) 74, 268; (XVII) 18-21; and the authority of tradition, (XIII) 175; as barrier to the free mind, (IX) 202; and the center, (XII) 177; and change, (VIII) 162; (X) 135, 137-38; (XV) 198; versus change, (IX) 25-27; and character, (X) 195-96; and the child, (XIII) 273; and children, (IX) 155; and collapse of cultures, (XI) 69; and compulsion, (V) 34; and conflict, (XIV) 203-4; and conscious change, (VII) 295; and continuity, (XI) 136; and contradiction, (IX) 206; (XII) 32; defining, (XV) 215; and desire, (XV) 15-16, 18-19; and desire for security, (VII) 300-302; and discipline, (III) 131-32; (V) 258-59; (VI) 225, 259; (VII) 19, 146-47; (X) 96-97, 146-47, 247; (XIII) 268, 335; (XIV) 144-46, 239-40; (XV) 206-7, 238; and disintegration, (VIII) 166; and disorder, (XV) 325-29; and doctrine, (IV) 39-40; and the dull mind, (V) 246-47; and education, (VII) 320; (VIII) 11-12, 278-83; (IX) 11-12; and education of children, (II) 230; (X) 65; and effort, (l) 85-86; and environment, (XV) 3; and experience, (X) 51; and external authority, (II) 15; and fear, (II) 4; (XV) 92; (XVI) 17; through fear, (III) 98; and freedom, (l) 167; (IX) 85, 143; versus freedom, (XII) 235; versus the free mind, (VIII) 330; (XII) 142-43; and habit, (III) 100; as hindrance, (II) 15; as hindrance to happiness, (VII) 69-70; as hindrance to learning, (XV) 13-14, 69; as hindrance to order, (XV) 297-98; as hindrance to radical revolution, (XVI) 51; and the ‘how’, (VII) 17; and human society, (XV) 53; to an idea, (V) 43-44; and ideals, (XIV ) 91; and the ideal of the permanent, (XIII) 306; and ideology, (XVII) 190; and the individual, (XIII) 160, 226; and influence, (XII) 28; and institutions, (III) 134; and integration, (IV) 39; and juvenile delinquency, (X) 4-5; and laziness, (XIII) 139; lifelong, (XVI) 18; as lifelong pattern, (XI) 228-30, 232; and love of children, (IX) 271-72; and maintenance of self, (IV) 67; and meditation, (VI) 174; (XV) 183; and method, (X) 213-14; as moral and respectable, (XV) 71; and national and religious symbols, (XIII) 7-8; necessary, (XII) 32; necessary and unnecessary, (XV) 216-17; and the need for security, (IX) 186-87; and outward change, (XVI) 152; and peace, (VII) 20-21; and pleasure, (XVI) 82; and power, (V) 45; and propaganda, (V) 366; and purpose, (XII) 23; reasons for, (IX) 8; and relationship, (IV) 38; and religion, (II) 4; (IX) 10; versus the religious life, (XIV ) 267-68; and repetition, (VI) 58; as respectable, (VII) 186; and right and wrong, (VII) 292; as rooted in fear, (VII) 290; and sacred books, (VI) 40; versus saying no, (XIII) 2; and search, (VIII) 327-28; and the search for the eternal, (IX) 15; and security, (XIII) 121; and seeking, (XVII) 152; and self, (VI) 307; and

social morality, (XV) 172; and society, (IX) 203, 230; (XIV) 90, 145; (XV) 14-15; (XVI) 172; (XVII) 138; and struggle, (VII) 28-29; and systems, (VIII) 7; and theory, (XI) 133; and transformation, (VII) 182-83; and truth, (l) 12; types of, (XII) 28-29; (XIII) 227; and values, (II) 90-91; and violence, (XVII) 103; and want, (l) 90-91; and the wasting of energy, (XIV) 294; and the young, (VII) 132. See also Action; Authority; Becoming; Commitment; Compulsion; Conditioning; Discipline; Dull mind; Effort; Fear; Habit; Imitation; Method; Patterns; Religion; Resistance; Respectability; Security; Society; Tradition

Conformity, desire, time, and thought: as interrelated, (XV) 18-19. See also Conformity

Confused mind: versus clarity, (XVII) 21; effects of, (XVI) 165; and fear, (XVII) 24. See also Confusion; Dull mind; Mind

Confusion, (IX) 29-30; (X) 203-6; (XI) 178-82; (XII) 68-74; (XVI) 274-81; and the absence of clarity, (X) 152; and action, (VII) 197, 200; (XVI) 247; (XVII) 20; and approach to life, (IX) 246-47; attempts to find a way out of, (XVII) 100-101; and authority, (VIII) 121; (IX) 146, 193-94, 239, 256-57; (XVI) 115; awareness of, (VIII) 200-202; and belief, (V) 36-37; (XVI) 255, 256, 257; and choice, (VI) 242; (VIII) 183; (XVI) 296; (XVII) 15-17, 45, 83, 240, 270; and conclusions, (X) 206; and the conditioned mind, (VII) 257; and conflict, (XIII) 233; (XIV) 11-12; and conformity, (VI) 93-94; creation of, (XVII) 165; and the creation of leaders, (X) 77; and creation of leadership, (IV) 102-3; (V) 368-69; defining, (IX) 89; and desire for authority, (IV) 86; (XIV) 163; and desire to act, (V) 94-96; and deterioration, (XI) 358-60; and ending action, (XVII) 21; and escape from fact, (VIII) 333-35; and escape to leaders, (XI) 295; expulsion of, (XIV) 143; and fear, (XI) 51-52; (XVI) 61; and followers, (V) 47-48; and following, (IX) 150-52; and following authority, (XVII) 247; and fragmentation, (XVI) 295; and the fragmentation of life, (X) 128; freedom from, (IV) 160; (X) 66; (XVII) 2; freedom from authority, (X) 35-36; as hindrance, (VIII) 212-13; as hindrance to clarity, (XVI) 131; and ideas, (VIII) 211-12; and illness, (IX) 88-89; and intellectual acceptance, (X) 126; inward, (XV) 172; (XVII) 195; life as, (XVI) 182; and the meaning of existence, (X) 65-66; and the mind, (XI) 201-2, 205; as motive, (XII) 68-69; and need for authority, (VIII) 208; (XVI) 2; and need for leaders, (V) 101-3, 152, 183; (VI) 103; and need for savior, (VII) 7; versus the new, (XIV) 58; and the petty mind, (X) 100-101; versus precision, (XI) 178-79; prevalence of, (XVI) 250; and problems, (VIII) 231; (XIV) 174; process of, (IX) 29-30; as product of the mind, (IV) 183; and psychological need for guru, (V) 192-93; and the purpose of life, (V) 22-23, 24, 29; (VII) 124; and questioning, (XVII) 6; and relationships, (V) 152;

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(XVII) 20; and role of leaders, (VII) 179-80; and search for authority, (VI) 65-66; (XII) 189; and the search for clarity, (XIII) 199; and the search for guidance, (X) 204-6; and search for guru, (VI) 4-5; and seeking, (XVI) 115; and self-understanding, (X) 35; state of, (XVI) 258-59, 260; and systems, (VII) 226-27; understanding, (V) 22-24, 358-59; and want, (III) 17; and what is, (X) 4; and world conflict, (V) 244; and world problems, (XVII) 131; and worship of the past, (XVI) 12. See also Authority; Conflict; Contradiction; Fear; Mind; Sorrow; Uncertainty

Conscience: voice of, (XIII) 209; and the unconscious, 131

Conscientious objector: and war, (XVI) 288. See also Killing; Violence

Conscious, (VII) 195-97, 281-84; and action of will, (XI) 163; and adjustment, (X) 232; and ambition, (VII) 235; and awareness, (XI) 18; awareness of, (XIV) 62-63, 65; and awareness of the unconscious, (XVII) 62-63; and change, (IX) 55-57; and conflict, (XIII) 16; (XIV) 10, 11; and contradiction, (XI) 33-34; control of, (XVII) 3; and daily life, (X) 141; (XI) 339-40; (XIII) 317; (XV) 153, 306; defining, (IX) 56; (XIII) 7; (XIV) 140; (XVI) 10; and divisions of consciousness, (XVII) 145-46; and dreams, (IX) 60-61, 124; (XIII) 292-93; as dreamless, (X) 151-52; as the educated mind, (X) 211; and education, (XI) 10-12; and the environment, (X) 54; and fear, (XIV) 249, 251; (XV) 318; (XVI) 103-4; and freedom from, (XIII) 129; and the free mind, (X) 3; function of, (X) 237; (XII) 41, 111-13, 219-20; (XV) 11; as the individual, (III) 4; and the influence of society, (XIII) 225-26; meaning of, (XV) 258; and meditation, (VIII) 240; and the past, (VIII) 215; (XIII) 185; (XVI) 143; and the process of thinking, (IX) 141-42; and self-understanding, (IX) 87; and sorrow, (XV) 221; as the technological present, (XIII) 68; and the unconscious, (III) 4-5, 13; (VI) 364-66; understanding, (VIII) 210; and words, (VIII) 175; (XI) 85-86. See also Awareness; Brain; Conditioning; Conscious and unconscious; Consciousness; Knowledge; Mind; Occupied mind; Thought; Unconscious; Unconsciousness; Want

Conscious action: and change, (VIII) 161; and the unconscious revolution, (VIII) 5

Conscious and the unconscious, (X) 33, 34; (XVII) 3; absence of, (XII) 113; and accumulation, (XVI) 27-28; and authority, (VII) 66; awareness of, (XIII) 201; and change, (XI) 312; as conditioned, (IX) 222; and conditioning, (X) 39; conditions for observing, (XVII) 84; conflict between, (XIII) 290; and divisions, (XII) 195; division between, (XI) 167-68; (XV) 271; false division in, (XVII) 165; and fear, (XIV) 94; and fragmentation, (XV) 101-2; and hindrance of the past, (X) 108-9; and influence, (XII) 321; and knowledge, (XI) 382; and meditation, (XIII) 152; need to understand, (XIII)

317; and occupation, (IX) 58-59; as one, (XIII) 7, 37; (XVI) 54; as one movement, (XIV ) 20; patterns of change, (IX) 25-28; and positive motive, (XII) 126; and the process of thought, (XII) 304; and psychological time, (XIII) 185; significance of, (XV) 120; and time, (X) 113; as trivial, (XIV) 190, 201. See also Conscious; Conscious mind; Mind; Unconscious

Conscious effort: and action of will, (VII) 182; and change, (VII) 295-97

Conscious mind, (VIII) 147-49; and authority, (XIV) 19-20; capability of, (X) 63-64; and change, (V) 275-76; and conditioning, (V) 81; and conflict, (V) 162; and daily activity, (VII) 261; and daily life, (VIII) 265; (XI) 253; and daily pursuits, (VII) 171; defining, (IV) 105; (VIII) 13-14; (XI) 231-33; (XIV) 19-20; and discipline, (VII) 294-96; and dreams, (IV) 136-38; (VIII) 330-31; and effort, (VII) 181-82; and the examination of the unconscious, (XVII) 84; and experience, (VII) 330; function of, (XI) 327-28; and illusion, (VII) 194; as the individual mind, (XV) 188; as the positive mind, (XI) 204; and prayer, (VIII) 240; and revolution, (VII) 252-53; as the superficial mind, (XIV) 38; and the totality of life, (XV) 188-89; and unconscious mind, (VI) 107-10; (IX) 22; as unfree, (VII) 256-57. See also Conscious; Consciousness; Mind; Unconscious

Consciousness, (III) 192; (V) 120-21; (VII) 275-77; (XI) 383-88; (XVI) 53-59; achieving, without a leader, (IX) 128; and action, (III) 39; awake and dormant, (V) 236-67; and awareness, (IX) 139-40; awareness of layers, (V) 120, 343; and the beginning of fragmentation, (XVI) 240; and the center, (XI) 142; and change, (VIII) 24; (X) 45-46, 136; (XI) 125, 310-11; (XII) 254; changing, (XVII) 100; and choiceless awareness, (XV) 85; clarification of, (IV) 114-15; and conditioning, (VIII) 3-4; (IX) 198; (XIII) 36-37; (XVI) 107, 143, 148, 154; and conflict, (II) 64; (XII) 240-41; (XIII) 282, 283, 285; and the conflict of contradiction, (XII) 194; and conflict of duality, (III) 175; as the conscious mind and unconscious mind, (XI) 327, 339-40; (XIII) 7; and continuity, (III) 26-27; contradictory nature of, (IX) 207; crisis in, (XVII) 19, 180; crisis of , (XI) 295; and daily activity, (X) 120; deep and superficial, (IX) 96-97; defining, (II) 233; (V) 92; (VII) 23, 276; (X) 18, 136-37; (XIII) 111; (XVI) 54; defining layers of, (IV) 164-66, 201; describing, (XII) 240; and disorder, (IV) 126; (XVII) 178; division in, (XIV) 62; and dreams, (V) 140-41; and the dull mind, (VIII) 51-52; and dying to yesterdays, (XI) 392; and effort and fear, (XII) 41, 304; and environment, (II) 66, 244; and experience, (X) 21; (XIV) 158; and experiencing, (V) 235; exploration of, (XIII) 334-35; and fear, (XIV) 250; and freedom, (IX) 143; function of, (XII) 256; (XVI) 10; and fundamental revolution, (IX) 4; going beyond, (IX) 98; (XVII) 169-70; and growing

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Conservative: and the avoidance of change, (VIII) 129; and desire for change, (VII) 321-22; and fear, (VIII) 62

Consideration: and discipline, (VIII) 91 Consistency, (l) 96-97; and memory, (l) 25-26, 35-36;

and self-discipline, (l) 35-36 Constant: versus permanency, (XI) 126-27 Contact: and the absence of images, (XVII) 7; and

attention, (XV) 160-61; and cessation of fear, (XVI) 106, 108; with death, (XV) 29-30, 33, 78-

79; (XVI) 176; defining, (XVII) 25; and desire, (XV) 16, 313; (XVI) 36, 61; (XVII) 184; with the fact, (XV) 339; and fear, (XV) 77, 161-62, 316-18; (XVI) 155, 175, 176; with fear, (XVII) 25; with hate, (XV) 301; and the hindrance of fear, (XVI) 178-79; and image, (XVII) 208; with insecurity, (XV) 31; versus isolation, (XVI) 221-22; with jealousy, (XV) 90-91; with life, (XV) 33; with loneliness, (XVI) 182, 183; as necessary to understanding, (XIV ) 256; and the observed, (XVI) 111; and permanency, (XIV ) 279-80; and pleasure, (XVII) 66; and problems, (XV) 151-52, 155; and relationship(s), (XVI) 33-34, 43, 106; (XVII) 141, 205; with the self, (XIV) 284-85; with sorrow, (XV) 78; and space, (XVI) 249; with time, sorrow, and death, (XV) 75, 77-78; and total relationship, (XVI) 249; understanding, (XV) 75, 77-78, 318-19; with violence, (XV) 337-38; and words, (XV) 30. See also Escape; Facts

Contemplation, (l ) 124-25; and action, (XII) 20; defining, (XII) 20-21; and freedom from symbols, (XI) 357; and meditation, (XIII) 95, 195, 212, 263

Contemporary mind: defining, (XIV) 245. See also Mind; New; New mind

Contentment, (VI) 186-87; (VII) 210-13; (VIII) 53-54; achieving, (IV) 117; defining, (VI) 90; (VII) 113-14; desire for, (VII) 259-60; and effective action, (V) 364; and gratification, (IV) 33; and quietness, (VII) 156; and stagnation, (XII) 14; and truth, (VI) 134-35; and understanding, (III) 231; (VI) 27-28, 76. See also Becoming; Conflict; Gratification

Content mind: defining, (VIII) 53-54 Continuance: and identification, (X) 76 Continuation: and the known, (XIII) 291. See also

Continuity Continuity, (l) 23; (III) 191-92; (VI) 238-39; (XIII)

317-20; and attention, (XIII) 313-14; cessation of, (VIII) 168-70; and the conscious and the unconscious, (XIV) 190; craving for, (IV) 51; and the creation of formulas, (XIV ) 147; versus the creative, (XII) 261; and daily life, (VIII) 205; and death, (V) 67-69; (IX) 157-58, 236, 287-88; (XI) 30-31; (XII) 39; and death fear, (VI) 209-11; and decay, (V) 264-65; and desire, (XIV ) 180, 183, 224; (XV) 16, 18, 22, 59-60, 107, 223-24, 313, 315; (XVI) 36, 87-88, 91; desire for, (IV) 169-71; (V) 125-27; (VII) 282-83; (IX) 178; (X) 154-55, 208-9; (XIII) 317-19; (XV) 230; and desire for the known, (X) 43; as destructive, (VII) 187-88; versus dying, (V) 319-20; ending, (XVI) 245; ending of, (XIV) 153; and evaluation, (VIII) 335; as experience, (VIII) 241; and fear, (XII) 161, 259; (XIII) 171-72; and fear of death, (IV) 198; (VII) 55-56; (VIII) 277-78; (X) 60-61; (XI) 135-38, 241-43, 287, 366-68; (XVI) 63; and fear of uncertainty, (V) 355; and fear of unknown, (VII) 330-31; function of, (XVI) 245-46; and God, (VII) 45; and gratification, (IX) 146; and habit, (XIII) 240; as habit, (XII) 146-47; as hindrance to the fresh mind,

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(XV) 292; as hindrance to innocency, (XIII) 211; as hindrance to learning, (XIII) 131-32; as hindrance to the new, (XVI) 70; (XVII) 172; as hindrance to renewal, (XVI) 243; of the human species, (VIII) 99; and immortality, (V) 279-80; and the known, (XIII) 258-59; and life after death, (IX) 16-17; and living, (IX) 116; of the ‘me’ or spiritual entity, (IV) 189-90; meaning of, (XIII) 146-48; and meditation, (XV) 86-87; and memory, (IX) 250; and misery, (XIV) 213; versus moment to moment, (VIII) 20; and the ‘more’, (IX) 252-53; and movement of life, (III) 26-27; versus the new, (IX) 142; and opposites, (VIII) 196-97; origin of, (XV) 231-32; and the permanent entity, (XVII) 27-28; and pleasure, (XV) 125, 136, 164, 237, 238-39, 311-13, 315; (XVI) 61-62, 117, 146, 284, 286-87; (XVII) 66-67, 69, 213; possibility of, (IX) 53; and problems, (VIII) 207; and reincarnation, (IV) 120-21; (VI) 121-22; (X) 9-10; and religious transformation, (VIII) 189-90; and renewal, (VI) 68-69; search for, (IV) 114; and the search for experience, (XVII) 35; and search for truth, (V) 25-26, 28-29; and security, (VIII) 182; and the self, (VII) 35; and sorrow, (VIII) 208-9; (XIV ) 26, 307; and the soul, (XVII) 171; versus the still mind, (VIII) 56; and suffering, (X) 103; and thinking, (XIV) 243; and thought, (IV) 36; (XIV) 24, 25, 26, 102, 105, 184; (XV) 18, 174; (XVII) 149; and time, (VII) 330; (VIII) 24, 151, 245-46; (XI) 76, 191-93; (XIII) 158; (XIV) 209, 223; (XV) 75-76; as time and space, (XII) 160; and total attention, (XIII) 183; versus the truth, (VIII) 25-26; (XIII) 325; and understanding, (IV) 111; and ‘You’, (VI) 62-64. See also Change; Consciousness; Death; Desire; Dying; Fear; Freedom; Gratification; Immortality; ‘Me’; Meditation; Memory; Permanence; Reincarnation; Religion; Security; Time

Continuity of thought: and death, (XII) 221-22 Contradiction, (IV) 68; (XV) 178-83, 249-50, 310-15;

abolishing, (XIII) 33, 36; acceptance of, (XIV) 90; being accustomed to, (XV) 342-43; and action, (X) 232-34; (XIV) 205, 283; (XV) 198; and action and ideas, (XIV) 13, 232-33; as action in living, (XII) 24; and amb ition, (XII) 15, 25; and authority, (XIII) 235; and belief, (XVI) 274; and broken action, (XII) 34; cause(s) of, (XI) 22-24; (XIV) 286; and the center, (XI) 225; and challenge, (XII) 6; and challenge and response, (XII) 73; (XV) 152-53; and change, (XI) 28; and choice, (XVII) 53; and clarity, (XVI) 131; and commitment, (XI) 343; in a complex world, (X) 239-40; and concept versus fact, (XV) 10-11; and conditioning, (VIII) 270; and conflict, (VIII) 253-54; (X) 10; (XII) 129, 194, 240-41; (XIII) 76, 90-91; (XIV) 10, 11, 79, 81, 125; (XV) 99; (XVI) 85; as conflict, (XI) 23-27, 88; and confusion, (XI) 182; (XII) 32; (XVI) 277; and the conscious and unconscious, (XII) 41-42, 125; between the conscious and unconscious, (XI) 327; and consciousness, (XI)

231, 263; and conviction, (XI) 322; and the creation of conflict, (XII) 177; defining, (XIII) 283; (XV) 18; and desire, (IX) 82; (XI) 161, 164, 168; (XII) 151; (XV) 16-18, 63-64, 67; between desire and conformity, (XV) 15-16; between desire and fulfillment, (XV) 21-22; and discipline, (XIII) 80; and disorder, (XV) 306-7; and division, (XV) 11; between educated layer and unconscious, (IX) 203-6; and effort, (XV) 9-12, 58, 61; (XVII) 70; ending, (XVI) 121; and ending thought, (XVI) 222; and energy, (XII) 63, 65, 66, 289; (XIII) 57; (XIV) 6; and environment, (IX) 5-6; and escape from, (XI) 340; and escape from fear, (XI) 241-42; between experience and actuality, (XV) 249; and experiencing, (XII) 44; and fact, (XII) 24; between the fact and the idea of energy, (XIV) 288; between the factual and the idea, (XIV) 280-82; and fragmentation, (XIV ) 284; (XV) 62-63, 104, 154, 344-45; freedom from, (XI) 34; (XIII) 72; (XIV ) 91; and fulfillment, (XII) 135; versus goodness, (XI) 323; as hindrance to attention, (XV) 175; as hindrance to observation, (XIV ) 50-51; and human beings, (XVI) 128; and human problems, (XVI) 297-98; between the idea and the action, (XVII) 148-49; and the idea versus the fact, (XVI) 9; and ideas, (XIII) 110; and inadequate answers, (XVII) 135; and identification, (X) 76; individual and social, (XII) 33; inner and societal, (XI) 150; and integration, (VII) 18-19; (VIII) 324; and knowledge, (XIV) 87; and laziness, (XIII) 139; as lie, (V) 321-22; in life, (XVI) 136; between life and mind, (XI) 29; life without, (XVI) 153; living with, (XI) 336-37; (XVI) 94; living without, (XV) 253; and the make -believe world, (XI) 284; meaning of, (XIII) 55-56, 232; and mechanical thinking, (XI) 33; and memory, (XI) 191; and the mind, (XI) 66, 336-40; nature of, (XVII) 4; need to eliminate, (XVI) 132; need to be free of, (XV) 341; and the negative mind, (XV) 256, 259-60; between new and old, (VIII) 267; and the observer and the observed, (XII) 46; between the observer and the observed, (XV) 114; (XVI) 23; and the occupied mind, (IX) 205-6; and the origin of creativity, (XI) 316-17; and the passion for something, (XIII) 251; and permanency, (XI) 31; and pleasure, (XVI) 287-88; and pleasure and pain, (XVII) 231; and the positive approach, (XV) 256; and private and public masks, (XVI) 225; and problems, (XIV) 186; (XV) 195; process of, (XI) 219-20; through reaction, (XII) 21-22; between reality and fiction, (XV) 37; reasons for, (XV) 63-64; and religious revolution, (XVI) 80; and resistance, (XIV ) 234; and response, (XV) 23; and right-thinking, 179-80; and sanity, (XV) 171; and search, (XVII) 152; and the search for answers, (XII) 10; and seeing totally, (XII) 195; versus seeing the whole, (XVI) 238; and seeking a system, (XVII) 197; and the self, (X) 174-75; and sorrow, (XI) 219-21, 286; (XIII) 51; state of, (XV) 9-10, 250, 254; and struggle, (XIII) 125-26; and tension, (XII) 26-27, 31; and the

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thinker and the thought, (XIV) 294; (XV) 66-67; versus total action, (XI) 165, 223-24; between two desires, (XVII) 239; understanding, (XII) 22; (XIII) 127-28; and understanding, (IV) 46; and understanding problems, (XIV) 175, 177, 179-80; and the waste of energy, (XIV ) 288-89, 295; (XVII) 59; and what is and ‘what should be’, (XV) 64; and will, (XV) 60, 107; between words and ideas, (XV) 20. See also Conflict; Conformity; Confusion; Divisions; Self-contradiction

Control, (III) 161-62; and the center, (XVII) 152-53, 156; and deterioration, (XV) 238; examining, (IX) 129; and habit, (VIII) 80; as hindrance to discovery, (XIV ) 110; of human thought, (XI) 57-58; implications of, (XI) 245-47; limitations of, (XII) 312; versus meditation, (X) 227-28; and power, (VII) 13; as resistance to thought, (XV) 278; and the quiet mind, (XI) 93; understanding, (XIV) 157-58. See also Conformity; Discipline; Domination; Effort; Influences; Propaganda; Resistance; Suppression

Controlled mind, (IV) 195-96. See also Authority; Conformity

Controller: and waste of energy, (IX) 132 Controller and controlled: and conflict, (IX) 129 Control of mind, (IX) 103-6 Conversion: and conflict, (X) 202-3 Conviction: and influences, (XI) 321-22 Cooperation: absence of, (XIV) 123; and action, (XI)

9-10; approach to, (XI) 309, 311; and community welfare, (II) 39; and the competitive society, (XV) 53; complexity of, (XV) 19; and conformity, (XV) 19; through crisis, (V) 277-78; defining, (VIII) 256; without desire, (VI) 315; hindrances to, (XIV) 236; and ideas, (XIV) 266; and the individual, (II) 38-39; and inward revolution, (VIII) 252; as life, (XIV) 164; and love, (XV) 34; meaning of, (XV) 34-35; versus nationalism, (XV) 35; need for, (XVI) 126; and nothingness, (VI) 326-27; and passion, (XIV) 95; problem of, (XI) 307-9, 311; significance of, (VII) 122; and the silent mind, (VI) 328; and the state of aloneness, (XIV) 117-18; true, (XIV) 266; and truth, (XIV ) 42; understanding, (XIV ) 34. See also State

Copy: See Imitation; Repetition Copying: morality of, (VIII) 70-71. See also Imitation;

Tradition Corporations: and exploitation, (V) 63; and wealth, (V)

143. See also Technological progress; Technology Correction: See Self-fulfillment; Self-improvement Corruptibility: and love, (VII) 285-86 Corruption: and the absence of fear, (XIV) 193, 196;

and authority, (X) 184; awareness of, (XII) 18; and the collective, (IX) 127-28; and followers, (VIII) 294; and honesty, (XVII) 278-79; and leaders, (VIII) 171-72; in leadership, (XII) 49-50; levels of, (XIV) 123; and petty minds, (XI) 333; prevalence of, (XIV) 162-63; and society, (XI) 15. See also Authority; Deterioration; Evil; Religion; Society; World problems

Corrupt mind: and authority, (XI) 380; and fear, (XIII) 101. See also Dull mind; Free mind; Mind

Country: love of, (XVII) 203. See also Nationalism Courage: as escape from fear, (II) 16-17; and fear,

(VII) 191; as resistance, (XIII) 304 Courtesy: and the sense of beauty, (XII) 105 Craving, (III) 164-66, 170, 193, 194, 241-42; (IV) 80;

and acquisition, (IV) 95; and authority, (IV) 46; awareness of, (III) 204; as cause of evil, (III) 212-13; and conflict, (IV) 13, 68; and conflict of opposites, (III) 199; defining, (IV) 147; and fear, (III) 225-26; and the ‘I’ process, (III) 57-58; and joylessness, (III) 230; and layers of consciousness, (IV) 148; living without, (III) 44; and loneliness, (III) 229; (XV) 167-68; necessity to abolish, (III) 214-15; need to understand, (III) 209-10; process of, (III) 182-83; psychological, (IV) 32-33; as root of all misery, (III) 214-15; as root of self, (IV) 56; for self-expansion, (IV) 44-45; three forms of, (III) 164, 214-15, 220; understanding, (III) 171; understanding, as a solution, (III) 182-83. See also Acquisitiveness; Ambition; Belief; Desire; Greed; Immortality; Possessions; Possessiveness; Power; Want; Worldliness

Creation, (VII) 14; achieving, (XI) 153, 387-88; (XIII) 341-42; (XV) 93-94; (XVI) 123; and art, (XIII) 176-77; versus artistic creativeness, (XIII) 267; and attention, (X) 189; and authority, (XV) 321-22; versus certainty, (X) 209; and change, (XI) 314; conditions for, (XII) 216-17; and conflict, (XIII) 23; and creation, (XII) 199; and the creative, (XIV) 207; and creativeness, (XV) 142; and creativity, (XI) 237-38; and death, (XIII) 259; defining, (XIII) 105; defining the state of, (XII) 172; and desire, (VII) 41-42, 124; as destruction, (XII) 225-26, 272-73, 297; and dying, (XII) 261; without effort, (IV) 117; and effortless energy, (XV) 107; and emptiness, (XII) 181; (XIII) 188; (XIV) 263; and the empty mind, (XI) 282; (XV) 246; and energy, (XIII) 112, 265; (XV) 93-94, 181-82; versus expression, (XII) 313; (XV) 137; and freedom, (XIII) 288-89; and freedom from the known, (XIII) 270, 292; and the free mind, (XI) 381-82; and the innocent mind, (XI) 93-94; and the intellect, (V) 97-98; and invention, (XII) 64; of leadership, (IX) 128; and love, (XIII) 156; and love and death, (XV) 246; meaning of, (XV) 47-48; (XVI) 122-23; versus mechanical knowledge, (XII) 322; as meditation, (XIII) 324; and the mind, (X) 190; (XI) 82-83; and moment to moment, (V) 305; and the movement beyond, (XIII) 40; movement of, (XIV ) 112; and negative thinking, (XIII) 257; and the new, (XVI) 148; as new, (XII) 216-17; and the new mind, (XIV) 235-36; and nothingness, (XIII) 143; versus the positive, (XI) 92, 94; precedes technique, (V) 145-46; and the quiet mind, (XI) 143; (XV) 137; and the religious mind, (XII) 82, 226, 326; as the result of conflict, (XIII) 109; and self-discovery, (XIV) 196-97; versus self-expression, (XV) 279; and space, (XIV)

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309; state of, (XIV) 161, 207; and the state of death, (XI) 138; and the still mind, (XV) 322; and stillness, (XIV) 218; (XV) 346; and the thinker and the thought, (XI) 171; and the unknowable, (XII) 319. See also Conflict; God; Love; Mutation; New; New mind; Reality; Reason; Religion; Truth; Unknown

Creation, beauty, death, and love: as related, (XV) 142. See also Creation

Creation, love, and death: ; as interrelated, (XIV) 269; as one, (XII) 261. See also Creation

Creation, love, and destruction: as one, (XIII) 162-63. See also Destruction; Love

Creative, (XI) 35-36; absence of, (IX) 186; and the absence of fear, (XV) 12-13; achieving, (XI) 73; versus conflict, (XVI) 80; and creation, (XIV) 207; versus creativity, (XI) 137; defining, (VII) 92; (XIII) 288-89; as destruction, (XII) 185; and dreams, (X) 120; and energy, (XII) 64; and freedom, (XI) 304; and the free mind, (IX) 243; (X) 131, 164-66; h indrance to, (IX) 8-9; importance of being, (V) 146-47; as the limitless mind, (X) 155; meaning of, (IX) 7-9; (XVII) 272; versus the mechanical, (XI) 367-68, 376; versus memory, (X) 219; and moment to moment, (IX) 50; and the new, (XVI) 192; and a new world, (X) 17; versus the past, (X) 87; and reality, (X) 223; and the religious mind, (XIV) 46, 269; versus satisfaction, (VII) 260; and search for reality, (IX) 51; versus the scientific, (XII) 77, 80; and uncertainty, (XIV) 133; and the unknown, (IX) 158. See also Arts; Creation; New; New mind; Technique; Truth

Creative action, (VI) 57-58; and fulfillment, (II) 228 Creative activity: and the individual, (XI) 172 Creative artist: and self-expression, (II) 24 Creative awareness: See Silent awareness Creative beauty: achieving, (VIII) 311-12 Creative being: and uncertainty, (VI) 149 Creative choice: defining, (VII) 190. See also Choice Creative effort: and contradiction, (X) 233 Creative emptiness: and self-contradiction, (III) 203;

and will (IV) 25. See also Reality Creative energy, (l) 95; defining, (XIII) 112; and

movement of life, (III) 2, 3; and the process of conflict, (VIII) 310; and truth, (VIII) 306. See also Creation

Creative entity: and the absence of authority, (XIII) 138

Creative expression: and ambition, (III) 184 Creative faith: defining, (VII) 141 Creative happiness: achieving, (VIII) 119-20; and

human needs, (II) 47; and regeneration, (IV) 196. See also Truth

Creative individual: and creation of leaders, (VIII) 301. See also Collective will

Creative intelligence, (III) 5; achieving, (III) 99; awakening of, (III) 3; and education, (III) 93; versus individuality, (II) 81; and sex, (l) 166-67. See also Action; Intelligence

Creative intuition: meaning of, (III) 68-69. See also Intelligence

Creative life : as effortless, (XV) 108 Creative living, (III) 194; (VI) 57-58; and limiting,

(III) 134; and self-discovery, (III) 236 Creative mind, (XI) 99; and the absence of conflict,

(XII) 130; and the absence of fear, (VIII) 124; and the absence of frustration, (VIII) 197; and accumulation, (VII) 325-26; achieving, (XII) 48; and awareness, (VII) 147; versus conflict, (XIV) 78; defining, (XIII) 1-2; determination of, (XIII) 1-2; and education, (VIII) 59; and freedom from conflict, (XI) 99; and knowledge, (XIII) 81-82; and moment to moment, (VII) 309; as patternless, (XII) 185; as the religious mind, (XII) 273; and social challenge, (VI) 85; as still, (XI) 211; as timeless, (VIII) 56; and tradition, (XIII) 68; as uncluttered, (X) 238. See also Creation; Dull mind; Empty mind; Freedom; Free mind; New mind

Creative moment, (IV) 171-72 Creative movement: and freedom from the known,

(XIII) 219 Creativeness, (V) 116-17, 145-47; (VI) 168-70, 231-

33; (VII) 218-21; (VIII) 204-5; as absence of fear, (VII) 291; and absence of the ‘me’, (VII) 308; achieving, (IV) 9-10; and authority, (IV) 132; and the cessation of continuity, (IX) 17; and common purpose, (VII) 229-30; conditions for, (IV) 2; (V) 98; and creation, (XV) 142; defining, (VI) 157-58, 185-86; (VIII) 17; (IX) 243; in education, (VII) 51; and emptiness, (IX) 23-24; and experiencing, (V) 264-65; as freedom from craving, (IV) 15; as happiness, (IV) 174; hindrances to, (VI) 308-10; and imitation, (VI) 169-70; (VIII) 71; and the individual, (X) 37, 40; meaning of, (IX) 7; and the mind, (VIII) 244; (X) 3; without motive, (VIII) 313; and the problem of knowledge, (XI) 336; and self-awareness, (IV) 176; state of, (VII) 297; (X) 8; and technical advancement, (V) 145-46; and the timeless, (VIII) 18-19; and total revolution, (XI) 284; understanding, (VI) 113. See also Aloneness; Creation; God; Reality; Renewal; Truth

Creative reality: and the cessation of the self, (X) 254; defining, (IV) 15; and self-awareness, (IX) 122. See also Awareness; God; Reality; Truth

Creative state, (VI) 348-49; and absence of conflict, (V) 350; achieving, (XII) 145; defining, (VI) 8-9; desire for, (XII) 67; loss of, (V) 157; need for, (XII) 123

Creative stillness: achieving, (X) 17; of mind-heart, (III) 215. See also Quiet mind

Creative thinking: versus conflict, (V) 160; and discovery, (XII) 124; and eternal movement, (II) 99-100; and the failure of education, (VIII) 282; hindrances to, (III) 95; through self-knowledge, (IV) 84. See also Right thinking

Creative thought, (l) 144; and the unknown, (XI) 70 Creative tranquillity: and imperishable ecstasy, (IV)

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Creative understanding, (III) 227; versus authority, (VIII) 254-55; defining, (VII) 301

Creativity, (IX) 92; and the absence of coercion, (VIII) 74; and absence of self, (IV) 119-20; achieving, (V) 147; (VIII) 173; (IX) 80, 283; and ambition, (VIII) 97-98; versus ambition, (VII) 243; and the artist, (XII) 192-93; and authority, (l) 138; (VII) 67; (VIII) 45; awakening the individual to, (IX) 268-69; and the basic problem, (IX) 196; and comparison, (VIII) 68-69; and conditioned action, (VII) 185-86; versus the conditioned mind, (VIII) 159; and conditioned thought, (VII) 196-97; and conflict, (VI) 232; through conflict, (IV) 18; and conformity, (VI) 94, 113; versus continuity, (X) 61; and creation, (XI) 237-38; and creators, (II) 37; defining, (III) 30-31; (VII) 162; (VIII) 271-72, 320-22; (IX) 141; the destruction of, (VIII) 84; and deterioration, (VI) 301; of discovery, (VII) 311; and education, (VIII) 31; without effort, (IX) 91-92; and escape from what is, (IV) 199; and expression, (V) 146; (VIII) 63; and freedom, (VII) 251; (VIII) 90; (IX) 250; and freedom from patterns, (VIII) 318; and freedom from tradition, (VIII) 101-3; and the free individual, (IX) 244-45; and the free mind, (IX) 80; and fulfillment, (IV) 145; as goal of education, (VII) 158; and the good mind, (IX) 263-64; and imitation, (V) 33-34; (VIII) 166; and initiative, (VIII) 342; and inquiry, (VII) 264-65; through intelligence, (VII) 135; versus knowledge and learning, (V) 233; and the known, (V) 237; lack of, and sexual stimulation, (V) 56-57; and learning, (VIII) 320-22; and loss of faith, (VII) 140-41; and love of work, (VIII) 270-71; as a major problem, (VIII) 297, 299; and the ‘me’, (VI) 322; and the mind, (VII) 31-32; moment of, (IV) 18; and the new, (VII) 54; and passive alertness, (IV) 145; and peace, (VII) 127; and the peaceful heart, (V) 169; versus permanence, (VIII) 289; and renewal, (V) 234; (VI) 23; and sex, (VIII) 132; and the silent mind, (VII) 283-84; social loss of, (III) 227; and the still mind, (VI) 363; and technique, (V) 308-9; (VI) 232; and thought, (IV) 171; versus thought, (VI) 226; and tranquillity, (IV) 25; versus tradition, (VII) 63-64; and truth, (l) 12 ; and the unknown, (VIII) 183-84; and what is, (VIII) 107-8

Crime: as revolt within society, (X) 83 Criminal: and society, (II) 194; treatment of, (II) 215-

16 Criminal instinct: an war participation, (IV) 192. See

also Killing; Violence Cripple: mental and physical, (VII) 221 Crisis: and attention, (XIV) 156; and awareness of

masks, (XVI) 225; and challenge, (XII) 281; and change, (VI) 90; and choices, (l) 9-10; coping with, (V) 28; and the desire for comfort, (V) 28; and the disappearance of the past, (XIV) 151; and escape, (l) 54; and harmony, (l ) 38; inward and outward, (XVII) 195; and the known, (XI) 386; meaning of, (VI) 41-42; and time, (XIV) 102; and total

attention, (XVII) 68; and true values, (l) 38; and the unconditioned mind, (VIII) 228; as unique, (IV) 177-78

Critical awareness: absence of, (XVII) 216; and communion, (XIV) 226. See also Awareness; Choiceless awareness

Critical observation: need for, (XIV) 33. See also Observation

Critical thinking: importance of, (VIII) 139 Criticism, (l) 144-45, 174-75; (II) 128; (V) 296-97;

(VI) 103-4; and bias, (l ) 175; and change, (II) 2-3; definition of, (II) 2-3; and doubt, (l) 175; and intelligence, (II) 2; meaning of, (II) 153; necessity for, (II) 2; and prejudice, (II) 2; and self-criticism, (XIII) 93; and self-knowledge, (VII) 293; and understanding, (II) 221. See also Gratification

Cruelty: and the desire to hurt, (VIII) 126-27; and the need to fulfill, (XIII) 295; of sentiment and emotion, (XVII) 203; social base of, (X) 59-60

Crying: reasons for, (VIII) 121 Cultivation: and the creation of change, (VII) 46; as

hindrance to humility, (XI) 357. See also Contradiction; Opposites

Culture: and the collective will, (VIII) 300-301; and conditioning, (IX) 194-95; (XI) 185; (XVII) 169; and conduct, (XVII) 200; and conformity of action, (XVI) 24; and consciousness, (XVII) 169; defining, (XV) 27; (XVII) 134; East and West, (VIII) 14, 203; and experience, (XIII) 220; (XVI) 66; freedom from, (IX) 48; and freedom from patterns, (VIII) 318; as hierarchical, (IX) 95; as hindrance to the free mind, (IX) 56-57; as hindrance to listening, (XV) 34; as hindrance to religious man, (IX) 55; living, (XVII) 178; as man-made, (VIII) 316; meaning of, (X) 200; (XVII) 165-66; as one, (VIII) 42; and the past, (XV) 41; patterns of, (XVII) 12; as producer of religions, (IX) 55; reasons for collapse, (XI) 69; and the religious man, (IX) 108; and response to the word, (XVI) 104-5; and the search for reality, (VIII) 315; and the shaping of thought, (XIII) 114; as a universal, (l) 158-59; war, (IV) 26; Western, (VIII) 146-47. See also Background; Civilization; Conditioning; Conformity; Divisions; Environment; Government; Nationalism; Propaganda; Society; Tradition

Cunning mind: and being serious, (XIII) 275. See also Dull mind; Free mind; Mind

Curiosity: and the encouragement of children to learn, (XI) 4; and learning, (XIV) 287; and self-knowing, (XIII) 248-49. See also Education

Custom: and culture, (XI) 322-23, 325 Cybernetics: revolution in, (XV) 132. See also

Computers; Electronic brain; Technology Cynicism: and loss of faith, (VII) 140 Daily existence: and the accumulation of knowledge,

(XVII) 230-31; as brutalizing, (XIV) 133; escape from, (XIV) 39-40; and meditation, (XVI) 148; and

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seeking, (XVII) 152; and virtue, (IV) 141-42; and what is, (XI) 281. See also Daily life; Existence

Daily life: achieving freshness in, (XV) 107-8; action in, (X) 232; and aloneness, (XIII) 228; and attachment, (XI) 122; awareness of, (XVII) 238; and change, (XI) 124; conflict in, (XVII) 222; and confusion, (XIII) 156; and contradiction, (XIV) 280-82, 284; desire for continuity of, (XV) 230-31; divisions in, (XIII) 244; and effort, (XIV) 233; and energy, (XIV) 295; enslavement to, (XI) 253-54; examining, (XVI) 125; exploration of, (XV) 41-42; and fact versus myth, (VIII) 272; and fear, (XV) 162; and freedom, (XIV) 297; and the futility of search, (VIII) 342; and God, (X) 271-72; versus ideals, (XVII) 228; importance of, (XVI) 135; and the insensitive mind, (XII) 277; and love, (X) 270-71; (XV) 229; and occupation, (IX) 58-59; and the occupied mind, (IX) 204-5; and the prevention of war, (XVII) 280; and problems, (XV) 192; problems of, (XI) 352; and psychological order, (XV) 57; as real, (XVII) 229; as reality, (XVI) 125; and the relationship to God, (X) 271-72; and religion, (XV) 41; and the religious mind, (XIII) 88; and religious ritual, (IX) 157; as routine, (XI) 191; seeking beyond, (XVI) 280-81; and thought, (XVI) 167; understanding, (X) 207; (XV) 49, 52, 54; and verbalization, (XII) 4. See also Conformity; Conscious; Consciousness; Continuity; Life; Living; Mind; Occupied mind; Sorrow

Daily problems: dealing with, (XI) 259; and effort, (XI) 261

Danger: and ending habit, (XVI) 98-99; and the immediate, (XVI) 184; and immediate action, (XVII) 140; insensitivity to, (XVI) 98-99; and outward fear, (XIV ) 90; physical and psychological, (XVI) 155; refusal to look at, (XVII) 217; response to, (XVI) 104; seeing, (XVI) 171; as self-protection, (VIII) 140. See also Fear; Immediate; Security

Dead: communication with, (II) 226. See also Spiritualism

Dead mind: and conflict, (XV) 65; and effort, (XV) 61; and fear, (XV) 28; and the search for permanency, (XIV) 251; versus the still mind, (X) 84. See also Continuity; Dull mind; Occupied mind; Petty mind

Death, (II) 82; (VII) 111-12, 330-32; (VIII) 256-58; (IX) 16-17, 235-36; (XI) 240-43, 363-68, 388-89, 391-93; (XII) 157-58, 160-63, 217-19, 221-22, 258-63, 315-19; (XIII) 99-100, 102-5, 144, 146-49, 184-88, 256-59, 315-20; (XIV) 31-33; (XV) 32-33, 230-33; (XVI) 30-32; (XVII) 73-75, 112-14; and afterlife, (l) 22; (IX) 115-16; approach(es) to, (IX) 52, 116; (XIII) 202; (XIV ) 31-32; and attachment, (XI) 122-23; awareness of, (IX) 178; (X) 61; and awareness of living, (VII) 186-87; at the beginning and the end, (XI) 136; and beliefs, (IX) 115-16; as the cessation of continuity, (XVI) 243; and the clear mind, (XV) 244; concept of, (II) 50; and conflict of opposites, (IV) 21-22; and continuity,

(V) 306-7; (VI) 238-39; (VII) 187-88; and continuity of the ‘me’, (X) 10; dealing with, (l) 67-68; as the decline of the mind, (XIV ) 28; defining the state of, (XIII) 105; and the desire for continuity, (IX) 150; and dying to everything, (XIII) 55; and dying to yesterday, (XI) 50-51; as the ending of the known, (XIII) 258; and escape, (II) 231; as escape, (IV) 12-13; escapes from, (XIII) 202; and escape into beliefs, (XII) 209; experiencing while living, (IX) 236; and fear, (XII) 135; fear of, (l) 102, 130-131, 179-80; (IV) 113-14, 197-98; (V) 124-27, 354-55; (VI) 57, 209-11; (VII) 68; (VIII) 138-39, 150-51, 186-87, 245-46, 277-78, 308-9; (IX) 52, 157-58; (X) 60-61, 153-55, 208-10; (XI) 30-31, 118, 174, 191-92, 195, 240-42, 287-88, 348; (XII) 304; (XIII) 34-35, 172; (XIV) 64, 195, 250, 292; (XV) 29, 77, 180-81, 316-20; (XVI) 62-63, 103, 104-7, 155-56, 175-76, 178; (XVII) 13, 143, 162-63, 171, 226, 264, 276-77, 282; and fear of impermanence, (VIII) 87; and fear of living, (XIV) 30-32; and the fear of the unknown, (V) 319-20; forms of, (XV) 29; and God, (XI) 152-53; and the hereafter, (II) 209-10; (III) 243-45; as hindrance to living, (XV) 283-84; and humility, (XIV) 27; and immediate action, (XI) 123; and impermanence, (XV) 177; knowing, (VIII) 308-9; (XIII) 57; and learning, (XI) 152; learning about, (XII) 106-7; and loneliness, (XV) 32; and loss, (II) 96; (III) 77; loss of a loved one, (l) 21-22; meaning of, (V) 67-68; (VIII) 308-9; and meditation, (XIII) 266-67; and need for religion, (VIII) 134-35; need to understand, (XV) 318; (XVII) 6; and negation, (XVII) 20; and the new, (XVI) 244; as the only total action, (XV) 345; as part of living, (IX) 17; of the past, (VII) 282; and permanency, (XII) 105; physical and psychological, (XVII) 73-74, 149, 171; and reincarnation, (IV) 189; (VI) 121-22; (VII) 55-56; (X) 97-98; and the religious mind, (XV) 93; and renewal, (V) 298; and the search for beyond time, (XVI) 250; and sorrow, (III) 110; (XII) 92-93; (XIII) 202, 311; theories about, (XIV ) 255; and time, (XV) 127-28; as the ultimate negation, (XI) 317; understanding, (VII) 129; (XII) 39; (XIII) 168-69; (XIV) 256; (XV) 78-80, 345-46; (XVI) 178; understanding fear of, (IV) 51; understanding living, (XVI) 63, 64; understanding the problem of, (XI) 135-38; and the unknowable, (X) 97-98; as the unknowable, (XI) 288-89; and the unknown, (VI) 63; (VII) 240-41. See also Beauty; Continuity; Creation; Desire; Dying; Escape; ‘I’; Immortality; Knowledge; Known; Life; Living; Love; Permanence; Reincarnation; Religion; Security; Sorrow; Suffering; Time

Death and life: as one, (X) 97-98; (XI) 292; relationship between, (XIV ) 255. See also Death

Death, beauty, love, and creation: as related, (XV) 142 Death, fear, and time: relationship between, (XII) 217-

23 Death, love, and beauty: as connected, (XIII) 105. See

also Beauty; Love

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Death, love, and creation: as interrelated, (XIV) 269. See also Creation; Death; Love

Death, love, and living: need to understand, (XVII) 73. See also Death; Living; Love

Death, love, and sorrow: as one, (XIII) 253, 255, 256, 310. See also Love; Sorrow

Death, love, and time, (XVII) 23; as interrelated, (XIV) 254, 257-58. See also Death; Love; Time

Death, sorrow, and time, (XIV) 100-106; as interrelated, (XIV) 147-54, 208-14. See also Death; Sorrow; Time

Debate: versus discussion, (XI) 325-26; (XII) 2 Decay: and time, (XIV) 102. See also Deterioration Deception: and gratification, (XII) 266 Decision: as hindrance to learning, (XI) 161-62. See

also Conclusion Decline: ethical, moral, and intellectual, (XVII) 216.

See also Deterioration; Society Defense and attack, (XV) 167 Degeneration: and conflict, (XIII) 277, 282, 284 Deliberate action: as hindrance to meditation, (XV) 86.

See also Action Delinquency, (X) 4-5; as social revolt, (X) 65. See also

Children; Conformity Delusion: See Self-deception Democracies: and conditioning, (X) 163. See also

Governments Democracy: absence of, (V) 84; and change, (XI) 310;

and freedom, (XV) 203; and party system, (VIII) 30. See also Divisions

Democrat: defining, (XVII) 270-71. See also Authority; Belief; Conditioning; Divisions; Nationalism; Revolution; Society

Democratic society: and inward conditioning, (XVII) 139. See also Society

Denial, (XIII) 85-88, 90-92; and the ability to love, (XIII) 149; and achieving freedom, (XVII) 21; and affection, (XIII) 26; and ambition, (XIII) 168, 169; and change, (XII) 255-56; defining, (XIV) 258; and discovering meditation, (XIV) 258; and energy, (XIII) 56; and fact, (XIII) 130; as fact, (XV) 86; and the false, (XII) 322, 323; and freedom, (XIII) 6; through knowledge or reaction, (XII) 224; and looking, (XIII) 142; meaning of, (XIII) 55-56; and meditation, (XIII) 152; and motive, (XII) 257; with and without motive, (XIII) 129; motiveless, (XIII) 54, 86, 258; and the negation of the false, (XII) 255-56; and the negative approach, (XIII) 95; and negative thinking, (XII) 287; and the path of true religion, (XVII) 153; as path to the new, (XIII) 30; and process, (XVII) 272-73; and the religious mind, (XII) 323; state of mind of, (XII) 292; of the structure of society, (XVII) 154; and the true, (XVII) 223; and the unspotted mind, (XIII) 149; and the wasting of energy, (XV) 90. See also Negation

Dependence, (-y): (l) 16-17; (III) 169; (III) 69; (IX) 60-65; (XVI) 118-21; and action, (XII) 33; and aloneness, (VII) 220-21; and attachment, (X) 115;

and authority, (IX) 244-45; and belief, (VII) 226; on challenge, (XVI) 209; on children, (IX) 65; and compassion, (X) 189; and conflict, (VI) 347; (XII) 242; as corrupter, (X) 92; and desire, (III) 138; and the dull mind, (IX) 109; and dullness, (IX) 253; and emptiness, (VII) 205-6; and the enslaved mind, (IX) 234; and exploitation, (l) 138-39; and fear, (III) 225-26; (VII) 78-79, 214; (VIII) 114-15; (X) 9; (XVI) 104; and following, (IX) 256-57; and freedom, (VI) 358; freedom from, (XVI) 38; freedom from psychological, (X) 52-53; and group conformity, (IV) 47; as hindrance, (IX) 8; and hope, (VII) 243; and the individual, (IX) 275; and inquiry, (IX) 270; and inspiration, (IV) 21; kinds of, (III) 159; and knowledge, (XII) 36; and loneliness, (VI) 191-201; as love, (VII) 88-89; on Masters, (III) 167; (IV) 40-41; problem of, (X) 92-93; psychological, (VII) 273-74; and psychological needs, (XII) 243-44; reasons for, (X) 93; (XVI) 119-20; and reform, (X) 210; and relationship, (III) 159-60; (VIII) 336-37; and resistance, (XIII) 111; versus security for children, (XI) 4; and sorrow, (X) 194; and suicide, (VII) 200-201; and superficiality, (VII) 10-11; types of, (VIII) 128; and violence, (IX) 118; and the wasting of energy, (XVII) 121. See also Aloneness; Attachment; Authority; Conflict; Conformity; Freedom; Happiness; Love; Masters

Dependent mind: and challenge and response, (XIII) 152-53; and freedom, (X) 109. See also Dull mind; Mind

Depression: understanding, (III) 206-7. See also Sorrow

Depth: achieving, (XIII) 218-20, 222; and contradiction, (XV) 179

Desire, (VII) 39-42; (VIII) 303-6; (IX) 81-83; (XII) 148-53, 243-47; (XIII) 124-26; (XIV ) 96-100; (XV) 15-19, 19-22, 165-66; (XVI) 35-39, 85-89; approach to, (XV) 224; for authority, (VII) 300; and beauty, (XV) 314; to become, (IV) 11-12; (VI) 339; and becoming, (V) 332; (IX) 167-70; and belief, (VI) 253-54; cessation of, (V) 271; comprehension of, (XII) 217; without condemnation, (VIII) 149-50; (X) 221; and the conditioned mind, (VIII) 146; and conflict, (IV) 11; (V) 358; (VI) 354; (VIII) 324; (X) 27, 233-34; (XII) 131-32, 201, 242; (XVI) 85, 215; conflicts arising from, (II) 124-25; and conscious awareness, (VII) 72; and contradiction, (X) 110; (XV) 63-64, 67; and the creation of contradiction, (XIV) 179-80; and the creation of fear, (VIII) 199-200; as creator of illusion, (VII) 270; defining, (XV) 15, 20; (XVII) 213; and discipline, (VI) 258-59; and discontent, (VI) 187; and disintegration, (VI) 222; endlessness of, (IV) 23; and experience, (XI) 319; and false continuity, (III) 128; and fear, (IX) 167-69; and fear of frustration, (VII) 167; freedom from, (IX) 256; and harmony, (l) 91; as hindrance to order, (XV) 298; and intuition, (IX) 150; levels of, (VII) 263; and the loss of beauty, (XIV) 137;

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and love, (XV) 19-20; (XVII) 203-4; and ‘me’, (VIII) 159; versus meditation, (X) 229; and the mind, (VII) 93; (X) 256-57; nature of, (XV) 59-60; need for, (II) 28; need to understand, (XV) 105-6; and the object of, (XIV) 183; and the observer, (XVI) 154; and opposite response, (XI) 161, 180-81; and opposition, (VI) 8; origin of, (IX) 82; pattern of, (II) 167-68; and permanence, (VII) 328-30; and pleasure, (XV) 174, 223-24; (XVI) 93-94, 146-48, 215, 216, 217, 286; (XVII) 12, 15, 66, 147-48, 212-13; and pleasure and pain, (II) 27-28; and primitive man, (II) 63; process of, (VII) 40-42; (XIV) 146; (XVII) 184, 188; as the process of the mind, (III) 140-43; (VII) 316, 318; and the purpose of life, (V) 21; as a reaction, (XVII) 184; and recognition, (VI) 271; and relationship, (III) 115, 156-57; and repetition, (XVII) 204; and resistance, (IV) 64; and satisfaction, (VI) 341-42; and search, (IX) 179; and search for solutions, (VI) 248-51; and search for truth, (VI) 285; for security, (VII) 290; and self, (VI) 273; and self-contradiction, (XIV) 182-83; and self-discipline, (VI) 314; and self-fulfillment, (VII) 311; and the senses, (X) 236; and sorrow, (X) 56-58; source of, (III) 224; (XV) 107; state of, (XV) 64, 67; structure of, (XV) 108; suppression of, (X) 244, 269; and thought, (XV) 313, 315; (XVI) 112; (XVII) 234; understanding, (III) 138-39, 142-43, 175; (XI) 204; (XII) 242; (XIV ) 222-24; (XV) 312-13, 315; (XVII) 239; understanding of, (II) 28, (V) 301; (VI) 227-28, 259-60; (X) 157; understanding the nature of, (XVI) 86-88; and understanding pleasure, (XVI) 61-62; understanding the process of, (VIII) 310-11; (XIII) 326; and will, (VIII) 35-36; (X) 26-27; (XI) 44, 111; (XII) 158; (XV) 58-60, 105; as will, (X) 13-14. See also Accumulation; Acquisitiveness; Ambition; Becoming; Conflict; Contradiction; Craving; Dependency; Despair; Duality; Effort; Experience; Greed; Limitations; Perception; Power; Want

Desire, conformity, time, and thought: as interrelated, (XV) 18-19

Desire, feeling, and thought: as one, (X) 164-66 Despair, (XIII) 218-22; and choiceless awareness,

(VIII) 174; and the creation of philosophy, (XVI) 265; and death, (XI) 365; and desire, (XII) 150; ending, (XVI) 301; and escape, (V) 248; escape from, (XII) 175-76; (XVI) 266; and fear, (XI) 177; (XII) 142; and fear of death, (XIII) 258; forms of, (XIII) 220; freedom from, (XVII) 156-57; and hope, (XI) 210; (XII) 170; and intellectualism, (XI) 391; and knowledge, (XIII) 219-20; and living for today, (XIII) 159-60; and living in the present, (XVI) 239; versus living in the present, (XIII) 319; of man, (XI) 334; and memory, (V) 248; need to understand, (XVII) 157; and the observer and the observed, (XVII) 22; of old and young, (XIII) 218; philosophy of, (XIII) 317; (XVI) 93; and reality, (V) 194; reasons for, (XI)

359-61; and the religious mind, (XI) 289; and the search for life’s meaning, (XVII) 40-41, 43; and the search for truth, (XVI) 47; and self-awareness, (V) 248; and social reform, (XI) 306-7; state of, (XI) 139-41; and time, (XI) 270. See also Conflict; Emptiness; Escape; Feelings; Isolation; Loneliness; Sorrow; Suffering

Destiny: achieving freedom from, (XIV) 64; questioning, (XIV) 64

Destroyer: and the destroyed, (III) 152-53 Destruction: and creation, (XIII) 156; as creation,

(XII) 225-26, 297, 319; and death, (XIII) 148; and humility, (XII) 199-200; and meditation, (XIII) 152; and the new, (XII) 223; of psychological structure of society, (XIII) 168, 170; and the religious mind, (XII) 272-73; as true questioning, (XII) 277. See also Deterioration

Destruction, love, and creation: as one, (XIII) 162-63. See also Creation; Love

Destructive factors, (VII) 121-22. See also Belief Destructive mind: and power, (XI) 373. See also

Empty mind; Petty mind Detachment, (l) 134, 141; (III) 138; (V) 227-29; (IX)

37-38; and attachment, (XI) 151; and collective belief, (IX) 256; cultivation of, (XI) 90, 122; as nonexistent, (XI) 293; and the search for the real, (IX) 14; and suffering, (II) 188; understanding, (XII) 229-30; for understanding life, (IV) 87. See also Attachment; Dependence; Relationship; Suffering

Deterioration, (VI) 299-303, 306-9; (XV) 234-38; (XVII) 77-80; and authority, (XIII) 71; causes of, (VI) 292-94; and cleansing, (XIII) 28-29; and comparison, (XIII) 31; (XIV) 194, 196; and conflict, (XII) 13; (XIII) 285; (XIV ) 78; and contradiction, (XIII) 283; defining, (VII) 98; and despair, (XI) 359-60; as fact, (VII) 187; and the free mind, (IX) 185-87, 190; and imitation, (XIV) 29; increasing, (XIV) 77; individual and societal, (X) 148-49; and living without contradiction, (XII) 300; and the mechanical mind, (VII) 308-9; and the mind, (X) 258; (XI) 342-45; of the mind, (IX) 264; of mind and society, (XVII) 23; of moral and ethical relationships, (XVII) 31-32; and the need for revolution, (XIV) 271-72; versus observation, (XIV) 28; and peace, (VII) 126; physical and psychological, (VII) 262-65; physiological and psychological, (XIV) 66-67, 69-70; and search for security, (VII) 308-9; and seeking and finding, (XV) 241; and time, (XIII) 28-29, 31; and the unity of body and mind, (XVII) 83; world, (XVII) 93; on world scale, (XVII) 99. See also Conflict; Confusion; Degeneration; Disintegration; Disorder; Society; World problems

Determination: as hindrance, (XVI) 96-97. See also Effort

Deva: See Authority; Guru; Master; Teacher Devotion, (VII) 230-31; and absorption, (XI) 37;

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meditation, (V) 165, 210, 269, 361; versus passion, (XIV) 95; versus reality, (XI) 147

Dialectical approach, (XIV) 145; meaning of, (XIV ) 51

Dialectical materialism: and identification with the state, (VII) 152

Dialogue: defining, (XVI) 257, 258. See also Communication

Diary, (IV) 195; and self-knowledge, (IV) 7; and slowing of thought, (III) 206, 215-16, 233-34; of thoughts and consciousness, (IV) 127. See also Silence; Slowed down mind; Thought

Dictatorship: and the demand for the free mind, (XVII) 224; and molding minds, (XVII) 174; and order, (XV) 206; and thought control, (XI) 57-58. See also Authority; Disorder; Obedience; Tyranny; World problems

Diet: and intelligence, (III) 180 Different: desire to be, (XI) 179-82 Differentiation, and fear (XII) 48 Dimension: and nature of the old, (XV) 60; not created

by thought, (XVI) 301; and space, (XVI) 251; without time, (XVI) 206. See also New; Truth; Unknown

Direct contact: and freedom, (XVII) 219; as rarity, (XV) 30. See also Contact; Direct relationships

Direct experience: versus explanations, (XI) 183-84. See also Experience

Direction: and religion, (XI) 117 Directional commitment: and envy, (XII) 110 Direct perception: and the absence of confusion,

(XVII) 15; versus conditioning, (XI) 203-4; defining, (XI) 217-18; versus the imitative experience, (XII) 146; and inquiry, (XI) 216-17; and true and false, (XI) 217-18. See also Perception

Direct relationships: and communion, (XVII) 222. See also Relationship

Disagreement: and influence, (XI) 321-22; necessity to comprehend, (III) 93

Discernment, (III) 56-57; and action, (II) 212; and action of limitation, (III) 63; through awareness, (III) 183; craving for, (II) 218; and freedom, (III) 33; of the ‘I’ process, (III) 86-87; the will of, (III) 57-58. See also Choice; Mind; Prejudice; Thought; Will

Disciple(s): and learning, (XI) 109; and Master, (IX) 233-34; and reflected glory, (V) 308. See also Authority; Followers; Following; Gratification; Leaders

Discipline, (l) 46-47; (II) 84; (IV) 146-47; (V) 256-60; (VI) 257-59; (VII) 146-47; (XIII) 79-82; and attention, (XV) 195; of attention, (X) 255-57; and austerity, (XV) 225; and authority, (VII) 67-68; awareness of, (XV) 207; and change, (XI) 274; and the clear mind, (XIV) 263; without coercion, (X) 96-97; and concentration, (XI) 291; as the conditioned mind, (IV) 97-98; as conditioning, (VII) 286-87; as conflict, (VIII) 311; (XIV) 11; without conflict, (XI) 383; and conformity, (XIII)

335; (XIV) 239-40; (XV) 206-7; (XVI) 17-18; created by freedom, (XIII) 238; and creating conflict, (X) 180-81; defining, (VII) 105; (VIII) 90-91; (XIV) 4, 91-92, 144, 218; (XV) 68; (XVI) 136-37; (XVII) 58, 59; and desire, (VIII) 304-6; (XV) 21, 312-13; and the desire for silence, (XV) 238-39; and desire for success, (VII) 303; and the destruction of the mind, (VII) 123; destructive, (XIII) 125; as a destructive force, (l) 42-43; and duality, (VIII) 195; and the dull mind, (IV) 179; (XVII) 81; and energy, (XIV) 6; as escape, (XII) 130; examining, (X) 246-49; and experience, (X) 16; and fact, (XIII) 36, 38; and fear, (VII) 191; (XI) 175; (XII) 140; (XIII) 303-4; fear of sexual lust, (V) 107; and feeling, (XI) 72; and freedom, (IX) 143; (XI) 47; (XIII) 4-5; versus freedom, (VII) 69-70, 71; versus the free mind, (VII) 142; (X) 131-32; (XI) 2; the function of, (VIII) 31-32; futility of, (III) 80-81; and going beyond the mind, (X) 141-42; versus goodness, (XI) 325; versus guidance for children, (V) 107-9; as hindrance, (VI) 255; (XII) 149; as hindrance to freedom, (IX) 155; as hindrance to seriousness, (IX) 183; as hindrance to truth, (XI) 20-21; and hope and despair, (XI) 141; and humility, (XIII) 268, 270; and the ideal, (VII) 66; implications of, (XIV ) 145; inquiry into, (XVII) 108; and laziness, (XIII) 139; and learning, (XIV) 146, 239-40, 244; (XV) 68-70; (XVII) 58, 59; the limitations of, (VII) 17-18, 19; and the limited mind, (VI) 246; and listening, (XV) 238; (XVI) 70, 101-2; and looking without condemnation, (XVII) 239; as loveless, (VII) 105; meaning of, (VIII) 295; (XIII) 321; (XVI) 193; (XVII) 137; and meditation, (V) 210-11, 267; (VII) 56-57; (XIII) 95-96; (XV) 135; and memory, (IX) 91-92; and method, (XIII) 52-53; and the mind, (II) 40-41; (VIII) 325-26; (XI) 233; and morality, (II) 138; nature of, (XV) 92-93; as necessity, (III) 247; and the need for clarity, (XVII) 34, 36; and observation, (XIV) 36-37, 51; and order, (XV) 346; as the outcome of freedom, (XIII) 98; to overcome contradiction, (IX) 205-6; parental, (l) 17-18; versus perception, (XI) 205; and pleasure, (XVI) 216; and power, (V) 45; problem of, (XI) 352; versus the quiet mind, (XIII) 335; reasons for, (III) 131-32; and relationship, (V) 335; and the religious spirit, (XIV) 46; and resistance, (VII) 105; and satisfaction, (XI) 244; and search, (IX) 87; and the search for fulfillment, (XI) 235, 238; and self-discipline, (XV) 54; and self-knowledge, (V) 284; versus self-knowledge, (XI) 186; and silence, (XVII) 124-25; and the silent mind, (XV) 46, 308; as skill in observation, (XIII) 335-36; and society, (XVI) 110; versus the state of silence, (IX) 66; and stillness, (IX) 232; and suppression, (VI) 258-59; of suppression, (X) 255; versus transformation, (X) 118; types of, (X) 146; (XII) 324; (XIII) 268-69; (XIV ) 4; (XVII) 107-8; understanding, (XI) 117-18, 354-55; (XIII) 123; (XIV) 173; and understanding disorder,

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(XVII) 168; understanding through examination, (XVI) 37; and understanding fear, (XIV) 194; and understanding freedom, (XVII) 167; understanding the structure of, (XVI) 150; and understanding the structure of thought, (XVII) 179; and violence, (XVI) 203. See also Awareness; Compulsion; Conditioning; Conflict; Conformity; Dull mind; Effort; Method; Resistance; Self-discipline; Self-knowledge; Still mind; Suppression; Thought; Tradition

Disciplined mind: as the dead mind, (XIV) 145; as reactionary, (XI) 355; as sluggish, (XI) 307. See also Discipline; Mind; Petty mind

Discontent, (V) 273; (VI) 187; (VII) 210-13; (VIII) 120; and acquisitiveness, (VIII) 10; and action, (XII) 13-14; causes of, (XIV) 264; and change, (X) 45; (XII) 255-56; and conformity, (XI) 43-44, 46; and daily life, (XV) 42; defining, (XII) 13-14; and desire, (XII) 150; and the desire for change, (XI) 311; and the desire for improvement, (IX) 207-8; versus dissatisfaction, (IX) 103; in the East and West, (XVII) 131; and envy, (X) 29-30, 47; and escape, (V) 345-46; as essential, (VII) 259-60; (IX) 69; and exploration, (V) 348; and the fact, (XIV) 266; forms of, (XVII) 189-90; and freedom, (XI) 45-46; and gratification, (XIV) 206; as hindrance, (V) 30; and human problems, (IX) 169; versus illusions, (X) 32; as impetus to enquiry, (V) 33-34; and inquiry, (XI) 8; keeping it alive, (VII) 211; and leisure, (XIII) 42; and mediocrity, (VIII) 18; as necessary to youth, (VII) 64; and the need for passion, (XVII) 133; need to understand, (XVII) 182; as path to intelligence, (V) 106; and reality, (V) 222; and the religious life, (XIV ) 264-65; and the religious man, (X) 34; and satisfaction, (V) 266; and search, (IX) 68; and search for certainty, (V) 169-70; and the search for contentment, (X) 182-83; and the search for knowledge, (VIII) 21-22; and the search for religion, (XI) 95; and the search for satisfaction, (X) 217; and seeking, (XVII) 87; and social revolt, (XV) 156; and transformation, (V) 185-86; understanding, (XI) 91; world, (XVII) 86; and world problems, (XIII) 63. See also Ambition; Conflict; Confusion; Despair; Dissatisfaction; Questioning; Revolution; Satisfaction; Security; Seeking

Discovery: and the absence of conflict, (XI) 354; and aloneness, (VII) 311; without authority, (IX) 195; and conflict, (XIII) 16-17; and conflict of choice, (VII) 292; through consciousness, (II) 17-18; and the cumulative technique, (IX) 111; versus distraction, (X) 61-62; and energy, (XVI) 221; of the fact, (XIV) 8; of the false and true, (XI) 190; and freedom, (XI) 67; and the free mind, (X) 41-42; (XI) 260; (XII) 204; as inadequate to solutions, (XV) 117-18; as individual, (XI) 167; joy of, (XI) 227; meaning of, (XVI) 142; and meditation, (IX) 279; and the negative approach, (XI) 292; and the new, (XIII) 302-3; and the new mind, (XIV) 83; and the origin of thought, (XVI) 164; pursuit of,

(XV) 256; and questioning, (XII) 286; and the religious mind, (XI) 70; and sorrow, (XII) 201-2; as spontaneous, (VII) 316, 318, 319; and suffering, (II) 32-33; and thought, (XI) 128-29; of true and false, (XII) 167; of truth, (XIV ) 121-22, 124, 127; two approaches to, (XIII) 282; and the uncertain mind, (XII) 235; understanding, (XVI) 293. See also Exploration; God; Inquiry, Investigation; Questioning; Reality; Self-discovery

Discussion: without authority, (XIV ) 271; beyond the verbal level, (XIII) 177; conditions for, (XVI) 80; and discovery, (XV) 245; as discovery, (VI) 12, 14; importance of, (VII) 2; intent of, (XV) 273-74; meaning of, (XII) 1-2; and questions, (XII) 186-87; and self-exposure, (XVI) 253. See also Communication; Communion; Learning; Listening; Words

Disillusionment: and conflict, (IV) 28-29 Disintegration: acceptance of, (VII) 156-57; and

conflict, (XIV) 87; and desire, (VIII) 324; and integration, (VII) 112; process of, (VI) 262-63; responsibility for, (V) 182-83; social, (VIII) 165-66. See also Civilization; Deterioration; Fear; Individual

Disorder, (XVII) 173-78; awareness of, (XV) 206-7; and the concept of order, (XV) 298; and conflict, (XVII) 239; and confusion, (XV) 198-99; and continuity of what is, (XV) 159; defining, (XII) 172; and deterioration, (XV) 236; and divisions, (XV) 301; and fear, (XIII) 71; (XV) 117-18, 159; and fear of freedom, (XV) 281; and forced behavior, (XVII) 202; and “how”, (XV) 130, 134; and inward and outward conflict, (XV) 296; and motive, (XV) 264; and order, (XII) 189-90; (XV) 55-56; (XVII) 167-68; and the positive, (XV) 261-63, 299; and psychological time, (XV) 236; and society, (XV) 157-58; and time, (XV) 125, 129-30, 159, 212, 261-63, 304, 338-39; (XVI) 184; understanding, (XV) 325-29; (XVII) 168; and violence, (XV) 299; and war, (XV) 299; and world politics, (XV) 124. See also Conflict; Order; Society; War; World problems

Disorder and order: understanding the relationship between, (XVII) 223-24, 227-28. See also Disorder; Order

Dissatisfaction, (IX) 43-47; and action, (XIII) 44; and comparison, (XII) 11-12; and ideals, (IX) 43-46; and the positive and the negative states, (XV) 259; problem of, (IX) 163; and search, (IX) 179-81; and search for security, (IX) 136; and seeking, (XII) 203; (XVII) 154. See also Conflict; Discontent; Frustration

Distance: explaining, (XV) 279-80; and looking, (XV) 279; and seeking and finding, (XV) 261; and space, (XVI) 251; and time, (XV) 261-62, 272; understanding, (XV) 262. See also Time

Distortion: and conflict, (XVI) 93; and motive, (XIII) 168-69

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177, 336-37; versus attention, (IX) 106; (X) 140; and attention and concentration, (XII) 215, 264; and awareness, (XV) 38; (XVI) 185; awareness of, (III) 230-31; and concentration, (V) 164; (XI) 38; (XIII) 264; and conflict, (IV) 21; defining, (IX) 88-89; (XIII) 121; and dependence, (X) 52; and the deteriorating mind, (XIII) 278-79; and dulling the mind, (IV) 167; and effort, (IV) 111-12; 134-35; versus the empty mind, (IX) 23; and energy, (XIV) 208; as escape, (VII) 193-94; (XIII) 309-10; (XIV) 121; and experience, (V) 356; as hindrance, (IX) 70; as hindrance to understanding, (XIV) 66; and inattention, (XIV) 201-2; and interest, (V) 89; and listening, (XV) 59; versus listening, (XIII) 87; and loneliness, (VII) 273; and meditation, (V) 268; (VI) 244-46; and the mind, (IV) 207; and observation, (XIV) 52; and peace, (XV) 223; and problems, (XIII) 19-20; and reformation, (VII) 36; and relationship, (V) 229; versus the steady mind, (IX) 129; and the still mind, (VI) 336-37; and thoughtfulness, (VII) 54; and truth, (VI) 177-78; of words, (IX) 252. See also Attention; Concentration; Conflict; Dull mind; Escape; Meditation

Disturbance, (VII) 155-56; and achieving peace, (VIII) 227; avoidance of, (XII) 237; and belief, (XI) 316; and change, (X) 216-17; creating, (XII) 196-97; and desire, (XIV) 96; desire to escape, (VIII) 128-31; desire to be rid of, (V) 273-75; effect of, (XIII) 15-16; and listening or hearing the word, (XVII) 195; and the occupied mind, (XII) 243; and the search for security, (IX) 19; and security, (XI) 306; state of, (IX) 109; as suffering, (V) 315. See also Challenge; Conflict; Confusion; Contradiction; Discontent; Frustration

Divine power: and fear, (XII) 60 Divinity: and dissatisfaction, (IX) 43 Division(s), (II) 95, 165; (III) 169-70, 189, 191; (V)

151-53; abolishing, (IV) 182; and the absence of love, (IX) 267; in action, (XII) 68; between action and idea(s), (V) 331; (VII) 109; (XIII) 326; (XV) 315; (XVI) 18-19; between action and ideology, of action and non-action, (IX) 51; (XVII) 139-40; of action, devotion, knowledge, (XI) 245; between analyzer and analyzed, (X) 174; and authority, (VII) 141-42; (XV) 227; and belief, (V) 238-39; (VI) 256; (VII) 145-46, 226; (VIII) 294; (XV) 196; of body and mind, (XVII) 63; causes of, (XVI) 68; and change, (XVI) 203; between the collective and the individual, (XIV) 56, 272; and comparison, (XVII) 30; in concentration, (VII) 27; between the concept and the act, (XV) 129; and conflict, (III) 69; (X) 117; (XI) 371-72; (XII) 194-95, 242; (XIII) 263, 335; and the conscious and unconscious, (XIII) 37; between the conscious and unconscious, (VII) 296; (XI) 327; (XV) 11; (XVI) 54; and consciousness, (XII) 240-41; of consciousness, (XVI) 240; (XVII) 145; and contradiction(s), (VI) 191; (XV) 311; (XVII) 2; as contradiction, (XII) 177-78; creating, (VIII) 318;

and creation of inhumanity, (IV) 97; and the creation of problems, (XVII) 217; and cruelty, (IX) 259; in daily life and ideals, (XIV) 282; in daily and religious life, (X) 207-8; of death from living, (IX) 287-88; (XIV) 31, 33, 212, 256; and desire, (XII) 152; and desire for exclusions, (V) 354; and desire for power, (VIII) 19; and disorder, (XV) 301; and disunity, (XVI) 233; between the divine and the not-divine, (XVII) 203; in the earth, (XIV) 252; economic reasons for, (X) 201; ending of, (XIV) 282; of ends and means, (IV) 178; and energy, (XII) 63; as evil, (IV) 87; and the evil of spiritual authority, (XVII) 175; in existence, (XV) 62; explanation of, (II) 143-44; between fact and mind, (IX) 64; between the fact and the observer, (XVI) 107; and fear, (XII) 45; (XIII) 135-36; (XIV) 251; in feeling and knowledge, (IV) 1; between feelings and ideas, (XIII) 68; versus freedom, (IX) 51; and fulfillment, (II) 191-92; of giving and receiving, (XV) 227; going beyond, (XVII) 201; and gratification, (IV) 201; as hindrance, (IX) 51-52; as hindrance to attention, (XVI) 143; as hindrance to living peacefully, (XVII) 53; as hindrance to peace, (XIV) 259-60; (XVI) 126; (XVII) 192; as hindrance to the totality of life, (IX) 254; as hindrance to understanding, (XVI) 6; as hindrance to the unity of mankind, (XVII) 143; as hindrance to world problems, (V) 152-53; between human beings, (XI) 206; and human needs, (III) 70; and ideas, (V) 294-95; and identity, (VIII) 243-44; and ignorance, (V) 84; between individual and mass, (III) 90-91; between the individual and the world, (XIV) 79; between inferior and superior, (VII) 127-28; of inner and outer, (XII) 70, 134, 197-98, 292; (XIV ) 60; of inner and outer existence, (IV) 17; in inner and outer life, (XIII) 51-52, 156-57; between inner and outer man, (III) 43; between the inner and outer world, (XVII) 132; and intellectual perception, (III) 94; and internationalism, (V) 115; inward and outward, (XV) 56; of inward and outward life, (XI) 236; and inward and outward movement, (XIV) 2; in life, (XV) 284; of life and death, (X) 98; (XV) 284-85; as limitation to education, (VIII) 282; of living and dying, (X) 153-55; living without, (XII) 22, 25; and love, (XIII) 156; between master and pupil, (V) 219; (IX) 238-39; material and spiritual, (II) 154-55; and meditation, (XI) 199; and method and practice, (XV) 83; and the mind, (XI) 32-33, 168; of mind and heart, (II) 77-78; of mind and thought, (VII) 21-22; (IX) 94; and nationalism, (XIV) 150; (XV) 327-29; (XVII) 162, 279-80; among nations, (IX) 71; in nations and people, (XIV) 220; of nations and races, (III) 240; of nations and religions, (XIV) 229; of nationalities and religions, (III) 207; national, racial, social, (IV) 98, 99; national, religious, and technological, (XIV) 78; need to eliminate, (IX) 247; and the new society, (VIII) 301-2; and nonintelligence, (XVII) 238; and not seeing the whole, (XVI) 237; and the

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observer, (XVII) 219; and the observer and the observed, (V) 248; (XI) 176; between the observer and the observed, (XII) 255; (XIII) 283; (XIV) 157, 242-44; (XVI) 23-25, 134, 202-3, 270-72; (XVII) 22, 88, 275-76; Occidental and Oriental, (II) 203; and organized belief, (XII) 118; origins of, (II) 91; of the past, (XVI) 200; between the past and present, (XV) 271; of past, present and future, (II) 219; and peace, (IX) 15-16; between people, (X) 24; (XI) 377; political, (VIII) 248; between the powerful and powerless, (VII) 128; in private and public life, (XVI) 225; as problem, (VIII) 242; and problems, (IX) 222; of reason and feeling, (IV) 122; and relationship(s), (V) 241; (XVI) 44-45; and religion, (X) 200-201, 219; (XV) 326-27; (XVI) 242; (XVII) 162; in religion, (V) 157; religious, (IX) 193; and religious dogma, (VII) 130; versus the religious mind, (XIII) 87, 88, 89-90; and the religious person, (IX) 121; and response, (V) 183; and the response to world crisis, (VIII) 298-99; and revolution, (VI) 325; and search, (IX) 181, 183, 185; and search for goals, (II) 99-100; and search for security, (VI) 149-50; and sects, (II) 106; and security, (X) 42-43; seeing the danger in, (XVI) 98-99; and self, (IV) 141-42; social and religious, (II) 84; and social disorder, (XVII) 167; and social structure, (IV) 40; between societies, (VII) 80; in society, (IX) 86, 262; between society and the human being, (XVII) 60-61; and sorrow, (XIV) 211-12; and specialization, (XII) 270; spiritual and material, (II) 173-74; between spiritual and worldly, (X) 123; (XV) 195; of teacher and disciple, (XI) 109; and tension, (XII) 63; and the thinker and the thought, (XIII) 90-91, 305-6; of thinker and thought, (XI) 355-56; (XIV) 92-93; and thought, (VIII) 290-91; (XIII) 45; (XVI) 145, 163, 168-69; between thought and thinker, (IV) 193-94; (V) 330-31; (VII) 48-49; (IX) 56; (XII) 44, 177-78; (XV) 179-80, 249; (XVI) 161; and time, (XVI) 23-25, 142-43, 239; in time, (XVII) 101-2; and total action, (XII) 33; versus total action, (X) 175; versus total attention, (XVII) 146; transcending, (III) 240; between true and false, (V) 321-22; and violence, (IX) 241; (XVII) 257-58; and war, (II) 131; (V) 338; (XVII) 263; and the wasting of energy, (XIV) 290; (XV) 288; between what is and ‘what should be’, (IX) 170; (XV) 65; between word, symbol, and feeling, (XI) 144; world, (VIII) 216-17; (IX) 260; (XII) 191; (XV) 4; (XVII) 61; and world problems, (IX) 145; (XIII) 12-13, 48-49; (XIV) 26-27; and world tribes, (XVII) 104. See also Children; Communalism; Conflict; Contradiction; Craving; Duality; Fragmentation; Love; Mind; Nationalism; Religion; Separation; Society; State; Thinker and the thought; Thought; Tolerance; Totality; War; Whole; World problems

Dogma: and the desire for security, (X) 15-16; freedom from, (X) 79; as hindrance to clarity, (XIV) 229; as hindrance to peace, (V) 152-53; as

hindrance to truth, (IV) 50; and the need for mystery, (VIII) 28; and the petty mind, (XIII) 93; versus religion, (X) 72; and religious separatism, (V) 36-37; by repetition, (V) 320; and self-reliance, (III) 163-64; and the shallow mind, (X) 32; and war, (XVI) 4; and world problems, (XI) 367-68. See also Belief; Conditioning; Conformity; Experience; Habits; Ideals; Ideas; Ideology; Illusion; Knowledge; Methods; Patterns; System; Tradition

Doing: and learning, (XVI) 51-52. See also Action “Doing good”: and the free mind, (X) 25. See also

Reform “Doing is being”: versus “being is doing”, (IX) 262 Domination: the desire for, (IX) 118; ending, (XVI)

107; and family, (XIII) 121; as hindrance to education, (VII) 320; of individuals, (V) 102-3; and intelligence, (VII) 189-90; between men and women, (V) 102; and the mind, (X) 117; of nations, (V) 102-3; and organized religion, (XI) 386; and power, (V) 45; public, (V) 303; and the sense of power, (XVII) 109; and submission, (V) 302-4; unconscious desire for, (V) 302-4; and violence, (XVII) 200. See also Authority; Dictatorship; Discipline; Family; Government; Power ; Relationships

Doubt, (l) 70, 144-45, 154-55, 159-60, 163-64; and authority, (IV) 44-45; and inquiry, (X) 157; necessity of, (II) 179; need for, (XVI) 123; need to, (XVII) 220; and search for values, (l) 191; and understanding, (l) 190-91 See also Authority; Certainty; Examination; Experience; Questioning; Skepticism

Dreams, (VII) 170-72; (VIII) 100; (IX) 123-24; (X) 119-20; abolishing through awareness of, (XVII) 24, 84; absence of, (XIII) 293; and the activity of the mind, (XII) 165; and analysis, (XII) 257; analysis of, (XIII) 293; cause of, (X) 150-52; and conflict, (XII) 194; and the conscious and unconscious, (X) 54-55; and consciousness, (III) 219-20; defining, (V) 140-41; interpreting, (X) 150-52; and the known, (XIII) 292; and meditation, (IV) 35-36; origin of, (IV) 165-66; process of, (X) 150-52; reasons for, , (V) 140-41; (VIII) 330-31; and sleep, (IX) 59-61; and the unconscious, (XII) 111; (XIII) 266; understanding process of, (IV) 136-38; as unnecessary, (XIII) 193-94; as a waste of energy, (XV) 121. See also Awareness; Consciousness; Mind; Self-knowledge; Sleep

Drink: and habit, (XVI) 98 Drinking: reasons for, (VIII) 202 Drive: See Motive Dropping ideals, (XVI) 259-60. See also Idea(s);

Ideal(s); Images Drugs: and the attempt to escape thought, (XVI) 201-

2; and the “awakened” mind, (IX) 234; and belief, (XVII) 7; and the chemical removal of time and space, (XVII) 219; and consciousness, (XIV) 5; and the desire for experience, (XIV) 37; (XV) 86,

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128, 184, 241, 275-76, 277; (XVII) 237; and energy, (XIII) 337; as escape, (XVII) 50; and the expansion of consciousness, (XIV) 159; and experiencing, (X) 89; and “instant mysticism”, (XIV) 109-10; and the known, (XIII) 153-54; and the mind, (XI) 131; and the narrow mind, (XIII) 136; as nirvana, (XIV) 260; and old patterns, (XVII) 134; and overcoming space, (XVII) 187; and perception, (XI) 379, 381, 382; and the positive mind, (XV) 256; and the search for answers, (XIV) 41; and the search for experience(s), (XIV ) 215; (XVII) 175; and the search for life’s meaning, (XVII) 40, 41-42, 96; and the search for meaning, (XVI) 144; and sensitivity, (XV) 39; (XVII) 29; and shallowness, (XVI) 234; and the state of innocence, (XIII) 207; and the time interval, (XVII) 141; and visions, (XIV) 108-9. See also Chemicals

Duality, (l) 62-63, 111-12; (II) 49, 94-95; (III) 169-70, 188; absence of, (XII) 113; and ambition, (IV) 14; of anger and compassion, (III) 224; and attention and inattention, (XVII) 220-21; bridging, (III) 120; and change, (IX) 56-57; and chaos, (XIII) 88-89; and choice, (l) 9; and choiceless awareness, (IV) 27; and conflict (l ) 54; (III) 28, 199; (VIII) 194-98; (IX) 154; (XIV ) 290, 294; (XV) 38; (XVII) 233; conflict of, (X) 160; and consciousness, (III) 13, 14; and contradiction, (XI) 31-32; (XV) 313-14; (XVII) 231; and control, (III) 153-54; defining, (XVI) 67-68; and desire, (VIII) 305; (XV) 108; of desire and emotion, (III) 140-42; and deterioration of the mind, (IX) 266; and effort, (XI) 354; (XVII) 231; and faith, (III) 13; and fear, (VII) 191-92; and following, (VIII) 173; versus fundamental change, (X) 138; and ideals, (VIII) 221; and immorality, (l) 133; inherent in humans, (III) 228; and inner conflict, (VIII) 231-32; and labeling, (IX) 120; of mind and heart, (l) 112; and the observer and the observed, (XVI) 68-69; of the observer and the observed, (XIII) 170; (XV) 126; and the observer and the thought, (XIII) 48; of opposites, (III) 198; and practice, (II) 100; and problems, (IV) 5-6; and psychological contradiction, (XVI) 85; and schizophrenic attitudes toward life, (XIV) 281, 293; and suppression, (IX) 232; and the struggle against desire, (IX) 83; and suffering, (l) 44-45; and thought and thinker, (IV) 43; (XIII) 43-44; (XIV) 36; and time, (XII) 100-103; and what is and ‘what should be, (XVII) 208-9; between what is and ‘what should be’, (IX) 30; (XII) 155. See also Action; Conflict; Conflict of Opposites; Contradiction(s); Divisions; Ignorance; Opposites

Duality of conflict: and self-contradiction, (XI) 204. See also Duality

Dual process: meaning of, (XII) 233 Dull mind, (V) 130-32; (VII) 93-94; and the absence

of freedom, (XV) 15; and adjustment, (XV) 342-43; and authority, (IX) 234; and becoming, (VIII) 51; and belief, (V) 336; cause of, (XIV) 29; and comparison, (XVII) 233; and conflict, (XII) 129,

214; (XIII) 46-47, 50, 91; (XIV) 124, 126, 131, 183; (XVII) 170; defining, (VIII) 7; and dependence, (XVII) 155; describing, (XII) 165; and the destructiveness of conflict, (XIII) 18; and discipline, (V) 331; (XVII) 81; and distraction, (V) 228-29; and dreams, (XIII) 266; and effort, (XV) 12; (XVII) 73; and escape, (V) 252; and experience, (XI) 382; (XIII) 221; (XVII) 35; and fear, (XIV) 248; (XV) 322; and fragmentation, (XVII) 268; freedom from, (XII) 17; versus the free mind, (XV) 13; and getting used to life, (XV) 230; and habit(s), (XIII) 157, 159, 239; (XV) 72; as hindrance to understanding, (XIV ) 85; and ideas, (XIII) 33; and illusions, (XIII) 144; and images, (XV) 196; and imitation, (VIII) 77; and inaction, (XVII) 163; and living, (XII) 18; and love, (XVI) 64; and mechanical response, (V) 90-92; and meditation, (XV) 37; and movement to the center, (XVII) 152-53; and the need for stimulation, (XVII) 41; and pain and pleasure, (V) 217; and the past, (XIV) 85; perception of, (XII) 315; and positive thinking, (XI) 92; and practice of virtue, (IX) 201-2; and practicing method, (XV) 83; and prayer, (VII) 217; and problems, (XIV) 185, 251-52, 303-4; (XV) 72, 114, 152; and the pursuit of the ideal, (XVII) 103; recognition of, (XII) 292; and repetition, (XVII) 116; and the search for answers, (VIII) 171; and sorrow, (XIII) 83, 173, 255; (XIV) 210-11, 306; (XV) 222; and stimulants, (XVII) 121; and stimulation, (XIV) 208; and stripping away of belief, (VII) 43-44; transformation of, (XII) 267. See also Conformity; Effort; Fresh mind; Mind; New mind; Occupied mind; Petty mind; Quiet mind; Resistance; Thought

Dullness: and accumulation, (XIII) 82; causes of, (XI) 369-70, 372-73; and conflict, (XIII) 282, 285; and observation, (XII) 45-46; and problems, (XIII) 133; recognition of, (XII) 31. See also Dull mind; Sensitivity

Duration: and time, (XV) 303-4. See also Interval; Thought

Duty, (VII) 237; versus freedom, (XII) 127; as marital factor, (V) 87-88; significance of, (VII) 122-23. See also Authority; Conformity; Family; Marriage; Motive; Obedience; Respectability

Dying: to action, (XII) 40; to the center, (XI) 142; to conditioning, (XVII) 171, 192; to the continuity of time, (XI) 193-95; and creativeness, (XI) 136; daily, (X) 208-9, 242-43; (XIV) 105, 153; to everything, (XIII) 187; to experience, (IX) 66; to false gods, (XI) 147; and the fresh mind, (XI) 148; (XV) 289-91; to the inner environment, (XV) 246; to knowledge, (XIII) 193; to the known, (XI) 367-68; (XII) 318-19; (XIII) 104-5, 171, 191, 203, 269; (XIV) 32-33, 213; (XV) 129, 177, 231-33, 320-21; while living, (XI) 317; (XII) 160-61; (XIII) 57; and living fully, (X) 259; meaning of, (X) 153-55; to the mechanical, (XII) 107; to memory, (XII) 39, 259-60; (XIV) 256-57; (XVII) 147, 148-50; to the mind alone, (XII) 225; minute by minute, (XIII)

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146-47, 149; from moment to moment, (XI) 242-43; (XIII) 319; and the new, (XII) 147; and a new dimension, (XVII) 149-50; to the past, (X) 258; (XI) 50-51, 76, 77-78; (XIII) 28, 30, 189, 207-8; (XIV) 222-23; (XV) 289-91; (XVI) 31-32; (XVII) 111, 234; physical and psychological, (XVII) 235; to a pleasure, (XVII) 28; to pleasures, (XI) 193-95; to a problem, (XII) 317; psychological, (XIII) 105, 168-69; at the psychological level, (XVII) 179; to the psychological ‘me’, (XIII) 211; to the psychological structure of society, (XIII) 259; and renewal, (XV) 168, 287; (XVI) 244; to the sense of time, (XI) 292; significance of, (XV) 320; to society, (XIII) 186; to something, (XIII) 320; to sorrow, (XV) 181; state of, (XII) 274; to thought, (XII) 221-22, 259; to time, (XII) 221-22; (XIII) 317; understanding, (XVII) 235-37; to

yesterday(s), (XI) 392; (XVII) 277. See also Continuity; Death; Fear; Meditation; Memory; Quiet mind; Reality; Religion

Dying and living: without the interval, (XV) 181; as one, (IX) 116; understanding, (XVI) 176, 178. See also Dying; Living

Dying daily, (XV) 279-80; and the absence of fear, (XVII) 149; and awareness, (XVI) 156; to the center, (XVII) 74-75; without effort, (XV) 346; and ending fear, (XVI) 106, 108; and energy, (XVI) 244-45; and the new, (XVII) 113; and rejuvenation, (XVII) 236-37; understanding, (XVII) 28-29. See also Death; Dying; Dying and living; Mutation; New

Earnest man: defining, (XI) 73, 149, 153; role of,

(VIII) 316-17; and social reformation, (VIII) 316-17. See also Religious man

Earnestness, (IV) 78-79; (XI) 73, 74; and effort, (IV) 64; and inquiring awareness, (IV) 57; and interest, (IV) 167; search for, (IX) 90-91; versus security, (VI) 170-71; and seeing the problem, (XVII) 98; and the serious mind, (XIV ) 51; versus seriousness, (XI) 333-34; understanding sorrow, (IV) 204. See also Seriousness

Earth: closeness to, as class determinant, (V) 142; creation of, (VII) 96; and divisions, (XI) 42-43; love of, (V) 142; as one, (XI) 206, 361; as totality, (XI) 165, 238-39; whole view of, (XI) 106. See also Divisions; World

East: and meditation, (XIII) 320; (XV) 279; and poverty, (XVII) 86; and reincarnation, (XV) 319; and scientific change, (X) 234; and West, (X) 1; and world problems, (X) 44. See also Authority; Conditioning; Divisions; Nationalism; Society; Technology; War; World problems

East and West, (IX) 51; (X) 1; and conditioning, (IX) 259-60; and culture, (IX) 48; and division, (XIII) 195; false division between, (XIII) 189-90; and human problems, (IX) 1; and the image of God, (XV) 240; and search, (XIV) 198, 201

Economic: change through intelligent opinion, (II) 19-20; security and illusion, (II) 107

Economic change: and superficial revolution, (VII) 252

Economic reform: as social solution, (III) 89-90; and world peace, (III) 197

Economic revolution: and change, (XI) 273; as fragmentary, (IX) 13; unimportance of, (IX) 79. See also Revolution

Economic revolutionary: as reactionary, (XI) 106. See also Divisions

Economics: and action, (l) 82-84; and freedom, (VII) 258-59; and revolution, (VII) 177-78; (VIII) 145; and war, (V) 15-16. See also Businessmen; Corporations; Poverty

Economic security: acquiring, (VI) 180-81; and the creative mind, (VII) 144; and inward security, (X) 3; and loss of freedom, (XI) 361; and systems, (VI) 180-81. See also Security

Economic systems: and change, (VIII) 162-64, 176-77; and conditioning, (VIII) 102, 142-43; and confusion, (VIII) 200; and divisions, (VIII) 30, 41, 58; and dogma, (VIII) 168, 170; and the individual, (VIII) 178-79; and nationalism, (VIII) 154; and the new mind, (VIII) 167; and our world, (VIII) 113; and peace, (VIII) 153

Economists: and the religious life, (XIII) 89 Ecstasy: achievement of, (II) 108; achieving through

action, (l) 129; defining, (III) 114. See also Fulfillment; Happiness; Joy

Educated man: and poverty, (XV) 31 Educated layer: and action, (IX) 203-4, 206 Education, (l) 153-55; (IV) 106-8, 187; (V) 103-5,

171-74, 199-202; (VII) 50-51, 109-10, 157-60, 319-20; (VIII) 38-39, 57-60, 278-83; (IX) 11-12; (X) 64-65; and the ability to think, (VIII) 70; absurdity of, (XIII) 46; as accumulation of knowledge, (X) 86; for adaptation to society, (VIII) 278-82; and ambition, (XIII) 272-73; and anxiety, (VIII) 76; and authority, (VII) 66; and being serious, (XIII) 276; and children, (XVII) 77; of children, (III) 77-78, 152; (VI) 236, 264-65; (VII) 59-137; and comparison, (VIII) 46, 67-69; (XVII) 232; and competition, (X) 60; (XII) 209; (XIV) 257; and the conditioned mind, (VII) 74-75; as conditioned thought, (VII) 160; and the conditioning of culture, (VIII) 289; and conflict, (VIII) 93; and the conforming child, (IX) 155; and conformity, (II) 192-93; (IX) 226; (X) 83; and conformity in children, (XII) 296; as conscious influence, (XI) 167-68; and the control of children, (VIII) 90-91; and the creative mind, (VIII) 79; defining, (VIII) 12; and the demands of society, (X) 95; as destructive, (VIII) 125; and discipline, (VII) 146-47; (VIII) 31-32; (X) 146-47; and discipline of children, (V) 107-9; and the discovery of truth, (VII) 123; and divisions, (VII) 161; and the dull mind, (VIII) 79; for economic security, (VIII) 278, 280; and educator, (VI) 21-22; and the elimination of fear, (VIII) 66, 67-69; and evil, (II) 48-49; expectations of, (VIII) 278-83; failure of, (VIII) 141, 191-92, 282; (XI) 14; (XIII) 29;

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(XVII) 94; and fear, (VII) 79; (VIII) 60-63, 65, 191-92; and freedom, (VIII) 79; as freedom for child and teacher, (VII) 320; and freedom from authority, (IX) 12; and freedom from influences, (VIII) 288; and freedom from society, (XI) 8-9; function of, (VII) 84, 129; (VIII) 31-32, 63, 80, 108, 115, 122, 124, 128, 141-43, 149, 281-82; (IX) 219; (XVII) 46; and the function of teachers, (XIV) 276; and fundamental revolution, (XI) 9; and government control, (VI) 21-22; as hindrance to inquiry, (IX) 269; in home and school, (XI) 4, 9; and imitation, (VIII) 103; (XVII) 214; importance of, (IV) 107-8; in India, (V) 109-10; and the influence on children, (IX) 224-25; as integrated view of life, (VII) 320; and interest, (VIII) 138; and juvenile delinquency, (X) 5; as a life process, (VIII) 124; and livelihood, (X) 226; and love, (VII) 163-64; and love of children, (IX) 271-72; versus love of work, (XIII) 21; meaning of, (VIII) 132; (X) 65; and the meaning of life, (V) 34; as memorization, (VII) 117; and morality, (VII) 163; and the ‘more’, (VIII) 107-8; and the narrow mind, (XVII) 78; need for revolution in, (XVI) 116; and need for vocational training, (V) 114; and parental ambition, (XI) 3-4; and prejudice, (V) 340; as prevention not cure, (VIII) 104; and problems of life, (VII) 133; as producer of experts, (IV) 89; purpose of, (II) 169-70; (V) 172-74; (VI) 20-22; (VII) 50, 157-60; (VIII) 57, 227; (X) 5; reasons for, (VII) 59-60, 63, 64; and refinement, (VIII) 119-20; and religion, (VII) 131; as repetition, (XIV) 115; right, (XVII) 279; role of, (V) 172-73, 174; (IX) 12, 108; (XI) 337; and role of government, (V) 110-11; and security for students, (VIII) 72-74; and self-knowledge, (VI) 20; and simplicity, (VIII) 94; and society, (VIII) 226-27; (XII) 37; (XIII) 126; and specialization, (VII) 162-63; (XIII) 290; and state transformation, (III) 217; and the state of the world, (VII) 82; as superficial, (XIII) 167; talks at Banaras Hindu University, (VIII) 140-60; talks at the Rajghat school, (VIII) 57-140; and teacher, (VI) 55; versus tradition, (VIII) 109; and the true democrat, (XVII) 270-71; true role of, (VIII) 58; and understanding, (VI) 55; (VII) 67-68; (XIII) 190; and understanding power, (VIII) 113-14; and understanding words, (VIII) 65; and the uneducated, (II) 210; and what is, (VIII) 108; and the whole being, (VIII) 74; and work, (VIII) 97. See also Authority; Children; Knowledge; Learning; Professions; Teacher

Educational centers: need for, (VIII) 283 Educator: and conflict of the practical man, (XI) 315;

and the hidden and superficial minds, (XI) 10-12; and love, (XI) 6; the need to educate, (V) 104; role of, (VII) 51, 162; (VIII) 201-2; (XI) 2-6, 8, 10-11; true function of, (VIII) 11-13, 59. See also Education; Professions; Teachers

Efficiency: and the absence of motive, (XVII) 263; achieving, (XII) 19; and ambition, (XII) 119; versus competition, (XII) 20; desire for, through

technique, (V) 309; as destructive force, (V) 309-10; as a goal in mass education, (V) 205; versus love, (V) 101; and organization, (XIV ) 296; and ruthlessness, (XIII) 82; and the state, (IX) 230

Efficient mind: and freedom from conflict, (XIII) 158; as tyranny, (XI) 260. See also Free mind; Mind

Effort, (l) 99; (V) 7-8, 115-17; (VI) 112-14, 162-64, 294-95, 354-57; (XI) 258-59, 261-63; (XVII) 230-34; absence of, (XV) 155; and the absence of humility, (XI) 266; to achieve peace, (VII) 126; and action, (IX) 206; (XI) 223-24; as activity of the will, (IV) 64; and ambition, (VI) 112-13; (IX) 175; and attention, (X) 256-57; (XVII) 127; and authority, (XI) 381; to become, (X) 75; and becoming, (IV) 111-12; (X) 268; (XI) 246; as cause of deterioration, (IX) 186; cessation of, (IX) 167, 233; (XVII) 72, 90; and change, (VII) 24-25, 181-83; (VIII) 34-35, 36, 161-62; (IX) 25-28, 55-57; (X) 136-38; (XI) 173; (XIV) 188; (XV) 133; (XVII) 122; and choice, (VII) 241-42; (XI) 221; and concentration, (VIII) 157, 313; (XI) 199-200; (XVII) 82-83; and conditioning, (VIII) 218-19; (X) 101; and conflict, (IX) 167; (X) 41; (XI) 387; (XII) 264, 267; (XIII) 76, 88; (XIV) 183, 289; (XVI) 222, 280; and conformity, (VII) 181-83; (XV) 216, 218-19; and confusion, (IX) 29; and the conscious and the unconscious, (VII) 295, 296-97; and contemplation, (XI) 357; and contradiction, (XIII) 125, 304; (XIV) 232-34, 289; (XVI) 95, 162; and the control of thought, (VII) 154-55; (XIV) 157-58; and the creation of conflict, (XV) 8-10; and the creation of images, (XVII) 79-80, 82; and desire, (III) 138-39; (XIV) 97; (XV) 22; as destructive, (VIII) 298; (XIII) 183; and deterioration, (XVII) 80; and distortion, (XIII) 193; and duality, (III) 121; and the dull mind, (VIII) 51-52; (XV) 152; and dying, (XIII) 320; ending, (XVI) 121; (XVII) 123; ending of, (XV) 108; and energy, (XV) 107-8; (XVII) 120, 121; escape from, (XV) 64; and escape from opposites, (III) 199; and evil, (IX) 229; as evil, (XI) 230; and fact, (VIII) 272; and fear, (XI) 174; (XII) 41; (XV) 218-19; and freedom, (V) 242; freedom from, (XV) 60; versus the free mind, (XI) 21-23; futility of, (V) 9; (X) 92, 111, 143-44; (XII) 164; and the good mind, (IX) 262-63; and habit, (XIII) 203-4; as habit forming, (III) 125; and happiness, (IV) 117; as hindrance, (IV) 70; (XV) 58; as hindrance to change, (IX) 27; (X) 117, 159; (XI) 230; (XIII) 207; (XV) 200; as hindrance to direct perception, (XII) 313; as hindrance to fact, (XII) 316; as hindrance to investigation, (XVII) 70, 71; as hindrance to the new, (XII) 127; as hindrance to peace, (XVI) 128; as hindrance to radical change, (IX) 154; as hindrance to revolution, (XIII) 214; as hindrance to understanding, (XVII) 208; as hindrance to the unknown, (IX) 248-49; as illusion, (IX) 165-66; and image, (XV) 194-95; (XVII) 82; as imitation, (VII) 185-86; and inattention, (XVI) 64; and intelligence, (IV) 66; and interest, (XV)

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107; and learning, (XV) 9; life as constant, (XIV) 97; life without, (VIII) 341; (IX) 91-93; (XI) 210; (XV) 126-27; as limiting action, (XI) 229-30, 233; and listening, (VIII) 168; listening without, (XV) 150; and living, (XII) 214; living without, (XII) 315; (XIV) 224, 232-33; (XV) 47; and love, (IX) 170; and love and violence, (III) 121; meaning of, (l) 84-87; (IX) 84; and meditation, (VI) 113; (XI) 280; (XIII) 195, 262; and the mind, (XI) 344; and modified change, (XVI) 201; and motive, (XVII) 45; nature of, (XV) 60-61; need to be free of, (XIII) 230; and negative thinking, (XII) 213-14; versus perception of the mind, (XII) 164; and the petty mind, (IX) 104-6; physical and psychological, (IX) 248; and pleasure, (XV) 125; process of, (X) 57-58; and pursuit of the true, (IX) 34; as reaction, (XV) 99; reasons for, (XII) 315; reasons for making, (XV) 60-61; and renewal, (III) 137; and revolution, (XIII) 166; and resistance to, (XI) 369-70; and search, (IX) 20; as search, (V) 326-30; and self-improvement, (IX) 85; and self-knowing, (XII) 202; and society, (IX) 85; and sorrow, (IV) 176; and the state of contradiction, (XV) 9-12; and struggle, (VII) 29, 31; and suffering, (X) 57; and time, (XV) 303; and the tranquil mind, (V) 283-84; understanding, (XI) 354; (XVII) 30, 121-22; and understanding, (V) 265, 358; (VI) 134; (VIII) 340-41; versus understanding, (VII) 195, 298-99; (X) 13; and understanding fear, (XVI) 61; and waste of energy, (XIII) 109; (XIV ) 289; (XV) 90-91; (XVI) 127-28; (XVII) 124; and ‘what should be’, (IX) 153-54; and will, (XV) 107, 306; and the will of the ‘I’, (IV) 60; and the will of want, (III) 57-58. See also Achievement; Action; Choiceless awareness; Conformity; Contradiction; Discipline; Freedom; Meditation; Quiet mind; Reality; Resistance; Security; Struggle; Thought

Effortless attention: as perception, (XI) 258 Effortless awareness: and meditation, (XIII) 263; and

total revolution, (XIII) 216. See also Awareness; Effort; Self-knowing

Effortless interest: and understanding, (V) 166-67 Effortlessness: and creativeness, (XI) 232 Effort, sorrow, and action: as interrelated, (XV) 341-

42. See also Effort Ego: and the accumulation of knowledge, (VIII) 234;

defining, (IX) 130; and peace, (VIII) 232. See also Center; Consciousness; ‘I’; ‘Me’; Mind; Observer; Self; Self-centered activity

Ego consciousness: See ‘I’ Egotism, (l) 8; (II) 143; and incompleteness, (l) 6-7;

and introspection, (l) 75-76; and human suffering, (II) 162-63; and search for security, (II) 204-5, 222-23; and sensation, (II) 156; varieties of, (II) 156. See also Ego; ‘I’; Self-centered activity; Virtue

Electronic brain(s): and the human brain, (XVI) 15, 89; and the human mind, (XI) 226; and knowledge, (XII) 303; (XIV) 243; (XV) 9, 68; and memory,

(XIV) 210; and the response of memory, (XIV ) 23; role of, (XIV) 151; and storing information, (XVI) 272-73. See also Computers; Dull mind; Knowledge; Mechanical; Mechanical mind; Mind; Technology

Electronic machines: and world change, (XII) 117. See also Computers; Electronic brains; Science

Elitism: and authority, (l) 167-68; and hypocrisy, (l) 173-74

Emotion(s): avoidance of, (XVII) 91; and communication, (XI) 101; and condemnation, (VIII) 136-37; control of, (III) 153-54; as hindered, (XIV) 166; and intellect, (XVII) 49; and love, (IV) 209-10; (XVII) 203; meaning of, (XIII) 189; and the mind, (X) 4; starvation of, (XVII) 129; and stimuli, (XVII) 115; suppression, (XIV) 289-90; understanding, (III) 140-41. See also Feeling(s); Mind

Emotional: and social reform, (XVI) 231; and understanding, (XV) 335. See also Intellect

Emotional contact: and fact, (XII) 232-33; and intellectual contact, (XIII) 134-35. See also Feelings

Employer and employee: and conflict, (XVII) 127-28 Employment: and economic pressure, (VI) 60 Emptiness, (II) 36; (XV) 167-69; acceptance of, (X)

30; and ambition, (VII) 84; and attachment, (V) 228; (XIII) 251; awareness of, (IX) 231-32; and belief, (V) 239-40; causes of, (l) 8-9; of change, (XII) 293; and choice, (l) 29; consciousness of, (VI) 311; and creation, (XII) 181; (XIII) 143, 188; (XIV) 263; (XV) 138; and creative action, (XI) 93-94; and daily living, (XII) 257; defining creative, (VII) 54-55; definition of, (l) 8-9; and denial of the social structure, (XIII) 169; and dependence, (IX) 22-23; and discontent, (X) 30; and discovery of the false, (XII) 256; and dogma, (X) 15-16; and energy, (XV) 290; and escape, (IX) 119-20; and escapes from, (V) 356-57; (X) 52-53; and envy, (X) 30; experiencing, (VI) 172-74; facing, (V) 264-65; and facing the fact, (XIII) 173; and fear, (X) 93-94; fear of, (II) 44; (XIII) 199; and freedom, (XIV) 140; (XVI) 47; and frustration, (VI) 86; function from a state of, (XIV) 205; going beyond, (XVII) 124; and gossip, (V) 288-89; and the hindrance of thought, (XVI) 222; and identification, (X) 76; and identity, (X) 7-8; inward, (VIII) 111; without labels, (V) 312; listening in the state of, (XIV) 122; and living in the now, (XV) 273; living with, (XIII) 311; and love, (XIII) 149; (XVI) 77; without love, (XV) 321; and ‘me’, (VI) 311; and motiveless denial, (XIII) 191; nature of, (XV) 278; need for, (XVI) 223; and negative thinking, (XI) 282; and the new, (XII) 256; (XVI) 70-71; as the observer, (XVI) 121; and the religious mind, (XIV) 269; (XV) 47-48; and search for meaning, (V) 159; and search for wisdom, (IV) 72; (VIII) 34; and self-knowing, (XIV) 76; sense of, (XV) 167-68; and space, (XV) 24; and space in the mind, (XIV) 207-8; and total

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action, (XIV) 285; and total attention, (XIII) 170; two kinds of, (XV) 167; and understanding, (II) 210; (V) 366; understanding of, (l) 14; (IV) 86; (VII) 201; and violence, (IX) 119-20; and want, (l) 14, 34-35. See also Aloneness; Death; Despair; Empty mind; Fear; God; Intelligence; Isolation; Loneliness; Meditation; Mutation; Solitude

Empty heart: and the technical mind, (V) 157 Empty mind: and the absence of fear, (XIV) 118; and

the absence of pressure, (XII) 25; achieving, (XI) 93-94; as active, (XI) 393; and attention, (XIII) 322; (XVII) 116; and awareness, (X) 254; and change, (XVI) 221; and conflict, (XIII) 234; and consciousness, (XVII) 3; and creation, (XII) 168; (XIII) 169, 320; (XV) 245; as creative, (XI) 94; (XIV) 230; as the creative mind, (XV) 47-48; and dying to yesterdays, (XII) 161; and energy, (XIII) 328; fear of, (IX) 23; and the hindrance of effort, (XVII) 76; and the immeasurable, (XII) 46-47; and intelligence, (XVII) 71; and looking, (XV) 51; and love, (XIV) 257; (XVII) 28; and meditation, (XIV) 160, 216, 261-63; (XVII) 81, 242; and mutation, (XIV) 164; and the new, (XII) 154; (XVI) 234; versus the occupied mind, (XI) 40-41; and problems, (XVII) 32; and reality, (XI) 99; and religion, (XI) 204; as rich, (XI) 148; and seeing the true and the false, (XIV) 300; and space, (XIV) 298, 302; (XVII) 271; and total freedom, (XIV) 134; and uncovering the unconscious, (XIII) 293; and understanding, (XVII) 248; and understanding the supreme, (XIV ) 94; and the word, (X) 270. See also Dull mind; Emptiness; Free mind; Meditation; Mind; Mutation; New; New mind; Occupied mind; Petty mind; Quiet mind; Radical transformation

Encouragement: versus confidence, (V) 133 End: of the center, (X) 179-80; fear of, (VIII) 245-46;

(X) 154-55, 209; of thinking, (IX) 261; of thought, (X) 179-80, 213-14, 249-50. See also Continuity; Death; Truth

Ending: acceptance of, (VIII) 151; and action, (XVII) 147; agitated mind, (XVII) 43; of authority, (XIV) 18, 20; and the beginning of innocence, (XIV ) 153; conflict, (XVI) 37, 272; (XVII) 42-43; of conflict, (XIV) 49-50; without conflict, (XV) 111; of conformity, (XV) 214, 218; confusion, (XVI) 280; continuity, (XVI) 245; and death, (XI) 241-43; desire, (XVI) 36; deterioration, (XV) 237; dread of, (XIII) 148-49; of dreams, (IX) 124; of experience, (XIV) 218; of the experiencer, (XIV) 222; fear, (XV) 162, 218; (XVI) 156, 180, 210; of fear, (XVII) 25, 282; fear of, (XV) 177; (XVI) 176; of the fear of death, (XIV) 31-32; and the fresh mind, (VIII) 209; images, (XVI) 170; of imitation, (XIV) 30; as immediate, (XVII) 89-90; and learning, (XV) 111; as the means, (XI) 259-60; memory, (XVII) 28; of the mind, (IX) 34; and new beginnings, (XVII) 149-50; old mind, (XVI) 162-63; of the past, (XVII) 163; to the past, (XIII) 258-59; positive action, (XVII) 20; of problems, (XIV) 23-24, 176, 184; psychological fragmentation,

(XVI) 295; seeking, (XVII) 41, 43, 153-54; self-centered activity, (XVI) 244; sorrow; (XVI) 38-39, 144; (XVII) 88; of sorrow, (XI) 284; (XIII) 254-55, 311, 313; (XIV) 22, 25-26, 105, 147-48, 210, 306-7, 309; (XV) 32-33, 221-22, 225, 344; as suffering, (VIII) 208-9; thought, (XVI) 58-59, 142, 144, 147, 164, 222, 296; of thought, (XII) 138; (XIV) 26, 112, 192, 210, 212; time, (XVI) 22, 24, 26, 142, 143, 144, 190, 240; of time, (XV) 116; (XVII) 103-4; violence, (XVI) 130, 179, 289-90, 293. See also Continuity; Death; Dying; Dying daily

End(ing) of thought, (XII) 138; and meditation, (XIII) 262, 264; and the new, (VIII) 236; and observation, (XIII) 299-300; as the way to God, (VIII) 292. See also Ending; Meditation

Enemy: as ourselves, (III) 203 Energy, (XI) 272-73, 276-78; (XII) 63-67, 268; (XIII)

230-34; (XIV) 288-96; (XVII) 119-24, 230-32; and the absence of conflict, (XII) 202; (XIII) 17-18, 36; and the absence of effort, (VIII) 320; (XIV) 10; and the absence of movement, (VIII) 326; achieving, (XIII) 337-38; (XV) 43-44; and achieving self-knowledge, (XI) 157; and action, (XI) 262-63; (XIII) 327; (XV) 179, 235-36; and aloneness, (XIII) 187-88; and the attempt to control, (IX) 104, 106; and attention, (X) 111, 235; (XIII) 84; (XIV) 88; (XV) 113; (XVI) 26-27; and avoidance of the dull mind, (XIII) 255; and awareness, (XV) 138; and awareness without conflict, (XVII) 88; and awareness of confusion, (XVI) 255; without beginning or end, (XII) 103; and the beginning of thought, (XVII) 177; born of freedom, (XIII) 111-12; and capacity, (XVII) 274; and cause and effect, (XII) 100; and the cessation of conflict, (VIII) 340; and challenge, (XVI) 209, 211-12; and change, (XV) 200, 339; (XVII) 144; and choice, (VIII) 309-11; through clarity, (XIV) 157-58; and comparison, (XVII) 185; and condemnation, (XII) 242; conditioned and conditioning, (III) 64; and conditioned thinking, (XVII) 139-40; and conflict, (XII) 196, 296-97; (XIII) 5, 128, 181-82; (XVI) 50, 68, 115; versus conflict, (XIV) 133, 203; and consciousness, (III) 84; and creation, (XIII) 176-77, 329-30; (XV) 93-94, 181-82; creative, (XIV) 46; and the creative state, (XII) 145; as creator of individuality, (III) 56; defining, (IX) 36; (XIV) 201; and denial, (XIV) 258; and denial and reaction, (XIII) 56; as desire, (VIII) 304-5; destructive, (XIII) 111-12; and deterioration, (XIV) 29; and determination, (XVI) 96; and discipline, (XVI) 70; and discontent, (XIV) 265; and the discovery of truth, (XIV) 124; dissipation of, (XII) 202-3; (XV) 107-8, 144-45, 242; (XVII) 14; dissipation through escape, (XV) 272; and dying to the past, (XV) 244; and effort, (XV) 91; and the elimination of time, (XVII) 104; and emptiness, (XIII) 156; (XV) 290-91; and ending, (XV) 111; ending the waste of, (XV) 112; and envy, (XII) 110-11; and exploration, (XV) 42;

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explosion of, (XVI) 191; and facing the fact, (XIII) 130, 249-50; and the fact, (XV) 66, 202; and fear, (XII) 59; and freedom, (XVI) 209; (XVII) 198; and freedom from authority, (XII) 46, 296; and the free mind, (XI) 379; (XII) 171; and the fresh mind, (XIII) 329; and friction, (XV) 8; and the hindrance of distraction, (XVII) 105; and the hindrance of habit, (XIII) 218; and the hindrance of time, (XIV) 308; and the ‘I’, (III) 86; and identification, (VII) 152; (XIV) 115; and individuality, (III) 50; and inquiry, (XIV) 279; and inquiry into the new, (XVI) 75; and the intellect, (III) 34; and intelligence, (XV) 291-93; and investigation, (XV) 317-18; and knowledge, (XIV) 244; and learning, (XIV) 239, 244; (XVII) 59, 60; and listening, (XIII) 178-79; (XIV) 143, 165; (XV) 2; (XVI) 75; (XVII) 259; and listening and the doing, (XV) 287; and the listening mind, (XIV) 87; and listening and seeing, (XIII) 79; living with, (XIV) 104; and living with death, (XII) 260; and living in the present, (XIII) 328-29; and looking, (XVI) 128; and looking at the facts, (XV) 230; and maturity, (XIV) 274-75, 278; meaning of, (XIII) 160-61; (XVI) 164-65; mechanized, (XI) 391; and meditation, (XII) 325; and the mind, (XII) 111; and motive, (XIV) 238; motiveless, (XIV) 238; and movement, (XV) 220, 279; and the movement of life, (XV) 19; and mutation, (XII) 289; need for, (VIII) 311; (XIII) 170; (XIV) 113; (XV) 178, 184; (XVII) 138, 230, 231; and the need for complete attention, (XV) 162; need to observe, (XVI) 153; neurotic, (XIV) 115; of the new mind, (XII) 136-37; and observation, (XIV) 6, 55; (XV) 46; observation as taxing, (XIII) 18-19; and observing without the observer, (XV) 155; and order, (XV) 137-38; origins of, (XIII) 56-57; and pain, (XIII) 223; and passion, (XVI) 66-67; and peace and freedom, (XVI) 130-31, 134; and the perception of the new, (XIV ) 1; physical and psychological, (XVII) 70; and pleasure, (XII) 45; (XVII) 172; presence of, (XIII) 190-91; and problems, (XII) 12; process of, (XI) 342, 345-46; and radical transformation, (XVI) 26; and rejection, (XV) 92; and the rejection of authority, (XVII) 198; and the rejection of time, (XV) 135; and the religious mind, (XII) 323-24; and renewal, (XVI) 244-45; and resistance, (XIII) 109, 111; (XIV) 208; and revolution, (XI) 360; and saying no, (XIII) 160; and the search for God, (XV) 89; from seeing, (XII) 57, 62; of self-knowing, (XIV) 111; and self-knowledge, (X) 251; and the sensitive mind, (XV) 278; and seriousness, (XIV) 78; and silence, (XV) 87; and the silent mind, (X) 249; (XV) 137; and sorrow, (XV) 225-26; source of, (XIII) 57, 327-38; and the still mind, (VIII) 341-42; (X) 213, 226; and stimulation, (XIV) 208; and the teacher and the taught, (XIV) 170; and the thinker and the thought, (XIII) 43; and thought, (XVI) 172-73; and time, (XIII) 79; (XV) 122-23; and the time interval, (XVII) 142, 144; and total denial, (XIII) 53; and

the total perception of life, (XVII) 71; and transformation, (XVI) 152-54; types of, (XI) 272-73; (XII) 57, 63-64, 110-11; (XIV) 6, 208; (XVI) 164-65; and understanding the structure of thought, (XVI) 164; and violence, (XVI) 293; waste of, (IX) 132; (XII) 12-13; (XV) 119; (XVI) 154; (XVII) 119, 139-40, 230, 231, 232; and the waste of conflict, (XIII) 46; and the whole, (XII) 56; and the word, (XII) 62, 302; and words, (XV) 178; through work, (XIV) 166-67. See also Faith

Energy of purification: and the need to observe, (XII) 111. See also Energy

Engels, Frederich: and followers, (XVI) 234. See also Authority; Ideology

Engineers: social role of, (V) 143. See also Education; Livelihood; Professions

England: and hippies, (XVII) 189. See also Authority; Conditioning; Divisions; Environment; Government; Identification; Influences; Nationalism; Society; War; Words; World problems

English: See Conditioning; Divisions; Ideology; Nationalism; Society; War

English (language): See Language; Translating; Words Enjoyment: versus pleasure, (XV) 236-37;

understanding, (VIII) 117-20. See also Happiness Enlightened: conditioning, (X) 190; defining, (X) 194;

and tradition, (X) 194 Enlightenment: achieving, (III) 44; centers of, (IV) 85;

and the cessation of habit, (XI) 135-36; and ending sorrow, (XVII) 245; as pathless, (XIII) 154; search for, (l) 127

Enslaved mind, (XI) 253-58; to conditioning, (XI) 323; to the means. (XI) 260; of the mind, (XI) 41, 43, 104, 304, 306; state of, (XI) 290. See also Slavery

Enslavement, (II) 25; and freedom, (XIV) 297; to time, (XII) 75, 85, 122; to work, (XII) 302-3, 315. See also Freedom; Free mind; Individual; Man; Possessions; Religion

Entertainment: and American production, (XVII) 56; defining, (XVI) 9; and leisure, (XIV) 162; (XVII) 128; versus seriousness, (XVII) 60. See also Escape; Organized entertainment; Stimulation

Enthusiasm: and belief, (XVI) 254-55; and inquiry, (VII) 264; as temporary, (IX) 70; versus total passion, (XVII) 265

Entity: and attention, (XV) 175; collapse of, (XV) 115; and conditioning, (IX) 144, 233; and contradiction, (XV) 250-51; and control, (IX) 129; and desire, (IX) 82; and fact, (IX) 129; freeing of, (XVI) 248; identifying, (XVI) 271-72; and the observer, (XVII) 275-76; permanent, (XIV) 158; and the process of the observer, (IX) 115; and the process of thought, (X) 142; and progress, (IX) 96; and the state of confusion, (XVI) 258; as the thought, (XVI) 272; and understanding, (XV) 170; and violence, (XVI) 203-4; as the watcher, (XV) 38. See also Atma; Center; Object; Observer; Self; Soul; Thinking; Thought

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Environment, (II) 16, 53-56, 71-75; (III) 14; (V) 186-87; adjustment to, (XIV) 124; (XVI) 72; altering, (III) 146; and awareness, (II) 144; awareness of, (XV) 99-100; and belief, (VI) 76; and blunting of sensitivity, (IV) 4; as brutal, (XIII) 296; and change, (II) 60-62; (XI) 124, 126; (XVII) 51; and the collective and the individual, (XIV) 272; and concept of God, (VI) 219; conditioned by, (IX) 2-3; as conditioner, (XIV ) 245; and conditioning, (VI) 201-2; (XI) 28, 57-58, 69; (XIII) 6-7; (XVI) 83, 219; and conflict, (II) 43, 57-61, 103, 212; (V) 160-62; and consciousness, (III) 3; control of, (II) 110-11; and creation of patterns, (X) 38; defining, (II) 16, 60; and the education of children, (X) 65; effects of, (IX) 5-6; and effect on children, (V) 106; falseness of, (II) 65-67; freedom from, (XIV ) 135; and heredity, (III) 43; (IV) 161; and hindrance, (II) 40; human being as the result of, (XV) 49-50; and ‘I’, (II) 59-60; and individual, (VI) 2; (XI) 58; (XIII) 67; (XIV) 162; and the individual as one, (XIV) 126; individual as product of, (XI) 255; and influence, (XII) 96-97, 100; influence of, (IV) 139-40; inward and outward, (II) 118-19; limitations of, (III) 183-84; and mechanistic view of life, (III) 49-51; and memory, (II) 92-93; and mind and heart, (II) 16, 33; modifying, (II) 82; and nature, (II) 61; as past and present, (II) 196; and peace and war, (V) 61; and perfection, (II) 59-60; reshaping, (III) 110; and self-knowledge, (V) 79; and social influences, (XIII) 128; and social morality, (III) 37-38; as society, (VII) 128-29; and values, (II) 94; and violence, (XVII) 255-56; and virtue, (II) 16-17; and work, (II) 35-36. See also Background; Conditioned mind; Conditioning; Culture; Propaganda; Society; Tradition

Environmental conditioning: and the enslavement to words, (XIII) 296

Envy, (III) 183-84, 187-88, 189; (VI) 342-43; (VII) 112-14; and acquisitiveness, (XII) 310-11; attempt to be free of, (X) 46; and awareness, (IX) 286; as basis of action, (VI) 349; as basis for life, (X) 207-8; as basis of religious sanctions, (XII) 165; as the basis of society, (XII) 110-11; cessation of, (IX) 48; as condemnatory word, (IX) 72-73; and conflict, (IX) 81; and the conscious mind, (XI) 231-32; as culture base, (IX) 39-40; defining, (VII) 151; and desire, (VI) 308; and the desire for more, (VII) 208-9; (IX) 250-53; (X) 264; and discontent, (IX) 207; (XI) 8; and effort, (VII) 298-99; experiencing, (X) 47-48; and fear, (VIII) 69; as a form of remembering, (VII) 118-19; and the foundation for meditation, (XIII) 96-97; freedom from, (VI) 349-51; (X) 27-30, 240-42, 245, 268; freeing the mind of, (X) 132; and habit, (XV) 135; habit of, (XIII) 239; and love, (XVII) 203; versus the mature mind, (XII) 205; and positive action, (XI) 267; and power, (XII) 28; prevalence of, (XI) 43; process of, (IX) 41; (X) 264-65; and relationship, (IX) 139; and separation, (IX) 94-95;

as social base, (XIII) 211; as social and religious base, (X) 91; and society, (IX) 93; (XI) 193; and transformation, (X) 241-42; understanding, (VIII) 107-8; (IX) 99; (X) 27-30; and will, (X) 26-27; and the word, (XIII) 41. See also Accumulation; Acquisition; Acquisitiveness; Ambition; Becoming; Comparison; Condemnation; Conflict; Fulfillment; Greed; Self-contradiction; Society; Words

Envy, greed, and ambition: as the basis of social structure, (XIII) 167-68. See also Ambition

Equality, (VII) 313; achieving, (VII) 128; analyzing, (VIII) 270-71; as fact, (VIII) 180; and fulfillment, (l) 168; as ideal, (VIII) 180; and inequality, (V) 83; (VIII) 42; in marriage, (V) 88; versus Master and disciple, (IX) 178; and respect, (VII) 231; and society, (XI) 2-3. See also Ambitions; Authority; Divisions; Family

Equality and inequality: and learning, (X) 173 Erudition: and psychological problems, (XVII) 39. See

also Education; Intellectual Escape, (l) 129; (V) 356-58; (VI) 343-45; (XVI) 262-

66; and the absence of understanding, (XII) 314; and absorption, (XV) 177; and activity, (V) 366-67; from attachment, (IX) 38; through authority, (III) 94; awareness of, (IV) 63; and belief, (VIII) 135; (XVI) 254-56; through belief, (XIV) 267; from boredom, (X) 95; cessation of, (III) 53; (XII) 94; from challenges, (XV) 213; and concentration, (IV) 181; through condemnation, (XV) 276; from conditioning, (XVII) 169; conditions to end, (V) 345-46; and conflict, (II) 64, 78-79, 115, 120-21; (IX) 204; from conflict (VI) 337; (XII) 43, 129-30, 154, 156, 194, 241; (XIII) 16, 76; (XIV) 10-11, 79, 280; (XV) 8, 91, 256; (XVI) 34, 81, 95, 97; and confusion, (II) 224; (X) 7; from confusion, (XVI) 125, 182, 274; from contradiction, (XI) 23, 25-26; from death, (XI) 31; (XV) 79; (XVI) 30; and dependence through drugs, (X) 89; from desire, (XVI) 87; from despair, (VI) 345; from discontent, (XII) 14; from dissatisfaction, (IX) 45, 47; and the dull mind, (XII) 175-76; from emptiness, (VI) 172-73; (IX) 120; (X) 94; (XV) 167; and energy, (XIV) 55; versus facing reality, (XVI) 256-57; and fact, (IX) 47-48; from fact(s), (XIII) 33, 232; (XV) 338, 339; (XVI) 60, 261, 265; from the fact of violence, (XVII) 258; and fear, (XVII) 72, 162, 209, 225, 275; from fear, (VI) 304; (VIII) 337; (IX) 119; (XI) 240-42, 351; (XII) 45, 59; (XIII) 171, 256; (XIV) 62, 250-51, 291; (XV) 77-78, 124-25, 158, 300, 316, 318; (XVI) 127, 175, 210-11, 262; and fear of death, (XVI) 62-63; from the fear of loneliness, (XIII) 269; and followers, (VIII) 294; (VII) 76; forms of, (XI) 376; (XII) 240; (XIV) 77; (XV) 271-72; freedom from the desire to, (X) 8; and fulfillment, (XVI) 218; futility of, (VI) 173-74; (X) 30; (XII) 9; (XIV) 219; (XVII) 161; and God, (VI) 19; through God, (X) 159; and gossip, (V) 287-89; and habits, (XIV) 144; through habit, (III) 132-33; as hindrance to the religious mind, (XIV)

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113, 117, 118; as hindrance to self-knowing, (XIII) 248; as hindrance to transformation, (XV) 88; as hindrance to understanding, (VII) 330; as hope, (VII) 244; and ideals, (V) 289; (XIV ) 284, 286; and ideas, (XIV) 3, 236; as illusion, (V) 252, 349; and imagination, (II) 138-39; from incompleteness, (VII) 5-6; from insecurity, (XV) 31; and instant change, (XVI) 100-101; and the intellect, (VI) 116-17; and investigation, (XIII) 100; and inward insufficiency, (V) 116-17; from the known, (XVII) 13-14; and laziness, (VIII) 71; and leaders, (V) 368; versus learning, (XI) 118; from life, (VIII) 340-41; (XI) 367; (XVI) 180-81; from loneliness, (VI) 237; (VIII) 314; (IX) 22-23; (X) 52-53; (XI) 209-10; (XII) 88; (XIII) 103, 247; (XIV) 103-4; (XV) 24, 32; (XVI) 120-21; versus looking at the fact, (XVI) 106; and marriage, (V) 175-76; and mass illusion, (VII) 193-94; and meditation, (XIV) 155; (XV) 36-37; through meditation, (l) 26-27; methods of, (IV) 159-60; from modern life, (XIII) 290; movement of, (XVI) 267; and mysticism, (VI) 116-17; from the occupied mind, (IX) 28; to organized amusements, (XV) 43; and pleasure, (XV) 70; (XVI) 97; through prayers, (XIV) 299; from the present, (XVI) 6; and problems, (V) 333-34; (XIV) 174-75, 177-78, 182; from problems, (XI) 266; (XII) 8-9; (XV) 72, 149, 151-52, 211; (XVI) 173, 246-47; (XVII) 32, 51; and the problem of sorrow, (XVI) 55, 57; process of, (XI) 285-88; (XVI) 262-65; from reality, (XVI) 128; reasons for, (V) 47; (XVI) 247; reform as, (VIII) 315; and relationship, (V) 344; and religion, (V) 263-65; (XIV) 162; through religion, (XI) 14-15; through religious belief, (XI) 290; and the religious life, (XIV ) 268; and right attention, (V) 285; from routine, (XIV ) 261; as search, (V) 329-30; search for, (XVII) 159; and search for God, (II) 191; (V) 4; and search for ideal, (II) 211-12; and search for methods of, (IV) 30; and seeking, (XIII) 161-62; from self, (V) 239-40; (VI) 268-69; from self-knowledge, (VI) 184-85; (X) 124; and the sense of safety, (XI) 324; and sex, (VI) 129-30; and the shallow mind, (VII) 10-11; from the shallow mind, (XII) 163; and social harm, (V) 52; from society, (XVII) 154; and sorrow, (XII) 208, 210, 269; from sorrow, (VII) 262; (X) 56-58; (XI) 284-85; (XIII) 152; (XIV) 24, 26-27, 103, 149, 212; (XV) 343; (XVI) 140-41; from suffering, (V) 84, 158, 315-16; (VII) 56; (XII) 91, 93-94; and suicide, (VII) 200-201; and thought, (XV) 237; and time, (XIV ) 150, 305; (XV) 122; as a trap, (VI) 207-8; types of, (IV) 210-11; (XII) 156; (XIV) 114-15; (XVI) 16; from uncertainty, (X) 15; understanding, (X) 52-53; from understanding, (V) 155; through war, (IV) 192; and the waste of energy, (XV) 119; from what is, (XVII) 232; and world problems, (XVII) 94; and worry, (VI) 236. See also Belief; Boredom; Distraction; Experience; God; Ideal; Liberation; Pain; Religion; Security; Sorrow; Suffering; Systems

Essentials: of love and truth, (II) 124-25; and unessentials, (II) 27-28, 121

Eternal, (V) 297, 299; achieving, (IX) 201; and beauty, (XIV) 222; versus continuity, (V) 58; and the creative mind, (XIV) 269; defining, (III) 88; discovering, (V) 170; and the individual, (XIII) 120-21; and the mind, (VII) 225, 317-19; (XI) 67-68; as the present, (IV) 12; and time, (XI) 112; (XIV) 222; versus time, (IX) 24; and the virtuous mind, (XIII) 158. see also God; Happiness; Immeasurable; Real; Reality; Religion; Timeless; Truth; Unknown

Eternal becoming, (l) 65-66, 139. See also Truth Eternal life: discovering through freedom, (II) 14-15.

See also Hereafter Eternal reality: acquiring, (II) 3; and systems, (II) 3.

See also Truth Ethical decline, (XVII) 216. See also Morality Ethics: and religion, (XIII) 88 Europe, (IX) 277; and the ideology of organized

religion, (XVII) 139; and meditation, (XVII) 81; and war, (XV) 343. See also Authority; Conditioning; Divisions; Nationalism; Society; War; Words; World problems

Evaluation: versus awareness, (IX) 30; and fact, (VIII) 333-35; freedom from, (IX) 245. See also Comparison

Everyday life: See Daily life Evil, (II) 48-49; of authority, (X) 77-78; (XI) 36, 181;

(XII) 180; of authority and power, (XII) 189; and becoming, (VIII) 318; creation of, (II) 232-23; and good, (VIII) 317-18; justification of, (IV) 168, 177-78; of killing , (IV) 3; organized, (II) 48-49; and power, (XII) 27-28, 34, 36; of power, (XI) 372-73; and the psychological ‘me’, (VII) 49; as reality, (III) 212-13; for righteous ends, (III) 217; social and economic, (III) 228; thought, and the need to control, (VII) 153-54; and ugliness, (VI) 299. See also Corruption; Craving; Hate; Nationalism; Society

Evolution, (II) 27-28; (V) 127-29; (IX) 24; as acquisition, (VII) 113; definition of, (l) 8; (VII) 16; and freedom from conditioning, (XI) 248; and going beyond time, (XIII) 241; and the gradual, (XVI) 191-92; (XVII) 67; and loneliness, (XV) 24; man as the sum of, (XIV) 135-36; meaning of, (III) 87-88; and movement, (XVI) 264-65; and postponed action, (V) 353; as progress, (II) 93; (VII) 102; questioning, (XV) 118; and revolution, (XV) 4; as technological progress, (IX) 24; three types of, (V) 127; and time, (XVI) 57-58. See also Brain; Change; Gradual; Growth; Immediate; Progress

Evolutionary: versus the religious state, (VIII) 188 Evolutionary mind: versus the religious mind, (XII)

272. See also Dull mind; Time Examination, (XVI) 32-38; and attention, (XVI) 26;

blocking of, (XVII) 78; conditions for, (XVI) 32-33; and confusion, (XVI) 276; and fear, (XVI) 276-77; and freedom, (XVI) 59-60, 125, 127;

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Examinations: and fear, (VIII) 73-74 Example: as hindrance to social change, (IX) 202-3; as

hindrance to understanding, (XI) 161 Excitement: and gossip, (V) 288; and ideals, (V) 290;

and war, (III) 176 Exclusion: and the absence of movement, (XVI) 264;

and attention, (VIII) 312-13; and concentration, (XII) 264; and dependency, (IX) 63; and prejudice, (V) 340; and the thinker, (XI) 282. See also Concentration; Divisions; Superiority

Exclusiveness: as breeder of inequality, (IV) 49; and concentration, (X) 160-61; as evil, (IX) 153; as stupidity, (V) 334, 336. See also Ignorance; Problems; Superior

Exercise: and energy, (XIII) 337 Exhaustion: cause of, (l) 55 Existence, (X) 65-66; as action, (XV) 62, 67; and

conflict, (XVI) 153; and continuity, (VIII) 15-16; (IX) 287; and contradiction, (XI) 228; different approach to, (XVI) 159-63; and effort, (XII) 41; without effort, (XV) 66; examining the problems of, (V) 72; and fragmentation, (XVI) 160; and function and status, (XVII) 122; and meditation, (XI) 138-44; need to understand, (XV) 51-52; pain of, (IV) 32; problem of, (VIII) 147-48; (X) 86; (XI) 247-48; process of, (XI) 184; purpose of, (III) 15;110 (VI) 368-69; reason for, (VIII) 95; as relationship, (XV) 50-52, 333; (XVI) 1; repetitive process of, (XVI) 13; and search, (IX) 20; and time, (XIV) 102; and total action, (XI) 161; totality of, (X) 129; as a total process, (VII) 170; two states of, (XV) 62; understanding the implications of, (XIV) 81; understanding the process of, (XI) 296-97. See also Daily Life; Life; Living; Problems; World problems

Existentialism: and living in the present, (XV) 114; (XVI) 205

Existing: state of, (XI) 140 Experience, (l) 42, 63-64, 66, 88, 116, 126, 134, 135;

(II) 113, 168, 187; (VI) 50-51; (X) 16-17; (XI) 265, 268-71; (XIII) 219-22; (XVI) 180-83; and accumulation, (VII) 134-35, 258; without accumulation, (IX) 132; and the accumulation of knowledge, (XIII) 287-88; as the accumulation of knowledge, (XII) 236, 304; and action, (XI) 318-19; of actuality and wish, (III) 43-44; attempt to escape from, (XII) 132; and authority, (VII) 301-2; (XIII) 71, 122-23; without authority, (IV) 23; and awareness of fragmentation, (XV) 103-4; and belief, (VII) 44-45; beyond, (XIII) 234-35; and the boredom of life, (XV) 39; and the center, (X) 23-

24; (XII) 166; and challenge and response, (XII) 295; as challenge and response, (XIV) 136; and change, (VII) 25; (XI) 127-28; (XIII) 5; collective and individual, (X) 144-45; and communication, (V) 214-15; and conclusions, (X) 22-24; as conditioned, (V) 20; as conditioned and conditioning, (X) 20-21, 22, 26, 39, 205; (XV) 243-44; as conditioned response, (IX) 149; and conditioning, (III) 106; (IV) 195; (VII) 183, 209, 264; (IX) 49-50, 160, 238; (XI) 35-36, 305, 312; (XII) 224; (XIII) 117, 152, 193, 195; and conflict, (XI) 11; and consciousness, (IV) 186-87; craving for, (XVI) 121; and danger, (XVI) 171-72; and dealing with problems, (XIV) 275; defining, (IV) 1; (VI) 165-66; (VII) 306; (XIII) 98; (XV) 39, 85-86, 128; (XVII) 238; dependence on, (XVI) 110; (XVII) 90; versus descriptive knowledge, (XI) 65; and desire, (VII) 41-42; desire for, (XV) 184; (XVI) 273; (XVII) 34-35; desire for more, (XV) 241; as deteriorating factor, (VII) 117-19; direct, (XIV) 101; and dogma, (II) 13; and doubt, (l) 162; dying to, (IX) 217; (XVII) 74-75; dynamics of, (VI) 189-90; and the emptying of the mind, (XVII) 83; ending of, (XIV) 37-38, 39, 218; as endless process, (X) 25-26; as escape, (XVII) 32; examining, (XI) 61; and experiencer, (VI) 294; versus experiencing, (V) 227; and fact, (XV) 292; and fear, (VIII) 237; of fear, (XV) 217; and freedom, (l) 151; freedom from, (XIII) 58; (XIV) 300; and freedom of the mind, (XI) 382; free from conditioning, (IX) 160-61; and the free mind, (VIII) 234; and the fresh mind, (XV) 288-93; and fulfillment, (III) 79; and function, (XI) 209; and the futility of search for, (X) 89; as help or hindrance, (X) 21; as hindrance, (VIII) 34, 50-51, 185; as a hindrance to beauty, (XV) 243; as hindrance to reality, (V) 206-8; as hindrance to skepticism, (XIII) 33; and ideas, (V) 278-80; and ignorance, (III) 109-10; (XI) 208-9; and illusion, (VI) 243-44; importance of, (VIII) 228-29; as inner authority, (XII) 144; inquiry into, (XIV) 109-10; and intelligence, (VII) 189-90; (XIII) 323-24; and inward questioning, (XIII) 53; and knowledge, (XI) 381-82; (XIII) 219-21, 255; (XIV) 84; (XVI) 15; as the known, (XII) 120; and the known and unknown, (IX) 261; and learning, (XI) 80; (XIV) 53-54; (XVI) 108-9; liberation or hindrance, (III) 99; and limitation, (III) 177; as limitation, (X) 21; and listening, (XI) 189; (XV) 3; and looking with the old mind, (XVII) 69; and loss, (l) 14; and LSD, (XVII) 154; meaning of, (XII) 236, 308-9; (XVI) 181; and the meaning of life, (X) 159-60; and meditation, (VIII) 193; (XIV) 37-38, 159, 298-99; (XV) 85-86, 276; and memory, (l ) 24-26; (II) 200; (V) 8, 42; (XII) 132, 198; (XIV ) 215-16; as memory, (XI) 236, 238, 365; (XVII) 59; and the mind, (VII) 239; as mind conditioner, (X) 51; of momentary ecstasy, (IV) 31; and momentary silence, (XIV) 217; and naming, (XIV) 106; nature of, (XV) 184; need to question, (XVII) 174; and

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the negative mind, (XV) 257; versus the new, (XVI) 39; versus the new mind, (VIII) 49-51; versus observation, (XIV ) 18; and the observer, (XVII) 42; and the observer and the observed, (XI) 298-99; and the past, (III) 104, 136; (VIII) 234-35; (X) 218; (XVI) 90-91; as the past, (XI) 377-78; and pleasure, (XVII) 11-12; and the positive approach, (XV) 256-57; and prejudice, (l) 107; process of, (XIV) 158-59, 215-16; (XV) 39; as process of accumulation, (III) 133; process of challenge and response, (V) 304-6; and the process of thought, (XIV) 158; questioning the validity of, (XVI) 16; and the quiet mind, (XVII) 84; and radical change, (XVII) 33, 34-35; as reaction, (XIII) 259-60; and the real, (IV) 15-16; and realization, (V) 5; and recognition, (VI) 263-64, 271; (VII) 14, 26; (XIV) 52; (XVI) 139; and recognition of truth, (V) 281-82; and relationship, (V) 336-37; and religion, (XIII) 87; and the religious mind, (XIII) 159, 208, 220-21; and renewal, (IV) 36; and repetition of sensation, (V) 320; resistance, (l) 153; as response to challenge, (XIV) 261; and revolution, (V) 185; and revolution of the center, (VII) 305-6, 308; search for, (XIV) 298-99; (XV) 275, 276; (XVI) 195; as a search for certainty, (XII) 134; and the search for permanence, (XVII) 154-55; and the search for security, (IX) 19; and the search for sensation, (l) 34; and the secondhand mind, (XIV) 37; and security, (XIV) 185; seeking, (XVI) 180-81, 247; and the self, (VI) 272-75; (X) 40, 76; and self-contradiction, (XI) 265; and self-deception, (VI) 316; and self-knowledge, (V) 356-58; and self-protection, (II) 229; and sorrow, (XIII) 25, 173; and space, (XV) 127; and the still mind, (VI) 336-37; (VIII) 56; and superficiality, (XIV) 215, 216; as temporary, (IX) 114; and thinking, (XVI) 91; and time, (VII) 317-19; (XII) 98-99; and tradition, (VIII) 101-3, 116-17; as transforming, (X) 71; and truth, (V) 92; (VI) 160; (IX) 284; understanding, (XI) 222-23; (XIII) 122-23, 152-54; (XIV) 39; and understanding, (l) 116, 137; (VI) 104-5; (VIII) 108-9; (XV) 169; without understanding, (II) 76; understanding the significance of, (XVI) 66; value of, (XVI) 109-10; and wisdom, (VI) 33; and the word, (XI) 88. See also Becoming; Conflict; ‘I’ process; Memory; Thinker; Thought; Truth

Experienced: as memory, (XI) 281 Experienced mind: as dead, (XI) 268. See also Petty

mind Experience of being: and conflict of becoming, (IV)

28. See also Truth Experiencer: cessation of, (XI) 143-44; and conflict,

(XII) 198; ending of, (XIV) 222; as memory, (IX) 65-66; as the result of the known, (IX) 53-54; and silence, (XIII) 265. See also Censor; Center; Experience; Experiencer and the experience; Observer; Thinker

Experiencer and the experience: and ‘becoming’, (X) 268; and conflict, (IX) 130; (XI) 142-43; (XVI)

156-57; as divided, (IX) 100; division of thought into, (XVI) 169; and ideals, (V) 290-91; and memory, (IX) 65-66; as one, (V) 190, 275, 301-2; (X) 67, 229; as source of conflict, (XII) 177-78; and time, (XV) 129; and violence, (X) 81-83; and the word, (XI) 88-89. See also Divisions; Experience; Observer and the observed; Thinker and the thought

Experiencing: versus accumulation, (VII) 134-35; as the answer, (VII) 141; and attention, (XII) 102, 248; and the boredom of routine, (XIV) 261; and challenge and response, (XII) 314; and change, (VII) 2; and communication, (VIII) 275-76; and conditioning, (XI) 281; confusion, (IX) 246-47; and contradiction, (XII) 44; creativity, (IX) 245; defining, (XIII) 228-29; directly, (X) 74; dying, (XI) 241-43; envy, (X) 47; versus escape, (X) 7-8; without the experiencer, (XI) 198-99; and the free mind, (X) 66-67; as hindrance to discovery, (IX) 35-36; versus learning, (IX) 172-73; (XIV) 239; while listening, (XII) 41; versus listening to words, (X) 115; meaning of, (XII) 155; and the mind, (XII) 132; versus past experience, (X) 145-46; as perception of now, (XI) 236-37; and the positive state, (XV) 356-57; reality, (X) 233; religion, (X) 186; versus repetition of experience, (VII) 246-47; sorrow, (X) 56; state of, (XI) 38; thought, (X) 112-14; and the timeless, (VII) 237; as the true religion, (VII) 317; understanding, (XII) 16. See also Being; Belief; Experience; God; Listening; Love; Truth

Experimenting: defining, (III) 166; and seeking, (XIV) 198

Expert(s), (II) 105, 106, 149, 207; (IV) 88; and confusion, (VI) 50-51; creation of, (II) 222; and the departmentalization of problems, (XI) 13-15; dependence on, (VI) 159; and division of problems, (V) 151-52; enslavement to, (VI) 67; and followers, (II) 111; and fragmentation, (VI) 259; versus integrated action, (V) 128. See also Authority; Education; Gurus; Leaders; Livelihood; Masters; Occupations; Professions; Specialists; Teachers; Technical knowledge

Explanations: as futile, (XI) 183-84; as hindrance, (XVI) 283; as hindrance to self-discovery, (XVII) 38-39; as satisfying, (XI) 220; as valueless, (XVII) 85. See also Comparison; Condemnation

Exploitation, (l) 138-39; (II) 46, 51-52, 182; (X) 167-69; and authority, (IX) 202; (X) 36, 78; and capitalism, (l) 167; comprehending, (III) 82; versus direct experience, (V) 308; effects of, (II) 207-8; government, (V) 109; among groups, (III) 217-18; and happiness, (II) 46-47; and intelligence, (II) 46-47; inward and outward, (IV) 133-34; and killing, (VI) 59-60; and leaders, (l) 172; levels of, (IV) 87; and love, (VI) 43; and machine, (II) 175; and Masters, (l) 163-64; (II) 30; (III) 19; by masters and organizations, (V) 353; meaning of, (II) 19-20, 197; and paternalism, (II) 10; and patriotism, (II) 41-42; and personal needs, (II) 19-20; and problems, (VI) 53; process of, (IV) 95-96; and

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psychological emptiness, (IV) 203; and religion, (l) 156-57; (II) 4-5; by religions, (XII) 203; and revolution, (V) 42; and ritual, (V) 90-91; and self-preservation, (II) 39, 44; and social structure, (II) 84-85; sources of, (II) 10; and the state of inquiry, (X) 35; subtle and obvious, (III) 91-92; and titles, (V) 18; and the totalitarian spirit, (X) 9; types of, (III) 42; (X) 168; types of psychological, (IV) 134; varieties of, (II) 46, 136; and war, (II) 131. See also Authority; God; Livelihood; Masters; Religion; Society; State; Truth; War

Exploiter, (II) 106; and exploitation, (IV) 94-96; and exploited, (II) 73; as leader, (IV) 103; and the need for authority, (X) 48. See also Leader; Master; Priest; Society

Exploration: and the absence of answers, (XVI) 118; and attention, (XIV) 122; and change, (XV) 41-42; and the disciplined mind, (XI) 383; and discussion, (XII) 2; and energy, (XVII) 161; versus exploring, (XII) 57; and freedom, (XIV) 108; (XV) 55; (XVII) 50, 52; and the hindrance of conclusion, (XVI) 45; importance of, (XI) 190; and learning, (XVI) 52; meaningful, (XI) 363; meaning of, (XIII) 217; and mechanical thinking, (XII) 5; and observation, (XIII) 334; and revolution, (XV) 3; as satisfying, (XIII) 17; of the unconscious, (XVI) 198. See also Discovery; Examination; Inquiry; Investigation; Questioning; Seeking

Explosion: and the new mind, (XVI) 162-63 Exposure: of fear, (XVI) 210-11. See also Self-

awareness; Self-discovery Expression: and contradiction, (XV) 180; and

creativeness, (XV) 142; need for, (XIII) 176; of tension, (XVI) 162. See also Art(s)

Extensive awareness: defining,. (VII) 151 External awareness: defining, (VII) 115 External authority, (l) 3; explanation of, (II) 15; and

incompleteness, (l) 3; and inner law, (l) 3; obedience to, (XII) 295; and social conformity, (II) 15. See also Outward authority; Society

External problems: and inner confusion, (VI) 216 Facing: death, (XI) 391-92 Fact, (V) 281-82; (VI) 183-84; (IX) 45, 47-48; (XIII)

32-34, 36, 37-40; ability to accept, (XI) 52-53; ability to face, (XIII) 66; and the absence of conditioning, (XII) 316; and the absence of conflict, (XIV) 87; and the absence of fear, (XII) 247; and the absence of ideology, (XVII) 191; versus abstractions, (XIV) 57; and action, (VIII) 303-4; (XII) 5, 210; (XIII) 69; (XV) 25, 115, 337, 339; without adjustment, (XII) 205; altering, (XV) 66; as always moving, (XII) 169; and ambition, (XIII) 130; approach to, (XII) 251; and attention, (XIII) 92; and awareness, (VI) 342-43; (XI) 31-32; and awareness of, (XIII) 227, 231; and belief, (V) 306; (XI) 210; (XV) 171; versus belief, (XIV) 266-67; and the cessation of fear, (XII) 305; and chronological and psychological time, (XII) 159; and the collective and the individual, (XIV) 273;

and communication, (XV) 124; and communication about life, (XI) 101-2; and communion, (XV) 336; communion with, (XIV ) 284; and comparisons, (IX) 48; versus comparison, (XIV) 246; versus concept, (XV) 10; and condemnation, (IX) 81, 286-87; (XII) 46; and conditioning, (XII) 311; (XIII) 87; (XIV) 282, 286; and conflict, (IX) 200; (XII) 240, 241; of conflict and war, (XVI) 8; and the conformity of fear, (XVI) 17; and confusion, (VIII) 333-35; of confusion, (XVI) 277; contact with, (XV) 50, 150-51, 318, 320-21, 337-39; (XVI) 106-7, 184; (XVII) 156; and contradiction, (XII) 24; (XIII) 90, 127-28; (XV) 10, 250-51; and the contradiction of ideas, (XVII) 248-49; and cooperation, (XIV) 266; and crisis, (XII) 281, 283; and death, (XIII) 104; and denial, (XIII) 130; and desire, (VIII) 306; and the deterioration of the mind, (XI) 344-45; difficulty of seeing, (XVI) 56; and the drive to escape, (XI) 286-87; without effort, (XII) 165; and the elimination of effort, (XVII) 80; and the elimination of the ‘I’, (XIII) 183; and ending sorrow, (XIII) 255; and energy, (XII) 312, 324; (XIII) 75, 249-50; (XIV) 55, 288, 290; (XV) 202; escape from, (VI) 115-16; (XV) 91, 272; (XVI) 250, 261, 265; and escape from conflict, (XIV) 10; and escape from life, (XIV) 267; and escape through ideals, (XIV) 69; and evaluation, (VIII) 338-39; facing, (V) 131-32; (XI) 288, 347, 351; (XIV) 25-26; (XVI) 248, 250, 260, 267-69; facing daily, (XV) 291-92; and facing problems, (XIV) 177; and fear, (V) 240; (VI) 193; (XIII) 136-37; (XIV) 291; (XVI) 107-8; (XVII) 225; of fear, (XI) 350-51; versus fear, (XII) 303; fear of, (XV) 132; and fear and pleasure, (XV) 124; versus formula, (XIV) 293; and freedom, (XIII) 108-9; and freedom from fear, (XIV) 195; and freedom from the word, (XIII) 197; and the free mind, (XI) 132; and the fresh mind, (VIII) 309; and the futility of the will, (XIV) 189; and the hindrance of conclusions, (XIV) 40-41; and the hindrance of conditioning, (XIV ) 1-2; and the hindrance of ideals, (XVI) 117; and the hindrance of interpretation, (XII) 50; (XIV ) 191; and the hindrance of time, (XVII) 105; versus idea(s), (VI) 138-39; (X) 124; (XIII) 76, 89, 232, 329; (XV) 74-75, 78; versus ideal, (XI) 176; (XV) 25, 305; (XVII) 266; and ideals, (XIV) 286; versus the idea of fear, (XIV) 194-95; versus ideas and words, (XVII) 64-65; versus ideology, (XVII) 137, 140; as illusion, (VII) 5-6; versus illusion, (IX) 258-59; (XII) 61; and image, (XV) 202; and the impact of conditioning, (XV) 82, 83; of impermanence, (VIII) 274; and the impermanence of life, (XV) 177; importance of, (XIV) 204; and the importance of awareness, (X) 59; importance of looking at, (XIII) 200-201; and influence, (XIII) 129-30; of insecurity, (XIV) 132-34; and intelligence, (XI) 345; without interpretation, (XVI) 121; versus judgement, (XII) 164, 282-83; without judgement, (VIII) 289; and learning, (XI) 357-58; of life, (XI)

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354; listening as discovery of, (XIII) 64; and listening without resistance, (XIII) 229; living with, (XIV) 88; of loneliness, (XVI) 121; looking at, (XVI) 211-12; and looking at sorrow, (XIII) 311; (XVI) 140-41; looking without distortion at, (XIII) 170; and maturity, (XIV) 286-87; and memory, (V) 117; and the mind, (IX) 64; as the mind, (XV) 276; and the mind as challenger, (XII) 76; and the mind as hindrance, (VII) 55-56; as movement, (XII) 105; and mutation, (XIII) 74, 79; versus myth, (VIII) 272-74; and naming, (XI) 350-51; of need for security, (XII) 231-32; need for total attention, (XIII) 18; and the need to be casual, (XII) 58; need to face, (XVII) 228; need to see, (XIV) 284, 287; (XVI) 240-41; and the negative approach, (XIII) 218; as never still, (XII) 178; and the new, (XIII) 30; as new challenge, (VI) 113-14; as not the word, (XVI) 59, 241, 245; and observation, (XII) 89; (XVII) 58; observation of, (XV) 47; (XVI) 69; and the observation of sorrow, (XII) 94; and the observer and the observed, (XVI) 123, 270-72; observing, (XIII) 109-10; (XIV) 301; and opinion, (XII) 183-84; versus opinion, (VIII) 289; (IX) 7, 9; (X) 52, 157-58; (XI) 129; (XV) 10, 305; and order, (XV) 298; and pain, (VIII) 303; perception, (XI) 180, 391; (XII) 67, 79-80; and problems, (XIII) 19-20; (XV) 144-45; process of seeing, (XII) 232; and propaganda, (XIII) 138; as reality, (V) 54; recognition of, (XII) 30; and the rejection of time, (XV) 123; and relationship, (XV) 338-39; and the release of energy, (XII) 289; and religious leaders, (XI) 358; and the religious life, (XIV) 267; and the religious mind, (XII) 89; and religious organizations, (XII) 80; versus resistance, (XIII) 108-9; and the scientific mind, (XII) 322; and the search for help, (XIV) 163; seeing, (XII) 228; (XIII) 170; (XVI) 3; and seeing clearly, (XIII) 193; and self-pity, (XVII) 186; as significant, (XIII) 79; and sorrow, (XII) 208-9, 295; of sorrow, (XIII) 83, 140, 141; and state of mind, (XI) 26-27; and the state of sensitivity, (XIV) 269; and the steady mind, (IX) 129-30; versus “supposed to be”, (XV) 137; and symbol(s), (XI) 297, 378; (XIII) 8; (XIV) 99; and theory, (XII) 104; and thought, (XIII) 104; and time, (XIII) 177-78; (XV) 122; and time and disorder, (XV) 120; and the time interval, (XIV) 294; and tolerance, (VIII) 294; totally meeting, (XIII) 137; and truth, (X) 30; as truth, (VIII) 306-7; two stages of, (XII) 16; understanding, (XI) 345; (XII) 281-87; (XIII) 66, 93, 119-20, 128; and understanding existence, (XV) 51-52; and understanding thought, (XIV) 293; and violence, (IX) 241-42; of violence, (XVII) 142, 258; and violence and nonviolence, (XVII) 102-3; as what is, (XV) 155-56; versus ‘what should be’, (XII) 159; and word(s), (X) 123; (XI) 63, 144, 389; (XII) 180-81, 241, 303; (XIII) 215; versus the word, (XIV) 52-53, 106, 294; without the word, (XII) 292-93; and world

problems, (XII) 283. See also Idea(s); Ideal(s); Reality; Truth; What is

Fact and the idea: and the time interval, (XVI) 128. See also Fact

Fact, interference, and awareness: and the connection between, (XIII) 39, 40. See also Awareness; Fact

Factual knowledge, (X) 218-19. See also Technology Faith, (l) 163; (II) 6; (III) 13, 51-52; and authority,

(XI) 359-60; as cultivated, (X) 63; destruction of, (XII) 69; and fear, (II) 170; versus freedom, (XIII) 8; in God, (III) 12-13, 49-51; and hope, (XVII) 77; and illusion, (III) 139; loss of, (VII) 140; (XVII) 57, 94; versus science, (III) 78; and the soul, (III) 59; as sustainer, (VII) 205; as view of life, (III) 56. See also Belief; Confidence; Duality; Energy; Influence; Motive; Power; Religion

False: ability to perceive, (XIII) 2; and authority, (XII) 279; and awareness of, (V) 354; and conditioning, (V) 48-49; and the creation of the new, (XII) 141; and denial, (XII) 322; denial of, (XVII) 153; desire for, (XIII) 126-27; and method, (XIII) 52-53; need to see, (XIV ) 44; and questioning, (XII) 277; seeing, (XIV) 306; seeing the true in, (XIII) 260; and the state of negation, (XII) 255-56; stripping the mind of, (XIV) 261; and time, (XII) 160; versus the true, (VIII) 230; understanding, (V) 351-352. See also False and true; Negation; Negative approach; Revolution; True

False and true: and belief, (XIV ) 267; discerning, (XI) 316-17; and discontent, (XIV) 265; seeing, (XVII) 207-8. See also False; True

Fame: and comparison, (XIV) 193; and desire, (XV) 166; and the tension of contradiction, (XIII) 237; understanding, (VIII) 125-26. See also Ambition; Competition; Comparison; Fulfillment

Family, (II) 180; (XIV) 293-94; and authority, (XIII) 121; and condition from birth, (XVI) 111; and the conflict of freedom, (XII) 127-28; and continuity, (XIII) 146; and corruption, (XIV) 123; danger of, (XVII) 184; and death, (XII) 318; description of, (VI) 139; and desire for psychological security, (XIV) 186; and the difficulty of ending fear, (XVI) 107; and exclusion, (VI) 139-40; and exploitation, (II) 135, 204-5, 207-8, 217, 223; (V) 98; (VI) 42; and fear of change, (II) 65; as institution, (V) 2-3; and love, (XV) 74, 229; (XVI) 64, 75-76; (XVII) 212; obedience to, (XIII) 120; origins of, (VII) 80; and permanency, (XIV ) 251; psychological dependence on, (XIII) 110; and relationship, (XVI) 34-35; (XVII) 281; and the religious mind, (XV) 46; and responsibility, (IV) 96; (VI) 13; as reward and punishment, (XV) 330-31; as separative, (VIII) 243; and social morality, (XV) 73; and society, (XV) 42-44; and world change, (XVI) 54. See also Children; Cooperation; Education; Exploitation; Husband and wife; Marriage; Parents; Psychological structure of society; Society

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Fascism, (II) 14, 170. See also Authority; Conditioning; Identification; Propaganda; Words

Fasting: reasons for, (IX) 201 Fear, (l) 36, 179-180; (II) 16, 43-45, 71-75; (VI) 304-

5; (VII) 76-79, 82-85, 191-93, 290-91, 314-15; (VIII) 83-85; (XI) 285-87, 346-51; (XII) 40-41, 43, 45-48, 58-62, 134-39, 139-42, 217-23, 248-52, 303-5; (XIII) 33-36, 99-105, 131-37, 170-73, 302-5; (XIV) 61, 63-64, 88-94, 192-97, 248-51, 290-93; (XV) 27-33, 117-19, 122-24, 158-63, 316-23; (XVI) 59-65, 103-12, 175-80, 210-13; (XVII) 71-73, 161-66; abolishing, (XIII) 66; absence of, (XIV) 213; of action, (l) 88; and aloneness, (V) 4; (XIV) 268; and altering the structure of life, (XVI) 149; and ambition, (VII) 84-85; (VIII) 288; (IX) 119; analysis of, (VI) 267-69; in animals and humans, (XIV) 287; and attachment, (III) 108; (IX) 37; and attention, (XI) 8; (XV) 113; and authority, (VII) 299-302; (IX) 146-47; (XIII) 121; (XIV) 230; (XV) 22, 83; (XVII) 36; of being alone, (IX) 14; and belief, (V) 238-40; (XIV) 266; (XVI) 254; causes of, (VI) 35-37; and the center, (VII) 296-97; cessation of, (XI) 117-18; (XII) 157; (XVI) 156; (XVII) 211; and change, (VIII) 162-63; of change, (III) 117; (VII) 52; and changing values, (II) 92; of commitment, (XVII) 5; commonality of, (XII) 60; and communion with nature, (XVII) 281; and the conditioned mind, (VII) 75; and conditioning, (XII) 144; conditions for, (III) 72; and conflict, (XI) 354; (XII) 157; (XVI) 11; and conforming to society, (XI) 69-70; and conformity, (II) 4; (IX) 8-9; (XII) 28; (XV) 217-18; (XVI) 17; and confusion, (XI) 51-52; (XVI) 275; contact with, (XV) 161-62; and contempt, (VIII) 126; and continuation, (X) 208-9; of not continuing, (VII) 55-56; and continuity, (VIII) 186-87; (IX) 16-17; (XII) 259; and contradiction, (V) 321-22; as control method, (VIII) 61-62; as corrupter, (VII) 324; and corruption, (VIII) 66; and courage, (II) 16-17; creation of, (XII) 88; and the creation of authority, (XIII) 11; versus creativity, (V) 146; dealing with, (VII) 322-24; and death, (XIV) 31-32, 212-13, 255; of death, (l ) 68; (II) 13, 138-39; (V) 67; (VI) 164-65; (VII) 112, 187, 331-32; (VIII) 87-88, 245-46; (IX) 52, 287-88; (X) 258-59; (XI) 50-51, 135-38, 366-67, 391-92; (XII) 160-61, 258-59, 261, 318; (XIII) 185-86, 202-3, 256-58, 315, 319; (XV) 180-81; (XVI) 155-56, 243; (XVII) 112, 113, 114; of death as an end, (X) 60-61; defining, (XV) 30; and denial, (XIII) 85-86; and dependence, (VII) 220; (VIII) 128, 337; (IX) 234; (XII) 33; (XVI) 119; and the dependency of children, (XI) 4; and desire, (XII) 148; (XV) 105; and the desire for security, (XIV) 30-31; and the desire to change, (VII) 295-97; and the desire to be rid of, (XVI) 281; as destroyer of sensitivity, (VII) 70; and deterioration, (XIV) 29; and discipline, (V) 260; (VII) 105-6, 146-47; (VIII) 295; (X) 247; (XIII) 321; and disintegration, (VIII) 166-67; and the

dissipation of energy, (XVII) 198; dissolving, (VIII) 19; and dogma, (XIII) 88; and duality, (VIII) 231; and the dull mind, (XIII) 144; (XV) 152; and the duration of time, (XIV) 24; dynamics of, (VI) 192-94; and education, (VIII) 12-13, 283; and education of the young, (VIII) 72-74; effects of, (XII) 248, 277-78; (XIII) 247; and emptiness, (VI) 75; of the empty mind, (IX) 23; ending, (XVI) 156; of ending, (V) 354-55; (XV) 177; and energy, (XII) 65; (XVII) 97; and enslavement to words, (XII) 18; and envy, (X) 28, 30; and escape, (VIII) 225, 237-38; (XII) 247; (XVI) 260; escapes from, (XVI) 112; of the examined life, (XVI) 6; examining, (IX) 168; (X) 37; (XVII) 225-27; facing, (VII) 315-16; (X) 93-94; facing the fact of, (XVI) 276; (XVII) 13; and facing facts, (XIV) 287; and facts, (XV) 124, 132; and faith, (VII) 205; and followers, (VIII) 293; forms of, (XIV) 248-49; freedom from, (III) 126, 127, 142; (V) 32; (VII) 256-57, 299-303; (VIII) 65, 199-200; (X) 213; (XI) 30, 31-32; (XII) 262; (XIII) 247-48, 340; (XIV) 169, 229-30; (XV) 117, 219; (XVI) 259; (XVII) 67, 68, 114, 209, 211; versus freedom from authority, (XIV) 20; and freedom from conclusions, (VIII) 277; and the free mind, (X) 109; (XII) 200; as frustration, (VII) 44; and fulfillment, (XIII) 302; as fundamental, (XV) 101; futility of avoidance, (VII) 323; futility of escape from, (VII) 76; (X) 52; of the future, (XIV) 248; and guilt, (V) 277; and habit-forming mechanism, (III) 133-34; as hindrance to change, (XI) 173; (XVI) 127; as hindrance to creative energy, (XII) 63; as hindrance to freedom, (VII) 75, 160, 162; as hindrance to inquiry, (XII) 52; (XV) 5-6; as hindrance to intelligence, (VII) 60-61, 63-64, 68, 105-6; as hindrance to love, (III) 196; (VIII) 66; as hindrance to the quiet mind, (XVII) 271; as hindrance to the serious mind, (XVI) 207; as hindrance to transformation, (XII) 277-78; as hindrance to truth, (XV) 217-19; as hindrance to understanding, (IV) 57; (XIV) 231; and human problems, (VII) 290-91; and ideals, (XI) 24; through ignorance, (III) 163; and illusion, (XII) 148; (XIII) 319; (XV) 140-41; and imitation, (XV) 92; and the inability to look, (XVII) 216; inborn and acquired, (III) 225; and insecurity, (l) 161-62; (VI) 189; and intelligence, (VIII) 60, 62; and the interference of thought, (XV) 144; and inventing the idea, (XVI) 259; and the inventions of Gods, (XVII) 109; inward and outward, (XV) 101; of isolation, (XII) 244; knowing the cause of, (XIII) 250; and knowledge, (VII) 102; (XI) 379; (XII) 322; of the known, (X) 255; (XII) 319; of the known and the unknown, (VIII) 308-9; lack of contact with the fact of, (XVI) 155; levels of, (VII) 315; of life and death, (IV) 51; through limitation, (III) 80-81; of living, (IX) 287; of living and dying, (XIV) 31-32; (XVII) 252; living and dying with, (XVI) 175, 176, 178; living without, (XIII) 57; of loneliness, (XII) 271, 314-15; (XIII) 269;

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looking at, (XVII) 275; looking at the totality of, (XVII) 25; looking without conditioning at, (XVII) 211; and loss of discipline, (VII) 18; and loss of identity, (XVI) 266; and loss of self-confidence, (V) 151; and love, (XIV) 257; and love of God, (VII) 88; and maturity, (XIII) 247; meaning of, (V) 124-27; and the mediocre life, (XII) 277; and the mediocre mind, (VIII) 18-19; and meditation, (XII) 43; (XIII) 263; and method, (XI) 116-18; and the mind, (IX) 9; (XVII) 274, 276; and moral belief, (III) 65; as moral pressure, (VIII) 61-62; as motive, (VIII) 197-98; natural and unnatural, (XIII) 39-40; nature of, (XII) 38-39; (XV) 76-77; (XVII) 116-17; and the nature of death, (XVII) 24; and the need for authority, (IX) 3; (XVI) 207; and need for continuity, (VIII) 150-51; and the need for dependence, (X) 93; and the need for security, (XII) 38-39; need to be aware of, (XII) 279; need to be free from, (XIII) 331; and the need to belong, (XI) 371; (XV) 27-28; need to understand, (X) 132; (XVII) 4, 6, 24; and the need to understand pleasure, (XVII) 65; of not-being, (X) 97-98; and obedience, (VII) 132; (XV) 44; observation of, (XV) 46; and observer, (VI) 355; and occupation, (IX) 59; and the occupied mind, (IX) 37; (XII) 234; origins of, (II) 43-44, 211; outward and inward, (XVII) 161; overcoming, (III) 117-18, 140-42; (VIII) 187; and pain, (VI) 36; through past, present, and future, (III) 85; physical and psychological, (XVII) 143; and pleasure, (XV) 141; (XVII) 123; and progress, (XII) 188; of public opinion, (XI) 360; and the pursuit of authority, (XVII) 176-77; and pursuit of the ideal, (IX) 47; reason for, (l) 9; (VII) 79; versus rebirth, (III) 140; and reincarnation, (V) 27-28; (X) 153-55; and relationship, (XVI) 175; (XVII) 24-25; as relationship to something, (V) 248; and religion, (VIII) 136; (X) 34; and the religious mind, (XIV) 116-17; versus the religious mind, (XVII) 246; reluctance to probe into, (XII) 187; and resistance to change, (XIII) 107; and resistance to the new, (XIII) 19; resolution of, as primary, (XVI) 165; and respectability, (VIII) 124; and respect for parents, (VIII) 71; and the role of education, (VII) 61-63, 64; (VIII) 31-32; as root of activity, (X) 93-94; versus sanity, (XIII) 88; and the search for authority, (VIII) 179-80; and the search for comfort, (XVII) 54; and the search for happiness, (VII) 272; and search for immortality, (II) 223; and search for security, (II) 5, 83-84, 163, 181, 204-5; (III) 121; (IV) 32; (XI) 169; and search for truth, (VI) 62; and security, (XII) 231-32; seeing, (XVI) 280; and seeking, (XVII) 41; and self-fulfillment, (VII) 185; (IX) 122; of self-knowledge, (V) 363-64; and self-preservation, (II) 44; self-protective, (XII) 140; and simplicity, (V) 246; and the sluggish mind, (XI) 320; and solving the problem, (XIV) 229; and space, (XV) 127; and the still mind, (VII) 326; and suffering, (VII) 215-16; (XII) 91-93, 95; and symbols, (XIII) 8; and thinking,

(XII) 300; and thought, (XV) 76-77; and time, (XI) 191-92; (XII) 58; (XIII) 146; (XV) 13, 117, 127; (XVII) 67; and tomorrow, (XV) 109-10; of total action, (XIV) 236; and tradition, (VIII) 102; types of, (III) 141; (VIII) 61-62; (XI) 240-41; (XII) 249, 303-4; of uncertainty, (III) 41; (XIV ) 171; and the unconscious, (XV) 218; understanding, (XI) 52, 173-77, 240-42; (XVI) 281; (XVII) 76; and understanding, (II) 199; (VI) 334-36; (VII) 104-5, 325-27; (VIII) 336-38; and understanding authority, (XIV) 246-47; and understanding death, (IX) 158; and understanding pleasure, (XVI) 282, 288; and the unhealthy mind, (XII) 59; of the unknown, (IV) 77; (XIII) 319; (XIV) 152-53; of the unoccupied mind, (IX) 206; and the urge for power, (VIII) 113; and veneration, (III) 100; and violence, (XV) 300; and virtue, (X) 248; and the vulnerable mind, (XV) 277; through want, (l) 108; and the waste of energy, (XIV ) 290-91; (XV) 292; and wearing masks, (XVI) 228; and what is, (VIII) 221-22; and the will, (III) 137-39; and the will to survive, (III) 107-8; and word or fact, (VI) 200-201; and words, (XIV) 7; and the worship of authority, (VIII) 233; and the young, (VIII) 66-69. See also Awareness; Authority; Conflict; Conformity; Continuity; Craving; Death; Dependency; Escape; Freedom; Ideal; Immortality; Innocency; Intelligence; Known; Reality; Reincarnation; Self; Sorrow; Unknown; Want; Will

Fear, sorrow, will: as one, (XI) 283, 285 Fear, time, and death: relationship between, (XII) 217-

23 Feeling(s), (II) 74-75; and action, (XI) 96-97, 205,

264, 318; versus action, (X) 188; as an aspect of mind, (XII) 53-54; and attachment, (XI) 121-22; and caring, (XIV ) 289-90; and the center, (XII) 147; without condemnation, (VIII) 339; and conflict, (XII) 194; and the conscious and unconscious, (XI) 312; and consciousness, (IV) 186-87; defining, (XV) 6-7; and desire, (XII) 148, 149; without division, (XII) 178; versus gratification, (XI) 10; importance of, (XI) 120-21; versus intellect, (X) 185; (XI) 72, 217-18, 261; intensity of, (XIV) 94; versus knowing, (XI) 145-46, 147; and knowing love, (VII) 89; and labeling, (V) 312-13; living with, (XII) 164; and the look of passion, (XI) 97; loss of, (XVII) 216; and the loss of beauty, (XIV) 137; meaning of, (XIII) 57-58; and mediocrity, (X) 189; versus the mind, (XI) 148; naming, (IV) 131-32; (XI) 188, 350-51; (XIII) 197-98; without naming, (XII) 44; and observation, (XII) 88; (XIII) 236-37; (XIV) 71; and oppression, (II) 27; and sensitivity, (XIV) 143; and separation from the word, (XI) 84-85; and the shallow mind, (XI) 379; and sorrow, (XIV) 34; and thought, (XV) 144; (XVI) 279; without thought, (X) 185; and the urge for power, (XII) 55; without verbalization, (X) 268; (XIII) 68; and word(s), (IX) 72; (X) 92; (XV) 151; without words, (XII) 197, 241; versus the word, (XI) 144; without word

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conditioning, (X) 47-48. See also Anger; Emotional; Emotions; Identification; Love; Naming; Self-knowledge; Sensation; Sorrow; Words

Feeling and thinking: as one, (XII) 151 Feeling, desire, and thought: as one, (X) 264-66 Fertile mind: as empty, (XII) 108. See also Free mind;

Innocent mind Few: versus the understanding of the many, (X) 62.

See also Collective; Individual Field of consciousness: See Consciousness Fixed point: defining, (VIII) 279-80; as hindrance to

observation, (X) 53; as illusion, (VIII) 332; meaning of, (X) 25; as nonexistent, (XI) 118; versus reality, (X) 131

Flag: love of, (XVII) 203; and nationalism, (XVII) 263

Flattery: and the dull mind, (XI) 268 Flowering mind: versus the becoming mind, (VII) 242 Follow: desire to, (X) 99-100 Follower(s), (V) 134; (VIII) 293-95; (X) 174; (XIV)

170-73; and absence of initiative, (VII) 109; cessation of, (XI) 107; and confusion, (X) 77; and the creation of authority, (VIII) 173; (XI) 347-48; and creation of tyranny, (IV) 102-3; and the death of truth, (XII) 167-68; and the desire for authority, (X) 78; and the desire for saints, (XII) 82; desire to be, (XII) 27; as destroyers, (V) 218-19; (VI) 103-4, 207; as destructive, (VIII) 293-94; as destructive to the teacher, (XVII) 19; as exploiters, (V) 122-23; free from the demand for order, (XII) 191; and gullibility, (XVI) 281-82; as hindrance to truth, (X) 123-24; (XVII) 98; and leaders, (II) 26; (IV) 187-88; (X) 8-9; limitation of, (III) 88; and the loss of freedom, (XI) 377; and love, (VI) 110; as loveless, (XI) 45; and the need for gurus, (XV) 329, 332; and need for immortality, (II) 54; versus no-sayers, (XVI) 181; as not earnest, (XI) 73; and the petty mind, (XVI) 232; and physical security, (XVII) 174; reasons for, (V) 47-48; (VIII) 171-73; and religion, (XIV) 166; as stupid, (X) 198; and teachers, (XV) 227; and the worship of authority, (VIII) 42-45. See also Authority; Conformity; Confusion; Disciple; Following; Gratification; Gurus; Leaders; Masters; Teachers

Followers and leaders: and confusion, (XI) 358-60 Following: and the absence of love, (XI) 18-19; and

the acquisitive society, (IX) 256; awareness of, (XI) 347-48; and the collective, (IX) 257; and confusion, (XVII) 165; and the danger of authority, (XVII) 118; as destructive, (VIII) 199-200; and discontent, (XII) 203; and disorder, (XVII) 173; as evil, (VIII) 208, 233; (XI) 295; as hindrance to the truth, (IX) 238-39; and the individual, (IX) 275-76; and knowledge, (IX) 244; and the loss of freedom, (XIII) 88; and the loss of individuality, (IX) 201; reasons for, (IX) 148-52; (XII) 143-44, 235; types of, (IX) 149; versus understanding, (XI) 167; as unrighteous, (X) 184. See also Authority; Followers

Food: as a compulsion, (XV) 73; and energy, (XIII) 337; importance of, (VIII) 118-20

Food, clothing, shelter, (IX) 186; availability of, (IV) 84-85; as essential, (XII) 17; need for, (VII) 116; and outward security, (XVII) as part, (VII) 170; 243; as primary need, (VII) 143-44; and the redistribution of wealth, (VII) 202-3; supplying the demand of, (V) 262; and technology, (V) 153. See also Acquisition; Necessities; Needs; World problems

Force: and creating a new society, (XVII) 61. See also Discipline; Effort

Forgiveness, (VII) 223-24; as cruel, (XV) 232; falseness of, (XVI) 31

Formula(s): creation of, (XIV) 147; desire for, (XV) 288; as hindrance, (XVII) 126; as hindrance to the free mind, (XIV) 8; as hindrance to order, (XV) 326; imposed by others, (XIV ) 142; as retrogressive social factor, (V) 195-96, 197; search for, (XI) 73; understanding, (XIV) 147. See also Belief; Conditioning; Discipline; Habit; Idea(s); Ideology; Method; Patterns; System; Technique

Fragmentary action: and authority, (XII) 204. See also Action; Divisions; Totality; Whole

Fragmentary mind: and listening, (XVII) 120; and problems, (XIV) 181-82. See also Dull mind; Fragmentation; Mind; Total action; Whole

Fragmentation, (XVI) 237-41, 288-97; and action, (XVI) 173-74; of action, (XI) 160, 164-65; approach to, (XV) 104; and attention, (XVII) 68; and change, (XVI) 201; and the conditioned answer, (XVII) 135; and conflict, (XIV) 125, 280, 284; and confusion, (XVI) 279-80; and contradiction, (XV) 310-11, 344-45; as the curse of life, (XVII) 44; and desire, (XV) 106; and fear, (XVI) 175; (XVII) 25, 277; of governments and organizations, (XII) 184-85; and guilt, (X) 243-44; as hindrance to understanding, (XVI) 4-5; as hindrance to understanding life, (XVI) 6; and identification, (XVII) 65; and inadequate response, (XVI) 210; of individual and society, (XI) 178; of life, (XIV ) 263, 264; (XV) 62-63, 101-4, 186-87; (XVII) 29; versus life as total, (XIII) 244; and living, (XVI) 294-95; and the misery of life, (XVI) 17; overcoming, (XI) 289; and pleasure, (XVI) 281, 287-88; of problems, (IX) 33; (X) 148-49; (XIV) 252-53; (XV) 149-50; and the problems of existence, (XVI) 160; and public life, (XVI) 225; and questioning, (XV) 257-58; reasons for, (XV) 284; and relationships, (XIII) 217-18; (XV) 154; as response, (XVI) 208; and seriousness, (XVI) 131-32; and thought, (XVI) 294-95; and time, (XVI) 238, 240; versus the total, (XV) 286; versus totality, (XI) 106-7; (XVII) 274; versus the total life, (XV) 107; and viewing problems, (XVII) 264-65, 268; and violence, (XVI) 288-89, 293, 295; and war, (XV) 295; as a way of life, (XVII) 243. See also Divisions; Fragmentary action; Fragmentary mind; Totality; Totality of life; Whole; Wholeness

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France: See Authority; Conditioning; Nationalism; Society; War; World problems

Frankness, (l) 34; and sincerity, (l) 35 Freedom, (l) 15-16; (II) 15; (IV) 49; (VI) 184; (XI)

253-58, 333-35, 379-83; (XII) 234-38; (XIII) 105-12, 237-40, 288-92; (XIV) 82-88, 134-40, 296-302; (XV) 116-20, 123-24, 203-7; (XVI) 125-28; (XVII) 16-21, 223-27; and the ability to study, (VIII) 73-74; and the ability to think clearly, (XIII) 115; and the absence of fear, (XI) 176; (XV) 92; (XVII) 198; and the absence of problems, (XIV ) 181; (XV) 194-96; and the absence of reaction, (XVII) 134; and accumulation, (VI) 341; from accumulation, (X) 21; achievement of, (l) 7, 111; (VIII) 127; (IX) 170; (X) 3, 15; (XI) 46-47, 171, 307; (XIII) 227; (XIV) 86-87; (XVI) 47; achieving inward and outward, (XVI) 3; achieving through peace, (XI) 141; from acquisitiveness, (VIII) 29-30; and action, (VIII) 47; (XV) 211, 214; (XVII) 204; of action, (XI) 318; from the aggressive animal, (XVII) 43; and aloneness, (XVI) 118; through aloneness, (IX) 48; from ambition, (X) 5-6; (XIII) 168; of anonymity, (XI) 372-73; and attachment, (XIII) 269; from attachment, (XI) 122; from authority, (VII) 190; (IX) 146-47, 209-10, 244-45; (X) 78, 99, 109-10, 138; (XII) 234-38, 296; (XIII) 9-10, 11; (XIV) 172; (XV) 173, 312; (XVII) 175; versus authority, (XI) 65-66, 380; and awareness, (III) 211; through awareness of fear, (VII) 75-76; and awareness of thought, (XI) 2; from background, (X) 12; as a beginning, (X) 18; at the beginning, (IX) 152, 155, 223, 237, 239-40, 244, 247, 255; (XI) 45; (XIII) 97, 115; (XV) 275; (XVI) 59; at the beginning and the end, (XVII) 218; and behavior, (XVII) 201; from being something, (IX) 276; from belief, (V) 254; (VI) 152, 255-56; (VII) 131-32; (XV) 318; (XVI) 260; (XVII) 41; from the believer and nonbeliever, (XVI) 137; versus bondage, (X) 36-37; and the brain and mind, (XII) 230; of the brain and mind, (XVII) 148; and capacity, (IX) 48-49; of the child from society, (XI) 8-9; and choice, (VIII) 204, 206; (XVII) 270; from the collective, (IX) 127-28, 143-44; versus the collective, (VII) 285; and collective action, (VII) 229-30; commitment to, (XVII) 217; and comparison, (VII) 109; from comparison, (XVII) 183-84; without compulsion, (VIII) 147-48; from conclusions, (X) 24, 121-24; and the conditioned mind, (VII) 73-75; and conditioning, (XII) 6; from conditioning, (IV) 97-98; (VI) 109-10, 191; (VIII) 142-43, 215, 217-19, 265, 292; (IX) 78-79, 137-38, 144-45, 211-12, 282-83; (X) 90, 101-2, 108-9, 145-46, 157-59, 164-67, 198; (XI) 34, 51, 53; (XII) 282; (XVI) 137-38; (XVII) 5, 217-18, 270; versus conditioning, (VII) 141-42, 168-69; from conditioning and fear, (XVII) 51; conditions for, (IV) 44; (XV) 56; and conduct, (XVII) 204; and conflict, (XVI) 91-92, 130-31; from conflict, (II) 50; (V) 370; (VII) 136; (XII) 154, 239; (XIV) 9, 10, 11-12, 290; from

conformity, (XII) 28-29; (XV) 214-15, 219; and confusion, (XVI) 275-76, 277; and consciousness, (II) 18; through consciousness, (III) 11-12; from continuity, (V) 319; (VIII) 151; from contradiction, (XI) 30, 31-32; (XV) 178-81; from the corrupt society, (XIV) 166; and the craving for experience, (X) 16; and the creative, (VIII) 45; and the creative mind, (VIII) 179; and creativeness, (VIII) 299-300; and the cultivation of virtue, (IX) 90; defining, (IV) 193; (VIII) 129; (XIII) 289; (XIV) 83, 140; (XV) 172-73, 282; (XVI) 126; demand for, (XIV) 173; and denial, (XIII) 6, 91; from desire, (XIV) 224; desire for, (VIII) 238, 306; versus desire for improvement, (VII) 161; desire for partial, (XVI) 84-85; from the desire for power, (V) 62; from despair, (XVII) 156-57; as different from revolt, (XVI) 161; (XVII) 168; difficulty of achieving, (X) 164-65; disappearance of, (XIII) 63; as discovery of the new, (XVI) 13; and dis cipline, (XIV) 4, 5; (XVII) 172; versus discipline, (VIII) 89-91; without discipline, (V) 109, 258-60; versus the disciplined mind, (XI) 355; and discovery, (XI) 129; and the discovery of truth, (VII) 257-59; (XIV) 82-83, 85; from disorder, (XVII) 223; fro m dreams, (X) 55, 151-52; and the dull mind, (XIV) 85; and education, (IV) 196; (VII) 320; (VIII) 282-83; and effort, (VII) 299; and emptiness and space, (XV) 278; and the empty mind, (XVII) 5; and the ending of sorrow, (XV) 226; and the ending of time, (XVI) 191; and energy, (XIV) 295; (XVII) 161; of the entity, (XVI) 248; from envy, (IX) 252; (X) 91-92, 207-8, 264-65; as essential for mutation, (XIV) 169, 173; examination of, (XVII) 35, 51-52, 128-29; and examination of love, (XVII) 233; from exploitation, (X) 169; to explore, (XIII) 113; (XV) 55; and facing mistakes, (VII) 268; versus faith, (XIII) 8; from fear, (l) 179-80; (III) 124; (VI) 194; (VII) 290-91, 315-16; (VIII) 336, 338; (XI) 346-49; (XII) 46, 61, 218-19, 259, 262, 303-4; (XIV) 61, 64-65, 89, 92, 116-17, 193, 196, 229-30, 248, 291; (XV) 30-31, 78, 140-41, 218, 300; (XVI) 175, 176, 210, 288; fear of, (X) 97; from fear of death, (IX) 158; (X) 209-10; (XIII) 171, 133-34, 247-48, 250, 319; (XVII) 67, 71, 72, 114, 161; and fear of disorder, (XV) 157-59; from fear and hate, (VIII) 40; and fear through education, (VII) 61-63, 64; and the feeling of awareness, (VIII) 47-48; and finding God, (V) 346-47; to find the true, (XV) 88; and followers, (VIII) 172; from the formula of words, (XIV) 7-8; from fragmentation, (XI) 107-8; futility of search for, (XII) 200; and God, (XI) 104; of the heart and mind, (XVI) 250; from hindrances, (l) 135-36; and the hindrance of accumulation of knowledge, (XIV) 170-71; and the hindrance of concentration, (XV) 321; and the hindrance of conditioning, (XVI) 84; and the hindrance of fear, (XIII) 247; and the hindrance of means, (XI) 260; and the hindrance of the past, (XVI) 189; and the hindrance of society, (XV) 14; hindrances to, (XI) 67; (XIII) 4-5; and humility, (XIV) 246; from the

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‘I’, (l ) 186; (XIII) 182-83; from ideals, (XI) 24-25; (X) from ideas, (X) 49; (XI) 122; from illusion, (XV) 164-65; from imitation, (VII) 69-70, 71; (VIII) 47, 101-3; from the imitative process, (XIII) 262; and immediate action, (XVII) 140; implications of, (XVII) 217; and imprisonment, (l) 16; and the individual, (II) 39; (XIII) 120; (XIV) 236; and individual action, (II) 193-94; of individual, and authority, (VII) 300, 302; from influence(s), (XI) 272; (XII) 97; (XIII) 128-30, 225, 300; (XIV) 221-22; and initiative, (VIII) 84-85; and the innocent mind, (VIII) 40; to inquire, (IX) 215; (XVI) 77; (XVII) 50, 134; and inquiry, (XIV) 279; (XV) 4-5, 157, 228; inquiry into, (XI) 376-79; and intelligence, (V) 293; (XIV) 179; through intelligence, (II) 80; interpretations of, (XI) 113-14; to investigate, (XVII) 105; investigation of, (XVI) 113-14; inward and outward, (XII) 231; kinds of, (XI) 44; and knowledge, (VII) 226; (XI) 225-26, 227; from knowledge, (IX) 244-45; (X) 260-62; (XIII) 122; through knowledge of hindrance, (IV) 59; from the known, (VIII) 205-6, 346-47; (IX) 159, 217-18, 232, 261, 288; (X) 160; (XI) 189, 200-201; (XII) 319; (XIII) 153, 155, 203, 258-59; (XIV) 152, 213; (XVI) 82, 244; lack of, (XIV) 162; and learning, (XIII) 247; (XV) 52; (XVI) 20; lessening of, (XIII) 1, 4; and life without contradiction, (XVI) 225; and living without tomorrow, (XVII) 143-44; and looking at fear, (XVII) 211; and looking at need, (XII) 246; and looking at the old mind, (XVI) 198; loss of, (XI) 361; (XII) 281, 284; (XIII) 116; loss of, through authority, (VII) 52; and love, (XV) 74; from masks, (XVI) 227; and the mature mind, (XIII) 145; and maturity, (XVI) 251; from ‘me’, (V) 317; (VIII) 10; meaning of, (V) 14; (VII) 237; (IX) 249; (X) 22, 29; (XII) 284, 287; (XIV) 88; (XV) 342; (XVII) 167-68, 224; from mechanical knowledge, (XI) 338; and meditation, (VIII) 193-94; (XVI) 148; and meeting problems, (XVII) 97; from method, (X) 213; and mind, (V) 32; (VII) 32, 293-4; (XVI) 16; (XVII) 157; of mind, (IV) 154; (VIII) 29-30, 228-31; (IX) 33-36, 222; (X) 220; (XI) 83, 272; (XII) 144; as minimal, (XI) 332; misuse of, (XVII) 138; and moral character, (X) 195-96; narrowing of, (XI) 224, 290, 301-2, 304, 306, 376-77; from nationalities and sects, (IV) 94; and the nature of time, (XV) 117; as necessary, (XI) 333; (XV) 14; as necessary to education, (VII) 320; as necessity, (XIV) 176; and the need for energy, (XVII) 139; need for inner, (XVI) 15; versus the need to seek, (X) 6; and the negation of thought, (VII) 236-37; and new culture, (V) 109-10; and the new world, (VII) 230; now, (IX) 257; without the object, (XV) 35-36; and observation, (XIV) 18, 20; (XVI) 97; to observe, (XVII) 211; from the observer, (XVI) 251; without the observer, (XVII) 38, 42; and the occupied mind, (VII) 232-33; from the old, (IV) 173; from the old mind, (XIV) 14-15, 20; from opinion, (XV)

270; and order, (XV) 116-17, 209; (XVII) 167; and organizations, (l) 185-86; and the original, (XV) 219; from the past, (V) 83, 191; (VII) 202, 224-25; (VIII) 249, 322-23; (IX) 266-67; (X) 222-23, 236-38; (XI) 208; (XIII) 10, 247; (XIV) 228; (XV) 153; (XVI) 200; and peace, (XVI) 3-4; from pettiness, (XI) 96, 99; from the petty mind, (X) 157; (XII) ; from pleasure and pain, (XVI) 92; from power, (XII) 28; and the presence of beauty, (XVII) 85; and the presence of peace, (XVI) 111; problem of, (XVII) 223; from problems, (XII) 12; (XIV) 174, 175-76, 304; (XV) 152; and process of the mind, (VIII) 152; and the process of thinking, (X) 19; and progress, (XII) 169; (XIV) 83; from propaganda, (VI) 2; psychological, (XVII) 9; from psychological dependence, (VII) 274; from psychological fear, (XVI) 110; from psychological past, (XIII) 179-80; and psychological space, (XVI) 189-90, 192; from the psychological structure of society, (XIII) 119; (XIV) 64, 206; from psychological time, (XVII) 27; and the purpose of life, (V) 21; as a quality of mind, (XI) 46; to question, (XVI) 65; questions about, (XI) 216; as a reaction, (XI) 58; (XVII) 275; and reality, (VI) 351; recognizing, (III) 79-80; and the rejection of experience, (XV) 276-77; and relationships, (XVI) 46-47; from religion, (XI) 146; through the religious, (IX) 51; as the religious revolution, (X) 126; versus resistance, (VIII) 219; and right meditation, (IV) 47; and saying ‘no’ to fear, (XVI) 60; and search, (IX) 182-85; search for, (XI) 43; (XIV ) 16-17; from security, (II) 34, 180; versus security, (X) 7-8; (XI) 66; and seeing immediately, (XVII) 141-42; from self, (III) 182-83; (VI) 268-69; through the self, (X) 78; and self-centered activity, (IX) 176; from self-contradiction, (XI) 263-64; as self-fulfilling, (VII) 152; through self-knowing, (XIV) 167; and self-knowledge, (VI) 58-59; (IX) 273; from self-pity, (XIV) 211; through self-understanding, (VIII) 251-52; sense of, (XV) 5; and the sense of humility, (XI) 302-3; and sensitivity, (VII) 71; (XV) 278; and seriousness, (XVI) 79-80, 84; and the sexual act, (V) 98; and silence, (XV) 238, 239; (XVII) 36; and silent awareness, (X) 30; and silent perception, (III) 68; and simplicity, (V) 245; from social conditioning, (X) 32; and social dependence, (VII) 80; and society, (XIII) 4-5; (XV) 55, 196, 281-82; from society, (VIII) 322; (IX) 57, 129, 194; (X) 12; from sorrow, (IX) 97-98; (XI) 77-78; (XIII) 82-84, 140, 173, 308-9, 311; (XV) 225; and space, (XIII) 324; (XVI) 248-49; (XVII) 88-89, 208; and space without the center, (XV) 126; (XVI) 70-71; and standing alone, (XIV) 164; state of, (IX) 249-50; (X) 20; (XVII) 278; as a state of mind, (IX) 237, 239; (XI) 187; and the steady mind, (IX) 104; and the still mind, (VI) 77-78; from the structure of society, (XV) 283; from suffering, (X) 56, 58; (XII) 94-95, 176; from superficiality, (XIV) 216; versus thinking, (X) 214; from time, (X) 250-51;

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(XI) 78, 169-71; (XII) 221; (XIV) 63, 306, 309; (XVI) 22, 63, 190; and time and space, (XVI) 47; and totality of mind, (XI) 120; (XVI) 300; through total understanding, (XIV ) 72; from tradition, (XIII) 68, 73; and truth, (VI) 217; (VIII) 315; (XIV) 145; (XVII) 126; through truth, (IV) 71; types of, (XI) 129; (XIV) 134; through uncertainty, (VIII) 199; and the unconditioned mind, (VII) 45; and the unconscious, (XIV) 19-20; from the unconscious, (XIII) 167; understanding, (VIII) 90-91, 182-83; (IX) 143-44; (XI) 46-47, 66-67, 214-18; (XIV) 164; (XV) 117; through understanding, (III) 169; (XIII) 326; and understanding authority, (XIII) 122; and understanding conditioning, (VIII) 270; and understanding life, (XV) 6; and understanding living, (XVI) 188; and understanding the mind, (XV) 304; and understanding relationships, (XV) 56; through understanding relationship, (VII) 111; and understanding space, (XV) 262; and understanding thinking, (XVI) 89-90; and understanding unhappiness, (VII) 116; from violence, (IX) 118; (X) 80-81, 84; (XIV) 294; (XVI) 203-4; (XVII) 209, 258; and virtue, (IV) 79-80; (V) 31; (VI) 102-3; (XV) 172-73; and will, (XI) 44, 47; within ourselves, (X) 116; from the word, (XI) 84-85; (XII) 88-89, 293; (XIII) 35-36, 103-4, 215-16; (XV) 30; (XVI) 59; (XVII) 71; of word and feeling, (XI) 118; and world society, (XI) 214; from yesterday, (XI) 152. See also Belief; Choice; Conflict; Conformity; Discernment; Experience; Liberation; Limitations; Meditation; Possessiveness; Suffering; Truth; Understanding

Freedom from conditioning: process of, (X) 215 Freedom from fear: and the still mind, (X) 213 Freedom of thought: achieving, (IX) 11; as nonsense,

(IX) 126 Freedom, order, and space: as interrelated, (XV) 206.

See also Freedom Free enterprise: and society, (XV) 281 Free man: as a fallacious concept, (XVII) 270; and the

search for help, (XIV) 163-64. See also Freedom Free mind, (VI) 349; (VIII) 263-65; and the ability to

seek, (XIV) 57; and the absence of conflict, (XIII) 277; achieving, (IX) 7-8, 14, 230; (X) 3-4, 18, 47, 114, 165-67, 219, 251; and achieving beauty and peace, (XVI) 234; and aloneness, (XII) 157; approach to, (IX) 1-5; and authority, (VIII) 307; versus authority, (IX) 146-47; (XIII) 72; and the cessation of the word, (XIII) 296; and challenge, (XVI) 210; and the conditioned mind, (IX) 163-65; (XIII) 281; and conditioning, (VI) 211-13; (IX) 80; (XIII) 91; versus conditioning, (XI) 156; and conflict, (XII) 242; (XIV) 13; and the conscious and the unconscious, (XVII) 24; and contradiction, (IX) 5-6; and creativeness, (XI) 104; defining, (X) 3; (XIV) 135; and discipline, (X) 131-32; (XIII) 269, 270; (XIV) 92; and discovering the true, (X) 165; (XII) 232; and discovery, (XIV ) 8; and the discovery of God, (IX) 4, 228; (X) 70; and the

discovery of impermanency, (XVII) 114; and the discovery of the new, (X) 38; and the discovery of truth, (VIII) 250-51; and dogma, (XI) 376; versus dogma, (VIII) 254; and “doing good”, (X) 25; versus the dull mind, (XV) 13; and effort, (X) 143-44; and the end of sorrow, (IX) 80; and energy, (XVI) 115; and the eternal, (XIV) 223; and facing the fact, (XV) 25; and the fact, (XIII) 36; and fear, (XII) 142; versus the fear of death, (VIII) 277-78; as fearless, (XII) 247; and finding the true, (XV) 152; versus freedom of thought, (IX) 202; and the futility of search, (IX) 87; and the hindrance of tradition, (IX) 234; and the hindrance of words, (XIV) 7-8; and humility, (XIII) 111; and the individual, (XI) 59; (XIII) 160; and individuality, (X) 177-80; and as the individual mind, (XIV) 245; and inquiry, (IX) 257; (XI) 270; (XIV) 267; (XV) 4-5; and inquiry about reality, (IX) 135, 137; and inquiry into thought, (X) 229; and knowledge of love and death, (XV) 244; and the known and unknown, (XIII) 338; and learning, (IX) 197, 239; (XIV) 241; and liberation from authority, (XIII) 58-59; and listening, (XV) 297; and love, (IX) 260; and love of children, (IX) 272; and meditation, (IX) 186, 192, 280; (XI) 247; (XII) 204-5, 263-65; (XIII) 45, 95, 97; and morality, (XV) 15; versus myth, (VIII) 272-73; as necessary, (XIII) 5; versus the need for permanence, (X) 43; and negative thinking, (XI) 93; and the new world, (VII) 230; and observation, (XI) 352; as path to God, (X) 172; and the problem of sex, (XV) 73; and the question of death, (IX) 17; and questioning, (XIII) 2-3, 5; (XVI) 162; and receiving the true, (IX) 10; and religion, (IX) 78-79; and the religious mind, (XII) 325; as the religious mind, (XIII) 262; and the resolution of problems, (VII) 324; and the search for God, (X) 32; and seeing, (XII) 191; (XIV) 132; and self-knowledge, (IX) 3, 111; as the silent mind, (XVI) 236; as social danger, (X) 164; and the state of negation, (XIII) 142; and stillness, (X) 272; without stimulation, (XI) 381; and time, (XI) 76; and total inaction, (XVI) 212; and total revolution, (VIII) 270; and transformation, (X) 225; and the true and false, (XV) 6; and truth, (X) 107-9; (XI) 21, 181; understanding, (VI) 353-54; and understanding death, (VIII) 257; and working together, (XI) 308, 311; and world problems, (VII) 317-18; (XIII) 329. See also Dull mind; Empty mind; Freedom; Mind; Mutation; Petty mind; Quiet mind; Silent mind

Free will: and the human organism, (XVII) 269-70. See also Freedom; Will

French Revolution: and change, (XV) 52-53; as fragmentary, (XIV) 274; and ideology, (XVII) 160. See also Revolt; Revolution

Fresh: See Fresh mind; New Fresh mind: and the absence of problems, (XVI) 242;

achieving, (XV) 289-93; (XVI) 301; (XVII) 83; achieving change, (IX) 28-29; and the approach to duality, (VIII) 194; and the approach to problems,

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Freud: and conditioning, (XVI) 90; versus direct watching, (XV) 11; and the search for answers, (XV) 106; and the unconscious, (XV) 218

Freudians: and new approaches, (XII) 155 Friction: absence of, (XVII) 147; and divisions,

(XVII) 146; and energy, (XV) 8; and fear, (XVII) 164; freedom from, (XVII) 145; between ideology and action, (XVII) 140; and the mind, (XIV) 69, 70; understanding the nature of, (XVII) 148; and the wasting of energy, (XVII) 161. See also Conflict; Contradiction; Effort

Friend: and crisis, (V) 193 Friendliness: as motiveless, (X) 271 Friendship, (III) 123; and justice, (X) 187-88 Frontier: search for, (XIV) 296-97. See also Space Frustration, (VIII) 194-98; and the absence of

tranquillity, (XI) 335; and awareness of conflict, (V) 161; and conflict, (XIII) 78; and desire, (VIII) 304-5; (XVI) 36; and dissatisfaction, (IX) 45, 48; (X) 181-83; and escape, (V) 345-46; and fulfillment, (IX) 46-48; (XI) 275-76; (XIII) 234; versus fulfillment, (IX) 68-69; and the ‘I’, (VII) 256; inward and outward, (XVII) 131; and the need to search, (IX) 19; and pleasure, (XV) 164; and the process of existence, (VII) 150; and pursuit of knowledge, (IX) 262; and the search for permanence, (IX) 20; and the search for security, (IX) 19, 21; and self-fulfillment, (XIII) 302; and sorrow, (XI) 220; understanding, (IV) 86. See also Ambition; Conflict; Confusion; Contradiction; Dissatisfaction; Distraction; Duality; Effort; Friction; Fulfillment

Fulfillment, (III) 32; (VII) 234-37; (XIII) 124, 127, 130; achieving, (II) 36; (III) 23-24; and action through awareness, (l) 193; and ambition, (VII) 234-35; and becoming, (VIII) 158-59; through children, (IX) 65; and choice, (XI) 221; through comprehension, (III) 46; and conflict, (XII) 239, 241; and conformity, (II) 176-78; and confusion, (XI) 51-52; consciousness of, (VI) 310-11; and continuity, (V) 67-68; and contradiction, (XV) 180; and desire, (XII) 150, 151, 153; (XV) 17, 21, 22, 166-67; desire for, (XIII) 234; and effort, (V) 116; and expression, (VI) 232; and fear, (VII) 270;

(XII) 135; (XIII) 247; (XV) 28-29, 159; and frustration, (IX) 19, 21; (X) 194; and harmony of action, (III) 3; hindrances to, (II) 208, 211; and individual well-being, (II) 201; and individuality, (II) 186-88; and intelligent action, (II) 221; loss of, (II) 212; (III) 45; for man and woman, (IV) 145-46; and the ‘me’, (VII) 329-30; and the mind, (X) 37, 185; and the observer and the observed, (XVI) 248, 249; and pleasure and pain, (XVI) 218; and power, (XI) 275-76; and problems, (XV) 149; as respectable, (IX) 86; and richness of life, (III) 69-70; search for, (IX) 46-47, 69; (XI) 235; (XIII) 302; and seeds of destruction, (VII) 309; and self-expansion, (IV) 59; and sorrow, (XI) 220; (XII) 98; timelessness, (II) 36; and understanding, (II) 217; (VIII) 245. See also Action; Ambition; Becoming; Belonging; Experience; Greed; Happiness; Listening; Power; Reality; Satisfaction; Self-centered activity; Self-fulfillment; Truth

Full consciousness: defining, (III) 90 Function: and contradiction, (XIII) 126; and

education, (XII) 17; and experience, (XI) 209; of knowledge, (XII) 35-37; and meditation, (XI) 196; and specialization, (XII) 270-71; and status, (XI) 3; (XII) 34-36, 310; (XIV) 247; as status, (VII) 128

Function and status, (XVII) 122; and the competitive society, (XV) 14; and conflict, (XVII) 128; and obedience, (XV) 44

Fundamental revolution: and education, (XI) 9; and inner crisis, (XI) 239; need for, (IX) 193-94; through self-knowledge, (IX) 110-11, 113; as total change, (XI) 335; and true religion, (X) 186; and world problems, (IX) 225-26. See also Change; Radical transformation; Religion; Religious revolution; Revolution; Total revolution; Transformation

Fundamental transformation: and listening, (XII) 144. See also Change; Mutation; Revolution

Future, (V) 189; attempt to control, (XIII) 72; and change, (XVII) 102; and consciousness, (VI) 108-9; defining, (XIII) 316; and disorder, (XV) 120; as escape from present, (III) 171; and fear, (XIII) 102; (XIV) 196, 292; and fear of pain, (XII) 92; freedom from, (XI) 226; as hindrance to transformation, (V) 221; and the influence of past and present, (XIII) 316-17, 319; and living in the past, (XIII) 159-60; as the modified past, (XVI) 280; and pleasure, (XVI) 284; psychological planning, (XIII) 186-87; and the sense of despair, (XIII) 218; and sorrow, (XIII) 308; and thought, (XIII) 136; (XVI) 166; and time, (XIV) 253-54; (XV) 75-76; unimportance of, (VI) 40-42; as unknown, (IX) 260. See also Memory; New; Past; Time

Future life: and fear of losing the known, (XVI) 63; and need for comfort, (IX) 235-36. See also Afterlife; Death; Fear; Hereafter; Reincarnation ; Religion

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Gain, (l) 147-48; and doubt, (l) 155; as goal, (l) 147-48; and reward, (l) 153-54. See also Accumulation; Acquisitiveness; Possessions; Possessiveness

Gandhi, Mohandas K, (IV) 85, 90, 167; (IX) 201; death of, and identification with, (IV) 167-68; and desire for continuity, (IV) 169; and nonviolence, (XVII) 107. See also Authority; Leaders; Reincarnation; Violence

Gender: and the education of children, (XI) 6; and superiority, (II) 168

General: versus the particular, (XIII) 14 Generate: defining, (VII) 98 Generations: and world transformation, (XI) 305 Generosity, (XIII) 150-51; and accumulation, (IV)

198-99; and conflict, (V) 350; and friendliness, (X) 271; of the hand and of the heart, (V) 323; as an ideal, (XVI) 118

Genes: and conditioning, (XVI) 111 Germans: See Conditioning; Divisions; Ideology;

Nationalism; Society; War Germany: See Authority; Commitment; Conditioning;

Environment; Government; Influences; Nationalism; Society; War; World problems

Gita: as hindrance to thinking, (XIV) 75. See also Authority; Background; Belief; Books; Conditioning; Conformity; Divisions; Knowledge; Propaganda; Religion; Religious mind; Visions; Words

Goals: achieving, (II) 104-5; and effort, (VI) 355-57; as hindrance, (IV) 79; and life as continual becoming, (II) 229; understanding, (IV) 55. See also Ambition; Success

God, (l) 105, 140; (II) 4, 27-28, 33-34, 38, 191, 223; and the agitated mind, (VII) 94-95; ancient search for, (XI) 290; approach to, (X) 41-42; approach to, as pathless, (V) 271-72; and authority, (XIII) 41-42; and awareness, (VI) 220; and belief, (V) 93-94, 346-47; (VII) 225-26; (VIII) 27-28; (X) 66-67, 102; (XIII) 304; belief in, (II) 33-34, 162, 215; (V) 281, 282; (VI) 71, 110-12, 140-41; (XI) 105; (XII) 84; (XIV) 278, 279; (XVII) 95, 272-73; belief in, false pursuit of, (IV) 174-75; belief and nonbelief, (III) 177-78, 223-24; and the better life, (V) 93; and choice, (VIII) 109; and the collective mind, (XIII) 62; and collectivism, (IX) 13; concept of, (III) 179; conception of, (l) 6; (II) 34; (VI) 219-21; as conditioned image, (VI) 224; and the conditioned mind, (III) 104; (IX) 3-4; (XI) 28; and conditioning, (X) 125; (XI) 169; (XII) 323; (XIII) 287; (XVI) 156, 157; and the conditioning of belief, (XVII) 109-10; and conflict, (XII) 14; and the conscious mind, (XVI) 57; creation of, (XI) 116, 381; (XVI) 301; and the creation of illusion, (VII) 270; creation of a permanent, (XI) 192; as the creative state, (XII) 145; and death, (XI) 152-53; and denial and reaction, (XIII) 56; and desire, (VII) 41; (XIV) 96; and the desire for permanence, (-y), (VIII) 117; (IX) 248; (XII) 105; desire to experience, (VI) 189-90; and the desire to know, (VII) 240-41; (XIV) 278, 279; destruction of the

word, (XIII) 35; and discipline, (V) 256, 258-59; (XIII) 82; discovering, (VIII) 328; (IX) 15, 228; discovering through the free mind, (VII) 258; and discovery, (XII) 280; as divisive factor, (II) 34; and dying to words, (XI) 138; and effort, (XIV) 289; and emptiness, (II) 34; and the ending of yesterday, (VIII) 190; and energy, (XII) 65; as escape, (II) 48; (VIII) 134-36; (XIII) 103; as escape from life, (X) 159-60; existence of, (II) 142; (XIII) 29-30; and experience, (VII) 44-45; (X) 16; and experiencing, (VII) 319; (VIII) 20, 55-56; and the fact and the ideal, (XV) 65; and faith, (VII) 205; and false reality, (II) 47-48; and fear, (XII) 238; (XIII) 102; and the fear of death, (VIII) 87; as fiction, (XIV ) 15; finding, (XIV) 36, 44; (XV) 320; as fixed, (IX) 142; and the fixed point, (X) 127; and followers, (VIII) 294-95; and freedom from conflict, (XII) 130; and freedom from desire, (XI) 96; and freedom from envy, (X) 141-42; and freedom from tradition, (XV) 84; freedom to discover, (X) 3; and free inquiry, (VII) 71-72; and free mind, (II) 135; (VIII) 7, 254; (IX) 78-79; futility of petition, (VII) 94-95; futility of search for, (IV) 113-14, 184; (VIII) 215; (X) 272; (XI) 171; (XV) 169; and gratification, (VI) 71; (VIII) 328; (XII) 266; and the hindrance of belief, (VIII) 319-20; and the hindrance of belonging, (XII) 127; and the hindrance of illusion, (XII) 263; historic search for, (XVI) 113; and hypocrisy, (IV) 16; as an idea, (XV) 308; as an idea of environment, (XV) 88; and ideas, (XV) 89; identification with, (XVI) 115; identifying, (II) 214; and illusion, (IV) 210-11; (X) 125; (XIV) 68; and image, (VIII) 115-16; as image of the human mind, (XV) 240; and inner wealth, (V) 62; and the innocent mind, (VIII) 314; (XII) 40, 103; inquiry into, (XVII) 52; and the intellect, (VII) 253; and intellectual speculation, (II) 225; intellectual theories about, (XVI) 113; and intelligence, (II) 48; invention of, (XIII) 324; (XVI) 100; as the invention of man, (XV) 88; as an investment, (IV) 116; knowing, (VII) 114; (VIII) 312; and knowledge, (V) 232; as the known, (XVII) 236; and loneliness, (XIV ) 220; and love, (XV) 229; and love of family, (V) 17; love of, versus fear of, (VIII) 140; as man-made, (XIV) 126; as masculine, (II) 47-48; and the ‘me’, (V) 268; meaningless search for, (IX) 85; (XVI) 19; meaning of, (II) 48; (IX) 7; and meditation, (XIII) 95, 320; and memory, (V) 9; as the mind, (VII) 277, 312; and modern doubt, (XVI) 122; as moment to moment, (VIII) 250; as mover, (III) 34; necessity for, (IV) 24; and negative action, (l) 171; and the new, (VII) 264, 301; (XIV) 230; and the new mind, (XII) 119; as not of the mind, (VII) 286-87; (VIII) 40; and nothingness, (V) 301; as not original, (XIV) 117; and the original, (XV) 219; as the perfect security, (XIV) 129; and permanence, (X) 10; (XII) 162; as permanent, (IX) 228; as permanent entity, (XIII) 181; as permanent psychological security, (V) 160; and the petty

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mind, (IX) 104-5; and pleasure, (XV) 335; (XVII) 181; and prayer, (IV) 90; (V) 164-65; (VI) 15, 31; (IX) 18; and prejudice, (VII) 73; as a process of the mind, (VII) 9; and the process of revolution, (VII) 8; and propaganda, (XII) 256; proving existence of, (VI) 64-65; and the quality of aliveness, (XIII) 46; reaction to the word, (XVII) 195; and reality, (XIV) 115; and recognition, (IX) 180; and religion, (V) 264; (VI) 203-4; and religious division, (VII) 130; and the religious man, (XV) 90; and revelation, (XII) 247; and reward and punishment, (XV) 330; and the right individual, (XI) 59; and right meditation, (IV) 75; and salvation, (l) 132; search for, (l) 146-47; (II) 4, 84; (IV) 26, 210-11; (V) 4-5, 36, 159, 337; (VII) 85-86, 235-36; (VIII) 82, 174, 181, 290, 292, 308, 325; (XI) 86, 129-31; (XIII) 112, 270; (XIV) 116-17, 141-43; (XV) 41, 54, 88-90; (XVI) 82, 83, 111, 147; (XVII) 6, 41, 151; and the search for an otherness, (XVII) 169; and the search for permanency, (XIII) 263; and search for the unknown, (V) 243-45; and security, (XIV) 130; as security, (VII) 79; (XII) 235; and seeing the whole, (XI) 107; seeking, (XII) 142; (XIV) 57; and seeking, (XVII) 86; as self-creation, (VIII) 273; and self-discovery, (II) 142; and self-knowledge, (XI) 19; as self-realization, (VIII) 20; and self-worship, (XVII) 250; and social morality, (XIII) 205; and society, (XIII) 11-12; about speculation, (IX) 113-14; as a state of constant renewal, (X) 37; and the state of innocency, (XIII) 207-8; as static, (X) 201; and status quo, (II) 213; and the still mind, (VIII) 11; and strengthening the self, (VI) 275-76; and suffering, (XIV) 211; and superstition, (XVII) 217; surrendering to, (XIII) 29; and time, (XII) 99; (XIV) 209; and total stillness, (XIII) 182; as the ultimate pleasure, (XVI) 282; understanding, (II) 81; as unknowable, (XII) 179; and the unknown, (X) 18; as the unknown, (IX) 254-55; voice of, (XIII) 209; will of, (XIII) 199; and the word, (XII) 85; as a word, (IV) 191; and the word as meaningless, (XV) 322. See also Authority; Belief; Continuity; Escape; Faith; Gratification; Illusion; Immeasurable; Love; Mind; Master; Real; Reality; Re ligion; Timeless; Truth; Understanding; Unknown

Godless: and God-fearing, (X) 66 Gods: as man’s inventions, (XIV) 259; as security,

(XIV) 81. See also God Good: versus bad, (VIII) 309-11; being versus trying

to be, (IX) 90, 92 Good and evil, (III) 212-13, 228-30; (VI) 167-68 Good government: defining, (V) 65-66 Good life, (X) 62; defining, (VI) 225 Good men: defining, (IV) 115 Good mind, (IX) 262-64; cultivation of, (XI) 2; versus

ambition, (XII) 54. See also New mind Goodness, (XI) 322-23, 325; (XIII) 150-51, 152;

achieving, (IX) 92-93; versus becoming good, (XIV) 89; conditions for, (XV) 203; versus conformity, (X) 176; (XII) 143, 144; development

of, (X) 195-96; and the flowering mind, (XI) 322-23; and motive, (IX) 228-29; and peace, (XV) 295-96; and space, (XV) 205; state of, (XV) 204; as a state of love, (VIII) 318; as unconscious, (XI) 297. See also Humility; Virtue

Goodness, truth, and beauty: as one, (X) 269 Goodwill: desire for, (IX) 247; versus the means, (IV)

85; and search for the real, (V) 114-15; as solution to problems, (V) 31-32. See also Love

Good world: definitions of, (VIII) 64-65 Gossip, (V) 287-89; motives for, (VI) 295-96; and

restlessness, (XIII) 23; and world events, (V) 288 Government(s): as absolute, (l) 150; action by, (X)

173-74; and capture of the mind, (XI) 103; and conditioning, (X) 163-64; and conformity, (X) 201; control of education, (V) 173-74, 201; and the dull mind, (V) 85; and freedom, (XI) 304; function of, (IX) 230; (XI) 49; and growing power, (V) 111; as the individual, (IV) 192; as instruments of violence, (IV); and the lack of planning, (XVII) 264; and mind control, (XI) 168; need for, (XVII) 125; need for one world, (XVII) 258, 263; obedience to, (XIII) 9, 11; and the obliteration of the individual, (XI) 144; as powerful, (X) 188; and problems, (XIV) 162; and the relationship to the human being, (XV) 333-34; and thought control, (XIV) 297; tyranny of, (X) 77; and war, (IX) 230; (XV) 327-28; and world problems, (XI) 334. See also Authority; Bureaucracy; Exploitation; Good government; Individual; Laws; Nation; Nationalism; Society; State; Unity of mankind; Violence; War; World problems

Grace: futility of search for, (X) 63 Gradual: acceptance of, (XIV) 305-6; change as,

(XVI) 54; and chronological time, (XV) 24-25; and disorder, (XV) 339; (XVI) 184; and ending time, (XVI) 21-22; as a gratifying concept, (XVII) 67; as hindrance, (XVI) 227; and the immediate, (XIV) 262; versus the immediate, (XV) 76, 338-39; (XVI) 130; and the removal of masks, (XVI) 227; and time, (XIV) 253-55; (XV) 159-60, 212, 339; (XVI) 22, 238. See also Immediate; Interval; Time

Gradualism, (III) 244-45; and conflict, (VIII) 338-40; and the free mind, (VIII) 340; as hindrance to change, (X) 203. See also Revolution

Gratification: and answers, (IX) 155; versus attention, (XI) 8; and authority, (VII) 230; and beauty, (XI) 10; desire for, (V) 158; through dominance, (V) 102; and escape, (VI) 68; and family, (V) 17; from gurus, (V) 122-23, 177, 193-94; versus happiness, (V) 223; and illusion, (VII) 269; and learning, (XIV) 276; and meditation, (V) 210; and permanence, (V) 310; and pleasure, (XVII) 65, 68-69; and prayer, (V) 165; (VI) 229-30; process of, (XII) 266; and psychological security, (V) 159-60; pursuit of, (VII) 260; and relationship, (IV) 50-53, 123-24; (V) 59; and religion, (VIII) 301; and satisfaction, (XI) 244, 247; search for, (IV) 179; (V) 133-34, 352; (VI) 27-28; (XVII) 64, 86-87; and the solution to problems, (VIII) 284; and

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superficiality, (VII) 311. See also Ambition; Authority; Criticism; Desire; Escape; Followers; Fulfillment; God; Reality; Relationship; Satisfaction; Security; Seeking; Self-fulfillment; Sensation

Greatness: understanding, (VIII) 125-26 Great society: versus the good society, (XVI) 43. See

also Society Greed, (II) 78; (III) 150-52, 155, 187-88, 189; (IV)

71-72; (VI) 294-95; and awareness, (IV) 73; (VI) 283-84; as cause of conflict, (III) 150-52; as cause of war, (V) 66, 339; as corrupter, (III) 223-24; and desire for power, (IV) 95; freedom from, (V) 343; (VII) 80; and freedom from conditioning, (IX) 164; as hindrance to truth, (III) 230; and material needs, (XII) 6; versus need, (III) 150-51; and negative thinking, (XI) 188; payment for, (III) 233; and pleasure, (XV) 339; and process of discipline, (V) 257, 259-60; and pursuit of gratification, (III) 148; and relationship, (III) 169; and the search for experience, (XV) 39; and social exploitation, (VII) 71-73; and society, (V) 144-45, 343; and time, (XV) 305; understanding, (III) 147-48. See also Accumulation; Acquisition; Acquisitiveness; Ambition; Becoming; Craving; Desire; Envy; Legislation; Nationalism; Possessions; Power; Reality; Self; Self-fulfillment; Thought; Want; War; Will

Greed, ambition, and envy: as basis of the social structure, (XIII) 187-88. See also Ambition; Envy

Group(s): without authority, (IV) 40; and divisions, (VIII) 217; identification with, (VIII) 224; as reactionary, (XII) 22-23; and security, (l) 144. See also Collective; Individual

Group action: See Collective; Mass Growth: and awareness, (III) 117; defining, (III) 96;

psychological, (III) 119. See also Acquisitiveness; Ambition; Envy; Evolution; Progress; Technology

Guidance, (l) 138 Guides: independent, (V) 111. See also New;

Transformation Guilt: and contradiction, (IX) 5; of the East and West,

(XII) 141-42; and fear, (XII) 59; feelings of, (X) 243-44; and sensitivity, (XI) 347; and sin, (V) 276

Gullibility: dangers of, (XVI) 281-82; and the desire for security, (XIV) 108. See also Innocency; Skepticism

Guru(s), (V) 122-23, 177-79, 192-95; as authority, (XV) 83; and change, (VIII) 177; choosing, (VIII) 26; and contradictions, (VI) 47-48; desire for, (VI) 47-48; and disciples, (IV) 122; and discontent, (VII) 213-14; and the discovery of truth, (VII) 178-80; as escape, (XII) 88; as exploiter, (l) 147-48; and heaven (VIII) 70; as impediment, (VI) 48; as leader to truth, (V) 177-79; and meditation, (VIII) 54; and the petty mind, (VII) 216-17; reasons for, (VI) 4-5; and search for God, (IV) 178-79; and self-gratification, (IV) 129-30; and self-knowledge, (III) 4-5; (VI) 4-5. See also Authority; Exploitation; Followers; Knowledge;

Leader; Master; Power; Religion; Specialists; Teacher

Habit(s), (III) 100, 128-29, 132-34; (VII) 308; (X)

213; (XI) 134-36; as adjustment, (X) 5; approach to, (VI) 56; and authority, (XIII) 9; and awareness, (IV) 70; (VIII) 202; (XII) 302; versus change, (XI) 172-73; and conflict, (VIII) 78-80; (XI) 24; (XIII) 285; (XIV) 12, 144-45; conquering, (IV) 10-11; defining, (III) 115-16; and the desire for change, (XV) 133; and the desire for security, (XI) 314, 317; and the difficulty of change, (XII) 253-54; and discipline, (V) 258-59; dying to, (XIV ) 32; and effort, (XIII) 203-4; ending, (XV) 111; (XVII) 29; and envy, (XV) 135; as the essence of memory, (XIII) 182-83; establishing, (XI) 80-83; and the exercise of will, (XV) 60; and fear, (XIII) 221; and fearful imitation, (VII) 64-65; and fear of change, (XIII) 137; and fear of death, (XIV) 257; and following, (IX) 152; freedom from, (X) 38; (XI) 175; and the free mind, (X) 42, 49; as hindrance to sensitivity, (IX) 273; (XV) 242; as hindrance to understanding, (XII) 109; and ideals, (XI) 176; immediate ending of, (XV) 320; and insecurity, (XIII) 212; and the insensitive mind, (XIII) 147; and jealousy, (XIII) 237; as joyless, (XI) 323; versus learning, (XII) 106; machinery of, (XI) 298-300; and marriage, (V) 175-76; mechanical, (XIII) 159; and mechanical action, (XIV) 70; and the mechanical life, (XIII) 6; and meditation, (IX) 74; versus meditation, (XII) 167; and memories, (III) 130; and the mind, (XIV) 29; as morality, (XV) 71; need for immediate change in, (XVI) 57-58; new and old, (III) 137; and the occupied mind, (XII) 137; and order, (XIII) 157; and the permanent, (XI) 295; and practice, (XV) 83; process of forming, (XIII) 239-40, 242-43; and religious ritual, (IX) 156-57; and revolt from patterns, (VII) 278-79; and security, (XIII) 238-39; (XV) 28; and seeing, (XV) 130; and self-awareness, (X) 19; and slavery, (XI) 331; and smoking, (XV) 135; and symbols, (VII) 122; technical role of, (XIII) 242; and technique, (V) 309-10; and time, (XII) 316; (XIII) 141; tradition, (XI) 304; as tradition, (XIII) 68, 249; understanding of, (XVI) 95, 97-98; understanding the process of, (IX) 106-7; understanding the types of, (X) 133. See also Action; Awareness; Belief; Conditioning; Conflict; Conformity; Discipline; Effort; Escape; Fear; Ideas; Methods; Patterns; Repetition; Respectability; Security; Systems; Tradition

Handwork: and learning, (XI) 6-7 Happiness, (III) 206; (IV) 175-76; (V) 328-29; (VI)

155-56, 341; (VII) 214-16; (VIII) 95-96; (IX) 283-84; and absence of conflict, (IV) 11; and the absence of fear, (XI) 349; and the absence of opposite, (VIII) 197; and the absence of self, (X) 75; achieving, (II) 159; (IV) 91; 104-5; (VII) 211, 297; and aloneness, (VIII) 198; and ambition, (VII) 107-8; as awareness, (III) 171; and the

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burden of society, (IX) 202; as by-product, (VIII) 78; condition for, (VII) 115-16; (VIII) 140; and conflict, (II) 139-40; and creative intelligence, (V) 117; and creative renewal, (V) 234; as creative thinking, (II) 99; defining, (VII) 101; (XV) 123; and dependence, (III) 159; and dependency, (l) 15; (IX) 22; desire for, (V) 223; (XV) 29; desire for sex, (V) 216, 218; through discipline, (V) 256, 258; and discontent, (VI) 90; and effort, (VI) 355; as an end, (VI) 186; and freedom, (XIII) 238; futility of pursuit, (X) 40-41; futility of search for, (VIII) 78; (X) 183; as goal, (IV) 107; as a goal of the future, (XIV) 227; and intelligence, (II) 114; and inward richness, (V) 159; versus loveless dependence, (VII) 89; versus the mechanical mind, (VII) 284; between mind and heart, (II) 77; and perceptions, (II) 203; personal, (II) 121; and possessions, (III) 222; and prayer, (IX) 235; pursuit of, (VIII) 204; rarity of, (XIII) 157; and reality, (II) 35; and renewal, (IV) 110-11; through right action, (V) 155-156; and right comprehension, (III) 89; search for, (II) 32, 54, 77, 119-21, 139-40; (III) 22, 197; (VIII) 187-88, 190, 327-29; (IX) 124; (X) 31-32; (XI) 235; (XII) 203; and search for continuity, (V) 68-69; through self-awareness, (VII) 166; through self-knowledge, (VIII) 344; and self-sacrifice, (II) 121; through someone else, (VII) 272; and sorrow, (IV) 61; as state of unconscious, (VII) 68-69; and the timeless, (V) 138-39; and virtue, (VI) 94, 103; and want, (III) 17-18; and world view, (II) 47. See also Contentment; Ecstasy; Enjoyment; Eternal; Fear; Feelings; God; Joy; Love; Quiet mind; Real; Reality; Self-knowledge; Sorrow; Time; Truth

Happy man, (IV) 183; (VIII) 111; defining, (IV) 174; versus the unhappy man, (VIII) 188

Harmony, (l ) 58, 91; achievement of, (l) 107; and authority, (l) 76; and crisis, (l) 38; and culture, (l) 159; and the discovery of truth, (VII) 257; and disharmony, (XVI) 278-79; and ignorance, (III) 10; and the infinite, (l) 12; of mind and heart, (l) 11, 188; moments of being in, (XVII) 230; and the process of consciousness, (XIII) 335; and progress, (l) 189-90; search for, (II) 143-44. See also Fulfillment; Security; Self-discipline

Hate, (l) 49; and awareness, (VIII) 195-96; awareness of, (III) 120, and change, (XI) 127; and the desire to love, (VIII) 33-34; destroying, (III) 119, 153; dissolving of, (IX) 176-78; as evil, (III) 119; facing the fact of, (XV) 301; as inheritance of past, (III) 154-55; and love, (XVII) 276; versus love, (V) 197-98; overcoming, (III) 117-18; and prejudice, (V) 340; transcending through understanding, (III) 238-39; understanding, (VIII) 103-4; understanding the process of, (III) 243; as a unifier, (XV) 299. See also Anger; Awareness; Conflict; Feelings; Violence; War

Hatred: cause of, (X) 110; ending, (XVI) 224; and fear, (XIV) 193-94; and the fear of evil, (XIV) 195; as unifier, (IX) 247; (XIV) 34. See also Conflict; Divisions

Healing: approach to, (II) 25; inward and outward, (IV) 206

Health: and belief, (XVI) 257-58; and dying to pleasure, (XV) 290; emotional, physical, and mental, (XI) 7; and energy, (XIII) 223; and vulnerability, (XV) 277. See also Body; Food; Pain

Healthy mind: defining, (XIV) 142-43; and inquiry into total living, (XIV) 121; interests of, (XIV) 57; and self-knowledge, (XV) 87. See also Fresh mind; Health; Mind; New mind

Hearing: and attention without resistance, (XIV) 90; and communion, (XIV) 128; and ideology, (XVII) 142; and listening, (XII) 285; (XIV ) 84-85, 122; (XVII) 101; and the word, (XVII) 195. See also Communication

Heart: and action, (XV) 6; free from the known, (XVI) 250; and instant communion, (XV) 6; listening with, (XVII) 248; renewal of, (XVI) 242; space in, (XV) 36

Heart and mind: and change, (XV) 334. See also Heart Heaven, (VII) 279; and the desire for happiness, (XV)

29; and psychological time, (XV) 117. See also Belief; Death; Hereafter; Reincarnation; Religion

Heaven and hell: invention of, (XVII) 100. See also Reincarnation; Religion

Hell: as the known, (VII) 279. See also Heaven Hereafter, (II) 36, 49-50; (IX) 157-58; belief in, (XII)

317-18; and death, (XIII) 202; and the desire for continuity, (XIII) 317-18; as escape, (XV) 316; as escape from today, (XV) 79; and the mature mind, (XIII) 144-45. See also Death; Fear; Immortality; Reincarnation; Religion

Heredity: and environment, (IV) 161 Hermit: and violence, (IX) 128 Hero: as hindrance, (VIII) 11-12. See also Authority Hidden mind: and consciousness, (XIV) 62; and the

superficial mind, (XI) 11-12. See also Mind; Unconscious

Hierarchical division of life, (XV) 227 Hierarchy: and followers, (VIII) 42-44, 46 “High” and “middle”: and the struggle for power,

(XVII) 138 Higher Self: as invention, (XVI) 276. See also Atma;

Known; Religion; Self; Soul; Supreme self Hindrance(s), (l) 45, 76-79, 96-98, 99; (II) 3; and

action, (l) 129; and authority, (II) 177-78; and belief, (V) 306-7; to change, (VII) 24; and conformity, (II) 15; consciousness of, (II) 41; effects of, (III) 236; and faith, (II) 4; and fear, (II) 14-15, 41; freedom from, (II) 10; and the ‘I’, (II) 30; and ideals, (IV) 185-86; to inquiry, (IX) 269; as memory, (II) 190; and organization, (l) 184; and prayer, (VI) 31; and psychoanalysis, (II) 17; and self-analysis, (II) 17-18; to simplicity, (III) 230; transcending, (III) 231; to truth, (l) 177, 192-93; (IV) 81, 169-70; and understanding, (l) 37; (VI) 169-70; to understanding problems, (X) 1; and world chaos, (II) 10. See also Barriers; Belief; Change; Compulsion; Conditioning; Conflict; Conflict of opposites; Effort; Escape; Experience;

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Hindu, (VI) 48-49; and conditioning, (XIV) 156; and the growing importance of God, (XVI) 113; and knowledge of God, (XVI) 28. See also Authority; Belief; Conditioning; Divisions; Religion; Religious organizations; Sects; Society; Words; World problems

Hinduism, (II) 5, 178; (IX) 258; and conditioning, (X) 22; freedom from, (VIII) 202-3; and influences, (XI) 272; and nationalism, (II) 6; and ritual, (XVII) 208; and tradition, (XI) 219-20; and war, (IX) 116; (XVII) 3. See also Authority; Background; Belief; Conditioning; Conformity; Divisions; Exploitation; Go d; Identification; Organized religion; Religion; Religious mind; Religious sects; Visions; Words; World problems

Hippies: and the revolt of the young, (XVII) 189. See also Reaction; Revolt; Young people

Historical process: and conflict, (XIII) 285 History: awareness of, (XIII) 205; and causes of war,

(V) 338; and the existence of God, (VIII) 117; as human background, (XIII) 38; and the individual, (VIII) 155; and war(s), (XV) 295; (XVII) 2

Holy man: and occupation, (IX) 102. See also Religious man

Honesty: and awareness of dishonesty, (XVII) 273; defining, (XVII) 266; as humility, (XVII) 156; and motive, (XVII) 278-79; and order, (XVII) 247; and what is, (XVII) 278

Hope: and the absence of understanding, (VII) 243-44; and authority, (XIV ) 246; as barrier, (VI) 84; and change, (XVI) 266-67; and the creation of frustration, (XII) 52; and despair, (XI) 210; (XII) 170; (XVII) 156-57; and fear, (XI) 177; (XVI) 178; and the fear of death, (XIII) 258; and the illusion of fulfillment, (VII) 270; loss of, (III) 69-70; and organized religion, (XIV) 266-67; and present denial, (III) 171; state of, (XI) 139-41; through uncertainty, (III) 35. See also Hope and faith; Ideas; Sorrow

Hope and faith: significance of, (XVII) 77. See also Belief

Hopelessness: and security, (VI) 187-88 “How”: and action, (V) 299-300; and authority,

(XVII) 197; and conditioning, (VII) 267; (X) 109; and conformity, (IX) 186-87; as the continuation of thought, (X) 250-51; and the desire to change, (IX) 40; versus fact, (VIII) 335; and the fragmentary outlook, (X) 149; and freedom, (VIII) 103, 249; freedom from, (IX) 176; as futile, (VIII) 292; as hindrance, (XV) 130; as hindrance to change, (IX) 57; (XVI) 232; (XVII) 105; implications of, (XV) 134; and inquiry, (IX) 270-71; as introduction to problems , (XIII) 84; and meditation, (IX) 73-74; and mutation, (XIII) 4-5; as nonexistent, (XIV ) 12; and the still mind, (VII) 326; technical and psychological, (IX) 178; and time, (IX) 167; understanding, (VII) 17; and world problems, (IX)

263. See also Discipline; Method; Patterns; Systems; Technique

Human action: and questioning what to do, (XVII) 133. See also Action; Human behavior; Human beings

Human behavior: free from cultural divisions, (XVII) 201. See also Human beings

Human being(s): and the ability to adjust, (XV) 329; and the absence of answers, (XVII) 136; and the absence of nationality, (XVII) 94; and achieving mutation, (XVII) 47; and animal inheritance, (XVII) 100; as animals, (XV) 337; and change, (XV) 156, 301; (XVI) 49; and commitment to violence, (XVI) 224-25; concepts of, (XVI) 48-49; and confusion, (XVI) 274-75; in crisis, (XVII) 99; defining, (XIV) 251; (XV) 153; (XVI) 150, 215, 232; (XVII) 49-50, 222-23, 228; without divisions, (XV) 297; and ending fear, (XVI) 177; and the examination of problems, (XVII) 49; and fragmentation, (XV) 154; and freedom from conflict, (XV) 342; and freedom from fear, (XVII) 54-55; as functionaries, (XI) 191; and goodness, (XV) 203; as imitative, (XV) 92; versus the individual, (XIV) 251; and individuality, (XIV) 273, 277; and life as contradiction, (XVI) 128; lifespan of, (XV) 40; and the need for change, (XVI) 213, 214; and nonacceptance of sovereign governments, (XV) 328; observing the phenomenon of, (XVI) 7; as part of society, (XV) 281-82; problem of living as, (XVI) 93; and the psychological structure, (XVI) 3; as related, (XV) 234; and relationships, (XVII) 281; and the relationship of the state, (XV) 333-34; and the responsibility for society, (XV) 88, 90; revolution in, (XVII) 4; role in a changing world, (XVI) 54; as secondhand, (XVII) 110, 186; as shallow, (XVII) 123; and society, (XVI) 43, 47; (XVII) 26, 60-61, 64; as society, (XV) 57, 97; and space, (XV) 205; state of , (XV) 220-21; and the structure of society, (XV) 196; and time, (XV) 127; as total, (XVI) 93; and the totality, (XVII) 131-32; transformation of, (XV) 203; and violence, (XVI) 129; as of the world, (XVI) 260; as the world, (XIV) 304; and world chaos, (XVI) 71-73. See also Individual

Human conflict: and need for change, (IV) 16 Human dignity: and freedom, (XI) 254 Human essentials: proper distribution of, (IV) 84-85 Human events: and deterioration, (XV) 234. See also

World problems Human existence: sensitivity to, (XIV ) 45-46; and the

unconscious, (XIV) 63 Humanity: defining, (V) 366; loss of, (IV) 24 Human mind: defining, (XVI) 250 Human misery: as the primary problem, (XVI) 165 Human nature, (II) 78; and the ability to change, (XV)

198; lack of change in, (XVI) 231; and time, (III) 153

Human need: versus desire for satisfaction, (III) 157; versus psychological gratification, (III) 151-52

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Human problems: and the center, (VII) 308; commonality of, (IX) 247; and East and West, (IX) 1; ending of, (XIV) 23; and the hindrance of systems, (XI) 187; inquiry into, (XVI) 195-96; and the need for mutation, (XVI) 19; and static approaches, (IV) 83; and thought, (XVI) 166; as world problems, (XIV) 3. See also Problems; World problems

Human relationships, (II) 61 Humans: as computers, (XIV) 57; and freedom from

the animal past, (XIV ) 228; as highly evolved animals, (XIV) 199; as social cogs, (II) 1-2

Human transformation: and technological advance, (V) 134-35. See also New; Revolution

Human unity, (II) 6-7; and the hindrance of nationalism, (XVII) 162. See also Unity of mankind; World problems

Humility, (III) 202, 234; (V) 248, 301; (IX) 248; achieving, (XIV ) 46, 219; as an act of vanity, (XV) 244; and aloneness, (XII) 40; and the approach to problems, (XI) 190; and austerity, (XV) 175; and conflict of opposites, (IV) 131; cultivation of, (IX) 90; (XI) 136, 244, 297; (XII) 36; defining, (III) 215; (V) 45; (XI) 46; (XII) 198-99; (XIV) 27; (XVII) 274; and discipline, (XIII) 268, 270; as effortless, (IX) 263; and fear, (XIV) 89; and freedom, (XIV) 246; and freedom from envy, (X) 242-43; and freedom from fear, (XIII) 131, 137; and “I know”, or “I do not know”, (VII) 227; as an immediate state, (XIV) 89; and the inward and outward movement, (XIII) 268; versus knowledge, (XII) 36; and learning, (XI) 60-61, 108, 134, 156; (XII) 158, 198, 200; (XIII) 81-82, 131-32; (XIV) 171, 244; (XVI) 24, 218; (XVII) 34; and listening, (XI) 14; (XIII) 75; and looking, (XVI) 281; versus the ‘me’, (XI) 113; and meditation, (XIV) 155; nature of, (XI) 265-67, 270; as necessary to inquiry, (XIV) 89; and the new, (X) 234; and power, (XII) 143; and pride, (XVI) 184; and recognition, (XI) 98; and the religious mind, (XII) 325; and seeking, (XVII) 156; and self-understanding, (XII) 206; and sensitivity, (X) 176; (XI) 341-42; and sorrow, (XIII) 85, 311-12; state of, (VIII) 208, 333-36; (IX) 112; (XI) 370-71; (XIV) 245; (XVI) 145, 148, 149; (XVII) 278; and the state of confusion, (VIII) 201-2; and taking only one step, (XVI) 300-301; and truth, (XIV ) 28; unconscious, (X) 64; understanding, (XI) 302-3, 305; and understanding, (X) 259-60; and virtue, (XII) 266, 310; and what is, (XII) 199-200. See also Virtue; Wisdom

Hunger: psychological, (VII) 259-60. See also Acquisition; Food, clothing, shelter; World problems

Husband: as dominant, (V) 87-88. See also Family; Husband and wife; Images; Marriage; Re lationship; Superiority

Husband and wife: and image, (XVI) 102; and images and relationships, (XVII) 212, 275, 281; and the

observer and the observed, (XVI) 134. See also Children; Family; Relationships

Hydrogen bomb: and world politics, (XIII) 191. See also World problems

Hypnosis: and dogma, (III) 112, 113-14; (VI) 114, 115-16; and meditation, (XIV) 155-56, 160; and propaganda, (XVII) 109; and the unconscious, (XVII) 85

Hypocrisy, (l) 173-74; and commitment, (XI) 325; and conflict, (VIII) 32-33; and suppression, (XVII) 266; and war, (IV) 3. See also Nationalism

‘I’, (l ) 62-63; 77-79; 97, 106, 119, 151, 162, 181; (II)

9, 30, 35-36, 54-56, 150-51, 162-63, 218; (III) 178; (VII) 153-54; as accumulated memory, (IV) 41; and the center, (XII) 102; (XIII) 136; and the center of the mind, (XI) 142; and chaos, (III) 181-82; and the collective, (X) 178; and conditioned thought, (IV) 44; and conditioning, (VIII) 218-20; and conflict, (l ) 62-63; (II) 30, 54; as the conscious mind, (X) 18; as consciousness, (III) 10-11, 13; and continuity, (VIII) 277; (XIII) 319; and death, (l) 22; defining, (II) 54, 55; (VII) 305; (VIII) 250; and desire, (VIII) 304-5; as desire, (XVI) 96; elimination of, (XIII) 183; and emptiness, (XIII) 199; ending of, (IX) 116; and environment, (II) 57-58, 61-62; eternal or transient, (III) 67; explanations of, (II) 35; and false reality, (II) 30; and fear, (II) 44, 72; (VII) 192-93; (XVI) 156; and freedom from sorrow, (IX) 98; as hindrance, (II) 30, 202; as hindrance to understanding, (VIII) 9; and immortality, (l) 100; knowing, (XIII) 35; and the known, (VIII) 183; and limitation of action, (II) 227; as limited state, (III) 173; and living reality, (l) 68-69; and memory, (l) 181; (II) 70-71, 72; as memory, (X) 208; and morality, (VII) 164; as the observer, (XVI) 269-71; and the observer and the observed, (XII) 100-102; as the problem, (XIII) 182-83; process of, (III) 39; and the production of thought, (XI) 170; as product of society, (X) 44-45; and the product of thought, (VIII) 292; and radical transformation, (VIII) 176-77; and reincarnation, (II) 133-34; (III) 172-73; (VI) 68; and religion, (VIII) 29; self-destruction of, (VI) 360-61; and thought, (VI) 226-27; as totality of thoughts and feelings, (VII) 256; versus tranquility, (VIII) 52; and transformation, (VII) 276-77; and understanding, (II) 30; (VII) 100; and want, (III) 16-18. See also Center; Consciousness; Energy; Entity; Freedom; Immortality; ‘I’ process; ‘Me’; Memory; Mind; Object; Observer; Self; Self-expansion; Sorrow; Thinker; Thinker and the thought

‘I’ consciousness: See also Ego; ‘I’ Idea(s), (V) 220, 279-80; (VI) 51; (XIV ) 231-37;

acquiring, (VII) 310, 312; and action, (V) 40-43, 42-44, 205-7, 279, 350-51; (VI) 249, 291-92; (VII) 310-12; (XI) 264, 344; (XII) 24, 102, 130; (XIII) 44-45, 50-51, 91, 298, 327, 328; (XIV) 21, 53, 68-70, 118, 135-36, 139, 194-95, 204-5, 231-33, 242-

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43, 283; (XV) 129; (XVI) 74; and action and time, (XVI) 22; and activity, (V) 86-87; and attachment, (XI) 122; (XII) 30; and authority, (XVI) 259; belief in, (VIII) 211-12; and change, (XIII) 138; commitment to, (XVI) 79-80; versus communion, (XV) 81; and conditioning, (VII) 266-67; (XII) 117; (XIII) 50, 204-5; and conflict, (VII) 47-48; (XII) 194; (XIII) 232; (XIV) 13; as conflict, (VI) 223-24; and conformity, (XVI) 268; and consciousness, (XIII) 189; and contact with death, (XV) 74-75, 77-78; and continuity, (XIII) 119; (XIV) 266; defining, (VI) 259-62; (XV) 89; (XVII) 190; as dividers, (V) 325; (VI) 48-49, 79; divorced from fact, (XIII) 32-33, 35; and effort, (VI) 355-57; (XIV) 233; versus the empty mind, (XVII) 73; and energy, (XIV) 295; (XV) 90-91, 235; enslavement to, (XII) 231; and escape, (XIII) 311; as escape from fact, (XIII) 33; and expansion through sensation, (V) 279; exploitation of, (IV) 178; and the fact, (XIII) 76, 140, 184; versus fact, (VI) 1; (XII) 225; (XV) 50; and the failure of utopian communities, (XIV) 118; and fear, (VI) 355; (XIV) 292; (XV) 217-19; (XVII) 225; and feeling, (XII) 193; freedom from, (XIII) 108, 204-5; (XV) 214; function of, (XVII) 4; functioning of, (XVI) 266-67; and God, (XV) 89; as hindrance, (X) 121-23; as hindrance to action, (V) 300; as hindrance to attention, (XV) 91; as hindrance to change, (XI) 155; (XVI) 152; as hindrance to ending thought, (XVI) 222; as hindrance to energy, (XIV) 288, 290; as hindrance to relationship, (V) 294-95; as hindrance to solutions, (XI) 133; as intellectual process, (V) 40-41; living with and without, (XIII) 232-33; of love, (XVII) 203; and the need for security, (VII) 77-79; as nonexistent, (XIV) 57; and nonviolence, (XIV ) 293; origin of, (VII) 77-78; and patterns, (VII) 278-79; and pleasure, (XV) 168; and power control, (V) 45; and psychological security, (X) 32; and the quality of the mind, (XI) 375; and reaction, (XIII) 233; versus regeneration, (V) 7-8; and relationship, (XIII) 116; (XV) 141; and resolving poverty, (XV) 10; and response, (XIII) 142; versus revolution, (VIII) 222; right and wrong, (l) 27; and the search for God, (XIV ) 141-42; and self-knowing, (XIV) 241; significance of, (XIII) 61; as social hindrance, (V) 44; and the state, (VIII) 10; and superficial adjustment, (XIII) 213; as superior to action, (XVII) 12; as symbols, (XIII) 107; and time, (XIV) 253; (XV) 169-70; and transformation, (IV) 171; (V) 241; understanding, (V) 41-44, 230-31; unimportance of, (VIII) 213; as valueless, (XIII) 69; and verbal understanding, (V) 38; and vested interests, (XI) 203-4; versus what is, (XIV) 107; and the word, (XVI) 241; as the word, (XIII) 68-69; and world divisiveness, (VI) 180, 183. See also Belief; Conditioning; Dogma; Fact; Ideal(s); Ideas and action; Ideology; Illusion; Images; Intellect; Intelligence; Knowledge; Method; Patterns; Systems; Tradition; What is; Words

Idea(s) and action, (XV) 20, 88-89, 183; and conflict, (XVI) 216, 218-19, 268-71; and contradiction, (XV) 9-10, 253, 315; division between, (XIV) 144-45; (XV) 64; (XVII) 55; and energy, (XV) 288; and the gap between, (XIV) 13; gulf between, (XIV) 58. See also Action; Belief; Ideals; Tradition

Idea(s) and the fact: and contradiction, (XVII) 4. See also Facts; Ideas

Ideal(s), (II) 17, 197-98; (V) 289-92; (VIII) 220-22; absence of, (XVII) 232; and action, (XIV) 21; versus actuality, (X) 224-25; (XI) 150; and authority, (XIII) 235; and awareness, (IX) 286; and change, (VII) 7; (IX) 26; (X) 137-38; characterizing, (IV) 185-86; and conflict, (XVII) 228; and contradiction, (XIII) 127-28; (XIV) 286; creation of, (XI) 23-24; (XV) 126; and the creation of authority, (VII) 66; as creation of fear, (III) 134; defining, (VII) 66; and desire to become, (V) 290, 292; destructiveness of, (XVII) 30; and deterioration, (XI) 344-45; disappearance of, (XI) 104; and disillusionment, (VI) 289-90; as distraction, (X) 117-18; dropping, (XVI) 259-60; and duality, (IX) 277; as escape, (III) 52; (V) 15; (IX) 45, 48; as escape from the actual, (XI) 30; and escape from pain, (IX) 138; examination of, (II) 179-80; and fact, (XII) 16; versus the fact, (XII) 290; (XIII) 93; and the fact of violence, (XV) 305; as false, (VIII) 72; fiction of, (VIII) 32-33; (XIV) 47-48; and following, (IX) 150, 152; and freedom, (XVI) 84; versus freedom, (IX) 237; freedom from, (XI) 264; (XIV) 91; of free will, (XVII) 269-70; futility of, (XVI) 128; and generosity, (VII) 202; and hierarchy, (VIII) 44-45; as hindrance, (III) 30; (IX) 229; (XI) 23-25; as hindrance to change, (X) 11, 80, 83; as hindrance to religion, (V) 48-49; as hindrance to transformation, (IX) 153-54; and idolatry, (XI) 174-75; and illusion, (II) 140-41, 149; (VIII) 65; and immaturity, (XIV) 286; looking at, (XVI) 259; as meaningless, (XV) 25; and the mediocre mind, (VIII) 49; and the mind, (IX) 258-59; as myth, (XIV) 69; nature of, (XIV) 87; need to be rid of, (XVII) 258; and nonviolence, (IX) 241-42; (XVI) 116-17, 255; of peace and goodwill, (IX) 247; pursuit of, (IX) 41-45; (XIV ) 294; versus reality, (XVI) 256; reasons for, (IX) 42-44; reasons for having, (XIV) 286; and resistance, (XIII) 107; result of achievement, (l) 53; and self-contradiction, (XI) 262; as self-deception, (XI) 176; and suffering, (II) 18; and time, (IX) 199-200; and tomorrow, (XI) 192; versus understanding, (VII) 109; without understanding, (VI) 289-90; understanding the process of, (XIV) 91; unimportance of, (XVII) 103; vested interest in, (XIV) 192-93; and violence, (X) 80-81; and violence and nonviolence, (XVI) 288; and virtue, (II) 36; versus what is, (XIV) 139; (XV) 64-65; and what is versus ‘what should be’, (XII) 159; and ‘what should be’, (XI) 281. See also Belief; Conflict; Dogma; Fact; Idea(s); Ideology;

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Idealist(s), (IV) 178; and conflict, (XV) 64; and conformity, (X) 96; defining, (IV) 184; (V) 103; (VIII) 221; as escaper, (VII) 102; and honesty, (XVII) 266; and images of ‘what should be’, (XVI) 121; and love, (XV) 73; versus the religious mind, (XIII) 89; as retrogression, (V) 196; as self-centered, (X) 81; as violent, (IX) 120; and war, (IV) 192; (VII) 145. See also Belief; Ideals

Ideation: See Idea(s); Ideal(s) Identification: and the absence of love, (X) 270-71;

and the attempt to escape thought, (XVI) 202; and avoidance, (VIII) 237-38; and awareness, (IV) 12, 76, 77; and belief, (V) 239; and conflict, (VI) 195-96; (XI) 356; (XII) 177; and confusion, (XVI) 247; and contradiction, (XI) 32-33; dangers of, (IV) 168; and desire, (VIII) 135, 150; desire for, (V) 307-8; through divisions, (VI) 137-38; and the dull mind, (XV) 17; and effort, (VII) 299; and energy, (XII) 63; as escape, (VII) 259; (XIV ) 115; versus experience, (XI) 198; as false solution, (X) 62; and fragmentation, (X) 206; (XVII) 65; freedom from, (XVI) 151; and fulfillment, (VII) 166-67; futility of, (XVI) 34; and groups, (VI) 152; with groups, (IX) 3; and ‘I’, (X) 270-71; and ideology, (X) 125; and illusion, (V) 281; (XV) 165; and illusion of permanency, (IV) 57; and image of the self, (XVI) 186; and inward security, (XIV) 130; and isolation, (XVI) 119; and judging, (VI) 183; and labeling, (V) 311-13; and learning, (XI) 60-61; as limitation, (IX) 224; living without, (X) 76; and loneliness, (XIV) 220; and looking, (XIV) 137-38; and love, (XIII) 189; and the ‘me’, (V) 298-99; (VII) 130-31, 206; and meditation, (XII) 205; and the mind, (XIV) 217; and the national flag, (XVII) 203; and nationalism, (IV) 201; (XV) 169-70; the need for, (VIII) 222-24; (XI) 214, 216; and need for security, (V) 3-4; and pain and pleasure, (V) 254-55; as partial, (XII) 151-52; and pleasure, (XV) 70-71; and power, (V) 61; as problem, (VI) 297; with the problem, (XVI) 161; and psychological security, (X) 7; reasons for, (V) 3-4; (XII) 133-34; and revolution, (VII) 240; and satisfaction, (IX) 63; search for, (XVI) 181; and search for truth, (VI) 284; and security, (XI) 371-72; (XII) 135; (XIV) 131; and self-centered activity, (XV) 236; and the self-centered image, (XVI) 5; and self-forgetfulness, (VI) 267-68; and self-fulfillment, (VII) 152-53; (XIV) 289; and self-worship, (XVI) 79; and separation, (VI) 315, 324-25; and time, (X) 98; (XVI) 23; versus total observation, (XI) 287; types of, (V) 281-82; understanding, (XV) 278; versus what is, (XII) 201; and words, (XII) 197. See also Authority; Belonging; Commitment; Communication; Condemnation; Conformity; Continuity; Divisions; Emptiness; Naming; Nationalism; Verbalization; Words

Identity: and attachment, (XII) 30; and the need to be somebody, (VIII) 243-44. See also Ambition; Becoming

Ideology, (XVII) 138-44; and action, (XVII) 4, 138, 139-40, 141; and the approach to problems, (X) 197; and avoidance of facts, (XVII) 217; versus awareness of the total process, (XVII) 137; and the brain, (XVII) 147; and church and state, (V) 314; and communalism, (V) 2; and community, (XVII) 31; and conditioning, (V) 152-53; and conforming to conduct, (XVII) 202; and conformity, (X) 260; dangers of, (III) 181; and divisiveness, (III) 187; and efficiency, (V) 309; and the empty mind, (XVII) 178; and escape from fact, (XVII) 249; and fragmentation, (XVII) 135; freedom from, (XVII) 191-92; as hindrance to human problems, (XI) 187; killing for, (IV) 23-24; and loss of responsibility, (VII) 285; as meaningless, (XVII) 2, 160, 222; and nonviolence, (XVI) 192-93; of nonviolence, (XVII) 170, 191; rejection of, (XVII) 175; and relationship, (VI) 79; versus seriousness, (XVII) 274; social acceptance of, (XVII) 201; and the struggle between the “high” and the “middle”, (XVII) 138; and war, (III) 242-43; (XVI) 4; and world problems, (X) 163-64. See also Belief; Conditioning; Dogma; God; Idea; Ideal; Method; Nationalism; Patterns; Religion; System; Tradition; War

Idolatry: and ideals, (XI) 174-75 “I do not know”: and the cessation of conditioning,

(IX) 112; and freedom, (XIII) 291; and the new, (XII) 3-4; and meditation, (IX) 132 ; and the process of thought, (XIV) 22-23; and the state of learning, (XII) 106; as a state of love and innocence, (XII) 107; states of, (XII) 121-22; and states of mind, (XII) 214. See also Knowledge; Learning

“I don’t know”: and accumulation, (XIII) 197; and the process of thought, (XIII) 287; state of mind of, (XV) 23, 266; and the waiting mind, (XI) 390. See also Negation

Ignorance, (l) 184-85; (III) 6, 36; and absence of self-knowledge, (V) 79; and awareness, (X) 9; awareness of, (III) 220-21; as cause of suffering, (X) 8, 103-4; defining, (III) 106-7; (IV) 142; (XIII) 221; dispelling, (XI) 58; and duality, (III) 68-69; ending, (III) 64; and escape, (III) 80; as “evil”, (III) 226; through inequality, (IV) 40; meaning of, (XIV) 16; process of, (III) 65; as quality of resistance, (III) 105-6; and relationship, (III) 115; and self-awareness, (IV) 26; and self-reliance, (III) 163-64; as unawareness, (III) 109-10; understanding, (III) 10-11; (XI) 207-9; and understanding, (V) 48; and want, (III) 17-18. See also Action; Belief; Exclusivity; Experience; Fear

“I know”: and the absence of love, (XVI) 164; and knowledge, (XI) 185

Illness, (IX) 88; coping with, (IV) 36-37; and fear, (XVI) 108. See also Health

Illusion(s), (l) 71-72, 73, 77-79; (III) 191; (VIII) 32; abolishing, (VII) 259-60; and actuality, (II) 140-41; and authority, (XII) 205; and belief, (V) 346-47; and the center, (XV) 143; and ceremonies, (l)

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103; and certainty, (l ) 70; and conflict, (XII) 157; (XIV) 78, 81; creation of, (XI) 225; as desire, (VI) 230-31; dissolving the power of, (VII) 269-71; and drugs, (X) 89; and the effort to become different, (IX) 170; eliminating, (XII) 265-66; as escape, (II) 128-29; (IV) 146; (VI) 339; (VIII) 135; and experience, (V) 281-83; facing, (VII) 193-94, 269-70; versus fact, (XIII) 36; and fear, (XII) 305; (XIII) 34, 100; and freedom from ambition, (V) 292; freeing from, (l) 37; and God, (XII) 247; as hindrance to meditation, (XII) 263-65; of idea and action, (V) 300; and immortality, (l) 100; and learning, (XIV) 241; living without, (XIII) 319; and meditation, (VIII) 55, 149; (XII) 42; and method, (IX) 176, 178; and the mind, (VII) 282; (IX) 173, 258-59; and the nature of the mind, (VII) 243; and the new world, (VIII) 45-46; and pleasure, (XV) 240-41, 164; (XVI) 283; as the power of desire, (XII) 225; and the presence of fear, (XIII) 319; and the purpose of life, (VII) 87; and the pursuit of happiness, (X) 41; and reality, (l ) 7, 44; (II) 165; (III) 83; and reincarnation, (IV) 121-22; and religion, (VIII) 168; and religious conditioning, (XIII) 153; and search, (XV) 241; and the search for God, (XIII) 324; and search for truth, (V) 351-52; (IX) 165-66; and security, (VIII) 47; and thought, (XI) 326; and time, (XV) 125, 129; of time, (VIII) 332; versus true revolution, (VIII) 65; types of, (V) 281; and the unknown, (V) 334; and world problems, (XII) 53. See also Authority; Awareness; Conditioned mind; Conditioning; Conflict; Dogma; Escape; Fact; Faith; God; Idea(s); Ideal(s); Identification; Images; Immortality; Meditation; Religion; Systems; Truth

Image(s), (XVII) 77, 79-82; absence of, (XV) 196-97; and the absence of love, (XVII) 205; awareness of, (XV) 194-96; battle among, (XVII) 25; and the center, (XVII) 187; and change, (XV) 198, 200; and communication, (XVII) 196; and conflict, (XV) 197, 199; consciousness of, (XV) 201-2; and contradiction, (XV) 250-51; creation of, (XVI) 45-46; defining, (XVI) 106; and deterioration, (XVII) 77-80; and the difficulty of listening, (XVI) 129; and emptiness, (XVI) 183; ending, (XVI) 176; and escape, (XIV) 217; and fear, (XVII) 226, 275; freedom from, (XVI) 129-30; (XVII) 90, 279; of God, (XV) 240; as hindrance to observation, (XVII) 112-13; as hindrance to seeing, (XVII) 178-79, 207-8; as hindrance to self-knowing, (XVII) 233; and identification, (XVI) 186; and killing, (XVI) 44; and knowledge, (XVII) 210-11; and the known, (XVII) 80, 81; and looking, (XVI) 114; looking without, (XVII) 211; and memo ry, (XVI) 69; need to change, (XVI) 2; need to destroy, (XVI) 45-46; and observation, (XVII) 105; and the observer, (XVII) 275; and the observer and the observed, (XV) 202; and pleasure, (XV) 223-224; (XVI) 216; (XVII) 185; and the positive approach, (XV) 255; and problems, (XV)

192-96; and relationship, (XVI) 44, 45, 46, 106-7, 121, 129, 134; (XVII) 7, 187, 205, 219, 241, 280-81; and resistance, (XVI) 99-100; response to, (XVI) 174; as the result of thought, (XVII) 252-53; and seeing, (XVII) 168-69; and self-image, (XV) 193-95; and society, (XVI) 172; and thought, (XVI) 169-70; and time and distance, (XV) 261-62; and will, (XV) 199-200. See also Belief; Ideals; Ideology; Words

Image and the image maker: as one, (XVII) 79, 81. See also Images

Imbalance: and contradiction, (XV) 171 Imitation, (l) 90; (XVI) 13-19; and action, (VIII) 71;

and authority, (XI) 179-81; and conscious effort, (VII) 181-83; and consciousness, (XVI) 16-17, 19; versus creativity, (V) 146; defining, (XIV ) 30; (XVI) 14; and desire to succeed, (IV) 97; and fear, (XIII) 88; (XVII) 16; and followers, (VIII) 172-73; freedom from, (XVII) 34; as hindrance to the new, (XVI) 243; and the individual, (VIII) 179-80; and knowledge, (IX) 244-45; life and, (XVI) 18-19; and personal example, (IV) 93; and pleasure, (XVII) 19; and puja, (VIII) 77; and seeking a system, (XVII) 196-97; and tradition, (VII) 63; as way of life, (IX) 186; and words, (V) 38; and the young, (VIII) 92-93. See also Authority; Belief; Conditioning; Conformity; Copying; Discipline; Dull mind; Education; Following; Freedom; Habit; Identification; New; Original; Repetition; Resistance; Respectability

Imitative action: and environmental influence, (III) 236

Imitative experience: versus direct experience, (XII) 146. See also Experience; Experiencing

Imitative mind: See Dull mind; Imitation Imitative process: and seeking power, (XII) 143. See

also Ambition; Power Immature mind: as mediocre, (XII) 29. See also Dull

mind; Mind Immaturity: defining, (XIII) 245. See also Mature

mind; Maturity Immeasurable: achieving, (XI) 238, 393; (XIII) 170;

and the creative mind, (XII) 48; discovering, (XII) 186; experiencing, (X) 71; and fear, (XII) 45, 48; futility of search, (X) 187; and inquiry, (IX) 271; laying the foundation for, (XIII) 116; and meditation, (XII) 313; and the movement of creation, (XIII) 271; recognition of, (XIII) 79; and the religious mind, (XII) 227; search for, (XIII) 67; and self-awareness, (X) 102; and the structure of society, (XIII) 124; as within, (XI) 184. See also God; Quiet mind; Reality; Religion; Timeless; Truth

Immediacy: desire for, (XIII) 159-60; and mutation, (XIII) 24

Immediate: and the absence of fear, (XVII) 72, 226; change, (XVI) 201; (XVII) 268-69; and dealing with problems, (XV) 211-13; and deterioration, (XV) 236; and direct contact, (XVI) 221-22; ending of fear, (XV) 320; ending of violence,

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(XVI) 25; and fear of the future, (XIV) 255; and freedom, (XVI) 114; versus the gradual, (XV) 76, 135-36, 338-39; (XVI) 130; learning about the self, (XIV) 262; versus postponement, (XIV) 254; and radical change, (XVII) 101-2; and the resolution of sorrow, (XIV) 306-7, 309; response to action, (XVI) 208; and seeing the fact, (XVI) 184; as the short view, (XIII) 92-93; and thought, (XV) 265; and time, (XI) 77; understanding of violence, (XV) 338; understanding without condemnation, (XV) 277; and the young mind, (XVI) 298. See also Interval; Meditation; Mutation; New; Revolution; Time

Immediate action: and the absence of the observer, (XVI) 183-84; and crisis, (XIV) 68; desire for, (XI) 118-19, 123; and ending habit, (XVI) 98; versus the long view, (XIII) 62-63; as the only revolution, (XVII) 140; and time, (XVI) 22, 25-26; and the time interval, (XIV) 293; as total action, (XIV) 295; as the ultimate, (XVII) 102; and world problems, (XIV) 26 See also Action; Immediate

Immediate change: versus gradual change, (XII) 288. See also Change; Mutation; Revolution; Time

Immediate maturity: and understanding action, (XVI) 73. See also Immediate

Immediate perception, (XIV) 210; and escape, (XII) 212; possible, (XII) 126; and progress, (XII) 188; and understanding influences, (XIV) 221. See also Immediate; Immediate change; Perception

Immediate response: and the absence of thought, (XV) 23. See also Immediate

Immediate understanding: and mutation, (XIV) 273. See also Immediate

Immorality: and pleasure, (XV) 71. See also Morality Immortality, (l) 7, 22, 50, 62-63, 65; (II) 71-72, 113,

162-63, 190, 218; (III) 26-28, 172, 192, 245; (IV) 170-71; (V) 279-81; (X) 153-54; achievement of, (l) 26; (III) 198; (V) 355; and awareness, (II) 119; and belief, (VI) 63-64; and cessation of idea, (V) 295; and completeness of life, (II) 109; and the conforming mind, (VII) 292; and continual living, (II) 106; as continuity, (IV) 113-14; (V) 319; and the continuity of the ‘me’, (VIII) 151; and craving, (III) 164-65, 214; and death, (IV) 13; (IX) 157-58; defining, (XI) 269; desire for, (VI) 238, 239; and egotism, (II) 156; and evolution, (II) 54; and false systems, (II) 54; and the fear of death, (III) 165; (VIII) 245-46; and the ‘I’, (III) 104; and illusion, (II) 174-75, 218; and illusion of relationship, (IV) 198; and innocence, (XVII) 172; and limited consciousness, (II) 168; and mysticism, (II) 119; as permanency, (V) 355; as personal experience, (II) 132-33; and reincarnation, (VI) 122; and religions, (II) 154-55; search for, (II) 54, 204, 223; and security, (II) 202; and time, (II) 13; and timeless being, (l) 99-101. See also Continuity; Death; Fear; God; ‘I’; Intelligence; Reality; Reincarnation; Religion; Security

Impatience: and the desire for solutions, (XVI) 196 Impediment: See Hindrances

Impermanence, (IV) 72; and conflict, (III) 103-4; and creation of the thinker, (IX) 233; as fact, (VIII) 274; and the search for peace of mind, (XI) 234; and search for security, (III) 104; and the self, (III) 244. See also Change; Permanence

Improvement: as hindrance, (IX) 83-85; of the ‘me’, (XI) 131

“I must not”: and “I must”, (XII) 83 Inaction: as action, (XIV ) 118; (XVI) 39, 122; (XVII)

73; and change, (XVI) 174; and freedom from fear, (XVI) 175, 176; and time, (XIV) 151-52; as total action, (XIV) 206; and what is, (XVI) 212; and the world of ideas, (XIV) 73

Inactivity: as positive action, (V) 95. See also Quiet mind

Inattention: and attention, (XV) 147; awareness of, (XV) 210-11; (XVII) 85; as breeder of problems, (XV) 112-13; and conflict, (XVI) 50-51; defining, (XVII) 23; and distraction, (XIV) 201-2; and the entity, (XV) 170; state of, (XVII) 260-62. See also Attention; Concentration

Inattention and attention: two states of, (XVII) 220-21. See also Inattention

Incentive: and ambition, (VII) 234; and efficiency, (XII) 19; as impetus to change, (VII) 34, 36. See also Becoming; Initiative; Motive

Inclination: and dealing with problems, (XVII) 95-96, 97; and pleasure, (XVII) 181; and the principle of pleasure, (XVII) 141

Inclusion: and attention, (XII) 264 Incomplete experience: and memory, (V) 118 Incomplete life: and the search for a goal, (l) 13 Incompleteness, (l) 15-16; and action, (l) 24-26; (II)

229; causes of, (l) 13; and choice, (l) 8-9; and compulsion, (II) 75-78; and conflict, (IV) 68; and egotism, (l ) 7; and eternal authority, (l) 3; and external authority, (l) 2-4; and fear of death, (l) 179-80; and meditation, (l) 27-28; and mind, (l ) 2-4; opposites and, (l) 2; and search for security, (II) 187; and thought, (XI) 337-38. See also Completeness; Whole

Independence: and the ‘I’, (l) 110; through understanding, (l) 110

India, (IX) 198; (X) 196; and authority, (VIII) 26, 124; and conditioned thought, (VIII) 152; and culture, (VIII) 269-70; (XV) 27; (XVII) 165-66; deterioration of, (VIII) 165-66; (XIII) 27; and economic renewal, (VII) 143-44; and enslavement to the idea of prosperity, (XI) 306; and freedom, (V) 109-10; government of, (VIII) 172; and the hindrance of tradition, (VII) 73-75; and ideals, (XI) 176; and the ideology of nonviolence, (XVII) 197; and the lack of questioning, (XII) 276; and manual labor, (VIII) 133; and nonviolence, (VIII) 32; (XI) 25; and Pakistan division, (VIII) 19; and the past, (XVII) 160; and the patterns of belief, (XII) 188; and post-war problems, (V) 151-57; problems in, (XI) 65-66, 259; (XV) 328; (XVII) 93, 159; and religious intensity, (IX) 277-78; and separation by gender, (VIII) 125; and social regeneration, (VI)

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270; and the struggle for freedom, (VII) 152; as a traditional society, (VIII) 300-302; and Western culture, (VIII) 146-47. See also Authority; Background; Commitment; Conditioning; Divisions; Environment; Government; Identification; Influences; Naming; Nationalism; Society; War; Words; World problems

Indians: See Conformity; Divisions; Ideology; Nationalism; Society; War

Indifference: and compassion, (X) 271; and domination, (V) 102; as escape from pain, (X) 271; and the lack of communion, (XV) 124; and the sensitive mind, (XIII) 58; understanding, (XIII) 147. See also Power; Superiority

Individual, (l) 106; (II) 38-39; 80-85, 130, 207-8, 221-24; (VI) 265-69; (IX) 255, 274-76; and the ability to change, (XI) 21; and achieving peace, (IV) 3-4; action, (IV) 84; as alone, (XIV) 236; birth of, (XIV) 140; and the capacity for freedom, (VII) 131-32; and change, (IX) 54, 56; (X) 5, 232-33; (XI) 30; (XII) 253; (XIII) 27; and the collective, (II) 133; (IX) 125-28, 143-44, 211; (XII) 253; (XIV) 41; versus the collective, (VIII) 268; (X) 79; and collective action, (V) 314-15; (VII) 229-30; and collective conflict, (XIV) 48; as collective entity, (X) 54; and collective influences, (X) 38-39; as collective problem, (VII) 175-76, 284-85; and collective regeneration, (VI) 296-97; and collective thought, (XI) 295-96, 224; and the collective will, (VIII) 255-56; and conditioning, (VIII) 178-79; (IX) 36, 283; (XI) 57-58, 61; and conflict, (III) 182; (X) 174; versus conformity, (IX) 9; creates society, (XI) 156; and the creative, (X) 171; and creative release, (VIII) 297-99; as creator of problems, (V) 29-30, 32-33; (XIII) 65; defining, (l) 18-19; (VII) 300; (XIV ) 272, 277; (XVI) 6-7, 48-49, 126, 150, 232; (XVII) 49-50, 222-23, 228; and despair, (XI) 139-40; development of, (XI) 2-3, 5-10, 12; and education of children, (IX) 272; enslavement of, (II) 66; and environment, (II) 65-67; examining, (VI) 2; and exploitation, (l) 138-39; (II) 175; as fragmented, (XI) 178; and freedom, (VII) 63; (IX) 237; (X) 90; and freedom from authority, (X) 206; and freedom from the collective, (IX) 243-44; (X) 164, 166-67; and freedom from fear, (VII) 290-91; and freedom from society, (XIII) 67, 114; (X) 171; and freedom from violence, (X) 81; and freedom of choice, (VIII) 204; free from society, (IX) 196; and the free mind, (XIII) 160; fulfillment versus mechanization, (II) 169; function of, (XIII) 62; as the government, (V) 66; and the group, (II) 109, 112; (VI) 151-52; and group consciousness, (l) 144; and historical events, (VI) 352; versus the human being, (XIV) 251; (XVI) 43, 47; without identification, (X) 75-76; importance of, (IV) 152; (V) 193-94; (VI) 51-52; (X) 239, 241-43; (XI) 21, 144-45; versus individuality, (IX) 7; and for inward change, (X) 191-92; and inward conflict, (XIV ) 124-25; and livelihood, (V) 63; and living the

timeless day, (XI) 148; as a local entity, (XVI) 93, 160; (XVII) 3, 46, 131-32; and loss of responsibility, (V) 151-52; lost, (IX) 207; and machines, (XII) 117-18, 185; as machines, (IX) 207; in marriage, (V) 176; and the mass, (III) 4, 74-75, 196; as the mass, (IV) 91; (V) 154, 315; (IX) 48-49; versus the mass, (II) 6-7; and mass action, (VI) 135-37; and the material world, (II) 147; meaning of, (XIV) 197; and the narrowing of freedom, (XI) 254-55; need for creative, (XI) 104; and the need for joy, (XIII) 157, 159; and the need to become a human being, (XV) 297; as new social architect, (IV) 162-63; and the new world, (X) 261; nonexistence of, (XV) 56; (XVI) 92; and organization, (l) 185-86, 186-87; and the origin of movements, (V) 342; as part of the whole, (III) 197-98; as past, present, and future, (III) 154-55; as path to peace, (III) 145, 148; and peace, (X) 84; and perfection, (VII) 268-69; and the personal point of view, (XVII) 57; and political action, (VII) 8; as prisoner, (III) 20; and the professional life, (II) 191-92; and questioning, (XIII) 71; and radical revolution, (VIII) 155-56; recreating, (XI) 58; and regimentation, (III) 134; and relationship, (III) 155-56; relationship of society to, (XI) 171-72; (XIII) 281; and religion, (X) 217-18, 267-68; and the resolution of world problems, (XVII) 261-62; and responsibility, (II) 226-27; (IV) 88; (XIV) 229-30; and responsibility for world conflict, (V) 153; responsibility in marriage, (V) 176; responsibility of, (XI) 259; (XV) 52-54; restraints on, (II) 73; as a result of culture, education and environment, (XI) 366-67; as the result of the past, (XIII) 74; and revolution, (IX) 13-14; (XI) 36; and role in society, (VI) 1-3, 34, 201-2; role of, (XIII) 1-2; (XIV) 77; and self-liberation, (III) 174; and self transformation, (X) 107-10, 116-18; and social action, (XI) 224; and social conditioning, (IX) 84; and social conformity, (XIII) 225; and social movement, (II) 66; and social responsibility, (III) 153; (VIII) 314-15; and the social structure, (II) 2; and society, (II) 8-9; (III) 139, 145-46, 152; (VI) 33-37, 42, 152-53, 159-60, 181, 218-19, 279-81; (VIII) 301-2; (X) 13; (XI) 224; as society, (X) 129-30; (XIV) 72-73; (XV) 50, 52; and solitude, (l) 90; as the solution, (V) 152-53; as the solver of problems, (XIV) 229-30; as spectator, (V) 194; and the state, (V) 341-45; submission to higher purpose, (V) 277-79; as the sum of the past, (VII) 307; and total action, (X) 232-34; as the total consciousness, (XI) 393; versus the total human being, (XV) 219; and transformation, (VI) 34-35; (XI) 157; as the true religious man, (X) 39; and true values, (l) 53-54; and the unconditioned mind, (VII) 169; understanding, (II) 9; (X) 246; and the understanding of self, (IX) 4; and understanding the social structure, (XIII) 119; uniqueness of, (III) 2; and violence, (XV) 333, 337; and war, (VIII) 261; and the world, (V) 10-11, 13, 14; as the world, (III) 150, 154-55; (IV) 1, 7, 88, 140; (VI) 3, 80;

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(X) 118; (XI) 296; and world chaos, (XIV) 230; and world influences on, (XI) 41-43; and world problems, (IV) 33; (VII) 163; (IX) 25-26, 135-36. See also Choice; Collective; Human beings

Individual action, (II) 1-2; and the awareness of conditioning, (XIII) 62; and collective action, (V) 39; and collective thought, (VII) 168-69; as effective, (X) 204, 206. See also Collective; Collective action; Individual; Mass; Mass action; Mass movement

Individual and society: and violence, (XVI) 289-90. See also Individual; Society

Individual and the collective: as one, (XIV) 56. See also Individual

Individual and the world, (XIV) 14, 17; as one, (XIV) 49-50, 79, 80, 126. See also Individual

Individual change: and collective change, (XII) 253; and society, (XII) 269

Individual comprehension: and mass movement, (III) 76

Individual conditioning: through collective thinking, (VII) 285

Individual creativeness: versus the acquisition of knowledge, (VII) 310-11

Individual creativity: and creativeness, (X) 37; defining, (X) 54, 176-77; importance of, (X) 20

Individual energy: release of, (XI) 103 Individualism, (II) 187-88; and the collective society,

(IX) 126-28; fear of, 281; versus self-knowledge, (V) 271-72. See also Self-consciousness

Individualistic action: versus self-reliance, (III) 162 Individuality, (III) 14, 26-27, 35-36; achieving, (XIV)

245; and aloneness, (XIV) 133; and awareness, (XI) 255-56; versus collective belief, (IX) 265; and conformity, (VI) 93-94; and consciousness, (III) 50-51; crushing of, (XI) 103; defining, (III) 243-44; (XIII) 277; and environment, (II) 111-12; as eternal expression, (II) 49-50; freedom and enslavement, (l) 18-19; and freedom from problems, (XIV) 304; as an idea, (XV) 196; versus the individual, (X) 177; meaning of, (II) 80-81; and mutation, (XIV) 273; process of, (III) 61-63; (IX) 226-27; and the resolution of fear, (VII) 291; and truth, (l) 4; as unique, (VI) 218-19; versus uniqueness; (II) 139. See also Collective action; Conformity; Human beings; Individual; Social structure; Society; Suffering

Individual life: and fragmentation, (XI) 10. See also Daily Life

Individual mind: and the capacity for evolution, (XIII) 62; versus the collective mind, (XIII) 59; defining, (XVI) 250; existence of, (XIII) 43; nonexistence of, (XV) 219; as unique, (XIII) 277. See also Individual; Mind

Individual, mutation, and the individual: relationship between, (XIV) 161-67. See also Individual

Individual problem(s): and understanding the whole, (XV) 191; as the world problem(s), (IX) 226; (X) 70, 85; (XI) 67. See also Individual; Problems

Individual relationship: and peaceful society, (III) 160

Individual responsibility: and world chaos, (IV) 83-84 Individual thinking, (XII) 162-63; and collective

thinking, (X) 176 Industrialism: and materialism, (IX) 277-78; and the

scientific spirit, (XII) 169; and self-knowledge, (IX) 273; and society, (IX) 203-4; and the technical mind, (VII) 163. See also Technology

Industrialization, (V) 35-36; and control of the mind, (XII) 279; effects of, (III) 218-19; and freedom, (XIV) 82-83; as nonsolution, (III) 222; and world change, (X) 239-40, 241. See also Progress; Science; Technological advance; Technological progress; Technology; World problems

Industrial society: and repetition, (XVII) 206. See also Conformity; Society; Technology

Inequality: and becoming, (VIII) 180-81; and belief in reincarnation, (IV) 127-29; and consideration, (VIII) 69; and divisions, (IV) 49; economic, (III) 66-67; and failure of revolutions, (IV) 128; and function, (VII) 128; and livelihood, (VII) 84-85; and Masters, (VI) 28-29; and the mind, (VIII) 319; reason for, (VII) 72-73; and the search for God, (XI) 144, 146-47, 148; and the search for solutions, (VIII) 21; and security, (VII) 79; spiritual, (IX) 238; and understanding, (VI) 29-30. See also Authority; Divisions; Revolution; Superiority

Inertia, (XVI) 27-30; and the quiet mind, (XIII) 47; reasons for, (l) 54-55; and technique, (VII) 17-18, 19; and time, (XVI) 27-28; understanding, (XVI) 27-28. See also Laziness; Tradition

Inferiority: and superiority, (VII) 313-14. See also Inequality

Infinite: freedom as, (XIV) 300; space as, (XIV ) 300. See also Meditation; Mutation

Infinity: defining, (III) 4 Influence(s), (XIII) 224-27; and action, (IX) 204;

(XII) 22; and agreement and disagreement, (XI) 321-22; and aloneness, (XII) 315; awareness of, (IX) 141; (XI) 138-39, 182; (XIV) 268; (XVI) 17; and challenge, (XII) 75-76; and change, (XI) 126, 271-74; (XV) 156, 197-98, 303; on children, (IX) 107-8; and the conditioned mind, (XI) 68-69; and conditioning, (XII) 139, 141, 144-45, 236-37; (XIII) 6; on conscious thought, (X) 113; conscious and unconscious, (XIII) 178; and the creation of authority, (XII) 258; versus the creative mind, (XIII) 157; danger of, (IV) 125-26; denial of, (XVI) 296; desire to, (X) 114; destructiveness of, (XIII) 229; effect of, (VIII) 287-88; and freedom, (XI) 332; freedom from, (IX) 262; (XII) 125; (XIII) 128-30, 323; freeing the mind from, (IX) 255, 257; as hindrance to fact, (XIII) 128; as hindrance to truth, (XI) 30; inner and outer, (XII) 71; as limiting, (XI) 263; and the lonely mind, (XIII) 270; and mind, (VII) 219-20; on the mind, (XI) 41-43; (XIV) 220-22; as mind enslavement, (XI) 166-67; need to be free of, (XV) 225; and power, (XII) 28; problems of, (X) 115-16; and propaganda, (XII) 15; and the religious mind, (XII) 321; as resistance to change, (XIII) 4; and self-

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contradiction, (XII) 24; and sensitivity, (XIII) 326; social, (X) 147; and social morality, (XIII) 187; and society, (XIII) 225; and symbols, (XII) 319-20, 321; as temporary, (XI) 329; and thought, (XI) 170; understanding, (XII) 96-97, 100; (XIII) 300; (XIV) 60; of words, (XI) 113-14; (XIII) 114, 247-48; and world problems, (XI) 57. See also Background; Conditioning; Conformity; Environment; Faith; Society

Information: as the path to change, (XI) 311-12 Inherent action: defining, (XVI) 28. See also Action Inheritance, (III) 173; and accumulation of wealth,

(III) 73; as hindrance, (XI) 9. See also Hate; Past; Thought

The Initiate in the Dark Cycle: and the tradition of the Master, (III) 54

Initiative: achieving when young, (VII) 70; versus the creative being, (VII) 82; and creativity, (VIII) 83-85, 342; versus fear, (VII) 61-64; and freedom, (VII) 80; and the freedom from fear, (VIII) 84-85; and intelligence, (VII) 76; loss of, (VII) 219; and questioning, (VII) 63-64. See also Awareness; Incentive

Injustice: and explanations, (XI) 147 Inner: as the unconscious, (XII) 70, 111. See also

Inner and outer Inner and outer: awareness of, (XV) 242-43; conflict,

(XIII) 179-80; and conflict, (XII) 129; disorder, (XV) 326, 329; as interrelated, (XVII) 198; as one, (XII) 134-35; (XIII) 51-52, 284; (XV) 47; (XVII) 2; and the religious mind, (XIII) 156-57; as unitary process, (XII) 90. See also Inward and outward

Inner and outer space, (XIV) 297. See also Inward and outward

Inner and outer worlds: as interrelated, (XIII) 128 Inner comprehension: and the religious mind, (XII) 95 Inner law, (l) 153; and enslavement, (l) 3; rashness for,

(l) 3. See also Authority Inner life and worldly life: as related, (XV) 192, 195.

See also Inner and outer Inner poverty: See Emptiness Inner problems: defining, (XII) 218. See also Inner

and outer; Problems Inner revolution: and right relationship, (XVII) 191.

See also Change; Revolution “Inner voice”: as source of action, (XII) 66 Innocence: and aloneness, (XIII) 228; (XVII) 227; and

creation, (XIV) 197; and death, (XVII) 172, 173, 236; and dying to the old, (XVII) 173; and freedom from sorrow, (XVII) 186; and freedom from what is, (VIII) 33; and the free mind, (VIII) 29; futility of cultivating, (X) 64; and “I don’t know”, (XI) 391; and immortality, (XVII) 172; importance of, (XIV) 214; and looking at violence, (XVII) 171; and the negative approach, (XI) 188; and peace, (VIII) 130; and reality, (VIII) 38; and simplicity, (XV) 293; state of, (XI) 342, 368; (XIV) 202-3; untouched by thought, (XVII) 170, 171; and virtue, (VII) 264; and wisdom, (VII) 118-19. See also Empty mind; Humility; Innocency; Innocent mind;

Meditation; Mind; New; New mind; Quiet mind; Simplicity

Innocency: and action, (XVI) 228; defining, (XIII) 303; and freedom from fear, (XIII) 173; learning the sense of, (XVI) 229; and meditation, (XIII) 265; and silence, (XIII) 210-11. See also Humility; Innocence; Innocent mind; New

Innocent mind: and the absence of conflict, (XII) 129; and the absence of method, (XI) 137; and the absence of psychological time, (XIV) 202; achieving, (X) 43; (XIV) 33; and authority, (XII) 295; and clarity, (XII) 207; defining, (XI) 346; (XIII) 265; (XVI) 186; and discovery of the new, (XIII) 186; and the discovery of the true, (XIV) 214, 216; and dying to the past, (XIII) 171; and experience, (XV) 288-89; versus experience, (XIII) 323-24; and freedom from despair, (XIII) 220; and freedom from knowledge, (XII) 35; and freedom from the past, (XI) 223; (XIII) 207, 208; and God, (XII) 103; and the immeasurable, (XIII) 222; (XIV) 6; and learning, (XIII) 245-46, 248; and love, (XI) 10; (XIV) 153; (XVII) 234; meaning of, (XIII) 212; and the religious mind, (XIII) 208; as silent, (XIII) 176; and sorrow, (XIV) 27; and spontaneity, (XIII) 332; s tate of, (XVII) 277; and the timeless, (XIV) 37, 39; and truth, (XI) 268, 271; and the unknown, (XI) 368. See also Free mind; Humility; Innocence; Innocency; Mind; New; New mind; Petty mind; Quiet mind; Serious mind; Silent mind; Still mind; Virtue

Inquiry, (IX) 268-71; and the absence of fear, (XVII) 161; versus acceptance, (IX) 179; and action, (IX) 268-69; approach to, (XI) 291; art of, (XIV) 279; and attention, (XII) 215-16; (XVII) 177; attitudes to, (XI) 289; without authority, (XI) 158; and belief, (XIII) 29; capacity for, (XIII) 100; and the center, (XIII) 13; and challenge and response, (XIII) 21; and change, (XII) 293; commitment to, (XVII) 215-16; and conclusion, (X) 233-34; and conditioning, (IX) 283; conditions for, (XV) 4-5; and the confused mind, (XVI) 165; as a constant need, (X) 37; into contradiction, (XI) 264, 267; (XV) 310; into death, (XII) 315-17; into decline, (XIV) 67; defining, (XV) 5; into deterioration, (XIV) 29-30; difficulty of, (IX) 177; (X) 168-69; and discipline, (X) 248; and discontent, (VII) 211-12; (X) 217; and discovery, (XIII) 62; (XVI) 293; versus dogma, (XIII) 113; and duty, (VII) 237; and energy, (XII) 111; (XIV) 112-13; and envy, (X) 242; and escape, (X) 130; and fact, (XIV) 266; and fear, (XIII) 39; feeling and verbal, (XI) 72; as foundation for meditation, (XII) 311-12; and freedom, (XI) 215-17; (XIV) 16-17; (XV) 4-5, 228; (XVI) 77; (XVII) 218; as freedom, (VII) 69-70; (IX) 184-85; and freedom from background, (XIII) 315; and freedom from ideals, (XIII) 107; and freedom from the past, (XIII) 333-34; and freedom of the self, (X) 40; and the free mind, (X) 32, 33, 261-62; (IX) 212; (XVII) 52; and God, (X) 102-3; as good, (X) 125; and the good mind, (XII)

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165; and the hindrance of books, (XIV) 75; and the hindrance of patterns, (XIV ) 266; and the hindrance of thought, (XIII) 69; as hindrance to fear, (XII) 249; and humility, (XI) 14, 265-66, 269-70; (XIV) 89; importance of, (VII) 136-37; (VIII) 4; and innocence, (VII) 264; without judgement, (X) 179-80; and knowing, (XI) 269-70; and knowledge, (XI) 225; from the known to the unknown, (IX) 132; and learning, (XI) 5, 8, 161; (IX) 225; (XIII) 138; (XIV ) 244, 254; (XVI) 53; and listening, (XIV) 20; meaning of, (XII) 316; as meditation, (X) 40; into meditation, (IX) 279-80; and the mind, (X) 251; (XII) 5, 52, 54, 110-11; motiveless, (XIII) 99-100, 186; as motiveless, (X) 39; need for, (VIII) 87-88; and the need for freedom, (XVII) 134; need for inner, (X) 253-55; and the need for passion, (XVI) 198; and the need for peace, (XVI) 130; and negation, (XIV) 43; negative and positive, (XII) 215; versus obstinacy, (IX) 181-82; versus the petty mind, (X) 157; (XII) 307-8; and power, (XII) 55-56; and the problem, (XII) 186; into problems, (XIV) 304; process of, (XVII) 170; and the process of the mind, (XIII) 65-66; and the process of thought, (XI) 375; (XII) 304; and the quiet mind, (IX) 261; and religion, (X) 223-25; and the religious life, (XIV ) 264-65, 267; and the religious spirit, (XII) 170; and the resolution of problems, (X) 35; and righteousness, (X) 224-25; and the scientific spirit, (XII) 169; and security, (XIV) 132; and self-knowing, (XIII) 6; (XIV) 107; and self-knowledge, (XI) 227; and sorrow, (XIII) 82; into space, (XIV) 298; and the state of listening, (XIV) 86; and the state of negation, (XVI) 75; and thought, (X) 228-29; and total freedom, (XIV) 121; and the totality of action, (XI) 163; into true and false, (XIII) 181; and truth, (VIII) 343; into truth, (XIV ) 23, 259; two ways of, (XII) 140-41; and uncertainty, (X) 43; and the unconscious, (XIV) 38; into the unconscious, (XII) 219-20; understanding, (XII) 52-54; and understanding, (X) 220. See also Answers; Examination; Exploration; Investigation; Mind; Observation; Problems; Questioning; Seeking; Skepticism

Insane mind: and problems, (XII) 11. See also Dull mind; Mind

Insanity: analyzing, (III) 6-7 Insecurity, (XIII) 12; and freedom from habit, (IX)

107; and intelligence, (XV) 31; without neurosis, (XVII) 252; and spirituality, (IX) 218; understanding escape, (IV) 32; and violence, (XV) 299-300. See also Comfort; Fear; Security

Insensitive: versus attentive, (XIV) 88. See also Sensitivity

Insensitivity: and alert passive awareness, (IV) 199; and attention, (XIII) 84-85; and callousness, (XVII) 267; and the conscious mind, (X) 151-52; cultivating, (X) 134; and habit, (VIII) 79-80; (XII) 46; and suppressing, (X) 236. See also Compassion; Conformity; Dullness; Sensitivity

Inside and outside: existence of, (XV) 138; observing, (XIII) 331-32; as one, (XIII) 332; as one conflict, (XIV) 72-73. See also Inner and outer; Inward and outward

Inspiration: by Masters, (IV) 40-41; need for, (IV) 21; from religious ritual, (IX) 156. See also Stimulation

Instant action: and ending conflict, (XVI) 99; as instant mutation, (XVI) 171. See also Action; Immediate

Instant mutation: as instant action, (XVI) 171. See also Immediate; Mutation

Instinct: and fear, (XII) 47 Institutions: necessary for the technical, (V) 100; as

separatist, (V) 2-3. See also Organizations Insufficiency: and desire, (XV) 63-64, 67; as a

problem, (XII) 11, 13; understanding, (III) 185 Integrated human being: defining, (VII) 158-60 Integrated individual: and education, (V) 104 Integrated life: and a new culture, (VIII) 266-68 Integrated mind, (X) 152; and influence, (VII) 219;

and problems, (X) 121 Integrated revolution: See Total revolution Integrated understanding: and world problems, (III)

181 Integrated view, (VII) 320-21; and problem solving,

(VII) 321-22 Integration, (IV) 38-39; and absence of fear, (VII)

319-21; and action, (V) 86-88; of conscious and unconscious, (VII) 18; and contradiction, (XIII) 229-30; (XVI) 225; versus contradiction, (IX) 6; versus disintegration, (VIII) 324; and fragmentation, (XVI) 295; and freedom from conflict, (VII) 18019; as futile, (XV) 178; (XVI) 237; and intelligence, (VII) 157-59; meaning of, (VIII) 158; nonexistence of, (XIV) 14; and relationship, (VI) 71; versus separation, (VII) 161; of thinker and the thought, (VII) 22; and thought, (VI) 202-3; versus total action, (XV) 63; and understanding, (V) 324. See also Awareness; Whole

Integrity: defining, (XIII) 26; as a quality of the new mind, (XII) 294; 297, 298; understanding, 294. See also Intuition

Intellect, (III) 170; (VII) 251-53; authority of, (XVII) 33; and change, (VII) 8-9; as corrupter of feeling, (XI) 237; and dealing with problems, (XVI) 140; deceptiveness of, (XVI) 248; and disharmony, (IV) 122; and energy, (XVI) 244; failure of, (IV) 83; and feeling, (XI) 72, 261; function of, (XI) 216-17; as hindrance, (IV) 4; as hindrance to solutions, (XI) 42; and love, (XV) 165; as the mechanical mind, (VII) 283-84; narrowing of, (XVII) 129; and pleasure, (XV) 140-42; and problems, (XVII) 49; and the problem of ending conflict, (XVI) 96; and the problem of sex, (V) 97; and the problem of war, (XVI) 11-12; smothering of, (XV) 72; as superficial, (XI) 274; and words, (XVI) 13; worship of, (XII) 299-300. See also Energy; Ideas;

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Intellection: See Thinking Intellectual: awareness, (II) 194; and cleverness,

(XVI) 231; and commitment, (XV) 6; and communication, (XI) 101; and conflict, (XV) 342; decline, (XVII) 211; and despair, (XI) 391; versus emotional, (l ) 46; and fear of aloneness, (IX) 93; and formulas, (XVII) 109; and “goodness”, (IX) 228; and the invention of philosophies, (XVII) 40; limitations of approach, (II) 17; and the loss of nature, (XVII) 207; and nonviolence, (XV) 333; problem of, (XI) 386; and religion, (XI) 94-95; and satisfaction, (XI) 244; suppression, (XIV) 289-90; understanding, (VI) 17; (XIV) 73; and understanding, (XV) 335; and verbalization, (XV) 331-32; worship of, (XI) 131-32. See also Ideas; Intellect; Intellectuals; Knowledge; Learning

Intellectual activation: as process of becoming, (VII) 251-53. See also Mind

Intellectual agreement: versus understanding, (XIII) 63-64

Intellectual capacity: versus intellectual conception, (XVII) 207. See also Intellectual

Intellectual contact: and emotional contact, (XIII) 134-35

Intellectualism: as a hindrance to love, (VIII) 40 Intellectual mind: as hindrance, (VIII) 188-89 Intellectual process: versus understanding desire, (XV)

17-18. See also Intellect Intellectuals, (X) 175-76; and acceptance of the

immediate, (XIII) 168; and belonging, (XIII) 93-94; and conflict, (XII) 239; and formulas, (V) 72-73; and the religious mind, (XIII) 275; understanding as hindrance, (V) 273; and words, (XII) 286. See also Authority; Ideas; Knowledge; Specialists

Intellectual understanding: (VI) 17; versus direct relationship, (XVII) 222. See also Intellectual

Intellectual writers: and despair, (XVI) 93. See also Intellectual; Intellectuals

Intelligence, (l) 184-85; (II) 34, 43, 51-52, 58, 62-63, 81, 109; (III) 76; (IV) 68-69, 77-78; (VII) 188-90, 216-17; (XII) 7-10; and the absence of fear, (VIII) 85; achieving, (II) 93, 118; (XVII) 124; and achieving freedom, (XV) 14; through action, (II) 177-78; of aloneness, (II) 120, 125; as anonymous, (XI) 264-65; and authority, (VII) 67-68; awakening of, (II) 19; and awareness, (III) 170-71; and awareness of the superficial, (XIV) 214; and beauty, (XIV) 223; and the better life, (V) 93; and capacity, (XI) 3; and choiceless awareness, (VIII) 180; versus cleverness, (VIII) 75; and collective, (VI) 296; and comparison, (VIII) 44; versus compulsion, (III) 80-81; and conflict, (IV) 10-11; and consolation, (II) 231; and creative living, (II) 98; and culture, (l) 159; defining, (III) 95; (IV) 60, 65; (VII) 135, 189; (XI) 133, 196, 336; (XII) 144-45, 321; (XIV) 2; (XVI) 139; (XVII) 238; and dependency, (II) 89; destruction of, (II) 176; and

discipline, (V) 256-59; (VI) 257-59; versus discipline, (VII) 146-47; and the discipline of learning, (XIV) 146; divided, (IV) 70; versus the dull mind, (V) 131-32; in educating children, (IX) 108; and education, (VII) 157-59; (VIII) 12, 73-74; and emptiness, (II) 77-78; and the empty mind, (XVII) 71; as energy, (VI) 288; (XV) 291-93; and environment, (II) 60, 68; and escape from problems, (XVII) 51; and experiencing the real, (IV) 73; and exploitation, (II) 46-47; and fact, (XI) 345; versus faith, (VII) 205; and fear, (II) 226; (VIII) 62; and freedom, (VIII) 84; and freedom from fear, (XI) 176; and fulfillment, (II) 187-88, 196; and function of education, (V) 104; and harmony, (II) 166-67; and immortality, (II) 109; and influences, (XIII) 178; and the inner and outer world, (II) 75; and inquiry, (VII) 70-71; (XI) 133; and intellect, (l) 115-16; versus intellect, (III) 63; and interest, (V) 130; versus knowledge, (IX) 11; and learning, (XI) 109; living with, (XIV) 145; and living without comparison, (XVII) 30; and love, (XVII) 242; meaning of, (VII) 119-20; (VIII) 46, 60; and meditation, (XIII) 323, 324; (XVII) 193; and meeting daily problems, (VII) 82; and natural life, (II) 17; necessity to understand, (VII) 134-35; and negative thinking, (XIV) 265; and organizations, (l) 185-86; and personal understanding, (II) 179; and problem solving, (VI) 332-33; as the product of freedom, (VII) 76; and purpose in life, (XVI) 255; through questioning, (II) 149-50; and quiet, (XVI) 269-70; and relationship, (V) 293; (VII) 136; and role of education, (VII) 59-61, 63-64; roots of, (IV) 65-66; and self-awareness, (VI) 284; and self-consciousness, (V) 130; and self-protectiveness, (IV) 64-65; and sensitivity, (XIV) 143-44, 145, 146; (XV) 7, 15; (XVI) 206; and sensitivity and insensitivity, (XVII) 267; and simplicity, (III) 31-32; (V) 245-46; and social order, (III) 66-67; and specialization, (V) 255; and stupidity, (II) 118; and suffering, (II) 89; and teachers, (II) 79; and total action, (XVII) 119; and truth, (II) 75; and understanding desire, (XV) 21; and understanding disorder, (XVII) 239-40; and understanding problems, (XIV) 179; as understanding of sorrow, (IV) 175; as unique, (II) 139; and vocation, (VII) 85. See also Awareness; Discontent; Fear; Intellect; Intellectual; Intellectual mind; Knowledge; Love; New mind; Reality; Self-knowledge; Truth

Intelligent awareness: and the absence of apprehension, (XII) 6-7

Intelligent happiness: See Fulfillment Intelligent mind: achieving, (XII) 145; and dividing

life, (XII) 22. See also Mind; New mind Intensity: and attention, (XVI) 14; and communication,

(XV) 2, 81; and communion, (XIV) 27, 114; (XV) 62; (XVI) 140; and desire, (XII) 149; and destruction, (XII) 212-13; expression of, (XVI) 208; and gratification, (XVII) 64; loss of, (XIV) 96-97; as passion, (XII) 226; (XV) 225; and seeing

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totally, (XIII) 17-18; and silence, (XV) 46. See also Energy; Feelings; Passion

Intention: as incentive to understanding, (V) 52; and the inquiring mind, (V) 32. See also Search

Interest: and choice, (V) 263; and concentration, (V) 82; conditions for, (IV) 166-67; versus control, (VIII) 137-38; and distraction, (V) 89, 121, 130, 226; effortless, (VIII) 120; and exclusive concentration, (V) 166-68; and learning, (VIII) 156; and meditation, (V) 208-9; as necessary to observation, (XIV) 51; and the problems of daily existence, (XIV) 56

Interference: and the fact, (XIII) 39-40 Internal authority: and the hindrance of knowledge,

(XII) 295. See also Authority; Inner Interpretation: and the conscious and unconscious,

(XIV) 65; as distortion, (XII) 218; as distraction, (XIV) 65; and dreams, (IX) 123; as hindrance to fact, (XII) 50; as hindrance to listening, (XII) 67; (XIII) 63-64; and listening, (XI) 330; and naming, (XII) 43; and seeing, (XII) 5. See also Authority; Comparison

Interpreter: and dreams, (IX) 60; versus truth, (X) 227. See also Authority

Interpreters: versus original experiencers, (X) 161. See also Authority

Interrelationships: and guilt, (IV) 3; of problems of existence, (IV) 179. See also Relationship

Interval(s): between action and time, (XIV) 149-50; between challenge and response, (XVI) 208; conflict in, (XVII) 221; and contradiction, (XV) 179; and fear, (XVII) 72; between perception and action, (V) 299-301; and the process of thinking, (XVI) 233; between the question and answer, (XIV) 292-93; and silence, (XVI) 197; and space, (XV) 270; as static, (XVII) 89; and thinking, (XV) 265-66; between thoughts, (VII) 222; (XVI) 189; between thoughts, as timeless, (V) 119; and time, (XV) 212, 214; (XVI) 21-22, 268; (XVII) 75; between what is and ‘what should be’, (XV) 182. See also Observer and the observed; Quiet mind; Space; Thought

Intimation: See Intuition Introspection: and action, (IV) 112-13; and awareness,

(IV) 142; defining, (III) 178-79; (IV) 201-2; as process of tyranny, (IV) 112; understanding, (XVII) 252

Introversion: and the need for self-awareness, (III) 221-23

Intuition, (l) 59, 60-61; (II) 23-24, 71, 74; (III) 27; (IX) 150; and consciousness, (V) 234-35; defining, (II) 23, 67; (XII) 10; and desire, (VI) 319; desire for, (XIII) 294; and distrust of the word, (XVI) 236; as intelligence, (II) 67; meaning of, (VI) 319; and past experience, (II) 67; and reason, (II) 24; and wish fulfillment, (V) 235. See also Belief; Instinct; Understanding

Invention: and creation, (XII) 64; versus creation, (XV) 47; versus creativity, (XIV) 269. See also Machines; Progress; Science

Investigation: of authority, (XIII) 123; into death, (XIII) 99-100; and energy, (XV) 317-18; and freedom, (XV) 20-21; of freedom, (XVI) 113-14; and freedom from fear, (XVII) 2; and the freedom to inquire, (XV) 157; freedom to pursue, (XVI) 79-80; and the free mind, (VIII) 263-64; need for, (XII) 100; and the need for freedom, (XVII) 105; and nonacceptance, (XV) 343; and the past, (XVI) 89-90; and thought, (XVI) 168; and the wasting of energy, (XV) 235; and will, (XVI) 96. See also Examination; Inquiry; Observation; Questioning; Seeking; Skepticism

Inward and outward: awareness, (XVII) 225; and the cessation of conflict, (XV) 42, 47; conflict, (XVII) 42; and contradiction, (XV) 310, 313-14; contradiction between, (XVII) 32; crises, (XVII) 195; fear of, (XV) 101; as one, (XII) 231; (XIII) 267-68; (XIV) 167; (XV) 85; order, (XII) 189-90; (XV) 296-97; (XVII) 190; order and disorder, (XV) 198-99; problems, (XIII) 213; security, (XVII) 243; as a single state, (XII) 57; violence, (XVII) 255. See also Inner and outer

Inward and outward movement: awareness of, (XVII) 14. See also Inward and outward

Inward and outward order: as one, (XVI) 48. See also Order

Inward authority, (XII) 144; defining, (XII) 234. See also Authority; Inner

Inward awareness: defining, (VII) 116. See also Awareness

Inward battles: and conflict, (XIII) 284 Inward challenge: and outward response, (XV) 129.

See also Challenge; Inner and outer Inward condition, (III) 127-28 Inward movement: and change, (XII) 291-92;

defining, (XII) 171-72; through understanding the outward, (XIV) 2. See also Inward and outward

Inward poverty: and craving, (III) 214; escape fro m, (VI) 200-201

Inward revolution: and action, (XIII) 328; of the conscious and unconscious, (XIII) 215; and the field of consciousness, (XI) 310-11; problem of, (IX) 25; and the scientific spirit, (XII) 169; versus war momentum, (VIII) 262. See also Change; Meditation; Mutation; Psychological revolution; Psychological structure of society; Revolution; Total Revolution; Transformation; Truth

Inward security, (XII) 235; and conflict, (VI) 191; (XIV) 81; and the invention of gods, (XIV ) 130; search for, (VI) 269-70; and technique, (V) 201. See also Self-knowledge

Inward state: and outward war, (V) 14-15. See also Conflict

‘I’-process, (III) 7-8, 35-36, 86-88; and consciousness, (III) 64-65; (XI) creation of, (XI) 169; and individual experience, (III) 83-84; and need for elimination, (IV) 57-58; and permanency, (III) 26-28; and religious versus scientific view, (III) 86; and suffering, (III) 71-72; understanding, (III) 10-

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11, 182. See also Craving; Discernment; ‘I’; Limitations; Reality; Self; Sorrow; World problems

Irrationality: of governments and individuals, (V) 66-67. See also War

Irreligious: and ritual, (X) 164. See also Religion; Tradition

“I should” and “I should not”: and ideas, (XIII) 232 Ism(s), (VIII) 41; versus inquiry, (XI) 217; and the

need to belong, (XI) 214, 216, 218. See also Belief; Systems

Isolation, (VI) 221; and the absence of belief, (XVI) 257; versus aloneness, (XIV) 117; (XVI) 38; and belief, (VI) 253-54; and conflict, (V) 30; (XIII) 277; defining, (VI) 74-75; and delusion, (III) 231; and dependence, (IX) 63; (XVI) 119-20; and the desire for security, (XI) 321; and destruction, (VI) 281-82; and the discovery of beauty, (XII) 156; and domination, (V) 303; versus emptiness, (XIV ) 207-8; and escape from boredom, (XIV) 219-20; and family relationship, (V) 17-18; (VI) 86-88; and fear, (XIV) 153; fear of, (X) 5-6; (XII) 60-61, 280; through fear, (VI) 174; as hindrance to self-knowledge, (IX) 138-39; as hindrance to understanding, (V) 323-25; impossibility of, (IV) 146; (V) 154-56; (IX) 148; and individual as the world, (V) 179; and insensitivity, (XVI) 99; living with, (XII) 271-72; and loneliness, (XII) 315; and marriage, (V) 175; and the mind, (VI) 280-82; national, (IV) 193; and the need for religion, (VIII) 314; as non-existent, (VIII) 293; (X) 148; (XI) 343-44; and the problem, (VIII) 190-91; process of, (XII) 87-89; and relationship(s), (V) 59-61, 165, 228-29; (VI) 208; (VIII) 336; (XIII) 281; from relationships, (III) 155-56; and religion, (XIV) 220; and resistance, (IX) 3; as self-imposed, (XIV) 116; and self-knowledge, (V) 74, 238, 335; and the still mind, (VI) 161; and thought, (XIV) 191; and word, (V) 52-54. See also Alone; Aloneness; Awareness; Emptiness; Loneliness; Resistance; Sorrow

Italy: See Authority; Conditioning; Nationalism; Society; War; Words; World problems

“It may be possible”: and the new mind, (XII) 52-54. See also Authority; Conditioning; “I do not know”; Nationalism; Society; War; Words; World problems

Japan: See Authority; Conditioning; Divisions;

Nationalism; Society; War; Words; World problems

Jargon: and the use of words, (XII) 275 Jealousy, (l) 80; and action, (XVI) 268-69; and

approach to feelings, (XIII) 236-37; and change, (XI) 124; and the feeling without the word, (XII) 241; as an idea, (XV) 90-91; immediate freedom from, (XV) 159; and love, (XV) 74; (XVII) 203; perception of, (XII) 181; and psychological dependence, (XIII) 110-11; understanding, (VIII) 110; (XV) 170; and the word, (XIII) 197-98. See also Comparison; Envy; Love

Jesus: as escape, (XII) 201. See also Authority; Background; Conditioning; Identification; Religion; Religious mind; Visions; Words

Jewish: See Authority; Belief; Conditioning; Divisions; Religion; Words

Job(s): and competition, (XIV) 206; and education, (VIII) 57-58, 60, 67, 74, 75-76, 79, 85, 97; security in, (XIV) 81, 133. See also Livelihood; Work

Journalists: role of, (IV) 93. See also Experts; Media; Propaganda

Journey: within, (XIII) 125 Joy: achieving, (XVI) 226; and achieving technique,

(V) 145-46; achieving through freedom, (IV) 49; and appreciating the moment, (VIII) 88; and attempt to maintain, (V) 250; communication of, (XVII) 125; versus the continuity of pleasure, (XV) 312; as creation, (IV) 196; destruction of, (IV) 119; without duality, (III) 114; as immediate, (VII) 100-101; (XVII) 69, 114; and innocency, (XVI) 228; and meditation, (XVI) 30, 32; and the need for simplicity, (XIII) 157, 159; versus pleasure, (XV) 140; and the purpose of life, (V) 21-23; through self-discovery, (III) 235-37; and sorrow, (III) 112; as spontaneity, (III) 137; and suffering, (XIII) 312-13; and total awareness, (XVI) 71; through understanding pleasure, (XVII) 123. See also Ecstasy; Enjoyment; Happiness; Love; Meditation; Reality; Sorrow; Truth

Joyful moments: and self-forgetfulness, (IV) 69 Judgement: destructiveness of, (IV) 84; as hindrance to

learning, (XIV) 239; as hindrance to understanding, (X) 3. See also Comparison; Competition; Condemnation; Envy; Experience; Opinion

Judgmental: See Condemnation Jung: and the search for answers, (XV) 106; and the

unconscious, (XV) 218 Jungians: and new approaches, (XII) 155. See also

Psychiatry Justice: as legislation, (X) 201. See also Law Justification: See Acquisitiveness; Comparison;

Condemnation; Conflict; Envy; Experience; Opinion

Juvenile delinquency, (IX) 86-87; roots of, (X) 4-5. Se also Children

Juvenile mind: as hindrance to exploring, (XV) 3. See also Dull mind; Mind; Quiet mind

Karma, (III) 171-72, 173; (IV) 50; (VI) 122-23; (X)

14, 190; and action, (II) 229; (XV) 132; awareness of, (III) 135; and cause and effect, (VI) 67-70; (X) 221-23; versus cause and effect, (XV) 32; definition of, (II) 66; and escape from suffering, (XIII) 310; and the fear of death, (XII) 160; freedom from, (X) 222-23; and limited action, (II) 166; meaning of, (XI) 91; as passive acceptance, (VII) 124-25

Killing: and creativity, (IV) 25-26; and dualistic thought, (IV) 2-3; as duty, (VII) 123; as the greatest crime, (IV) 23; and human progress,

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(VIII) 99; and image, (XVI) 44; justification of, (IV) 16; and nonviolence, (XV) 334; and the protection of evolution, (XVI) 265; refusal to participate in, (XV) 327-29; rejection of, (XVI) 3; speaking out against, (XVI) 7-8; understanding the desire for, (VII) 145. See also Criminal instinct; Society; State; Violence; War

Kindness, (VII) 240; and intention, (V) 32 Know-how: and challenge and response, (XII) 309;

and mechanical knowledge, (XII) 306. See also Inventions; Machines; Progress; Science

Knowing: as constant movement, (XI) 392-93; as constant process, (XI) 377; defining, (XI) 268-69; versus feeling, (XI) 145-46, 147; as hindrance to listening, (XVI) 140; versus “I know”, (XI) 270, 305; and knowledge, (XI) 337; versus knowledge, (XII) 34, 36-37; (XIII) 302; versus learning, (XV) 110-11; and loneliness, (XI) 236; meaning of, (XII) 155; oneself, (XI) 249-51; as the present, (XII) 37; (XIV) 138; process of, (XII) 7, 280; significance, (XI) 299-300; as timeless, (XI) 362-63; two ways of, (XII) 292; versus understanding, (XI) 185. See also Knowledge; Known; Self-knowing

“Knowing” and “not-knowing”: states of 121-22 Knowledge, (l) 143-44; (II) 67; (VII) 102-4, 309-11;

(XI) 265, 268-71, 335-40, 379-83; (XIII) 79, 80-82; accumulating, (XVII) 230-31; and accumulation, (l) 136-37, 144; (IV) 200; (XI) 390, 393; (XV) 343; accumulation of, (III) 136; (IX) 85, 167; (XIII) 255, 268, 290; (XIV) 79-80; (XVI) 231-32; as the accumulation of information, (XV) 150; accumulation of the known, (IX) 111-113; as the accumulation of the past, (XIII) 118-19; as an accumulative process, (XII) 198; and acting, (X) 46; acting from, (XVI) 73; and action, (VI) 265; adding to, (XIV) 287; and authority, (VII) 52; (IX) 278; (XI) 225-26; (XII) 236; (XIII) 245; as authority, (XIV) 18; as barrier to learning, (IX) 196; and belief, (VI) 253, 257, 317-19; as burden, (X) 9; and burden of the past, (VII) 322-23; 325; and the center, (XV) 146; as the center of action, (XI) 343; and change, (VIII) 162-63; (XVII) 268; and communication, (VIII) 275-76; and the conditioned mind, (VII) 258; and the conditioned state, (VIII) 147-48, 276; and conflict, (VI) 337-39; and the conscious, (XI) 163; and continuity, (XIII) 174; (XVI) 243; and the creation of problems, (XII) 7-10, 72; and creative fulfillment, (l) 132; and daily life, (III) 174; defining, (VI) 22-23, 208-9; (VII) 226-27; (XIII) 245-46, 249; (XIV) 238; (XV) 51; (XVII) 21; and destruction of the new, (X) 266; as deteriorating fact, (VII) 117-18; and discipline, (XIV ) 240; and education, (VI) 55; (VIII) 321; and electronic brains, (XII) 303; as essential, (VII) 227; and experience, (VIII) 182-83; (X) 23, 144-45, 218-19; exploring, (X) 259-62; as fragmented, (XIV) 212; and freedom, (XI) 376; (XIII) 292; (XIV ) 16, 86; freedom from, (VIII) 215; (X) 21, 252, 261-62; and freedom from the

known, (XIII) 269-70; and freedom of the mind, (IX) 173; and the free mind, (VIII) 254-55; versus the fresh mind, (X) 86; function of, (XV) 13-14; (XVII) 46; and function of material things, (XIV) 151; and habit(s), (XI) 299-300; (XIII) 240; as hindrance, (VI) 348-49; (VIII) 229, 254, 255; as hindrance and necessity, (XIV) 107; as hindrance to attention, (IX) 276; as hindrance to creativity, (V) 232-33; as hindrance to discovery, (IX) 39; as hindrance to freedom, (XI) 378; (XII) 35; (XIII) 123; as hindrance to free thought, (X) 19; as hindrance to inquiry, (IX) 182-83; as hindrance to knowing, (XII) 34, 37; as hindrance to the new, (XIV) 228; as hindrance to perception, (X) 86-87; as hindrance to reality, (VII) 254; as hindrance to religion, (X) 186; as hindrance to self-knowledge, (XIII) 193; as hindrance to self-observation, (XV) 54; as hindrance to truth, (VIII) 269; (X) 2-3; as hindrance to understanding, (VIII) 214-15, 235; and identification, (X) 76; and “I don’t know”, (XV) 23; importance of, (XIII) 219-20; (XV) 2; increase of, (XIV) 16; versus intelligence, (VII) 134, 189-90; as invention, (XII) 77, 80; inward and outward, (XII) 9-10; versus knowing, (XI) 249-50; and the known, (XI) 192; versus the known, (IX) 238; and learning, (X) 172-73, 212-13; (XI) 1-2, 60-61, 213, 304; (XII) 1-2, 158; (XIV) 170-71; (XV) 111, 247-48; (XVI) 213; versus learning, (XIII) 26, 111, 131; (XVII) 211-12; as limited, (XI) 375; and listening, (XVI) 197; and living in the past, (XVI) 205; and looking at the image, (XVII) 210-11; and loss of feeling, (l) 174; mechanical, (VIII) 269; (XI) 298; as mechanical, (XII) 63; and mechanical time, (XII) 317; as memory, (VII) 246-47; versus mental clarity, (IX) 278; and the mind, (XI) 280; (XIV ) 230; and naming, (XIII) 280; as necessary to daily life, (XIV) 214; and the new mind, (XII) 114; (XIII) 53; observing with, (XVI) 201; and observation, (XIII) 299; and the past, (XII) 7, 10, 321-22; (XVI) 20, 239; (XVII) 245; as the past, (XIV) 138; (XV) 247; as of the past, (XIII) 302-3; as past experience, (X) 205; and the past and future, (XI) 226; and permanency, (XII) 105; and the petty mind, (IX) 264; and pleasure, (XV) 233; and positive thinking, (IX) 180; and power, (XII) 271; and problems, (XIV) 178; process of, (XI) 362; as process of recognition, (XI) 184, 246; and the process of thinking, (XI) 33; and the process of thought, (XIII) 287-88; and questioning, (XV) 257; without reaction, (XIV) 205; and reality, (V) 357; reason for importance of, (VII) 9; and recognition, (XII) 37; (XIII) 97, 198; and the relationship between technical and psychological, (XVII) 31; and the religious mind, (XII) 325; and renunciation, (IX) 244; and response, (XIV ) 136-37; and the restless mind, (VIII) 320; role of, (XI) 7-8; scientific, (VII) 117-18; (XVI) 261; and the scientist, (XII) 112; and the search for God, (IX) 38-39; and security, (IX) 20; (XI) 250; (XIII) 122;

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and seeing, (XIII) 118; and the self, (XIII) 246, 249; and self-knowledge, (IV) 205-6; and self-protection, (VII) 324-25; and the sensitive mind, (XII) 108; and simplicity, (V) 247; and the sleeping mind, (XI) 159; and specialization, (VIII) 153-55; versus the state of negation, (XIII) 10; as static, (XI) 377; as superficial, (XIII) 168; suppression of, (VII) 31; and teaching, (XI) 79-80; and technology, (XI) 147; technological and tradition, (IX) 212; and thinking, (X) 219; and thought, (XII) 304; (XVI) 15; and time, (XIII) 91-92, 178; as time, (XI) 365; (XVII) 268; and true and false, (XV) 3; and truth, (VI) 297-98; versus truth, (VII) 286; and the unburdened mind, (XII) 298; and the unconscious, (XIII) 293; understanding, (XI) 207-9; (XII) 265; without understanding, (II) 21; (VI) 184; and wisdom, (XVI) 152; versus wisdom, (VIII) 333; (XV) 173. See also Accumulation; Authority; Books; Intellect; Intellectual; Memory; Mind; Past; Wisdom

Knowledge, action, and love: contradictions between, (XIII) 45

Known, (IX) 158-59; and the absence of the new, (XVII) 35; and accumulation, (VII) 319; and action, (XVI) 174-75, 177, 180; and approach to the unknown, (XV) 129, 130; and attention, (XI) 288; and change, (X) 137-38; and clinging to, (XVI) 62-63; and conflict, (XIII) 290; and confusion, (XVI) 164; and continuity, (XIII) 318-19; (XVII) 149; and death, (IX) 158; defining, (X) 98; (XIII) 302; (XVII) 80, 81; denial of, (XIII) 149; desire for continuity of, (V) 126-27; (XIII) 318; and deterioration of the mind, (IX) 190; and discipline, (XIII) 81; and drugs, (XIV) 159; dying to, (XI) 393; (XIV) 32; (XVII) 151, 172; and experience, (XIII) 153-54; and fear, (XIII) 104, 137; and fear of death, (VII) 331-32; (VIII) 308-9; (X) 61; (XIII) 203, 258, 319; (XVII) 74; and fear of losing, (IX) 288; (XIV) 213; (XV) 231, 320; (XVI) 155, 243; (XVII) 74, 236, 277; and fear of the unknown, (VII) 306; and the field of time, (XI) 65-67; as fixed, (XI) 198; freedom from, (VIII) 257; (X) 87; (XI) 53, 171, 200-201, 247; (XIII) 98, 290, 291; (XIV) 105; (XVI) 82; function of, (XIII) 290; and God, (IX) 228; as hell, (VII) 332; as hindrance to change, (X) 138; as hindrance to discovery, (IX) 245; as hindrance to the unknown, (IX) 53; and ideal, (X) 118; and images, (XVII) 80, 81; and immortality, (VIII) 246; and knowledge, (VIII) 321; and learning, (X) 212; letting go of, (IX) 53; and life, (XI) 191-92; and memory, (IX) 110-13; (XVII) 13; and the mind, (VIII) 323; (IX) 92, 217-18, 231-32, 248-49, 261-62; (X) 43; (XI) 39-40, 82, 281-82; (XVII) 80, 81; need to be free from, (XIII) 207-8; as old, (XI) 96; and the past, present, and future, (XII) 322; and the positive approach, (XI) 188; as preferable to the unknown, (XIV) 152; and recognition, (XI) 246; (XIII) 97; and the recognizable, (XIII) 209-10; and

religion, (VIII) 182-84; and the religious mind, (XII) 324-25; and revolution, (XI) 71-72, 386; and the search for God, (X) 159-60; and the search for the unknown, (XIV) 196-97; seeking, (XVII) 170; and sociological revolution, (XVII) 10; and thought, (VIII) 205-6; (XVII) 143; as thought and feeling, (XIII) 155; as time, (XVI) 188; and truth, (VIII) 185; and the unconscious, (XVII) 59-60; versus the unknowable, (X) 51; and the unknown, (V) 232; 215, 277-78; (X) 272; (XII) 160-61, 163; (XVI) 164; and worship, (IX) 110; as yesterday, (XII) 161. See also Accumulation; Continuity; Death; God; Knowledge; ‘Me’; Mind; Religion; Self; Time; Unknown; Will

Known and the unknown: and consciousness, (XI) 385; and the free mind, (XIII) 338; and knowledge, (XIII) 288; movement from, (XIII) 98; and self-knowledge, (IX) 255

Koran: See Authority; Background; Belief; Books; Conditioning; Divisions; God; Knowledge; Power; Propaganda; Religion; Religious mind; Visions; Words

Krishna, (III) 237. See also Authority; Background; Conditioning; Divisions; Religion; Religious mind; Society; Visions; World problems

Labeling: See Naming; Verbalization Labels: acceptance of, (XV) 338; and authority, (V)

184; and awareness of emotion, (V) 311-14; and belief, (V) 306-7; as cause of conflict, (X) 202; and disorder, (XV) 328; freedom from, (X) 201; and true religion, (V) 77; worship of, (V) 106-7, See also Identification; Naming; Words

Labor: problem of, (XVII) 127-28. See also Industrial society; Leisure

Land: redistribution of, (VII) 202-3 Language: and the effect of translation, (XVII) 222;

and memory, (XVII) 106; need for one world, (XVII) 258, 263. See also Communication; Unity of mankind

Laughter: and sorrow, (XI) 284. See also Despair; Feelings

Law: and authority, (XIV) 19; (XV) 44; (XVI) 17; (XVII) 33, 36-38; and friendliness, (X) 188; and the need for authority, (XV) 322; obedience to, (XIV) 247; and order and disorder, (XVII) 246; and patriotism, (II) 42; versus right profession, (X) 263; as social detriment, (VI) 106-7. See also Order; Society

Lawlessness: world, (XVII) 215. See also Law Laws: and values, (l) 185-86. See also Legislation Lawyers: social role of, (V) 143. See also Livelihood;

Professions Laziness, (l) 42-43; (III) 137, 239; (XIII) 138-41, 143;

and action, (XVI) 74; and belief, (XVI) 254, 255-56; and conflict, (XVI) 153; facing the fact of, (XIV) 113; versus inertia, (XVI) 27; inward, (XV) 200; and passivity, (XII) 206; reasons for, (VIII) 71; understanding the structure of, (XVII) 124; and world problems, (XVI) 71-72. See also Leisure

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Lazy mind: awareness of, (XI) 182; and gradualism, (XIII) 178; and systems, (XI) 203; and time, (XII) 159. See also Dull mind; Laziness; Mind; New mind; Petty mind

Leader(s), (l) 150-51; (V) 151-52; (VI) 2; absence of, (XIV) 3; and absence of self-awareness, (V) 80; and an approach to problems, (VIII) 9; and change, (VIII) 251-52; and concern with the immediate, (XIII) 62-63; and conflict, (X) 173-75; and confusion, (V) 66-67; (VI) 242; (VIII) 201-2; (IX) 274-75; (XIII) 88, 89; and the creation of patterns, (XII) 16; versus the creative, (XIII) 3; and creativeness, (VI) 308-9; as dangers, (V) 183; (XIII) 209; and dependency, (II) 26-27; and the desire for security, (VIII) 82; and desire to be saved, (IV) 102-3; as destructive, (IX) 128; and divisions, (II) 91; economic, political, and religious, (VIII) 248-49; as escape, (X) 7; and exploitation, (II) 39; (V) 47-48; (X) 168; as exploiter, (l) 148; as expression of confusion, (V) 22-23; as factors of social degradation, (IV) 107; failure of, (V) 218-19; (VII) 164-65; (VIII) 48, 49-50; (XVII) 215-16; and false respect, (III) 68; and fear, (XII) 59; and followers, (l) 172-73; (II) 26-27; (IV) 86, 94-95; (V) 103; (VI) 103-4; (X) 8-9; and following, (IX) 149-52; and freedom, (XI) 218; and guilt, (V) 277; as hindrance, (IV) 151, 152, 155; as hindrance to the truth, (XVII) 98; and influence, (l) 39-40; and lack of freedom, (VII) 109; as loveless, (XI) 45; and myth, (V) 57-58; need for, (l) 164; (III) 100; need to question, (IV) 132; and power, (V) 61; (XII) 27-28; and problems, (VII) 133-34; (VIII) 9; and problem solving, (VI) 332; reasons for need of, (V) 367-69; and revolution, (VIII) 247-48; search for, (VIII) 2-3; and self-knowledge, (VI) 156-57; versus self-liberation, (IV) 85; and social, political, and religious domination, (V) 102; and social structure, (l) 94; and truth, (II) 29; (VI) 133-34; and world problems, (XII) 49-50; and vested interests, (XI) 354-55; and world problems , (XI) 303; and world turmoil, (XI) 295. See also Authority; Education; Escape; Exploiter; Followers; Guru; Illusion; Leadership; Master; Priest; Religion; Savior; Society; Teacher; Truth

Leadership, (l ) 74; and the absence of inquiry, (XIII) 11; and competition, (XII) 19; and corruption, (XIII) 1, 3. See also Authority; Leaders; Power; Society

League of nations: as peace solution, (II) 209 Learning, (IX) 196-97, 238-39; (XI) 1-2, 79-82; (XII)

198-200; (XIV ) 238-44; (XVI) 213-19; and the absence of conflict, (XV) 343; and the absence of contradiction, (XV) 11; and the absence of despair, (XIV) 94; versus accumulating knowledge, (XV) 51, 146; versus accumulation, (XI) 250; (XIV) 6-7; versus acquiring, (XIII) 91; versus the acquisition of knowledge, (XIII) 245-46, 248-49; (XIV) 137; and action, (XV) 253, 255; (XVI) 150; (XVII) 22; as the active present, (XV) 343; (XVII) 177; as

active process, (XI) 300; and the act of listening, (XV) 34; versus adjustment, (XV) 317; with attention and quietness, (XVI) 73; and the attentive mind, (XI) 38-40; and authority, (XI) 208; versus authority, (XV) 21-22; without authority, (XIV) 271; (XVI) 51-52; aversion to, (XV) 299; and change, (XV) 50; (XVI) 221; and communication, (XVI) 42; complexity of, (XVII) 245; versus concentration, (XI) 37-39; (XIII) 20-21; without conclusions, (XI) 357-58; without condemning, (XI) 227; (XIV) 262-63; conditions for, (XII) 157-58; versus conformity, (XIV) 240; as a constant process, (XV) 150; and creativity, (VIII) 320-22; and curiosity, (XIV) 287; defining, (VIII) 231-22; (XI) 1; (XIII) 245, 246-47, 249; (XIV) 27, 73, 238, 240; (XV) 9, 51; (XVII) 211-12; difficult art of, (XVII) 230-31; and discipline, (XIII) 80-82; (XIV ) 91-92, 144, 173; (XV) 68-70; (XVII) 58, 59, 108; as discipline, (XVI) 136-37, 150, 193; without division, (X) 197-98; through doing, (XV) 316; and dying to yesterday, (XI) 158; and the empty mind, (XII) 32-33; as endless, (XI) 392-93; and energy, (XIV) 170; and evolution of society, (XIV) 245; and experience, (XVI) 108-9; and fear, (XIII) 248; and forgetting, (XVI) 290; and freedom, (XIII) 111; and the free mind, (XI) 156; and the fresh mind, (XV) 3-4; and the function of society, (XV) 15; and the hindrance of accumulation, (XIV ) 79-80; as hindrance to creativity, (V) 232-33; and humility, (XI) 98, 303, 305; (XII) 198-200; (XIII) 268, 270; (XIV) 89; (XVI) 145; (XVII) 274; versus ideology, (X) 197; and immediate maturity, (XVI) 73; and the impenetrable, (XI) 113; versus instruction, (XIV) 178, 204; and integrity, (XIII) 26; and knowledge, (XIII) 82; versus knowledge, (XI) 56, 60, 337-38; (XII) 280; (XV) 173-74, 242, 247-48; about laziness, (XIII) 138; and life, (XIV) 276; and listening, (XV) 2-3, 274; (XVI) 51; and love, (XIV) 173; (XV) 16; versus the machine mind, (XI) 108; meaning of, (XII) 1-2; (XVI) 53, 102-3; moment of, (IX) 240; as moment to moment, (XI) 29; motives for, (IV) 116-17; as movement, (XV) 13; (XVI) 111; and the new mind, (XII) 114; and the new society, (XV) 54; as noncumulative, (XIV) 171-72; as not additive, (XIII) 321; and not-knowing, (XII) 250; and observation, (XIV) 139; and obstruction, (XIV) 1, 2, 3-4; and pleasure, (XV) 70; versus power, (XII) 271; as the present, (XV) 247; and problems, (XIV) 178; (XV) 72; process of, (X) 172-73, 212-13, 252-53; (XI) 213-14; (XII) 105-7, 280; (XIV) 53-54, 170-71; (XVI) 20; and relationship, (XVI) 52; without repetition, (XVI) 265; and the role of education, (IX) 225; about the self, (XV) 51-52; (XVI) 154; through self-exposure, (XVI) 226; and self-knowledge, (XI) 60-61; and sensitivity, (XV) 61-62; and silence, (XV) 252-53; (XVI) 236; state of, (XIII) 268-70; (XVI) 300-301; state of mind of, (XV) 110-11; and the state of not knowing, (XVI) 293; and being taught, (IX) 238, 240; versus being

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taught, (X) 231, 233; and the teacher, (XIV) 51-53, 276; and teaching, (IX) 171-73; and time, (XVI) 193; as timeless, (XI) 363; two kinds of, (XVI) 213-14; understanding, (XII) 265; (XIII) 131-35, 137; (XVII) 21-22, 58-60; understanding the importance of, (XVI) 220. See also Attention; Education; Knowledge; Listening

Learning, listening, and seeing: as one, (XV) 130. See also Learning

Left and right: similarity between, (XVII) 139. See also Ideology

Legislation, (l) 141; and change, (IX) 260; and communalism, (V) 2; effectiveness of, (III) 217-18, 226; and greed, (III) 151, 157; and individuality, (l) 94; and peace, (IX) 223; and peace and goodwill, (IX) 247; and reform, (IV) 17; role of, (IV) 99. See also Compulsion; Discipline; Government; Laws; Society

Leisure: and choice, (XVI) 9; and daily life, (l) 48-49; effects of, (XV) 95-96, 97; effects of more, (XIV) 203; and freedom, (XIII) 4-5; and human relationships, (XVII) 128; importance of, (XIII) 42; and laziness, (XIII) 138-39; versus the occupied mind, (XIII) 46; and pleasure, (XV) 165; and quietness, (XIII) 45; and responsibility, (VI) 105-6; and scientific progress, (XVI) 54; and self-awareness, (VI) 347-48; and society, (XVI) 122; and technological progress, (XIV) 162; and technology, (XV) 330; three possible effects of, (XVII) 167; and the uncontaminated mind, (XIII) 42-43. See also Technology

Leisured: as instrument for revolution, (V) 62-63. See also Guides; Transformation

Lenin: and the repetitive mind, (XV) 73 Liberated man, (l) 50 Liberation, (l) 36-37, 41-42, 65-66; (II) 69;

achievement of, (l) 41; from conflict, (IV) 20; and escape, (l) 139; (II) 69; and ‘I’, (II) 69; as integrated whole, (II) 104, 163; and limitation, (III) 3, 4; and love, (XV) 35; and perception, (XII) 310; search for, (l) 78-79; (II) 69-70; and self-knowing, (XII) 248; without systems, (VIII) 7; through thought, (II) 129; from time, (IX) 173. See also Action; Conflict; Freedom; Happiness; Individual; Method; Self-knowledge; Time

Liberty: desire for, (XIV) 135. See also Freedom Lies, (V) 320-22. See also False Life, (XI) 189-95, 314-19; and the absence of answers,

(X) 167, 234; achieving the complete, (l ) 117-19; and action, (XI) 109, 111, 341, 343; as action, (XIII) 51; (XIV) 68, 70; (XV) 20, 62, 67, 168, 341, 344-45; (XVI) 173, 269, 271; as answerless, (XI) 367; approach to, (IX) 2, 281-83; approach to understanding, (X) 170-71; arguing with, (XII) 317-18; avoidance of, (XIV) 12; awareness of, (IX) 235; (X) 61; (XI) 334; as a battle, (XIV) 70; as a battlefield, (XVI) 213-14; as beautiful and ugly, (X) 134; without beginning or ending, (XI) 292, 353; and challenge, (XV) 22-23, 25; as challenge, (VIII) 268; as challenge and response, (V) 211-12;

(XII) 68-69; (XV) 12, 17; (XVI) 122; (XVII) 26-27, 111; change in, (XV) 133; as chaotic, (XI) 270; characterizing the condition of, (XVII) 109; as collective, (IX) 255; and communication, (XI) 101-2; complexity of, (VIII) 58, 293; (XVII) 98; as complicated, (X) 259; and conflict, (XVI) 128, 202, 269; as conflict, (V) 263; (VIII) 327-28, 341-42; (XIV) 126, 239; without conflict, (XIII) 17; conflict in, (XI) 257; and conflict of opposites, (IV) 21-22; as confusion, (IX) 257; consciousness of, (l) 32-33; as constant conflict, (XVII) 121; as constant movement, (VIII) 147; (X) 69; as constant struggle, (IV) 190; contact with, (XV) 33; as continuity, (VI) 147; as the continuity of existence, (XIV) 102; and continuity of thought, (XIV) 213; as continuous activity, (XIV) 232; without contradiction, (XVI) 153, 225-26; and contradiction in action, (XIV) 283; as death and living, (XV) 285; defining, (V) 20; (XI) 281; (XIII) 158; (XIV ) 33; and the demand for pleasure, (XVII) 181; denial of, (XV) 61; describing, (VI) 165; and despair, (XVII) 157; despair as, (XV) 27; difficulties of, (XI) 277; (XIII) 162; direct contact with, (XV) 75; and dis cipline, (XVI) 110; discontent with, (XVII) 40-41, 43; as disturbed, (VIII) 129-30; divided as action and non-action, (IX) 51; divided into action, devotion, knowledge, (XI) 245; divisions in, (XV) 284-85; as drab, (XIV) 155; as dull, (IX) 231-32; and dying to yesterday, (XI) 78; without effort, (XV) 126-27; as effortless, (XI) 210; as emptiness, (VI) 13; emptiness of, (XVII) 215-16; as endless movement, (VIII) 300; (XVII) 243; as energy, (XIV) 238; (XVI) 50; (XVII) 177; as eternal movement, (XI) 258; and the factor of pleasure, (XV) 141; without fear, (XVI) 109; fear of, (XIV) 255; (XVII) 277; and fear of death, (XVI) 178; feeling for, (XI) 42-43; as filled with conflict, (XIII) 257-58; as fragmentary, (XI) 238-39; fragmentation of, (XV) 62-63, 150; as fragmentation or as total, (XV) 107; as fragmented, (X) 128; fragmenting, (XVI) 237-38, 240; (XVII) 29; free from exploitation, (X) 168; getting used to, (XV) 229-30; giving meaning to, (X) 159-60; growing complexity of, (XV) 220, 225; as happy and unhappy, (IX) 283-84; as immeasurable, (XI) 357-58; (XIII) 98; as impermanent, (VIII) 274; importance of knowing, (XIV) 152; inability to do anything about, (XVI) 240; as inclusive, (XIII) 66; increasing complexity of, (XI) 289; individual participation in, (XI) 207; and influences, (XIII) 128; as inner and outer, (XV) 101-2; as insecure, (XV) 300; as interrelated total, (IV) 87; and inward and outward desires, (XIV) 130; as joy and sorrow, (XI) 257; lack of awareness of, (XII) 321; and learning, (l) 128-29; (XVII) 60; learning about, (XI) 108; as limited, (V) 26-28; (XV) 41; living a conditioned, (XVI) 100; and living in the present, (XIV) 256; looking at, (XIV) 19; looking at the whole of, (XVII) 61; losing the significance of,

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(XVII) 26; and love, (XIV ) 258; love of, (II) 124; (IV) 191; as meaningful, (XVII) 45, 73; meaning of, (II) 11; (VIII) 263; (XV) 345; as meaningless, (XVII) 51-52; and meaningless and significant, (XV) 318; and meaning through seeing the small, (VII) 151; as mechanical, (XI) 82; (XII) 185; (XIV) 151; and mechanical thinking, (XI) 33; mediocrity of, (XV) 302; meditation as part of, (XIII) 151; as the mind, (VIII) 273; as more than production and consumption, (IX) 210; as movement, (VII) 257; (X) 14, 86; (XI) 67, 164; (XII) 291; (XV) 129, 341; (XVI) 208; as movement in relationships, (XV) 9, 13-14; and the movement to the center, (XIV) 198, 202; as multi-level, (V) 211-13; and the need for clarity, (XI) 178-79; and the need for passion, (XIV) 95; need to deepen, (XIII) 218, 222; need to understand, (VIII) 340-41; (XI) 261; (XIV) 278; (XV) 180-81, 319-20; need to view as a whole, (X) 86-88; as new, (III) 136-37; as one movement, (XII) 9-10; and oneness with death, (V) 126-27; as pain, (XII) 259-60; pain in, (XVII) 69-70; and the petty mind, (XI) 27-28; as pleasant and unpleasant, (VIII) 108; and pleasure, (XVI) 91; as a problem, (VI) 129; (XII) 8; (XIV) 23; problem of, (IX) 188; problem of death, (XV) 317; and the problem of living, (VIII) 184; and problems, (XV) 195; as process, (VII) 111-12; as process of challenge and response, (IX) 108-9; as the process of consciousness, (V) 120; as a process of discovery, (VIII) 342; as a process of imitation, (VII) 183; prolonging, (XIII) 317; (XV) 317; (XVI) 30; psychological attitude to, (VIII) 42-43; purpose in, (XVI) 255; purpose of, (II) 104-5; (IV) 107; (V) 19-20, 29, 158-59, 160; (VII) 86-87, 124; (VIII) 121; (X) 65-66; (XIII) 22-23; (XIV ) 61, 115; questioning the meaning of, (XVII) 133; reason for loving, (XVII) 264; and relationship, (XIV) 123, 227; as relationship, (V) 159, 212-13; (VI) 203-4, 221-22; (XI) 343; relationship to, (VIII) 222; as renewal, (l) 106; as a repeated pattern, (XVI) 242-43; without resistance, (XIII) 161; resistance to, (XVI) 100; and reverence, (VII) 231; search for meaning to, (XI) 79-80; (XVI) 144; and the search for pleasure, (XV) 164; seeing as a whole, (XVII) 265, 268; seeing totally, (XVI) 6; seeing the whole movement of, (XVI) 237-38, 240; seeking the meaning to, (XVI) 202; self-understanding, (VIII) 293; as a series of conflicts, (XI) 335; (XIII) 16; as a series of escapes, (XIII) 290; as shallow, (XVI) 180, 182; shortness of, (XVI) 250; significance of, (VIII) 152-53; (IX) 93-94, 245-46; (XIII) 117; (XVI) 6, 176; as simple and complex, (X) 54; simplicity of, (l) 74; as sordid, (XIII) 198; and sorrow, (XII) 92-93; and struggle, (II) 73; (VIII) 321; as a struggle, (XVI) 34; (XVII) 210; as superficial, (X) 40; (XIII) 66-67; and taking one step, (XVI) 301; as timeless movement, (VIII) 272-73; as total, (XIII) 185; total approach to, (XV) 163; totality of, (XI) 102, 107, 163, 362; as

total movement, (XVII) 27, 106; as total process, (V) 121, 333, 338; (VIII) 242; as total relationship, (V) 254; total understanding of, (XI) 330-31; as turmoil, (XI) 210; (XIII) 262-63; two ways of meeting, (XV) 91; uncertainty of, (XIV) 129; understanding from moment to moment, (XI) 270; understanding of, (l) 32-33, 111-12; (II) 173-74; (IX) 17; (X) 125; (XIII) 76-77; (XV) 14; and understanding death, (XVII) 28; understanding the movement of, (XV) 1; understanding the process of, (XVII) 71; understanding relationships of, (XV) 191, 195; understanding through watching, 65; as undivided, (XIII) 244; unity of, (l ) 78; as the unknown, (V) 127; viewed as a whole, (XIII) 268; wasting, (XV) 71; as a whole, (XV) 101; wholeness of, (III) 2-3; withdrawal from, (VI) 104-5. See also Death; Existence; Living

Life and death: and continuity, (X) 97-98; without division, (XIII) 184; division between, (XIII) 315, 318; as one, (IV) 189-90; (VI) 153-55; (IX) 288; (X) 60-61; (XII) 319; (XIII) 319; (XIV) 104-5, 212-13; relationship between, (XIV) 255; as societal base, (XV) 282-83. See also Death; Life; Living

Life problems: and positive instructions, (III) 97-98; solving, (III) 89-90

Light: versus conflict, (XVI) 8; and the end of seeking, (XVI) 157; and freedom from the known, (XVI) 31; and the need for caring and clarity, (XVII) 99; and observation, (XVI) 7, 10; and the quiet brain, (XVI) 18; as secondhand, (XVI) 9

Limitation(s): of action through ideas, (V) 43; and awareness, (IV) 70-71, 208; awareness of, (III) 24; of challenge and response, (XII) 68-81; and change, (XI) 313; of desire and fear, (III) 107-8; and education, (VIII) 281-82; and freedom, (III) 11-12; as hindrance to authority, (III) 187; as individuality, (III) 27-28; and intelligence, (l) 36; and the ‘I’ process, (III) 10-11; and the mind, (VII) 32-33; (VIII) 230; of the mind, (XI) 340-41; overcoming, (III) 183-84; and perfection, (l) 114; and pursuit of security, (III) 2; in search, (IX) 20; and search for psychological security, (IV) 149-50. See also Action; Ambition; Conditioning; Discernment; Environment; Experience; Hindrances; Past; Reality; Relationship; Suffering; Tolerance

Limited consciousness, (II) 35-36, 81-82. See also Individuality

Limited intelligence: transcending, (IV) 65 Limited mind: and control, (IX) 104-5; and

fragmentation, (XII) 309. See also Dull mind; Petty mind; Whole

Listening, (VII) 189; and the absence of the problem, (XVII) 260; without accumulating, (XV) 242; to acquire, (IX) 215; and action, (XV) 155; approach to, (XI) 260-61; (XIII) 166, 170; (XIV) 48; approach to the unknowable, (XIII) 169; as an art, (IX) 254; (XV) 1-2, 20, 149-50; art of, (II) 104, 153; (IV) 108, 110, 159; (V) 181-82, 188-89, 226;

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(VI) 1, 16-17, 177, 215; (VII) 3; (VIII) 1, 3, 49, 173-74, 188-89, 247, 250, 297-98; (X) 185; (XI) 13-14, 18, 56, 267-68, 330, 379-80; (XIII) 63-65, 101, 150; (XIV) 8-9, 82, 90; (XVI) 55; and attention, (IX) 49-50, 200-201; (XII) 248, 306; (XIII) 70, 73, 121, 238; (XIV) 149; (XV) 16, 52, 119, 157; (XVI) 146-47, 161; with attention, (XI) 28-29, 121; without attitude, (XI) 139; and authority, (VII) 284; and awareness, (VII) 299-300; (X) 262; with awareness, (IX) 55; and awareness of conditioning, (X) 122; without barrier, (VII) 254; beauty in, (XIV ) 96; and challenge, (XI) 363; and change, (XV) 133; and choicelessness, (XII) 268; and clarification, (IX) 237; and communication, (XV) 186; (XVI) 140; and communion, (XI) 102, 213-14; (XIV ) 128, 186, 192; without comparison, (VIII) 53, 228; (X) 136, 203-4; (XII) 188-89, 295-96; (XIII) 87; (XVII) 64-65; with complete attention, (XVII) 163; without conclusions, (X) 169-70; without condemnation, (IX) 28; without conditioning, (XI) 20; conditions for, (XVI) 42; and conflict, (XIII) 21, 49; without conflict, (XIV) 43; consciously and unconsciously, (XV) 188; without contradiction, (XII) 67; (XIII) 307; creative, (VIII) 212-13; and defenses, (XI) 71; and desire, (XIV) 100; and the desire to be taught, (X) 252; difficulty of, (VIII) 35-36; (IX) 6-7; (XI) 159; (XIII) 75; (XIV) 234; (XV) 59, 297; (XVI) 2, 129; and direct experience, (XI) 183-84; and discipline, (XVI) 101; and discovery, (XIII) 93; and the discovery of truth, (X) 211; without divisions, (XIV) 13; and doing, (XV) 287; effect of, (XV) 82; without effort, (XI) 175, 266; (XII) 204; (XIII) 124-25, 144, 192-93, 301-2; effortlessly, (XVII) 240; emotionally, intellectually, and physically, (XVI) 41; and the empty mind, (XIV) 165; (XVII) 76; and the end of seeking, (XVII) 86; and experiencing, (VIII) 211, 213, 216, 240, 242; (XIII) 228-29; (XVII) 201; as experiencing, (XI) 390; to explore, (XIII) 120; and fear, (XII) 252; (XV) 113-14; versus following, (XII) 143; and freedom, (VIII) 205; and freedom from fear, (XIII) 171; and freedom from violence, (XVII) 142; with a free mind, (XIV) 134; versus having listened, (XI) 269; and hearing, (XII) 285; versus hearing, (IV) 130; (VII) 174-75; 206-8; (XV) 34; (XVII) 44; and hearing the words, (XIV) 84-85; and the good mind, (IX) 262; and the hindrance of opinions, (XVII) 1; and the hindrance of words, (XIII) 278; without “how”, (IX) 177; and humility, (IX) 263; with humility, (X) 259; and ideas, (XV) 89; without ideas, (XIV) 234; to the image, (XVII) 219; implications of, (XVI) 74-75; importance of, (VII) 139; (VIII) 85-86, 168; (XII) 320; (XIV) 20; (XVI) 236-37; (XVII) 23-24, 59; and importance of knowing how, (VII) 97-98; and indifference, (XIII) 147; and influence, (XIII) 229; intellectually, (XVI) 96-97; and interest, (VIII) 88; versus interest, (X) 180-81; without interpretation, (X) 33; (XVII) 136-37; and interpreting the word,

(XVI) 1; inward and superficial, (IX) 83; inwardly, (XIV) 127; without judgement, (VIII) 224; (X) 1-2; kinds of, (IX) 184-85; knowing how to, (IX) 39; and learning, (XI) 108-9, 113, 134; (XV) 9, 13, 222, 274; as learning, (XVII) 172; as liberating, (XI) 161-62; as major difficulty, (VIII) 274; meaning of, (XIII) 178; (XVI) 24, 280-81; and the mind, (XV) 341; with the mind and heart, (XVII) 120; as a miracle, (XIV) 96-97; miracle of, (XVI) 243-44; miracle of total, (XVII) 71; and motive, (XVII) 262-63; motiveless, (XIII) 214-15; negatively, (XIV) 192; nonverbally, (XIV) 193; and observation, (XIV ) 138-39; and observation of the mind, (XIII) 140; and observing, (XVI) 166; as part of awareness, (X) 91; and patience, (IX) 77, 79; and perception, (XII) 1-2; without prejudice, (VI) 45, 247-48; (XVI) 72-73, 74-75; as the problem, (VIII) 8; and problems, (XV) 151; process of, (XII) 58; and the quiet brain, (XII) 229; and the quiet mind, (X) 88; with the quiet mind, (VI) 83; (VII) 289, 295; reasons for, (IX) 268-69; (XIII) 231; and the religious mind, (XII) 320; without resistance, (VIII) 161-62, 165; (XVI) 27; responsibility of, (XVI) 13-14; and revolution, (XVI) 130; and right communication, (XI) 55-56; and seeing, (XIV ) 85; and seeing the fact, (XIII) 227; (XVI) 248; and seeing what is, (XVII) 230; without seeking, (XIII) 221; to the self, (XV) 239; with self-abandonment, (XVII) 177; and self-awareness, (VII) 213-14; and self-discovery, (XVII) 216; and self-examining, (XIII) 3; and self-observation, (XI) 301; (XIII) 101; (XV) 339-40; (XVII) 78; and sensitivity, (XV) 61, 80, 223; significance of, (XII) 90; and silence, (XVI) 147; with the silent mind, (XV) 68; and solving the problem, (XVI) 73, 74, 75; state of, (XIV) 143; (XV) 89; without struggle, (VII) 34-35; to suffering, (VII) 215-16; without tension, (XVI) 148; and time, (XI) 126; (XIV) 122; without time, (XV) 125; and the time interval, (XVII) 142; and timelessness, (XVI) 26; totally, (XI) 384; (XIII) 306-7; (XVII) 164-65; and transformation, (IX) 240; (XIII) 242; and transformation of the mind, (XIII) 74-75, 79; between two thoughts, (VIII) 327; two ways of, (XIII) 117; (XV) 234-35; and unconscious awareness, (VII) 204; understanding, (XI) 352-53; (XVI) 273-74; and understanding, (IX) 135; (XV) 1; (XVII) 123; and understanding problems, (XI) 303; (XVII) 39; ways of, (X) 112, 113; and what is, (XVII) 182; and the word, (XVII) 195-96; without the word, (XVI) 236; and words, (VI) 300. See also Attention; Learning; Looking; Observation; Seeing

Listening, learning, and seeing: as one, (XV) 130. See also Listening

Literature: and contradiction, (XV) 306; as action, (XV) 97. See also Art(s)

Livelihood: and achieving the quiet mind, (IX) 21-22; and action, (IX) 203-4; and change, (XI) 360; and conditioning, (VII) 75; and conflict, (IX) 203-4;

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and discomfort, (IX) 207; and education, (V) 199-200; (VII) 157, 160; (X) 226; goals of, (IV) 141; and the integrated life, (VII) 71; and living without habit, (XIV) 145; as necessity, (X) 262-63; and occupation, (IX) 102-3; as process of life, (IX) 269; right and wrong, (V) 61-64, 143-45; and the role of education, (IX) 11-12; and self-knowledge, (III) 236; and social change, (VI) 104-7; and social dependence, (VII) 80-81; and technique, (IX) 58; and wrong society, (IV) 207. See also Daily life; Education; Experts; Exploitation; Occupation; Occupied mind; Old age; Professions; Retirement; Specialists; Technology; Vocation; Work

Living, (XVI) 187-91; and the absence of purpose, (XII) 25; acceptance of conflict in, (XVI) 176; and action, (XVI) 72, 278; as action, (XI) 265; (XII) 23-24; (XVII) 18, 19; as action in relationship, (XVII) 250; as annihilation, (XII) 40; approach to, (XV) 209; with clarity, (XII) 195-96; and completeness of action, (II) 199; complexity of, (XVI) 92; conceptual, (XVII) 248-49; concern with, (XIII) 100; (XV) 37-38; with the conditioned mind, (VIII) 51; without conflict, (V) 162; (XIV) 131; (XV) 153; (XVI) 93-94, 161; (XVII) 273-74; and conformity, (XV) 218; and contradiction, (XVI) 94; with and without contradiction, (XV) 259-60; without contradiction, (XII) 25; (XV) 179, 315; as daily renewal, (VIII) 138-39; day to day, (VIII) 191; and death, (IX) 116, 236; with death, (XII) 259-60; (XIV) 31-32, 152; defining, (V) 162; (IX) 287-88; (X) 159; as degradation, (XV) 49; describing, (XIV) 30-31; at different levels, (XIV) 68; difficulty of, (XII) 54; without divisions, (II) 143-44; and the dull mind, (XII) 18; and dying, (XII) 40, 160-61; as dying, (IX) 287-88; and dying daily, (XVII) 75; and dying daily, psychologically, (XIII) 186; as dying from moment to moment, (XVI) 64; by dying to the past, (XIV) 105; without effort, (XII) 313; (XIV ) 232-33; (XV) 47, 216, 306; while entering into death, (IX) 54; and exploitation, (II) 122; with the fact of fear, (XIII) 33; and fear, (XIV) 30; versus fear, (XIII) 35; without fear, (XII) 260; fear of, (XVI) 103; with the fear of dying, (XV) 283-84; finding a new way of, (XVI) 19; and following a code of conduct, (XVII) 201; and freedom from the known, (XIV) 33; and harmonious action, (II) 143-44; and the hindrance of knowledge, (XIV ) 80; without ideas, (XIV) 205; importance of knowing how to, (XVII) 28-29; as influence, (XII) 96; and knowing how, (VIII) 341; meaning of, (VIII) 255; (XV) 40; and meditation, (XII) 42; moment to moment, (VI) 22-23; and the need for fear, (XVI) 177-78; without the need to escape, (XV) 169; in the now, (XV) 267-69; as part of dying, (VII) 272-73; (XI) 242-43; and the past, (II) 87; (XII) 137; in the past, (XIII) 326; in perpetual conflict, (XIII) 283, 286; at the physical level, (XVII) 179; in the present, (XIV) 94; as a problem, (XIV) 114-15; as a process of dying, (X) 98; purpose of, (II) 105;

(XIII) 196; versus the pursuit of meditation, (XV) 36-37; as reaction, (X) 257; and relationships, (XVI) 33-35; as religion, (X) 231; as religious process, (X) 231; and sensitivity, (XIV) 105; with sorrow, (XII) 212; without struggle, (XIII) 125; as superficial, (IX) 35, 38; superficially, (XVII) 120-21; on the surface, (XVI) 231-32; and timeless creation, (XIII) 105; as timeless movement, (XII) 16-17; as a total problem, (XIV) 121; as total process, (XI) 178; total process of, (XVII) 79; types of, (XII) 16-17; with uncertainty, (XIV) 133, 134; understanding, (IX) 268-71; (X) 153-55; with understanding, (XV) 169, 321; and understanding death, (XVI) 63, 64; (XVII) 47; understanding the problem of, (XV) 186-90; understanding the significance of, (XIV ) 40. See also Daily life; Death; Existence; Life; Truth

Living, action, and awareness: as the same, (XVII) 253. See also Action; Awareness; Living

Living and dying: division between, (XV) 320; fear of both, (XVII) 252; and the fresh mind, (XVII) 28; without the interval, (XV) 181; as one, (XII) 161, 222, 261; (XVI) 31; relationship between, (XVII) 234; understanding, (XVI) 155-56, 176, 178; understanding the totality of, (XV) 284. See also Dying; Living

Living completely, (l) 193-94 Living daily: without conflict, (XVI) 9-10 Living, death, and love: need to understand, (XVII)

73. See also Death; Living; Love Living entity: and the observer, (XVII) 210 Living in the present: and dying moment to moment,

(XIII) 319; and energy, (XIII) 328-29. See also Living; Present

Living reality, (l) 4, 44; description of, (II) 4; and freedom, (l) 7; (II) 10; and individuality, (l) 7; and personal experience, (l ) 4. See also Truth

Living totally: defining, (XII) 300-301; and deterioration, (XII) 300; difficulty of, (XVII) 119. See also Living; Whole

Living truth: and simplicity of thought, (II) 94-95. See also Intelligence; Truth

Logic: limitations of, (XII) 107-8; versus religious people, (XIII) 87. See also Science; Scientific mind

Loneliness, (l) 46, 168; (II) 44-45; (VI) 74-75, 237-38; (VII) 272-73; (XII) 87-89; and absence of ambition, (VII) 236; acceptance of, (V) 116-17; and accumulation, (X) 262; as actual or word, (XI) 87-88; and aloneness, (XVI) 149; versus aloneness, (VI) 38-39; (VIII) 314; (XIV) 117; as cause of seeking, (XI) 236-37; and communion, (VI) 87-88; and confidence, (VII) 205-6; and creativity, (VIII) 206; dealing with, (II) 115-16; defining, (VI) 38-39; and dependency, (IX) 62-64; and desire, (XII) 246; and escape, (VI) 39; (XIV) 116; escape from, (III) 111; (XII) 156, 313-14; (XIII) 127, 187; (XVI) 153, 180-82, 261-62; and escape from what is, (V) 356; (VIII) 198; and escape to dependence, (XVI) 120-21; and the essence of fear, (XIII) 103;

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and experience, (l ) 34; and fear, (VII) 78-79, 302; (IX) 119-20; (XI) 351; (XIV) 249; (XVI) 211; fear of, (XV) 113-14; (XVII) 164; futility of escape from, (IV) 30-31; 101; and the hindrance of the word, (XIII) 247; and the ‘I’, (III) 229; and illusion, (VII) 193-94; and inspiration, (IV) 21; and insufficiency, (XV) 167-68; and the lack of communion, (XIV) 219-20; levels of, (XV) 27; looking at, (XIII) 130; and love, (VI) 87-88; and the need for power, (VIII) 112-13; and the observer, (IX) 64; (XVI) 212; pain of, (XV) 24; and relationship, (V) 159; and restlessness, (XIII) 23; and right tension, (IV) 48; and the search for meaning, (XVII) 41; and the search for sensation, (X) 16; and the self as one, (V) 249; and self-awareness, (XI) 209-10; and self-contradiction, (XI) 242; and self-pity, (XIII) 140, 141; (XIV) 307; sense of, (XIII) 127; and the sense of isolation, (XIII) 269; and sorrow, (XII) 208; (XIII) 253, 311; (XV) 312; (XVII) 186, 188; state of, (XV) 32, 209-10; and the state of nothingness, (XIII) 187; and success, (VII) 236; understanding, (VII) 201; (XIV) 103-4; and the word, (XIII) 197. See also Alone; Aloneness; Craving; Despair; Emptiness; Escape; Fear; Happiness; Intelligence; Isolation; Pain; Solitude; Sorrow

Looking: and the absence of ideas, (XVII) 193; as action, (XVII) 239; at action, (XVI) 272; and attention, (XVI) 128; with awareness, (XIII) 215; and awareness of fragmentation, (XVII) 243-44; from the center, (XV) 142-43; and change, (XVI) 130; as communion, (XV) 170; without condemnation, (XVI) 102; without conflict, (XVI) 136; and the conscious and unconscious, (XV) 189; difficulty of, (XV) 279; and the empty mind, (XVI) 222; at the fact, (XVI) 259; at fear, (XVI) 211-12; (XVII) 72, 225; without fear, (XIII) 66; and freedom, (XVII) 208-11; and the hindrance of fear, (XVII) 216; and the hindrance of image, (XVI) 101; (XVII) 275; and the hindrance of memory, (XIV) 280; and the hindrance of naming, (XIV) 137-38; and identification, (XVII) 46; without the image, (XVI) 102, 169-70, 183; (XVII) 246, 252-53; and immediate understanding, (XV) 277-78; importance of, (XVII) 258-59; and the interference of thought, (XV) 155; without interpretation, (XIII) 192-93; without judgement, (XIV) 233-34; and learning, (XV) 51-52; without the ‘me’, (XV) 66; and memory, (XVII) 44; at the memory of pleasure, (XV) 233; without naming, (XIII) 250; (XIV) 279-80; (XVI) 110-11; without the observer, (XVI) 201; (XVII) 208; and passion as related, (XVII) 132-33; without the past, (XV) 146; and the problem of violence, (XVI) 290; at the self, (XVI) 220; and silence, (XV) 143; with silence, (XVI) 274; stages of, (XIII) 280; and thought, (XVI) 69, 204; without thought, (XIII) 108-9; (XV) 143; and total attention, (XVI) 191; without tradition, (XIV) 279; without verbalization, (XIV ) 241-42; at violence, (XVII) 260; within and without, (XV) 45,

47; without the word, (XII) 293; (XV) 10; (XVI) 127. See also Learning; Listening; Observation; Perception; Seeing

Loss: and memory, (l ) 120; and loneliness, (II) 231; and reincarnation, (II) 40-41. See also Death; Experience; Knowledge; Loneliness; Suffering

Love, (l) 21, 61-62, 112; (II) 184, 201; (III) 104, 188, 190; (IV) 38, 145-46, 153, 154, 156, 170, 187; (VI) 131-33; (VII) 87-89, 104-5, 285-86; (IX) 175, 267-68; (XV) 19-20, 34-36, 228-31; (XVII) 202-5; absence of, (VIII) 66, 69; (XIII) 329; (XIV) 165, 307; and the absence of ambition, (XIII) 272; and absence of condemnation, (VII) 272; and absence of domination, (V) 64-65; and the absence of effort, (XII) 267; and absence of fear, (VII) 186, 191, 327; (VIII) 70; (XII) 268; and the absence of hate, (XIII) 207; and the absence of pleasure or desire, (XVII) 115; and the absence of self, (V) 194; and the absence of space, (XVII) 187; and the absence of violence, (XVII) 209, 259; and accumulation, (XII) 158; achieving, (III) 94, 132; (VI) 43; (VIII) 34, 311-12; (XIV) 308-9; (XVI) 77; and achieving peace, (XV) 323; and action, (V) 207-8; (X) 195; (XVII) 250; and activity, (XI) 316; and aloneness, (XII) 40; as always negative, (XVI) 75-76; and ambition, (XII) 309-10; versus ambition, (VII) 85, 91; (X) 5, 16; (XIV) 91; versus ambition and envy, (XII) 205; analyzing, (VI) 197; as anonymous, (XI) 373; approach to problem, (X) 156; aspects of, (III) 221; and attachment, (X) 115; (XI) 122, 123, 293; and attention, (VIII) 318; (XI) 8; (XII) 144; attitudes to, (V) 54-55; without authority, (IX) 147; through awareness, (III) 167; and the battle with sorrow, (XIII) 250; and beauty, (XIII) 143; (XVI) 301; beauty of, (IV) 189; (V) 147-49, 325-26; and being oneself, (III) 124; as beyond thought, (V) 295; and caring, (XIV ) 123-24; and cessation of inequality, (VIII) 319; and change, (VI) 317; as chaste, (IV) 176, 177; and children, (V) 113-14, 173-74; (IX) 65; of children, (X) 147; and commitment, (XVII) 217; versus commitment, (XI) 325; communicating, (X) 146; and communion, (IV) 110; (VIII) 182; (XIV ) 281, 286; (XV) 315; (XVII) 222; without comparison, (XVII) 183; and complete attention, (X) 175; and conflict, (VI) 338; versus conflict, (VIII) 310; (XIV) 78; without conflict, (XIII) 329-30; without conscious cultivation, (VII) 223-24; versus continuity, (V) 69; and contradiction, (XV) 180; and cooperation, (VI) 282; and creation, (XV) 47; danger of, (IV) 184; and death, (V) 69; (XI) 242-43; defining, (VI) 42-43, 166-67; (XIV) 269; (XVII) 144; and demand, (X) 60; and denial, (XIII) 149; and dependency, (VI) 347; (IX) 22, 63-64; without dependence, (III) 159-60; and desire, (X) 245; (XII) 149; desire for, (VI) 197-98; (VIII) 34; and the desire for permanency, (XIII) 306; and desire to possess, (VII) 95-96; as direct action, (XIII) 328; versus the disciplined mind, (VII) 147-48; and the discovery of truth, (VIII) 316-17; and

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distribution of wealth, (IV) 198-99; divided and whole, (XI) 264; versus division, (VII) 145; without division, (III) 168; and divisions, (V) 83-84; and duty, (VII) 238; versus the duty to kill, (VII) 123; and dying daily, (XV) 47, 80; (XVII) 75; and dying to experience, (XV) 93; and dying to the past, (XV) 182; (XVII) 43; and dying to yesterday, (XII) 161; and education, (IV) 108; (X) 95; and effort, (IX) 170; and the empty mind, (XIV) 230-31; and the ending of sorrow, (XVII) 30; and energy, (XVI) 245; and envy, (XIII) 97; and equality, (VII) 128; (IX) 178; as the essence of beauty, (XI) 43; as eternal, (XI) 98; examining, (VII) 106; within families, (V) 17; and the family, (XVII) 212; and fear, (VIII) 66; (XIII) 305; and feeling, (XIII) 57-58; (XIV) 34; and followers and leaders, (XI) 18-19, 45; fragmentation of, (XVII) 44; and freedom, (II) 68; (VIII) 129; (XI) 66-67; (XIV) 179, 298; and freedom from conflict, (XII) 20; and freedom from fear, (VIII) 337; and freedom from sex, (IV) 13-14; and freedom from sorrow, (XV) 320; and freedom from time, (XV) 26; and freedom from the word, (XII) 85; and the freedom to look, (XVII) 276; and the free mind, (X) 47; futility of thinking about, (XIV ) 213; and future generations, (XII) 261; and generosity, (VI) 341; and giving of heart and mind, (XV) 6; and God, (V) 159; and habit, (X) 134-35; and hatred, (XVII) 276; and helping, (VI) 242; and the hindrance of ambition, (XII) 135; (XIII) 127; and the hindrance of authority, (XIII) 123-24; and the hindrance of the brain, (XII) 217; and the hindrance of conflict, (XVI) 51, 52; and hindrance of fear, (VII) 76, 78, 79; (XVI) 104; and the hindrance of ideas, (XVI) 219; and the hindrance of image, (XVI) 45; and hindrance of the mind, (VII) 92-94; and the hindrance of opinions, (XV) 338; and the hindrance of sorrow, (XIV) 306; (XVI) 143; and the hindrance of space between the observer and the observed, (XVII) 186; and humbleness, (VIII) 202; and idealization of Masters, (III) 167; versus identification, (IX) 3; as immediate, (XIV) 44; as independent, (III) 138-39; and inequality, (IV) 128-29; and infinite space, (XIV) 300; and inner and outer refinement, (VII) 98-99; and innocence, (XVII) 173; and the innocent mind, (XI) 10; inquiry into, (XVII) 233-34; as instant action, (XIV) 21; as intelligence, (VII) 135; and jealousy, (V) 102; knowing, (XV) 128, 346; (XVII) 187, 188; and knowing dying, (XII) 260-61; knowing how to, (VIII) 205; and knowledge, (VII) 103; lack of, (XII) 318-19; and learning, (V) 271; (XV) 16; as liberator, (V) 214; and life without conflict, (XIV) 257; and living peacefully, (XV) 321; as a living thing, (XI) 300; (XVII) 212; loss of, (IV) 119-20; and the loss of compassion, (X) 60; of man and God, (VIII) 40; and marriage, (V) 175; and marriage as equals, (V) 88; and materialism, (II) 38; as meaningless, (XI) 111-12; meaning of, (IV) 209-10; (VII) 88; (VIII)

312; (X) 236; (XI) 6; (XII) 179, 273; (XIII) 15, 189; (XIV) 153; (XVII) 28, 73; and the meaning of words, (XVII) 125-26; and the mediocre mind, (VIII) 124; and meditation, (XII) 168; (XV) 174; and the mind, (V) 23; (VI) 310; (VIII) 346-47; and morality, (VII) 163-64; and motive, (XIII) 310-11; (XV) 265; and the motive of fear, (XVI) 178; as motiveless, (IX) 208; and the nature of humility, (XI) 266; and need for, (VII) 96; and the need for freedom, (XVI) 190; and negation of the positive, (XI) 333; as the new, (III) 136-37; (XIV) 196-97; and the new world, (XVII) 166; as non-identification, (X) 155; as not of the mind, (X) 150; without the object, (XVI) 114-15; and the object of attention, (X) 256-57; and observation, (XIV ) 17-18, 76; and order, (XIV) 212; (XVII) 250; and pain, (II) 68; of parent for child, (VIII) 280, 283; particular and universal, (XII) 10; and passion, (XIII) 255-56; (XVII) 156, 157; as passion, (XI) 374; and peace, (IX) 248; as peace, (VII) 127; and pleasure, (XV) 70, 71, 74, 142; (XVII) 66, 67; versus pleasure, (XVI) 62, 75-76; as the positive, (VI) 320; and possession, (II) 68, 79; and possessiveness, (II) 49, 87-88, 212-13; and power, (V) 45-46; (VI) 309; and prayer, (l) 123-24; and the presence of intelligence, order, and austerity, (XVII) 242; and the presence of ‘me’, (VII) 48; as primary, (IV) 172; problem of, (XVII) 223; and the problem of sorrow, (XIII) 85; and problems, (XIII) 133; and the process of thought, (X) 113; of profession, (X) 263; and the projection of image, (XVII) 250; quality of, (XVI) 24-26; (XVII) 208; and the quality of the new mind, (XII) 294, 297-98; and the quiet mind, (XIII) 253; and reality, (IV) 178-79; (V) 179; (XIII) 162; as reality, (X) 202; as redemption, (VI) 262; and relationship, (III) 116, 156; (IV) 124, 150, 157; (VIII) 338; and relation to sex, (V) 55-57, 98-99, 217-18; and religion, (VIII) 136; (XI) 148; as religious, (X) 216; and the religious mind, (XII) 325; and repression, (II) 68; and responsibility, (XIII) 223-24; and revolution, (VI) 11, 88; (XVI) 234; as revolution, (VII) 238; role of in marriage, (IV) 203; and the sacred, (XV) 244; versus search for fulfillment, (VII) 313-14; and seeing clearly, (XVII) 130; and the self, (VI) 270, 326, 347; and self-awareness, (III) 126; and self-centered activity, (VI) 322-23; and self-centeredness, (XII) 14; and self-deception, (III) 167-68; and self-knowledge, (VII) 230; and the sensitive mind, (XVII) 179; and sensitivity, (XIV) 131; versus sentiment, (XIV) 27; versus sentimentality, (X) 95; and sex, (l) 167; (VI) 131; versus sex as sensation, (III) 83-84; and sexual problems, (II) 213; and sharing, (XV) 2; and the significance of equality, (VIII) 271; and silence, (XVI) 236; as silence, (XI) 283; and the simple mind, (IX) 273; and simplicity, (V) 85; (VI) 75; and sin, (X) 244; and social reform, (IX) 243; as solution, (VI) 233-34; and sorrow, (VI) 312; (XI) 286-87; (XII) 210; (XIII) 253, 255; (XV) 226;

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without sorrow, (XIV) 61; and space, (XV) 40; (XVI) 71; spontaneous, (IX) 162; state of, (XI) 233, 251-52, 269; (XIII) 329; (XIV) 167; (XVI) 245; (XVII) 269; and the state of being, (IV) 174; (V) 69; (VI) 367, 368-69; as a state of mind, (XI) 194-95; and suffering, (XIII) 32, 312; and superiority, (VII) 33; as symbol, (VI) 326-27; and technique, (IX) 58; and theory, (XV) 338; and thought, (XVI) 138-39; and time, (VII) 102; (XIV) 308-9; (XV) 127; as timeless, (XI) 78-79; and time, sorrow, and death, (XIV) 209; and tolerance, (V) 205; and total action, (X) 175-76; (XIV) 208-9; (XV) 345; as total attention, (X) 117-18; as a total feeling, (XI) 164; as total versus fragmentary, (XII) 220; and total revolution, (XVI) 48; and the transformation of the mind, (XI) 244; as transformer, (IV) 157; as the true revolution, (VII) 181; and true revolutionary, (V) 197-98; and truth, (V) 58-59; as unconditional, (V) 175; and the unconscious, (VII) 196-97; understanding, (X) 270-71; (XII) 171, 172; (XIV) 99-100, 219, 302, 307-9; (XV) 73-74, 285-86; (XVI) 64, 75-77; and understanding, (IV) 200; (VI) 286-87, 288-89; (VII) 240-41; and understanding death, (XIV) 106; and understanding fear, (XVII) 281; and the understanding mind, (XV) 33; as unifier, (V) 325; and unity of man, (IV) 49; as the unknowable, (XI) 288-89; verb, (XI) 297; and virtue, (XV) 73; and the virtuous mind, (XI) 236; and what is, (VIII) 195-96; and what it is not, (V) 147-48; and will of satisfaction, (III) 105-6; and the word, (XII) 122; (XVI) 175; versus the word, (V) 38; of work, (VIII) 96-98; (IX) 102-3; (XII) 309-10; (XIII) 21; and world peace, (V) 101. See also Communion; Effort; Happiness; Joy; Meditation; Quiet mind; Reality; Silent mind; Still mind; Truth

Love, action, and knowledge: contradiction between, (XIII) 45. See also Action; Knowledge; Love

Love and beauty: as one, (XII) 226 Love and death: and creation, (XV) 181-82;

relationship between, (XV) 182. See also Death; Love

Love, creation, and death: as interrelated, (XIV) 207; as one, (XII) 261. See also Creation; Death; Love

Love, death, and beauty: relationship between, (XIII) 105. See also Beauty; Death; Love

Love, death, and sorrow: relationship between, (XIII) 256, 310. See also Death; Love; Sorrow

Love, death, and time, (XVII) 23-31; as interrelated, (XIV) 254, 257-58. See also Death; Love; Time

Love, death, creation, and beauty: as related, (XV) 142. See also Beauty; Creation; Death; Love

Love, destruction, and creation: relationship between, (XIII) 162-63. See also Creation; Destruction; Love

Love, fear, and sorrow: relationship between, (XIII) 250. See also Fear; Love; Sorrow

Love, living, and death: need to understand, (XVII) 73. See also Death; Living; Love

Love of doing: and concentration, (VIII) 120

Love, passion, and desire: as related, (XII) 243, 246 LSD: and addiction, (XVII) 194; and the attempt to

achieve relationship, (XVII) 7; and conditioned experience, (XVII) 33; and the desire for experience, (XV) 86, 241; and the disappearance of divisions, (XVII) 193, 194; effects of, (XVI) 204; futility of escape through, (XVII) 14; and the role of drugs, (XIV) 260; and the search for experience, (XVI) 181, 182; (XVII) 154. See also Drugs

Lust: and passion, (XI) 374; (XIII) 251 Machine(s), (IV) 152; capability of, (XII) 246; human

beings as, (XVII) 206; and the human mind, (XI) 131, 170; and innocency, (XIII) 265; and memory, (IX) 250; as not creative, (XI) 367; political and industrial, (IV) 88-89; proliferation of, (XII) 279; replacing humans, (V) 201; and technical confidence, (V) 23. See also Automation; Conformity; Imitation; Industrialism; Mechanical brain; Progress; Society; Technology

Mahatmas: See Authority Make-believe world: as escape, (XI) 234 Man, (II) 228-29; average, (II) 122; and the brutal

society, (XVII) 63; as complex entity, (IV) 85; as creature of circumstance, (IV) 139-40; in despair, (XVII) 96; and environment, (II) 228; as follower, (XVII) 173; as historically tortured, (XVI) 16; as the measure, (III) 146, 154; as primitive, (II) 80; purpose of, (IV) 151; and reasons for existence, (VIII) 292; and religious beliefs, (II) 228; as the residue of time, (XVII) 12; as social entity or religious conception, (III) 37-38; and society, (II) 155; suffering of, (XVI) 127; understanding the total essence of, (XV) 56. See also Human beings; Individual; Life

Mankind: and love, (XVII) 203; unity of, (XVI) 219. See also Man; Unity of man(kind)*

Manners: and respect, (VIII) 69 Mantra: effects of, (V) 85, 90-91; and meditation,

(XV) 84 Manual labor: and class, (VIII) 133. See also Jobs;

Work Marriage, (IV) 145-46; (V) 174-77; arranged, (V) 98-

99; as business contract, (V) 87-88; and the desire for security, (XV) 28; and education, (VII) 59-60, 64; and immorality, (V) 97-98; and love, (XV) 229; reasons for, (IV) 202-3; and security, (XIII) 121; and sex, (V) 217-18; and truth, (II) 134. See also Children; Family; Individual; Relationship(s); Sex

Marriage laws: and violence, (XVII) 256. See also Family; Law

Mars: exploration and knowledge of the external, (XV) 231. See also Technology

Marx, Karl: and followers, (XVI) 234; and freedom, (XIV) 176; and the repetitive mind, (XV) 73. See also Authority; Ideology

Marxism: as reaction, (XII) 22. See also Authority; Conditioning; Power; Tyranny; Words; World problems

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Marx-Leninism: See Authority; Belief; Conditioning; Divisions; Nationalism; Revolution; Society

Masks, (XVI) 225-30; awareness of, (XVI) 226-27; living without, (XVI) 226; living with public and private, (XVI) 225; and self-centered activity, (XVI) 230. See also Security

Mass, (VI) 47; defining, (III) 4-5; as escape from social problems, (V) 152; and fear, (X) 84; and ideology, (V) 314; and individual, (III) 4, 196; as the individual, (l) 112-13; (V) 50; and influence of tradition, (III) 61; meaning of, (III) 4; (V) 341-42; and relationship, (IV) 130; and revolution, (XI) 36; as uncreative, (XI) 30. See also Collective; Individual; Society; Unconscious

Mass action, (VI) 135-36; and illusion, (VI) 51; and the individual, (V) 10-11; as individual escape, (V) 154-55; and love, (V) 96. See also Collective; Collective action; Individual

Mass communication: and destruction of freedom, (XI) 108. See also Influences; Propaganda

Mass education: problems of, (V) 108-9 Mass movement: and change, (V) 342; and individual,

(II) 207; and individual intelligence, (II) 226-27; and individual well-being, (II) 217. See also Collective; Collective action; Mass action; Revolution

Mass psychology, (III) 87 Master(s), (l) 162-65; (II) 9, 28-31, 70, 145-46;

(III)18-20; belief in, (l) 74; (II) 28; (V) 252-54; (VI) 28-30; as concept or actuality, (III) 19; and dependence, (III) 67; dependence on, (l) 147-49; (VII) 274; examining need for, (III) 213-14; and exploitation, (II) 30-31; and followers, (III) 32-33; independence from, (l) 12; and meditation, (IV) 53-54; (VI) 175; need for, (II) 149-50; and pupil, (II) 28-31; (IV) 40-41; search for, (V) 332; and search for truth, (VI) 284; and self-absorption, (XIV) 160; and self-deception, (VI) 324; and self-knowledge, (VI) 29-30; and self-reliance, (III) 162-64; and spiritual world, (III) 234-35; as unessential, (l) 73. See also Authority; Conditioning; Confusion; Exploiter; Followers; God; Gratification; Guide; Gurus; Leader; Priest; Religion; Teachers; Savior; Worldliness

Materialism, (III) 113; and America, (IX) 193; as escape, (VIII) 135; and the field of the known, (XIII) 291; and industrialism, (IX) 277-78; as profitable, (XI) 180; and religion, (XIV) 267; versus religion, (X) 49; and self-contradiction, (XI) 182; and spirituality, (XI) 140. See also Ambition; Industrialism; Progress; Society; Technology

Materialist: versus scientific view, (IV) 139-40 Material life: versus the spiritual life, (V) 186-87 Material progress: and human problems, (XIV) 5. See

also Materialism Material welfare: and problems, (VIII) 8 Mathematics: and order, (XVII) 248. See also Science Matter: as thought, (XVII) 178 Mature mind: and aloneness, (XIV ) 160; defining,

(XIII) 245-47, 248; describing, (XII) 29; and

energy, (XIV) 274-75, 278; and freedom from confusion, (XVII) 18; and the hereafter, (XIII) 144-45; and living in the present, (XIII) 319; and thought, (XVII) 144; and understanding conflict, (XIV) 58; as unfragmented, (XV) 315. See also Dull mind; Empty mind; Free mind; Mind; Maturity; Meditation; Mind; New mind; Quiet mind; Silent mind; Transformation

Maturity: condition for, (XVI) 251; and the denial of authority, (XIV) 275-77, 278; and emptiness, (XVI) 221; and the ending of divisions, (XIV) 282; and energy, (XIV ) 288; and facing facts, (XIV) 286; meaning of, (XIII) 245-46, 247, 248; (XIV) 202; (XV) 289; and questioning, (XVI) 33; and the silent mind, (XVII) 36; through understanding, (V) 34; understanding the nature of, (XIII) 145; and understanding the whole, (XV) 344. See also Mature mind; New mind; Quiet mind; Serious mind

Maya: See Illusion ‘Me’: absence of, and unity, (VII) 4-5; and the absence

of passion, (XIII) 252, 254; and action of the will, (VIII) 37; and ambition, (VII) 16; (X) 130; and attention, (X) 140; (XI) 149-50; and authority, (VIII) 44; and awareness, (IX) 30; and becoming, (VII) 200; as the center, (VII) 296; (X) 15; as the center of the brain, (XIII) 241; as center of consciousness, (VII) 23-24; as the center of thought, (XI) 297; cessation of, (IX) 17; and change, (XVI) 203; choiceless awareness of, (XIV) 107; and the clear mind, (XII) 265; and communion, (XIV) 182; and condemnation, (IX) 72-73; and the conditioned mind, (VII) 148; and conditioning, (VIII) 218-19; and conflict, (V) 295, 350-51; (XVI) 4; and conflict of duality, (VII) 47-49; and consciousness, (XI) 229; and continuity, (VII) 282; (VIII) 151, 246; (IX) 40-41, 143, 236; and the creative state, (VIII) 311-12; and death, (XI) 292; defining, (V) 328; (IX) 16-17, 157; and the desire for continuity, (X) 154; dissolving, (VII) 50; doing away with, (XVI) 280; effect of cessation of, (X) 74; and effort, (VI) 162-64; (IX) 248; (X) 57; and enjoyment, (VIII) 119; as evil and good, (IX) 170; as experience, (XIII) 44; and experiencing, (X) 67; and fear, (VII) 192-93; (XIII) 35, 305; and fear of death, (V) 125-27; fear of losing, (XVII) 74; and the fear of oblivion, (XIII) 35; as a fixed point, (VIII) 331-32; and freedom, (VII) 230; freedom from, (VIII) 343; and fulfillment, (VII) 309, 329-30; as the historical process, (XIII) 205; as the idea, (VIII) 10; and identification, (XVI) 11, 34; and identification with a system, (VII) 152-53; versus “I know”, (XI) 185; illusion and reality, (IX) 122; as impermanent, (VIII) 273; improvement of, (XI) 131; and integration, (VIII) 324; investigation of, (XI) 86; and knowledge, (VII) 103; (X) 76; knowledge of, (IX) 14; and limited consciousness, (XI) 263; and loneliness, (IX) 63-64; (XVI) 212; and the mediocre mind, (VIII) 124; and meditation, (XI)

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247; and memory, (V) 119; (X) 218-19; as the mind, (VII) 305-6; (VIII) 209-10; and the nature of time, (VIII) 24; and need for permanence, (X) 10; observing, (XIII) 298-99; origin of, (XI) 250; and pain and pleasure, (V) 278; and permanency, (VIII) 222, 224; and power, (VII) 13-14; and the process of existence, (XI) 120; and the projection of fear, (VII) 326-27; and the psychological structure of society, (XIII) 303-4; as refuge, (XI) 169; and revolution, (VIII) 169; and the root of fear, (X) 93-94; as self, (VI) 124-25; as self-acquisitiveness, (VIII) 229; and self-centered activity, (VI) 324; as self-centered activity, (XIV) 215; and self-forgetfulness, (X) 255; and self-improvement, (IX) 84; and seriousness, (IX) 183, 185; as source of sorrow, (X) 57; and the state of mutation, (XIV) 137; as static or nonstatic, (XIII) 35; and the still mind, (VII) 21-22; and struggle, (VII) 30; and the struggle to eliminate, (VII) 305-7; and suffering, (VIII) 184; (X) 56; as the thinker, (XIII) 194; and thinking, (VIII) 236; (IX) 266; and time, (XIV) 149; and the totality of the past, (IX) 266; trying to define, (VII) 275-77; understanding the structure of, (XVII) 76; and the unknown, (VI) 190; and violence, (IX) 119; (X) 81. See also Center; Consciousness; Freedom; ‘I’; Known; Mind; Object; Observer; Self; Self-centered activity; Thinker and thought

“Me and my urges”: as the ultimate problem, (XI) 248 Meaning to life: significance of, (XI) 178 Means: as the ends, (IV) 84, 94; (XI) 259-60 Means and ends, (IV) 84, 94; (VI) 233; (XI) 259-60;

and conflict (V) 153; as one, (V) 139; and technique, (V) 309-10

Measureless: See God; Reality; Truth Mechanical: conduct as, (XVII) 201, 202; and

continuity, (XI) 367-68; and the creative, (XI) 376; dying to, (XII) 107; energy, (XII) 63-64; life as, (XV) 112; and systems, (XI) 221-22; thinking, (XI) 33; and thought in daily life, (XVII) 235; time, (XII) 221; time and knowledge, (XII) 317. See also Habit; Mechanical mind; Technical; Technique

Mechanical brain: and adaptation to society, (XIV) 124; and creation, (XIII) 40-41; dullness of, (XIII) 294. See also Conditioning

Mechanical invention: versus creation, (XII) 230 Mechanical knowledge: and belief, (XIII) 6; and

experience, (XII) 308; as necessary, (XII) 321-22; (XIII) 25; nondenial of, (XII) 256-57. See also Invention; Science; Scientific approach; Scientific mind

Mechanical learning: and the center, (XII) 199 Mechanical living: and consciousness, (XII) 256 Mechanical mind, (XIII) 3-4; and the absence of love

and freedom, (XVII) 234; as the conscious, (XIV) 249; versus creation, (XI) 82; and discipline, (XIV) 144-45; and freedom, (XI) 216; and learning, (XI) 338; and modern civilization, (XI) 380; versus the new, (XI) 281; and repetition, (XIV) 230; and

thought, (XII) 232. See also Dull mind; Mechanical mind; Mind; New mind; Petty mind

Mechanical process: defining, (III) 124-25, 126-27, 128; versus learning, (XII) 106-7

Mechanical progress, (l) 189 Mechanical response: and thoughts, (XII) 3 Mechanical thinking: and conclusions, (XI) 290-91;

and conditioning, (XII) 214; and minimum conflict, (XI) 331; and reason, (XII) 64

Mechanical thought: versus the new mind, (XIII) 53 Mechanistic view of life, (III) 55-56 Media: and conformity, (IV) 66-67; and confusion,

(XVI) 277-78; and influences, (XI) 332; and sensitivity, (IV) 4; and thought control, (XI) 57; and thought-feeling, (IV) 39-40. See also Conditioning; Government; Imitation; Influences; Propaganda; Society

Medical authority, (IX) 147-48 Medicine: and world change, (XVI) 54 Mediocre, (VII) 271; versus the creative, (VII) 263-64 Mediocre mind, (VII) 219-21; (VIII) 16-17; defining,

(X) 189; (XII) 307; and the desire to improve, (X) 59; and life, (VIII) 341; and limited thought, (VII) 222; and self-realization, (VIII) 20; and social morality, (VIII) 312; versus the still mind, (VIII) 220; understanding, (VIII) 123-25. See also Dull mind; Fear; Mediocrity; Mind; New mind; Occupied mind; Petty mind; Religious mind

Mediocrity: defining, (VIII) 16-17; and education, (VIII) 279; and the need for permanence, (X) 43; and the occupation of the mind, (VIII) 286-87; and the petty mind, (XIII) 92-93; process of, (VIII) 329-30; as the rule, (XIII) 94; and system, (IX) 199; and tradition, (X) 49, 51. See also Mediocre mind

Meditation, (l) 26-28; (II) 40; (III) 19-20, 179-80, 222; (IV) 81, 90, 181-2; (V) 135-38, 163-66, 208-10; (VI) 174-76, 211-13, 244-46, 327-29, 366-68; (VII) 56-58, 92, 154, 217-18, 247-49; (VIII) 54-56, 192-194, 227; (IX) 73-75, 131-33, 213-14, 279-80; (X) 227-29; (XI) 138-40, 195-201, 244-47, 279-83, 388-89, 392-93; (XII) 203-6, 263-69; (XIII) 92-99, 149-56, 192, 195-96, 261-65, 265-67, 320-25; (XIV) 33-39, 106-12, 154-61, 258-61, 298-302; (XV) 34-40, 81-88, 134-38, 174-76; (XVI) 29-32, 68-71, 144-48; (XVII) 78, 80-83, 237-42; and the absence of illusion, (VIII) 157; and the absence of time, (XVII) 267; versus absorption, (XIV) 300; achieving, (IX) 74-75; and achieving peace, (X) 84; achieving the state of, (XVI) 250; and attention, (XVII) 125-26; as attention, (X) 264; (XVI) 144; and authority, (VIII) 48; and awareness, (IV) 78, 205; (IX) 31; (XII) 306-13; as awareness, (XIII) 210; and awareness of the fact, (XIII) 40; basis for, (XII) 305; beginning of, (XIII) 89; (XV) 169; (XVI) 12, 137-38; without the center, (XV) 314; and change, (VIII) 178; (XI) 310; (XII) 200; and the clear mind, (IX) 279; versus concentration, (l) 170-71; (III) 55; (V) 82; and conditioning, (VIII) 91;

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mind, (VIII) 220; and transformation, (XI) 152; (XV) 171-72; types of, (III) 179; understanding, (IV) 34-36; (VI) 62; (IX) 73-75; (X) 160-62; (XII) 41-46, 48; (XIII) 45; (XV) 183-84, 345; (XVII) 124-25, 150, 178-79; and understanding conflict and effort, (XII) 213; and understanding life, (III) 80; as understanding love and death, (XV) 345; and understanding the old brain, (XVI) 197; and understanding space, (XVI) 249; and wisdom, (VIII) 209. See also Attention; Awareness; Clear mind; Concentration; Creation; Distraction; Interest; Listening; Love; Memory; Mind; Mutation; New; Observation; Quiet mind; Radical transformation; Reality; Revolution; Self-abandonment; Still mind; Stillness; Thought; Truth

Meditative awareness: versus prayer, (III) 233 Meditative mind: as essential, (XII) 168. See also

Meditation Meditator: and meditation, (VII) 218, 233-34; (XI)

141, 196-97; and meditation as one, (VIII) 325-26. See also Observer and the observed; Thinker and the thought

Meditator and meditation: division between, (XI) 197 Memories: and the center, (X) 24; collective and

individual, (X) 143; pleasant and unpleasant, (X) 73

Memory, (l) 66, 88-90, 119-21; (II) 95-96; (V) 117-20, 139-40, 327-28; (X) 72-73; as accumulated knowledge, (V) 305-6; as accumulation, (IX) 250; and action, (XI) 318-19; (XIII) 329; (XV) 289; (XVI) 260; and afterlife, (II) 13; and authority, (XIII) 10-11; (XIV ) 86; authority of, (III) 57; as background, (XIV) 210; as barrier, (II) 117-18; as burden, (l) 51-52; (XI) 75-76; as cause of copy, (III) 237; as the center, (XII) 155-56; (XVII) 149; and change, (VII) 19; (VIII) 175; clinging to, (XI) 319; and clinging to the known, (XV) 231; and the collective, (IX) 126, 128; companions of, (X) 171; as computer, (XIII) 318; as conditioned, (IX) 30; and the conditioned mind, (III) 79; (VII) 258; and conditioning, (XI) 187; (XII) 2, 6; and conflict, (XII) 178; and conformity, (XII) 29; conscious and unconscious, (V) 136-37; (IX) 141; and consciousness, (VI) 363-64; and consistency, (l) 25-26; and continuity, (IV) 121; (VIII) 144, 189; (IX) 287; (X) 208-10; and the creation of problems , (XII) 132; and creativity, (V) 146; cultivation of, (VIII) 103; (IX) 141-42; as a dead thing, (XVII) 22; defining, (II) 70-71, 189-90; (III) 41; (V) 326; (XII) 100; and desire, (V) 129; and the desire for continuity, (XIV) 280; and desire for more, (V) 237; and discipline, (IX) 91-92; and dividing the thinker from the thought, (X) 114; divisions of, (IV) 170-71; dying to, (XI) 137; (XIV) 256-57; (XVI) 176; (XVII) 172; and the electronic brain, (XIV) 151; and ending fear, (XVI) 210; ending of, (XVII) 147, 148-51; and environment, (II) 54; and experience, (l) 116; (II) 211-12; (IV) 135-36, 162; (V) 215, 233, 319; (VI) 91-92; (VII) 182-83; (VIII) 117; (X) 21, 144-45; (XI) 268, 337; (XII)

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329; (XIV) 185; and the self, (VII) 35-38; (XIII) 246-47; as the self, (XI) 86, 297-98; (XIV) 16-17; as self-centeredness, (l) 151; and self-discipline, (l) 63, 193; (II) 164; and self-pity, (XIII) 140-41; and senility, (XVI) 239; and the significance of life, (VIII) 341; and the solution to problems, (VIII) 284-85; and sorrow, (IV) 176; (XIII) 173, 252; (XIV) 104; and the sorrow of death, (XIII) 202-3; and spontaneity, (XVI) 267; as the static observer, (XVII) 276; versus the still mind, (VII) 202; structure of, (XVII) 118-19; and thinking, (IX) 11, 189-90, 265; (X) 250; (XI) 87, 115-16, 389-90; (XII) 79; (XIII) 233; (XIV) 292; (XV) 224, 304-5; (XVI) 37; and thought, (V) 8, 337; (VII) 149; (VIII) 290; (XI) 128-29, 131; (XII) 304; (XIII) 43-44, 102-3, 171-72, 196-97; (XIV) 243; (XVI) 220, 294, 295; (XVII) 163, 177, 259, 277; and thought as old, (XVII) 234; and the thought process, (XII) 3; and time, (l) 24-26; (VII) 156; (VIII) 331; (XII) 58-62, 97-98; (XVI) 238; and tradition, (VIII) 102-3; (X) 49-51; and the trivial mind, (VII) 32; and truth, (VI) 231; as uncreative, (VII) 117-18; understanding, (V) 42-43, 44, 219-20; (XIV) 59; and understanding, (XV) 85; and values, (II) 92-93, 122-23; and want, (l) 126; and the word, (XIV) 106; and the ‘you’, (VI) 63; (X) 258-59. See also Accumulation; Conditioning; Experience; Habit; Knowledge; Mind; Mutation; Past; Self; Time

Memory and perception: relationship between, (XIV) 58. See also Memory; Perception

Memory and the center: as cause and effect, (XII) 166 Memory in action: versus awareness in action, (XII)

305-6 Mental and emotional attitudes: related to outward and

physical disturbance, (IV) 37. See also Mind-heart Mental conflict: and physical effects, (IX) 285 Mental energy: and the absence of conflict, (XIII) 231.

See also Energy Mental illness: causes of, (VI) 269-70; (XII) 222-23;

and conflict, (XII) 194; and energy, (XII) 289; and fear, (XII) 58-62; and fear of uncertainty, (XII) 235

Mentation: defining, (XVII) 5. See also Thinking Mescaline: and the role of drugs, (XIV) 260. See also

Experience Messiah, (II) 36-37. See also Authority; Religion;

Savior Method(s): as answer to problems, (IX) 178; and

awareness, (III) 105; as barrier to discovery, (IX) 187; and change, (VIII) 164; and confusion, (VI) 344; and the creation of conditioning, (IX) 164; defining, (XV) 82-83; and dependence, (IX) 22; dependence on, (l) 148; (VII) 272; (IX) 22; as destructive, (IX) 264; and education, (VII) 159; and ends, (III) 153; and energy, (XIII) 338; enslavement to, (XI) 312; (XVII) 107; and fact, (VIII) 335-36; and freedom from fear, (XI) 117-18; versus the free mind, (VIII) 264; function of, (X) 213-14; futility of, (l) 7-8; as hindrance, (X)

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Military: as social detriment, (VI) 106 Millenium: defining, (II) 52. See also Paradise; Utopia Mind, (l) 44-47; (II) 72; (III) 191, 200; (VII) 92-94;

(XI) 165-71, 335-41; (XII) 107-15, 163-68; and the ability to discover, (X) 43; and the absence of conflict, (XII) 14-15; (XVI) 81; and the absence of gratification, (XIV) 201; and the absence of the need to escape, (XII) 94; and the absence of thought, (XV) 266; and the acceptance of conflict, (XVI) 132; and the acceptance of tradition, (XVII) 153; and accumulation, (l) 55, 96, 98; (VII) 134-35; (VIII) 105-6, 285; as accumulation of past, (IV) 34-35; and achievement, (l) 44; and achieving change, (IX) 57-58; (XVI) 201; achieving clarity of, (IX) 49; achieving freedom of, (X) 164-67; and achieving inner peace, (VIII) 225; and achieving meditation, (IX) 74-75; and achieving mutation, (XV) 4; (XVII) 53, 268-69; and achieving peace, (XVI) 4; and achieving the religious life, (X) 62-63; achieving revolution through, (IX) 210-212; achieving the timeless, (IX) 69; and achieving totality of action, (XI) 165; achieving truth, (X) 20; and acquisition, (l) 44; and action, (XII) 22; (XIV ) 21; (XV) 6, 214, 344; as active, (VIII) 109-10; as active and passive, (IV) 8; active and still, (VI) 100-102; and adjustment, (XV) 342-43; as aging and as young, (XI) 74-76; alone, (XII) 80-81, 135-36, 225; (XIV) 39; and aloneness, (XII) 256; (XIV) 268; (XV) 209; (XVI) 38; and ambition, (VII) 235; (IX) 120, 174-75; (XII) 14, 15; and the anatomy of thought, (VII) 239; approach to freeing, (XII) 61-62; and approach to problems, (VII) 244-45; (X) 155-56; (XVI) 222-23; attempt to capture, (X) 98-101; attempt to mold, (X) 163-64; and attention, (VIII) 313; (XI) 38-40; and the attentive state, (XIII) 155; and authority, (l) 3; (II) 163; (VII) 301-2; (VIII) 242-43; (X) 35-36; (XIV) 171, 246; (XVII) 274; and authority as hindrance to the true, (XIII) 71, 72; awake and sleeping,

(XIII) 266; and awareness, (VII) 25; (IX) 30-31; (X) 15; (XII) 55, 101-2; (XIV) 240; and awareness as a human being, (XVI) 150; awareness of, (XI) 120, 200, 343; and awareness of action, (XV) 310; and awareness of conditioning, (X) 78; (XI) 271-72; and awareness of conflict, (XIV) 11; and awareness of image, (XV) 194-95; and awareness of the self, (XVI) 204; and awareness of thinking, (X) 53-54; and awareness of time, (XV) 116; and awareness of the whole, (XV) 104; and the barrier of the word, (XII) 86; and becoming, (VII) 199-200; (VIII) 170; and being, (VIII) 170; and belief, (l) 154; (II) 42; (VIII) 28-29; (XVI) 260; and belief in the soul, (XV) 319; beyond challenge and response, (XII) 70, 72, 73-75; beyond the limitations of, (XI) 248; beyond the measure of, (X) 198; as bound, (IX) 182-83, 185; and the brain, (XI) 137; (XII) 299; (XIII) 241-42; brain as part of, (XIV) 65; and breaking through conditioning, (XVII) 98; capabilities of, (VII) 305-6; (XV) 301; caught in the known, (XIII) 257; as center, (VII) 294-97; as certain and uncertain, (XIII) 306; cessation of, (IX) 24; (X) 258; and cessation of the object, (XV) 39; and challenge, (XVI) 209; and challenge and response, (XVII) 155; and challenge and response to, (XV) 12, 213-14; challenged, (XII) 76-77; as challenger, (XII) 76; and change, (VII) 322; (VIII) 24, 163-64; (IX) 27, 154; (XV) 135; and change without effort, (IX) 56-57; and chemicals, (XI) 81-82; and clinging to the past, (V) 327; as cognitive, (VII) 317; and the collective, (IX) 126-28; collective and individual, (X) 54-55; collective versus the individual, (XI) 144-45; collectivized, (XIII) 1-2; coming to the end of, (IX) 34-35; and communion, (XIV) 288; and comparison, (XVII) 185; and the comprehension of truth, (XIII) 14-15; and concentration, (l) 27; (VI) 6; (XIII) 264; (XIV) 217; and concentration versus meditation, (V) 209-11; and conception of God, (III) 177; and conclusions, (X) 253; (XI) 217; and condemnation, (X) 110-111; conditioned, (XI) 59; (XII) 100-102; as conditioned, (X) 11-12, 157-58; conditioned and unconditioned, (IX) 144-45; (XIV) 263; conditioned by culture, (XI) 246; conditioned versus the free, (X) 12; as conditioned movement, (VIII) 273-74; conditioned to problems, (X) 121-24; and conditioning, (VI) 75-76; (VII) 45; (VIII) 298-99; (IX) 78-80, 94; (XI) 68-70, 73-74, 134, 158-59, 187-88, 257; (XV) 47, 96-97; conditioning of, (XVI) 162; conditioning of patterns, (XIII) 315; and conditions for exploration, (XVII) 50; and conflict, (l) 28; (VI) 19-20, 37-39; (X) 37-39, 222; (XII) 13-15, 155; 176-77; (XIII) 17; (XV) 62, 259; (XVI) 46-47, 170, 183; (XVII) 230, 267, 273-74; in conflict, (XIV) 81, 175, 204-5; and the conflict of choice, (X) 90; and conformity, (VII) 13; (XII) 28-29; (XV) 216, 218, 219; and conformity to pleasure, (XV) 164, 169; and confusion, (VIII) 212-14; (X) 65-66; (XI) 201-2, 204; (XVI) 247; (XVII) 17-18,

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divisions in, (XIV ) 251; divisions of, (VII) 281; and domination of, (X) 117; and dreams, (X) 55; and duality, (l) 2, 45; (XVI) 68; dulling through repetition, (V) 84-85; and dying to itself, (XI) 78; (XV) 33; and dying to memories, (XI) 137; dying to the petty, (XIII) 258-59; as a dynamic, (VI) 5; Eastern and Western, (XIV) 198; and the effect of problems, (XIV) 99; and efficiency without comparison, (XVII) 183; and effort, (XI) 230-33; (XV) 9, 11, 175; without effort, (IX) 65; effortless state, (XIV) 262-63; and the elimination of conflict, (XV) 143; and emotion, (X) 4; versus emotion, (III) 132; and emptiness, (l) 152; (IX) 119-20; (X) 30, 94; empty from the past, (XV) 231; empty of ideas, (XIII) 232-33; and the ending of thought, (XIV ) 212; (XV) 237-38; and the end of search, (IX) 12-13; and energy, (XII) 46; (XV) 136-37; (XVI) 134; enslaved, (XI) 290; enslaved by time, (XII) 99-100; enslaved by words, (XIV) 89; (XVII) 237; and enslavement to authority, (XV) 57; and enslavement to words, (XII) 4-6, 44, 48; as envious, (X) 207-8; and environment, (II) 68-69; (IX) 6, 7; and envy, (IX) 40; (X) 46-47; and escape, (l) 140; and escape from conflict, (l) 33; and escape from uncertainty, (X) 15-16; and escape from what is, (XVII) 12; and escape into the ideal, (VIII) 329-30; and escape through absorption, (XV) 177; and escape to God, (XI) 276; as the essence of desire, (III) 138-39; or eternal, (X) 33; as exclusive, (V) 167; and experience, (VIII) 50-51, 184-85; (X) 9, 22-24; (XI) 269-70; (XV) 129; and the experience of memory, (XI) 319; and experiencing, (IX) 114; and experiencing death, (XII) 222; and experiencing God, (VIII) 181; and experiencing the new, (XI) 199; and experiencing versus sensation, (V) 299; and experiencing the unknown, (X) 66-67; and fact, (VIII) 272-74; (XI) 350-51; (XIII) 39; and the family, (XIII) 110; and fear, (l) 179; (VI) 193-94; (VII) 315-16; (VIII) 167; (X) 52; (XI) 174; (XIV) 292; (XV) 161, 219; (XVII) 163-64, 274, 276; and fear of death, (XIV) 213; and fear of the unknown, (V) 355; as fearless, (VIII) 269; and feeling(s), (X) 185; (XII) 54-55; versus feeling, (XI) 148; and the field of images, (XVII) 80, 81; and the field of time, (XI) 191, 365-68; and a fixed point, (VIII) 331-32; and formation of habits, (X) 38; and the formation of ideas, (XIV) 142; and forms of escape, (XV) 272; and fragmentation, (XV) 150; 238, 279-80; (XVII) 265, 267-68; fragmented, (XI) 238-39; as free, (VII) 277; free and slave, (XI) 256; and freedom, (l) 138, 188; (VII) 131-32, 290-91; (VIII) 214; (IX) 143-44, 194-95, 237, 239; (X) 21; (XI) 61, 353, 376-78; (XIII) 238, 288; (XIV) 174, 300; (XV) 203, 205, 304; (XVII) 148, 157, 217-18; and freedom from authorities and followers, (XII) 180; and freedom from authority, (VII) 53; (XVII) 34; and freedom from ‘becoming’, (X) 268-69; and freedom from the center, (X) 26; and freedom from choice, (l) 42; (VIII) 109; and freedom from conclusions, (VIII)

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187; and going beyond conditioning, (XVII) 162; going beyond itself, (XIV) 217; and going beyond the word, (XIV) 53; as guru, (VIII) 26-27; and habit, (VI) 360; (VIII) 79; (IX) 107; (X) 47, 133-35; as hindrance, (III) 75-76; and the hindrance of conclusions, (IX) 240; (X) 24; and the hindrance of conformity, (X) 146-47; and the hindrance of custom, (XI) 322-23; and the hindrance of desire, (VIII) 260; and hindrance of ‘I’, (VII) 306; as hindrance to love, (VII) 163-64; as hindrance to new, (V) 233; and hindrance of the past, (VII) 53-55; and the hindrance of problems, (XII) 7-8, 10, 11; and the hindrance of systems, (X) 41-42; and the hindrance of theory, (XI) 132-33; and the hindrance of time, (XII) 58-62; as humble, (X) 259-61; and humility, (XVII) 274; and the ‘I’, (l) 151; and idea, (VI) 356-57; (XIV) 235; and the ideal of perfection, (VII) 268-69; and ideals, (XI) 176; without identification, (X) 76; and illusion(s), (VII) 2, 270-71; (VIII) 100; (XII) 61; (XV) 164-65; and illusion of security, (VI) 306; and imitations, (VIII) 101-3; as imitative, (XVII) 12; and immediate freedom from the past, (XIV) 228-29; and immediate understanding, (XI) 248-49; as impermanent, (IX) 255; and the importance of revolution, (XVI) 298; imprisoned, (IV) 126-27; as inattentive, (XI) 222; and incompleteness, (l) 3; the incorruptible, (VII) 221; and independent thought, (X) 130; and the individual, (XI) 157; and inertia, (XVI) 29, 30; and the inertia of “how”, (VII) 17, 19; influence(s) on, (X) 198; (XII) 321; inner and outer, (XII) 90; and innocence, (XV) 289-90; (XVII) 171; as innocent, (VIII) 38; and inquiry, (VIII) 82-83; (X) 43, 233-34; (XIV) 254; (XVII) 233; and inquiry into freedom, (XIII) 110; as insensitive, (XII) 16-17; and insensitivity, (XVII) 269; as instrument of inquiry, (X) 217-18; and insufficiency, (XII) 13; and intelligence, (II) 59, 70-71; (XVII) 238; and interests, (V) 162; and interference with the now, (XV) 267; and inward revolution, (X) 63; kinds of, (l) 115-16; and knowing beauty, (XVI) 241; knowing itself, (XIII) 334; and knowledge, (l) 137, 143, 145; (XIV) 215; and the known, (VIII) 322, 346-47; (IX) 92, 159, 231-32, 260-61; (XI) 288, 385; (XIII) 290-91; (XVI) 267; (XVII) 35, 80, 81; as the known, (X) 98; and the known and unknown, (VIII) 205-6; and labeling, (V) 313; lack of change in, (XV) 302, 307; lazy, (X) 222-23; (XIII) 139; and learning, (IX) 196-97, 239; (X) 212-13; (XV) 3; levels of, (l) 45; (VII) 316; liberating, (II) 45-46; and life as movement, (XIII) 181; limitations of, (VII) 302; as limited, (IV) 70, 208; (VIII) 219-20; (IX) 161; (XI) 94, 249; limiting, (X) 16-17; and limiting consciousness, (II) 187; as limitless, (XII) 85; and listening, (XIV) 8; (XVI) 197; and living in ideas, (XVII) 248; living in the present, (XIII) 319; and living without contradiction, (XV) 253; and loneliness, (VII) 236; (IX) 64; (XI) 351; (XIV) 220; as loneliness, (XII) 156-57; and looking at

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consciousness, (VI) 119; and process of desire, (X) 58; and process of integration, (VII) 19; psychological change in, (XVI) 219; and psychological freedom, (XIV ) 83; and psychological learning, (XVI) 214; and psychological time, (V) 139-40; (IX) 167; and purpose, (XII) 24; and the pursuit of pleasure, (XVI) 146-47; and the quality of freedom, (XI) 47; and questioning, (XVI) 168; the quiet mind, (VI) 15-16; radical change in, (XI) 89, 92, 94, 155, 309-10; radical revolution in, (XVII) 65; and the reason for effort, (IX) 263; reasons for changes in, (XIV) 72; reasons for decline of, (XIV) 67, 70; and recognition, (VI) 125-26; (VII) 209-10; and recognizable experience, (XVII) 155; as recorder of the past, (XV) 99; and the refinement of self, (VIII) 118-19; rejuvenation of, (XVII) 78; and relationship, (X) 71-72; and religion, (XI) 103; as religious and irreligious, (XV) 60; and the religious revolution, (IX) 210, 212; and religious sacredness, (XV) 245; and renewal, (XVI) 248, 298, 301; renewal of, (XVII) 96; and repetition, (VI) 299-303; as the repository of human history, (XIII) 38-39; as residue of the past, (V) 233-34; and resolution of problems, (XV) 212-13; restless, (XI) 234-35; as the result of time, (V) 189; (VII) 85-86; (X) 43; (XI) 43; (XIII) 66; (XVII) 109; in revolt, (IX) 10; and revolution, (VIII) 16-17, 168-69; (XIII) 67; revolution of, (XI) 15-16; and right and wrong, (VII) 291-92; and righteousness, (X) 184; and the rigidity of aging, (XIII) 204-5; as rootless, (VIII) 194, 196-97; and the sacred, (XV) 242-43, 245; and science, (XII) 51; and search, (IX) 179-85, 256-57; as searcher, (IX) 115; and the search for authority, (XI) 350; (XIV) 116-17; and the search for certainty, (VIII) 208; and the search for comfort, (XVII) 54; and the search for experience, (XIV) 299; and the search for God, (VII) 241; and search for the new, (l) 1; and the search for permanence, (VII) 328-29; and search for reality, (VI) 240; (VII) 31-32; (VIII) 242-43; and search for security, (II) 69; (III) 95-96; (VIII) 214-14, 222-24; (IX) 248; (XI) 105; (XII) 134-35, 137; and the search for truth, (VII) 165; and the search for the unknown, (IX) 111, 112-13; and search for virtue, (l) 20; secondhand, (XV) 137; and security, (VIII) 288; (IX) 19, 212; and seeing, (XIV) 306; and seeing the totality, (XV) 284; and seeing as a total unity, (XVII) 265, 267-68; and seeing the true and the false, (XVII) 270; and seeking, (XV) 242; (XVI) 196; and seeking experiences, (XIV) 261; and seeking pleasure, (XVII) 234; as the self, (IX) 130; and self-abandonment, (XI) 251-52; and self-awareness, (VII) 8; and self-centered activity, (VI) 322-23; and self-concern (XIII) 141; and self-contradiction, (XI) 150; and self-deception, (VII) 46; (VIII) 339; (X) 272; and self-discipline, (l) 35-36; as self-enslaver and liberator, (XII) 237; and self-knowledge, (IV) 205-6; (V) 29; (VI) 346; (VII) 327; (X) 141-44, 221; and self-

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understanding, (X) 118; and sensation, (VII) 41-42; as sensitive and subtle, (XIII) 261; serious, (XII) 183; and seriousness, (XVI) 131-32; and sex, (VI) 194; as shallow, (VI) 60; and the shaping of formulas, (XIV) 146; and silence, (XV) 308; (XVI) 185, 274; and simplicity, (V) 247; (VI) 276-77; (VII) 323-25; as slave, (XI) 331; as slave to the environment, (XIV) 135; slave to ideas, (XI) 387; as slave to tradition, (XI) 253-54; and sleep, (XII) 41-42; and social problems, (VIII) 319; and society, (XII) 97; (XIV) 245; as the soil for problems, (XVI) 221; and sorrow, (XV) 344; and the source of thought, (XVI) 134-36; and space, (XIV) 140-41, 207-8, 309; (XV) 36, 127; as state, (IX) 199; and the state of integration, (VIII) 324-25; and the state of learning, (XII) 107; (XV) 247-48; and the state of negation, (XVI) 76-77; and the state of non-recognition, (VII) 209-10; and the state of nothingness, (XI) 177; and the state of not-knowing, (X) 19, 50; and the structure of envy, (VII) 113; and the structure of society, (XIII) 145; and struggle, (VII) 29; and the struggle against corruption, (VII) 285-86; as stupid, (VII) 179; as submissive, (VII) 237-38; and suffering, (VIII) 104-5; (X) 58; (XII) 175-76; as the sum of the past, (VIII) 270; and superficiality, (VII) 312-13; and suppression, (X) 244; (XV) 312; and surrendering, (VIII) 174; as survival mechanism, (VI) 363; three conditions of, (III) 22-23; three states of, (XII) 52-54; and time, (l) 25; (VI) 92; (VII) 238-39, 253-54; (VIII) 159, 163-64, 189-90, 203-4, 231-32, 273, 323, 339-40, 342; (IX) 17, 20, 66, 172; (XI) 76-78, 192-93, 221, 270, 332, 392; (XII) 66, 100-103, 159; (XIII) 43, 159; (XIV ) 63, 150, 152, 200, 209, 309; (XV) 120, 307; and time and the timeless, (IX) 24; and the timeless, (IV) 72-73; (XII) 84; as total, (XIV) 72; and total awareness, (XVII) 277; totality of, (XII) 95; and the totality of action, (XI) 165; as the totality of the human mind, (XVI) 150; as totally alive, (XII) 73-75; as a total process, (VII) 307; as total reality, (XI) 67-68; and total revolution, (IX) 13; as total revolution, (XI) 71, 296; total revolution in, (XVII) 104; and transformation, (XVII) 145; transformation of, (XV) 262; and the trivial, (VII) 32-33; and truth, (VI) 133; (VII) 142; (VIII) 319-20; (X) 34; (XI) 20, 185; unconditioned, (V) 324; the uncorrupted, (VIII) 230; as uncreative, (X) 3; understanding, (III) 141-42; (X) 1-4; (XI) 279-83; and understanding, (l) 189; (II) 75, 87; (VI) 9-10, 286; (VII) 176, 293; (VIII) 46, 143-44, 146-49; (IX) 221-23; (XII) 237; and understanding consciousness, (XVI) 58; and understanding death, (X) 61; understanding the evolution of, (XI) 193; and understanding fear, (XIII) 248; and understanding isolation, (XII) 89; and understanding the known, (XIII) 291-92; and understanding loneliness, (XV) 135; and understanding the nature of the word, (XVII) 25; and understanding the positive structure, (XV) 258;

and understanding the problem, (VIII) 9-10; understanding the process of, (V) 208; (IX) 136-38, 215-18; (X) 223; (XI) 63-68; understanding the structure of, (XVII) 242; and understanding the totality, (X) 140-41; as unfree, (XI) 41, 43; and the unknown, (VII) 279-80; (XIV) 153; as unoccupied, (IX) 27-28; as unprejudiced, (X) 69; untouched by society, (XIV ) 205; and values, (l) 106; and viewing the whole, (XI) 25; and virtue, (XI) 369-70, 371; vulnerability of, (XVI) 250; wandering of, (XVII) 193-94; and the wasting of energy, (XV) 112; whole and fragmented, (XI) 106-7; and will, (X) 26-27; and word, (V) 220; (XI) 84-85; and world problems, (XII) 230; worship of, (XII) 122. See also Awareness; Body; Brain; Center; Conditioning; Conflict; Consciousness; ‘I’; ‘Me; Memory; Mind-heart; New mind; Self; Serious mind; Thought

Mind and body: in conflict, (XIII) 139. See also Psychosomatic illness

Mind and heart, (l) 121; (II) 80; and achievement, (l) 65-66; and action, (l ) 30, 85-86; and awareness, (l) 25; and change, (XV) 334; and emptiness, (l) 14-15; and environment, (II) 74; freeing, (l) 28, 176; harmony of, (l) 11, 90-92, 193; and sexual problems, (l) 62; and simplicity, (V) 247; and understanding, (l) 80. See also Heart; Mind; Mind-heart

Mind and the brain: differences between, (XII) 270 Mind control, (X) 227-28; (XI) 103; and loss of

freedom, (XII) 281 Mind-emotion: See Mind-heart; Thought-feeling Mind-heart, (III) 5-6; (IV) 15-16; and hindrances, (IV)

31; and lack of stillness, (IV) 18; and limitation, (III) 14; and loneliness, (IV) 30-31; and meditation, (IV) 35-36; and memory, (IV) 29-32; and self-awareness, (IV) 22; as silent, (IV) 8; and terminal illness, (IV) 37; and tranquillity, (IV) 42; wholeness of, (III) 3, 4. See also Mind; Thought-feeling

‘Mine’: See ‘I’; ‘Me’; Self; Thinker and the thought Miracles: desire for, (IV) 206; search for, (II) 20. See

also Christianity; Religion Mischief: See Conflict; Confusion Mistakes: and discovery, (XII) 286; and peace of

mind, (VII) 267-68 Mode of conduct: and the desire for authority, (X) 48 Modern life: and conflict, (XIII) 290. See also Life Modern society: revolt against, (XII) 278. See also

Industrialism; Society; World problems Modern world: defining, (V) 157 Modified continuity: as change, (XIV) 187. See also

Continuity Mohammed: See Authority; Conditioning;

Identification; Religious mind; Words Mohammedan: See Belief; Divisions; Religion Moment to moment: versus accumulation, (X) 127-28;

and awareness, (VII) 318-19; (VIII) 221-22; (X) 51, 53-54, 242-43, 254; awareness of, (XI) 181-82; and the awareness of death, (X) 61; and creation,

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(VIII) 333; and creativeness, (V) 305; and dying, (XI) 195; dying from, (IX) 100; and freedom from the past, (VII) 301-3; (IX) 141-42; and the free mind, (X) 206; and learning, (XIV) 172; and meditation, (VIII) 239; versus memory, (IX) 278; and negative thinking, (VIII) 235; and the new mind, (X) 258; and observation, (X) 176; as process, (VIII) 286; and relationship, (VII) 253; and righteousness, (X) 225; and self-knowing, (XII) 265-66; and self-knowledge, (X) 251; (XI) 227; and the silent mind, (VII) 286; and the still mind, (VIII) 20; versus thought, (VIII) 290, 292; and true religion, (VII) 319; and truth, (V) 221-22; (VIII) 250; (IX) 143, 233-34; (X) 218. See also Creativity; Immediate; Self-fulfillment

Money: and psychological problems, (XIV) 176-77 Monks: and conditioning, (XIII) 122; and the ending

of sorrow, (XIII) 253; and escape, (XVI) 115; and pleasure, (XVII) 11; and the simple life, (XV) 42; and the suppression of pleasure, (XVII) 123; and withdrawal from the world, (XIII) 264-65. See also Authority; Religion; Simplicity

Montessori: as a system of education, (V) 105 Moral: as conflict, (XV) 15 Moral decline, (XVII) 216, 217. See also Morality Moral fiber: disintegration of, (X) 195 Morality, (II) 11; (VII) 251-53; acceptance of

traditional, religious, and social, (XVII) 201; actual and ideal, (III) 53-54; and choice, (XV) 198-99; and compulsion, (II) 209; as conscious conflict, (VII) 317; defining, (II) 11; (X) 184; (XI) 322; and discipline, (II) 138; and the discipline of society, (XIV) 144; and disorder, (XVII) 239; and education, (VII) 163-64; and humans and the apes, (XIV) 199; of individual and group, (II) 136; and love, (XIV) 302; and pleasure, (XVI) 215; and possessions, (II) 5-6; and possessiveness, (II) 6, 205-6; and questioning of values, (II) 183-84; and religion, (II) 209; as reward and punishment, (III) 37-38; and social bondage, (II) 54; and social respectability, (XV) 71, 73; and society, (XIII) 116; (XV) 15; and time, (XVII) 202; as tradition, (VII) 186. See also Deterioration; Environment; Humility; Society; World problems

Moral life, (VII) 251-53 ‘More’: and becoming, (VIII) 16; and continuity, (IX)

250-51; creation of, (IX) 114; desire for, (VIII) 185; (XVI) 216-17; and envy, (X) 47, 132; (XIII) 168; freedom from, (X) 172-73; and the free mind, (IX) 195-96; and greed, (VII) 223; and the habit of envy, (XV) 135-36; and the occupied mind, (VII) 312-13; and pleasure, (XVI) 286; as progress, (VIII) 107-8; pursuit of, (X) 241; (XIII) 186; search for, (XVI) 247; as source of illusion, (VII) 270-71; as time, (VIII) 331-32, 343. See also Accumulation; Acquisition; Acquisitiveness; Ambition; Becoming; Experience; Fulfillment; Progress; Saints; Society; Success

Mother: and love for the child, (XIV) 307. See also Family

Mother and child: and dependence, (XVI) 120. See also Family

Motion: and action of the mind, (VII) 248 Motive, (VII) 204; and achieving the opposite, (IX)

228-29; and action, (XII) 66, 73; (XIV) 204; and affection and love, (XII) 298; and attention, (IX) 276; (XIII) 84; for attention, (VIII) 313; versus attention, (X) 175; and attention and inattention, (XVII) 262-63; and change, (IX) 26, 56; (X) 100-101; (XI) 273-75, 314; (XII) 255-56, 291; (XIII) 3-4, 271-72; (XIV) 187-88; (XV) 133, 303; and comparison, (XIV) 194; and confusion, (XII) 68-69; and denial, (XIII) 54, 258, 259; and the desire to be secure, (X) 79; and the desire to be socially helpful, (XII) 66; and discipline, (XI) 279; and discontent, (IX) 68, 208-9; and distortion, (XIII) 168-69; and effort, (X) 75; and ending conflict, (XIII) 231; ending without, (XIII) 259; and energy, (XIII) 56-57, 160-61, 338; (XIV) 238; (XV) 42; (XVI) 67; enslavement to, (XI) 255; and fragmentation, (XVI) 296; freedom from, (X) 39; and freedom from envy, (X) 242; and frustration, (X) 182-83; as hindrance, (XII) 284-85; as hindrance to answers, (XVII) 35; as hindrance to attention, (XVII) 45; as hindrance to change, (X) 45-46; as hindrance to efficiency, (XVII) 263; as hindrance to energy, (XIV) 118; as hindrance to freedom, (XV) 5; (XVII) 39; as hindrance to investigation, (XIII) 100; as hindrance to passion, (XVII) 64; as hindrance to revolution, (XVII) 65; as hindrance to solving problems, (XVII) 51; and inertia, (XVI) 28; and listening, (XVII) 263; and ‘me’, (X) 254-55; need to understand, (XI) 306; and pain and pleasure, (XIV) 95; and passion, (XIV) 265; (XVII) 155, 157; and pleasure, (XVII) 262-63; and positive action, (XI) 292; and questioning, (XIII) 115; (XVI) 33, 196; and the question of living, (XVI) 187-88; and rejection, (XV) 263-65, 291; and response, (XVI) 208; and reward and punishment, (XVI) 25; and search, (X) 217; (XVI) 82; and search for, (VIII) 342; for search, (IX) 20, 68, 179; and seeking, (XVII) 154; and self-knowing, (XIII) 248-49; and sorrow, (XIII) 310-11; (XIV) 26; understanding, (IX) 258. See also Effort; Faith; Incentive; Observation; Resistance

Motiveless action: and action, (XII) 288. See also Motive

Movement: and achieving clarity, (XVI) 197; and action, (XI) 112; without causation, (X) 183; without center, (X) 180; from the center to the periphery, (XVII) 153, 156; cessation of, (VIII) 320; (XI) 127-28; and change, (X) 137; (XI) 125-28; (XII) 291-92; (XVI) 263-65, 268; from one conditioning to another, (VII) 266-67; and creation, (XIII) 40; and the end of the known, (VIII) 347; of energy, (VIII) 304-6; and escape, (XVI) 267; and escape as static, (XVI) 263-65; and the field of time, (XV) 271, 273; and the fresh mind, (XVI) 301; as hindrance to clarity, (IX) 29;

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of inner and outer, (XIII) 156-57; and knowing, (XI) 269-70; and the known, (XI) 283; and learning, (XV) 9, 150; of learning, (XI) 302, 338; of life, (XIII) 267-68; and the mind, (XI) 300; motiveless, (IX) 208; and the negative and the positive, (XV) 286; not of time, (XV) 134-35; of pleasure, (XV) 165; and the religious mind, (XII) 171-72; and self-knowledge, (IX) 67; (XI) 185; and the sensitive mind, (XV) 273; as static, (XVI) 268; and truth, (X) 198; (XII) 252; and what is, (XVI) 264-65. See also Inner and outer; Inward and outward

Movement of knowing: and the timeless, (XI) 362-63 Movement of life, (XV) 1; and attention, (XVI) 33;

and change, (XI) 173; listening to, (XV) 297-98, 341; and meditation, (XI) 195; need to understand, (XIV) 227-28; separation from, (XI) 354; and time, (XI) 191-92; understanding, (XV) 295, 300. See also Life; Movement

Mukti: as freedom, (X) 131 Murder: approach to, (XVI) 116; and search for God,

(IV) 26. See also Killing; Violence Music: and listening, (XVII) 39. See also Arts Musician: and expression, (XVI) 245. See also Arts Muslim: and conditioning, (XIV) 156. See also

Ambition; Authority; Background; Belief; Conditioning; Conformity; Divisions; God; Identification; Religion; Religious mind; Religious organizations; Sects; Society; Visions; Words; World proble ms

Muslim League, (IV) 86-87 Mutating mind: as the religious mind, (XII) 325 Mutation, (XII) 253-54, 256-57, 288-93; and the

absence of authority, (XII) 299; and the absence of fear, (XVII) 164; and the absence of time, (XIV) 5; achieving, (XII) 267; (XIII) 74, 75, 78, 79, 109, 118, 328, 332; (XIV) 60, 140, 191-92, 277-78; (XV) 40, 308; (XVI) 12, 32, 219; (XVII) 111; achieving without effort, (XV) 66; and the active present, (XIV) 13; and altruism, (XVII) 127; and attention, (XII) 308; and awareness, (XII) 311, 313; and the brain, (XIV) 273; and the cessation of thought, (XIV ) 8; and the collective and the individual, (XIV) 273; and commitment, (XVII) 217; and the compassionate mind, (XIII) 300; conditions for, (XVII) 14; and the conscious and unconscious as unimportant, (XIV) 190-91; and consciousness, (XII) 256; and the creative mind, (XIV) 269; and creativeness, (XIV) 233; and defining, (XIII) 107-8, 118; (XIV) 59, 230; and ending fear, (XVII) 68; and the end of experience, (XIII) 302; and energy, (XIII) 325-30; (XVII) 198; and the field of time, (XV) 133; and freedom, (XIII) 109; and freedom from fear, (XIII) 305; and the free mind, (XVII) 9; versus the gradual process, (XIII) 24; and the hindrance of conditioning, (XVII) 110; and the hindrance of ideas, (XIII) 276; and the hindrance of the mind, (XIV) 15; and hindrance of the past, (XIII) 77; and hindrance of the positive, (XV) 262; and the

hindrance of systems, (XIV) 278; and the hindrance of time, (XIV) 305; how to achieve, (XII) 320; and human beings, (XVII) 222-23; and human problems, (XVI) 19; and immediate action, (XIV) 135; and the individual, (XV) 52; and learning, (XV) 174; in life and death, (XVI) 63; and listening, (XIII) 302; and love, (XV) 35; and the meaninglessness of time, (XIII) 24; and meditation, (XII) 307; (XV) 38; as motiveless, (XIV) 9; necessary action for, (XVI) 173, 174; need for, (XII) 305; (XIII) 4-5, 295, 328; (XIV) 228-29; (XV) 307, 330; and the need for attention, (XVI) 6; and the need for contact, (XIV) 256; and the need for energy, (XV) 91; (XVII) 139; and the need for freedom, (XIV ) 169; need for immediate, (XVI) 64; and the need for total revolution, (XIV) 274; and the need to break through conditioning, (XVII) 100, 104; and the new mind, (XII) 305; (XVI) 157; and observation, (XIV) 58-59; out of time, (XIV) 59; as part of daily living, (XIV) 61; and perception of the fact, (XIII) 138; and the petty mind, (XII) 307-9; and pleasure, (XVII) 10; possibility of achieving, (XVII) 144; and questioning authority, (XIII) 11; and relationships, (XVI) 34-35; and the religious revolution, (XIII) 118; as revolution, (XIV) 35; and self-knowing, (XIV) 172; and silence, (XVI) 130; and society, (XVI) 219; and space in the mind, (XIV) 140; and the still mind, (XVII) 242; system to achieve, (XVII) 117; and time, (XV) 262, 303; (XVI) 21; versus time, (XIV) 188; as total action, (XVII) 13; as total revolution, (XV) 3-4; understanding, (XII) 284-87; and understanding the positive and negative, (XV) 260-62; and understanding the process of thought, (XIII) 296-97, 300; and verbalization, (XIII) 296. See also Change; Humility; Listening; Love; New; Quiet mind; Radical transformation; Revolution; Transformation; Virtue

Mutation and change: difference between, (XII) 284-86

Mutation, religion, and the individual: as interrelated, (XIV) 161-67. See also Individual; Religion

Mystery: as an invention of the mind, (VIII) 28; search for, (XV) 174; (XVI) 66, 280-81; and the search for the hidden, (XV) 49, 52

Mystic, (IX) 142-43 Mysticism, (l ) 52; defining, (VII) 25-26; as escape,

(XIV) 268; and illusion, (VI) 230-31; as self-delusion, (XIV) 299

Myth(s): and belief, (V) 57-58; as escape, (XI) 283-85, 288; versus fact, (VIII) 272-74

Nama-Japam: and the quiet mind, (VII) 155-56 Naming: attempt to avoid, (XIII) 279-80; and

awareness, (IX) 30-31, 286; and the cessation of evil, (IX) 95; to communicate or identify, (V) 311-13; and condemnation, (IX) 23, 72; and consciousness, (IV) 186-87; (V) 236; (IX) 99-100; and creating conflict, (XVI) 50; and the creation of

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fear, (IX) 47-48; and direct experience, (V) 274-75; and division, (IX) 120; and envy, (X) 91-92; as fact, (XII) 232; and fear, (V) 248-49; and feelings, (XI) 188, 350-51; (XIII) 236-37; as hindrance, (V) 261; (XI) 350-51; (XIV) 138; (XVII) 75; as hindrance to awareness, (X) 140; as hindrance to looking, (XVI) 110-11; as hindrance to observation, (XI) 158, 237; (XIV) 50, 111; and insensitivity, (XIV) 137; and looking, (XIV) 279-80; versus perceiving, (XI) 174-75; process of, (XI) 351; and the process of knowledge, (XIII) 198; and the process of recognition, (VIII) 237-38; and transformation, (V) 284; and understanding, (XII) 43-44. See also Attention; Communication; Communion; Divisions; Fact; Identification; Labels; Symbols; Verbalization; Words

Narrow mind: See Dull mind; Mind Nation: definition of, (l) 150; and the desire for

obedience, (XIII) 70-71, 73. See also Conformity; Nationalism; Society; Success

Nationalism, (l) 150-151; (II) 47, 78, 176, 185, 199-200; (III) 74-75, 91-92, 128-29, 227; (IV) 132-33; (VI) 137-38; and acquisitiveness, (II) 154-55; and aloneness, (XVI) 118; approach to questioning, (XIII) 115; basis of, (II) 51; and belief, (XII) 126-27; and brotherhood, (l) 155-58, 167; and business, (II) 47; as cause of human division, (VIII) 154-55; as a cause of war, (X) 70; cessation of, (IV) 201; as collective expression, (II) 204; and commitment, (XVI) 224-25; and conditioning, (XIII) 5-6, 273-74; and conflict, (XI) 371-72; (XVII) 276; and the creation of disorder, (XV) 159; and cruel energy, (XII) 64-65; as a curse, (XI) 206-7; danger of, (XVII) 184; as a dead quality, (XI) 122; and denial, (XII) 287; and the denial of peace, (XVI) 214; and the denial of physical survival, (XVI) 60-61; and the desire for permanence, (X) 7; as destructive, (XI) 316-17; destructiveness of, (XIII) 183-84; as destructive of human needs, (IV) 85; as a disease, (II) 216; and disorder, (XV) 124, 299, 327-29; and divisions, (V) 1-2, 4; (XIV) 229; as divisive, (VI) 70; divisiveness of, (XVI) 171, 172; and ending violence, (XVI) 224-25; and exploitation, (II) 216; as fact, (XIII) 64; and fear, (VIII) 237; freedom from, (XIII) 92; (XVI) 151; and the frightened mind, (XVII) 247; as habit, (XIII) 249; and harmony, (II) 37; as hindrance, (XIV) 150; as hindrance to brotherhood, (II) 51; as hindrance to human unity, (XVII) 162; as hindrance to love, (X) 178; as hindrance to solving problems, (XI) 295; and hypocrisy, (l) 173-74; as idea, (VI) 49; and ideas, (XIV) 236; and image, (XVI) 44; and the individual, (VI) 352; and isolation, (IV) 193; and Masters, (l) 164; and military education, (V) 110-11; narrowness of, (XV) 187-88; and patriotism, (II) 6, 41-42; and peace, (IX) 223-24; versus peace, (VIII) 217; as a poison, (V) 77; and possessiveness, (II) 19; and power, (V) 59-61; and prejudice, (II) 6; (III) 29, 201-202; and problems, (XIV) 41; (XVII) 93; and

provincialism, (III) 129; and psychological security, (IX) 222; and religion, (X) 201; (XIII) 333; as road to war, (X) 24, 73, 84; role of, (XVI) 232; and science, (VIII) 92; and security, (V) 63; (VI) 187-88; (XIV) 186; seeing the nature of, (XVI) 227; and social problems, (VI) 54; and starvation, (XIV ) 75; and state worship, (V) 115; understanding, (VIII) 140; and understanding, (XV) 169-70; and unemployment, (II) 19; versus the unity of mankind, (XVII) 30; and viewing from the center, (XII) 95; and war, (l) 178-79; (II) 6, 205; (III) 231-32; (V) 15, 75, 339; (VI) 59-60; (VIII) 19, 153; (XVI) 4, 17, 95; (XVII) 263; and world problems, (XII) 75-76, 118; (XV) 196; and worship of the past, (III) 210. See also Authority; Class; Conditioning; Conflict; Consciousness; Divisions; Government; Greed; Peace; Possessions; Power; Religion; Security; Society; Starvation; Violence; War; World chaos; World problems

Nationality: and division, (VIII) 248; versus freedom, (IX) 50-51; need to end, (XVII) 258; and thought, (IX) 12-13, 135. See also Nationalism; Unity of mankind

National symbols: and conditioning, (X) 115 Nations: inequality among, (XI) 259 Nature, (V) 142-43; communion with, (XIV) 226;

(XVII) 281; as creator of sorrow, (III) 227; distancing from, (XVI) 113; insensitivity to, (XVII) 267; and insensitivity to beauty, (V) 142-43; loss of contact with, (XVII) 207; loss of relationship with, (V) 142. See also State

Necessity (-ies): and desire, (III) 142-43; understanding, (VI) 227-28; and world starvation, (V) 73. See also Food, clothing, shelter; Need; Psychological security

Need(s), (II) 124-25; (III) 189; dependence on, (XII) 243-44; and exploitation, (IV) 134; and false division, (III) 70; and psychological gratification, (IV) 32; physical and psychological, (V) 192; of rich and poor, (II) 52; understanding, (XII) 244. See also Food, clothing, shelter; Necessities; Possessiveness

Negation: and the absence of conditioning, (XIII) 197; achieving the state of, (XVI) 76-77; of activity, (XVI) 230; and the act of nonconfoming, (XVII) 21; agreement in, (III) 197; and attention, (XII) 113; and beauty, (XIII) 143; and coming to the quiet mind, (XVII) 271; and the creative, (XVII) 272; defining the state of, (XIII) 226; and disorder, (XV) 325-26; and freedom, (XV) 282; (XVII) 20; and humility, (XI) 370; importance of, (XIII) 184; and intelligence, (XVII) 238; and the inquiring mind, (XII) 103; and inquiry, (XVI) 75; and inquiry into the religious mind, (XII) 224; and the lack of resistance, (XIII) 50; in life, (VI) 319-20; and love, (XII) 179; (XVI) 76-77; and motiveless rejection, (XV) 286; and the new, (XVI) 77; and the positive mind, (XIII) 129; and the positive order, (XVII) 223; and seeing completely, (XIV) 201-2; and seeing the true, (XIII) 142; and self-

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awareness, (VII) 9; and self-knowing, (XVII) 21; sense of, (XV) 253; and the sensitive mind, (XVI) 234; and seriousness, (XVII) 274; state of, (XI) 237-38; (XIII) 10, 293-94; (XIV) 192; as a state of mind, (XV) 213-14; and thinking, (XV) 219; and true, (XI) 316-17; understanding, (III) 202; and understanding action, (XII) 26-27; and the understanding mind, (XIII) 227; and understanding the positive, (XVII) 168, 176. See also Denial; Freedom; Negative approach; Positive

Negation of action: and the observer and the observed, (XVI) 122. See also Negation

Negative: achieving order through, (XV) 297-99; and clarity, (XVI) 12; and contradiction, (XV) 254; defining, (XVI) 18; and experience, (X) 16. See also Negation

Negative and the positive: importance of understanding, (XV) 299; and the quiet mind, (XV) 286. See also Negative

Negative approach, (XV) 253-60, 260-66; and the absence of authority, (XIII) 215; and the absence of reaction, (XII) 154; and conditioning, (XIII) 208; and the conscious mind, (XI) 231-32; defining, (XV) 213-14; and denial, (XII) 287; and inquiry, (XI) 291-92; meaning of, (XIII) 50-51; and positive action, (XI) 202-6; and psychological problems, (XIII) 293; and religion, (XIV ) 44; and truth, (XII) 83-84; and the unconscious, (XIII) 226; to the unconscious, (XII) 220; and the unconscious mind, (XI) 163-64; understanding, (XII) 170. See also Negation; Negative and the positive; Negative thinking; Thinking

Negative comprehension, (III) 246-47; comprehension as highest form of thinking, (III) 221

Negative mind, (XIII) 129-30; and the absence of contradiction, (XV) 256-57, 259; and the absence of experience, (XV) 257. See also Negation; Negative approach

Negative observation: and the mind, (XIII) 33. See also Negation

Negative state: defining, (XIII) 201-2; listening in, (XVI) 147. See also Negation

Negative thinking, (XI) 89-94; and comprehension, (IV) 108; and creative understanding, (IV) 163; defining, (X) 19; (XI) 188, 282; (XII) 213-14, 322; and discovery of the true, (XIV) 265; explaining, (XIII) 256; as highest form, (V) 137-38; (VIII) 235; (XII) 220; importance of, (XI) 68; meaning of, (XI) 329; and meditation, (XIII) 95; versus positive thinking, (V) 147; (XI) 135; process of, (XII) 78-81, 255-56; and the religious mind, (XII) 322-23; and the religious spirit, (XII) 170; and seeing the false, (XIII) 2; as supreme, (IX) 179; and the unconscious, (XI) 163-64; and words, (V) 220. See also Negation

Negative watching: defining, (XIII) 244; and the unconscious, (XIII) 194-95. See also Negation

Negro and white: conflict between, (XVI) 224. See also Racism; World problems

Neurological fear: types of, (XII) 47-48. See also Fear

Neurosis (-es): awareness of, (XIII) 330; and conflict, (XIII) 290; and the desire for certainty, (XIII) 204; and escape from fear, (XVII) 72; and fear, (XIII) 137; (XIV) 94; (XV) 76-77; (XVI) 210; and identification, (XIV) 217-18; and nonviolence, (XVI) 296; and problems, (XIII) 324; (XV) 72; and religious people, (XV) 27; and self-centered activity, (XVI) 184; and tension, (XVI) 153, 162; and turmoil, (XIII) 307; and uncertainty, (XIV) 132. See also Contradiction

New: absence of, (IX) 186; and the absence of the known, (XVI) 185; and the absence of movement, (XVI) 301; and absence of process of recognition, (VII) 317, 319-20; and the absence of seeking, (XVI) 247; and the absence of thought, (XVI) 164; achieving, (IX) 142; (X) 33; (XV) 137; and action, (XVI) 261; and action without contradiction, (XVI) 228; actions as, (XVII) 170; and aloneness, (VII) 221; without the animal background, (XIV) 200; and approach to problems, (X) 197; versus belief, (V) 307; (XII) 321; versus the certain, (VIII) 209; and challenge, (X) 157; challenge of, (V) 255, 305-6; challenge and response to, (XII) 325; and change, (X) 138; and communion, (XIV) 284; versus the conditioned brain, (XVII) 135; versus conditioning, (XVII) 97, 134; conditions for, (XVI) 115; and conflict, (XIII) 49-50; in conflict with the old, (IV) 173-74; versus contradiction, (VIII) 267; and creation, (XII) 216-17; (XVI) 148; creation of, (XIII) 259; (XV) 177; and the creative, (XI) 35; and creativity, (V) 286; (IX) 245; and the death of the old, (XVII) 277; and desire, (VII) 42; and destroying the old, (XIII) 209; and the difficulty of listening, (X) 204; and discovery, (XIII) 302-3; discovery of, (X) 145-46; and dying, (VII) 55-56; (X) 53; through dying, (XVI) 176; and dying daily, (XVII) 237; and dying to yesterday, (XVII) 148-50; and emptiness, (XII) 256; (XIV) 164, 263; (XVI) 70-71; and the empty mind, (XV) 246; and ending, (XVII) 113; and the ending of sorrow, (XV) 221; and ending time, (XVII) 67; and an end to seeking, (XI) 189; and the energy to inquire, (XVI) 75; versus experience, (XI) 178; (XVII) 32-33, 34-35; experiencing, (X) 71; explosion into, (XVI) 39; explosion of energy, (XVI) 156; and the fear of ending the old, (XVI) 76-77; feeling, (X) 265-66; and freedom, (XVI) 191-92; freedom from the past, (VII) 53-55; and the free mind, (IX) 4; and the fresh mind, (XV) 289-90; and futility of recognition, (IX) 180; and God, (IX) 24; and the hindrance of conditioning, (XVI) 162; and the hindrance of image, (XVII) 169; and the hindrance of memory, (X) 214; and the hindrance of the past, (XIV) 52; and the hindrance of repetition, (XVI) 228; and the hindrance of thought, (XVI) 147; (XVII) 169, 173; and independence, (IX) 109; and the innocent mind, (XII) 207; joy of, (IV) 110-11; and knowledge, (V) 233; (XI) 382; without labeling, (V) 311; and learning, (XIV) 54-55; (XVI) 214;

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(XVII) 212; and listening, (XI) 261; and living, (X) 154-55; living in, (XIII) 240; and living totally, (XIV) 80; and living with death, (XII) 260; and love, (XVII) 250; versus memory, (X) 50; (XIII) 10-11; (XIV ) 59; and the mind, (IX) 91, 93; (XI) 281; (XIV) 83; as moment to moment, (IX) 278; need for, (X) 252-55; and the need for energy, (XV) 108; and negation, (XVI) 77, 234; as not conditioned, (XIV) 230; and the old, (XIII) 74; versus the old, (VIII) 270; (XVII) 136; versus the past, (IX) 85, 188, 190, 192; (X) 73; and perception, (XI) 340; possibility of becoming, (XVI) 242; problems, (IX) 194-95; reasons for resistance to, (XIII) 19; versus recognition, (XI) 95-96; recognition of, (XIII) 222-23; as religious revolution, (X) 186; and revolution, (XII) 185; and science, (XII) 77; and search, (IX) 256-57; (XVI) 111; search for, (XIV) 196-97; seeing, (XVI) 249; and seeing the fact, (XIII) 30-31; and silence, (XVI) 123; and simplicity, (V) 246-47; and space, (XV) 127; and the state of not-knowing, (X) 50; and the state of quietness, (XII) 227; and the still mind, (IX) 11; versus thinking, (IX) 141-42; versus thought, (XVII) 149, 234; and the totality approach, (X) 149; versus tradition, (IX) 199; and transformation, (VIII) 250; versus the unaware mind, (XI) 226; understanding, (X) 130; and understanding, (V) 234; and understanding death, (XVI) 31-32; and understanding meditation, (XVII) 178; unexperienced as, (XVI) 39; and the unoccupied mind, (IX) 28. See also Change; Creative revolution; Freedom; Fresh mind; Mutation; New mind; Radical transformation; Reality; Renewal; Revolution; Time; Total revolution; Transformation; Truth

New approach: versus the old, (VII) 322. See also Truth

New brain: and the interval, (XVI) 197. See also Brain; New

New challenge: and old response, (VIII) 300, 302 New culture: and the free mind, (VIII) 322 New day: and change, (VIII) 164 New entity: See New; New mind New human being: immediate need for, (XIV) 30. See

also New New man: achieving, (XIV) 6; and observation, (XIV)

4-5; and the political organization, (XVI) 231. See also New

New mind, (VIII) 49-52; (XII) 293-95, 298; and the absence of ambition, (XII) 310; and the absence of conflict, (XII) 154; (XIV) 49; and the absence of seeking, (XVI) 182; achieving, (XII) 115, 254, 308-9; (XIII) 52-53, 61, 73; acquiring, (XVI) 14-19; and awareness, (XII) 56; (XIII) 117-18; and the challenge of life, (XII) 279; and change, (XVII) 10; and confronting facts, (XIII) 63; and the conscious and unconscious, (XII) 112; versus continuity, (XI) 368; and creativity, (VIII) 166-67; and criticism, (XIV) 34-35; and dealing with problems, (XVII) 97; defining, (VIII) 48; (XII)

113-14; describing, (XII) 50-51, 55, 236; and dying of the old, (XVII) 31; and dying to the past, (XII) 161; and energy, (XII) 114-15; (XVI) 154; as essential, (XII) 118; through explosion, (XVI) 162-63; and family and societal obligations, (XII) 127; and fear, (XIII) 137; and freedom from the known, (XIII) 273; and freedom from memory, (V) 215; and God, (XVI) 157; and the hindrance of fragmentation, (XIV ) 14; as innocent, (VIII) 49, 51; and inquiry, (XII) 293; and multiplying problems, (XIII) 16; and mutation, (XIII) 74; need for, (XII) 50-54, 174, 275-76; (XIII) 2, 67, 71, 116; (XIV) 14-17, 47; (XVI) 8; needs of, (XV) 93; and negation, (XIII) 50; for new relationships, (XIV) 227-28; and the new world, (XIII) 119; possibility of, (XVI) 14, 19; and the problem of existence, (VIII) 142-43; as the religious mind, (XII) 107-8, 113-14; and seeing, (XIII) 73; and seeing the total, (XII) 57-58; versus social morality, (XIII) 52; and sorrow, (XII) 294-95, 298; and time, (XII) 58; (XIII) 24; (XIV) 5; and understanding experience and thought, (XIV) 37; and understanding imitation, (XVI) 15, 19; and understanding love, (XIV ) 335-36; versus “what to do”, (XII) 128. See also Change; Empty mind; Free mind; Fresh mind; Innocent mind; Mind; Mutation; New; New mind; Quiet mind; Religious mind; Revolution; Silent mind

New morality: defining, (III) 232 New order: and the need for peace, (XV) 296, 301; and

understanding disorder, (XVII) 176. See also New; New mind; Order

New problems: and new solutions, (IV) 83-84 New society: achieving, (VIII) 301-2; (XVII) 36;

creation of, (XI) 8-10; and education, (VIII) 281; and the empty mind, (XI) 94; and the ending of sorrow, (XV) 344; and the human being, (XVII) 4; and the individual, (V) 185; and individual responsibility, (XV) 53-54; and learning, (XVII) 60; versus the mediocre mind, (VIII) 124; and order, (XVII) 180; principles for, (V) 64; questioning the existence of, (XVII) 57; versus reformation, (X) 166; and self-knowledge, (V) 61, 78; and the serious man, (XV) 301; and transformation, (XV) 182; and the use of force, (XVII) 61; and what is, (XVII) 191. See also Change; Condemnation; New; New order; Revolution; Society; Total revolution; Transformation

Newspapers: and the dulling of the mind, (XIII) 295. See also Authority; Influences; Propaganda

New thinking: and self-knowledge, (X) 234 New world, (VIII) 41-43; and the absence of ambition,

(XIII) 78; achieving, (VIII) 29, 170-71; (X) 101-2, 128; creating, (VIII) 46; (IX) 113; creation of, (XI) 207; without divisions, (XIII) 30; and freedom from authority, (X) 101; and freedom from conditioning, (X) 177-78; and the hindrance of thought, (XVI) 163, 167; and insight into what is, (VIII) 33; and mutation, (XII) 284; need for, (X)

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107; and the next generation, (X) 194; as ours, (IX) 260; and a religious revolution, (X) 195-96; and understanding authority, (X) 99, 101. See also New; World problems

No: complexity of saying, (XIII) 160; importance of saying, (XIII) 2; need to say, (XVI) 60. See also Denial; Negation

Noise: cessation of, (XVII) 150. See also Meditation Noisy mind: and action, (XIV ) 285; versus the empty

mind, (XIV) 262-63. See also Dull mind Nonacceptance: and the alert mind, (XV) 343 Nonfiction: and the pursuit of the fiction, (XIV) 48 Nonmovement: and the essence of time, (XV) 271,

273. See also Movement Nonverbal: and listening, (XIV ) 193. See also

Communion; Words Nonviolence, (X) 80-81; and becoming, (VIII) 169;

and belief, (XVI) 255; futility of attempt to achieve, (XVI) 179; as an idea, (XVII) 12; as ideal, (XI) 23-24; ideal of, (XV) 305; (XVI) 192-93, 224; (XVII) 103, 107; and ideology, (XVII) 142, 170; as ineffectual, (IX) 119; and intellectuals, (XV) 333; and neurosis, (XVI) 296; as nonreality, (XII) 61; and the refusal to kill, (XV) 327-28; and the relationship to violence, (XVI) 288-89; as romantic, (XVII) 258; and the state of contradiction, (XI) 305-6; and time, (XII) 101; and violence, (XI) 369-70; and war, (IV) 192; (XVI) 44. See also Contradiction; Ideals; Violence; War; World problems

No-sayers: and religion, (XI) 289-90 Nothing: and achieving the unknown, (XIII) 203; fear

of being, (XVI) 227; importance of being, (XIII) 180

Nothingness: and becoming, (IX) 170; and creativity, (IX) 122; and emptiness, (XIII) 191; as sanity, (IX) 129; state of, (XII) 161; and the state of revolution, (XI) 177; and unconscious state, (VI) 325-26. See also Nothing

No-time: as the essence of time, (XV) 271, 273 Not-knowing: and the ability to investigate, (IX) 239;

and attention, (XII) 250-51; and the cause of violence, (XVI) 291-93; and fear, (XII) 250-51; as the highest form of thinking, (X) 19; and humility, (XIII) 81; living in the state of, (XIII) 105; and the process of thought, (XIII) 287; state of, (XI) 390; (XII) 215-16; (XVI) 295; and the state of learning, (XV) 111; and truth, (XI) 307; two states of, (XIII) 257, 259. See also Knowing; Knowledge

Now, (XV) 266-69, 273; as the continuation of memory, (XVI) 238-39; defining, (XV) 267; living in, (XVI) 12; (XVII) 27. See also Future; Past; Present; Time

Obedience: and authority, (XIII) 9-11; (XIV) 247; and

the creation of disorder, (XIII) 70-71; and disorder, (XVII) 174; and the dull mind, (XII) 286-87; and fear, (VIII) 83-84; (XII) 278; (XV) 44; reasons for, (XIII) 10; and responsibility, (XIII) 224; and security, (XIV) 130; and social conditioning,

(XVII) 261; and society, (XIII) 227, 228; versus the true individual, (XI) 145; without understanding, (VII) 132-33; and violence, (XVII) 257. See also Authority; Conditioning; Conformity; Discipline

Object: as the action, (XVI) 268; and the creation of space, (XVI) 70; love without, (XVI) 114; as the observed, (XVI) 269-70; and the seeker, (XVI) 69; and space, (XIV) 293, 300; (XVI) 25, 189, 249; (XVII) 88, 89. See also Censor; Center; Entity; Observer

Object and the observer: and space, (XV) 35-36. See also Object; Observer and the observed

Obscurity: results of, (XVII) 99 Observation, (XIV) 1-7; and the absence of resistance,

(XII) 289; and the absence of thought, (XVII) 4; and action, (XVI) 152; approach to, (VIII) 122-23; and attention, (XIII) 84; (XVII) 148; and authority, (XIII) 335-36; and awareness, (X) 53-54; (XVII) 83; with care, (XIV) 79-80; as catalyst, (XVII) 39; cessation of, (XVI) 148; and change, (XII) 267; (XV) 337; change through, (XV) 65-66; without choice, (IX) 4; and choiceless awareness, (XV) 175; (XVII) 14; and clarity, (XVI) 7, 9; and the clear mind, (XIV) 3; without comparison, (VIII) 122; (XII) 11-12; with conclusions, (XIII) 328; without condemnation, (VIII) 307-8; (XIV) 12; (XVI) 114; (XVII) 22; and conditioning, (XII) 100-101; (XVI) 162; (XVII) 263; conditions for, (XVII) 99; and conflict, (XIV) 125-26; and the conscious mind, (XIV) 63, 65; and consciousness, (XIV) 38, 39; and desire, (X) 245; (XIV) 183; and deterioration, (XVII) 78; and discipline, (XIV) 4; (XVII) 34; and discovering the true and false, (XIV) 27; without distraction, (IX) 21; and dullness, (XII) 45-46; and the ending of conflict, (XIV) 42; and the ending of sorrow, (XIV) 307; (XV) 344; and the ending of violence, (XIV) 76; and energy, (XIV ) 288; (XV) 144-45; and enslavement to words, (XII) 122; without evaluation, (XIII) 215; and examination, (XVI) 33; as exploration, (XIV) 108; and facing the fact, (XIV) 26; and the fact, (XII) 311; of fear, (XV) 300; and feeling, (XII) 88; (XIII) 236-37; without formula, (XIV) 143-44, 146; and freedom, (XIII) 292; (XIV) 18, 19-20, 139; (XVI) 61; (XVII) 211; and freedom from the word, (XVII) 36; and the hindrance of accumulation, (XIV) 107; and the hindrance of determination, (XVI) 96-97; and the hindrance of memory, (XIII) 326; and the hindrance of the mind, (VIII) 151-52; and the hindrance of motive, (XVII) 262-63; and the hindrance of resistance, (XVI) 198; and the hindrance of thought, (XVII) 219; of human conflict, (XIV) 43; and image, (XVII) 58; importance of, (XVII) 105; and indifference, (XIII) 147; of the inner and outer world, (XIV ) 79; inside and outside, (XIII) 331; without interpretation, (XV) 45-46; without judging, (XIV) 301; and knowledge, (XIII) 299; and learning,

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(XIV) 1-4, 54-55, 80; (XV) 62; (XVI) 51, 237; and listening, (XIII) 124; and loss of conditioning, (XIII) 118; of love and death, (XVII) 113; meaning of, (XIV) 50; and meditation, (XI) 195; (XIV) 33, 35, 36-37; without memory, (XIII) 14; of the mind, (IX) 221; (XI) 254, 343; (XIV) 29; of the movement of life, (XVII) 68; and naming, (XI) 158; without naming, (IX) 11; (XIV) 280; and the need for gurus, (XIV) 70-71; and the new, (XIII) 18; without the observer and observed, (XII) 113; and the problem, (XIV) 182; process of, (XII) 43-46, 48; (XIII) 297-300; (XIV) 50-52; (XV) 66-67; and the process of naming, (XIII) 237; and the quiet brain, (XII) 312-13; (XVI) 18; and the quiet mind, (XV) 51; rarity of, (XV) 50; and reaction, (XII) 83-84; without reaction, (XVII) 225; without resistance, (XIV ) 138-39; of the self, (IX) 216; (XI) 229-30; (XIV) 17-18; and self-discovery, (XVI) 250; and self-knowing, (XVII) 21; and self-knowledge, (XI) 186; and sensation, (XVII) 147; without separation, (XIII) 297-98, 299, 300; and silence, (XVII) 118-19; and simplicity, (XVII) 98; and sorrow, (XIII) 85; and space, (XIV) 140; through space, (XIII) 321, 322; of the state of conflict, (XIII) 285; without technique, (XVII) 66; without the thinker, (XV) 67; (XVI) 169; and thinking, (XI) 352; without thought, (XIV) 205; and total response, (XII) 282; and true denial, (XII) 224; and the unconscious, (XIII) 195, 293; and understanding, (XII) 60, 109, 112; (XVII) 113; and understanding conflict, (XIV) 79; and understanding sorrow, (XII) 94; and understanding the world, (XIV) 17; and the unity of inside and outside, (XII) 231; of what is, (XIV) 1-2; without the word, (XII) 89. See also Attention; Awareness; Desire; Listening; Looking; Observer and the observed; Perception; Seeing; Thinking

Observed: defining, (XVII) 210. See also Observer Observer: absence of, (XII) 102; (XVII) 164-65; and

awareness, (XV) 38; as censor, (XV) 100; and change, (XVI) 20; (XVII) 276; as the conditioned entity, (XVI) 136-37; and consciousness, (XVII) 3; defining, (XVII) 210; and despair, (V) 249; and duality, (XVI) 69; ending of, (XVI) 203; (XVII) 90; and fear, (XVI) 212; (XVII) 112, 113, 275-76; freedom from, (XVI) 251; as hindrance to attention, (XVI) 190; as hindrance to freedom, (XVII) 38; as hindrance to observation, (XV) 283-84; as the idea, (XVI) 268; identifying, (XVI) 199-201; and the image, (XV) 202; (XVI) 45-46; (XVII) 79, 82; as image-maker, (XVI) 183; and inattention, (XV) 113; living without, (XVI) 191; and loneliness, (XVI) 153-54; looking without, (XVI) 136, 186-87, 201; meaning of, (XVI) 23; and memory, (XVI) 134; (XVII) 43, 72; and the observed, (IV) 194; (V) 249; as the past, (XVI) 200-201; and radical revolution, (XVI) 205; and space, (XVI) 58, 251; (XVII) 241; as static, (XVII) 276; and the thought, (XV) 67; and time, (XVI) 143; and violence, (XV) 338; and what is, (XVI)

212; (XVII) 89. See also Center; Entity; ‘Me’; Object; Observer and the observed; Thinker; Thinker and the thought

Observer and the observed, (III) 233; (XVI) 202-5, 268-74; absence of, (XIII) 98; (XV) 114; and the absence of division, (XIII) 298, 300; and the absence of silence, (XV) 136; and attention, (XVII) 115-16; and awareness, (IX) 30; and awareness of problems, (XV) 192; and change, (XII) 253-54; (XVII) 82; and communion, (XIV) 185-86, 189; and conditioning, (IX) 94; and conflict, (XI) 299; (XVI) 153-54, 156, 268-72; and contradiction, (XII) 46; and the creation of fear, (XVI) 107-8; and despair, (XVII) 22; without division, (IX) 120; (XVI) 143, 202-3; division in, (XIII) 283; and duality, (XII) 100-102; and emptiness, (XVI) 121; and the empty mind, (XVII) 3-4; ending the division of, (XVII) 219; and ending fear, (XVI) 180; and fear, (XI) 176; (XIII) 250; (XVII) 13, 72-73, 209-10, 211; and inattention, (XVII) 148; and living without ambition, (XVI) 170; and loneliness, (IX) 64; and looking, (XVII) 275, 276; and looking at the self, (XIV ) 242; need to understand, (XVI) 136; as one, (XIII) 304, 322; (XIV ) 195; (XV) 145; (XVI) 121-23, 185, 202-4, 272-73; (XVII) 43, 44, 75, 76, 112, 165; and the problem of change, (VII) 37-38; and the quiet mind, (X) 142-44; (XIII) 175-76; and seeing, (XV) 190-91; separation between, (XVI) 183; and sorrow, (XIV) 211; and space, (XVI) 248-49, 250-51; (XVII) 42, 241; and the static state, (XVII) 89; and time, (XV) 126-27, 130; (XVI) 23-25; and the time interval, (XVII) 141-42, 144; time interval between, (XVI) 134; and total attention, (XVII) 61; understanding, (XVI) 199-201; and understanding thought, (XIV ) 36; and what is, (XVII) 88, 89-90; and the whole mind, (XII) 44, 48; and the word, (XV) 339. See also Experiencer and the experienced; Observation; Observed; Observer; Thinker and the thought

Observer and the questioner: as one, (XIII) 13-14. See also Observation

Observing: and the center, (XIII) 13; without effort, (XVI) 127; and the new, (XIII) 302-3; and questioning, (XVI) 198-99; versus thinking, (XII) 6. See also Looking; Observation; Seeing

Obstinate: and positive thinking, (IX) 181-82 Occident: See Authority; Conditioning; Divisions;

Society; World problems Occident and Orient, (X) 31-32; and the image of God,

(XV) 240; and oneness of human problems, (IX) 51, 121; similarities between, (XVI) 159. See also East; East and West; West; World problems

Occult, (IX) 142-43 Occupation(s): and conflict, (IV) 5; (VII) 42-43; and

education, (V) 172; 59-60, 64; and exploitation, (IV) 8-9; and reality, (IV) 26; as social detriment, (VI) 106-7; with what to do, (IX) 262. See also Education; Livelihood; Nationalism; Occupied mind; Professions; Quiet mind

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Occupied mind, (VII) 309; (VIII) 207; (IX) 102; and achieving stillness, (IX) 21-22; and the acquisitive mind, (IX) 27-28; and authority, (VIII) 231; awareness of, (IX) 58-59; and change, (XI) 124; and the conditioned response, (IX) 284; and conflict, (IX) 204-5; defining, (X) 156-57; versus the empty mind, (XI) 40-41; examining, (IX) 206; and fear, (IX) 37; (XII) 234; as hindrance to seeing, (XVI) 2; as hindrance to self-knowing, (XVII) 164; and laziness, (XIII) 138; limitations of, (IX) 205-6; and listening, (XI) 14; and love, (VIII) 319; and mediocrity, (VIII) 286-87; (X) 189; and meditation, (VIII) 239-40; versus meditation, (VII) 233-34, 247-49; versus the new, (IX) 140,142; and problems, (IX) 80-81; and self-centeredness, (X) 226; and sorrow, (IX) 99; and superficiality, (VII) 312-13; understanding, (XII) 137-38. See also Conscious; Daily life; Dull mind; Empty mind; Livelihood; Mediocre mind; Mind; Petty mind; Quiet mind; Serious mind

Old: and authority, (XIV ) 20; defining, (XIII) 74; and disturbance, (XIII) 15; dying to, (XVII) 173; ending of, (XIII) 303; as an example to the young, (VIII) 92-93; fear of, (XVII) 226; and the loss of innocence, (XV) 235; and the new, (XIV) 230; versus the new, (XVII) 136; and thought, (XVII) 169, 170, 173, 176, 177; versus young, (V) 33-34. See also Old age; Parents

Old age, (III) 213; and conditioned belief, (XVI) 156; and deterioration, (VI) 299-301; fear of, (XII) 318; and the fear of death, (XV) 78; and leisure time, (III) 211; meaning of, (X) 258; and the seeds of deterioration, (VII) 309; and understanding death, (XV) 346

Old brain: function of, (XVI) 197; and the need for quiet, (XVI) 16. See also Brain

Older generation: and the creation of world problems, (XVII) 280; and the responsibility for world violence, (XVII) 261-62. See also Younger generation; Young people

Old mind, (XI) 74-77; (XIV) 14-15, 20; and acquiring knowledge, (XIII) 245; describing, (XII) 236; ending of, (XVI) 163; looking at, (XVI) 198; reasons for, (XI) 75-76; versus the young mind, (XI) 35-36. See also Dull mind; Mind; Old brain; Petty mind

One world: as brotherhood, (VII) 102 Opinion(s): versus communion, (XIV) 226; and

contradiction, (IX) 7, 9; as dialecticism, (XVI) 3; versus fact(s), (XII) 283; (XIV ) 145; futility of discussing, (XVI) 196; as hindrance to fact, (XV) 10-11, 338-39; as hindrance to inquiry, (XVI) 53; as hindrance to relationships, (XVI) 46; as hindrance to understanding, (XI) 70; listening without, (XV) 186, 188; of others, (l) 140-41; as useless, (XVII) 228; as valueless, (XIV) 234; and words, (XIV) 50. See also Authority; Belief; Comparison; Competition; Idea(s); Ideal(s); Ideology; Patterns; Tradition

Opposite(s): and choice, (l) 3, 9; (XI) 164-65; and conflict, (IV) 2-3; (XIII) 76; (XVII) 267; conflict of, (III) 175; (VI) 167-68, 195; and desire, (XI) 180-81; and education of children, (III) 78; falseness of, (III) 50-51; and the futility of integration, (XV) 178; and ideals versus understanding, (XVII) 232; and incompleteness, (l) 2-3; overcoming, (XII) 100, 102; as reaction, (XI) 333; search for, (l) 168-70; and the seeds of, (IX) 228-29; state of, (IX) 284; and suffering, (l ) 2-3; transcending, (III) 212; and violence, (VI) 77. See also Choice; Conflict; Conflict of opposites; Contradiction; Divisions; Duality; Effort

Opposition, (l) 144-45; as conflict, (VI) 7-8; and duality, (III) 204; as hindrance, (III) 197-98

Oppressor: and the oppressed, (II) 27. See also Exploiter

Order, (XII) 189-92; (XV) 171-75; achieving, (XV) 201; and attention, (XV) 172; and austerity, (XVII) 239, 242; awareness of, (XV) 207; and the awareness of disorder, (XV) 206-7; as the basis of relationships, (XV) 57; and the challenge of authority, (XVII) 138; and change, (XV) 157; and the cultivation of virtue, (IX) 90-91; defining, (XV) 14; (XVI) 114-15; desire for, (XII) 187-88, 189-90; and discipline, (XV) 346; and disorder, (XV) 55-56, 116-20, 124-25, 158, 295-301; (XVI) 184; and facing what is, (XVII) 191; and forced behavior, (XVII) 202; and freedom, (XV) 116-17, 195-96, 206, 304; and freedom from sorrow, (XV) 344, 346; generational attempt at, (XVII) 245; and the hindrance of authority, (XVII) 197; and the hindrance of compulsion, (XVI) 47-48; and the hindrance of ideology, (XVII) 192; and identification with pleasure, (XV) 236; versus the immoral society, (XVI) 183-84; inward and outward, (XVII) 190; and love, (XVII) 242; the need for, (VIII) 91; (XIV ) 278; (XVII) 159, 167, 190-91; need for inner and outer, (XVI) 24-25; need for inward and outward, (XV) 198-99; need for outward, (XVII) 258; need for social and inward, (XVI) 47-48; and observation, (XV) 129; as peace, (XV) 129; and the presence of love and beauty, (XVII) 208; and responsibility, (XV) 57; and sanity, (XV) 171-72; in the self, (XVII) 180; and self-knowing, (XV) 174; as social necessity, (XV) 325-26; and society, (XV) 19, 203; and technology, (XV) 56; and time, (XV) 262; as timeless, (XV) 200; without tradition, (X) 146; and violence, (XVI) 25; and virtue, (XII) 310; (XV) 136, 201; (XVI) 25; (XVII) 34; as virtue, (XIII) 157-58; and will, (XV) 209. See also Disorder; Order and disorder; Society

Order and disorder, (XVII) 167-68, 173, 245-51; and conduct, (XVII) 202; and meditation, (XVII) 239-40; understanding the relationship between, (XVII) 223-24, 227-28. See also Disorder; Order

Orderly freedom: and society, (XV) 55. See also Order Order, space, and freedom: as interrelated, (XV) 206.

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Organization(s), (II) 205; (V) 100-102, 115; as cause of war, (V) 76; creating, (l ) 185-86; and disunity, (II) 84-85; and exploitation, (III) 21-22; versus freedom, (X) 15-16; freedom from, (XVI) 248; as hindrance to reality, (IV) 39-40; increase in, (XIV) 296-97; and Master, (II) 225-26; need for, (II) 124; and the need to question, (II) 188; and the path to love, (X) 188-89; and peace movement, (VI) 98-100; as reactionary, (XI) 354-55; role of, (VI) 279, 281; and social reform, (VI) 316-17; as support, (VIII) 230; as usurpers of power, (V) 100-101. See also Authority; Groups; Institution; Religion; Society

Organized belief: loss of faith in, (XVII) 94. See also Belief

Organized entertainment: and leisure, (XIV) 203 Organized groups: and vested interests, (VI) 284-85 Organized religion, (V) 36-37; and the absence of

peace, (VIII) 141; and the absence of self, (X) 75; and authority, (VII) 301; and the authority of the few, (XVII) 139; and compulsion of individual, (VI) 279-81; as conditioned, (XII) 78; and conditioning, (V) 48; (XI) 168; and dependency, (III) 162-63; and destruction of individual responsibility, (IV) 88; and discipline, (XIII) 303-4; and energy, (XIII) 337-38; as escape, (VI) 140; escape from, (IV) 151; as escape from suffering, (XII) 175; versus experiencing life, (V) 202; and freedom, (XIII) 106; freedom from, (IX) 33-34, 36; and government, (IX) 230; as hindrance to thought, (XI) 302; and leisure, (XIV) 203; as meaningless, (XVII) 41, 215, 217; and the mind of man, (X) 98-99; and the modern world, (V) 156-57; need to be free of, (XI) 207; and the obliteration of the individual, (XI) 144; as poisonous, (XII) 127; and problems, (XV) 7; as propaganda, (XIV) 43; and propaganda conditioning, (XIII) 332-33; versus religion, (X) 199; versus the religious person, (XIII) 64; and the search for God, (X) 102-3; and the search for the original, (XV) 215; and separatism, (V) 2-3; and the state, (III) 207; (IV) 16; teachings of, (XVII) 152-53; versus the true religion, (X) 34; versus the true religious life, (XI) 360; and universal morality, (X) 80. See also Authority; Conditioning; Exploitation; God; Masters; Obedience; Organized belief; Power; Religion; Society; War

Organized revolution: as reactionary, (XI) 360. See also Revolution

Organized society: and freedom, (IX) 249; function of, (V) 203-5. See also Society

Organizer: function of, (XVII) 143 Orient: See Authority; Conditioning; Divisions;

Society; World problems Orient and Occident, (II) 194; (X) 31-32; differences

between, (IX) 51; and oneness of human problems, (IX) 121; similarities between, (XVI) 159. See also East; East and West; West; World problems

Original: achieving, (XV) 220; defining, (XV) 215; and freedom from time, (XIV) 150; and hindrance

to understanding, (XV) 219; and the need for skepticism, (XVI) 137; need to be, (XIV) 149-50; and the religious man, (XIV) 117; search for, (XV) 241. See also Conditioning; Habit; New; Repetition

Originality: and learning, (XIV ) 240; and simplicity, (XIII) 158. See also Original

Original sin: and the Christian resistance to life, (XVI) 100. See also Belief; Religion

Origin of life: and the ending of sorrow, (XV) 220 Orthodoxy: and the absence of beauty, (XV) 93;

rejection of, (V) 170-71. See also Conditioning; Conformity; New

Otherness: and the search for freedom, (XI) 44; state of, (IX) 231-32; as unknown, (IX) 234. See also God; Reality; Truth

“Ought to be”: versus what I am, (X) 70 Our earth: and divisions, (VIII) 186 ‘Ourness’: and rebuilding a new civilization, (VII)

141-42; and the conditioned mind, (VII) 151 Our world: and the cessation of divisions, (VIII) 92;

and fear, (VIII) 63; need for, (VIII) 113-14 Outer: and challenge, (XII) 75-76; defining the

function of, (XII) 70-71. See also Inner Outer and inner: as one, (XI) 184; as unitary process,

(XII) 90. See also Inner and outer; Inward and outward

Outer and inner life: as one, (XIII) 51-52. See also Inner and outer; Outer and inner

Outer problems: defining, (XII) 218. See also Society; World problems

Outer space: and exploration, (XIV) 297. See also Space

Outer to inner: movement of, (XV) 47, 85, 175. See also Inner and outer

Outer world: and inner state, (IV) 48 Outside: See Outer Outward: understanding, (XV) 44, 47; and

understanding society, (XV) 42, 47. See also Outer to inner

Outward and inward movement(s): and the desire to belong, (XII) 184-85; as one (XIII) 89-90. See also Inner and outer

Outward authority, (XII) 144; defining, (XII) 234. See also Authority; Outer

Outward challenge: and inward crisis, (XVI) 160; and social competition, (XIII) 220-21. See also Challenge

Outward change: rapidity of, (XII) 200. See also Industrialism; Progress; Society

Outward condition, (III) 127-28 Outward movement: affecting, (XII) 185; and change,

(XII) 291-92; defining, (XII) 171-72; of life, (XIV) 1-2

Outward reform: and inward revolution, (VII) 294-95 Outward security, (XII) 235 Overcoming: as suppression, (IV) 118-19 Over-organization: and destruction of freedom, (XI)

103 Overpopulation: and confusion, (XI) 57; and

destruction of freedom, (XI) 103; and violence,

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(XVII) 256; and worship of authority, (XIV) 246. See also Space; World problems

Pacifism, (VI) 195-97; and violence, (VI) 127-28; and

war, (V) 315. See also Peace; Violence Pacifist: and violence, (XVI) 288, 296. See also War Pain, (II) 28; (VIII) 302-3; abolishing, (XV) 232-33;

acceptance of, (XVI) 83; acceptance of psychological, (XV) 316; approach to, (XIII) 223; avoidance of, (XVI) 169; and awareness of conflict, (XVI) 82; beginning of, (XV) 237; and change, (XV) 54; and comfort, (l) 27; and competition, (XVI) 218; and continuity, (XIII) 318; and desire, (IX) 82; (XV) 106; (XVI) 88; (XVII) 213; and detachment, (V) 228-29; difficulty of overcoming physical, (XVI) 235; and discontent, (XI) 8; escape from, (l) 170; and experience, (X) 17; and fear, (XII) 96; (XV) 28; and life, (XVII) 69-70; meaning of, (XVI) 284; and motive, (XIV) 95; physical, (XIV ) 90; (XVII) 69; physical and psychological, (IV) 175; (XV) 200, 341; and pleasure, (l) 15; (II) 215; (XV) 290-91; (XVI) 287; (XVII) 67, 123; and pleasure of living, (X) 159; and the presence of pleasure, (XVI) 62, 91-92; and psychological dependence, (VII) 273-74; and relationship, (IX) 139; and the relation to pleasure, (XVI) 117-18; and the search for pleasure, (XVI) 121; and thought, (XVII) 163; and time, (XIV) 103; (XV) 131. See also Confusion; Despair; Escape; Happiness; Identification; Pleasure; Sorrow; Suffering

Painter: and communion, (XIV) 226; and expression, (XVI) 245. See also Arts

Pakistan: See Authority; Conditioning; Divisions; Nationalism; Society; War; Words; World problems

Paradise: through intelligent awareness, (II) 185. See also Millennium

Paramatma: as spiritual entity, (VIII) 291 Parenting, (l) 55-56; and religious training, (l) 121 Parents: and attitude to education, (VII) 157-60; as

authority, (l) 55-56; (VII) 78-79; and coercive education, (XI) 3-4; and comparison, (VIII) 67-68; and the conditioned mind, (VII) 74, 75; and dependence on children, (VII) 81-82; and the desire to have children conform, (X) 14; duty to, (VII) 237; and education, (VIII) 124; and the education of children, (IX) 224-25; (X) 65; (XIII) 272-73; and fear of, (VII) 76; and love, (XV) 229; and loving their children, (VII) 88-89; (IX) 271-72; and power, (VIII) 113-14; and the relationship to the child, (IX) 155-56; respect for, (VIII) 71; and responsibility for education, (VII) 162-63; responsibility for environment, (V) 170-74; responsibility of, (VIII) 38-39, 278-83; responsibility to, (V) 170-72; role of, (V) 171-74; (VII) 68; (VIII) 63-64. See also Authority; Children; Domination; Education; Family

Parsi(s): See Authority; Belief; Conditioning; Conformity; Divisions; God; Religion; Society; Words; World problems

Part: as shallow, (VII) 170; and whole, (XII) 176. See also Total action

Partial: action, (XI) 342 Participation: in affecting outward change, (XVI) 242 Particular: versus the general, (XIII) 148; and love,

(XVII) 203; versus the total, (XV) 186-90; and the universal, (XII) 10

Passion, (XIII) 250-52, 253-56; (XIV) 95-100; and action, (XIV) 70; and austerity, (XII) 166; (XV) 225; and beauty, (XI) 205; and conflict, (XII) 194; defining, (XII) 149, 273; (XVII) 252; and discontent, (XIV ) 265; and the discovery of truth, (XIV) 124; and the dissipation of energy, (XVII) 232; and energy, (XIII) 111-12; (XVI) 67, 68; and energy from what is, (XIV) 113; and energy through action, (XV) 235-36; as foundation for the free mind, (XII) 205; and freedom, (XVI) 162; (XVII) 18-19; and the hindrance of acceptance, (XIV) 33-34; and inquiry, (XVI) 67; and learning, (XI) 98-99; and listening, (XVII) 172; meaning of, (XI) 374; (XII) 245; and motive, (XVII) 155, 157; need for, (XIV) 60-61, 154; (XVII) 63-64, 132-33; and the need for reason, (XIV) 154; and pleasure, (XVI) 66, 281; (XVII) 35, 66; and the religious mind, (XII) 226; revival of, (XI) 97, 99; and seeing beauty, (XIV) 269; and self-abandonment, (XI) 251-52; versus sex, (XII) 245; and simplicity, (XI) 72; as a state of mind, (XV) 69-70; and understanding, (XIII) 251; and understanding sorrow, (XIII) 251-52; and understanding truth, (XI) 146-48. See also Desire; Feelings; Intensity; Love; Sensitivity

Passionate mind: and the absence of conflict, (XII) 154; and the absence of seeking, (XVII) 156; defining, (XI) 97; as the empty mind, (XIV) 118; and the immeasurable, (XI) 153; and learning, (XV) 69-70; and the whole, (XI) 108. See also Mind; New mind; Passion; Quiet mind; Religious mind; Silent mind

Passion, love, and desire: as related, (XII) 243, 246 Passive alertness: understanding, (V) 50-51, 52, 265.

See also Self-knowledge Passive awareness: and aloneness, (V) 357-58;

defining, (V) 9; and dream interpretation, (IV) 137-38; and freedom from fear, (VII) 302-3; and need to dream, (V) 144; and openness to the unknown, (VII) 331-32; versus possessions, (V) 297; and state of tranquillity, (IV) 126; and the still mind, (IV) 209; and the tranquil mind-heart, (IV) 64; and true thought, (IV) 136; and understanding, (V) 7, 155-56, 191, 254-56, 261, 318, 358-59. See also Awareness; Choiceless Awareness; Quiet mind; Real; Reality

Passive mind: and the positive, (XV) 254-55. See also Mind

Passivity: and laziness, (XII) 206

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Past, (II) 163-64; and accumulation, (XVII) 177; and action, (XIV) 149; (XVI) 216; (XVII) 18; analyzing, (VI) 144-45; and authority, (XIII) 10, 71-72, 123; awareness of, (III) 135; versus beauty, (XVII) 207; breaking down, (XIII) 92; as burden, (II) 67; clinging to, (XVI) 49; and communion, (XIV) 284; and comparison, (XVII) 183; conditioned by, (XVI) 141-42, 143; and conditioning, (XIII) 129; (XV) 304-5; and the conscious and unconscious, (XVI) 143; as the conscious and unconscious, (XII) 127; (XV) 276-77; as the conscious and the unconscious mind, (IX) 188; in the conscious and unconscious, (XIV) 138; and consciousness, (VI) 108-10; (X) 50, 54; as consciousness, (XIII) 289-90; and conditioned thought, (IV) 79; contact with, (XV) 162; defining, (V) 189; (VIII) 323; (X) 54, 237-38; (XIII) 68, 72, 316; (XIV) 151; (XVI) 188-89, 190; denial of, (XVI) 77; desire for, (X) 254; desire to erase, (X) 73; dissolving, (XIII) 69, 72, 73; dominating influences of, (III) 119; dying to, (XI) 194-95; (XII) 221-22, 260-61; (XV) 79-80, 232-33, 244, 276; (XVI) 31-32, 162; and dying to yesterday, (XII) 37; and the empty mind, (XVII) 242; ending of, (XIII) 303; (XVII) 163; and energy, (XIII) 66, 338; enslavement to, (XII) 6; as the essence of habit, (XIII) 240; as existence, (XVI) 205; and experience, (VII) 239; (X) 145-46; (XII) 224, 309; (XIII) 220; (XVII) 34-35, 155; and the fact, (XIII) 37; and fear, (XI) 173-74; (XIII) 35, 134; (XIV) 94; and formula for change, (XVII) 101-2; and fragmentation, (XVI) 239; freedom from, (VI) 364; (VII) 224-25; (VIII) 95, 196, 205, 268-69; (IX) 49, 143, 187-88, 190-95, 211; (X) 50, 123, 149, 237-38; (XI) 225-26; (XII) 137; (XIII) 37-38, 67, 72, 73, 219, 240; (XIV) 87, 228; (XV) 153; (XVI) 90; (XVII) 5, 166; and freedom from the known, (IX) 92; freedom to look at, (XVI) 198; and the free mind, (VIII) 322-23; functioning from, (XVI) 239-40; function of, (XIII) 69-70; futility of return to, (IX) 2; and future, (XIII) 63, 77; versus future, (III) 141; and goodness, (XIII) 151; as hindrance, (IV) 49-50; (V) 58, 121; as a hindrance to discovery, (VIII) 234-36; as hindrance to freedom, (VIII) 102-3; as a hindrance to humility, (XVI) 145; as hindrance to investigation, (XVI) 90; as hindrance to learning, (X) 252-53; as hindrance to meditation, (IX) 280; as hindrance to the new, (XIV) 243; as hindrance to the present, (V) 304-6; (XIII) 328-29; as hindrance to solving problems, (XVII) 33; as hindrance to the still mind, (IX) 231-32; as hindrance to the timeless, (X) 87; as hindrance to the young mind, (XIV) 85; and the image of fear, (XVII) 276; and the individual, (XIII) 74; and influence, (XII) 97; influences of, (X) 223; influence in present and future, (XIII) 316-17, 319; and influence on now and the future, (XI) 273; inheritance from, (III) 163, 191-92; and inquiry, (XIII) 334; and the insensitive mind, (XVII) 269; and knowledge, (VIII) 333; (IX) 217;

(XII) 321-22; (XIII) 185, 222; as knowledge, (X) 97-98; as the known, (IX) 260-61; and learning, (XI) 158; as limitation of present and future, (III) 154; living free of, (XVI) 13; living in, (XIV) 88; (XVI) 238-39; and living in the present, (XV) 114-16; living without, (XIII) 317, 319; and maturity, (XIII) 246-47; and ‘me’, (VI) 181-83; meaning of, (XI) 50; and memory, (l) 180-82; (IV) 41; (IX) 266-67; and the mind, (V) 138-39; need to be free of, (X) 203; (XIII) 315-16; (XVI) 12; and the negative approach, (XI) 206; nonunderstanding of, (III) 223; and the observer, (XVI) 199-201; and the old mind, (X) 258; and past understanding, (IV) 36; pleasant and unpleasant, (VII) 232-33; and pleasure, (XVI) 283-85; and present, (II) 68; (III) 209-10; (V) 80, 189; present and future, (V) 250-51; and the quality of thought, (XIII) 43-44; as a response to thought, (XIV) 190; and the shaping of response, (XIII) 122-23; and sorrow, (VIII) 336; and thinking, (X) 214; thinking as a result of, (XVI) 168; and thought, (VII) 231-32; (XV) 224; (XVI) 147; (XVII) 135-36; and time, (XIV) 102; (XV) 75-76; as time, (VIII) 39; and the timeless, (XI) 169; and the unconscious, (XIII) 7; as the unconscious, (XIV) 63; understanding, (IV) 19; and the word, (XIII) 295; worship of, (VIII) 215. See also Accumulation; Brain; Conditioning; Continuity; Environment; Experience; Fear; Hate; Heredity; Individual; Knowledge; Memory; Mind; Time

Past and future: living in, (XIII) 159-60. See also Past Past, present, and future: and conditioning, (X) 26; and

conflict, (XII) 177; and thought, (XIII) 102-3; and time, (XI) 176; (XIV ) 101; as time, (XVI) 141-42. See also Future; Past; Present

Path: as nonexistent, (XIII) 106. See also Discipline; Method

Patience: meaning of, (XIV) 100 Patriotism, (II) 6, 41-43; (X) 115; and awareness, (II)

41; versus brotherhood, (II) 50-51; as a disease, (II) 42; as hindrance, (II) 42; and irrationality, (V) 66-67; versus love of the earth, (XI) 92; origin of, (II) 51; as poisonous, (XV) 229; and war, (III) 242. See also Divisions; Nationalism; War; World problems

Pattern(s): attempt to be free of, (X) 99; and change, (X) 11-12; (XIV) 277; (XVII) 198; versus change, (XIII) 74-75; changing to, (XV) 332; and conformity, (XII) 235; conformity to, (XI) 326; (XV) 325-28; (XVII) 134; and contradiction, (XIV) 281; creating, (XVII) 20; creating new, (X) 45; and the desire to change, (XV) 133; destruction of, (XII) 254, 279; and escape from fact, (XIII) 232; as hindrance to change, (IX) 55; (XI) 89; (XIV) 188; as hindrance to dealing with problems, (XVII) 129; as hindrance to radical revolution, (XIV) 271; as hindrance to understanding, (XV) 240; versus meditation, (XII) 263; and memory, (XIV) 170; need to be free of, (X) 171; (XIII) 315; need to break, (XV) 99; and the petty mind, (XV)

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183; versus reality, (VIII) 318; and the repetition of thought, (XVII) 177-78; and revolt, (XVII) 168; versus revolution, (XVI) 233; and satisfying discontent, (XIV ) 264; search for, (XIV) 278; and the search for God, (XV) 41; significance of, (XIII) 262; and social revolutions, (XVII) 16; and society, (XIV ) 245; submission to, (XV) 295; and superficial change, (XIII) 267; surviving within, (XVII) 179; of thinking, (X) 38; (XV) 55. See also Belief; Change; Conditioning; Conformity; Copying; Discipline; Habits; Ideal(s); Ideology; Imitation; Knowledge; Method; Systems; Technique; Tradition; Words

Peace, (III) 176; (VI) 9-10; (VII) 126-27; (IX) 70-71; (XV) 220-26, 295-96; and the ability to learn, (XVI) 214; and the absence of conflict, (XVI) 80-81, 84; (XVII) 219; and the absence of pleasure, (XV) 124; and the absence of tomorrow, (XV) 116; to achieve, (III) 117, 150, 226, 232, 237-38; achieving, (IV) 4, 27, 89; (VIII) 142; (IX) 15-16, 70-71; (X) 79; (XIII) 234; (XIV) 13, 259-60; (XVI) 125-30, 130-35; achieving, (XV) 346; (XVI) 4, 11, 46-47; achieving through fundamental change, (VII) 53-54; achieving through self-knowledge, (V) 16; acquiring, (X) 9; analyzing the nature of, (VIII) 260-61; approach to, (XVI) 116; barriers to, (IX) 70; versus becoming, (XIV) 133-34; through compassion and goodwill, (IV) 7; conditions for, (V) 339; (XV) 84, 86; (XVII) 29; and conflict, (XII) 242, 298; (XVI) 214; and the conflict of commitment, (XI) 371-72; and contradiction, (XV) 179, 180; creating, (III) 153; defining, (IV) 154-55; (IX) 15-16, 70; (XV) 225; and desire, (XVI) 76, 85; desire for, (V) 223-24; (VIII) 153; (IX) 247; (XII) 8, 238; (XIII) 324; desire for inward, (XIV) 129; versus the desire for security, (XV) 220; and the desire to achieve, (VIII) 154; destroyers of, (XVI) 126-27; and discontent, (VII) 211; discovering, (XI) 113; versus divisions, (VIII) 217; as effortless, (XVI) 135; and energy, (XVI) 130, 134; and escape, (VIII) 227-28; as evolutionary process, (III) 231-32; versus fear, (VIII) 225-26; finding method for, (VII) 20-21; and freedom, (XVI) 3-4; (XVII) 85; and freedom from conditioning, (XVI) 126-27; and freedom from fear, (XV) 117; and freedom from the positive, (XVII) 21; versus fulfillment, (IX) 122; futility of pursuit, (X) 40; and the hindrance of armaments, (XVII) 281; and the hindrance of motive, (XVII) 273; and the hindrance of thought, (XVI) 133; hindrances to, (IV) 89-90; as an idea, (XV) 83; and the individual, (V) 342; and individual understanding, (III) 145-46, 148; and intelligent awareness, (III) 148; inward and outward, (XVI) 116; versus isolation of relationship, (V) 59-61; meaning of, (VII) 126-27; (VIII) 219; (IX) 223-24; (XII) 190; (XV) 127-28; (XVI) 126; of mind, (XIII) 54; and moral behavior, (XVI) 81; through motiveless movement, (IX) 208-9; as necessity, (VI) 98-99; need for, (X)

116-17; (XV) 220; (XVI) 15; (XVII) 101, 257; and the need for inward change, (XVII) 144; and the need for order, (XVII) 245, 247; need to live in, (XVI) 132; as order, (XV) 129; and the ordinary person, (VIII) 225; organizing for, (V) 76; as personal responsibility, (IV) 188; (V) 153; and prayer, (XIV) 259-60; through prayer, (III) 31; (IV) 90; and the presence of freedom, (XVI) 111, 125-26; (XVII) 218; and the presence of goodness, (XVI) 9; price of, (IV) 7; reasons for achieving, (VI) 98-100; and the refinement of the heart, (VII) 127; and relationship, (XVI) 44-45, 47; and the religious man, (XV) 322-23; and revolution of values, (IV) 93; search for, (VI) 79; (VIII) 328; (XI) 140-41; (XV) 88, 94; and the search for security, (VIII) 222-24; through self-knowledge, (III) 197; (IV) 151, 157; (VIII) 225-26; state of, (XV) 91; and the still mind, (XIV ) 218-19; superficial, (XV) 64; and truth, (VI) 100; through understanding of confusion, (IV) 193; types of, (VIII) 129-30; (IX) 233; and the unconditioned mind, (VIII) 218-19; through understanding, (VIII) 231-32; and understanding needs, (XV) 220; through understanding the self, (VIII) 227-28; and violence, (VI) 99; without violence, (III) 140; as vulnerable to attack, (X) 83-84; and war, (V) 15-16; (VI) 195-97; from within, (V) 278. See also Conflict; Divisions; God; Immeasurable; Nationalism; Non-violence; Quiet mind; Reality; Society; Tranquillity; Violence; War; World problems

Peaceful living: as prime goal, (III) 242-43 Peaceful mind: and understanding the significance of

existence, (XVII) 43. See also Mind; Quiet mind; Silent mind

Peacemakers, (IX) 209 “Peace of mind”: and meditation, (XV) 36. See also

Peace Perception: achieving, (XII) 24; and achieving

understanding, (XVII) 4; and action, (XI) 358; as action, (XV) 332; and attention, (XI) 258, 360; and clarity, (XI) 182-83; and compassion, (IV) 8; and conflict, (XIV) 12-13; and confusion, (XI) 202, 204-5; and death, (XII) 258; and desire, (XIV) 180; (XV) 16, 64, 313; (XVI) 36, 61, 86-87; (XVII) 184, 213; as different from analysis, (XIII) 283-84; and effort, (XII) 41; and energy, (XIII) 66; (XIV) 290; of the fact, (XI) 391; of false and true, (XI) 190; and fear, (XIII) 100-101; of fear, (XVII) 275; and freedom, (XII) 234; and the free mind, (XI) 256, 258; and the hindrance of influence, (XIII) 226; and the individual, (XVII) 137; without interpretation, (XI) 208; and knowledge, (XIII) 219; versus knowledge, (X) 86-87; and liberation, (XII) 310; and listening, (XII) 67; (XVI) 140; and the negative approach to, (XII) 27; and the new, (XI) 340; of the problem, (XI) 339; and the process of desire, (XV) 166; and renunciation, (XI) 277; and sensation, (VII) 77-78; significance, (XI) 345; and silence, (XVI) 185; of

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sorrow, (XI) 221-23; and the state of being alone, (XII) 225; versus symbols, (XI) 287; and time, (XII) 160; (XIV) 210; and total freedom, (XIV) 134, 135; and truth, (XI) 254; understanding, (VIII) 39-40; as the way of truth, (XI) 257-58; of the whole, (V) 88-89; and the word, (XIV) 189. See also Awareness; Learning; Looking; Masks; Observation; Seeing

Perception and memory: relationship between, (XIV) 58. See also Memory; Perception

Perfection, (l) 42, 112-14, 151-52, 178; as continual becoming, (II) 142-43; defining, (VIII) 332; and ideal, (VII) 268-69; as illusion, (III) 98; and learning, (IX) 171-73; as the known, (VII) 306-7; and time, (VIII) 331-32. See also Conflict; Environment; Experience; God; Reality; Truth

Perfect man: as materialist, not spiritual, ideal, (VII) 268

Periphery: and the seeking mind, (XVII) 152-53, 156 Permanence, (-y), (III) 26-29; (VII) 327-29, 330; and

attention, (XVI) 193; and the center, (X) 178-79; versus the constant, (XI) 126-27; and continuity, (V) 267; (VIII) 209; and the creation of God, (VIII) 87; and the dead mind, (XIV) 251; and desire for, (III) 103-4; (IV) 189; (V) 336-37; (VII) 49, 114-15, 263-65; (VIII) 150, 185, 222-24, 273; (IX) 112, 217; (XI) 356; (XIII) 179-81; (XIV) 279; (XV) 28, 177; and the desire for security, (XII) 104-5; effect of and desire for, (VII) 21-22; and escape from loneliness, (XIII) 103; and fear, (XIII) 101-2, 136; and God, (IX) 142; as hindrance, (IX) 36; as hindrance to inquiry, (IX) 223; as hindrance to security, (VII) 161; human search for, (XV) 40-41; as an idea, (XIV ) 242; and impermanence, (l) 64; (X) 178-79; as life goal, (VII) 87; and the ‘me’, (IX) 41; and the mind, (IX) 20; or movement beyond time, (IX) 142; myth of, (VIII) 289; and the need for authority, (VIII) 26; and the need for dependence, (IX) 61-62; as nonexistent, (VIII) 274; (XI) 31; (XIII) 180-81; (XV) 319; and organized religion, (XIV) 223; and promise of security, (VII) 279; and religion, (XI) 116; search for, (IV) 205; (IX) 208, 257; (X) 7, 10, 42-43; (XIII) 44, 263; (XIV) 223; (XV) 241; and the search for fulfillment, (IX) 47; and search for God, (V) 346; and the search for security, (XIII) 306; and separation, (V) 8; and the thinker and the thought, (XII) 177-78; and thought, (XII) 241; and time, (XII) 98; and time, death, and love, (XII) 162; and transiency, (XI) 117; versus transient, (III) 151. See also Awareness; Belief; Change; Continuity; Death; Fear; Impermanence; Permanent; Reincarnation; Religion; Security

Permanent: belief in, (XVII) 17; desire for, (XVII) 85; meaning of, (XIII) 256; nonexistence of, (XVII) 27-28, 114; and the search for God, (XVII) 182; and the soul, (XVII) 108. See also Continuity; Death; Fear; Permanency; Religion; Security

Permanent entity: and the desire for continuity, (XVII) 27; and the next life, (XVII) 149; and thought, (XIV) 158. See also Permanent; Soul

Permanent state: desire for, (XIV) 129, 132 Personality, (VIII) 145 Personal lives: and public conflict, (V) 77 Personal responsibility: and world crisis, (VI) 217 Persuasion: and change, (XI) 308-11; (XII) 288. See

also Compulsion Petition: and prayer, (VII) 217. See also Prayer Pettiness: and the mediocre mind, (VIII) 123-24; need

to end, (XIII) 273; seeing, (XIII) 184; and truth, (XIII) 205-6. See also Petty mind

Petty mind: and ambition, (X) 153; and the ambitious mind, (XIII) 98; and approach to problems, (X) 155-57; and avoidance of problems, (XIV ) 94-95; awareness of, (XI) 340; 27-28; as basic problem, (X) 100-101; and being serious, (XIII) 275; and commitment to action, (XIII) 93-94; and contradiction, (XI) and control, (IX) 103-5; and creation of problems, (XI) 134; defining, (X) 156-57; (XII) 307-8; describing, (XI) 94-99; and drugs, (XVII) 14; and experience, (XV) 39; and fear, (XV) 320; and feeling, (XI) 72-73; and following, (XVI) 232; and freedom, (VIII) 228-31; freedom from, (XIII) 97; and fundamental change, (XI) 239; going beyond, (VII) 255; and habit, (XV) 243; and the immediate,, (XIII) 92-93; and intelligence, (VII) 216-17; and knowledge, (XV) 260; and the known, (IX) 217; as limited, (XI) 131; and listening, (XVII) 240; and the meaning of bliss, (XIV) 72; as the mechanical mind, (XIV ) 259; and meditation, (XIV) 299-300; versus the new, (X) 179; as occupied, (VIII) 207; and peace, (VIII) 232; and the positive approach, (XI) 293; and prayer, (IX) 235; and problems, (XIV) 81-82; realization of, (IX) 283; and religion, (XVI) 247-48; and seriousness, (VIII) 259; and superficial answers, (IX) 136, 138; as unaware, (IX) 265-66; versus the unknown, (X) 214. See also Conscious mind; Dull mind; Empty mind; Innocent mind; Mediocre mind; Mind; New mind; Occupied mind; Old mind; Quiet mind; Religious mind; Shallow mind; Superficiality

Philanthropy: and discernment, (III) 39-40; and environment, (III) 15-16; and exploitation, (II) 141-42; and fear, (II) 188-89; and wrong means, (IV) 198. See also Exploitation; Needs

Philosophers: and the failure of rulers, (XVII) 125; and the purpose of life, (IX) 93-94; theories of, (III) 62. See also Authority; Intellectual; Knowledge; Philosophy

Philosophy, (II) 27, 49; defining, (XIV) 76; and despair, (XVI) 265; as immature, (XIV) 198; invention of, (XI) 391; and the meaning of life, (XIV) 40; as metaphysical refuge, (II) 86; and problems, (XVII) 32; as refuge, (l) 105; value of, (IX) 38-39; and world uncertainty, (XI) 378. See also Authority; Intellect

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Physical continuity: desire for, (XII) 160. See also Permanency

Physical danger: protection against, (XVI) 110. See also Danger

Physical death: solving the problem of, (XII) 262. See also Continuity; Death

Physical effort: versus psychological effort, (IX) 166. See also Effort

Physical energy: in the East and West, (XIII) 231; and psychological conflict, (XVI) 138; sources of, (XIV) 288. See also Energy

Physical fear: necessity of, (XII) 262; and psychological fear, (XII) 304; as self-protective, (XV) 77. See also Fear

Physical growth: versus psychological growth, (VII) 49-50

Physical health: need for, (XI) 7; and psychological health, (XVII) 54. See also Body; Mind

Physical interdependence: versus psychological independence, (X) 92

Physical needs: and desire, (VII) 42; as necessity, (XII) 243

Physical necessities: distribution of, (IX) 196; and greed, (IX) 163-64; and power, (XI) 250

Physical needs and psychological needs: discerning between, (XII) 247

Physical order: as necessary, (XV) 136. See also Order Physical pain: versus psychological suffering, (XII)

211 Physical security, (V) 169; as necessary, (XV) 31, 138;

need for, (X) 42; (XII) 135; versus psychological security, (V) 160; (X) 3; search for 269; urge for, (XIV) 184; and world divisions, (XIII) 12. See also Continuity; Escape; Security; World problems

Physical sorrow, (XII) 218, 210. See also Sorrow Physical survival: and fear, (XVI) 60 Physical time, (XV) acceptance of, (XV) 117. See also

Time Physical violence: defining, (XVI) 288. See also

Violence Physics: and applying the light of silence, (XII) 90.

See also Science; Scientific mind Pills: and the mind, (XI) 81-82; and tranquillity, (XIII)

77. See also Chemicals, Drugs Planned economy: versus freedom, (X) 174 Planned revolution: versus revolution, (XIV) 44. See

also Mutation Pleasure, (XV) 70-74, 140-44, 164-69; (XVI) 35-39,

214-18, 282-88; (XVII) 10-13, 14-15, 64-70, 181-85, 188; and the absence of effort, (XVII) 231; and the absence of love, (XVII) 130; accumulation of, (XV) 232-33; and action, (XVI) 74; (XVII) 18-19; as the basic principle of life, (XVI) 91; as basis for activities, (XV) 335; as the basis for society, (XVII) 64, 65; and beauty, (XV) 26; (XVI) 65; and capacity, (V) 257; and change, (XV) 54; (XVI) 49; and conduct, (XVII) 204; and conflict, (XVI) 81-82, 154, 214-15; and continuity, (XIII) 318; (XV) 290; and the continuity of thought, (XVI) 145-47; and creating disorder, (XV) 199; demand for, (XV)

161-62; and desire, (IX) 82; (XV) 106, 123, 223-24; (XVI) 88, 93-94; (XVII) 172, 213, 239; desire for, (V) 337; and the desire for ‘more’, (VII) 100-101; and discipline, (X) 249; drive for, (XV) 124-25; dying to, (XI) 78, 367; (XII) 161; (XIII) 187; (XIV) 32, 153; (XV) 79-80, 232-33; (XVI) 31; (XVII) 28, 147-48; and dying to memory, (XIV) 257; and dying to the past, (XV) 290-91; ending, (XV) 111-12; and escape, (XVI) 97; and experience, (X) 17; and fear, (XVI) 281; (XVII) 163; function of, (XVI) 62; as a goal, (XVI) 213; as hindrance to love, (XVI) 234; and the ideal, (XV) 261; and immediate action, (XVII) 141; and love, (XIV) 165; (XV) 174; (XVII) 202-4, 234; versus love, (XVI) 75-76; meaning of, (XVI) 117-18; (XVII) 115; as mechanical, (XVII) 233-34; and memory, (X) 133-34; (XI) 319; and morality, (XVI) 215; and motive, (XIV) 95; (XVII) 262; nature of, (XV) 335, 339; need to understand, (XV) 273; need to understand the nature of, (XVII) 6; and pain, (XV) 200; (XVII) 10; and passion, (XVII) 35; and peace, (XV) 222-23; and the positive approach, (XV) 255-56; process of, (XVI) 154; (XVII) 204; and repetition, (XVII) 45-46; as the result of thought, (XVII) 114; search for, (XVI) 233; and the search for experience, (XVI) 66; and seeking, (XVII) 154; and self-centered activity, (XV) 228, 236-37, 239; and self-centered prosperity, (XVII) 19; and the sensual, (XV) 140-41; and sorrow, (XII) 210; (XIII) 174; (XV) 293; (XVI) 143; (XVII) 181; structure of, (XV) 125; (XVI) 281-82; (XVII) 122-23; and the thinker, (XV) 219; and thinking, (XVI) 91; and thought, (XVI) 163, 164, 169; (XVII) 118, 148, 169-70, 250; and time, (XV) 121, 132-33, 136; as timeless, (XI) 350; types of, (XVI) 216; (XVII) 181; as the ultimate valuation, (XV) 311-12; understanding, (XV) 141, 210, 223-24, 311-13, 315; (XVI) 215-16; and understanding fear, (XVI) 61-62; and understanding meditation, (XVI) 145-48; understanding the structure of, (XV) 233; (XVI) 281; understanding the types of, (XV) 70; unnamed, (XVII) 14-15; values as basis for, (XVI) 95. See also Dull mind; Feelings; Gratification; Happiness; Pain; Sensation; Sorrow

Pleasure and pain: and change, (XVI) 128-29; and conflict, (XVI) 55, 91-92, 112, 182; and contradiction, (XVI) 94; and dying psychologically, (XV) 346; dying to, (XV) 321; and fragmentation, (XVI) 288; freedom from, (XVI) 92; as one, (XVI) 36, 37-38; and rejection, (XV) 263-64; and the superficial life, (XVI) 99; and the will, (XVI) 97. See also Pain; Pleasure

Plus quality, (V) 198 Poems: and tension, (XIV ) 289. See also Arts Poetry: as creative impulse and verbalization, (VII)

246; and total attention, (XIII) 176-77. See also Artist

Police: as invaders of privacy, (V) 143 Police force: as social detriment, (VI) 107

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Policeman: versus right profession, (X) 263 Political action, (IX) 253-54; and religious honesty,

(VI) 277-78 Political dogma: and change, (VIII) 22 Political freedom, (VI) 137-38 Political mind: as destructive, (XII) 90. See also

Authority; Power Political organizations: and freedom, (XI) 114, 116 Political participation: and anti-violence, (IV) 192 Political parties: and systems, (VIII) 30 Political power: as evil, (VII) 48; and peace, (VIII)

153 Political problems: and challenges, (XII) 76. See also

Authority; Power; Society Political struggle: and life, (VIII) 58 Political system(s): escape from, (IV) 151; need to be

free from, (XI) 207 Political tyranny: increase of, (XII) 49-50. See also

Authority; World problems Politicians, (VII) 161-62; and authority, (XIII) 123;

and contradiction, (XV) 180; and control, (X) 163-64; and creation of problems, (IX) 214; as destructive, (XII) 50; and divisions, (IX) 117; (XVII) 162; and the failure of rulers, (XVII) 125; and fear, (XII) 59; and fragmentation, (XIV) 3; and freedom, (XIII) 106; (XVII) 16-17; and hypocrisy, (XVII) 266; and the immediate, (XIII) 159; (XVII) 102; and power, (VIII) 113-14; and reformation, (XI) 48-49; and the saint, (XI) 289; and the unity of man, (XVI) 231; and world confusion, (XIV ) 12; and world problems, (XI) 295; (XII) 230. See also Ambition; Authority; Government; Obedience; Politics; Power; Society; World problems

Politics: failure of, (XVII) 94; and order, (XVII) 159; as a part of life, (XI) 352; and power, (XII) 37-38; versus the religious kind, (XIV ) 117; and social reform, (VI) 66-67; and world view, (II) 101-2. See also Politicians; Society; World problems

Poor: attitudes toward, (VIII) 75; and happiness, (VII) 101; and the pseudo-religious, (XIV) 26. See also Acquisition; Food, clothing, shelter; Possessions; Starvation; World problems

Popular opinion: and nonviolence, (XV) 328, 334. See also Conditioning; Conformity

Population: effects of increasing, (XIV) 297; and the need for space, (XV) 204. See also World problems

Population explosion: and world problems, (XVII) 160. See also Cities; Space

Positive: action and reaction, (XII) 300; and contradiction, (XV) 254-56; defining, (XV) 261; and disorder, (XV) 299; and the negative importance of understanding, (XV) 299; and the state of innocency, (XVI) 230. See also Action; Inaction; Negation; Negative mind; Positive action

Positive action: and ambition, (XI) 267; and conditioning, (XVII) 20; and creation of the mask, (XVI) 230; and escape from what is, (XVI) 212; as futile for change, (XVI) 174; and love, (XVI) 76-77; meaning of, (XVI) 18, 75; and the past, (XVII)

18; as reaction, (XVI) 122; and seeking, (XVI) 115. See also Action; Negation; Positive

Positive and negative, (III) 203; approaches to, (XII) 26-28; and the quiet mind, (XV) 286. See also Positive

Positive approach, (XV) 253-60, 260-66; and the conscious mind, (XI) 163, 231-32; and contradiction, (XI) 202-4; defining, (XIII) 208; (XV) 213; and inquiry, (XI) 291-93; to psychological problems, (XIII) 169. See also Negation; Negative approach; Positive and negative

Positive mind: defining, (XIII) 129; describing, (XV) 255-56; movement away from, (XV) 257-58. See also Mind; Positive approach; Quiet mind

Positive movement: versus seeing immediately, (XIV) 200, 202

Positive process: and inertia, (XVI) 28; and inquiry, (XII) 140-41. See also Positive action

Positive state: defining, (XIII) 201; and the state of negation, (XVI) 234. See also Positive approach; Positive process

Positive thinking, (XI) 89-94; and comparison, (XIII) 257; and conflict, (XII) 154; and conformity, (XII) 78; defining, (X) 19, 139; (XI) 188; (XII) 213-14, 322; (XIII) 50-51, 95; as destructive, (XI) 282; explaining, (XII) 282-83; and formulas, (XII) 255; as limited, (XII) 220; meaning of, (XI) 329; versus negative thinking, (VIII) 234-36, (IX) 179-81; process of, (XII) 78-81; as reaction, (XII) 153. See also Negative thinking; Positive approach

Positive watching: and the unconscious, (XIII) 194. See also Positive approach

Possession(s), (l) 41; (II) 88, 123-24; (VI) 12; and the absence of contentment, (VIII) 139; and aggrandizement, (VI) 88-89; and compassion, (l) 92; consequences of, (II) 8; craving for, (II) 121-22; dependence on, (III) 147; and desire, (VII) 41-42; and detachment, (V) 229; and fear, (IV) 38; versus the free mind, (VIII) 29-30; and greed, (III) 150-52; and illusion, (V) 281; and inner poverty, (V) 357; and joy, (VIII) 118; versus love, (VII) 93; versus the new mind, (VII) 202; and power, (II) 137-38; as power, (III) 146-47; and psychological security, (V) 343-44; and relationship, (IV) 203; (V) 363; (VI) 80; and renunciation, (l) 49-50; and search for security, (V) 73; and self-fulfillment, (V) 158; and the simple life, (VII) 323; and simplicity, (VI) 73-74; and social cruelty, (l ) 157; and social enslavement, (II) 104; and virtue, (II) 16-17. See also Accumulation; Acquisition; Acquisitiveness; Craving; Gain; Greed; Happiness; Morality; Possessiveness; Property; Relationship; Security

Possessiveness, (II) 5-6, 10, 45; and conflict, (VI) 239; and craving, (III) 164-65; and exploitation, (II) 19-20; and fascism, (II) 14; freedom from, (l) 176; and fulfillment, (II) 187-88; as hindrance, (l) 150; and love, (III) 164; (IV) 209-10; (VI) 132; and nationality, (II) 39; and personal needs, (II) 10; and psychological security, (XIII) 120, 121; and

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relationship, (III) 159-60; and social exploitation, (IV) 27; and understanding, (II) 121; and war, (II) 25. See also Accumulation; Acquisitiveness; Craving; Feelings; Gain; Love; Possessions

Postponement: and change, (XII) 289-90; and ideals, (V) 290; as a philosophy, (VII) 145. See also Gradual

Poverty: and action, (XII) 23; alleviation of, (VII) 227; approach to, (XII) 187; causes of, (VI) 138-39; and change, (VI) 10-11; desire to alleviate, (XIV) 74-75; and the educated man, (XV) 31; and exploitation, (II) 52; external and internal, (II) 44; and guilt, (XII) 140-41; and the hindrance of nationalism, (XV) 305; inner, (III) 147, 190; and intelligence, (II) 158-59; inward, (VIII) 111; inward and outward, (VIII) 86; lessening of, (IX) 242; and the mind, (VIII) 319; and nationalism, (II) 216; and need for transformation, (V) 40; and prosperity, (XII) 184; psychological, (III) 151; (VII) 251-52; resolving through formulas, (XV) 10; and security, (l) 19-20; and solutions, (VI) 138-39; and wealth, (VI) 107; (IX) 193, 196; world, (VI) 84; as a world problem, (II) 6-7; (XVI) 242; and world problems, (XIV) 2. See also Food, clothing, shelter; Necessities; Poor; Possessions; Scientific knowledge; Security; Society; Starvation; Values; World problems

Power, (l) 41; (VI) 89; (IX) 274-77; and action, (XVI) 151; and ambition, (VIII) 96; and authority, (XII) 236; (XIII) 14; as the basis for war, (VIII) 261; and the bourgeois life, (XVI) 256; as cause of war, (V) 76; and change, (VII) 45-49; (XI) 274-77; and conflict between the “high” and the “middle”, (XVII) 138; and contradiction, (XIII) 126; as corrupting, (XVI) 149; and creation of laws, (VII) 80; and criticism, (V) 296; and dealing with starvation, (XVII) 104; desire for, (III) 150-51; (IV) 95; (VIII) 112-14; (XI) 372-73; (XIV ) 246; and the desire to commit, (XII) 66; and desire to exploit, (V) 308; as destructive, (IV) 85; (V) 64; and disorder, (XVII) 200; and the dull mind, (XI) 372; dying to, (XII) 40; evil of, (XI) 272, 276; (XII) 171, 189; (XIV) 74; and exploitation, (V) 100-101; and exploitation of leadership, (IV) 187; and happiness, (II) 198; and the hierarchical process, (V) 100; and ideology, (IV) 160; and inquiry, (XII) 55-56; and inward transformation, (VII) 12-13; as isolating process, (VI) 309; and knowledge, (VII) 103; (XII) 35-36; and the lost individual, (IX) 274-75; as a loveless state, (V) 101; meaning of, (XII) 171; as the new religion, (V) 153; and obedience, (XV) 44; and occupation, (IV) 9; and oppression, (IV) 3; and order and disorder, (XVII) 246; and organized groups, (VI) 316-17; physical security, (IV) 138; and possessions, (V) 339; through possessions, (III) 147; and process of isolation, (V) 60-61; and property, (III) 181; and relationship to evil, (IV) 132; and the religious mind, (XV) 44; and revolutions, (XI) 1; through scientific technique,

(VIII) 35; search for, (l) 85; (III) 226; (XV) 44; seeking, (XII) 143; and social approval, (l) 151; and social divisions, (XVII) 122; and social inequality, (V) 145; and society, (IX) 229-30; (XII) 36; (XIII) 110; versus solitude, (VIII) 244; spiritual and material, (II) 137-38; and status, (XII) 34-37, 271; as status, (VIII) 37; struggle for, (XVII) 109; types of, (VIII) 35; types and meaning of, (V) 44-45; understanding, (XII) 27-28; and violence, (IX) 117-18, 241; (XVII) 200. See also Acquisition; Ambition; Authority; Competition; Craving; Domination; Envy; Faith; Fulfillment; Government; Greed; Ideas; Identification; Inequality; Nationalism; Possessions; Society; Sorrow; Suffering; Understanding; Value; War; World problems

Practice: as hindrance, (IX) 273; as mechanical process, (XV) 83; and meditation, (XV) 84; and method, (XV) 82-83; studying, (XI) 319-20. See also Belief; Habits; Method; Patterns; Tradition

Prayer, (l) 123-24; (II) 150; (IV) 81; (VI) 30-31, 203-4; (VII) 217-18; (X) 227, 228; as an act of will, (VIII) 192; analyzing, (V) 81, 164-65; as escape, (VI) 14-16, 31; (XIV) 299; (XV) 153; and freedom, (XIV) 300-301; function of, (XIV) 259-60; importance of, (VI) 229-30; and meditation, (IV) 90; (V) 135-36, 208-11, 269, 361; (IX) 280; (XI) 141, 356; (XIII) 94-95, 195, 263; (XIV) 108-9, 156; (XV) 37, 83-84; (XVI) 66; of mind, (XI) 178; and past conditioning, (VI) 230; as petition, (III) 232-33; (IV) 180-81; (VII) 96-97; process of, (VI) 118-19; (IX) 234-35; as repetition, (VI) 158-59; and search for God, (VI) 158-59; and self-gratification, (VI) 204; and the state of suffering, (VIII) 239; and the still mind, (VI) 100; as supplication, (VI) 64-65; understanding the process of, (IX) 17-18; value of, (II) 212. See also Authority; God; Illusion; Peace; Religion

Precept: defining, (III) 125 Predestination: defining, (III) 85 Predeterminism: and the loss of freedom, (X) 90 Prejudice(s), (l) 24, 135-36; (II) 173, 196-97; and the

conditioned mind, (VII) 73, 74-75; and conditioning, (V) 187; (VII) 204; defining, (V) 271; and discernment, (III) 52; and environment, (II) 66-67, 115, 119; freedom from, (II) 67, 221; as hindrance to discovery, (XI) 167; as hindrance to learning, (XIV) 1-2; as hindrance to thinking, (X) 2-3; listening without, (XIII) 75; and nationalism, (II) 6; and path to truth, (III) 97; reasons for, (II) 67; stupidity of, (XVII) 258; as tradition, (II) 2; understanding, (III) 20-21; and violence, (IX) 241; (XVII) 260. See also Comparison; Competition; Condemnation; Divisions; Experience; Nationalism; Race; Religion; Tolerance; Truth

Presbyterian: See Authority; Belief; Conditioning; Divisions; Religion; Words

Present, (II) 68-69; and action, (XIV ) 139, 236; (XVII) 18; and attention, (XIV) 273; and awareness, (XVII) 22; and clinging to past, (V)

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250-51; and comparison, (XVII) 183; and the continuation of the past, (XIII) 316-17, 319; defining, (XIV) 28; and the fragmentation of time, (XVI) 238; and fear, (XII) 249, 251; and freedom from the past, (V) 121; as free from fear, (XI) 173-74; versus gradual understanding, (XIV ) 262; and learning, (XVI) 215-16; (XVII) 58-59, 231; and listening, (XV) 34; listening in, (XIII) 328; living in, (II) 67, 138; (VI) 41; (XIV) 94, 178-79, 254; (XV) 114-16; (XVI) 188, 239; living without fear in, (XIII) 319; as meaningless, (XIV ) 40; as the modified past, (XVI) 200; need to be aware of, (IV) 19; need to understand, (III) 171; observing in, (XIV) 4; and passion, (XVII) 19; past and future, (XI) 273; and past memories, (II) 156-57; and past pleasure, (XVI) 283-84; and pleasure, (XVI) 285; and relationship, (V) 213-14; as a result of the past, (IV) 90; as sacrifice to future, (IV) 94, 178; and time, (XV) 75-76; and total attention, (XIV) 253; and transformation, (V) 221; understanding, (IV) 12, 50. See also Conditioning; Future; Memory; Past; Time

Prestige: See Ambition; Power Pretension: seeing the structure of, (XVI) 227. See also

Masks Pride: and the feeling of ‘I’, (VII) 99-100; as

hindrance to generosity, (XIII) 150, 151; transforming, (XI) 29-30; understanding, (XI) 30

Priest(s), (II) 11-12, 142; and authority, (XVII) 33; as comforter, (II) 161-62; creation of, (XVI) 113; and exploitation, (II) 12, 223; as exploiter, (II) 88-89, 154-55, 208, 216-17; function of, (X) 202; as interpreter, (VIII) 207-8; and morality, (II) 205-6; and pacification, (II) 12; reason for, (II) 12; religious and secular, (XVI) 280; and ritual, (II) 84. See also Authority; Leader; Messiah; Religion; Savior; Teacher

Primitive: and civilized, (XIII) 190; versus the cultivated state, (XII) 87

Primitive art: and belief, (XIII) 30 Principles, (l ) 112, 175-76; and dishonesty, (XVII)

247; external, (l) 153; versus seriousness, (XVII) 274. See also Behavior; Images; Tradition

Private life: and masks, (XVI) 225 Privilege, (VI) 12; and the need for revolution, (XI)

309; and ritual, (V) 91 Problem of existence: as basic problem, (X) 122, 124 Problem of life: understanding, (X) 85-86, 88 Problems, (l) 87-88; (II) 82; (V) 333-38; (VI) 50-52,

128-31, 331-34; (IX) 77-78, 80-81, 198-201; (XI) 265-67, 270; (XIII) 132-33; (XIV) 174-80, 180-87, 251-58; (XV) 149-56, 191-97; (XVI) 207-10; (XVII) 31-38, 93-99; and the absence of answers, (IX) 240; of achieving change, (VII) 36-38; and action, (XI) 358; and the act of listening, (XI) 56; adjusting to, (XV) 316; analyzing, (V) 181-83; and answer(s), (VII) 43, 106, 140-41; (VIII) 220, 252-53; (X) 167, 180, 235; as the answer, (XI) 342-43, 346; (XIII) 206; without answers, (X) 35; and the answers as known, (XI) 305; answers to, (XIII)

216-17; approach to, (III) 124; (IV) 205; (V) 89, 294-95; (VII) 244; (VIII) 100-101, 162, 165, 249-50, 283-86; (IX) 33-34, 138, 223, 253; (X) 1-2, 4, 72, 199-200, 240, 242-43; (XI) 15-16, 19, 130, 156-57, 190, 201-6, 228, 295, 303-4, 306, 363; (XII) 117, 133, 246; (XIII) 65-66, 132-33, 211; (XIV) 14-15, 161-66; (XV) 211-13; (XVI) 222-23; (XVII) 49-53; and approach to answers, (XVI) 299-300; as approach to change, (XI) 314; and asking right questions, (XVII) 108; and authority, (VII) 301; awareness of, (IX) 253; (X) 173; (XIV) 41-42; (XV) 210; (XVI) 173; basic, (IX) 196; (X) 239-41; and the capacity to cope, (VII) 274-75; and cessation of escape, (XII) 241; and challenge and response, (XV) 12; (XVI) 207-9; of change, (IX) 25-29; (X) 116-18; and the clear mind, (XVI) 209; collective and individual, (X) 148-49; and communication, (XV) 8-10, 340; and complexity, (VI) 333; complexity of, (X) 128; complexity of inward, (XIII) 177-78; and the conditioned approach, (VIII) 3-4; and the conditioned mind, (VII) 174-75; and conditioning, (VIII) 217, 343; (XII) 53; and conditioning and belief, (XVI) 159; and conflict, (II) 1; (XII) 15, 239; (XIII) 161-62; of conflict, (X) 29; (XVI) 8; and the conscious mind, (III) 201-2; contact with, (XVII) 25; and contradiction, (XI) 159; creation of, (XV) 144; critical awareness of, (XIV) 226; of daily existence, (XIV) 56; of daily life, (XI) 352; dealing with, (VII) 322-24; (XV) 100-101; (XVII) 95-96; dealing with the daily, (VII) 151; and dealing with the whole, (XVI) 136; defining, (IX) 142; (XIV) 188, 304; (XVI) 207-8; and denial, (XIII) 86; and dependency, (IX) 62, 63; and the desire for answers, (XIII) 65-66; desire for freedom from, (XVI) 195; and the desire for solutions, (VII) 133; desire to be free of, (XI) 266-67; and the destruction of clarity, (XIV) 174; and the discovery of truth, (VIII) 344; and the dulling of the mind, (XIII) 132; and the dull mind, (XIV) 126; (XV) 114; of East and West, (IX) 121; and effort, (XV) 9, 12; and effort to change, (VII) 181-83; and the emotion and the intellect, (XVII) 49; ending of, (XIII) 170; and ending thought, (XV) 238; and energy, (XVII) 120; enumerating, (VIII) 9; of envy, (X) 29-30; and escape from, (IV) 159-60; (VI) 135; (XVII) 8-9; and escape from the fact, (XVI) 60; of existence, (VIII) 147-49; exploring or solving, (VIII) 251; facing the young, (VII) 133; and fact, (XII) 317; and fear, (VII) 303; and feelings, (XV) 6-7; and feeling versus thinking, (X) 123; fragmentary view of, (XVII) 264-65; of fragmentation, (XV) 101-4; freedom and love as the only, (XVII) 223; and freedom from belief, (XVI) 258; and the fresh mind, (XV) 289; and the futility of seeking solutions, (X) 150; and government, (XV) 10; growing complexity of, (X) 155, 197; and the hindrance of conditioning, (X) 170-71; and the hindrance of divisions, (VIII) 248-49; and hindrance of the past, (VI) 79; and

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hopelessness, (XII) 174; how to deal with, (VIII) 207; identification with, (XVI) 161; identifying, (VIII) 2; (XI) 248; and immediate action, (XIII) 328; immediate approach to, (XV) 72; immediate resolution of, (XIV ) 133, 304, 308, 309; immediate understanding of, (XVI) 155; importance of approach to, (X) 155-56; and inattention, (XV) 112-13; and inclination, temperament, and circumstances, (XVII) 95-96, 97; increasing, (XI) 266; (XIV) 303; and India, (XIV ) 272; and the individual, (XIV) 229-30; as individual, (IX) 135-36; and inquiry, (IX) 271; (XII) 186-87; inquiry into, (X) 35; and integrated understanding, (III) 181; as interrelated, (XIV) 14, 252; (XV) 7-8, 12, 211-12; interrelationship(s) of, (II) 12; (X) 128; (XI) 329-30; (XVII) 132; and the interval between challenge and response, (XVI) 208; investigation of, (IX) 4-5; (XIII) 100; inward and outward, (XIII) 213; inward and outward as one, (XII) 218; and knowledge, (VII) 310-12; (XI) 337-38; and the lack of inward energy, (XIII) 327; and the limitations of thinking, (XI) 389; and listening without opinions, (XVI) 140; of living, (VI) 45-47; of living as a human being, (XVI) 93; living with, (XIV) 224; looking with nonverbal attention at, (XV) 143; and the loss of faith, (XVII) 1; and the ‘me’, (VII) 179; meaning of, (VIII) 230-31; (IX) 9, 36-37; (XIII) 19-20; (XVI) 74; and the mind, (VI) 222-23; (VII) 253-54; (XVI) 221; and the movement of life, (XV) 186-87; as multilevel, (VI) 143-44; multiplying of, (VI) 168-69; (VII) 293; (VIII) 236, 283-85; and need for hope, (VII) 243-44; and need for an immediate end to, (XII) 294; need for immediate resolution of, (XIII) 314; and the need for mutation, (XV) 4; need to face, (XVI) 246-47; and the need to face the fact, (XVII) 251; and the need to see clearly, (XVI) 7; need to solve, (XIV) 251-52; new approach to, (X) 121-24; and the new mind, (XVII) 97; and the now, (XV) 268; and the past, (IX) 216; and the path to solution, (VII) 165; perception of, (XI) 339; personal, (III) 135-36; of possession and name, (IV) 98, 99; prevention of, (XIII) 174; primary, (XVI) 165; process of coping with, (IV) 29-30; and the process of exploration, (VIII) 311; and the process of thought, (X) 112-13; psychological, (X) 187; and questions and answers, (XII) 71-72; and the quiet mind, (XV) 245, 308; (XVII) 4; and quietness, (VI) 7; and radical transformation, (VIII) 36; of relationship and existence, (XV) 163-64; and reliance on authority, (XIV) 275-76; (XVI) 72; and religious freedom, (IX) 33-36; and the religious life, (XIV ) 264; and the religious mind, (XIII) 162; and the religious and scientific approaches, (XII) 169; reluctance to probe, (XII) 187; and resistance, (VIII) 243; resolution of, (XV) 212-13; (XVII) 77; resolutions to, (XI) 133; resolving, (XIV) 303-4, 309; rethinking, (XIV ) 40; and the role of dialogue, (XVI) 257; and the search for answers, (VIII) 1-4; (XIII) 199-200, 202; and search for happiness,

(IV) 61; and search for satisfaction, (VIII) 240-41; and the search for solutions, (VIII) 7-9, 15; search for understanding of, (V) 11-13, 32, 72-73; and seeing the whole, (XV) 187-90; (XVI) 237; seeing the whole of, (XVII) 61, 264-65, 267, 268; as self-made, (VIII) 49; sensitivity to, (XI) 133-34; separation from, (X) 139; and the serious mind, (XIII) 276; and seriousness, (XVII) 98; sharing of, (XV) 8; and the silent mind, (XV) 253; simplicity of approach to, (XVI) 245; of slavery, (XI) 330-35; social, (XI) 65; and solution, (IV) 69; (VI) 35; (VII) 139-43; versus solutions, (X) 54; solution to, (IX) 15; and sorrow, (XII) 295; (XIII) 83, 84, 85; (XVII) 180-81; and struggle, (VII) 28-29; and superficial change, (VII) 34; suppression of, (XV) 71-72; as symptoms, (II) 1-2; and the thinker, (IV) 147; and the thinker and the thought as one, (X) 114-15; totality of approach to, (XI) 56-57, 233; total view of, (XI) 132; and transformation, (IV) 207; types of, (XV) 7; understanding of, (l) 67; (VIII) 170, 191, 202, 226; (X) 110; (XI) 170, 178; (XII) 7-12, 132; (XIII) 132-33; (XIV) 99; (XVII) 31-38; understanding the approach to, (VIII) 142; and understanding desire, (XV) 107; and understanding effort, conflict, and contradiction, (XII) 123; understanding the significance of, (XIII) 168; and understanding thinking, (VII) 180; as universal, (X) 1-2, 31, 69; unresolved, (XIV) 290; viewing from general to the specific, (XI) 62-63; and the waste of energy, (XIII) 232; as a whole, (X) 139-41; world, (II) 221-22; world, and relationship to the individual, (V) 30, 32-33. See also Escape; Inquiry; Questioning; World problems

Problem solving: and human suffering, (V) 41; the intellectual approach to, (VII) 251-54; and passive alertness, (IV) 136; and passive awareness, (V) 255; process of, (V) 283. See also Conflict

Process: as centerless, (X) 14-15; defining, (XI) 21; as static, (XVII) 272; of thought and conditioning, (X) 101-2; and time, (XVII) 272-73

Process of becoming: and the individual, (III) 50-51 Process of thought: as the word, (XIII) 296-97. See

also Thought Production: and physical necessities, (IX) 242 Profession(s), (V) 61-64; and capacity, (XII) 302; and

efficiency in education, (V) 105; as expressions of society, (IV) 109-10; finding the right, (X) 263; and the integrated human, (V) 114; and knowledge, (XI) 381; right and wrong, (VI) 60; slaves to, (XI) 302, 330, 332. See also Education; Exploitation; Livelihood; Occupation; Profit; Specialists; Vocation; Work

Professional life, (II) 191-93 Professionals: and love of work, (IX) 103. See also

Livelihood Profit-minded: and the desire for success, (XII) 298.

See also Ambition Profits: as hindrance to solving problems, (XI) 295;

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Progress, (l) 112, 134, 151, 189-90; (IX) 96-99; and ambition, (VIII) 96, 98-99; and the collective, (IX) 127; as comparative, (XIV) 193; and comparison, (XII) 14; (XV) 168; and conditioning, (IX) 200; as confusion, (VII) 253; as denial to freedom, (XII) 276; desire for, (VIII) 130-31; economic, (XVI) 192; and fear, (XII) 188; and freedom, (XII) 169; (XIII) 2, 4; as gradual growth, (XVI) 206; as growth, (V) 17; and happiness, (IV) 61-62; interpreting, (IV) 41; inward, (VII) 251-52; (VIII) 115; inward and outward, (XVI) 231; as inward and outward process, (VII) 254-55; material, (VIII) 115; mechanical, (l) 189-90; and the mind, (X) 143; outward and inward, (XVII) 32; psychological, (IV) 183-84; scientific, (VII) 101; (VIII) 117; and specialization, (V) 127-29; technological, (IV) 183-84; (IX) 96; (XIV) 162; and technology, (XIII) 273; (XVII) 19; and thought, (VI) 196; and time, (XII) 51. See also Acquisitiveness; Automation; Change; Computers; Evolution; Harmony; Inventions; Leisure; “More”, Revolution; Society; Technology; Technological progress

Progressive: and desire for change, (VII) 321-22 Propaganda, (V) 276; (VII) 173; and adjustment to

changes, (XI) 124; 271-72, 276; awareness of, (XVII) 109-10; and belief, (III) 8-9; (XII) 251; and collective thinking, (VII) 168-69; and commitment, (XII) 231; and the conditioned mind, (VII) 180; and conditioning, (XIII) 6-7; (XV) 225; (XVII) 39; and confusion, (XVI) 276; and the denial of freedom, (XII) 281; describing, (IV) 144; as destructive, (XI) 341; effect of, (III) 93; enslaved by, (XVII) 22, 180; enslavement to, (XII) 139; (XVI) 156; and enslavement to words, (XI) 84; and fact, (XIII) 125; falseness of, (IV) 197; (V) 365-66; freedom from, (III) 222-23; (XI) 182; (XII) 268; (XIII) 323; function of, (XIV) 8; as hindrance to truth, (IV) 75-76; as hypnosis, (VII) 196-97; and ideology, (XVII) 140; and influence, (XI) 166-67, 332; (XII) 96, 321; and listening, (VII) 97-98; versus listening, (XI) 71; and the loss of feeling, (XI) 379; and the mechanical mind, (XII) 230; and the mind, (XI) 68; minds shaped by, (XVII) 109; need to question, (XVII) 220; and organization, (IV) 39-40; and organized belief, (XIV) 127; and prejudice, (IX) 255-56; and the quality of the mind, (XI) 375; and religion, (XIII) 64; as repetition, (IX) 185; role of, (V) 108; and the search for God, (XIII) 270; and the social structure, (XIII) 220-21; subliminal, (XIII) 178; technique of, (VII) 219; and technology, (X) 192; and Theosophy, (V) 203-4; and tradition, (XII) 15; and the true democrat, (XVII) 270; two thousand years of, (XVI) 80; and war, (l) 178-79; (IV) 20. See also Authority; Communication; Conditioning; Conformity; Division; Influences; Media; Nationalism; Persuasion; Security; Sensation; Society; War

Property, (IV) 98-99; and attitude to the earth, (V) 142; ownership of, (l) 39; as power, (IV) 104; and psychological security, (V) 343-44; relationship to, (VI) 89; and religions, (X) 202. See also Accumulation; Acquisitiveness; Possession; Possessiveness

Prosperity: and freedom, (XIII) 157; and human problems, (XIII) 216; and the loss of freedom, (XII) 130; and poverty, (XII) 184; of the West, (XIV) 227. See also Poor; Technology; World problems

Protective reaction: and fear, (XII) 140. See also Reaction

Protestant: See Authority; Belief; Conditioning; Divisions; Religion; Words

Protestantism: See Authority; Belief; Conditioning; Conformity; Divisions; God; Religion; Words; World problems

Psyche: and authority, (XVII) 33, 34, 36; and continuity, (XIII) 317-18; and knowledge, (IX) 244; lack of change in, (XVII) 2; and the mind, (XIV) 136, 140; need to transform, (XIII) 317-18; need to understand, (XIV ) 140; and physical time, (XV) 120; and pleasure, (XVI) 215; and the possibility for change, (XVII) 3, 5; revolution in, (XIV) 5; (XVII) 51; and time, (XVI) 188; understanding the structure of, (XVII) 40. See also Center; ‘Me’; Mind; Self; Soul; Supreme self

Psychiatrists: role of, (IX) 88-89 Psychiatry: and the unconscious, (XII) 111 Psychoanalysis, (IX) 88-89; and adjustment to society,

(XVI) 94; and freeing the mind, (II) 17-18; futility of, (X) 114; limitations of, (III) 46-47. See also Analysis

Psychoanalyst: as exploiter, (IV) 137 Psychoanalytical process: as the intensification of

conflict, (XIII) 283. See also Analysis Psychological: acquisition, (XI) 250; and books, (IV)

164 Psychological action: and time, (XV) 120. See also

Action Psychological authority: evil of, (XIII) 120; as

memory, (XIII) 334. See also Authority; Obedience

Psychological conflict: and importance of understanding, (V) 168-69

Psychological conformity: and society, (XV) 15. See also Conformity

Psychological contradiction: living without, (XIII) 57. See also Conflict; Contradiction

Psychological craving: and security, (IV) 99 Psychological cultivation: and technique, (V) 309-10 Psychological death: and the known, (XII) 318. See

also Death Psychological demand(s): and conflict, (IV) 32-33;

and physical well-being, (VIII) 29 Psychological dependence (-y): and freedom from, (X)

92-93; and loneliness, (XIII) 110-11; reasons for, (X) 52-53; and relationship, (VIII) 337

Psychological desire: understanding, (III) 157

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Psychological destruction: and compassion, (XIII) 162. See also Destruction

Psychological effort: and virtue, (IX) 166 Psychological emptiness: and self-expansion, (IV) 164 Psychological energy: as the highest form, (XIV) 288.

See also Energy Psychological entity: transformation of, (V) 134-35 Psychological experience: freedom from, (XIII) 55.

See also Experience Psychological fact: and the time interval, (XIV) 293.

See also Fact Psychological fear: awareness of, (XIII) 247-48; and

bodily pain, (XVI) 104, 110; and physical fear, (XII) 304; and thought, (XV) 77. See also Fear

Psychological freedom: from society, (XIV) 74. See also Freedom

Psychological growth: and the ‘me’, (VII) 49-50 Psychological health: and physical health, (XVII) 54.

See also Body; Mind Psychological hunger: and the need for discontent,

(XIII) 271 Psychological influences: and conditioning, (XIII)

224-25. See also Influences Psychological learning: defining, (XVI) 213-14. See

also Learning Psychological memory, (V) 117; as knowledge, (X)

219; and time, (V) 138-40 Psychological mutation: See Change; Mutation;

Psychological revolution Psychological needs, (XII) 243-44 Psychological order: and daily life, (XV) 57. See also

Order Psychological pain: escape from, (XIII) 309. See also

Pain; Sorrow; Suffering Psychological problems: and the absence of answers,

(XIII) 181; three phases of, (IV) 42. See also Problems

Psychological revolution: achieving an effortless, (XIII) 166; and the crisis of consciousness, (XVII) 222; and the mind, (IX) 210; need for, (XIII) 206-7; (XV) 56-57; and peace, (XVI) 214; and responsibility, (XV) 57. See also Change; Inner and outer; Radical revolution; Revolution; Total revolution

Psychological reward: and gratification, (V) 159-60 Psychological safety, (VIII) 72 Psychological security: and authoritarian values,

(VIII) 73; and competition, (XIV) 184; as creator of conflict, (V) 153; and dependence, (IX) 61, 63; desire for, (X) 42; desire to understand, (XIV) 184; and experience, (XVI) 109-10; versus the free mind, (X) 32; and illusion, (V) 354; need for, (XIV) 30; need to understand, (XV) 44; as nonexistent, (XII) 190; (XV) 31; and outward conflict, (VII) 29; versus physical security, (V) 152-53; (X) 3; and prejudice, (V) 340; and psychological authority, (XIII) 121; and self-expression, (V) 169; and starvation, (XIV ) 75; unreality of, (XIII) 12. See also Meditation; Security

Psychological sorrow, (XII) 208, 210. See also Sorrow Psychological structure: need to understand, (XIV ) 72-

73 Psychological structure of man: and violence, (XV)

301 Psychological structure of society: and aloneness,

(XVI) 38; and the animalistic past, (XIII) 241-42; basis of, (XV) 203; and conditioning, (XIV) 156; and the conscious mind, (XIV) 38; as crucial, (XIII) 205; defining, (XIII) 283; (XV) 90; denial of, (XIV) 163, 166; and developing character, (XIII) 277; ending, (XIII) 259; escape from, (XV) 157-58; and freedom, (XV) 168-69, 206-7, 283; freedom from, (XIII) 196; (XIV) 64, 74, 302; (XVI) 148; and the free mind, (XV) 152; and human nature, (XVI) 276; and the individual, (XV) 326; and meditation, (XV) 184; rejection of, (XV) 92; and thought, (XVI) 166; understanding, (XIII) 165-70, 225-26; and virtue, (XV) 172. See also Inner and outer; Society

Psychological superstructure: and religions, (XIV) 44 Psychological survival: and fear, (XVI) 60 Psychological time, (XII) 272; and belief in the future,

(XIII) 308; and change, (XI) 125; versus chronological time, (XV) 67; and continuity, (XIV) 24; defining, (IX) 166-67; (XIII) 102; (XV) 75-76; and denial, (XIII) 168; as fear, (XIII) 171-72; and freedom, (XV) 117; freedom from, (XIII) 184; as hindrance to understanding death, (XIII) 258-59; as inward, (XII) 159; and the solution to problems, (XVI) 234; understanding, (XIII) 185; (XVI) 20-21; and what is and ‘what should be’, (XII) 317. See also Time

Psychological values: and human need, (IV) 85 Psychological violence: defining, (XVI) 288. See also

Violence Psychological well-being: and physical well-being,

(VIII) 8 Psychologists: and the hindrance of interpreters, (XII)

254. See also Authority; Specialists Psychology: of conflict, (X) 41; of dreams, (IX) 123;

as foundation, (III) 207-8; and mind control, (XI) 103; and political thought control, (X) 163; and tension, (IV) 26-27, 36-37, 48. See also Self-knowledge

Psychosis: and acute contradiction, (XVI) 132. See also Contradiction; Neurosis

Psychosomatic disease(s): versus the clear mind, (XIV) 230; and conflict, (XIII) 18; (XIV ) 74; influences, (XIII) 326; and problems, (XIII) 132; and relationships, (XIV ) 174. See also Body

Psychosomatic illness, (IX) 88, 284-85; and conflict, (VII) 43

Public life: and masks, (XVI) 225 Public opinion: and doubt, (l) 154-55; and fear, (XII)

61; fear of, (XIV) 292; and mob psychology, (III) 41. See also Divisions; Nationalism

Puja: as habit, (VIII) 79; as imitation, (VIII) 77; reasons for, (VII) 2

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Punishment: and fear, (VIII) 62; and judgement, (IV) 3

Pupil, (II) 28-31. See also Master; Teacher Purification: self-inflicted, (IX) 201 Puritanism: and pleasure, (XVI) 282 Purpose: and action, (XII) 23-25; need for, (XVI) 255;

as a reason for living, (VI) 242 Purpose of life: defining, (V) 19-20; futility of search

for, (XII) 163-64; and the occupied mind, (VII) 247-48; seeking, (IV) 129-30; and world problems, (XII) 277. See also Authority; Confusion; Reality

Question(s): and the absence of answers, (XVII) 199;

and the absence of clarity, (X) 4; and answer(s), (VI) 303; (XVII) 4, 6; without answers, (IX) 138; approach to, (X) 199-200; (XI) 256; asking the right ones, (X) 152-53; attentiveness to, (XVII) 85; without conclusions, (VIII) 300; listening to, (XVI) 299; motive for, (VIII) 343-44; as necessary, (IX) 86; and the perceptive mind, (XIII) 216-17; putting the right, (XVII) 5-6; right and wrong, (XII) 186-87; and self-understanding, (IX) 136; significance of, (X) 234-35; and solutions, (XII) 71-72. See also Answers; Listening; Problems; Questioning

Questioning, (VI) 2; (XVI) 65-71; approach to, (XIII) 13-14; (XVII) 219-20; and authority, (XVI) 233; and awareness, (XVI) 168; and the breakdown of authority, (XIII) 70-71; and concentration, (XIII) 20; and conflict, (XIII) 17; and contradiction, (XV) 257; as dangerous, (XII) 235; difficulty of, (XV) 156; and exploration, (XVI) 118; and fact, (XII) 301; and freedom, (XIII) 106-7; and the free mind, (XIII) 2-3, 5; and fulfillment, (II) 208; and the hindrance of laziness, (XVI) 72; importance of, (XIII) 9, 11-12; and intelligence, (II) 58, 166-67, 224; as irreligious , (XII) 315; and listening, (XVII) 260; and listening to understand, (XVII) 242-43; meaning of living, (XVI) 187-88; motive for, (XVI) 33; motiveless, (XIII) 56-57, 71, 73; (XVI) 196; necessity for, (VII) 92; need for, (XII) 285-87; (XIII) 29-30; (XVII) 133; and the need for skepticism, (XVI) 229; versus obedience, (VII) 132; and observation, (XIII) 118; and observing, (XVI) 198-99; and pain, (IV) 94; as path to true action, (XIII) 9-11; process of living, (XIII) 115; and the process of thought, (XIV ) 22-23; without reaction, (XII) 316; and responsibility, (XVI) 253-54; right and wrong, (XVI) 229, 230, 235; without seeking answers, (XIII) 65-66, 67; social structure, (XIII) 120; state of seriousness, (XVI) 131-32; structure of society, (XIII) 115; of student and teacher, (VII) 136-37; and suffering, (II) 32-33; the system, (II) 191-92; truth, (II) 49; two types of, (XII) 276-77; two ways of, (XII) 300; (XIII) 115; to understand one’s mind, (XIII) 66-67. See also Conflict; Discovery; Examination; Exploration; Inquiry; Investigation; Morality; Problems; Question(s); Search; Seeking; Suffering

Questions and responses: and the interval between, (XII) 124; and the process of thought, (XII) 250

Quiet: and clarity, (XVI) 13; and intelligence, (XVI) 269-70. See also Quiet brain; Quiet mind; Silence; Silent mind

Quiet brain: and the absence of conflict, (XII) 263, 266-67; and the absence of thought, (XII) 312; and dying at the psychological level, (XVII) 179; and freedom from influences, (XIII) 300; and going beyond time, (XIII) 241; and listening, (XII) 229; and meditation, (XIII) 195-96, 263, 279; (XVII) 150; and the movement beyond, (XIII) 40; and mutation, (XIII) 305; and the negative, (XVI) 18-19; and the new, (XVII) 136; and the new mind, (XIII) 117-18; and not knowing, (XV) 266; and sensitivity, (XII) 326; (XIV) 111-12. See also Brain; Free mind; Innocent mind; Mind; Mutation; Quiet mind

Quiet mind, (V) 257, 260; (VII) 297; (VIII) 167; and the absence of compulsion, (VII) 31; and the absence of conflict, (X) 41; and absence of desire, (VII) 132; and absence of deterioration, (VII) 309; and the absence of experience, (XVII) 84; and absence of fear, (V) 240; (X) 94; and the absence of problems, (XV) 213; achieving, (VII) 9-10, 19, 57, 86, 155-56; (X) 8, 72, 84-85, 120, 161-62; (XI) 73, 160, 328; (XIII) 324; (XIV) 38-39; (XV) 346; and achieving creativity, (X) 139-40; achieving through awareness, (IX) 31, 124; and action, (XVII) 82; and the agitated mind, (XII) 233-34; and aloneness, (V) 324-25; and ambition, (VII) 16; attempt to achieve, (XVII) 81; and attention, (XV) 176; and awareness of the conscious, (XIV) 63, 65; and becoming, (VII) 200; versus becoming, (V) 270; beyond, (IX) 65; and the body, (XVII) 63; and the cessation of the thinker, (XVI) 148; and the cessation of thought, (IX) 265; and change, (XI) 127; and choice, (VIII) 309-11; versus conditioned response, (VIII) 302; and conflict, (V) 348, 351; and consciousness, (XIV) 38-39; and the continuity of pleasure, (XV) 125; and control, (IX) 105; and creation, (XIII) 23; and the creative, (XVII) 272; and creativity, (VII) 196; versus the dead mind, (IX) 61; defining, (XII) 216; and desire, (VIII) 305-6; difficulty of achieving, (XVII) 8; versus discipline, (VII) 151; and discovering the answer, (XI) 339; and discovery, (VIII) 233; and dreams, (VIII) 331; and drugs, (XIV) 108-9; and education, (IX) 12; and effort, (V) 291-92; and endless space, (XV) 47; and the end of search, (IX) 48; and the end of seeking, (XVII) 83; and energy, (VIII) 320; and envy, (IX) 252-53; and the exploration of consciousness, (XIII) 335; and fact, (XII) 178-79; and freedom, (VII) 194; (VIII) 251; and freedom from the environment, (IX) 6; and freedom from fear, (VII) 302-3; and freedom from thought, (IX) 130; and the full life, (X) 3; for fundamental change, (VII) 48; an God, (VII) 4; and the hindrance of sorrow, (XVII) 242; and inertia, (XIII) 47; without labeling, (V) 313-14; and

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learning, (XV) 9, 69; and listening, (VIII) 188-89; (XIII) 278; (XIV ) 234; (XVI) 197; and livelihood, (IX) 21-22; and looking, (XVI) 130, 300; and love, (V) 326; (XIV) 302; (XV) 74; meaning of, (XIII) 175-76; and meditation, (V) 362; (VII) 57; (IX) 214; (XII) 166; (XIII) 45, 324, 336; (XV) 184; (XVII) 193-94; versus the mind made quiet, (V) 347; and mutation, (XII) 305; need for, (IX) 91; versus the need to search, (VIII) 343; and the new, (VII) 210; (XIII) 222; and observation, (XIV ) 19-20; and passive activity, (VII) 214; and peace, (VII) 127; (VIII) 261; (IX) 16; and perception, (XVI) 185; and problems, (VIII) 143; and problem solving, (V) 283, 295; and the quiet brain, (XII) 273-74; and radical revolution, (XI) 158; and reality, (VII) 226, 253-54; (VIII) 340; reason for wanting, (XVII) 271; and renewal, (XVII) 113; and revolution, (VIII) 299-300; and seeing, (XIII) 214-15; and seeing immediately, (XIV) 202; and seeing the totality of fear, (XVII) 277; and self-knowledge, (X) 144, 229; and simplicity, (V) 370; and the solution to problems, (XV) 308; and sorrow, (XIV) 211; and space, (XV) 270, 278; and the state of freedom, (XIV) 174; and the state of not-knowing, (VIII) 323; structure of, (XV) 254; versus technique, (V) 310; and the true, (X) 109; and truth, (VII) 182; (XI) 20; and unconditioning, (VIII) 206-7; and the unconscious, (XIV ) 38-39; (XVII) 62-63; and understanding, (V) 265-66; (XVII) 4, 82, 225, 244, 265-66; and understanding conflict, (V) 51-52; and understanding life, (XIII) 77; and understanding love and sorrow, (XIII) 253; and the unknown, (V) 244-45; as vital, (XIV) 263. See also Clear mind; Compulsion; Empty mind; Free mind; God; Innocent mind; Meditation; Mind; Mutation; New mind; Petty mind; Quiet brain; Quietness; Reality; Religion; Silence; Silent mind; Still mind; Stillness; Tranquillity; Tranquil mind; Truth

Quietness: achieving, (XVI) 16; as desire for continuity, (VII) 201-2; and the hindrance of society, (XIII) 46; and intuition, (V) 235; and laziness, (XIII) 139; and learning, (XVI) 73; process of, (XIII) 280; and resolution of fear, (VII) 291; and understanding, (XVII) 6-7. See also Quiet; Quiet brain; Quiet mind; Silence

Quotation: as barrier to truth, (VII) 153 Quoting: and the dull mind, (XI) 231; futility of, (VI)

114-15; and learning, (VIII) 77; as unintelligent, (XI) 141-42

Race: and conflict, (XVII) 44. See also Divisions;

Prejudice Racial instincts: and the unconscious, (XI) 339 Racialism, (V) 109. See also Divisions; Tolerance:

Racism Racial unconsciousness: and conformity, (XI) 232-33 Racism: and fear, (XVI) 262. See also Divisions;

Racialism; World problems

Radical change: achieving, (X) 100-102, 135-38; as the breaking of patterns, (XII) 253-54; and consciousness, (XVII) 33; and effort, (X) 111; through the individual, (IX) 226-27; need for, (X) 43-44, 185-86; (XI) 329; and the need for change, (XII) 121; and working together, (XI) 309, 311. See also Change; Mutation; Radical revolution; Radical transformation; Religion; Revolution; Transformation; True religion

Radicalist: and confusion, (VIII) 200-201 Radical mutation: and relationship, (XVI) 2-3. See

also Mutation Radical revolution: and the absence of conditioning,

(XVII) 101; achieving, (XVII) 53; versus authority, (VIII) 43, 45; and the collective will, (VIII) 252; without comparison, (VIII) 46; versus continuity, (XIV) 271; without effort, (XVII) 65; and energy, (XVI) 154; as essential, (XVI) 167; and the hindrance of thought, (XVI) 55; versus ideology, (XVI) 213; as the main crisis, (XVII) 2; as necessity, (XIII) 63; need for, (XIV ) 7; (XVI) 201; (XVII) 108-9; as a new society, (XVII) 171; and the observer, (XVI) 205; and relationships, (XVI) 1; and the solution of problems, (XVII) 35. See also Change; Mutation; New; Reality; Religious mind; Religious revolution; Revolution; Total revolution; Truth

Radical transformation: approach to, (IX) 226-27; and change, (XI) 309-11; and the creative mind, (XI) 177; and the human being, (XVI) 43; motiveless, (XI) 274; need for, (XI) 358; and negative thinking, (XI) 92, 94; and relationships, (XVI) 45; as revolution, (VII) 294-97; and self-knowledge, (XI) 17-18; and time, (XI) 126. See also Change; Radical revolution; Revolution; Transformation; Truth

Rama: and conditioning, (XIV) 156. See also Authority; Background; Belief; Conditioning; Divisions; God; Religion; Religious mind; Society; Visions; World problems

Ramanuja: See Authority; Conditioning; Divisions; Religion

Reaction, (XII) 21-22, 24-29, 31; and action, (XII) 83-84; to anger, (XVII) 260; awareness of, (XVI) 300; and the brain, (XII) 192; and conflict, (XII) 156; and the creation of misery, (XII) 25; and death, (XV) 318; defining, (XII) 173; (XIII) 289; and desire, (XIV ) 97; (XV) 166; (XVI) 61, 86-88; and the desire for answers, (XIII) 65; and emptiness, (XV) 291; and experience, (XIII) 98; (XIV) 110; (XV) 128; to facts, (XV) 156; and freedom, (XIV) 135; (XV) 342; (XVI) 113; (XVII) 51, 224; function of, (XVI) 15; as hindrance to truth, (XII) 128; to human problems, (XIII) 65; level of, (XII) 76-77; as a life pattern, (XIII) 252; and living, (XII) 24; living without, (XIII) 233; meaning of, (XII) 141; and mechanical responses, (VI) 124-25; and negative and positive thinking, (XII) 213; and order, (XII) 190; and patterns, (XVII) 134; and pleasure, (XVI) 285, 286; as positive action, (XVI)

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122; and the positive and negative approaches, (XII) 153-54; and the process of thinking, (XII) 214, 250; and questioning, (XII) 300, 303, 316; (XIII) 115; and revolt, (XV) 50; revolt as, (XVII) 190; and revolution, (XII) 159, 172, 278-79; and sex, (VI) 130; and sorrow, (XIII) 156-57; and thinking, (XI) 32-33; as thinking, (XVII) 163; and thought, (XI) 128-29; as thought, (XIII) 297; types of, (XIII) 142; understanding, (XII) 278; (XIII) 142; and words, (V) 38; (XVI) 13. See also Challenge; Challenge and response; Response

Reactionary: defining, (XIII) 65 Reading: and the clever mind, (XV) 140; reasons for,

(VII) 11; and revolution, (V) 108. See also Books; Education; Knowledge; Transformation

Real: and the absence of influence, (XII) 321; as causeless, (IV) 79; discovering for oneself, (XV) 92; and end of self, (IV) 63-64; identifying, (IV) 35-36; search for, (IV) 33-34; and thought, (V) 68; and the unreal, (VIII) 261; and what is, (VIII) 65. See also God; Reality; Truth

Reality, (III) 170; (V) 332, 357; (VI) 85; (IX) 49, 128, 223; and absence of self, (IV) 15; achieving, (III) 240; (IV) 4; (VI) 14; (VII) 54-55; (X) 40, 67, 77; (XI) 206; and action, (V) 206; and aloneness, (VIII) 314; (XIII) 277; without assumptions, (X) 166-67; and authority, (III) 235; (VI) 65-66; and awareness, (II) 218; and awareness without choice, (XVI) 206; and beauty, (V) 35-36; (XIV ) 269; and being alone, (XII) 225; and belief, (II) 33-34; (V) 306-7; versus belief, (III) 177-78; and cessation for self-fulfillment, (IV) 103; and the cessation of thought, (X) 250; and clarity, (XI) 203-4; and the clear mind, (XVII) 185; and comprehension, (III) 38-39; and conditioning, (VIII) 220; and creation, (XII) 231; and creative emptiness, (III) 202-3; as creativeness, (VII) 260; (VIII) 320, 322; (IX) 141; creative search for, (IX) 51; through daily life, (III) 55; defining, (XIV ) 309; desire to know, (IV) 116; and devotion, (XI) 147; discerning, (III) 81; discovering, (VI) 345; (VII) 265; (IX) 3; (X) 2; (XII) 264; (XVII) 217, 221; and effort, (IX) 248-49; as effortless, (X) 269; and end to sorrow, (IV) 41; and energy, (XI) 278; escape from, (XVI) 128; existence of, (IV) 60-61; (VII) 225-26; experiencing, (VII) 17-18; (X) 62; exploration for, (XIII) 332-36; and the family, (XIII) 122; and fear, (III) 113; finding, (V) 7; finding, as universal vocation, (VII) 245; and freedom, (XIV ) 83; and freedom from belief, (XII) 238; and freedom from conditioning, (XVI) 113; and freedom from the environment, (XIV) 228; and freedom from memory, (V) 137; and freedom from symbols, (VII) 269; as freedom from tradition, (VII) 26; and the free mind, (VIII) 229; and the free and silent mind, (XII) 216; and fulfillment, (II) 221; futility of seeking, (X) 20; and the futility of systems, (XI) 198; and the good mind, (XI) 325; versus gratification, (V) 165; and greed, (III) 152; and gurus, (V) 178; and happiness, (V) 293; and the

hindrance of escape, (XIV ) 115; and the imitative mind, (VIII) 71; as impermanent, (IX) 217; and inaction, (XVI) 176; through the individual, (IX) 274; as individual revolution, (XIII) 336; individual search for, (IX) 13; through intelligence, (IV) 59; and inward freedom, (IV) 9; and the ‘I’ process, (III) 50; and limitations, (III) 83; and the limitations of thought, (X) 39; as living, (X) 146; and love, (III) 156; meaning of, (IX) 7; and meditation, (IV) 100-101; through meditation, (VIII) 55; the mind, as hindrance to, (VII) 253-54; as moment to moment, (V) 78; (VII) 286; and the need to be free, (XI) 105; the new, (VII) 42, 209-10; and the new culture, (VIII) 317; and organized religion, (V) 36-37; and participation in organized power systems, (IV) 193; as pathless, (IV) 108-9; (X) 20, 202; versus perfection, (VII) 269; and the perfect state, (VII) 255; and prayer, (V) 209, 211; and the present, (V) 123-24; and the priest, (X) 202; and the process of thought, (VIII) 290-92; proof of, (VI) 243-44; and the purpose of life, (V) 20, 278; and the quiet mind, (VII) 254; and recognition, (VI) 276; (VII) 26; and relief from sorrow, (XIV) 82; and religions, (l) 182-83; and the religious revolutionary, (X) 12; through revolutionary change, (X) 135-36; search for, (V) 156; (VII) 31-32; (VIII) 241-42, 329; and search for God, (VII) 2; (XIV ) 115; and the search for security, (IX) 222; and security, (IV) 32; (X) 72; and the self, (III) 178; versus self-centered activity, (X) 248-49; through self-discovery, (III) 214; and self-knowledge, (V) 271; (XI) 160; through silence and wisdom, (IV) 24; and the silent mind, (XV) 308; and society, (VIII) 315; and the still mind, (IV) 181-82; (VI) 18-19; (VII) 184; and symbol, (IV) 191; and technique, (V) 310; and technology, (XIII) 4; and thought, (XI) 129-31; and the thought process, (VI) 225-27; and time, sorrow, and death, (XV) 75; versus the tortured mind, (XIV ) 142; and total understanding, (XII) 273; and the tranquil mind, (V) 4; and transformation, (XI) 169; true search for, (III) 35; and uncertainty, (VII) 150; and the unconditioned mind, (IX) 137-38; understanding, (III) 236; (IV) 2, 182; (VI) 141; (X) 190; and understanding relationship, (V) 185-86; (VI) 240; and understanding of self, (V) 33; and the unknown, (V) 355; (VI) 110; (VIII) 181; and virtue, (X) 248-49; and volitional activities, (III) 58; and world order, (VII) 253-54. See also Awareness; Creation; Evil; Fact; God; Happiness; Immeasurable; Intelligence; Love; Mutation; New; Quiet mind; Real; Religion; Religious mind; Self-awareness; Slowed down mind; Tranquillity; True; Truth; Understanding; Unknown

Realization: problem of, (XV) 102-4 Reason: and action, (XI) 36; versus being convinced,

(XI) 45; defining, (XIV ) 154; and the intellect, (XI) 217-18; limitations of, (VII) 318; as limited, (XII) 227; and listening, (XIII) 193; and love of

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Reasoning: and the scientific mind, (XII) 322 Rebirth: achieving, (III) 136; daily, (V) 319; discovery

of, (XVI) 249; and the religious revolution, (VIII) 190. See also Moment to moment; New; Reincarnation; Renewal

Recognition: and concentration, (XI) 199-200; defining, (XI) 39; (XII) 82; desire for, (XI) 323; and the desire for power, (XI) 274-75; dynamics of, (VI) 250-51; and experience, (VI) 297-98; (XI) 381-83; (XVI) 139, 181; (XVII) 33, 35; and fear, (XII) 48; of fear, (XVII) 276; field of, (XI) 95-96, 98; and God, (XII) 85; and humility, (XI) 370; and the individual, (IX) 274-75; and knowledge, (XI) 184; (XII) 37; and the known, (IX) 261; meaning of, (XIV) 51-52; and the mechanistic mind, (XI) 340; and meditation, (XI) 246-47; and memory, (XIV) 59-60; need for, (VIII) 316; and the new, (XIV) 196-97; versus the new, (VII) 317; and observation, (XIII) 302-3; and pleasure, (XVI) 286, 288; process of, (VII) 14; (IX) 217; and the religious, (XIII) 208; and search, (IX) 180; and the search for experience, (XVII) 155; and silence, (XIV) 219; state of, (VII) 209-10; and thought, (VI) 263-64; and virtue, (XI) 370-71. See also Experience; Identification; Memory; Naming; Time; Words

Recording thoughts: and consciousness, (IV) 186-87 Refinement: defining, (VII) 98-99; versus the dull

mind, (VIII) 118-20; and the quality of love, (XI) 6 Reflection: periods of, (IX) 22 Reform(s), (l) 32; (II) 7-8, 61, 83; (III) 226; (V) 95;

(VI) 202; (X) 175-76; and acquisitiveness, (X) 45; and action, (XV) 42; and change, (X) 210; and desire to, (VI) 241; as destructive, (VIII) 302; and determination, (XII) 23; and disintegration, (XIII) 336; as endless process, (IX) 12-13; (X) 63; and escape, (XVI) 100-101; futility of, (VIII) 2, 323-24; (XIII) 73; (XV) 196; as hindrance, (VIII) 315; as hindrance to change, (X) 83; as hindrance to social change, (XV) 56; and individual action, (II) 132; as ineffective, (IX) 36; through leaders or mass, (V) 154-55; and legislation, (VIII) 356; and possessiveness, (II) 8-9, 60-61; and the process of the mind, (VIII) 252; and religion, (II) 8; versus religious freedom, (IX) 51; as retrogression, (V) 195-97; (VI) 67; and revolution, (X) 108; versus revolution, (VII) 240; (XII) 276; and search for truth, (IV) 138; and society, (IX) 202; (XIII) 11; and the structure of government, (IX) 127; and time, (XI) 51; and values, (II) 90-91. See also Change; Division; Mutation; Progress; Reformation; Revolution; Society; Transformation

Reformation, (X) 184; as continuation of the past, (VIII) 343; economic and social, (VII) 128; as endless cycle, (XVII) 127; as futile, (VIII) 292; as hindrance, (VIII) 315-17; as hindrance to religion, (X) 186-87; and learning, (XI) 1, 2-3; versus the new society, (X) 166; problems of, (XI) 48; versus

radical transformation, (XVI) 49-50; as the reforming of society, (XIII) 67, 73; versus revolution, (VII) 203. See also Change; Reform; Reformer(s); Revolt; Revolution; Transformation

Reformer(s): and change, (XI) 125; (XV) 334; and the conditioned mind, (VIII) 3; and conflict, (XII) 130; and confusion, (VIII) 200-201; and the creation of mischief, (IX) 206; and the field of recognition, (XI) 96; and the immediate, (XVII) 102; and the inability to achieve revolution, (XVI) 242; versus the religious man, (IX) 113; and self-transformation, (IV) 33; and social environment, (XI) 58. See also Radical revolution; Reform; Reformation

Refuge: search for, (III) 110-12 Regeneration: achieving, (VIII) 167; and reeducation,

(VIII) 191-92; through understanding, (IV) 197 Regimentation: and desire for psychological security,

(V) 109; of life, (V) 56; and loss of individual, (IV) 89; sexual outlet, (V) 98. See also Conformity; Fear; Society

Reincarnation, (l) 14, 67-68, 102, 151-52, 179, 187-88; (II) 32, 34-36, 132-33, 355; (III) 62, 110-11; (IV) 120-21, 188-90; (V) 24-28, 30; (VI) 67-70; (VII) 50; (X) 9-10; and belief, (III) 22-23; (VII) 55-56; (X) 97; and continuance, (X) 154-55; and continuity, (V) 354-55; (IX) 52; (XII) 259; (XV) 282; and death, (IX) 115-16; (XI) 136-37; (XIII) 202, 259; (XV) 32-33, 230; (XVII) 27-28; and the desire for continuity, (VIII) 377; and the ego, (III) 46; and escape, (XII) 91; as escape from death, (X) 14; (XVI) 30; and escaping the fact of death, (XVII) 112, 114; examining, (VI) 120-22; explanation of, (II) 34-35; and fear of death, (V) 124-25, 127; (VIII) 150-51, 257; (X) 60, 208; (XI) 367; (XII) 160; (XIII) 186; (XV) 317, 318-19; (XVI) 62, 155; (XVII) 73, 149; and fear of the unknown, (VII) 331; as hindrance to understanding, (IV) 127-28; and the Hindu resistance to life , (XVI) 100; and hope for a better life, (XVII) 251; and immortality, (l) 100; (II) 227; (IX) and inquiry, (IX) 182; irrelevancy of, (II) 35; and lack of belief, (XVI) 256; meaning of, (II) 227; and the nature of death, (XIV) 153, 255, 256; (XV) 153; need for, (l) 169-70; and nonviolence, (XV) 334; and the present, (XV) 79; and sorrow, (VII) 262; as theory, (XVII) 104; and Theosophy, (V) 204; and triviality, (XIII) 319; understanding, (III) 171-73. See also Afterlife; Continuity; Death; Escape; Exploitation; Fear; God; Gratification; Immortality; Known; Rebirth; Religion; Renewal; Security

Rejection: and the absence of fear, (XVII) 198; and aloneness, (XV) 328-29; and the creation of energy, (XV) 92; without despair, (XV) 97; motiveless, (XV) 263-64, 286; and the negative, (XV) 263-64; of pleasure, (XV) 291; and the sensitive mind, (XV) 277. See also Denial

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253; of individual to collective, (V) 314; of the individual to society, (X) 172-73; and individuals and society, (III) 145-46; of individual state, (V) 341-44; and integrated action, (V) 86-87; and intentions, (IV) 59; and isolation, (IV) 141; (VI) 74-75, 155; and labeling, (V) 311-12; and learning, (XV) 69; (XVI) 52; and life, (V) 212-14; as life process, (VI) 105; and limitation, (III) 36; and the little world, (X) 253; living with, (XV) 97, 228; and loneliness, (XII) 156; (XIII) 187; looking at the facts of, (XV) 230; and love, (IV) 172; (V) 147; and marriage, (V) 175; to material and spiritual, (V) 188; meaning of, (VIII) 280; (XIII) 281; (XVII) 7; and the mind, (VI) 144; (XI) 279; as movement, (XV) 69; and the movement of life, (XV) 191, 195; between nations, (VII) 143; and nearness of truth, (V) 123; and the need for order, (XV) 56-57; and the need for security, (XVI) 120; need to understand, (XV) 163; and new society, (V) 168; and nonsentimental love, (III) 136-37; and observation, (IX) 216; (XVII) 5; and observation without condemnation, (IX) 4; and the observation of the mind, (VIII) 148; and the observer and the observed, (XVI) 249; of the old brain and the new brain, (XVI) 206; with the one and with the whole, (V) 231-232; and pain, (V) 230; parental, (V) 171-72; between parents and children, (VII) 81-82; (VIII) 280-83; and passive alertness, (V) 331; and personal transformation, (VI) 239; and pleasure, (XV) 164; (XVI) 62; (XVII) 11, 65; and pleasure as the basis of, (XVI) 91; and possession(s), (III) 147; (V) 87; and power, (V) 60; and problems, (V) 334-35, 338; between problems, (X) 85-86; (XVII) 264; of problems, (XIV) 181; process of, (IV) 5; and the process of life, (VII) 207-8; and the process of the mind, (IX) 218; as the process of recognition, (XI) 246; as process of self-revelation, (IV) 99; and propaganda, (V) 227; and the psychological world, (X) 98-99; and the quiet mind, (XVI) 148; and reaction, (VI) 125; and reality, (V) 211, 248; between reformer and revolutionary, (V) 195-96; and revolution, (V) 185-86; (VI) 67; (XI) 296; and richness of life, (III) 68; and the search for permanence, (X) 42; and security, (V) 343-44; and seeing the whole, (XVI) 237; and self-awareness, (X) 102; and self-discovery, (V) 273; (IX) 138-39; (XI) 159; and self-forgetfulness, (V) 102; and self-knowing, (XV) 280; and self-knowledge, (IV) 142; (V) 224-25, 366, 367; (VI) 49, 91, 178-79, 354; (VIII) 299, 307-8, 344; (IX) 137, 227, 273; (X) 124; and social morality, (XIII) 205; and social problems, (III) 164; and society, (X) 192; (XIII) 128; (XV) 49, 52; as society, (IV) 89; (VII) 80; to society, (VIII) 315; and space, (XVI) 256; and the structure of society, (XIII) 114, 115-16; and struggle, (VII) 28; between student and teacher, (VII) 136-37; and suffering, (V) 316; among teacher, student and parent, (XI) 4-5, 9; between thinker and thought, (IV) 196-97; and thinking,

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Religion, (l) 16, 109, 175-76; (II) 3-6, 38, 174-76, 181; (IV) 132-33; (VI) 50-52; (VIII) 134-36, 181-83; (X) 223-26; (XI) 144-48, 357-63, 383, 386-87; (XIV) 263-69; (XV) 40-41; absence of, (XIV ) 124; as absolute, (l) 150; and the acceptance of conflict, (XVI) 160; and action, (l) 83-84; and age, (XII) 171-72; and authority, (VIII) 43-44, 241-42; (X) 48, 99; authority of, (XV) 322; basis of, (II) 3-4, 54; and beauty, (XVI) 64-65; and belief, (XIV) 220; capturing the mind through, (XI) 103; as cause of conflict, (VII) 145; and ceremony, (II) 22; and change, (VIII) 27-29; and class distinction, (l) 182-84; as comfort, (l) 105; as commercial, (X) 202; and competition of sects, (III) 178, 197; and compulsion, (VII) 13; and the conditioned mind, (VII) 257-58; (X) 163-64; and conditioned thinking, (VII) 269; and conditioning, (VII) 286-87; (VIII) 13, 215; (IX) 125-26; (XIV) 221; (XVI) 156; and the conditioning of children, (XIII) 272; and confusion, (V) 24; (XVI) 275-76; and contradiction, (X) 233, 239-40; (XV) 178; as a corporation, (XVI) 242; creation of, (l ) 191-92; and the cultivation of belief, (XVII) 101; decline in, (XVI) 42-43; and death, (XVII) 73; defining, (V) 264-65; (VI) 31-32, 125; (VII) 1-2; (VIII) 168; (X) 125, 216; (XIII) 288; (XIV) 6, 124; (XV) 7; and the denial of beauty, (XV) 314; and the denial of desire, (XVI) 86-87; and the denial of pleasure, (XVII) 181, 184, 185; without dependence, (X) 210; and depth of life, (XVI) 232; and desire, (XIV) 96, 97; (XV) 15, 17; and desire for sensation, (V) 263-64; and the discipline of desire, (VIII) 304; and discontent, (IX) 207; and discovery of the beyond, (XVII) 152; discovering through negation, (VII) 106-7; and disorder, (XV) 326-328; and division(s), (l) 182-84; (XII) 134; (XIV) 229; (XVII) 162; without divisions, (IX) 121; and divisiveness, (l) 148-49; (II) 5, 8, 12, 148-49, 160, 166, 232; as dogma, (X) 43, 124, 177, 179-80; and education, (l) 154-55; (V) 111-12; and effort, (XIV) 289; enslavement to, (II) 223; and escape, (XI) 14-15; (XIV) 115; (XVI) 100-101, 182; (XVII) 159; as escape, (IX) 159; (XIII) 168;

as escape from suffering, (II) 135; examining the meaning of, (IX) 9-10; and the existence of authority, (XII) 297; and exploitation, (III) 32-33; and the exploitation of seekers, (XII) 203; as exploiter, (II) 10-11, 208; (III) 92; failure of, (XIV) 3, 127; (XVII) 94, 190; and faith, (l) 172; and fear, (II) 208; (VIII) 61; (XV) 316-17; (XVI) 103-4; and freedom, (XI) 376; (XVII) 16-17; versus freedom, (XV) 14; and freedom of the mind, (XIV) 297; free from tradition, (X) 107; and the free mind, (IX) 78-79; function of, (II) 83; (IX) 230; (XIV) 81-82; as fundamental necessity, (X) 107-8; versus fundamental revolution, (VII) 165; gratification in, (XVII) 86; highest form of, (VIII) 250; and hindrance of belief, (VII) 130-31; (XII) 269-70; and hindrance to the discovery of the true, (XIII) 62; as hindrance to freedom, (XVI) 162; and historical tyranny, (IX) 230; as a hobby, (XIII) 288-89; and hope, (XI) 13; as human creation, (II) 223; and hypocrisy, (l) 174; (II) 150; and the imposition of formulas, (XIV) 141-42; as individual discovery, (X) 216-18; and intellectual sensitivity, (XIII) 42; invention of, (XVII) 70; and the invention of hope, (XVII) 113; and inward freedom, (VIII) 249; and life, (VIII) 58; as life encompassing, (XIII) 288; loss of meaning of, (XV) 330-31; loss of the significance of, (XIV) 40; as man-made, (VII) 8; versus materialism, (X) 49; versus material view, (IV) 139-40; without the ‘me’, (X) 7; meaning of, (V) 36-37, 156-57; (VIII) 316, 334-35; (X) 43, 62, 200; (XI) 203-4; (XVII) 99; meaning of true, (VII) 184; (IX) 34; and method, (XI) 116-17; mis use of the word, (XVII) 166; as more than dogma, (X) 70-71; national acceptance of, (XIII) 333; and nationalism, (l) 156; need for, (l) 59-60; negative approach to, (XIV) 44; as negative influence, (II) 154-55; and obedience, (VII) 132; only, (XIV) 6; as oppressor, (III) 207; and order and disorder, (XVII) 246; organized, (l) 143-52; (II) 48, 111, 160-61, 181, 204; (X) 15-16; as organized belief, (VI) 49-50; origin of, (l) 6; (VIII) 134; (XV) 40-41; and the path to God, (X) 149; as personal experience, (II) 160-61; and pleasure, (XVII) 12; and politics, (XI) 49; and power, (XII) 27-28; and prejudice, (II) 34; and the promise of heaven, (VII) 279; and promise of reward, (IX) 91; quality of true, (X) 203; and reality, (VIII) 229-30; reason for, (XV) 5; and reform, (II) 8-9; and reincarnation, (l ) 6; and relationship(s), (VI) 141; (XVI) 45; and the religious mind, (XI) 289-94; versus the religious mind, (XV) 41; versus religious society, (X) 34; reviving, (X) 216; and revolutionary man, (VI) 32; and revolution as synonymous, (XII) 223; and reward, (l) 171; and reward and punishment, (XV) 330; as ritual, (VIII) 229, 254; (IX) 156-57; role of, (XIII) 288; versus romanticism, (X) 63; and sacredness, (XV) 242-43; and sacred writing, (V) 37; search for, (XI) 94-95; and sects, (II) 48, 78; and security, (II) 196; and self-expansion, (IV) 56,

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201; and self-fulfillment, (VII) 152; as self-glorification, (II) 83; and self-improvement, (IX) 83; and self-liberation, (XII) 246-47; and the senses, (X) 236; separate from life, (VI) 203-4; as separation, (VII) 161; and sexual taboos, (V) 107; (XVII) 203; and sin, (V) 276-77; as social convenience, (X) 240; and superiority, (l) 159; and suppression, (X) 244; (XV) 17; and symbolism, (XIV) 52-53; and teachers, (II) 232; and time, (XV) 117; and traditions, (XV) 241; and transformation, (XIV) 126; and transiency and permanency, (XI) 117; and true revolution, (VIII) 167-70; and truth, (V) 48-49; (VI) 17-20; understanding, (X) 186; and vested interests, (II) 216-17; (XVII) 54; and virtue, (VII) 252; and war(s), (IX) 116-17; (XV) 299; (XVI) 6, 12, 17, 81; (XVII) 3; and the whole existence, (XIV) 264; and the word as barrier, (IX) 55; and the worship of success, (VIII) 108. See also Authority; Awareness; Belief; Ceremonies; Change; Conflict; Creation; Dogma; Divisions; Empty mind; Exploitation; God; Immortality; Leader; Love; Masters; Mutation; New mind; Organized religion; Parenting; Reality; Reincarnation; Religious mind; Revolution; Right thinking; Theosophy; Timeless; Tolerance; True re ligion; Truth

Religionists: and simplicity, (V) 246. See also Religion Religion, the individual, and mutation: as interrelated,

(XIV) 161-67. See also Individual; Mutation; Religion

Religio-social reformers: and the pattern of life, (XI) 315. See also Reformers

Religious: defining, (XII) 173 Religious action: and the resolution of problems, (XV)

7. See also Action; Religion; Religious mind Religious approach: and problems, (XII) 169 Religious being: man as, (III) 37-38 Religious conditioning: versus meditation, (XIII) 153.

See also Conditioning; Religion Religious control: and education, (IV) 107 Religious differences: need to eliminate, (IX) 247. See

also Divisions Religious dogma: rejection of, (XV) 95. See also

Religious action Religious experience: and conditioning, (IX) 160; and

passive awareness, (IV) 69 “Religious” experience: as nonexistent, (XIII) 324.

See also Religion Religious freedom, (IX) 51; and absence of authority,

(IX) 51-52; defining, (IX) 39; as the only freedom, (IX) 33

Religious institutions: and illusions, (X) 32 Religious intolerance: and belief in God, (V) 93. See

also Experiencing; Religion Religious leaders: and austerity, (XVII) 237-38; and

confusion, (XI) 358-61. See also Authority; Religion

Religious life, (X) 62-64, 206-8; (XIV) 263-69; as the absence of friction, (XV) 9; defining, (XI) 325; and discipline, (XIII) 81; response to, (XIV ) 78; and

thought, (XI) 128. See also Religion; Religious action

Religious man: and the absence of theories, (XIII) 320; and the cessation of ‘becoming’, (X) 268; and change, (IX) 55; as conditioned, (XIII) 320; versus conflict, (XIV) 29; creation of, (IX) 108; defining, (VIII) 170, 299, 301, 324; (IX) 4; (X) 234; (XI) 49, 51; (XIII) 4, 171; and the denial of life, (XI) 315; and dying to the known, (XV) 79-80; and the evil of authority, (XIII) 124; and fragmentation, (XIV) 3; and freedom from dogma, (X) 39-40; and freedom from fear, (XIV ) 195; as the free man, (XV) 5; and fundamental revolution, (IX) 202; meaning of, (IX) 242-43; nature of, (XV) 90-91; and the new mind, (XIV) 16; as nonmystic, (XIV) 268; and observation, (XV) 50; and relationships, (XI) 48-49; without religion or nation, (IX) 224; as revolutionary, (VIII) 330; versus rituals, (VIII) 315-16; and the secondhand, (XIV) 117; and self-awareness, (XI) 204-5; and self-knowledge, (XI) 61; and social reform, (IX) 242-43; versus social reform, (VIII) 302; and social rejection, (X) 263; and society, (IX) 147; and transformation, (XV) 50; as the true revolutionary, (X) 34, 48. See also Religion; Religious mind

Religious mind, (XII) 168-74, 223-27, 269-73, 319-20, 322-26; (XIII) 85-92, 156-60, 162-63; (XIV) 112-19, 263-69; (XV) 40-48; and the absence of conflict, (VIII) 196; (XIII) 286; and the absence of fear, (XV) 317; and the absence of friction, (XV) 9; and the absence of ideals, (XV) 25; achieving, (XIII) 52-53; (XVI) 39; and being serious, (XIII) 275; as collective or individual, (XIII) 59; as the committed mind, (XIII) 52; and creation, (XV) 322; and the creative life, (XV) 94; defining, (VIII) 233; (IX) 36; (X) 72; (XI) 227; (XII) 81-82, 87, 89; (XIII) 86, 156-57, 275; (XIV) 9, 309; (XV) 47, 140, 243; (XVII) 90, 246; describing, (XIII) 208; as directionless, (XII) 107, 113-14; and dying daily, (XVI) 156; and effort, (XV) 92, 94; and the ending of sorrow, (XIII) 172; and facts, (XIII) 107; and freedom from authority, (XIV ) 20; and freedom from envy, (X) 48; and the free mind, (XIII) 240-41; function of, (XII) 174-75; importance of, (XIII) 281-82; and love, (XV) 74; and meditation, (XIII) 210; nature of, (XV) 93-94; and negative thinking, (XII) 78-81, 84-85, 89-90; as non-comparative, (VII) 114; and order, (XVII) 246, 250; and the psychological structure of society, (XIII) 261; and reality, (XVII) 99; versus religion, (IX) 10; (XIII) 64; and the resolution of, (XV) 77; as revolutionary, (IX) 195; as the revolutionary mind, (XIV) 45-46; and seeing the whole, (XV) 11; state of, (XV) 244; as total, (XIII) 92; and truth, (XVII) 250; as the unconditioned mind, (IX) 137; understanding, (XIII) 262; (XIV) 42-46; and understanding conflict, (XV) 19; and world problems, (XIV) 82. See also Empty mind; Innocent mind; Meditation; Mind; Mutation; New mind; Quiet mind; Religion; Truth

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Religious mind and the scientific mind: as the only real states of mind, (XII) 169, 172. See also Dull mind; Mind; New mind

Religious organizations, (III) 30; as conditioners, (X) 179-80; and control, (X) 164; divisions among, (X) 201-2; and the enslavement of the mind, (XII) 83; as escape, (XIV) 115; and exploitation, (III) 24-25, 26; failure of, (XII) 49-50; and freedom, (XI) 114, 116; futility of, (XII) 114; as hindrance to reality, (V) 100; as hindrance to truth, (XII) 79-80; and search for the real, (IV) 124-125. See also Religion

Religious people: and conflict, (XIII) 284-85; and cultivating energy, (XIII) 161; and desire, (XV) 165; and divisions, (XIII) 89-90; and escape from daily life, (XV) 27; and established methods, (XV) 82; and understanding the inner and the outer, (XIV) 2. See also Religion; Religious action; Religious mind

Religious person: defining, (IV) 68; (IX) 159; and freedom from dependence, (X) 92; and freedom from society, (IX) 278; identifying, (XI) 19; problem of, (XI) 386; and revolution, (IX) 13-14; and the state of silence, (XIII) 196; as yes-sayer, (XI) 291. See also Religious man; Religious mind

Religious practices, (l) 137-38 Religious problem: and the complex society, (X) 69 Religious revolution, (VIII) 167-70, 181-84; and the

absence of ‘becoming’, (X) 267-69; achieving, (IX) 10; (X) 3, 128; (XI) 40-41; defining, (XIII) 116; (XIV) 274; and the empty mind, (XV) 24; and freedom from dogma, (IX) 216; (X) 199; importance of, (VIII) 194-95; and intelligence, (XIV) 45; meaning of, (X) 125-26; and mutation, (XIII) 118; need for, (IX) 51; (X) 95; and the new world, (VIII) 190; as the only true revolution, (XVI) 80; as outside of society, (X) 83; as psychological revolution, (IX) 210; and questioning, (XIII) 114-15; as salvation, (X) 79. See also Change; Mutation; New; Radical revolution; Religion; Religious action; Religious mind; Revolution; Total revolution; Transformation; True religion; True revolution

Religious revolutionary: as apart from society, (IX) 85. See also Religious man

Religious sects: and change, (VIII) 162-64, 176-77; and conditioning, (VIII) 142-43, 154, 170, 222, 267-68; and divisions, (VIII) 41, 51, 58, 248; and divisions and war, (VIII) 261; and dogma, (VIII) 168; and education, (VIII) 79, 81, 92, 102; individual, (VIII) 178-79; influence on children, (VIII) 288; meditation, (VIII) 239; and the new mind, (VIII) 167; and peace, (VIII) 150; and tolerance, (VIII) 294; and tradition, (VIII) 148

Religious spirit: defining, (XI) 293; describing, (XII) 170-71; loss of, (XIV) 78-79; as the only, (XIV) 42-43; and the scientific spirit, (XII) 77, 80; versus tradition, (XII) 78. See also Religion; Religious mind; Scientific mind

Religious state: and the hindrance of conflict, (XIII) 282; as timeless, (VIII) 188-89. See also Religious mind

Religious structure: and religious belief, (XII) 323 Religious teachers: dependence on, (l) 109, 148-49.

See also Guru; Leader; Master; Religion Religious thinking: and world problems, (XIV) 3. See

also Religion Religious tyranny: increase of, (XII) 49-50 Relinquishment: of tools of exploitation, (IV) 95-96 Renewal, (IV) 170; (XVI) 242-45; of consciousness,

(VII) 281-83; and continuity, (V) 266-67, 319-20; daily, (IV) 50; (VIII) 138-39; defining, (IV) 36; and deterioration, (VI) 292-93; and ending, (VII) 187; (X) 155, 209; in ending, (IV) 198; (V) 298, 355; and ending of thought, (VI) 147-48; versus fear of death, (V) 68-69; of the mind, (XVII) 96; from moment to moment, (V) 300; movement of, (XVI) 300-301; and old and new, (VI) 154; and the quiet mind, (XVII) 113; as spontaneous, (III) 138-39; and taking the first step, (XVI) 300-301; through understanding, (VI) 290. See also Creativity; Death; New; Quiet mind; Reincarnation; Rejuvenation; Revolution; Transformation

Renunciation: and acquisition, (IV) 12; and ambition, (VII) 242; and conflict, (IV) 146; defining, (XI) 147; versus escape, (XVII) 130; as false, (VII) 184; futility of, (VIII) 106-7; as revolution, (XI) 277; and systems, (III) 54-55. See also Becoming; Humility; Negation

Repetition: and action, (XVI) 228; and authority, (XVII) 34; and behavior , (XVII) 201-2; and boredom, (XIV) 206; and conduct, (XVII) 202; and continuity, (X) 154; and desire, (XVI) 216-17; and deterioration, (XIV) 29; versus direct experience, (XI) 149; and the dull mind, (V) 90-91; (XVII) 116; and experience, (VII) 246-47; as hindrance to the new mind, (XVI) 243; versus learning, (XVI) 265, 290; versus learning while doing, (XVI) 218; and meditation, (IX) 213; (XIV) 156, 299; (XV) 37, 84; versus meditation, (X) 228; (XI) 141, 356; and patterns, (XVII) 178; and pleasure, (XVII) 44, 45-46, 204; and prayer, (V) 164; (VI) 230; and the process of thinking, (XVII) 123; and the still mind, (V) 209; and the superficial mind, (IX) 235; and systems of thought, (XVII) 240; and truth, (V) 320; (VI) 134; and understanding, (V) 327. See also Conditioning; Conformity; Discipline; Experiencing; Suppression; Will

Repetitive action: as necessary, (XVII) 206. See also Action; Repetition

Repetitive mind: and problems, (XV) 73. See also Dull mind; Mind

Republican: See Authority; Belief; Conditioning; Divisions; Nationalism; Revolution; Society

Resistance, (V) 257-58; (XIII) 106-12; and the action of the will, (XV) 58, 60; and ambition, (VII) 16; and approach to problems, (VIII) 178; and

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attention, (VIII) 313; (X) 255-56; and ‘becoming’, (X) 267; cessation of, (XIII) 305; and change, (XV) 306; to change, (XI) 311; and concentration, (XIII) 154; (XIV ) 217; (XVII) 179; as conditioning, (III) 106; and conditioning of the mind, (XIV) 221; and conflict, (XIV) 11-12; (XVI) 8, 95-97, 99, 211; and conflict in relationship, (V) 59; and the continuity of desire, (XV) 60; and contradiction, (XV) 310; as a defense mechanism, (XV) 157; defining, (XVI) 162; and desire, (XIV ) 224; and discipline, (VII) 69-70; (VIII) 295; and disorder, (XV) 199; and distraction, (IX) 11; and the dull mind, (V) 53-54; effects of, (XIII) 47; and effort, (XIV) 233-34; and energy, (XIII) 47, 56, 160-61, 231, 338; (XIV) 208; (XV) 42, 47; and fear, (VII) 191-93; (XVI) 103-4; and freedom, (VIII) 238; versus free questioning, (XIII) 106-7; and fulfillment, (VII) 235; as hindrance, (VIII) 243; as hindrance to communion, (XIV ) 281; as hindrance to energy, (XIV) 294; as hindrance to learning, (XIV) 92, 234-35; as hindrance to order, (XV) 199; and illusion, (VII) 194; and listening, (XIII) 304; living without, (l) 189; (XII) 136, 138-39, 210; and the ‘me’, (X) 257; and meditation, (V) 208; to the new, (X) 216; and physical pain, (XVI) 235; and the process of life, (XIII) 316; to revolution, (XI) 309; and suppression, (XIII) 80; and thought, (V) 7; (XVI) 146; understanding, (IV) 67; (VIII) 166-67; (XIII) 106-7; versus understanding, (V) 276; and the wasting of energy, (XV) 200. See also Action of will; Compulsion; Conflict; Conformity; Contradiction; Discipline; Effort; Listening

Resolution: as escape from problems, (XIV) 178; of problems, (XIV) 181, 252

Respect, (VIII) 69; and authority, (XIV) 247; between children and adults, (XI) 4-5; versus contempt, (VII) 125; and disrespect, (XI) 370; as exploitation, (III) 100; as fear, (VII) 125-26; versus fear, (VIII) 126; feeling of, (VII) 231; and gurus, (V) 194; versus humility, (XIV ) 89; and love, (XVII) 235; versus love, (VIII) 71; and problem of equality, (VII) 313-14. See also Authority

Respectability: and ambition, (X) 5; attachment to, (XII) 212; and conflict, (XIII) 285; and conformity, (VII) 221; (XV) 69; and consistency, (VII) 207; versus creative happiness, (VII) 188-89; defining, (VII) 163; and denial, (XIII) 87-88; desire for, (XI) 227; and discontent, (V) 293; as false, (VII) 184; and fear, (VII) 191; versus love, (VIII) 312; and the mediocre mind, (VIII) 124; and mediocrity, (XI) 356; and moral codes, (XI) 228; versus morality, (XIV) 202; and pleasure, (XV) 71; and public opinion, (V) 277; and security, (XII) 135; and social morality, (X) 246-47; (XV) 71; and society, (VIII) 317; and tradition, (XVII) 153; and virtue, (XI) 269-70; (XII) 142; (XIII) 225. See also Conditioning; Conformity; Discipline; Habits; Security; Society

Respectable: versus good, (VII) 163. See also Respectability

Respectable man: as dead, (XI) 113. See also Respectability

Respectable mind: and the adjustment to society, (XI) 323; as insensitive, (XIII) 176; as limited, (XI) 194; and tradition, (XI) 35-36. See also Dull mind; Mind; Respectability

Response: and action, (XIV) 21; and background, (X) 219-20; to challenge, (IX) 190, 192; and conditioning, (VIII) 290-91; (XIV) 136-37; (XV) 304-5; (XVI) 89, 174, 220; and conduct, (XVII) 201; and conflict, (X) 25; and creating of problems, (XV) 213-14; and desire, (XV) 21; and experience, (XV) 39; and fear, (XIII) 134; as fragmentary, (XV) 23; and memory, (XIV ) 22-23, 243; without motive, (XVI) 208; and positive activity, (XVI) 18; and problems, (XVI) 208-9; to problems, (XIV) 99; as the product of memory, (XII) 304; and reaction, (XI) 33; and seeing the totality of life, (XVI) 5; and suppression of desire, (XV) 17; and thinking, (XI) 389-90; (XV) 22-23; and thought, (XIV) 292; (XV) 224. See also Cause and effect; Challenge; Challenge and response; Reaction

Response and challenge: as limited, (XII) 68-81. See also Reaction

Responsibility: and communication, (XVI) 41-42; for confusion, (V) 192; escape from, (IX) 204; and the family man, (IV) 96; for Gandhi’s death, (IV) 168; for government, (V) 66-67; as hindrance to understanding, (V) 324; of the individual, (V) 155-56, 182; (VI) 137; (XI) 172; (XV) 52; for individual conduct, (XIV) 229-30; of the individual and society, (VI) 152-53; and listening, (XVI) 2, 14; and maturity, (V) 77; and order, (XV) 57; of parents, (V) 173-74; (VIII) 278-83; for peace, (XV) 323; and psychological revolution, (XV) 57; and questioning, (XVI) 253-54; in relationship, (III) 156; and revolution, (V) 10-13; and simplicity, (V) 245, 370; understanding, (XIII) 223-24; for war, (IV) 23; (V) 15-16, 75; for world chaos, (III) 152; and world problems, (XVII) 19, 279-80. See also Individual; Possessions; Resistance

Restless mind, (XI) 234-35; as hindrance to truth, (VIII) 326-29. See also Empty mind; Occupied mind; Petty mind; Quiet mind

Restlessness: and conflict, (XIII) 22-23 Result: and action, (IV) 195-96; and effort, (IX) 256 Results: search for, (l ) 50-52 Resurrection: and death, (XIV) 255; (XV) 230; (XVII)

114; and escape from death, (XVI) 30; and the fear of death, (XII) 160; (XVI) 62, 155; (XVII) 73. See also Continuity; God; Reincarnation

Retirement: and awareness, (III) 211, 213, 216; and deterioration, (VII) 308-9

Retreat: value of, (VI) 252 Reverence: and enslavement, (VII) 230-31 Revival: and pleasure, (XVI) 284; of religions, (X) 216

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Revolt: and aloneness, (VII) 221-22; and conflict, (VII) 304; and conformity, (XV) 19; and the creation of new patterns, (XVII) 165; and creativeness, (VII) 278; and disorder, (XV) 56; and the envious society, (IX) 86; and freedom, (XVII) 15, 51-52; versus freedom, (XIII) 288; and image, (XV) 197; as meaningless, (XV) 205; and the mediocre mind, (VII) 219-21; and new ideological patterns, (XVII) 175; as passion, (XI) 145; as reaction, (XII) 278-79; (XV) 5, 71, 151, 158; (XVI) 161; (XVII) 134, 168; and religion, (XI) 293-94; versus revolution, (XIV) 34-35; types of, (XIV) 135; as uncreative, (X) 83; without understanding, (XVII) 261-62; uselessness of, (XVII) 70; and violence, (XVII) 257; of young people, (XVII) 189. See also Change; Discontent; Revolution; Transformation

Revolution, (l ) 156-57; (II) 46-47, 65, 90, 137; (VII) 276-77; (XI) 358, 360-61, 383-87; as abandonment of society, (VIII) 330; and the absence of the center, (XVII) 38; and the absence of peace, (VIII) 141; absence of stages in, (XII) 56; and the absence of thought, (XVI) 164; achieving, (VII) 8-9; (VIII) 4; (IX) 210-12; (XIII) 78; (XIV ) 126-27; (XVI) 234; and action, (XI) 358; (XIV) 44; and action of the will, (VIII) 36-37; without act of will, (VII) 256; and the analytic process, (XII) 141; avoidance of, (XV) 157; and awareness, (XIII) 206; versus being something, (IX) 170; and betrayal, (XIV) 163-64; and the brain, (XIV ) 272, 274-75; and the breakdown of conditioning, (XIV) 9; and change, (VIII) 22; without change, (XI) 157; and the clear mind, (XI) 202-3; and the collective, (VI) 38; and the collective and individual minds, (XIII) 61-62; and the conditioned thought, (VII) 196-97; and conditioning, (VIII) 154-55; (XI) 70; versus the conscious mind, (VIII) 38; through consciousness, (XI) 277; conscious and unconscious, (VIII) 2, 4; and contact with the fact, (XV) 339; cycles of, (II) 230-31; (V) 195-97; defining, (XII) 223-24; and the denial of the psychological structure of society, (XIV) 34-35; without dependence, (X) 210; and desire, (VIII) 306; and the desire for a sane world, (IX) 210; and desire to help, (VI) 241; and discovery of the sacred, (XV) 245; as disturbance, (XIII) 14; and education, (V) 200; without effort, (VII) 182-83; and emptiness, (XII) 256-57; and the empty mind, (XVI) 221; and the ending of ‘me’, (VII) 305, 307-8; exa mining inward and outward, (V) 185; through experiencing, (VII) 253; as failure, (XI) 96; failure of, (XVII) 167, 190, 245; false, (VIII) 16-17; and freedom from authority, (XII) 235; as freedom from fear, (VII) 290-91; and freedom from ideas, (VI) 2-3, 67; and the free mind, (VII) 306-8; (VIII) 254-55, 343; (XI) 65; as the free mind, (IX) 36; of the few, (V) 358-59; and the function of knowledge, (VIII) 154-56; and God, (XII) 173; and the “high” and “middle”, (XVII) 138; as the hindrance of analysis, (XIII)

284; and the hindrance of continuity, (VII) 198-99; and the hindrance of the known, (XVI) 174; historical versus psychological, (IX) 97; and hope for transformation, (IV) 49; and how to think, (VII) 197-99; and the human being, (XVII) 46; and ideas, (V) 42-43, 44, 206; and ideology, (VI) 146-47, 205-6; and illusion, (VIII) 33; importance of, (IX) 96-99; (XVI) 298; individual, (X) 116; and the individual, (VI) 37-38; (XIV) 140; as individual, (IX) 209; and the individual and the mass, (XI) 36; and individual and mass role, (VI) 34; and individual renewal, (IV) 160-61; and individual responsibility, (V) 10-13; inner, (XV) 301; as instantaneous, (XII) 159; and the integrated view, (VII) 320; and the intellect, (VII) 252-53; inward, (VI) 251; (VII) 144, 150; (VIII) 248-50, 251-52; inward and outward, (II) 65; (III) 66-67; (IV) 162; (V) 15-16, 79-81, 96, 185; (VI) 89-90; (VIII) 29; (XVII) 192; and inward and outward effects, (XV) 58; as inward transformation, (X) 44; and isolation, (V) 61; of the known (VIII) 181, 183-84; and the limits of the known, (XIV) 188; meaningful, (XIII) 67; meaning of, (V) 196-97; (XV) 4; and the mind, (VIII) 13; of the mind, (IX) 219; (XI) 15-16, 18, 83, 193; as a mutation in consciousness, (XIII) 334; as necessary, (VII) 200; (VIII) 2; (XI) 309; need for, (XII) 49; (XIII) 113; (XV) 3-4; need for an inward, (XII) 118, 119; (XIV) 126; need for psychological, (XV) 302; need for religious, (X) 124; need for true, (V) 220-222; as never gradual, (XVI) 233; and the new, (XII) 185; and the new mind, (XII) 276; objection to, (VII) 237; and observation, (XVI) 130; through observation, (XV) 67; and organization, (II) 205; as outside of society, (VIII) 302; outward, (XV) 132; and outward alteration, (XV) 52-53; and the petty mind, (VII) 203-4; political, (VIII) 176; in the present, (V) 52; and the problem of hunger, (VII) 177-78; and the problem of living, (XIV) 5; and the process of thought, (VII) 175; of the psyche, (XVII) 166-67; psychological, (VIII) 230; and questioning authority, (X) 131; as radical transformation, (XI) 1, 177; as reaction, (XIII) 289; and realization of truth, (IX) 77-79; versus reformation, (VIII) 343; and relationship, (XI) 335; and religion, (X) 225; and religion as synonymous, (XII) 223; religious, (X) 3, 108-110; (XIV) 43; and the religious man, (IX) 4; as the religious man, (XI) 51; and the religious mind, (XIII) 52; through the religious person, (IX) 159; and the religious spirit, (XII) 170; as response, (VIII) 298-99; versus revolt, (XII) 278-79; (XVII) 189; and the role of education, (VIII) 32; and the search for reality, (VIII) 289; and seeing the fact, (XIII) 157; and seeing the totality of life, (XVI) 5; and self-awareness, (V) 11-13; and self-discovery, (XVI) 226; and self-knowledge, (VI) 9; and self-understanding, (XI) 18; and social change, (VI) 10-11; and social inequality, (VIII) 316; as solution to world conflict, (III) 150; and the state of inquiry,

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(XIII) 332; and the still mind, (VIII) 215-16; and struggle, (VII) 29-30; and the struggle for power, (XVII) 122; and substitution of ideas, (VI) 76; and superficial reform, (X) 108; and systems, (VIII) 7; and systems of left and right, (V) 10, 13; and technique, (V) 184-85; in thinking, (VII) 143-44; (VIII) 211-12; (X) 63; in thought, (II) 204; thought and feeling, (IV) 93; and time, (XI) 152; (XIV) 126; total, (VIII) 16; within the total consciousness, (XVI) 126; as transcendental, (VIII) 38; as transformation, (VIII) 5-6; as a transformation in thinking, (XIII) 282; as transformation of the mind, (XI) 47; as the true religious mind, (X) 107-9; types of, (XI) 71; (XIII) 116; and the unconditioned mind, (VII) 260; as unconscious, (VIII) 35; and the unconsciousness of ‘I’, (VII) 256; and understanding, (VII) 156; of understanding, (V) 183; through understanding, (X) 118; and understanding pleasure, (XVI) 129; of the unknown, (VIII) 181, 183-84; and utopia, (XVI) 256; within and without, (XI) 295-96; and wrong livelihood, (V) 63. See also Awareness; Change; Mutation; New; Reform; Reformation; Total revolution; Transformation

Revolutionary: defining, (VII) 15; (VIII) 268, 299; defining the process of, (IX) 14-15; and radical transformation, (IX) 226; versus reformer, (V) 195-96, 197-98; as the religious man, (IX) 243; (X) 34; and the search for reality, (VIII) 316. See also Individual; Responsibility; Revolution

Revolutionary change: need for, (XIV) 188. See also Revolution

Revolutionary mind: defining, (XI) 328; as the new mind, (XIII) 53; as the religious mind, (XII) 82, 324-25; (XIII) 160. See also Free mind; Mind

Revolution in consciousness: achieving, (XVI) 160. See also Consciousness; Revolution

Revolution of the center: defining, (VII) 294, 296, 297; and of outside, (VII) 294-96

Revolution of the mind: and living in the present, (XIII) 328-29. See also Revolutionary mind

Reward, (l) 122-23 Reward and punishment, (III) 15-16, 172. See also

Action Rich: and happiness, (VII) 101. See also Becoming;

Poor Rich life: defining, (XIV ) 30 Rich man: and society, (XIII) 121, 124 Right action, (III) 53, 195, 197, 200; (X) 173-74; (XV)

64; and the challenged mind, (XII) 76-77; defining, (XVII) 18; and the good mind, (IX) 262; and living, (XII) 23; and search, (IX) 256; through self-knowledge, (IV) 135; and self-understanding, (XI) 48; and understanding, (III) 76; and understanding relationship, (V) 96. See also Action; Awareness; Real; Reality; Right thinking

Right and left: similarity between, (XVII) 139. See also Ideology

Right and wrong: judging, (VII) 291-92; versus truth, (XVII) 126

Right comprehension: and hindrances, (III) 89. See also Happiness

Right conditions: inner and outer, (III) 127-28 Right discipline: as order, (XVII) 176. See also

Discipline Right education: and creation of intelligence, (V) 108-

9; and radical transformation, (XI) 1. See also Education

Right effort: defining, (III) 66, 81; understanding, (IV) 24. See also Effort

Righteous action: defining, (X) 232 Righteous mind: defining, (X) 184 Righteousness, (III) 158; defining, (IV) 190; (X) 184,

223-26; and humility, (X) 242; motiveless, (XVI) 25; and reincarnation, (XV) 319; versus the traditional, (X) 189. See also Humility; Understanding; Virtue

Right individual: creating, (XI) 59-61 Right livelihood, (VII) 160; achieving, (V) 144. See

also Conflict; Livelihood Right meditation: defining, (V) 361; versus meditation,

(V) 267-70; and process of the self, (V) 291; for right understanding, (IV) 53-54; and self-knowledge, (IV) 148; (V) 360-62. See also Meditation

Right problems: and right questions, (XII) 232-33. See also Problems

Right questions: asking, (XVII) 107, 108; defining, (XVII) 199; difficulty of asking, (XVII) 99, 269; and sensitivity, (XVII) 137. See also Questions

Right relationship: defining, (XVII) 193; and examining problems, (VIII) 1-2; without exploitation, (V) 364; versus guru and disciple, (X) 122; and inner revolution, (XVII) 191; and love, (X) 195; and love of truth, (V) 179; meaning of, (XVI) 83; and social problems, (IV) 138-39. See also Authority; Relationship

Right society: achieving, (IV) 207. See also Society Right thinking, (III) 208-9, 222; approach to, (IV)

135-36; through comprehension, (III) 98-99; and confusion, (VIII) 333-35; defining, (III) 208-9; (VI) 53-54; and the desire to influence, (X) 104; as endless, (IV) 180; hindrances to, (III) 93-94; and illusory experience, (IV) 15; and a new society, (IV) 110; and right actions, (VI) 52-53; versus right thought, (V) 74; and self-awareness, (IV) 15; and self-knowledge, (III) 203-4, 209-11, 224; (IV) 1, 34, 79, 151; (V) 155-56, 336; and sensitivity, (IV) 4; and true religion, (III) 207; understanding, (III) 195-97, 198-99; (X) 219-21; and wisdom, (III) 228-29; and world crisis, (V) 72, 74. See also Creative thinking; Right action; Thought

Right thought: defining, (III) 208-9; as limited, (IV) 180; versus right thinking, (IV) 180; (V) 141. See also Right thinking; Thought

Rites: and spirituality, (III) 71 Ritual: as escape, (V) 82; as hindrance to religion,

(VII) 106; as immature, (IX) 156-57; as mechanical process, (V) 90-91; and the mind, (XVII) 155; and religion, (X) 210; versus the

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religious mind, (XII) 323. See also Belief; Ceremonies; Habit; Religion; Tradition

Ritualistic mind: versus the religious mind, (XII) 84 Roman Catholic Church: spread of, (XI) 225, 226. See

also Catholicism Routine: and disorder, (XVII) 173; escape from,

(XIV) 261; versus order, (XVII) 175-76; and time, (XIV) 102, 104. See also Habit

Rulers: versus self-ruling, (XVII) 125. See also Authority

Russia, (VII) 239-40; and economic revolution, (XVI) 12; as increasingly bourgeois, (XVII) 198; and religion, (XIII) 288. See also Authority; Background; Belief; Commitment; Conditioning; Divisions; Environment; Government; Identification; Influences; Nationalism; Russian Revolution; Society; War; Words; World problems

Russian revolution: and the bourgeois mentality, (XVII) 134; and change, (XV) 53; and the denial of freedom, (XVII) 138; failure of, (XVII) 167; and ideology, (XVII) 160, 190-91

Russians: See Conditioning; Divisions; Ideology; Nationalism; Society; War

Ruthlessness: and competition, (XIV) 247; and function, (XIII) 126. See also Ambition; Comparison

Sacred: defining, (XV) 242-43; and the mind, (IX)

110, 112; versus sentimental, (X) 187. See also God; Reality; Truth

Sacredness: as the essence of religion, (XV) 244 Sadhana, (IX) 264; as method, (X) 131-32 Sadness: and loss through death, (VIII) 114-15. See

also Sorrow Safety: and conformity, (l) 107; and search, (IX) 182;

and technology, (X) 192; and violence and nonviolence, (XV) 334. See also Security

Saint(s): and austerity, (XIV) 45; (XVII) 237-38; and change, (XV) 334; and conflict, (XIII) 284; and confusion, (XIV ) 12; and desire, (XIV ) 98; (XV) 21; and the desire for asylum, (XIII) 54; desire to become, (XIII) 248-49; and discipline, (V) 256-57, 259; as distorted, (XVII) 174; and fear, (XII) 59; and humility, (XVII) 156; and love, (XIII) 15; need for, (VIII) 244; and the politician, (XI) 289; recognition of, (XII) 82; and simplicity, (XIV) 207; (XVII) 98-99; and status, (XVII) 122; and time, (XIII) 27; and the timeless, (XII) 100. See also Authority; Leaders; Monks; Religion; Religious mind

Saints and sinners: and conflict, (XII) 128 Salvation: versus collective action, (VII) 230; and the

hereafter, (VII) 270; through Masters, (III) 24-25; through self-awareness, (III) 24; through service, (l) 122-23. See also Belief; Religion

Samadhi, (XIV ) 118. See also Meditation Sane society: See Society Sane world: versus dogma, (XIII) 88. See also World

problems

Sanity, (XV) 171-72; and communication, (XV) 190; defining, (XV) 171; and inquiry into fear, (XII) 223; and the insane world, (XII) 62. See also Order

Sannyasi(s), (VIII) 106-7; and aloneness, (XI) 216; and celibacy, (XV) 71-72; and the family, (XIII) 126; and the formula of belief, (XIV) 141; and the mischievous mind, (XII) 90; and occupation, (IX) 205; and power, (VIII) 113; versus simplicity, (XI) 205; as a symbol, (XIV) 138. See also Authority; Religion; Saints

Sanskrit: and communication, (XVII) 194, 199. See also Language; Translation; Words

Satisfaction, (IX) 43-47; without comparison, (VIII) 134; and conformity, (XIV ) 267-68; and dependence, (IX) 65; and discontent, (IX) 207-8; (XV) 42; versus discontent, (XIV) 264; and dissatisfaction, (XI) 8; and mediocrity, (VIII) 252; and positive thinking, (XI) 91; as a reaction, (XV) 156; and religion, (X) 217; and search for, (III) 138-39, 141-42; (IX) 68, 90, 179, 181, 184; (XIV) 206; (XVII) 86; and suffering, (VII) 215-16; and the superficial, (X) 61; as temporary, (VII) 311-12; understanding, (XI) 243-44; and will, (XI) 286. See also Ambition; Conflict; Confusion; Contentment; Discontent; Fulfillment; Gratification; Self-fulfillment

Savior: search for (II) 55; and security, (IX) 148. See also Authority; Exploiter; Leader; Religion; Teacher

Science: as accumulated knowledge, (XIII) 10; application of, (XV) 195-96; as benefactor or destroyer, (VIII) 92; and change, (X) 12; (XIV) 187; changes in, (XV) 197; changes in the field of, (XVI) 54; and the creative, (XI) 35; and destruction, (XVII) 279; and deterioration, (XV) 234; and efficiency, (XI) 260; failure of, (XVII) 94; versus faith, (III) 78; and following, (IX) 238; and inquiry, (XI) 215-16; and investigation without ideas, (XVII) 191; and knowledge, (XII) 308; (XVI) 261; and medical progress, (VII) 129; as necessary, (XIV ) 214; and need for intelligent application, (VII) 111; as positive, (VII) 114-15; and the quiet mind, (XVII) 172; and the religious mind, (XIII) 89; role of, (II) 150; and the role of power, (VIII) 35; and the search for solutions, (XIV) 40; and solutions, (IX) 278; and the solution to problems, (XI) 16; and world change, (XVI) 54; and world problems, (XIII) 48; (XV) 124; (XVI) 116. See also Computers; Machines; Mathematics; Scientists; Specialists; Technology

Science and knowledge, (XII) 308; and the mind, (XII) 51. See also Knowledge; Scientific mind

Scientific approach: benefits of, (XII) 169; and problems, (XII) 169

Scientific inventions: and destruction, (VII) 144. See also Technology

Scientific knowledge: and economic need, (VIII) 154; effects of, (XIII) 216; as essential, (VII) 227; and inquiry, (XIII) 39. See also Science; Technology

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Scientific mind, (XII) 168-74, 319, 322; and comparison, (XII) 95; defining, (XII) 81, 83; as directive, (XII) 107; and inquiry, (XIV) 279; and observable facts, (XIII) 107; as partial, (XIII) 92; and the religious mind, (XII) 80, 81, 85, 89-90, 270; (XIII) 52. See also Mind; Science

Scientific mind and the religious mind: as the only real states of mind, (XII) 169, 172

Scientific progress, (VII) 252. See also Technology Scientific spirit: describing, (XII) 169-70; and the

religious spirit, (XII) 77, 80. See also Religious mind; Scientific mind

Scientist(s): approach of, (XII) 89, 112; and the approach to investigation, (XIII) 21-24; and belief, (V) 346-47; and the collapse of space and time, (XV) 116; and defining space, (XIV) 297; and dualism, (XII) 81; and energy, (XIV) 55; (XV) 46; and habit, (XI) 298-99; and inquiry, (XV) 4-5; and knowledge, (XIV) 138; and the need for total freedom, (XVI) 198; and the need to discover, (XIV) 48; and objective investigation, (XVII) 218; and problems, (XIV) 303; and revolution, (XI) 96; and the search for the new, (XIV) 228; and the spirit of inquiry, (XII) 90; and the spirit of knowledge, (XII) 77, 80; and world problems, (XI) 178, 295. See also Science; Specialists

Scripture, (l) 154 Search, (VIII) 240-43; (IX) 87, 178-85; approach to,

(IX) 90-91; awareness of, (X) 32; cessation of, (VIII) 346; and conditioning, (IX) 138; (X) 31-32; and the confused mind, (IX) 246; consciousness of, (IX) 209; for contentment, (VII) 259-60; as contradiction, (X) 33; and the creation of confusion, (IX) 87; and dependence, (IX) 67; and discontent, (VI) 27-28; end of, (IX) 20; (XI) 152; and experience, (IX) 284; futility of, (VI) 224; (IX) 77-78; for God, (XI) 290; (XVI) 250; for happiness, (X) 31; as hindrance, (VIII) 326-29; importance of, (X) 217-18; and the known, (IX) 111, 113; from the known to the unknown, (XI) 283; for the meaning to life, (XVI) 144; motiveless, (X) 182-83; motives for, (X) 161; the multileveled, (VII) 263; need for cessation, (IX) 257; for permanency, (V) 336-37; (VII) 328-29; reasons for, (V) 242-43, 328-30; (VIII) 327-28; (IX) 67-68; and religion, (IX) 214-15; for renewal, (XVI) 244; for result, (IX) 256-57; for right action, (IX) 136, 262; for security, (IX) 19; and self-knowledge, (V) 224-25; (IX) 91, 135-38, 215-16; as superficial, (IX) 48; and systems, (IX) 231-32; and thought, (XI) 130; and truth, (IX) 256-57; types of, (IX) 90, 209; and understanding, (V) 329-30; (IX) 18-20; (XI) 129-30; versus want, (III) 16. See also Continuity; God; Gurus; Happiness; Inquiry; Questioning; Reality; Security; Seeking

Search for: See Achievement; Belief; Certainty; Doubt; Enlightenment; Experience; God; Incomplete life; Liberation; Opposites; Power; Results; Security; Suffering; Truth

Searching: destructive, (l) 176-77

Secondary issues: and ‘becoming’, (X) 267-68 Secondhand: versus original, (XV) 215-16, 219 Secondhand human beings: and authority, (XIV ) 235;

and experience, (XV) 103. See also New Secondhand people: and compulsions, (XV) 73. See

also Secondhand human beings Sect(s): as divisive, (VI) 48-49; as hindrance to

education, (VII) 320; propagation of views, (l) 50-51; and religion, (V) 77; and world problems, (VI) 52. See also Divisions; Religion

Security, (l) 97, 148-49, 161-62; (VI) 254; (XII) 133-37; (XIII) 121-24; (XIV) 129-34; and accumulation, (VIII) 106; and acquisitiveness, (IV) 96; areas of, (VI) 280; and attitudes to war, (XII) 169; and authority, (VIII) 241; (IX) 147; (XII) 296; (XIII) 227; through authority, (X) 36; and basic needs, (IV) 32; and being taught, (X) 231; and belief, (V) 307; (VI) 340-41; (XII) 323; (XIII) 186; and the center, (XIII) 44; and change, (VIII) 22; and collective action (VII) 230; and commitment, (XI) 324-25; and communion, (XIV) 186; concern with, (XIII) 289; and the conditioned mind, (VIII) 182, 288; and conditioning, (IX) 36; and conflict, (VI) 28, 338; and conformity, (XIV) 267-68; and consciousness, (XII) 195; contradiction of, (IX) 212; craving for, (IV) 38; and craving as hindrance, (IV) 66-67; versus creation, (XV) 138; and the creation of authority, (IX) 8; (X) 77-78; and the creation of habit, (XI) 317; defining, (XI) 4; and the demand for permanence, (X) 42; denial of, (XVII) 27; and dependence, (XVI) 119-20; and dependency, (IX) 61-62; desire for, (V) 73; (VIII) 82-83, 222-24, 273-74, 305; (IX) 79, 197, 215; (XI) 295; (XII) 38; (XIV) 184; (XV) 31; (XVI) 209; desire for inner and outer, (XV) 300; and the desire for the permanent, (XI) 105; as destructive, (XII) 38; and discipline, (X) 96; and discomfort, (V) 65; and disturbance, (XI) 306; (XII) 237; and the dull mind, (XII) 18; and dullness, (XIV) 28; and education, (VIII) 227; and effort, (l) 85; (IX) 186; as escape, (l) 6; and exploitation, (VI) 352; and the family, (XIII) 121-22; and fear, (VI) 36; (VII) 77-79, 186, 191, 308, 315; (VIII) 237-38; (XII) 251; (XIV) 196; (XV) 28, 31; and fear in relationship, (VII) 290; fear of losing, (XVI) 149; and following, (IX) 239; (XII) 235; and the formation of ideas, (XV) 89; forms of, (XIV) 186; and freedom, (XI) 66; (XIII) 288; freedom from, (VI) 152; and the free mind, (VIII) 264; versus the free mind, (IX) 127-28; futility of achievement, (l) 7-8; as God, (V) 123; and habit(s), (VI) 306; (IX) 107; (XIII) 239; and harmony, (l) 91; as heaven, (VII) 279; and hierarchy, (VIII) 47; as hindrance, (XI) 382; hindrances to, (II) 203-5; as hindrance to freedom, (VII) 161, 162; as hindrance to reality, (VII) 304; as hindrance to self-knowledge, (IV) 77; and hope, (XII) 162; and ideals, (VIII) 221; and identification, (XI) 371-72; and illusion of hope, (VII) 269-70; and image, (XV) 193-94;

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immortality, (l) 7; (II) 54; and inequality, (VIII) 319; inward, (VI) 148-50; inward and outward, (VI) 181, 188; (VII) 78-79; (IX) 222; (XIV) 81, 129; (XVII) 243; and isolation, (XI) 343; and knowledge, (X) 87; (XI) 250, 381; and laziness, (XIII) 139; and learning, (XI) 80-81; versus learning, (X) 233; and leisure, (VII) 221; and love, (V) 17; as loveless, (XI) 45; as mental, (l) 19-20; and the mind, (VIII) 273; versus the movement of life, (XI) 173; and nationalism, (VIII) 224; as necessity for children, (XI) 4-5; need for, (IX) 142; and need for authority, (VII) 52, 300, 302; (XI) 380; and need for belief, (V) 48-49; and the need for a leader, (X) 127; and the need for masks, (XVI) 230; and need for pattern, (V) 321; versus the need for skepticism, (XIII) 332-33; and the need for tradition, (VIII) 28-29; as nonexistent, (XIV) 130; (XVII) 20, 225; and obedience, (VII) 132; (XI) 145; (XIII) 11; and the old mind, (XIV) 15; and order, (XII) 190; and organizations, (X) 15; and organized religion, (XI) 302; and pain, (VIII) 303; as path to misery, (IV) 64-65; and peace, (VIII) 226; physical, (l) 19-20; (VI) 148-50; physical and psychological, (V) 343-44; (VI) 187-89, 223-24; (VII) 264-65; physiological and psychological, (XIII) 12; and politics, (X) 164; and the positive approach, (XV) 261; and the positive mind, (XV) 255; and possessions, (l) 95-96; and problems, (XIV) 184-85; and the psychological acceptance of authority, (XIV) 33; and psychological dependence, (X) 92-93; pursuit of, (II) 128-29; (XI) 168-69; (XIV) 129; and relationship, (VIII) 337; and religion, (XII) 297; versus the religious spirit, (XII) 170; in repetitive action, (XVI) 228; and resistance to change, (XI) 314; (XII) 292; and role of individual, (VI) 1-3; and sacred books, (XIII) 13; search for, (l ) 5-6, 16-17, 19-20, 41, 146, 161-62, 164-65; (II) 3-4, 56, 207-8; (III) 45, 95-96, 234; (V) 62-63; (VI) 65-67; (IX) 19; (X) 2-3, 206; (XII) 223; (XV) 27, 197; (XVII) 245; and search for God, (VI) 220; and search for guru, (VI) 103; search for inner, (XV) 197; search for, inward and outward, (III) 65; (X) 7; and the search for truth, (VIII) 230; and search for the unknown, (V) 243-44; and self-deception, (VI) 314; and sensate value, (IV) 99; and slavery, (XI) 257; and the sluggish mind, (XI) 320; and social structure, (l) 93-94; and sorrow, (XIII) 121; spiritual, (l) 5-6; and technique, (V) 310; and thinking, (XIII) 306; and thought, (XVI) 167; and the tradition of belief, (XII) 96; and truth, (V) 186; types of, (VIII) 72; and the unconscious, (XII) 166-67; understanding, (IV) 32; understanding motives for, (X) 6-7; and values, (II) 92; violence and the desire for, (XVII) 256; and words, (XII) 303; world search for, (XII) 230-31. See also Authority; Certainty; Conditioning; Conformity; Continuity; Death; Escape; Fear; Identification; Known; Limitations; Mind; Permanency; Search; Society

See: inquiry into the word, (XVII) 207-8; understanding the word, (XVII) 168-69. See also Seeing

Seeing: and the absence of fear, (XII) 251; and acting, (XV) 11, 130, 331; and action, (XVI) 2; (XVII) 134-35, 141, 142, 147; without an answer, (XVI) 168; and attention, (XIII) 70, 73; as attention, (XIII) 72-73; and the awareness of conflict, (XIII) 22; and breaking down the past, (XIII) 72-73; conditions for, (XV) 284-85; and the creation of light, (XVI) 31; defining, (XV) 130; difficulty of, (XVI) 55-56; and divisions. (XII) 195; and dying to the past, (XIII) 28; the emptiness of conflict, (XIII) 17-18; and the end of conflict, (XIII) 298; and the free mind, (XII) 184; and the hindrance of image, (XVI) 129; and the hindrance of words, (XIII) 278; without the image, (XVII) 279; as immediate, (XIV) 306; intellectually and nonintellectually, (XVI) 235; and interpretation, (XII) 5; and learning, (XII) 199; meaning of, (XII) 191, 235-36; (XIII) 5; (XVI) 235-36; and memory, (XIV) 58-59; with the mind, (XVI) 197-98; and mutation, (XII) 285; and the new mind, (XII) 57-58, 280; without the observer, (XV) 190-91; process of, (XII) 119-20; and sensitivity, (XII) 290; significance of, (XII) 57, 62; without thinking, (XVI) 273; without thought, (XII) 61-62; and time, (XII) 159; and total attention, (XIII) 214-15; totally, (XVI) 132; and transformation, (XIII) 277-78; and transformation of the mind, (XIII) 74-75, 79; two ways of, (XIII) 118; violence, (XVII) 170; versus the word, (XII) 228; without the word, (XIII) 22. See also Learning; Listening; Looking; Observation; Perception

Seeing and listening: as one, (XIV) 85. See also Listening; Seeing

Seeing, learning, and listening: as one, (XV) 130. See also Seeing

Seeing the fact: and action, (XII) 283. See also Fact; Seeing

Seeing totally: and ending confusion, (XVI) 280; importance of, (XII) 193; and mutation, (XIII) 24-25; and time, (XIII) 24-25. See also Seeing

Seeker: See Center; Observer Seeker and the sought: as one, (XI) 189. See also

Observer and the observed; Thinker and the thought

Seeking, (XVI) 180-83; (XVII) 86-90, 151-56; and communication, (XV) 86; and conflict, (XVI) 187; and confusion, (XVI) 247; defining, (XIII) 261-62; (XVII) 87; and discontent, (XVII) 86-87, 136; and disorder, (XVII) 174; and dissatisfaction, (XVII) 85; as escape, (XVII) 41-42; escape from problems, (XVII) 159; exploitation, (XII) 203; and fear, (XII) 252; forms of, (XV) 96-97; futility of, (XVI) 147; and God, (XII) 256; as hindrance to understanding, (XVII) 182; implications of, (XIII) 161; importance of not, (XVI) 247; meaning of, (XIV) 197-98; meaning to life, (XVI) 202; (XVII) 40-42, 43; and meditation, (XIII) 97; motive for,

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(XVI) 82; and the need for commitment, (XII) 33-34; need to end, (XVI) 69; (XVII) 170; peace, (XVII) 273; pleasure, (XVI) 117-18; (XVII) 181; and the positive mind, (XV) 255-56; reasons for, (XI) 234-38; (XV) 258-59; (XVI) 115; for significance, (XVI) 195-96; as static, (XVII) 87; and the superficial life, (XVI) 233; and the superficial mind, (XII) 164; understanding, (XVII) 43. See also Discovery; Examination; Exploration; Inquiry; Investigation; Observation; Questioning; Search

Seeking and finding, (XV) 241-42, 244; and distance, (XV) 261; and the positive, (XV) 261; and the positive mind, (XV) 256. See also Seeking

Self, (V) 4-6; absence of, (V) 332, 351; (X) 75; and achieving the free mind, (IX) 87; achieving understanding of, (X) 33; as active entity, (IV) 8; as authority, (XIV) 172; awareness of, (IX) 57-58; (XII) 109, 112, 114; as cause of evils, (VI) 279; as the cause of fear, (VII) 191; cessation of, (X) 254; and communion, (XIV) 285; and conditioning, (IX) 3; and conflict, (IV) 29; (VI) 337-38; and conformity, (IV) 40; contact with, (XIV) 284-85; and contradiction, (XI) 29; and corruption of belief, (VII) 130-31; and craving, (III) 209-10; and creation, (IV) 18; versus creativity, (X) 17; defining, (VII) 34-35; (XI) 29, 59, 185, 299; (XIV) 16; dissolution of, (VI) 274-75; duty to, (VII) 237; and effort to be free, (VII) 298-99; ending of, (X) 76; and envy, (X) 28; and experience, (X) 16; as experience, (XI) 297-98; as fear, (XVI) 175; and fragmentation, (XIII) 156; freedom from, (XI) 34; and fundamental change, (VII) 35-38; as impediment to truth, (IV) 81; as impermanent, (IV) 57; (IX) 217; importance of understanding, (V) 13-14; knowing, (XI) 85-87; and lack of tranquility, (IV) 73; learning about, (XIV) 240-42, 262; and loneliness, (XI) 351; as master and pupil, (V) 218-19; and mediocrity, (X) 189; and meditation, (IX) 74; as memories, (XIII) 246; and memory, (III) 237; as memory, (V) 125-27, 136-37; and memory as one, (V) 326-27; as the mind, (IX) 130; and motive, (IX) 229; and movement, (XI) 249-50; as multiple entity, (IV) 45-46; and the negative approach, (XI) 188; as nothing, (VII) 33; perpetuation and ending, (VI) 306-8, 310; power over, (VIII) 35; and the process of discontent, (IX) 68; and the purpose of life, (VII) 86-87; qualities of, (IV) 80; and relationship, (III) 160; (V) 217; (IX) 138-39; as root of fear, (III) 225-26; as savior, (V) 179; as separate parts, (IV) 69; as society, (X) 44-45; and society as one, (XVI) 273; as spiritual entity, (III) 244; as state of division, (IV) 75; and suffering, (VII) 56; (IX) 202; and system, (IX) 199; as teacher, (XIV) 178; and thought process, (V) 236; and time, (IX) 200; (XI) 125-26; understanding, (VI) 272-76; (XV) 240; understanding the process of, (V) 50; as the world, (XIV) 201. See also Censor; Center; Consciousness; Entity; Escape; Freedom; ‘I’; ‘I’

process; Individual; Knowing; Knowledge; Known; ‘Me’; Mind; Object; Observer; Reality; Self-centered activity; Self-knowing; Thinker; Thinker and the thought; Thinking

Self-abandonment: and the absence of space, (XVII) 187; and achieving order, (XVII) 180; experiencing, (XI) 251-52; and humility, (XI) 98-99; and innocence, (XVII) 173; and passion, (XIII) 252; and simplicity, (XI) 152; and total attention, (XVII) 241. See also Discipline

Self-absorption: and meditation, (XV) 37. See also Self-centered activity

Self-adjustment: See Self-fulfillment; Self-improvement

Self-aggrandizement, (V) 176-77; and relationship, (VI) 89

Self-analysis, (l) 52, 57-58, 93, 125, 136-37; (III) 190; and egotism, (l) 76; and fear, (XI) 348; as hindrance, (l) 136; and inaction, (l) 11-12; and the observer and the observed, (XIII) 243-44. See also Self-discipline; Wisdom. See also Analysis

Self-assertion: and the positive state, (XV) 256 Self-awareness, (III) 210-11; (VI) 354; achieving,

(III) 212; and ambition, (IV) 14; available to all, (X) 190; and ‘becoming’, (X) 267-68; and change, (XV) 53-54; characterizing, (X) 211; and conditioning, (VIII) 268-69; of conditioning, (X) 101-2; and confusion, (X) 262; of dependence, (XVI) 120; and dependency, (IX) 62, 63-64; as essential, (IX) 78-79; and false values, (IV) 17; and freedom, (XI) 254-55; and freedom from belief, (V) 31; and freedom from conditioning, (VIII) 299; and greed, (VI) 282-84; as human service, (III) 218; importance of, (VI) 362; (XI) 48; lack of, (IX) 95; and listening, (XI) 332; and loneliness, (XI) 209-10; and the mind, (VII) 14; and neuroses, (XIII) 330; and observation, (XIV) 6; and personal experience, (V) 79; and pleasure, (XVI) 146; and pliable discipline, (IV) 54; and the process of the mind, (VIII) 287; and search for Master, (III) 235; and self-centeredness, (VII) 38-39; and self-contradiction, (III) 202-3; and self-fulfillment, (IX) 69; and stimulation, (XIV) 208; and technique, (IX) 122; and total action, (X) 234; and transformation, (VII) 9; and what is, (XIV ) 91; (XVI) 166. See also Awareness; God; Ignorance; Love; Meditation; Mind; Reality; Self; Self-knowing; Self-knowledge; Truth; Understanding

Self-centered: activity as, (IX) 172; and attention versus concentration, (XVI) 161; and concentration, (XIV) 218; and conflict, (XIV) 205-6; versus the creation of activity, (VIII) 108; and fear, (XIII) 302; and isolation, (XIV) 220, 222; and knowledge, (IX) 244; and loneliness, (XII) 315; and the quiet mind, (X) 84; and the search for experience, (XIV ) 215-16; and violence, (X) 81-82. See also Acquisitiveness; Center; ‘Me’; Self-centered activity

Self-centered activity, (VI) 320-23; and the absence of love, (XVI) 76; and the absence of relationships,

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(XV) 228; and accumulation, (X) 168-69; and ambition, (VII) 15-16; as the central problem, (X) 54; and change, (X) 100-101; and continuity, (XVI) 243, 244; and contradiction, (XV) 181; and cultivation, (X) 223, 226; and destructiveness, (VI) 322, 326; and deterioration, (XV) 236-39; and discipline, (X) 247-49; and effort, (VI) 355, 357; freedom from, (X) 241; going beyond, (XVI) 218; and guilt, (X) 243-44; as hindrance to seeing life totally, (XVI) 5; and loneliness, (XVI) 119; and love, (XII) 14; and the mind, (VI) 363; and neurosis, (XVI) 184; and the positive, (XV) 261; and positive thinking, (XI) 90; and pretense, (XVI) 229-30; and problem solving, (VI) 332-33; versus self-knowledge, (XI) 158; and total response, (XII) 325; and understanding, (VII) 38-39; and war, (XVI) 11. See also Action; Center; Consciousness; ‘Me’; Self; Tradition

Self-centered thought: process of, (XIII) 141. See also Thought

Self-communion: and listening, (XIV) 183-86. See also Communion

Self-comprehension: and the ‘I’, (III) 43-44. See also Self-awareness; Self-knowledge

Self-concern: and the absence of passion, (XVII) 216; and conditioning, (XVII) 267-68; and laziness, (XIII) 141; and sorrow, (X) 56. See also Self-fulfillment

Self-confidence, (VI) 243; (VIII) 131-32; versus confidence, (IX) 131; defining, (VIII) 343; and dependence, (VII) 205-6; loss of, (V) 22-25; through self-knowledge, (V) 28-29

Self-conscious: and struggle, (X) 63 Self-consciousness, (II) 36; and conflict, (IV) 11; (V)

161-62; and contradiction, (VIII) 263; defining, (III) 7-8; (VI) 165-66; and the dull mind, (V) 131; eliminating, (II) 78-80; and fulfillment, (III) 2; and self-knowledge, (V) 317-18; and shyness, (VIII) 98; and truth, (II) 55; and world problems, (II) 14. See also Intelligence

Self-contradiction, (VIII) 266-68; (XI) 261-65; and action, (XI) 110, 316; and activity, (XII) 31; and choice, (XI) 1; and conflict, (XI) 354; (XII) 16; and confusion, (X) 204; and the creation of conflict, (XII) 123; and effort, (XI) 261-63, 387; freedom from, (IX) 5-6; (XI) 29-30; as hindrance, (VIII) 268; as hindrance to understanding, (XI) 22-23, 25-26; and imitation, (XI) 180-82; and inner conflict, (VIII) 253; and knowledge, (XI) 336-37; and motive, (XI) 279; and slavery, (XI) 218; state of, (XI) 238-39, 242; understanding, (III) 202-3; and understanding desire, (XIV) 183; as a way of life, (XII) 68. See also Contradiction

Self-criticism: and introspection, (V) 296-97 Self-deception, (VI) 314-16; and consciousness, (VI)

323-24; and discipline, (VIII) 295. See also Illusion

Self-denial: and energy, (XII) 65. See also Denial Self-determination: and self-limiting action, (III) 85

Self-discipline, (l) 10-12, 35-37, 97, 119; (II) 14, 62-64, 73-74; and achievement, (l) 13; defining, (II) 103; and dehumanization, (l) 11; futility of, (l) 10-11, 63-64; and harmony, (l) 91-92; and memory, (l) 180-181; prevalence of, (l) 35; versus social discipline, (X) 96. See also Self-analysis; Will

Self-discovery: versus analysis, (XVI) 226; and change, (IX) 57; and conditioning, (IX) 281, 283; importance of, (XVII) 216; and the individual, (XIII) 160; as a journey, (XI) 243; and listening, (XV) 340; (XVII) 59; and mutation, (XVII) 13; and the new, (IX) 273; and observation, (XVI) 250; and self-knowledge, (V) 80; and sensitivity, (XVI) 153; significance of, (XVI) 219; as significant, (XV) 61; of the true, (XIV) 143-44; and truth, (IV) 56; (XI) 207; and understanding what is, (VII) 179. See also Awareness; Discovery; Observation; Self; Self-knowing; Self-knowledge

Self-examining: and listening, (XIII) 3. See also Awareness; Observation

Self-expansion, (IV) 55, 56, 59, 60; (VIII) 132; and awareness, (IV) 78; and intelligence, (IV) 65; need to transcend, (IV) 62; through organization, (V) 100; as structure of thought, (IV) 62. See also Ambition; Craving; Fulfillment; Greed; ‘I’; Self-fulfillment

Self-expression, (II) 24; as barrier to relationship, (III) 168; and creative arts, (II) 24; and creativeness, (III) 162-63; and desire, (XV) 166; and fear, (XIII) 302; questioning, (XIV) 47-48; search for, (XIII) 291. See also Achievement; Ambition; Arts; Creativity; Fulfillment

Self-forgetfulness: and change, (VII) 34; and commitment, (XII) 110; and love, (V) 326; and problem of sex, (V) 216, 218; versus self-consciousness, (V) 267

Self-fulfillment, (VII) 152-53; and action, (VII) 166-68; and conflict, (V) 158; (XIII) 78; and the conflict of opposites, (XII) 195; and continuity, (IV) 198; defining, (VIII) 26; demand for, (XIV) 247-48; and desire, (VII) 150; and desire for permanence, (VII) 328; and effort, (XIV) 289; as endless process, (X) 6-7; and escape, (XI) 209-10; and fear, (V) 125; of followers and leaders, (IV) 193; freedom from, (XV) 283; and frustration, (IX) 121-22; futility of search for, (X) 182; and gratification, (V) 323; and guilt, (X) 243-44; help as, (V) 323; and less activity, (VII) 185; and the ‘me’, (V) 345-46; and pleasure, (XV) 164; and problems, (XIII) 329; and the search for God, (IX) 19; and social reform, (IX) 243; versus truth, (VIII) 26. See also Acquisitiveness; Ambition; Becoming; Comparison; Competition; Desire; Divisions; Duality; Fulfillment; Greed; ‘Me’; Self-expression

Self-hypnosis: and meditation, (IV) 100; (XIII) 323; (XIV) 35, 110, 298, 300; (XV) 36-37; (XVI) 29-30; (XVII) 124, 193; versus meditation, (IX) 279-80; (XI) 196-97, 246; and the quiet mind, (V) 209. See also Concentration

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Self-image(s): of young and old, (XVII) 79. See also Image; Relationship; Self

Self-importance: absence of, (X) 169; and observing what is, (XII) 246

Self-improvement: and conditioning, (IX) 88; defining, (IX) 40-42; drive for, (IX) 83-85; as hindrance to change, (IX) 54; as hindrance to transformation, (IX) 111; and ideals, (IX) 154; and the mediocre mind, (XI) 229; and progress, (IX) 96. See also Ambition; Fulfillment

Self-inquiry: and meditation, (XIII) 151. See also Inquiry; Self-knowing

Self-interest: and daily needs, (IV) 57 Self-knowing, (XII) 9; (XIV) 167; and the absence of

authority, (XVII) 227; achieving, (XV) 182-83; and attention, (XVII) 116; and the beginning of meditation, (XII) 206; and the beginning or end, (XII) 217; and clarity, (XV) 243-44; as conflict, (XIII) 329; and the conscious and unconscious, (XII) 320; and the creative state, (XII) 145; defining, (XII) 84; difficulty of, (XIV ) 136; effect of, (XIV) 172; and the ending of misery, (XVII) 91; and ending sorrow, (XVII) 214; and energy, (XVI) 67; and freedom, (XIII) 270-71; (XIV) 116; and freedom from authority, (XVII) 175; and freedom from fear, (XII) 260; and freedom from the known, (XV) 233; and the freedom to look, (XVII) 211; and freeing the mind, (XIII) 36; and the healthy mind, (XIV) 57; importance of, (XIII) 181; (XIV) 201; and inquiry, (XIII) 6; as instantaneous, (XVII) 176; and learning, (XIII) 248-49; (XIV) 240-41; and listening, (XIV ) 127; and love, (XV) 244; and meditation, (XII) 263, 265-66; (XIII) 40, 97, 265; (XIV) 107-8, 155-56; (XV) 84, 86-87; from moment to moment, (XII) 279-80; (XIII) 106-7; as the most difficult task, (XIV) 138; need for, (XVII) 75; and the new mind, (XIII) 59; as one process, (XII) 231; and order, (XV) 173-74, 176; and positive action, (XVII) 21; process of, (XII) 166-67; and the process of thought, (XII) 250; and reality, (XII) 247; and relationship, (XV) 280; as a religious act, (XV) 242-43; and the religious life, (XIV ) 78; and the religious mind, (XII) 107-8, 175; versus self-knowledge, (XI) 251; and the silent mind, (XII) 216-17; and simplicity, (XV) 175; and suffering, (XV) 176; as superior to self-knowledge, (XI) 299; and the total human being, (XIV) 139; and understanding thought, (XVII) 250; and wisdom, (XIV) 76; (XV) 279. See also Awareness; Knowing; Observation; Self; Self-discovery; Self-knowledge; Self-observation

Self-knowledge, (l) 1-3; (IV) 66, 139; 160; (V) 270-71, 317-19; (VI) 156-57, 206; (VII) 51, 325; (XI) 183-89; and acceptance and rejection, (XI) 18; without accumulated knowledge, (IV) 200; and accumulation, (XI) 249-50; achieving, (IV) 68, 74; (V) 30-31, 238, 240; (VIII) 307-8; (X) 110, 199; achieving through transformation, (IX) 28-29; acquiring, (VI) 177-80, 184-85; and action, (V) 49-

50, 154-56; (VI) 124-25; (IX) 258; (XI) 123; and action and reason, (XI) 36-37; and the alert mind, (VII) 309; and attention, (XI) 249-50; versus authority, (IX) 67; (XI) 225-26; without authority, (X) 69-70; and awareness, (III) 234; (V) 95-96; (X) 53-54, 221; and awareness of the mind, (IX) 278; as basic, (V) 232; and ‘becoming’, (X) 268-69; and becoming and being, (XI) 297; beginning of, (IX) 2-3; and the beginning of meditation, (X) 105; and boredom, (V) 252; and centerless action, (XI) 226-27; and change, (VII) 15; (IX) 227; (XI) 126; as choiceless awareness, (IV) 92-93; and clarity, (X) 205-6; (XI) 183; without comparison, (VIII) 179-80; and compassion, (X) 262; and competition, (VII) 303-4; and conclusions, (X) 25; versus condemnation, (X) 179; and conditioning, (X) 215; and confidence, (V) 23-25, 29; (VII) 293; and conflict, (V) 158; and confusion, (IX) 29; versus confusion, (X) 36, 66; and consciousness, (IV) 166; and continuity, (VIII) 20; and contradiction, (VI) 192; (XI) 159; and creativity, (IX) 245; and daily life, (VIII) 143; defining, (V) 32; (IX) 57; (XI) 362-63; (XIV) 136; and despair, (V) 252-53; and a diary, (VI) 346; difficulty of achieving, (X) 78-79; and discipline, (III) 247; (X) 249; and the discovery of God, (VIII) 255; and discovery of the truth, (IX) 146-47; and distraction, (VI) 177-78; and domination, (V) 304; and earnestness, (VI) 170-71; and education, (VIII) 283; and the ego, (VI) 90-92; and the ending of sorrow, (XIV) 26; and the end of thought, (X) 214; and energy, (IX) 106; (X) 251; and enlightenment, (IV) 16; and escape, (V) 346; as essential, (V) 332; (VIII) 285-86; (XI) 72; and feeling, (XI) 72-73; and finding reality, (V) 224-25; versus following, (VIII) 45; and freedom, (VI) 217; (VII) 229-30; (XI) 65, 104-5, 132, 334; and freedom from conditioning, (X) 125-26, 199; (XI) 59-62; freedom from fear, (X) 213; and freeing the mind, (XI) 377-79; and the free mind, (X) 228-29, 272; (XII) 16; and guru, (VI) 54; and happiness, (IV) 105; and harmonious society, (V) 238; and helping others, (VI) 241; and ignorance, (XIII) 221; without illusion, (X) 76; importance of, (VIII) 234-36, 260, 289-90, 292-93; (XI) 89; importance of total, (X) 71-72; and the individual, (XI) 145; and influences, (XI) 272; and inner transformation, (V) 363-65; integrated, (III) 196-97; and integrated action, (V) 86-87, 294; and the interval between thoughts, (VII) 222-23; without leaders, (IV) 188; (V) 368-69; and learning, (XI) 338; (XVII) 21-22; and looking without the observer, (XVI) 204; and love, (V) 326; (VIII) 271; (X) 176; meaning of, (XII) 233; and meditation, (IV) 34-35; (V) 136, 165, 210, 270-71, 361-62; (VI) 78, 175, 176, 211-13; (VII) 58, 218; (VIII) 55-56, 192, 209, 240; (IX) 214; (X) 161-62; (XI) 392-93; (XII) 48; (XIII) 151-52, 192-93; and meditation without authority, (IV) 182; and the mind, (VII) 135; of the mind, (IX) 20; as moment to moment, (VII) 253;

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(VIII) 216; (IX) 101; (X) 127-28; from moment to moment, (XIII) 216; motiveless, (IX) 229; as necessary, (IX) 57-58; (XI) 158, 160; necessity for, (III) 204-5; need for, (IV) 120; (VI) 144; (XIV) 78; versus the need for authority, (X) 181; and the new, (X) 50-51, 252-53; and the new mind, (XIII) 91, 92; as non-cumulative, (IX) 111; and observation, (VI) 346; (XII) 109-114; and pain, (VIII) 303; and passive awareness, (VII) 327; and possessiveness, (VI) 239; without prejudice, (V) 13-14; and the present, (XII) 7-9; and the problem, (X) 124; and problems, (V) 334-38; (VIII) 344; as process, (VI) 233-34; and the process of discovery, (III) 241-42; and the process of thinking, (IX) 79, 112, 114; and the process of thought, (XI) 85-86, 89; and psychology, (III) 208; and the quiet mind, (VIII) 299-300; (IX) 61; and reality, (X) 9; and relationship, (V) 61, 187-88; (VI) 4-5, 53-54, 82, 96; (VIII) 37, 293, 337-38; (IX) 239; (X) 144; (XI) 166; and religion, (X) 187; and the religious mind, (XII) 324; (XIII) 89-90, 92; and revolution, (V) 12-14; (VI) 136; (VIII) 215-16, 297-99; (IX) 14, 110-11, 195; (X) 210; and right action, (IV) 141-42; and right relationship, (V) 231; and right thinking, (IV) 8; (V) 74; (VI) 2; and search, (V) 243; (IX) 91, 135-38, 215-16; and self-abandonment, (XI) 99; versus self-centered activity, (X) 88-89; versus self-concern, (X) 55; and self-fulfillment, (VII) 185; versus the shallow life, (X) 87; and simplicity, (V) 246-47; and slowing down the mind, (III) 205-6; and social change, (VI) 3-4; and social regeneration, (V) 79; and society, (IX) 273; as solution, (IV) 182; as solution to confusion, (V) 48; and sorrow, (X) 56-57; and specialization, (V) 128-29, 253-56; and state of being, (VI) 368; and the still mind, (VIII) 224; and suffering, (V) 169; (X) 103-4; and superficiality, (VII) 10-11; and the timeless, (X) 203; and total action, (X) 211; (XII) 40; and transformation, (VIII) 86, 222; (X) 129-30; (XI) 151, 153; and true meditation, (IV) 46-47; and truth, (V) 179; (VIII) 40-44; (X) 34; (XI) 17-18; and truth of security, (IV) 99; and the unconscious, (X) 51; understanding, (III) 195-97, 198-99; (XI) 19; and understanding, (V) 365-66; (VII) 119; (IX) 137-38; (X) 2-3; and understanding of desire, (IV) 179-80; and understanding life, (V) 353-54; and the understanding of ‘me’, (IX) 3; and understanding the mind, (X) 32-33; and the unknown, (V) 244-45; and the well-ordered mind, (X) 226; and what is, (XI) 202; and wisdom, (VI) 20, 30, 216, 228; (IX) 152; (X) 16, 33; and world problems, (X) 118-19. See also Awareness, Center; Happiness; Intelligence; Peace; Reality; Right thinking; Self-discovery; Self-knowing; Self-understanding; Truth

Self-observation: and change, (XIV ) 58, 59; and choiceless awareness, (XIV) 262; without condemnation, (XVI) 206; and fear, (XIV) 89; and freedom, (XIII) 107; and freedom from the center, (XVI) 248; and the freedom to examine, (XVI)

152; importance of, (XVII) 10; and listening, (XIV) 136; and meditation, (XVII) 178; need for, (XIV) 132; (XV) 54; and the problem of fear, (XVII) 129; and the process of relationship, (X) 181. See also Learning; Observation; Self-knowing; Self-knowledge

Self-occupation: and dreams, (X) 55 Self-perpetuation, (IV) 67-68 Self-pity: versus awareness, (XVII) 127; and laziness,

(XIII) 138, 139; and sorrow, (XIII) 83, 85, 172-73, 311; (XIV) 25-26, 104, 211, 306-7; (XV) 78, 119; (XVI) 143; (XVII) 186, 242; and suffering, (XIII) 32; understanding, (XIII) 139-42, 143

Self-probing: for self-knowledge, (IV) 74 Self-projection: and creation of national heroes, (V)

103; and dreams, (V) 141. See also Authority Self-protection: and awareness, (III) 109; and belief,

(XVI) 276; and fear, (XII) 304; (XIII) 134; (XVII) 162; as hindrance, (VII) 322-24; and prejudice, (V) 340-41; and the thought process, (V) 236-37; and violence, (XVI) 270. See also Security

Self-realization, (VIII) 19-20; and the need for a guru, (VIII) 95

Self-reliance, (III) 51, 162-64; versus comparison, (VII) 125; without leaders, (III) 178. See also Authority; Masters

Self-responsibility: and aloneness, (XVII) 229; for life, (IV) 17

Self-revelation, (III) 161; and relationship, (III) 156 Self-transformation: for outer transformation, (IV) 188 Self-understanding: achieving, (XVI) 5; and authority,

(XIII) 235-36; and awareness, (XIII) 200-202; and breaking old patterns, (XVII) 180; and the cessation of confusion, (IX) 89; defining, (X) 3-4; and the free life, (XVII) 166; versus followers, (VIII) 294; and looking, (XVII) 229; and love, (XIV) 18; and meditation, (XII) 311; (XVI) 157; and the new mind, (XII) 293-95; and the resolution of problems, (XVI) 196; versus self-centered, (XVI) 5; and simplicity, (XIII) 158-59. See also Center; Freedom; Self-discovery; Self-knowing; Self-knowledge; Self-observation

Semantics, (VIII) 64. See also Words Senility: as repetition of the past, (XVI) 239 Sensate values, (V) 98; as basis of social structure, (V)

62-63; and chaos, (IV) 97; and confusion, (IV) 160; and creativity, (IV) 177; as hindrance to happiness, (IV) 92; as individual enterprise and collective action, (IV) 92; and self-expansion, (IV) 94; and truth, (IV) 139-40. See also Craving; Love; Sensation; Sex; Stimulation; Values

Sensation, (l) 134; (V) 286-87; versus beauty, (VI) 96-97; and the beginning of desire, (XIV) 180; and belief, (V) 306; and boredom, (V) 263-65; and contact, (XVII) 147; and desire, (VII) 40-41; (XV) 16, 105, 166, 313; (XVI) 36, 61; (XVII) 184, 213; and the desire to possess, (X) 245; and domination, (V) 302; and drugs, (X) 89; as escape, (V) 252, 263-64; as experience, (X) 16-17; versus the experience, (V) 327-28; versus experiencing, (V)

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279-80; and gossip, (V) 288; and habit, (IX) 156; and idea, (VII) 77-78; versus joy, (VIII) 118; meaning of, (III) 148; and need for discipline, (VII) 146-48; and pleasure, (XV) 223; (XVI) 182; (XVII) 66; and relationship, (V) 294; traditional control of, (XVII) 152; understanding the process of, (V) 347. See also Distraction; Drugs; Escape; Experience; Ideas; Propaganda; Sensuality; Worldliness

Senses, (X) 235-36; and continuity, (XIV) 224; and learning, (XIV) 240

Sensitive brain: and animalistic behavior, (XVI) 300. See also Brain; Mind; Sensitive mind

Sensitive mind: and the absence of time, (XVII) 269; achieving, (XII) 17; and adjustment to fact, (XII) 105; and awareness, (XIII) 8; and beauty and ugliness, (IX) 272-73; and challenge and response, (XIII) 55; defining, (XII) 108; and desire, (XII) 153; and experience, (XIII) 58; (XVII) 35; and freedom from conflict, (XVI) 19; and the hindrance of fear, (XIV) 131; and intelligence, (XVI) 234; and learning, (XII) 106; (XVII) 60; and meditation, (XIII) 40, 96, 323, 324; (XIV) 35; and the quality of beauty, (XVI) 48; and silence, (XVII) 166; and sorrow, (XII) 298; and tension, (XVI) 148; as the vulnerable mind, (XI) 243. See also Empty mind; Free mind; Innocent mind; Mind; New; New mind; Quiet mind; Religious mind; Sensitivity; Silent mind

Sensitivity: and the absence of answers, (XI) 190; and the absence of conditioning, (XI) 42-43; and the absence of conflict, (XII) 176; and the absence of habit, (XIII) 147; achieving, (IV) 4; and aloneness, (XVII) 77; and the artist, (V) 286; and attention, (XIII) 84-85; and the aware mind, (X) 151-52; and awareness, (XI) 74; and the beautiful and the ugly, (XIII) 235; to the beautiful and the ugly, (VII) 110, 271-72; and beauty, (XI) 205; (XIV) 45, 269; (XV) 93; and the beauty of life, (VIII) 98; to beauty and squalor, (XV) 93; and the brain, (XIII) 294; and caring, (XIV) 123; and clarity, (XI) 278-79; and communication, (XV) 80; and conflict, (XII) 194; cultivation of, (VIII) 85; defining, (VII) 70-71; (XIV) 143; and desire, (XII) 151; (XIV) 180; and discipline, (V) 260, 284; (XIV) 146; and drugs, (XVI) 181; and the dull mind, (XII) 315; and the education of children, (XI) 5-6, 8; and energy, (XIII) 182; versus escape, (XIV) 99; and the fertile mind, (XII) 108; and freedom, (XI) 66; and freedom from influences, (XIII) 300; and freedom from sorrow, (XIII) 309; and guilt, (XI) 347; and habit, (X) 134-35; and the hindrance of suppression, (XIV) 290; and the hindrance of time, (XVII) 268-69; and the individual, (X) 190; and intelligence, (XV) 7, 15, 21; (XVI) 139; (XVII) 238, 267; lack of, (XI) 348; and listening, (XIV) 127; and looking, (XIII) 229; loss of, (XI) 369, 373-74; (XIV) 10-11; (XVII) 129; and love, (XIII) 15; (XIV) 76; as love, (X) 176; meaning of, (XII) 290; (XV) 277-78; and meditation, (XIII) 153;

(XV) 81; and the mind, (XV) 273; as necessary to living, (XIV) 105; need for, (X) 236; (XII) 37-38; (XIV) 143; (XV) 65; and the need for order, (XV) 198; need for total, (XVII) 29; and negative thinking, (XI) 92; and observation, (XIV) 71; and passion, (XI) 251-52; (XII) 194; (XIV) 95; and the perception of beauty, (XI) 373-74; and pleasure, (XV) 125; and problems, (XI) 133-34, 329; and the quiet brain, (XII) 326; and seeing, (XV) 130; and seeing danger, (XVI) 98-99; and seeing the structure of fear, (XVI) 281; and self-observation, (XVI) 206; and simplicity, (V) 245-46, 293; and space, (XIII) 156; and suffering, (VIII) 104-5; and true education, (VIII) 119; and truth, (XI) 45; and ugliness, (VII) 206-7; and the unburdened mind, (XII) 298; and understanding conflict, (XIII) 232; and understanding desire, (XIV) 100. See also New; New mind; Sensitive brain; Sensitive mind

Sensory values: See Sensate values Sensuality: and awareness, (III) 228; and craving, (III)

214; gratification of, (III) 241; suppression of, (XVII) 266. See also Religion; Sensation; Sex; Worldliness

Sentiment: versus feelings, (XV) 7; versus love, (XIV) 307

Sentimentality: versus emotion, (X) 4; and love, (XVII) 203

Separateness: and collectivism, (V) 298 Separation(s): and conflict, (V) 162; (XVII) 44, 278;

versus cooperation, (VIII) 256; as corrupter, (IV) 89; and fear, (VIII) 237; and federation, (V) 1; as hindrance, (VIII) 233; as hindrance to religion, (VII) 107; of ‘I’ from memory, (V) 327; impossibility of, (XVII) 271; between the observer and the observed, (XVII) 209-10, 211, 212; and religion, (X) 125; and responsibility, (V) 2; and search for power, (V) 60. See also Communalism; Conflict; Contradiction; Divisions

Serious: and danger, (X) 64; defining, (XIII) 23, 213; (XIV) 41; (XV) 3-4; meaning of, (XIII) 275-76; (XVI) 53; state of being, (X) 243; (XV) 96. See also Serious mind

Serious man: and commitment, (XVII) 217; defining, (XV) 301. See also Seriousness

Serious mind: and awareness of the known, (XIII) 292; versus belief, (XVI) 233-34; and conflict, (XIV) 82; defining, (XII) 202; (XV) 4; (XVI) 207; and the discovery of the true and false, (XII) 223; and going beyond the superficial, (XVI) 231; and inquiry, (XIII) 113; and the problem of sorrow, (XVI) 141; and understanding pleasure, (XVI) 217; and world problems, (XIV) 80. See also Empty mind; Mind; Religious mind; Serious; Seriousness

Seriousness, (VII) 188-89; (XVI) 131-34; and the alive mind, (XIV) 124; and the awareness of choice, (VIII) 206; and awareness of problems, (XVI) 160; and the beyond mind, (IX) 183, 185; and communication, (XV) 186; versus conclusions, (IX) 181-82, 185; dealing with, (VIII) 259-66; defining, (XII) 193, 285; and the denial of

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authority, (XVI) 92-93; implications of, (XVI) 14; and inquiry, (XVI) 53; and listening, (XIV) 84-85; meaning of, (IX) 21; (XI) 16-17; (XIV) 78; (XVI) 79-80; and search, (IX) 179, 181, 182-84; and the search for truth, (XIV) 121-22; versus the superficial, (XIV) 172-73; understanding, (XII) 183-85; and understanding the world, (XIV) 81. See also Creativity; Earnest man; Earnestness; New; New mind; Serious mind

Service, (II) 24-25; as exploiter, (II) 48; as self-fulfillment, (IX) 208; and social contradictions, (II) 9-10

Sex, (l) 61-62, 72-73, 95, 131; (V) 174-77, 215-18; approach to the problem of, (XVII) 128-30; as a compulsion, (XV) 73; control of, (II) 97; and creativity, (V) 98; and the curiosity of the young, (VIII) 131-32; and desire, (XIV) 96; (XVII) 185; and desires, (II) 200-201; as an escape, (V) 217-18; (XIV) 114-15; and frustration, (II) 190; and ignorance, (VIII) 125; importance of, (XI) 97; (XII) 244; and institution of marriage, (V) 97-99, 175; and love, (II) 132, 165, 209; (V) 177; (XIII) 15; (XV) 26; (XVII) 28; and lovelessness, (VI) 86; and momentary cessation of conflict, (V) 176; and organized religion, (XVII) 153; and pleasure, (XV) 313; (XVII) 11, 19; as a problem, (III) 83-84, 227-28; (V) 176; (VI) 128-31; (XV) 12, 71-72; problems of, (XIV) 165-66; as psychological and physical fact, (XII) 247; reasons for problems of, (IV) 188-90; and self-forgetfulness, (VI) 194; and sensation, (XIII) 58; and sensation versus creation, (VI) 194-95; and sensitivity, (VIII) 132-33; and the shallow life, (V) 55-57; and sin, (l) 166-67; and social morality (II) 226; and social stimulation, (IV) 176-77; solving the problem of, (XV) 72-73; and suppression of energy, (XVI) 67; and thought, (XIV) 213; understanding, (VI) 56-57; and the wasting of energy, (XIV) 289-90. See also Celibacy; Chastity; Discipline; Family; Love; Marriage; Passion; Sensate values; Sensation; Sexual morality; Sexual urge

Sexual desire, (VI) 194-95 Sexuality: and continuity, (XIV) 224; and the

education of children, (XI) 6. See also Sex Sexual memory: and thought, (XVII) 148. See also

Memory; Sex Sexual morality: as social morality, (XIII) 52; and

society, (XIII) 14 Sexual urge: naming, (IV) 187. See also Sex Shallow life: and the desire for death, (XIV) 31-32 Shallow mind: and attention, (XVII) 122; freedom

from, (IX) 140-42; versus the good mind, (IX) 264; and increased activity, (XII) 163-64; and inquiry, (IX) 270; and knowledge, (X) 3; nature of, (XII) 164; and sorrow, (XIII) 83-84; transformation of, (XIII) 329. See also Dull mind; Mind; New mind; Occupied mind; Petty mind; Quiet mind

Shallowness: and the sense of power, (X) 95; and social formulas, (X) 12

Shankara(charya): and the problem of authority, (XVII) 118; and sacrilege, (XVII) 129. See also Authority; Belief; Conditioning; Conformity; Divisions; God; Religion; Society; Words; World problems

Sharing: and communication, (XVI) 42; and communion, (XV) 8, 208; defining, (XVII) 98; implications of, (XV) 227; and learning, (XV) 9; and listening, (XV) 1; meaning of, (XV) 62; significance of, (XV) 1-2

‘Should be’: and ‘becoming’, (X) 267. See also Ambition; What is

Shyness: of boys and girls toward each other, (VIII) 125; cause of, (VII) 79; and sensitivity, (VIII) 98

Significance: meaning of, (IX) 93-94 Sikh: See Authority; Belief; Conditioning; Divisions;

God; Religion; Society; World problems Silence: and the ability to listen, (VII) 98; and the

absence of time, (XVI) 144; achieving, (III) 223; (IV) 41-42; (XIV) 218-19; (XV) 253-54; and achieving understanding, (XIV ) 66; and action, (XVI) 38-39, 71; and the approach to problems, (XII) 90; attempt to experience, (XIII) 211-12; and attention, (XIV ) 159-60; (XVII) 83; and beauty, (XVI) 237, 240; and being, (VIII) 174; and change, (XI) 126-28; (XV) 135; and communion, (XIV) 180-86, 285; and confusion, (XVI) 277; beyond consciousness, (XVI) 38-39; and creation, (XIII) 196; (XVI) 122; and creativeness, (IV) 174; and creative revolution, (VII) 50; and the creative state, (V) 362; and creativity, (X) 251-52; defining, (XV) 130-31; without discipline, (XIII) 210-11; and dying to the past, (XVI) 31-32; and the ending of deterioration, (XV) 238-39; and the ending of sorrow, (XVI) 58; of exclusion and attention, (XIII) 264-65; and experience, (XIII) 175-76; and experiencing, (XII) 20; and the free mind, (XII) 266-67; as ideal, (VIII) 170; and inaction, (XVI) 123; and the inner and outer, (XV) 47; and inquiry, (XII) 216; inquiry into, (XVI) 236; knowing, (XVII) 150-51; and learning, (XVI) 51, 53, 274; and listening, (XV) 68; and listening totally, (XVI) 191; and looking, (XVII) 36; looking out of, (XV) 143; and love, (XV) 40; and meditation, (XIII) 265; (XIV) 160; (XV) 36, 37, 39-40; (XVII) 124-25; and the mind, (XV) 308; nature of, (XV) 254; and the new, (XVI) 185; and observation, (XV) 46-47, 50-51; (XVII) 118-19; and perception of truth, (IV) 199; and the quiet brain, (XVII) 179; and reality, (V) 225; (VI) 212; and space, (XV) 47, 87; state of, (XV) 136; as a state of being, (VIII) 178; as a state of mind, (XI) 127-28; and total in action, (XVI) 29; and truth, (VIII) 340; types of, (XIV) 217-18; unasked, (XIV) 218; understanding the mind, (XI) 280; and verbalization, (XIII) 280; and wisdom, (VI) 127. See also Active stillness; Empty mind; Meditation; Quiet; Quiet mind; Quietness; Silent awareness; Silent mind; Slowed down mind; Still mind; Stillness; Tranquility; Wisdom

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Silent awareness, (IV) 8, 14, 51; and thought-feeling, (IV) 25; and understanding, (IV) 23. See also Choiceless awareness; Silence

Silent mind, (VII) 261; and the absence of ambition, (X) 135; and the absence of continuity, (VII) 330; achieving, (X) 251; (XI) 177; and attention, (XVII) 90; and beauty, (XV) 46; and the cessation of thought, (X) 250-51; and the complexity of life, (VIII) 121; versus contradiction, (XV) 253; and energy, (X) 249; (XV) 87-88; and exploitation, (X) 169; and happiness, (X) 127; and individual action, (X) 180; as intense, (X) 85; and learning, (XV) 11, 248, 251-53; and looking, (XVI) 122; and meditation, (XI) 283, 357; and the movement of knowing, (XI) 300; and naming, (XIII) 280; and the new, (V) 305; versus the occupied mind, (VIII) 287; and perception, (XI) 257-58; and problems, (VIII) 283; prolongation of, (XIII) 198; and the rejection of time, (XV) 137; and renewal, (VII) 282-84; (XV) 238, 239; and revolution, (VIII) 169-71; as timeless, (XVI) 239; and total negation, (XI) 232; and total revolution, (XVII) 36; and truth, (VIII) 274; and understanding, (XVII) 58; and understanding seeking, (XVII) 43; and what is, (XVI) 157. See also Creation; Empty mind; Meditation; Mind; Occupied mind; Petty mind; Quiet mind; Silence; Still mind

Silent moment: and joy, (IV) 166. See also Reality; Silence; Truth

Silent observation: and awakening intelligence, (III) 69

Similes: danger of, (XIII) 271; as misleading, (XI) 314 Simple: meaning of, (XII) 207-8 Simple life, (III) 230-31, 236, 241-42; (VII) 322-23;

and the absence of conflict, (XVI) 38; meaning of, (XIV) 268; and saints, (XIV ) 207. See also Life; Simplicity

Simple mind: and achieving the true, (XI) 205-6; as the austere mind, (XV) 225; and beauty, (XV) 26; and choiceless awareness, (XV) 38; defining, (XI) 151-52; as essential, (IX) 7; and freedom from words, (XII) 207; and the real, (IV) 192; and the unknown, (IX) 160. See also Dull mind; Free mind; Innocent mind; Mind; New mind; Simplicity

Simplicity, (l) 24; (II) 122; (VI) 88; (XI) 151-52; and abandonment, (VIII) 311-12; achievement of, (l) 24; (II) 65; (III) 31-32; (V) 245-48; and ambition, (VII) 242; of approach, (IX) 152; as approach to life, (IV) 88; (X) 259; and beauty, (XI) 10; (XII) 165; and cessation of effort, (V) 293; and cessation of self, (IV) 75; and the clear mind, (XIV) 147; and complexity, (III) 89-90; versus complexity, (VII) 323-24; in dealing with human problems, (VII) 324-25; defining, (V) 369-70; (VI) 73-74, 276-77; (VII) 325; (XIII) 262; (XVI) 245; and ending sorrow, (XV) 221, 225-26; and energy, (XV) 291, 293; explanation of, (II) 94-95; and exploitation, (IV) 203; and freedom from accumulation, (VIII) 106; and freedom of the mind, (VII) 118; hindrances to, (V) 245-46; and humanity, (XV)

175; and innocence, (XV) 293; and intelligence, (XV) 220; inward and outward, (V) 245-46; (VIII) 94; of life, (l) 74; meaning of, (V) 145; (XIV ) 29; (XVII) 98-99; and modern life, (VI) 73-74; need for, (XVI) 186; and needs, (II) 84; and order, (XV) 136; and passion, (XI) 374; (XV) 225; and the quiet mind, (VII) 325; and the religious mind, (XIII) 157-59; (XIV) 117, 268-69; versus respectability, (XV) 38; and self-abandonment, (XI) 98-99; versus sincerity, (V) 317-18; and sorrow, (XII) 208; as a state of being, (XI) 278-79; and the time interval, (XIV) 295; understanding, (XV) 221-22, 226; and understanding, (VII) 118-19; (VIII) 93-94; and understanding the totality of life, (XIII) 158-59; to the whole, (XI) 341-42. See also Complexity; Freedom; Hindrance; Humility; Innocence; Innocency; Intelligence; Virtue

Sin, (II) 89; (V) 276-77; and guilt, (X) 243-44; and love, (XII) 20; meaning of, (VII) 186; and virtue, (II) 17

Sincere man: and confusion, (VIII) 201 Sincerity, (l) 34, 186-87; and desire, (V) 317-18; and

frankness, (l) 34-35; and ideals, (VIII) 220-21 Sinner: and the righteous man, (IV) 113; and truth,

(XI) 99. See also Evil Sita: See Authority; Belief; Conditioning; Divisions;

God; Religion Skepticism: and asking the right question, (XVII) 15;

need for, (VI) 104; (XIII) 332, 336; (XVI) 137, 249; and the need to question, (XVI) 229, 281. See also Examination; Inquiry; Questioning

Slave: See Enslavement Slavery, (XI) 330-35; to false values, (l) 136; and

freedom, (XI) 215-18; understanding, (XI) 331-32. See also Enslavement

Sleep: and the conscious and unconscious, (V) 92-93; and consciousness, (IV) 165-66; and dreams, (IX) 59-61, 123-24; (XIV) 111; and energy, (XIII) 337; as essential, physically and psychologically, (VII) 260-61; layers of consciousness, (V) 140; and meditation, (XII) 46; (XIII) 265-66; as problem solver, (VII) 260-61; and the sensitive mind, (X) 152; and the unconscious mind, (V) 120; understanding, (XII) 41-42, 46. See also Dreams; Mind; Unconscious

Slowed down mind, (IV) 127. See also Diary; Silence; Thought

Slowing: response, (III) 228; thought, (III) 206, 215-16

Sluggish mind: awakening, (XI) 320. See also Mind; Petty mind

Small mind: and comparison, (XV) 168. See also Dull mind; Mind; Petty mind

Smoking: and conflict, (XIV) 144; and the conflict of contradiction, (XIV) 125; and habit(s), (XIII) 203-4, 239; (XV) 135-36; and immediate action, (XVII) 140-41; and mutation, (XVI) 63-64. See also Behavior; Habits

Social action: and the individual, (XI) 224 Social being: man as, (III) 37-38

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Social change: hindrance to, (VI) 54-55. See also Revolution

Social class: understanding, (III) 181 Social complexity: and social justice, (X) 188 Social condition: and the petty mind, (XI) 28 Social conflict: left and right, (VI) 84. See also Society Social confusion: and the individual, (XI) 172. See

also World problems Social contact: and knowledge, (VII) 102-3 Social disintegration: and the search for power, (V)

101; and worship of authority, (IV) 163. See also Society; War

Social divisions: and problems, (XII) 10. See also Divisions; Society

Social influences: and conditioning, (XIII) 224-25; freedom from, (XIII) 128. See also Influences

Socialism: See Authority; Background; Belief; Conditioning; Conformity; Divisions; Government; Identification; Ideology; Influences; Nationalism; Propaganda; Revolution; Society; War; Words; World problems

Social justice: and friendship, (X) 187-88 Social laws: and individual effort, (VI) 293 Social misery: and psychological dependence, (III)

151 Social morality: defining, (XIII) 225, 226-27; and

disorder, (XVII) 223; as enemy of the religious mind, (XIII) 52; freedom from, (XIII) 97; as immoral, (XIII) 110; (XV) 71, 171-72; (XVII) 34; and influences, (XIII) 187; and religion, (X) 224-25, 246, 249; and sexual morality, (XIII) 97; versus virtue, (XIV) 218. See also Conformity; Morality; Order; Respectability; Social structure; Society

Social order: achieving, (III) 182-84; and animals, (XIV) 249-50; basis of, (XV) 201; and human relationships, (III) 151; as necessary, (XV) 129. See also Society

Social organization: and reform, (III) 153; and self-reliance, (III) 163-64

Social patterns: and action, (l) 83-84; renunciation of, (X) 201

Social problem(s): and approaches to solutions, (IV) 138-39; and the individual problem as one, (X) 107-10; and inward revolution, (VI) 369; and solving of, (II) 163. See also Individual

Social recognition: and security, (XI) 325 Social reform, (IX) 242-43; and despair, (XI) 306-7;

disappearance of, (XVI) 122; and escape from the fact, (XV) 65; as necessary, (IX) 243; and outer change, (IV) 17; and sentimentality, (XVI) 231; as temporary, (IX) 226. See also Change; Reform; Reformation; Society

Social reformation: through individual awareness, (IV) 92; and inner revolution, (VIII) 258

Social reorganization: as social solution, (III) 42-43 Social responsibility: and the individual, (V) 30. See

also World problems Social revolution(s): and change, (XI) 124-25, 273;

and conformity, (XVII) 16; as a part of life, (XI)

352; as a reaction, (XVII) 10. See also Revolt; Revolution; Society

Social revolutionary: as reactionary, (XI) 106 Social scientists, (III) 62 Social structure, (l) 93-94; (XIII) 119-24; and

ambition, (XII) 310; and anxiety, (VIII) 76; basis of, (XIII) 128; and challenge and response, (XIII) 220-21; characterizing, (XVII) 165; defining, (XIII) 117; and disorder, (XVII) 167; and imitative divisions, (III) 188; and individuality, (l) 93; and leaders and followers, (VII) 109; and maturity, (XIII) 145; need for new, (IV) 162; psychological changes in, (XVI) 219; and psychological conflict, (X) 63; and self-expansion, (IV) 56; sociological and psychological influences of, (XIII) 224-25; types of, (XVII) 136; understanding, (VI) 146. See also Ambition; Change; New; Psychological structure of society; Revolution; Society

Social transformation: and personal revolution, (VI) 205-6; and self-knowledge, (VI) 146

Social work: and energy, (XIII) 181; futility of, (XVII) 127; and intellectual sensitivity, (XIII) 42. See also Social worker

Social worker: and the immediate, (XVII) 102. See also Reaction; Revolt; Society

Societal competition: as challenge, (XIII) 220-21. See also Social structure

Society, (III) 141, 188, 189; (IV) 160; (VII) 128-29; (XV) 281-83; achieving freedom from, (X) 45; achieving a loving, (VII) 89; achieving the new, (IX) 247; and acquisition, (VII) 208; (XII) 310-11; as acquisitive, (XI) 250; (XII) 36; the acquisitive, (IV) 207; and acquisitiveness, (VIII) 244; (IX) 39-40; and action, (XII) 22-24; (XIII) 110; adjustment to, (VIII) 216; and age, (XIII) 145; and aggressive behavior, (XVII) 256; and aloneness, (XII) 40; and ambition, (VII) 235; (XIII) 78; and ambition and envy, (XI) 193; and approach to problems, (XI) 65; and authority, (VIII) 23; (X) 99-101; and awareness of danger, (XVI) 91; based on authority, (IX) 8; basis of, (IX) 143; as a battlefield, (XVI) 214; being outside of, (IX) 3; and the brain, (XIII) 155; as brutal, (XVII) 63; and career pressures, (X) 263; and change, (XVI) 122; and character, (X) 196; characterizing, (VIII) 226; (X) 171-72; child’s adjustment to, (IX) 155; and the collective, (VII) 285; and commitment, (XII) 66; and comparison, (VIII) 67-69; (XIV ) 193; and competition, (XII) 15, 19; as competitive, (X) 119; and the conditioned mind, (IX) 80; as conditioner, (X) 37-38, 174; as conditioner of the individual, (X) 129-30; and conditioning, (IX) 84-85, 98, 282-83; (X) 31-32, 34; (XIV) 56, 79; (XV) 97; (XVI) 112; and conditioning in belief, (XIV ) 278; and the conditioning of children, (XIII) 272-73; and the conditioning of obedience, (XVII) 261; and conditioning the mind, (XVII) 33; and conflict, (XIV) 72-73; (XV) 15-16; and the conflict of freedom, (XII) 127-28; in conflict with, (IX) 129; and conformity, (XIII) 160; (XIV) 90, 145; (XV)

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14-15; (XVI) 82; and the conformity of change, (IX) 26-27; and conformity to patterns, (XIV) 239-40; and confusion, (XVI) 274-75; and the confusion of challenge and response, (XII) 70, 72-74; and consciousness, (II) 8-9; and contamination of the ‘I’, (XIII) 183; and contradiction, (XII) 25; and cooperation, (XV) 35; as corrupt, (X) 65; and corruption, (V) 144-45; and corruption in, (XIV ) 162; creating the good, (IX) 230; creation of, (VII) 80; as creator of habit, (III) 116; as creator of violence, (IX) 117-18, 120; as danger to the individual, (XI) 36; defining, (II) 5; (III) 141; (V) 11, 30, 144-45, 154; (VII) 71, 80; (VIII) 162; (X) 45; (XIII) 116, 128; (XV) 49, 55, 281; defining the role of, (XV) 14-15; and the demand for image, (XV) 194; and the demand for order, (XII) 172; (XVII) 138; demands of, (XIII) 126; denial of, (XIII) 130; and desire, (XV) 21; and the desire for power, (VIII) 113; (XII) 27-28; desire for sane, (IX) 210; as destroyer of freedom, (XIII) 4; deterioration of, (XVII) 23; disassociation from, (XIII) 97; and discipline, (XIII) 321; disintegration of, (IV) 162-63; in disorder, (XV) 116-17, 330; disorder in, (XVI) 51; divisions in, (VIII) 226-27; duty to, (VII) 237; and education, (l) 19; (X) 146-47; (XII) 37; and effects of compulsion, (V) 145; and effort, (XIV) 289; and the ending of violence, (XVI) 292; and enslavement, (l) 53, 150; and envy, (XII) 110; as evil, (II) 48-49; evolving of, (XIV) 245; and exploitation, (VII) 72-73; as exploiter, (l ) 160; and the family, (XV) 43; (XVII) 281; and fear of freedom, (XV) 157-58; and fragmentation, (XI) 178-79; (XVI) 293; fragmentation of, (XV) 186-87; and freedom, (IX) 143-44; (XI) 214; (XV) 117, 203; freedom from, (IX) 48, 230; (X) 12, 172; (XIV) 74, 206; and freedom from fear, (XIII) 99; and friendship, (X) 187-88; and function and status, (XIII) 126; and groups, (l) 150; and growing complexity, (IV) 41; growing complexity of, (XVII) 2; growing contradictions in, (XIII) 106; as hindrance to change, (IX) 55-57; as hindrance to freedom, (X) 40; as hindrance to truth, (VIII) 192, 301-2; as a history of suffering, (XIV ) 302-5; and the human being, (XVII) 26, 64; as the human being, (XV) 57, 307; (XVI) 3; and the human mind, (XVI) 150; and identification, (VIII) 135; as immoral, (XVI) 183; and the immorality of disorder, (XVII) 223; and the imposition of formulas, (XIV) 142; and the individual, (XI) 224, 296; as individual, (II) 47; (III) 145-46, 152; (IV) 17; (VI) 201-2; (IX) 135-36, 274-75; and the individual and the collective, (XIV) 41; and individual change, (X) 192; and individual responsibility, (VIII) 314-15; individual as a result of, (XIV) 277; (XIII); and the individual and violence, (XVI) 289; inquiry into the nature of, (XIII) 114, 115-16; as instrument of individual, (VI) 159-60; and jealousy, (VIII) 110; and juvenile delinquency, (X) 4-5; and learning, (XVII) 60; and the lessening of freedom, (XIV) 82-83; as limited,

(XI) 63, 65; and livelihood, (V) 143-45; living in, and being out of, (XV) 97; and living in perpetual conflict, (XIII) 283, 286; loveless, and dependence, (VII) 89; and the mind, (XII) 97; and the ‘more’, (IX) 251-52; and the need for change, (XV) 50, 52; need for change in, (XVI) 56; and the need for immortality, (IX) 157-58; and the need for order, (XV) 325; (XVI) 47-48; need to understand, (XV) 49, 52; and order, (XVI) 47-48, 83-84; and organized religion, (XIV) 117; and outward security, (X) 7; as the past, (XIII) 67; and the pattern of war, (X) 84; and the petty mind, (XI) 95-96; planning of, (IX) 229-30; as poisonous, (XIII) 145; and possessions, (II) 5-6; and predetermination, (X) 90; and problems, (XV) 8; as a process of recognition, (VIII) 314; as a product of desire, (VIII) 304-6; psychological freedom from, (XIII) 110; psychological structure of, (XIII) 186; and the pursuit of pleasure, (XV) 71; and the questioning of goals, (XVII) 56-57; and reform, (XIII) 11; (IX) 36; and reformation, (VIII) 316-17; (XI) 48-49, 58; rejection of, (X) 126; and relationship(s), (III) 155; (V) 183; (X) 180; (XIV) 162-63, 252; and relationship between the inner and outer mind, (XI) 89; as relationship between people, (X) 70; and relationship of greed or need, (V) 144; and the relationship of the individual, (XI) 171-72; and relationship of the individual to, (XIII) 281; relationship to, (XVII) 154; and the relationship to man, (XIV) 245; and relationship to others, (V) 144; as religiously based, (VII) 128; and the religious man, (IX) 243; and the religious mind, (XII) 173, 175; and the religious person, (XII) 173-74; and religious revolution, (IX) 219; (X) 95; and respectability, (VIII) 312, 330; (XII) 212-13; responsibility for, (XV) 88, 90; responsibility to, (IX) 194; revolt against, (XVII) 189-90; and revolution, (VI) 158; versus the revolutionary, (XI) 106; and right action, (XI) 342; and the role of education, (VIII) 278-82; and role of individual, (VI) 218-19; search for, (VIII) 284; and the secondhand mind, (XIV) 37; as the self, (XIII) 246; as self-destructive, (IX) 86; and self-improvement, (IX) 83-85; and the self as one, (XVI) 273; standards, (l) 38-39; structure of, (XIII) 115-18; as the structure of human relationship, (VIII) 316; and success, (VIII) 97; and suffering, (IX) 201; and superficial activity, (XV) 282; and the superficial life, (XVII) 167; and suppression, (XIII) 80; as suppressor, (XI) 96; and tension, (XII) 26; and time, (XIV ) 210; and transformation, (XV) 52-53; transformation of, (XVI) 47; and truth, (IX) 84-85; two types of, (XV) 53; understanding, (X) 12; understanding relationship, (V) 152; understanding the structure of, (XV) 196; and violence, (VI) 80; (X) 59-60, 80; (XVI) 289-90; and virtue as sexual morality, (XIII) 14; as war machine, (IV) 20; and world change, (XVI) 54; and world conflict, (X) 43-44. See also Authority; Collective; Conformity; Culture; Environment;

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Society and the individual: as one, (XII) 269. See also Collective; Individual

Sociological process: and conflict, (XIII) 285. See also Society

Sociologists: and the religious mind, (XIII) 89. See also Social work; Society

Soldier(s): as machines, (XII) 40; and the mechanical mind, (XIV) 144-45; versus right profession, (X) 263. See also Conditioning

Solitude, (II) 125; and learning, (XI) 5-6; and psychological state of, (IV) 37. See also Aloneness; Emptiness; Intelligence; Loneliness; Meditation

Solutions: and the conditioned mind, (VII) 150; and desire, (X) 157; and local conflicts, (V) 76-77; and problems, (V) 333-34; and questions, (XII) 71-72; search for, (XI) 156-57; and the search for answers, (XII) 8-10; and struggle, (VII) 29. See also Problems

Sorrow, (l ) 102, 165; (III) 13, 14; (IV) 104-5; (VI) 41, 285, 287-89, 312-13; (VII) 261-62; (VIII) 95-96; (IX) 283-84; (X) 56-58; (XI) 283-88; (XII) 91-95, 207-12, 269-71, 273; (XIII) 82-85, 140-41, 143, 172-75, 307-14; (XV) 341-43; (XVI) 139-44; (XVII) 180-81, 185-86, 188; and the absence of love, (XVII) 180; and ambition, (XIII) 169; and authority, (IX) 169-70; (XII) 298; awakening of, (II) 149; and becoming, (VIII) 34; and belief, (IX) 98; (XVI) 254; cause of, (III) 96; causes of, (IV) 61-62; cessation of, (VIII) 335; collective and the individual, (XIV) 6; and comparison, (XVII) 214; through conflict, (IX) 2; and continuity, (VIII) 208-9; and contradiction, (XV) 311-12, 314; creating, (X) 57; and creative awareness, (III) 94; and death, (XIII) 202; defining, (VIII) 334; and depression, (III) 206-7; and desire for continuity, (XV) 237; and the desire for reincarnation, (XVII) 251-52; and the desire to become, (X) 266-68; desire to overcome, (III) 111-12; desire to transcend, (IV) 61; and discovery, (XII) 200-202; and division, (VI) 358-59; dying to, (XV) 181; and effort, (XVII) 232; elimination of, (XIII) 195; ending, (XVI) 38-39, 257; ending of, (XV) 219-20, 246; escape from, (II) 229; (IV) 204; (XII) 91, 93; (XIII) 51; and evolution, (XVI) 192; and the evolution of time, (XV) 118; facing, (VII) 262; and fact, (VIII) 334-35; (XIII) 31; and fear, (XII) 92-93, 95; (XIII) 144; and the fear of death, (XV) 29; and fear of life and death, (XVI) 127; freedom from, (IX) 97-99; (X) 194; (XI) 46; (XV) 14, 320; and the free mind, (IX) 80; and fulfillment, (XI) 275-76; greatest, (XIV) 305-6, 308; as hindrance to love, (XIV) 61; and hope, (VII) 244-45; and ‘I’ process, (III) 14; as immediate, (XI) 77-78; inevitability of, (IX) 18; and insecurity, (XV) 31-32; and the knowledge of the mind, (IX) 20; life without, (XV) 287; and listening with attention,

(XVII) 120; and living totally, (X) 244; and loneliness, (XV) 32; as loss, (XIV) 306-7; through loss, (II) 96-97; meaning of, (II) 213-14; and the mediocre mind, (XIII) 93; and meditation, (XIII) 263, 266-67; mind free from, (XIII) 121; and modern man, (XII) 283-84; nature of, (XV) 78; need to understand, (XV) 221-22, 225-26; as the only problem, (XVII) 180-81; physical and psychological, (XII) 92-93, 95; and pleasure, (XV) 123, 293; (XVI) 37; and prayer, (IX) 18; problem of, (XVI) 55-58; as problem of life, (X) 124; and progress, (IX) 96; and pursuit of completeness, (VII) 5; and reaction, (XIII) 142; reason for, (VII) 89-90; resolution of, (XIV) 305-7, 309; and search for comfort, (III) 70-71; and search for purpose of life, (IV) 129-30; and seeking, (XVII) 89; and seeking and finding, (XV) 241; and self-knowledge, (XVII) 21; and self-pity, (XV) 176; and sensitivity, (XV) 7; and the significance of life, (IX) 93-94; and thought, (XVI) 147-48, 222; and time, (XIII) 25; (XIV) 305-9; (XV) 120-22; (XVI) 23-24, 26; types of, (XI) 285; (XIII) 252, 308; (XIV) 25, 26, 148; (XV) 78; (XVI) 141; understanding, (III) 94-95; (XI) 218-23; (XII) 294-95, 298-99; (XIII) 254-55; (XIV) 21-22; (XV) 221-22, 225-26; and understanding, (II) 145; (VI) 258-59; and understanding the quiet mind, (XVII) 242; and understanding what is, (XVII) 88; as the unsolved human problem, (XIV) 227; and war, (XVII) 29; and the young, (VIII) 63-64. See also Conflict; Confusion; Death; Despair; Effort; Escape; Happiness; Joy; Loneliness; Pain; Self-pity; Suffering; Thought

Sorrow, action, and effort: as interrelated, (XV) 341-42. See also Sorrow

Sorrow, death, and love: relationship between, (XIII) 256, 310. See also Death; Love; Sorrow

Sorrow, death, and time, (XIV ) 100-106; as interrelated, (XIV) 147-54, 208-14. See also Sorrow

Sorrow, fear, and love: relationship between, (XIII) 250-53. See also Fear; Love; Sorrow

Sorrow, fear, will: as one, (XI) 283, 285 Sorrow, thought, and time: as interrelated, (XIV ) 20-

27. See also Sorrow Soul, (l) 114; (II) 152; (III) 59; (V) 67, 279-80; belief

in, (X) 10; and conditioning, (XIII) 205; and death, (XV) 33; defining, (V) 198; and energy, (XII) 65-66; existence of, (XVI) 63; and the fear of impermanence, (XV) 319; and the field of thought, (XIV) 105; and illusion, (III) 172-73; as illusion, (II) 165; and immortality, (II) 185-86; as the invention of thought, (XVII) 149; and mind, (XI) 326; and the permanent, (IX) 197; questioning the existence of, (XVII) 108; reality or illusion, (III) 62; and the search for permanence, (VIII) 87; (XVII) 113-14. See also Atma; Continuity; Death; Entity; Faith; God; Known; Reincarnation; Religion; Spiritual entity; Thinker

Sound: importance of, (XV) 68. See also Listening

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Space, (XIV ) 296-302; (XV) 126-27; and the absence of the observer, (XVII) 241; and action, (XIV ) 205; and the center, (XV) 126-27, 262; (XVII) 74, 75, 186-87; and communion, (XV) 114; and conflict, (XVI) 249; (XVII) 44; creation of, (XV) 24; defining, (XIV ) 140; (XVI) 70, 249; defining inward, (XVI) 192; disappearance of, (XVII) 219; and duality, (XV) 38; and emptiness, (XV) 278; (XVI) 70; existence in, (XII) 160; existence of, (XIV) 165; and experience, (XV) 39; and fear, (XV) 127; and freedom, (XV) 204-7; (XVI) 123, 250; as freedom, (XIII) 324; as hindrance to beauty and love, (XVII) 187, 188; human need for, (XVII) 199-200; as an interval, (XV) 270; as the interval between thoughts, (XV) 35; inward and outward, (XVII) 241; lack of human, (XVII) 207; and listening, (XV) 68; and looking clearly, (XVI) 248; and love, (XV) 40; meaning of, (XV) 35-36; and meditation, (XVII) 241; and the mind, (XIV) 207-8; (XV) 205-6; in the mind and heart, (XIV) 309; and mutation, (XIV) 164; (XV) 24; as necessary to existence, (XIV) 296-98; need for, (XVII) 89; and the need for aloneness, (XV) 209; and the object, (XVII) 38, 41, 88, 89; with and without the object, (XV) 24; without the object, (XV) 314; and observation, (XIII) 321, 322, 336; (XV) 142; without the observer, (XVI) 191; and the observer and the observed, (XIV) 167; (XVI) 248-49, 250-51, 268-69; between the observer and the observed, (XVII) 112, 178-79; and peace, (XV) 223; physical and psychological, (XVI) 189-90; and problems of relationships, (XVI) 256; and the quiet brain, (XIV) 112; and the quiet mind, (XIII) 155-56; (XV) 87; (XVII) 271; and the relation to the center, (XVI) 114; and the religious mind, (XIV) 269; search for, (XIV) 296-97; and self-knowing of the conscious and unconscious, (XIII) 155-56; and silence, (XV) 36-37, 39, 47, 176; and the silent mind, (XV) 238, 239; and the thinker, (XVI) 190; and time, (XIII) 26-27; (XV) 126-27, 129, 134; (XVI) 25; understanding, (XV) 126-27, 204-7; and understanding living, (XVI) 188; and violence, (XVII) 256; and the virtuous mind, (XIII) 58; and wasted energy, (XV) 291; and the watcher, (XV) 38; between what is and the observer, (XV) 272. See also Emptiness; Freedom; Mind; Time

Space, freedom, and order: as interrelated, (XV) 206. See also Space

Space travel: and communication through reference, (XV) 226; versus the inner journey, (XII) 277. See also Space; Technology

Specialist(s): as authority, (X) 77; and creation, (XII) 35; dependence on, (V) 253, 255; domination by, (V) 64; and education, (XII) 37; and experiencing life, (V) 200-201; and the failure of religion and science, (XIV) 40; versus the individual, (XI) 61; and knowledge, (XII) 306; and leisure, (XIII) 46; and limited challenge, (XII) 75; and meditation, (XI) 196; and the part versus the whole, (VII) 169-70; and problems, (XII) 9; and problem solving,

(III) 2; and questioning, (XII) 285-86; and vested interests, (III) 245-46. See also Authority; Exp erts; Gurus; Leaders; Livelihood; Masters; Occupations; Professions; Science; Teachers; Technology

Specialization, (IV) 66; (VIII) 153-55; and divisions, (XII) 270; as hindrance to awareness, (V) 253-55; as hindrance to understanding, (IV) 87-88; and the lazy brain, (XIV) 135; and self-destruction, (V) 128-29; and teaching, (XI) 79-80. See also Mechanical

Specialized mind: and the inability to see the whole, (XVI) 237. See also Fragmentation; Mind

Speculation: futility of, (VIII) 6-7; (XVI) 107; versus understanding, (VI) 265

Spiritual: achieving, (X) 49; and authority, (VIII) 43-44; (XI) 180; conditions for, (XIII) 116-17; and divisions, (X) 123; entity and death, (IX) 17; meaning of, (VIII) 232; (IX) 218; and satisfaction, (XI) 244; and self-contradiction, (XI) 182; and worldly as one, (IX) 168. See also Religion

Spiritual authority: defining, (X) 127; and disorder, (XVII) 247. See also Authority

Spiritual entity, (IV) 170; (V) 119-20; belief in, (XVII) 236; defining, (VII) 49; and the ‘I’, (V) 331; and reincarnation, (III) 172-73; (VI) 120-21. See also Atma; Continuity; Death; Eternal; Reincarnation; Religion; Self; Soul

Spiritual essence: as a product of thought, (XIV) 105 Spiritualism, (II) 145, 167, 217-18; and authority, (II)

134, 229-30; and consolation, (II) 229-30; as escape, (VIII) 135

Spirituality, (II) 37; and ambition, (III) 188; definition of, (II) 20; and fear, (II) 83-84; and harmony, (II) 37; and knowing love, (XVII) 217; and Masters, (II) 26, 31; and materialism, (XI) 140; and security, (II) 107; versus spiritual leadership, (IV) 85. See also Authority; Belief; Gurus; Masters; Religion

Spiritual life: versus the material life, (V) 186-87; and relationship, (V) 270

Spontaneity, (III) 125-27; as action, (l) 38; and awareness, (X) 54; and change, (XIV) 57-58; and the conditioned mind, (IV) 106; and conditioning, (VI) 208; defining, (III) 31-32; and discovery, (XI) 129; and the hindrance of effort, (XV) 61; as an invention, (XVI) 267; and love, (XVII) 205-6; and moment to moment, (V) 318; and perception, (XIV) 122; and self-discovery, (VI) 212; and sensitivity, (V) 284; and transformation, (XI) 149; and understanding, (V) 296; and understanding the positive, (XV) 264. See also Joy; Truth

Spontaneous action: as motiveless, (XIII) 332. See also Action

Stalin: and the repetitive mind, (XV) 73 Standard of living: and starvation, (IX) 127. See also

Acquisitiveness; Society Standards: external and internal, (l ) 38; inner and

outer, (III) 135 Starvation, (IX) 127; approach to, (XI) 202; and

caring, (IV) 89; dealing with the problem of,

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(XVII) 104; desire to eradicate, (XIV) 74-75; and economics, (VII) 177-78; and exploitation, (l) 156-57; and the fragmentation of problems, (XVII) 265; and the hindrance of governments, (XVI) 116; and the hindrance of ideas, (XIV) 236; and ideology, (XVII) 142-43; and modern science, (XIII) 48; and national divisions, (XI) 27; and nationalism, (l ) 158; (VI) 223-24; and the search for God, (VIII) 242; and world problems, (XIV) 41; and world view, (l ) 156. See also Acquisitiveness; Divisions; Food, clothing, shelter; Needs; Philanthropy; Poor; Poverty; Religion; Society; Technology; War; World problems

State: attitude toward the individual, (V) 314; and authority, (VII) 64-67; as brutal, (VII) 68-69; fear of, (XVI) 104; as the individual, (III) 198-99; (IV) 92; and mass education, (VIII) 12; obligation to aged, (VII) 81; and organized force, (IV) 16; and organized religion, (IV) 16; as power of the few, (IV) 164; and problems of existence, (III) 181; as reflection of self, (III) 207; and self-knowledge, (V) 342; static versus the creative, (V) 196-97; and violence, (XV) 333, 337; worship of, (XIV) 213. See also Education; Exploitation; Government; Nation; Nationalism; Society; War; World problems

State brutality: and sensate values, (IV) 23-24 State control: and education, (IV) 107-8 Statesman: role of, (II) 101. See also Politics State worship: versus true collective, (III) 162 Static center, (III) 104-5 Status: and class, (XII) 271; and function, (XI) 3;

(XII) 34-37, 310; (XIII) 126; (XIV ) 247; and inequality, (VIII) 180; as psychological power, (VIII) 37; search for, (XVII) 122. See also Ambition; Fulfillment; Power; Society

Steadiness: and the mind, (IX) 103-6 Steady mind: need for, (IX) 129 Stealing, (VIII) 86-87 Step: need for the first, (XVI) 300-301 Still mind, (III) 199, 201, 246-47; (V) 208-11, 214;

(VI) 112, 147-48, 160-62, 275-76, 297-98; (VII) 21-22; (VIII) 110; (X) 4; and the absence of experience, (XIV ) 112; and the absence of inertia, (XVI) 30; achieving, (III) 247-48; (VI) 328, 336-37, 352-53; (VIII) 293; (IX) 11, 65-66, 140; (X) 111-12, 199; (XVI) 29; and achieving love, (V) 148-49; as active, (VIII) 39; as alive, (XI) 132; awareness, (X) 221; awareness of, (XIII) 260; and challenge, (VI) 85; and change, (VIII) 178; through change, (X) 138; and comparison, (VIII) 231; versus the conditioned mind, (VIII) 149; without contradiction, (X) 221; versus the contradiction of sorrow, (XV) 341; and creation, (XI) 388; as creative, (XI) 211; and creativeness, (V) 170; (VI) 170; defining, (VIII) 53-54; and desire, (VI) 316; and discipline, (VIII) 55-56; and energy, (XV) 182; and the eternal, (VII) 332; and the experience of death, (VII) 262; and freedom, (X) 30; and freedom from belief, (X) 114; and

freedom from envy, (X) 48; and freedom from the known, (XIII) 98; as the free mind, (IX) 36, 80; and God, (VIII) 116, 136; versus illusion, (VII) 271; and the immeasurable, (XIII) 92; and learning, (XIV) 88; and listening, (VIII) 213; and love, (VI) 133; (VIII) 27; versus the mediocre, (VIII) 52; and meditation, (VI) 367; (IX) 18, 214; and the nameless, (XII) 200; and the need for energy, (IX) 133; and negation, (XVI) 115; and perception of the whole, (V) 89; and permanence, (VII) 329-30; and problems, (VIII) 11; and problem solving, (VI) 334; and radical revolution, (VIII) 156; and reality, (IV) 175, 210-11; and resolution of fear, (VII) 325-26; versus self-hypnosis, (VI) 100-101; and self-knowledge, (VIII) 215-16; versus the sleeping mind, (V) 137-38; and space, (XVI) 70-71; and stimulation, (VI) 234; and timelessness, (X) 17; and the true religion, (VII) 318-19; and understanding, (VIII) 225; and understanding conditioning, (IX) 165; and understanding fear, death, and love, (XV) 322; and the unknown, (IX) 248-49; and watchfulness, (VI) 61-62. See also Clear mind; Creation; Free mind; Happiness; Innocent mind; Meditation; Mind; New mind; Occupied mind; Petty mind; Quiet mind; Quietness; Religious mind; Revolution; Self-knowledge; Serious mind; Silence; Silent mind; Tranquillity; Tranquil mind; Truth; Understanding

Stillness, (IV) 143-44; and the absence of consciousness, (XVI) 70-71; and the absence of continuity, (XII) 252-53; achieving, (VII) 27, 57-58; (IX) 170; achieving through craving or search, (IV) 125-26; and awareness, (IV) 74; (XIV) 159-61; and the brain, (XIII) 97-98, 155; (XVI) 147-48; and cessation of conflict, (VII) 281; and consciousness, (VIII) 210; and creativity, (VIII) 15; and discovery of the true, (XIV) 39; and energy, (XV) 278-79; existence of, (IX) 66; experiencing, (IV) 125-26; and the free mind, (VIII) 206; and the innocent mind, (XIII) 191-92; and love, (VIII) 317; and meditation, (VII) 233-34, 249; (VIII) 326; and the presence of love and beauty, (XVII) 242; and progress, (VII) 253; and reality, (VIII) 29-30; and respect, (VII) 231; and self-knowledge, (IV) 204; (IX) 216; state of, (XIV) 302; and time, (IX) 66; and timeless, (IV) 12-13; and truth, (IV) 172; and the whole, (III) 212. See also Distraction; Meditation; Mutation; Quiet mind; Self-knowledge; Silence; Still mind; Truth

Stimulants: and the dull mind, (XV) 275, 277 Stimulation, (VI) 234-35; to achieve the meditative

state, (XVII) 81; dependence on, (XVII) 121; and the dull mind, (IX) 253; (XVII) 41; and fear of dependence, (IV) 21; and feelings, (XI) 379-81; and the need for authority, (IX) 109; and psychological dependence, (XIV) 208; and relationship, (V) 229; search for, (XI) 382; and sex, (VI) 130. See also Experience; Inspiration; Meditation; Occupied mind; Sensate values; Sensation

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Stimulus: and beauty, (XV) 285-86 Strength: and cause, (XI) 393; defining, (XII) 226-27 Striving: and envy, (X) 29-30 Structure of society, (XVII) 174; understanding,

(XIII) 160; and understanding disorder, (XVII) 174. See also Psychological structure of society; Social structure; Society

Struggle, (VII) 28-31; (XIII) 124-27; acceptance of, (XIII) 125; and creativity, (V) 116-17; daily, (VII) 131; and the deterioration of the mind, (VII) 242; futility of, (VIII) 190-91; and the growth of self, (X) 75; as inevitable, (V) 160-61; and life, (XI) 190; meaning of, (XVI) 81; as necessity, (VII) 28-29; as part of life, (VIII) 224; and the search for fulfillment, (XI) 235; between thesis and antithesis, (VII) 281-82; between what is and ‘what should be’, (VIII) 195-96, 197-98. See also Conflict; Confusion; Effort

Student(s): and compulsion, (VIII) 76-77; and the conflict between freedom and discipline, (VIII) 89-91; and education, (VIII) 11-12, 124-25; education of, (XI) 2-3, 8-9; in a free atmosphere, (VIII) 123-24; and freedom, (X) 193; the ideal, (VIII) 72; and the need for discussion, (VIII) 131; and the need to be nurtured, (VIII) 72-74; role of, (VII) 67-68; (VIII) 59-60; and the role of discipline, (VIII) 31. See also Children; Disciples; Education; Educator; Teachers

Stupidities: creating, (II) 109, 111-12, 113-14. See also Intelligence

Stupidity: and intelligence, (VIII) 139; and the ‘more’, (IX) 148

Stupid man: and transformation, (IX) 148. See also Religious man

Stupid mind: as the callous mind, (XVII) 267. See also Dull mind; Mind; Petty mind

Subconscious, (V) 120-21. See also Unconscious Subjugation: as the price for order, (XII) 187-88. See

also Tyranny Sublimation: See Suppression Subliminal advertising: and influence, (XII) 15 Submission, (V) 302-4; and power, (V) 302. See also

Domination; Suppression Substitution: and choice, (l) 193; and desire for

gratification, (V) 329 Success: and ambition, (IV) 14-15; and authority,

(XII) 234; and anxiety, (VIII) 76; and comparison, (XIV) 193; and competition, (VII) 303-4; and conflict, (X) 5-7; (XIII) 237, 284; and conformity, (VII) 292; and creation of fear, (VII) 303; and dependence of the individual, (IX) 275; desire for, (VI) 224; desire for, and inequality of, (VII) 73; as emptiness, (VIII) 126; and fear, (VIII) 71; as gain, (l) 147-48; and the greedy society, (VIII) 96-97; and the known, (VIII) 23; and the path of tradition, (VIII) 152; versus reality, (VIII) 26; results of search for, (X) 64; and the role of education, (VIII) 38; search for, (XIII) 227-28; and self-awareness, (VI) 163; and sense of pride, (VII) 99-100; and social recognition, (XII) 212-13; struggle for,

(XIII) 125, 126; and suffering, (VIII) 116; and technique, (IX) 58; worship of, (III) 181-82; (VI) 163; (X) 116; (XIII) 74, 78; (XVII) 30. See also Acquisitiveness; Ambition; Becoming; Competition; Craving; Envy; Power; Society; Status

Suffering, (l ) 2, 98, 120, 139-40; (II) 31-33, 64-65, 150-51; (IV) 175-76; (V) 157-58, 315-16; (VIII) 104-5; (XII) 175-77; acceptance of, (III) 112; (IV) 130-31; acceptance and nonacceptance, (XII) 93; and action, (II) 10; and affection, (XIII) 31-32; for another, (XIII) 312; and authority, (VII) 12; and awakening, (II) 58-59, 208; and awareness, (l) 129-30; (IV) 134-35; (XVI) 230; and awareness of ‘I’, (III) 86-88; and belief, (VII) 130; causes of, (III) 2, 53; and comfort, (II) 160-61; and the conditioned mind, (VII) 148-49; and consciousness, (II) 58-59; (III) 63, 64-65; contentment, (II) 7; defining, (II) 96-97; (X) 8; and desire, (VIII) 305; and the desire for self-perpetuation, (IX) 143; and the desire to escape, (VII) 69, 107-8; and the desire to escape what is, (VII) 214-15; and detachment, (III) 109; dying to, (XII) 161; ending of, (XIV) 61; escape from, (l) 4-5; (II) 58-59, 140-41, 224, 231-232; (III) 71-72, 113, 114; (V) 169; (VIII) 184; (X) 35; (XV) 260, 320; and escape through God, (IV) 210-11; and experience, (II) 163; and fear, (XII) 92, 95; forms of, (III) 111-12; and freedom, (II) 141; and God, (II) 225; and healing, (II) 25; and hindrances, (II) 10; and the ‘I’ process, (III) 86; and the ideal, (II) 18, 224; indifference to, (V) 46; individual, (V) 168-69; of the individual and of mankind, (XV) 226; and individuality, (II) 196; and innocence, (XIII) 207; and intelligence, (II) 33; and invention of Gods, (IV) 175; and knowledge, (VII) 227; and learning, (XIV) 276; and loss, (l) 169-70; (III) 110; and the ‘me’, (VII) 30; methods of escape from, (III) 110; and the mind, (XII) 175-76; as noble, (IV) 190; and perfection, (l) 113; physical and psychological, (IX) 201; and prayer, (VII) 217-18; problems of, (X) 235; as problem of existence, (V) 73; and purification, (IX) 201; purpose of, (III) 14-15; and purpose of life, (III) 30; and questioning, (II) 32-34; as a reaction from the center, (XII) 87; reason for, (VIII) 116; and rebellion, (II) 184; and rebirth, (X) 103; and relationship, (IV) 153; and remedy, (II) 32; and search for comfort, (l) 105; and search for saviors, (II) 224-25; and search for solution, (VI) 248; and self-imposed limitations, (III) 116-17; and self-knowledge, (XV) 176; solution to, (III) 182; two million years of, (XV) 341; types of, (VII) 56; (XII) 91; (XIII) 308-9; understanding, (II) 163-64; (III) 21-22; (IV) 130-31; (V) 46; (VII) 56, 215-16; (XII) 90-95; and understanding, (l) 125, 163, 188; as a universal, (II) 203; (V) 84; and world problems, (II) 195. See also Certainty; Choice; Compassion; Conflict; Confusion; Continuity; Escape; Loneliness; Opposites; Pain; Sorrow; Truth

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Suicide, (VII) 200-201; and identification, (VII) 200 Superficial: versus clarity, (IX) 49; defining, (XIII)

160; (XVII) 23; and despair, (XIII) 218; and the loss of joy, (VIII) 118-19; and the search for satisfaction, (X) 211. See also Dull mind; Petty mind; Shallowness

Superficial action: and conflict, (XIV ) 203. See also Action

Superficial change, (XII) 253-54. See also Change Superficiality: and knowledge, (VII) 310-13. See also

Dependence; Dull mind; Equality Superficial life: and followers, (XVI) 232; and

loneliness, (XII) 246. See also Life Superficial living: as escape, (XI) 376 Superficial mind: and the avoidance of death, (XV)

318; and consciousness, (XI) 230; (XIV) 62; and daily occupation, (IX) 60; and dreams, (IX) 123-24; and escape from sorrow, (XIII) 309-10, 311; going beyond, (XIV) 214, 216; and the hidden mind, (XI) 11-12; and meditation, (XI) 196-97; and the process of thought, (XII) 124; and the purpose of life, (XIV) 214-15. See also Conscious; Dull mind; Mechanical mind; Mind; Occupied mind; Petty mind; Quiet mind; Superficial

Superficial occupation: ending of, (IX) 59 Superficial search: for God, (IX) 19-20 Superior: desire to be, (IV) 62-63 Superiority: and the artist, (V) 286; freedom from,

(VII) 33; and inferiority, (VII) 313-14; and inward insufficiency, (IV) 63; and prejudice, (V) 340. See also Ambition; Divisions; Superiors

Superiors: and feeling inferior, (VII) 128. See also Authority

Superstition, (VII) 269; and belief in God, (XVII) 217; and the effect on the young, (VIII) 120-21. See also Religion

Suppression: and concentration, (XI) 245-47; and conditioning, (XVII) 43-44; and conflict, (V) 171; and conformity, (X) 246; and contradiction, (XV) 314; and the creation of chaos, (VIII) 91; and desire, (XIII) 126; (XIV) 97-98; (XV) 17, 20, 22, 59-60, 312-13; of desire, (XVI) 36, 86-87; and discipline, (XV) 68-69; as discipline, (XIII) 79-80; and dishonesty, (XVII) 266; and domination, (VII) 110-11; and the dull heart, (XV) 17; and effort, (XV) 90; and energy, (XIII) 161; of energy, (XVI) 67; versus freedom, (XVI) 61; futility of, (XII) 148-49; and the insensitive mind, (X) 244; of pleasure, (XV) 71; (XVI) 35; process of, (XIII) 80; and the senses, (X) 236; and society, (XI) 96; and violence, (XVI) 288; (XVII) 257. See also Authority; Compulsion; Conflict; Conformity; Discipline; Imitation; Method; Power; Religion; Repetition; Resistance; Saints; Tyranny; Will

Supreme self: as escape, (XIII) 151; futility of search for, (XIII) 89; as self-knowing, (XIII) 106. See also Atma

Surrender: as hindrance, (VIII) 174 Survival: and the creative, (XI) 69 Suspension: of thought, (XI) 130-32

Swamis: See Authority Symbol(s): as barrier, (IX) 163; defining, (VII) 122; as

destructive, (VII) 122; as distraction, (IV) 191; and fact, (XI) 297, 378; (XIV ) 52, 99, 195; freedom from, (VII) 269; (XIII) 198; as hindrance to the fact, (XVI) 59; importance of, (XIII) 296; as influence, (XII) 319-20, 322; living by, (XI) 385; and the mind, (XI) 279-80; (XIII) 7-8; and the movement of the mind, (XI) 332; as never real, (XVI) 241; as not the word, (XV) 240; and propaganda, (XIII) 7; versus the reality, (XVI) 103; (XVII) 71; and reasoning, (XI) 83; and religion, (XIII) 87; as sensation, (VII) 50; and sorrow, (XI) 284, 286; and words, (XI) 144; (XIV ) 222-23; and worship, (IX) 110; worship of, (XI) 203. See also Communication; Communion; Image; Naming; Nationalism; Propaganda; State; Verbalization; Words

Symptoms: versus dealing with the cause, (XVI) 7-8; and problems, (XVI) 8

System(s), (II) 2; (IV) 178; (V) 84, 85; versus achieving the quiet mind, (IX) 21; versus action, (III) 52; as barrier to the free mind, (IX) 198-99; and belief in God, (XIV) 278; and change, (VIII) 177; (XI) 277; versus comprehension of totality, (XI) 162; and confusion, (IV) 140; and contradiction, (XIII) 307; creating, (II) 12; versus creativity, (VII) 202; defining, (VI) 223-24; and deprivation of physical necessities, (IV) 163-64; economic, (VII) 203; and education, (IV) 106-8; (V) 105; and effort, (XVII) 122; and the empty mind, (XIV) 216; enslavement to, (XI) 317; as escape, (II) 64; as exploiters, (II) 196; external and internal, (II) 147-49; failure of, (XVII) 195, 215; false, (II) 3; freedom from, (IX) 279-80; futility of, (II) 114, 173; futility of book knowledge, (IV) 94; as hindrance(s), (II) 3; (XI) 260; as hindrance to change, (XIII) 27; as hindrance to clarity, (XI) 201-3, 205; as hindrance to democracy, (VIII) 30; as hindrance to the free mind, (XI) 53; as hindrance to meditation, (IX) 18, 24; (XI) 198; (XV) 276; and hindrance to world problems, (IV) 88; as human creation, (III) 20; versus human needs, (IV) 84-85; and ideology, (IV) 154-55; and illusion, (III) 1-2; and the imprisoned mind, (IX) 279; and inequality, (IV) 128; left and right, (VI) 180; and liberation, (VIII) 7; and the limited mind, (XIII) 69; and meditation, (VI) 211-12, 327-28; and problems, (VIII) 7; as problem solver, (III) 13; and problem of starvation, (VII) 177; putting aside, (XIV) 261; search for, (XI) 140-41; seeking, (XVII) 196; and self-discovery, (III) 1-2; (VI) 344; slave to, (XI) 377; and specialists, (III) 2; and the stupid mind, (XI) 221; and tradition, (XI) 260; true, (II) 3; and the world divided, (VIII) 41-42; and world problems, (VI) 72; (VIII) 49; (XI) 345. See also Authority; Belief; Compulsion; Conformity; Discipline; Habits; “How”; Idea; Ideal; Ideology; Images; Ism; Method; Patterns; Technique; Tradition; War; World problems

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Talent: as dangerous, (V) 286; and right

understanding, (III) 236; and self-knowledge, (IV) 26. See also Artists

Talking: and thinking, (XVI) 223 Tapas, (IX) 264 Taste: and the role of education, (VIII) 119 Teacher(s), (II) 79; (III) 167-68, 192-93; and the

ability to think, (VIII) 58-59; as authority, (VII) 105; and change, (X) 193; and comparison, (VIII) 67-69; and the conditioned mind, (VII) 74, 75; contradictory role of, (II) 4-5; as destructive to the follower, (XVII) 19; and disciples, (VII) 180; and discipline, (VIII) 90-91; in education, (V) 105; (VII) 60-61, 62, 64; and follower(s), (III) 84; (VII) 20-21; (X) 18; and a free atmosphere, (VIII) 123-24; function of, (VIII) 39; (XIV) 73, 276; as hindrance to discovery, (VII) 20-21; and laziness, (VIII) 71; and learning, (XI) 109; (XIV) 53-54; need for, (V) 192; need for educated, (VIII) 124-25; as nurturers, (VIII) 72-74; and observation, (XIV) 70-71; and possibility for change, (III) 212; and the relationships to the child, (IX) 155-56; relationship to students, (VII) 136; responsibility of, (VIII) 131; role of, (IV) 200; (V) 200-201; (VII) 65, 67-68, 85, 158-59, 246; (VIII) 86-87, 130; search for, (V) 242-43; and search for truth, (III) 9; and standard, (V) 261-63; as stupid, (X) 198; and technique, (V) 309; and truth, (II) 145-46; (VI) 96; and understanding ambition, (VIII) 97; and the use of fear, (VIII) 61-62. See also Authority; Books; Children; Conformity; Education; Educators; Exploitation; Guru; Intelligence; Leader; Learning; Master; Priest; Savior; Society

Teacher and disciple: absence of, (XI) 166; division between, (X) 231

Teachers and pupils: and learning, (XI) 206 Teaching: absence of, (IX) 238; defining, (XI) 5; and

discipline, (X) 180-81; importance of, (XI) 10; and learning, (IX) 171-73; (XI) 79-80; versus learning, (XIV) 271; versus organized teaching, (V) 202; versus the teacher, (XI) 47. See also Authority; Teachers

Technical capacity: and the educator, (XI) 3 Technical knowledge, (V) 232-23; (X) 9; and belief,

(XIII) 6; and the creative mind, (XIII) 67; and education, (VII) 162-63; (IX) 225; and learning, (IX) 238; and livelihood, (XI) 381; as necessary, (XIII) 122, 123; need for, (XIII) 246; versus self-knowing, (XIII) 158. See also Experts; Professions; Science; Specialists; Technology

Technical mind, (V) 23-24, 157; versus the creative mind, (VII) 283

Technical problems: and time, (XI) 270 Technical progress: and evolution, (IX) 29 Technical training: and education, (VII) 160 Technicians: versus the creative, (XI) 70; and human

problems, (XI) 137-38; as slaves in society, (XI) 104. See also Technical knowledge

Technique, (V) 308-10; and the artist, (IX) 58; and conformity, (VII) 17; and the creative, (IX) 122; versus creativity, (V) 145-46, 282-83; and education, (V) 199-201; versus experiencing, (V) 369; futility of, (VII) 180-81; and habits, (XIII) 242-43; as hindrance to meditation, (X) 104-5; and imitation, (VII) 219-20; and from the known to the known, (XI) 117; and learning, (VIII) 321; (IX) 171-72; meaning of, (V) 185; and means to an end, (XI) 260; and mechanical memory, (XI) 365; and memory, (IX) 110-111; without rebellion, (VII) 320. See also Discipline; “How”; Method; System; Patterns

Technological change: and the need for inward change, (XVII) 144. See also Change; Technology

Technological conditioning: and simplicity, (VII) 242 Technological knowledge: as accumulation, (XIV) 80;

and awareness, (XVII) 47; and human understanding, (XIV ) 54. See also Knowledge; Science; Technology

Technological progress: and moral regression, (V) 127-28, 134-35, 183; versus psychological progress, (VII) 49. See also Evolution

Technological specialization: and the bourgeois mind, (XIV) 215. See also Technological knowledge

Technology, (V) 156-57; (XIII) 1-2, 4; advance of, (X) 191-92; (XIII) 167-68; advances in, (XIV) 124; (XVI) 49; and the alleviation of poverty, (VII) 227; and authority, (XVI) 233; and change, (XIV) 2; (XV) 330; (XVII) 2; changes in, (XVI) 231; and comparison as progress, (XIV) 193; as cultivation of memory, (IX) 110-111; effects of, (X) 192; expansion of, (XIII) 219; and freedom, (XI) 378; and knowledge, (IX) 22; (XVI) 73; and leaders, (XIV) 3-4; and learning, (XVI) 52; limitations of, (XIV) 214; versus the mechanical, (XI) 123; misuse of, (V) 153; and the ‘more’, (IX) 251; and the need for authorities, (XIV) 171; and order, (XV) 56; and perfection, (VII) 306; and problems, (XVII) 31; and progress, (XVII) 19; progress in, (XVI) 42; and repetition, (XVII) 206; and thought, (XVI) 145, 164; and world change, (XV) 157. See also Automation; Computers; Industrialism; Knowledge; Professions; Science; Scientific knowledge; Society; Specialists; Technical knowledge; Technological progress

Teddy boys: as reaction, (XV) 71 Temperament: and dealing with problems, (XVII) 95-

96, 97 Ten Commandments, (II) 142 Tension, (XII) 26-27, 31, 36; and action, (XI) 110; and

the arts, (XV) 342; and conflict, (XVI) 162; and contradiction, (XI) 25; (XII) 31, 65, 66; (XIII) 237; (XV) 180; (XVI) 94; and energy, (XII) 63; expression of, (XVI) 162; and fear, (XVI) 175; and illness, (IV) 36-37, 47-48; and neuroses, (XVI) 153; and relaxation, (IV) 48; and resistance, (XVI) 148; understanding, (IV) 37. See also Self-contradiction; Intensity

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Theologians: and the invention of philosophies, (XVII) 40. See also Authority; Philosophy; Religion

Theology: as immature, (XIV) 198. See also Religion Theory (-ies): and conformity, (XI) 132-33; and the

empty heart, (XV) 338; and fact, (XII) 104; invention of, (XVII) 32; as reaction, (XII) 27. See also Habits; Ideal(s); Ideology; Illusions; Methods; Systems

Theosophical Society, (l) 143; (II) 225-26; (III) 25; and ceremony, (III) 58-59; purpose of, (II) 26-27; and role of organizations, (IV) 124-25; and self-expression, (II) 24-26; versus theosophy, (V) 202

Theosophy, (l) 162-63; (II) 21, 26-27, 178-79; (V) 202-5; (VI) 284-85; and belief, (II) 31; and ceremony, (II) 22-23; and defensiveness, (II) 20-21; and evolution, (II) 27-28; and Madame Blavatsky, (II) 27-28; versus scientific view of growth, (III) 67; and world salvation, (II) 10. See also Conditioning; Conformity; Identification; Religious organizations; Words

Things: See Possessions Thinker: aspects of, (IV) 45; and attention, (XII) 269;

and authority, (XII) 205; and change, (IX) 57; and concentration, (XII) 269; and conditioning, (VI) 145; and conflict, (XIV) 92-93; created by thought, (XIV) 242-43; (XV) 217, 219; and the creation of the image, (XVI) 46; as the creator of the center, (XI) 134, 137; defining, (XI) 142; (XIII) 263; (XV) 217-18, 224; as the electronic brain, (XVI) 272-73; and fear, (XV) 180-81; as an idea, (XV) 217-18; and meditation, (XIII) 264; need to understand, (IX) 66; as problem, (IV) 171; (XI) 332-33; and sorrow, (VI) 287; and space, (XVI) 190; and the still mind, (VI) 101-2. See also Center; Entity; ‘Me’; Mind; Observer; Observer and the observed; Self; Thinker and the thought; Thinking; Thought

Thinker and the thought, (IV) 24-25; 27, 147-48, 171, 183; (V) 43-44; (VI) 70-71, 91-92, 131, 181-83, 245, 294, 305-6, 335, 345; (VII) 153-54; (X) 142; and awareness, (IX) 31; as central problem, (VII) 47-49; and change, (IX) 56; and concentration, (VII) 27; and conditioning, (VIII) 148-49; (IX) 145, 215-16; and conflict, (XI) 355-56; (XII) 194-95, 240-41; (XIV) 36, 242-44; and the conflict of duality, (X) 41; (XIII) 176; and conformity, (XV) 215; and consciousness, (XVI) 58; and contradiction, (XIII) 43-44, 131; (XV) 11-12, 64, 179-81, 313-14; and control of, (V) 218-19; defining, (XIII) 135; and desire for permanence, (VII) 329; and division, (XII) 177-78; (XV) 66-67, 249; (XVII) 249-50; division between, (VII) 21-22, 50; (IX) 232-33; (XI) 170-71; (XIII) 90-91, 263, 331; (XIV) 157-58; and duality, (XVI) 68-69; and the duality of time, (XII) 101-2; and the end of struggle, (XIII) 304; and fear, (VII) 193; (XIV) 92-93; (XV) 217-19; as hindrance to contact, (XVI) 111; and ideals, (V) 291-92; integration of, (VIII) 155-56; and labeling, (V) 313; and listening,

(XVI) 161; and the ‘me’, (VIII) 209-10; and meditation, (IV) 127; (VII) 57; (VIII) 54-56, 192-93; (X) 105; and naming, (XII) 44, 48; as one, (IV) 42-43, 80; (V) 5-7, 263; (VIII) 291-93; (X) 14-15, 67, 82-83, 114-15; (XI) 198; (XVI) 205, 273-74; and the quiet mind, (X) 85; and search, (V) 330-31; separation of, (IV) 14, 193-94; (XIII) 194; and time, (XVI) 24; and truth, (VIII) 344-45; understanding the unity of, (VII) 280; and violence, (X) 82-83. See also Experiencer and the experience; Mind; Observer and the observed; Self; Thinker; Thinking; Thought

Thinking, (XI) 128-32; (XII) 1-2; (XV) 22-24; (XVI) 88-91; and the absence of the word, (XII) 126; and accumulation, (VI) 126-27; and awareness of the process, (X) 39; cessation of, (XVI) 134-35; as challenged response, (XI) 115-16; changing, (VII) 197; clearly, (IX) 219; and the collective, (IX) 126; collective and individual, (XII) 162-63; versus communion, (XV) 310; and conclusions, (X) 23-24; versus conclusions, (XI) 64; without condemnation, (X) 228-29; conditioned, (IX) 100-101, 260; as conditioned, (VII) 148-50; (VIII) 274-76; and conditioning, (X) 40; (XI) 15-16; without conditioning, (VIII) 145; as conflict of opposites, (XI) 90; and conformity, (XII) 29; and consciousness, (XVII) 169; consciousness of, (X) 54; and contradiction, (XVI) 279-80; and the creation of the thinker, (XV) 217-18; defining, (VIII) 235-36; desire to control, (IX) 132; and dialogue, (XVI) 258; and the division into the thinker and the thought, (XIII) 306; and education, (VIII) 60; ending, (X) 179-80; ending of, (XI) 60; ending the process of, (X) 213-14; experiencing the process of, (X) 112-14; and fear, (XIV) 292-93; (XVII) 171; fragmentarily, (XIII) 298; versus freedom, (IX) 35; and the free mind, (IX) 141-42; as hindrance to freedom, (XV) 304, 306; impermanence of, (IX) 216; and influences of conditioning, (X) 198; and inquiry, (X) 139; inquiry into, (XVI) 217; and the interval between challenge and response, (XV) 23; and the known, (XI) 53; as the known, (IX) 261; as limited, (X) 113; (XI) 203, 340; (XII) 124; mechanical, (XIII) 77; as mechanical, (XII) 214; (XVII) 217; as a mechanical process, (XII) 126; (XIV) 243; and memory, (XI) 115-16; as memory response, (X) 219; nature of, (XII) 31; need for new, (XIII) 73-74, 78; negative and positive, (X) 19; (XI) 89-94; and the observing mind, (XI) 352; and the occupied mind, (IX) 37; origin of, (XVI) 133-36; and pleasure, (XV) 141; (XVI) 36-37, 286-88; (XVII) 66-67; process of, (VII) 154, 231-33; (IX) 68, 111-12, 189-92; (X) 19, 50, 143, 214, 220, 238, 249-50, 260; (XI) 87, 89, 184, 187, 366-67, 389-91; (XII) 2-3, 121-22, 123-24, 250, 303-5; (XIII) 102-4; (XIV) 22-23, 35; (XV) 22-23; (XVI) 189, 288; as process of verbalization, (IX) 154; as product of tradition, (X) 50; as a reaction between challenge and response, (XII) 250; and response, (XII) 283;

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as the response of memory, (XIV) 292; as a response to a challenge, (XII) 303; and self-knowledge, (VII) 229; structure of, (XIV) 292-93; (XVI) 163-64; suppositional, (X) 22; as symbolic, (XIII) 7; and talking, (XVI) 223; without the thinker, (XII) 241; (XV) 219; and the thought, (XVI) 223; and time, (XII) 99; (XIV) 150; (XV) 131; and the time interval, (XV) 266; two kinds of, (XIII) 172; understanding, (X) 112-14; (XI) 32-33; understanding the machinery of, (XVI) 88-91; and understanding the mind, (VIII) 151-52; understanding the nature of, (XVI) 144-47; and understanding the positive, (XVI) 77; understanding the process of, (IX) 265; (X) 59; (XV) 224, 314-15; (XVI) 51; understanding the structure of, (XV) 304-5; and verbalization, (XII) 85-86, 301; and the word, (XI) 84-85, 87-88; (XII) 79, 301; without the word, (XVII) 237. See also Mind; Thinker; Thinker and the thought; Thought

Thinking and feeling: as one, (XII) 151 Thought, (l) 143-44, 152-53; (III) 189, 191-92, 193;

(VII) 222; (XI) 128-32; ability to end, (XV) 263; and the absence of answers, (XVII) 136; achieving truth, (l) 153-54; and action, (V) 43-44, 74, 207; (VI) 313; (XII) 21; (XIII) 315, 328; analyzing, (VI) 226-27; and the atma, (XIV) 158; (XV) 66-67; attempt to control, (XIV ) 36; attempt to escape from, (XVI) 201-2; awakening, (II) 103-4; and awareness, (IV) 94; (IX) 31, 60-61, 114; awareness of, (III) 239-40; and awareness of the process, (VIII) 255; and background, (XVI) 204; basis of, (III) 165; as breeder of fear, (XII) 220-21; as breeder of sorrow, (XIV ) 103; and the breeding of fear, (XVI) 107-8; as cause of fear, (XII) 259; and the center, (XIII) 43-44; cessation of, (IV) 153-54; (IX) 265; (XIII) 48; and change, (VII) 15; (XI) 310-11; coming to an end, (X) 84-85; and comparison, (IV) 2; without condemnation, (XIII) 298, 300; as conditioned, (VII) 317; (IX) 216-18; (XI) 42-43, 59-60, 338; as conditioned by habit, (IX) 106-7; and conditioning, (VIII) 111-12, 147-49; (IX) 11; (X) 104; (XIV) 107, 110; (XVII) 139; and conflict, (XVI) 75-76, 93-94, 133; as conformity, (VI) 299-302; and confusion, (XVI) 279; conscious and unconscious, (III) 170; and consciousness, (IV) 166; (VII) 196; (XIII) 285; (XVI) 10, 58; and continual experience, (II) 103-4; and continuity, (IV) 162; (V) 68-69; (VII) 331-32; (X) 10; (XIII) 146-47, 318-19; (XIV) 102, 105, 184, 190, 222; (XVII) 171-72; as continuity, (XI) 366-67; and the continuity of desire, (XV) 18, 22, 223-24; control of, (V) 218-220, 261-63; (VIII) 80; (XIV) 110, 157-58; and the creation of the center, (XII) 241; (XV) 314-15; and the creation of conflict, (XVI) 217; and the creation of confusion, (XVI) 163; and the creation of divisions, (XVI) 163; and the creation of fear, (XV) 160; (XVII) 112, 114, 143; and the creation of permanency, (XVII) 114; as creation of tomorrow, (XV) 24-25; as creator of fear, (XV) 30; as creator of the ideal,

(VII) 280; as the creator of pleasure, (XVII) 122; as creator of problems, (IV) 207; as creator of the thinker, (XVI) 46; as the creator of time, (XII) 221; defining, (III) 105; (V) 8, 233; (VI) 60-61; (XI) 128; (XVI) 55; and the demand for security, (XIII) 306; and desire, (XIV) 180, 183, 224; (XV) 60, 105-6, 108, 174, 313, 315; (XVI) 36, 37, 61-62, 88-89, 91, 146-47, 216-17; (XVII) 147-48, 184-85, 213, 239; and deterioration, (XV) 237-38; and discernment, (III) 6, 179-80; and discipline, (III) 247; and disorder, (XVII) 173; divisions of, (III) 165; as divisive, (VI) 313; and duality, (IV) 6; dying to, (XVI) 155-56; and effort, (l) 84-86; ending, (XIII) 103, 105, 172; (XVI) 58-59, 222; (XVII) 163-64; and ending of, (VII) 2-3; (VIII) 190; (IX) 24; (XII) 138; (XIV) 26; as endless, (X) 84; and energy, (XII) 64; as the entity, (XVI) 272; and experience, (XI) 268; and experience of ‘me’, (V) 124; and facing the fact, (XIV ) 26; and fact, (XIV) 195; and false and right, (II) 144; and fear, (VII) 314-15; (XII) 47-48, 60, 62, 303-4; (XIII) 103, 105; (XIV) 292-93; (XV) 30, 217-19; (XVI) 175, 281; (XVII) 72, 162-64, 226, 276; fear of, (II) 207-8; and fear of death, (XVII) 282; and feelings, (XVI) 279; field of, (X) 142; and the field of the known, (XII) 260; and fragmentation, (XVI) 280, 287-88, 294-95; and the fragmentation of time, (XVI) 238; versus freedom, (XI) 170; freedom from, (IX) 71-73; function of, (V) 236-37; (XIII) 286-88; (XVII) 111-12, 114, 164, 179; and function of in daily life, (XVII) 234-35; and the hereafter, (XVI) 106; as hindrance to contact, (XVI) 183; as hindrance to freedom, (XIII) 237-38; as hindrance to inquiry, (XIII) 69; as hindrance to looking, (XVII) 259; as hindrance to love, (VI) 197-98; as hindrance to mutation, (XIV) 189, 191; as hindrance to observation, (XVII) 219; as hindrance to perception, (XIII) 25; as hindrance to revolution, (XVI) 220; (XVII) 111; as hindrance to seeing, (XVI) 191; and the ‘I’ as separate, (VII) 255-56; and the idea of the soul, (XVII) 149; and immortality, (XVII) 172; inherited, (III) 173; inquiry into, (XII) 311-12; and the insensitive mind, (XVII) 269; interference of, (XV) 106; intervals between, (VI) 60-62, 110; and intervals of time, (XI) 115; and isolation, (VI) 281; and the known, (IV) 79; as the known, (XIII) 289, 291; limitations, of, (XII) 305, 311-12; as limited, (XI) 46, 375; (XII) 227; (XIII) 237; and limited action, (III) 172, 173; and limited energy, (XII) 66-67; as limiting, (XVII) 172; living without, (XIII) 233-34; looking without, (XIII) 108-9; (XV) 143; (XVI) 110-11; and love, (IV) 209; (XVI) 75-76, 189; machinery of, (XVI) 46; as matter, (XVII) 135, 136, 144; as mechanical, (XI) 170; (XII) 63; as a mechanical process, (XVI) 37; as a mechanism of thinking, (XII) 2-3; and meditation, (IV) 127; (V) 166, 209; and memory, (XIII) 43-44, 90-91; (XVII) 106; as memory, (VII) 155; and memory as hindrance, (VII) 203; as movement, (II) 43; and

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mutation, (XIII) 297, 300; necessary and unnecessary, (XVI) 275; need for, (XVI) 223; need to understand, (XII) 64; and negative observation, (XIV) 205; as never free, (XII) 180; (XIII) 233; versus the new, (XVII) 136; and observation, (XVII) 4; without the observer, (XVII) 165; as the old, (XVI) 185; as the origin of fear, (XIII) 134; (XIV) 63-64; origin of understanding the structure of, (XVII) 176-79; as partial, (XI) 337; and the past, (XIII) 143; (XIV) 151; as the past, (VIII) 39; (XVII) 133; and past and future, (VI) 191; and the permanent entity, (XI) 356; and pleasure, (XVI) 145-47, 287-88; (XVII) 12, 66, 163, 185, 204, 233-34; without pressure, (VIII) 317; and problems, (XIII) 184-85; and problem solving, (VI) 331-34; process of, (XII) 303-5; (XIII) 43-45, 134-37, 171-72, 196-97; (XIV) 191-92; (XVI) 15-16, 220-23; (XVII) 148; as the process of fear, (VII) 290; as process of greed, (III) 151-52; as a process of memory, (XII) 58; and the quiet mind, (XVII) 8, 266; as reaction, (XIV) 164; as a reaction to memory, (XIV) 243; and repetition, (XVI) 216-17; as the response of time, (XIII) 102-3; response to, (VI) 61-62; as the response to memory, (XIV) 22-23; as result of time, (V) 191; and right education, (XI) 1-2; and the search for life’s meaning, (XVI) 144; significance of, (VIII) 55; slowing down, (IV) 195; and society, (VIII) 315; (XVI) 166-67; and the solution of problems, (XIV) 161; and sorrow, (XIV) 22, 149, 211; (XVI) 142, 182; and the soul, (XVII) 108; structure of, (XV) 60; (XVII) 227; as the structure of words, (XIII) 41; suspension of, (XI) 130-32; and thinker, (VI) 17-18, 150-51, 206; (XVI) 24; thinking through, (V) 130-32; and time, (VIII) 50-51, 163; (XI) 86; (XIV) 93, 210, 253-55; (XV) 24, 76, 124, 129, 131, 237, 265, 303-5; (XVII) 26, 169, 269; as time, (XII) 47, 249-50; (XIII) 25, 171, 184-85, 242, 305; (XVI) 62-63, 142; and the time interval, (XVI) 107; (XVII) 142, 144; and the totality of action, (XI) 164; as transient, (VIII) 345; understanding, (VI) 245-46, 362; (XVI) 142-43, 166-73; understanding the machinery of, (XIV) 112; understanding the nature of, (XVI) 62; understanding the process of, (VIII) 289-93; (XVII) 150; understanding the structure of, (XVI) 288; (XIII) 286-88; as undivided, (IX) 12-13; as universal, (II) 127-29, 189, 207; versus the unknown, (XII) 260; as unoriginal, (XIV ) 150; (XVI) 15-16; and violence, (XVI) 290, 293; and the word, (XII) 62, 181; (XIII) 131; (XV) 161. See also Brain; Certainty; Consciousness; ‘I’; ‘Me’; Mind; Self; Thinking; Thought-feeling; Truth

Thought and the thinker: See Thinker and the thought Thought control: government, (X) 163-64; versus

meditation, (XVII) 179. See also Conditioning Thought, desire, and feeling as one, (X) 264-66 Thought-feeling, (III) 205-6, 216, 223-24; (IV) 7; and

awareness, (III) 210-11; (IV) 14; and conflict of identity, (III) 220; and craving, (III) 209-11; as destructive force, (III) 224; and escape, (IV) 29;

hindrance(s) to, (III) 208; (IV) 7-8; and negative comprehension, (IV) 32; and past, present, and future, (IV) 41; perversion of, (IV) 26; and reality, (IV) 39-40; and self-discovery, (III) 230-31; and time, (IV) 13, 22. See also Mind; Mind-heart

Thoughtful mind: and habit, (VIII) 78-80 Thoughtlessness: and conflict, (IV) 10; and the lazy

mind, (XI) 182 Thought, time, and memory: understanding, (XVII)

122. See also Memory; Thought; Time Thought, time, and pleasure: and understanding fear,

(XVII) 67. See also Pleasure; Thought; Time Thought, time, and sorrow: as interrelated, (XIV) 20-

27. See also Sorrow; Thinker; Thought; Time Thought, time, desire, and conformity: as interrelated,

(XV) 18-19. See also Thought Time, (l) 24-26, 134-35; (II) 70-71; (V) 136-40; (XI)

189, 191-95, 265, 269-70, 363-68, 388-93; (XII) 95-103, 157-62, 217, 220-22, 314, 316-17; (XIII) 24-29; (XV) 24-26, 117-25, 125-32; (XVI) 20-26, 141-44, 188-93, 238-41; and the absence of creative disorder, (XII) 173; and achievement, (IX) 176-77; and achieving perfection, (VIII) 331-32; and achieving understanding, (XI) 131; and action, (XI) 110, 112; (XIII) 45; (XV) 115; (XVII) 140; and action and idea, (XIII) 45; (XV) 142; and aloneness, (XII) 272; and ambition, (IX) 275-76; and ambition and envy, (XII) 205; and amusements, (XIII) 147-48; and analysis, (XVII) 141; and attention, (XVII) 22; and authority, (XII) 237; (XIV) 19; and becoming, (VII) 198-99; and the beginning and the end, (XII) 206; and behavior, (XVII) 202-4; beyond, (IX) 69; versus beyond time, (IX) 157; and the brain, (XII) 226; breaking through instantly, (XVI) 58; and brotherhood, (VII) 102; as cause of fear, (XII) 259; and the center, (XV) 219; as the center, (VII) 296-97; cessation of, (XI) 382; (XIII) 270; and the challenge of life, (XI) 28; and change, (VII) 8-9; (VIII) 163; (X) 193-94, 232; (XI) 125-26, 128, 313-14; (XII) 199, 287, 290-91; (XIII) 24; (XIV) 13, 230; (XV) 158, 303-7; (XVI) 56-58; (XVII) 143-44; chronological and psychological, (V) 139-40; (XIII) 145-46, 315; (VIII) 203-4; (XIV) 24, 93, 101; (XVII) 26; collapse of, (XV) 114-16; and the comparative mind, (VII) 208; and conditioning, (IX) 165; and consciousness, (VI) 266-67, 269; (VII) 283; (XIII) 291; (XVI) 54, 55, 58; (XVII) 116; and contact, (XIV) 279-80; contact with, (XV) 75; as continual, (III) 171; and continuity, (V) 221; (VI) 22; (VIII) 151; and contradiction, (XI) 239; and creation, (XII) 226, 313; and the creation of fear, (XII) 47; and death, (XII) 316; (XIV ) 254; (XV) 33; defining, (XI) 87; (XIII) 316; (XV) 24; (XVII) 26; and degeneration, (XIV) 200; and desire, (XVI) 87; and despair and hope, (XI) 140; and destruction of the social structure, (XIII) 170; and deterioration, (XV) 236; and the development of the brain, (XIII) 279; and disorder, (XV) 170, 182, 201, 338-39; (XVII) 176; and dissatisfaction,

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(IX) 46; and the dissipation of energy, (XV) 272; and distance, (XV) 261-62; divided as the immediate and the ultimate, (XVII) 101-2; division of, (XVI) 168; and dying to the past, (XV) 232; ending, (XVII) 103-4; ending of, (IX) 67; (XV) 116; (XVI) 176; and the ending of conflict, (XIV ) 49; and ending the center, (XVII) 89; and energy, (XII) 66; (XIII) 79, 338; enslavement to, (IX) 24; (XII) 75; as an escape, (XV) 182; essence of, (XV) 269-71, 273; versus the eternal, (IX) 34, 35; as evasion, (XIII) 108; and experience, (X) 51; as experience, (VIII) 39; (XIII) 222; explaining, (VIII) 331-32; fallacy of, (XVII) 268-69; falseness of, (XIV) 273; and fear, (XI) 52, 174-76, 348-49; (XII) 135, 140-41, 249-50, 314; (XIII) 137, 185; (XIV) 63-64; (XV) 117, 141; (XVI) 108; (XVII) 67, 71; and fear of death, (II) 13; (VIII) 245-46; (XIII) 34; (XVI) 107; and fear of ending, (XV) 108; and freedom, (VIII) 342; (IX) 143; (XVI) 63, 114, 192; freedom from, (XIV) 306, 309; and freedom from conditioning, (XVI) 112; and freedom from fear, (XII) 62; (XIV) 291; and freedom from habit, (XIII) 239-40; and freedom from past, (V) 189-91; versus the free mind, (X) 127; function of, (XIII) 316-17; and goodness, (XIII) 151; and gradual change, (X) 117-18; and gradualism, (VIII) 339-40; and habit, (XI) 82, 172; (XIII) 141, 249; (XV) 135; (XVI) 97; as hindrance to action, (XIV) 255; as hindrance to the eternal, (XIV) 221-22; as hindrance to freedom, (XIII) 240; as hindrance to mutation, (XIV) 35, 188-89; as hindrance to seeing, (XII) 57-58; as hindrance to understanding, (IX) 17; and “how”, (IX) 174-75; (XV) 134; as the idea, (XV) 24-25; and the ideal, (IX) 25; and the ideal of nonviolence, (XVI) 179; and identification, (XV) 169-70; and immortality, (l) 99-100; versus the individual mind, (XI) 145; and inertia, (XVI) 27-28; and influence, (XII) 96-97; and the innocent mind, (XIV) 202; inquiry into, (XVI) 141-42; and interval, (XV) 212, 214; (XVI) 268; as an invention of the mind, (XIV) 305; kinds of, (VIII) 331; and knowledge, (XI) 269-70, 362; and liberation, (l) 41-42; as limitation, (VII) 225; and love, (XIV) 308-9; and maturity, (XIII) 145, 245, 248; (XVI) 73; and the ‘me’, (XIII) 303-5; and the mechanical process, (XV) 109; and meditation, (VIII) 325-26; and memory, (II) 13; (V) 119, 136; (XVII) 163; and the mind, (V) 347; (VI) 165, 220, 286-89, 347-49, 359-60; (VII) 19, 126, 135, 276-77, 318-19; (VIII) 50, 189-90, 250, 269; (IX) 141-42, 190, 195, 222, 231; (X) 113, 142, 237, 258; (XI) 43, 115-16, 168-70, 200, 280, 304, 332; (XIII) 91-92; (XIV) 309; (XV) 255; (XVII) 36; and the movement of the mind, (XV) 134-35; and mutation, (XIII) 109; (XIV) 59; as necessary to truth, (IX) 168-69; as necessity, (XV) 305; need to understand, (XII) 62; and the new mind, (XIII) 53; (XIV) 5; and the now, (XV) 267; and observation, (XV) 46, 67; and the observer, (XVII) 211; and order, (XV) 175, 262; and order

and disorder, (XV) 207; (XVI) 184; and the past, (XVI) 200; past, present, future, (IV) 94; (VI) 40-42; and perception, (IX) 170, 172-73; and the petty mind, (XI) 95; physical and psychological, (XV) 117; and pleasure, (XVII) 67; and postponement of the ideal, (IX) 199-200; and present stillness, (IV) 12; prisoner of, (IV) 22; and problems, (XIV ) 304-5, 308; (XV) 114-15, 211-12; process of, (XVI) 205-6; and the process of change, (VIII) 23-24; and the process of the mind, (VII) 238-39; and the process of thinking, (XIV) 292-93; and the process of thought, (XIV) 22-23; (XV) 18; and process of understanding, (V) 359-61; and progress, (IV) 42; (IX) 98; (XII) 51; as a psychological continuity, (XIV) 222; and psychological fear, (XIV) 93; and psychological mutation, (XV) 133; and reality, (V) 94; rejection of, (XV) 137; and the religious man, (XI) 49-51; and the religious mind, (XII) 226, 272, 324; and renewal, (XVI) 242; and the resolution of problems, (XIV) 23, 253; and revolution, (XII) 56; (XIV) 126; revolution of, (X) 170; and the role of religion, (X) 118; and search, (VIII) 241-42; and seeing, (XIV) 306; and seeing the fact, (XIII) 177-78; and seeing the whole, (XVI) 238, 240; and seeking experience, (XIV ) 110; and the self, (VI) 321-23; and self-deception, (VI) 323; and self-knowing, (XV) 183; and self-understanding, (XIV ) 155; and solution to questions, (XVI) 233-34; and sorrow, (XI) 221-22; (XII) 209; (XIII) 308; (XIV) 305-9; (XVI) 141-42; and the soul, (XV) 319; and space, (XVII) 75; versus space, (XIII) 158; and spiritual entity, (VI) 209-11; (VII) 21; and the still mind, (VIII) 343; and the structure of the conscious and unconscious, (XIV) 62; and the structure of thought, (XVII) 269; and the struggle to become, (X) 87-88; and thinking, (X) 250-51; and thought, (V) 237; (XI) 86; (XIII) 102-3, 134, 137, 171, 185; (XVI) 55, 62, 63, 142; (XVII) 163, 169; as thought, (XII) 38, 62, 303-4; and the timeless, (VIII) 241-42; versus the timeless, (VII) 9; and timelessness, (l) 80-82; and the totality of the mind, (XIII) 241; and transformation, (IV) 207; (V) 50-51, 52; (XI) 152; versus transformation, (X) 102; and truth, (IX) 165; types of, (VII) 238; (XII) 98-99; (XIV) 149; and the unconscious, (XIV) 63; understanding, (XI) 49-51, 75-78, 248-49; (XIII) 102-3; and understanding, (XII) 272; and understanding conflict and security, (XIV ) 134; and understanding fear, (XV) 158; and understanding living, (XVI) 188-89; understanding the process of, (XVII) 67; and verbalization, (XII) 86; and violence, (XII) 201; and virtue, (V) 31-32; (XI) 265; (XIV) 89; and will, (XVII) 103-5; as yesterday, today, and tomorrow, (IX) 126; (XI) 110; (XIII) 25. See also Continuity; Death; Future; Interval; Known; Meditation; Memory; Mind; Past; Present; Space; Thought; Timeless; Tomorrow; Unity; Yesterday; Yesterday, today, and tomorrow

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Time, death, and fear: relationship between, (XII) 217-23

Time, death, and love, (XVII) 23-31; as interrelated, (XIV) 254, 257-58. See also Death; Love; Time

Time, death, and sorrow: as interrelated, (XIV) 100-106, 147-54, 208-14. See also Death; Sorrow; Time

Time, desire, conformity, and thought: as interrelated, (XV) 18-19. See also Conformity; Desire; Time

Time interval, (XVII) 141-44; and change, (XVII) 268; and fear, (XIV) 253; and freedom from fear, (XV) 31; and the observation of the past, (XIV) 295; and the observer and the observed, (XVII) 141, 142, 144; and the process of thought, (XII) 3, 250; between seeing and action, (XIV) 294; and violence, (XVII) 142; and the wasting of energy, (XIV) 293-95. See also Interval; Time

Time lag: See Interval Timeless: versus accumulation, (VIII) 333; and

affection and integrity, (XIII) 25-26; as basic, (X) 232-34; and change, (VIII) 163-64; and creation, (XI) 382; (XV) 47; and the creative, (X) 10; discovery of, (XI) 105; and effortless awareness, (VII) 325; and ending, (XI) 50; and the ending of thought, (XII) 305; and freedom from fear, (X) 209-10; historic search for, (XVI) 250; and knowing, (XI) 269-70; and life, (XI) 317; versus memory, (VII) 49; mind, (XII) 84; and the mind, (VII) 210, 238-40, 276-78, 302; (IX) 126-27; movement of, (XIII) 98-99; and the new, (XVI) 123; and the past, (XII) 137; and perception, (XI) 222; and problems, (IX) 35; and the quiet mind, (VIII) 329; and reincarnation, (IV) 189; and the religious spirit, (XIV) 46; and right thinking, (III) 208-9; search for, (XI) 76, 169; versus self-fulfillment, (IX) 85; and self-knowledge, (VIII) 56, 344; and the sensitive mind, (XIII) 55; and silence, (XII) 267; and the silent mind, (VIII) 170; and the slavish mind, (XI) 258; and the spiritual, (IX) 218; and the state of creation, (XIII) 105; and the state of understanding, (XIV) 84; versus time, (IX) 50; and transformation, (VIII) 178; and truth, (VII) 115; and the unoccupied mind, (VII) 249. See also Eternal; God; Immeasurable; Life; Meditation; Mutation; New; Peace; Quiet mind; Reality; Time; Timelessness; Truth; Unknown

Timelessness, (XII) 95-103; and the absence of beginning and end, (XII) 97; and the absence of resistance, (XVI) 26; defining, (XII) 58; and freedom from accumulation, (IX) 288; and the industrial society, (IX) 277-78; and love, (V) 148; and meditation, (V) 165; quality of, (XIII) 26; and revolution, (XII) 159; and space and time, (XII) 162. See also God; Reality; Timeless; Truth; Unknown

Time, sorrow, and death: as interrelated, (XV) 74-80. See also Death; Sorrow; Time

Time -space interval: and looking, (XVII) 141, 142, 144. See also Interval; Space; Time

Time, thought, and sorrow: as interrelated, (XIV) 20-27. See also Sorrow; Thought; Time

Today: See Present; Time Tolerance, (II) 21; (III) 92-94; (V) 339; and conflict,

(III) 66; as divisive, (II) 18-19; as limitation, (l) 71-72; and prejudice, (V) 340; and religion, (l) 148-49; and sects, (II) 18-19. See also Brotherhood; Divisions

Tomorrow: absence of psychological, (XIV) 273; (XVI) 12; and the creation of fear, (XVII) 143; freedom from, (XVI) 22; as the ideal, (XI) 192; as invention, (XV) 24-25; living without, (XV) 109; as nonexistent, (XIV) 305; and psychological time, (XV) 108-10; and time, (XIV) 151; (XVI) 21-22. See also Future; New; Past; Time

Torture: and the search for God, (XIV) 141-43 Tortured mind: and seeking, (XVII) 153. See also Dull

mind; Mind Total: harmonious perception of, (XVII) 137; looking

at, (XVII) 267; versus the particular, (XV) 186-90. See also Division; Fragmentation; Totality; Whole

Total action, (XI) 160-65, 223-28; (XIV) 280; achieving, (XI) 239-40, 372; (XVII) 104; as action without reaction, (XII) 128; and complete mutation, (XII) 288; and the field of existence, (XI) 161; versus fragmentation, (XVII) 119; and the free mind, (X) 210-11; and giving the heart, (XV) 6; and listening, (XV) 235; meaning of, (XV) 63; as meditation, (XII) 204; and observation, (XIII) 299; (XIV ) 2; and partial action, (XI) 318-19; and problems, (XIV) 304; and revolution, (XIII) 336; as total life, (XV) 345-46; understanding, (X) 174-76; (XII) 33, 40; and understanding, (XIV ) 81; and the whole of life, (XII) 204. See also Action; Total; Whole

Total answer: versus the particular answer, (XIV) 264. See also Problems

Total attention, (XVII) 45; and the cessation of ‘me’, 259; and continuity, (XIII) 183; defining, (XVI) 10; and discipline, (X) 257; and the ending of memory, (XVII) 148, 150; and the ending of problems, (XIII) 174; and ending sorrow, (XI) 288; and the ending of thought, (XIII) 172; and freedom, (XIII) 238; and freedom from fear, (XIII) 248; and listening, (XIII) 214; and pleasure, (XIII) 174; and reality, (X) 272; and seriousness, (XVI) 132. See also Attention; Awareness; Fragmentation; Meditation; Total; Total awareness

Total awareness: and the absence of fear, (XII) 259; and freedom from conditioning, (XIII) 321, 322; and freedom from the past, (XIII) 241; importance of, (XIII) 260; and meditation, (XI) 393; and the serious mind, (XIII) 276; state of, (XII) 302. See also Awareness; Total attention

Total change: See Change; Mutation; Religion; Revolution; Total revolution; Transformation; True religion

Total commitment: and the unbalanced mind, (XII) 177. See also Commitment

Total death: versus organic death, (XII) 221. See also Death

Total demand: and search for reality, (XI) 290-91

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Total denial: and the new mind, (XIII) 53. See also Denial; Negation

Total entity: and the human being, (XVII) 223; and the human problem, (XI) 15. See also Change; Individual; Radical transformation; Revolution

Total freedom: and the need for energy, (XVII) 161. See also Freedom; Total

Total human being: defining, (XI) 7; and the resolution of the psyche, (XIV) 5. See also Human beings

Total integration: and the search for happiness, (IX) 179-80

Totalitarianism: and change, (XI) 310. See also Authority; Tyranny; World problems

Totality, (IX) 214-15, 217-18; and action, (IX) 262-63; as approach, (XI) 178; of approach to problems, (X) 4; as approach to seeing conflict, (XII) 195; awareness of, (X) 253; and the conscious mind, (XV) 188-89; and consciousness, (XVII) 145, 149-51; as consciousness, (XI) 384; defining, (X) 129; versus the detail of thought, (X) 64; difficulty of, (XI) 160; experiencing, (XI) 33-34; versus the fragmentary, (X) 148-49; versus fragmentation, (XV) 163; (XVII) 1-2; and listening with clarity, (XVII) 64; and the mind, (XI) 279, 338, 383; of the mind, (XII) 120; of mind and body, (XI) 326; the need to understand, (X) 85-88; of observation, (XI) 287; and the particular, (XI) 106-7; perception of, (XV) 284; and pleasure, (XVI) 287; of problems, (X) 139-41; and the religious mind, (XII) 270; (XIII) 86, 89, 156; seeking pleasure in, (XVII) 65-66; viewing, (XI) 63, 65; viewing problems, (XI) 132. See also Fragmentation; Total; Whole

Totality of being: and awareness, (XII) 306 Totality of choice: and action, (XI) 221 Totality of consciousness: and fear, (XII) 251;

understanding, (XII) 221 Totality of life: concern with, (XIII) 106; and the

conscious mind, (XV) 188-89; versus fragmentation, (XIV ) 212; versus the fragmentary, (X) 148-49; and the hindrance of division, (IX) 253-54; and individual problems, (XV) 191; versus the limited mind, (XII) 309; need to understand, (XIV) 12; and the quiet brain, (XIII) 117; and resolving of problems, (XIV) 303-4; seeing, (XV) 189-90; (XVI) 240; and sensitivity, (IX) 273; and the totality of death, (XI) 391; understanding, (IX) 281-83; (XI) 152, 160; (XII) 109; (XIII) 158-59; (XVI) 2, 4-5; and understanding death, sorrow, and time, (XIV) 209. See also Divisions; Life; Total; Total awareness; Totality

Totality of mind: conscious and unconscious, (X) 141, 143-44; (XI) 253; and fear, (XII) 60-62; and meditation, (XII) 203, 205

Totality of time: and the free mind, (XIII) 160. See also Time

Total life: versus fragmentation, (XV) 107; versus tribal life, (XV) 67. See also Total

Total mind: conscious and the unconscious, (IX) 22; versus the fragmented mind, (IX) 1; and the hindrance of ideas, (X) 111; and human beings,

(XV) 219; and time, (XIII) 241. See also Divisions; Mind; Quiet mind; Time; Total

Total mutation: and the absence of time, (XVII) 268-69. See also Mutation; Total

Total negation, (XVII) 20; and the end of seeking, (XVI) 115. See also Life; Negation; Total; Totality of life

Total perception: and denial, (XIII) 26. See also Perception; Seeing

Total response: and sensitivity, (XII) 325 Total revolution, (VIII) 161-65, 187-89; achieving,

(XVII) 36; approach to, (XIII) 207; versus authority, (X) 205-6; and the awareness of the self, (XVII) 198-99; versus belief, (VIII) 255; (XIV) 77; and the cessation of the observer, (XVI) 203; without division, (IX) 71; as essential, (VIII) 48-52; and the free mind, (X) 130; and the futility of social reform, (VIII) 319; and the immeasurable, (XIII) 216; and the immediate, (XVII) 104; and living without war, (XV) 296; meaning of, (XVI) 48; necessity for, (VIII) 48-49; (IX) 12-13; need for, (XVII) 99-102; and the need for energy, (XVII) 119-20; and the new, (VIII) 270; and a new society, (XVII) 196; and order, (XVII) 173; and the perception of truth, (XI) 294; possibility for achieving, (XVII) 110; and the process of self-understanding, (VIII) 142-44; as psychological, (VIII) 49; without reaction, (XIII) 233; and the religious mind, (XII) 175; and self-knowledge, (VIII) 297-99; as solution, (VIII) 145; and the unity of man, (XVI) 225. See also Change; Mutation; New; Radical revolution; Radical transformation; Reality; Reform; Religion; Religious revolution; Revolution; Total; Transformation; True revolution; Truth

Total seeing: and the brain, (XII) 192; versus fragmentation, (XVII) 265, 267-68; and the quiet mind, (XVII) 277. See also Seeing; Total

Total transformation: achieving, (XII) 256. See also Change; Revolution

Total understanding: state of, (XII) 273 Total world: versus the fragmented world, (XII) 191 Tradition, (l) 187; (II) 9-10; acceptance of, (XVII)

129, 165; and ambition, (VII) 16; and authority, (VII) 66-67; (XVII) 280; and the bound mind, (VIII) 148; and change, (XV) 302; versus change, (VII) 2; (X) 69; and choice, (VIII) 109; and communication, (XIV) 283; and communication through language, (XVII) 222; and the conditioned mind, (VII) 73-75; and conformity, (II) 91-92; and contradiction, (X) 234; as copying, (VIII) 70-71; as dead, (XVII) 118; defining, (XV) 82; denial of, (XVII) 153; as destructive, (XI) 209; and the dull mind, (VIII) 79; and education, (VIII) 74; versus fact, (XII) 104; and the fear of death, (IX) 52; freedom from, (VIII) 28; (X) 109, 178; (XII) 170-71; and the Gita, (XII) 293; and hierarchy, (VIII) 44; as hindrance to the free mind, (XV) 5-6; as hindrance to God, (X) 71; as hindrance to listening, (XI) 35; as hindrance to morality, (XVII) 217; as

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hindrance to the new, (IX) 211; as hindrance to the new mind, (XII) 276; and Hinduism, (VIII) 203; historical, (l) 94-95; and imitation, (VIII) 101-3; in India, (VII) 63-64; and the individual, (IX) 274; (XI) 296, 366-67; and inquiry, (XIII) 334; and inward poverty, (VII) 63, 64; as limitation, (XII) 28; and the limited mind, (III) 90; and loss of dignity, (VII) 61; and mediocrity, (IX) 212-13; (X) 11-12, 26, 59; and meditation, (XV) 82; (XVI) 30; and memory, (X) 51; and the mind, (XII) 17; need to break with, (XII) 230; versus new relationships, (X) 192; and occupation, (IV) 9; origin of, (IX) 277; and the past, (XII) 96; as propaganda, (XII) 15, 281; and public opinion, (II) 5; rejection of, (XVII) 197-98; and religion, (XI) 94; versus the religious man, (XII) 78; and response to the word, (XVI) 105; as secondhand light, (XVI) 9; and self-contradiction, (XI) 219-20, 222; and self-knowledge, (XI) 186; shaping the mind through, (XI) 167; and simplicity, (VIII) 94; and slavery, (XI) 255, 304, 332; and the sleeping mind, (XI) 159; and social discipline, (VIII) 295; stupidity of acceptance, (IX) 177; and time, (X) 127; versus true religion, (X) 186; types of, (XIII) 67-68; as the unconscious, (XVI) 199; understanding, (V) 82, 171; and words, (XVI) 13; and world problems, (IX) 193-94; worship of, (XVI) 6. See also Accumulation; Belief; Conditioning; Conflict; Conformity; Copying; Discipline; Experience; Habit; Idea(s); Ideology; Images; Imitation; Knowledge; Known; Livelihood; Memory; Method; Past; Patterns; Systems

Traditional mind: as hindrance to the new, (XVII) 134. See also Mind; Tradition

Traditional religion: abandoning of, (XIV ) 161. See also Religion; Tradition

Training: versus the free mind, (X) 18; futility of, (XIII) 190; as hindrance, (X) 19-20. See also Discipline; Method

Tranquility, (V) 4; and absence of fear, (V) 69; achieving, (IV) 13; (VI) 148; and awareness, (IV) 114-15, 182; and discontent, (VIII) 18; and disturbance, (VIII) 128-30; versus the dull mind, (VIII) 51-52; effortless, (VII) 4; and the essence of beauty, (V) 35; versus ideas, (V) 347; and the measureless, (V) 299; and observation, (XIII) 14-15; and self-awareness, (IV) 52; and thought, (VI) 191; and understanding, (VI) 162-63; (VIII) 38; and wisdom, (IV) 22; (VI) 72. See also Conflict; Quiet mind; Silence; Silent mind; Still mind; Stillness; Tranquil mind

Tranquil mind: and freedom, (V) 83; and understanding, (V) 226-27. See also Quiet mind; Still mind

Transcendental: and daily life, (XV) 54 Transformation, (V) 49-52, 220-22; (VI) 39-40; (VII)

6-10; (VIII) 5-6; and the ability to listen, (VII) 98; versus accumulation, (X) 157; achieving, (VIII) 37, 156; (X) 102; (XIII) 213; and achieving happiness, (IX) 15; achieving inner, (V) 362-65;

attempts at, (XVII) 100; and attention, (V) 290; and cessation of seeking, (XI) 238; versus change, (IV) 206-7; and choice, (VII) 165; through comprehension, (XIV) 122-23; and comprehension of the whole, (XI) 147-52; conditions for, (XIII) 248; and conflict, (X) 117-18; versus continuity, (VIII) 245-46; and daily dying, (V) 319-20; desire for, (VII) 276; and direct contact, (XVII) 219; and discontent, (VII) 211-12; and education, (V) 173-74; effortless, (XIII) 214; and experience of the eternal, (VII) 14; and the experiencer and the experience as one, (X) 83; and facing the thought, (V) 131-32; and fact, (VIII) 304; and the failure of authority, (XVII) 61-62; and family, (V) 18; and freedom, (XV) 203; honesty and miracle of, (V) 134-35; without ideology, (VI) 186; and the individual, (IV) 205-6; (V) 11-12, 49, 154-56, 342; of the individual, (IX) 226-27; and individual responsibility, (V) 157; inner and outer, (V) 9-13, 33; and listening, (IX) 237; and listening with attention, (IX) 200-201; and meditation, (V) 270; and the mind, (VII) 6; (XIV) 191; versus modification, (VII) 203; and naming, (V) 274-75; necessity for, (IV) 23; need for immediate, (XII) 51; need for multilevel, (V) 40; and passive awareness, (V) 266; as personal action, (X) 253; possibility of, (XVII) 196; and the religious man, (XV) 50, 90; and revolution, (XIV) 126; and right livelihood, (IV) 141; versus routine interests, (XIII) 276; and the self, (X) 241; through self-knowledge, (IX) 28-29; and sensory values, (IV) 149, 151, 156, 157; and seriousness, (XIII) 276; and society, (XVI) 47; of society, through the individual, (X) 129-30; and the state of aloneness, (VII) 220; and stillness, (IV) 179; and suffering, (V) 316; and true revolution, (V) 197; (VII) 213; of the unconscious, (VII) 281; and understanding, (VIII) 216; through understanding, (V) 19, 143, 330-32; and understanding the mind, (VII) 275-77; and understanding patterns, (VII) 278; and what is, (VIII) 24; (XV) 305-6; of world, through individual intention, (V) 30-31. See also Change; God; Mutation; New; Quiet mind; Reality; Reform; Reformation; Religion; Revolution; Self-knowledge; Total revolution; True religion; Truth

Transiency: to permanency, (XI) 117 Translating: and conditioned thinking, (XVII) 221;

versus listening, (XVII) 101. See also Language; Words

Translation: as hindrance to understanding, (XIV) 274. See also Communication

Tribal instincts: and divisions, (XVII) 104; and memory, (XVII) 106. See also Society

Tribal life: as hindrance to the total, (XV) 67 Trivial: as root of understanding, (III) 233-34 Triviality: defining, (VIII) 124; and the mind, (VII)

32-33 True: attempting to find, (IX) 165-66; and the

cessation of influence, (X) 104; and the cessation of thought, (X) 113; versus the conflicted mind,

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(XII) 196; versus control of the mind, (IX) 146; and the denial of authority, (XVII) 160; versus dependence, (IX) 67; desire to discover, (XV) 165; discovering through listening, (XI) 159; discovery of, (IX) 216; (XIII) 64, 206; (XIV) 42; and energy, (XIV) 6; and facing the fact, (XV) 65; and the false, (VIII) 233; finding, (IX) 138; and freedom from authority, (XIII) 71, 72; and freedom from fear, (X) 133; and freedom from influences, (XIV ) 221; and freedom from motive, (XII) 141; and the free mind, (X) 164-67; futility of seeking, (XVII) 175; and the hindrance of belief, (X) 107-9; and the hindrance of concepts, (XVII) 84; and the mind, (IX) 68; and observation, (XII) 231; and order, (XVII) 223; and questioning, (XIII) 11; and the quiet brain, (XII) 263, 267; and the state of negation, (XII) 255-56; and understanding the mind, (X) 142-43. See also False; False and true; God; Immeasurable; Reality; True and false; Truth

True action, (III) 29-30; defining, (VII) 189. See also Action

True and false: and belief, (XIV) 267; and conformity, (XI) 230; desire to discover, (XV) 63; and discontent, (XIV ) 265; and the empty mind, (XIV) 300; and experience, (XV) 3; and freedom , (XIV) 169; inquiry into, (XIII) 181; and listening, (XII) 143-44; and the need to listen, (XVII) 248; and negative thinking, (XIII) 257. See also True; Truth

True freedom: meaning of, (VII) 160-62. See also Freedom

True fulfillment: See Fulfillment True intelligence, (II) 44; achieving, (IV) 65. See also

Intelligence True meditation: See Concentration; Meditation True religion, (V) 197, 263-65; (VII) 316-19; (VIII)

135-36; and the absence f fear, (XVII) 164; and change, (VII) 322; versus the collective, (IX) 13; defining, (VII) 255; meaning of, (X) 79; need for, (X) 63; versus society, (X) 224-25. See also Change; Religion; Religious man; Religious revolution; Revolution; True

True revolution, (V) 197; (XI) 70-71; defining, (VIII) 167-70; and religion without security, (X) 79; and the role of education, (VIII) 58-59; and self-knowledge, (XI) 89; and the universities, (VIII) 154. See also Change; Radical revolution; Radical transformation; Religious revolution; Revolution; Total revolution

True search: and false divisions, (III) 3 True seeker: and capacity, (IX) 49 Trust: as nonexistent, (XIII) 120 Truth, (l) 1-3; (II) 4-5, 11-12, 156, 197; (III) 24; (IV)

159; (V) 281-83, 320-22; (VI) 38, 133-35, 264; (VII) 156; (XV) 240-41; and the absence of authority, (XIV) 12, 81; (XV) 173; and the absence of conflict, (VII) 292; (XIV) 57; and the absence of fear, (VII) 147; as absolute, (VIII) 185; and acceptance, (II) 51-52; without accumulation, (VII) 265; achieving, (II) 4-5, 215; (III) 23; (IV) 33, 59; (V) 351-52; (VI) 47, 70; (VII) 141-42;

(VIII) 164, 216, 274; (IX) 85; (X) 165-67; (XI) 20-21, 99, 189; (XV) 55; and action, (l) 45; as alive, (XIII) 15; and aloneness, (V) 324; (XVII) 227; and ambition, (VI) 339; and anonymity, (XI) 373; as anonymous, (VIII) 126; approach to, (X) 170-73; attempt to achieve, (X) 240-43; and attention, (XI) 249; versus authority, (IX) 146-47; (X) 205-6; and the authority of experience, (VII) 301, 303; and the avoidance of knowing oneself, (VII) 136; as awareness, (II) 33-34; and the beginning of wisdom, (XI) 159; versus being right, (XVII) 126; versus belief, (II) 206; capitulation to, (V) 172; and choice, (VIII) 204; and Christianity, (II) 3; and the clergy, (II) 38; versus the collective, (X) 79; and complexity, (III) 112-13; and the conceptual and factual, (XI) 9; and the conditioned mind, (VII) 169, 175-76; (VIII) 219; and conditioning, (VI) 160; versus conditioning, (X) 2, 8; and conflict, (VIII) 207; (XII) 14; and conformity, (l) 23; and confusion, (VIII) 211-12; without conscious effort, (VII) 175; as constant movement, (V) 122-24; as constant renewal, (X) 131; and continuity, (V) 69; versus continuity, (VIII) 209, 309; (XIII) 325; contradictions of search, (l) 56-57; as creation, (XV) 94; and creativity, (l) 12; in daily activity, (XVII) 172; defining, (XIV) 21; and denial, (XIII) 129; and desire for security, (V) 24-30; desire to know, (XI) 222-23; desire to teach, (IV) 144-45; and destruction, (XIII) 113; and direct perception, (XI) 218; discerning, (III) 9, 230; and discipline, (XIII) 321; and discontent, (X) 32; discovering, (II) 14, 33-34; (VI) 85-86; (VIII) 254-56; (X) 233-34; discovery of, (XII) 261-62; (XIII) 120; (XIV) 81-82, 83, 84; (XV) 3, 6; and discovery of, moment to moment, (XIV) 28; and the division between life and death, (XIII) 315; and divisions, (V) 84; and doctrine, (II) 189; as a dynamic, (VI) 5; as effortless, (VII) 176; through effortless comprehension, (VIII) 298; and effortless listening, (XIV) 165; and the elimination of contradiction, (XI) 22, 25; and the empty mind, (VIII) 243; and the ending of sorrow, (XI) 222; and energy, (VIII) 306; (X) 245; and experience, (V) 18-19, 206-8; and fact, (X) 30; (XIV) 25; as the fact, (XVII) 101; and the false, (V) 48; false teachings about, (III) 96-97; without fear, (VIII) 63; and the field of time, (XVI) 47; finding, (VIII) 249; versus fragmentation, (XI) 106-7; and freedom, (X) 27; (XIV) 145; through freedom, (VI) 91-92; and freedom from authority, (V) 218-19; and freedom from belief, (VI) 111; (VIII) 264, 294, 320; and freedom from ideals, (XI) 25; and freedom from the known, (X) 212; and freedom from limitations, (VIII) 299-300; and freedom from more, (VII) 209; and freedom from the past, (V) 94; and freedom from patterns, (VIII) 319; and freedom from society, (VIII) 302; and the free mind, (X) 12, 54, 123; (XI) 29; (XIII) 238; and fulfillment, (II) 225; (VII) 167; futility of search for, (IV) 188-89; (VI) 298-99; (VIII) 25-26; (X)

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162; (XIII) 161-62, 206; (XVI) 82; futility of seeking, (XVII) 251; and guides, (II) 29-30; and guru, (VI) 47-48; versus the habit of ideals, (XI) 24-25; and the healthy mind, (XIV) 142-43; and the hindrance of intellectualizing, (XVI) 68; and the hindrance of opinions, (XVII) 228; and hopelessness, (II) 113; and humility, (VIII) 335-36; (X) 264; and idea, (VI) 354-57; and illusion, (l ) 2, 72; (II) 186; and illusion of search, (IV) 62; and imitation, (VI) 93; as immediate, (XIV) 21; and immediate perception, (XIV) 2, 200, 215; as immediate perception, (XI) 181; as impermanent., (VIII) 333; as independent of belief, (VII) 184; and the individual, (VIII) 301-2; (X) 70; and individual discovery, (VII) 311-13; as indivisible, (XV) 227; through insecurity, (IV) 32; and intellect, (XI) 45; and inquiry, (XIV) 23; and inward revolution, (XI) 17-18; versus knowledge, (VIII) 141, 215; (XIV) 86; and leaders, (II) 11-12, 29; and leaders and followers, (XVII) 98; as liberating factor, (XI) 233; and liberation, (X) 40, 211; as liberation, (IV) 84; as liberator, (IV) 96, 160; as life, (III) 122; and the limited self, (VIII) 312; and the limitless mind, (X) 20; as living, (VIII) 341; as living reality, (l) 44-45; as a living thing, (XIV) 18; (XV) 341; of material versus spiritual, (V) 186-87; meaning of, (l) 177; (V) 35-36; and the mediocre mind, (VIII) 18; and meditation, (V) 210-11; (VI) 327; (XIII) 95, 324; and the mind, (VI) 318; (XI) 81; through mind and heart, (II) 115; and the mind that is alone, (IX) 3; and miracles, (IV) 206; mo ments of, (IV) 18-19; as moment to moment, (XI) 20, 76-77; from moment to moment, (VII) 210, 283; (VIII) 144, 185; (XII) 277; as movement, (l) 71; (XI) 185, 227; nearness of, (V) 193; the necessity to experience, (VII) 179-80; and the need for freedom, (XV) 328; and the need for love and beauty, (XVII) 187; and the need for order, (XV) 171, 173; as new, (VII) 317, 319; and a new culture, (VIII) 292; as non-continuity, (VI) 307; as nonutilitarian, (XV) 332; and the occupied mind, (VII) 248-49; and open mind, (IV) 132-33; and organizations, (l) 185; versus organized religion, (X) 200-201; and passive awareness, (V) 9; and the past, (XI) 281; as pathless, (IV) 108-9, 151, 157; (V) 123-24; (VIII) 344; (IX) 142-43, 153, 197, 233-34; (X) 201; (XI) 167; perceived in a flash, (XIII) 158, 162; perception of, (X) 64; through personal experience, (l) 12; and personal gain, (IV) 72; as personal search, (VI) 114-15; versus the petty mind, (XIV) 259; and prayer, (XIV) 260; and prejudice, (II) 21; and the principle of pleasure, (XVII) 181; process of finding, (V) 25-26, 27-28, 30; through questioning, (II) 5; and the quiet mind, (VII) 196; and reality, (l) 4; realization of, (l) 7, 184; (IX) 230-31; and recognition, (VI) 362; and reincarnation, (V) 25-28, 29; and relationship, (V) 14; through relationship, (VII) 184-85, 245-46; and religion, (V) 37, 112; (VI) 31-32; (VII) 131; (X)

217-18; and religious illusions, (II) 161; and the religious mind, (XVII) 250; and repetition, (IV) 144; (V) 92; (VI) 24; versus repetition, (VIII) 47; and the righteous man, (IV) 190; search for, (l) 1-2, 3, 4, 56-57, 146-47; (II) 14-15, 53, 233-34; (III) 5; (IV) 49; (V) 203-5; (VI) 9-10, 17; (VIII) 328-29; (XIV) 7, 9; (XVI) 57; and the search for authority, (VIII) 241-42; and search for God, (IX) 180; and search for leaders, (V) 47-48, 192-93; and the searching mind, (VIII) 273; seeing, (XVII) 277; seeing instantly, (XIV) 279; and self-awareness, (VIII) 144; self-deceit, (l) 2; and self-discovery, (VIII) 214; self-discovery of, (XIV) 121-22, 124, 127, 143-44, 171-72; (XVII) 247; and self-knowledge, (l) 2; (IV) 58, 66; (V) 32; (XIV ) 78; and sentimentality, (X) 236; and the serious mind, (XV) 4; and silence, (VII) 155; (XV) 40; and society, (II) 187; versus society, (IX) 84-85; as solutions to problems , (IV) 69; and sorrow, (VIII) 334; through spontaneity, (III) 126; as state of being, (IV) 79; as a state of experiencing, (IV) 197; as a state of mind, (XI) 119-20; and state of uncertainty, (VI) 245; and the still mind, (VI) 77-78, 176, 224, 328, 361; (VIII) 14-15, 52, 157, 266, 342; (XVII) 242; and substitution, (l) 191-92; subtlety of, (V) 214; and suffering, (l) 2, 106; and teachers and followers, (XVI) 52; and theosophy, (V) 203-5; and time, (l ) 4; (VIII) 250, 332-33; (XIV) 200; as timeless, (IV) 198; (XII) 86; (XIV) 118-19; and transformation, (V) 155, 221-22; (VI) 229; through unconditioned freedom, (III) 124; and the unconditioned mind, (XIII) 322; and the unconscious, (VII) 183; understanding, (III) 175; (IX) 238; and understanding, (l) 127; (VI) 16, 297-98; (VII) 114-15; (XIV ) 82; and understanding the inner and outer, (XIV) 2; and understanding the movement of life, (XVI) 6; and understanding needs, (II) 49; and understanding observation, (XV) 38-39; and understanding relationships, (IV) 172; understanding the self, (XI) 300; as a unity, (l) 109; and the unity of time, (l) 104; as unknowable, (l) 71; as the unknown, (IX) 31; and value, (l) 106; and what is (V) 57; (XI) 289. See also Authority; Awareness; Creation; Eternal; Fact; God; Greed; Hindrance; Intelligence; Love; New; Prejudice; Quiet mind; Reality; Religion; Thought; Timeless; True; Unknown

Truth, beauty, and goodness: as one, (X) 269 Turmoil: See Conflict; Confusion Tyranny: acceptance of inward, (XVII) 174; and

action, (XII) 22; and authority, (IX) 225-26; and control, (X) 172; and despair, (XI) 334; and disorder, (XVII) 167; and example, (IX) 202; existence of, (IX) 186; and freedom, (XI) 116; and the ideal of the perfect state, (VII) 268-69; and the imitative mind, (XI) 104; and obedience to authority, (XIII) 9; and order and disorder, (XVII) 223-24, 246; and society, (IX) 194, 229-30; versus the spiritual life, (X) 205; spread of, (IX) 249; (XII) 22; versus truth, (VIII) 212; as the

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Ugliness, (VII) 271-72; and the cultivation of beauty,

(VII) 271; and energy, (XII) 290; escape from, (VII) 206-8; and living, (XII) 16-17; living with, (XII) 12, 136; and the sensitive mind, (XII) 105, 165; sensitivity to, (VI) 299. See also Beauty

Ugly: and the beautiful, (IX) 272-73; (X) 269-70; and beauty, (XI) 10; and conditioning, (XI) 32, 205

Ultimate and the immediate: and dealing with problems, (XVII) 102. See also Gradual; Immediate; Time

Unawareness, (VII) 120; and sexual desire, (XVII) 130. See also Awareness

Uncertain mind: as young, (XII) 237. See also Innocent mind

Uncertainty: and the accumulation of knowledge, (XIV) 170-71; and the creation of reality, (X) 55-56; and creativity, (V) 160; and discovery, (VIII) 209; and fear, (VIII) 190; (XV) 27-28; fear of, (VI) 34-45; and freedom from conflict, (XII) 292; as the human state, (XIV) 132-34; living with, (XIII) 204; and mental illness, (XII) 239; and the mind, (VI) 357; as necessity, (VI) 188; (VIII) 303; need for, (XIII) 119, 227; and the non-static mind, (VII) 150; and violence, (XV) 300. See also Certainty; Conflict; Confusion; Discontent; Fear; Negation; Permanency; Security

Unconditioned: defining, (III) 124 Unconditioned mind: achieving, (VIII) 146; (IX) 144-

45; and awareness, (IX) 137; and change, (X) 195; as fundamental issue, (IX) 2; as an idea, (XVII) 128, 129; and the past, (IX) 4; purpose of, (IX) 145; and the significance of life, (IX) 94; understanding, (XVII) 106-7. See also Conditioning; Individual; Mind; Quiet mind; Revolution

Unconscious, (VI) 266-67, 269; (VII) 195-97, 281-83; and analysis, (VI) 364-66; and authority, (XIV ) 19-20, 131; and awareness, (X) 253; (XIII) 322; awareness of, (XVII) 62-63; as below the surface, (XI) 339; and challenge, (X) 220; and change, (VII) 294, 295-97; (IX) 55-57; (XI) 162, 360; (XII) 254; (XIII) 215; and conditioning, (IX) 100-101, 108; (X) 38-39; and conflict, (XIII) 16; (XIV ) 10, 11; and the conscious, (IX) 22; consciousness of, (XIII) 292-94; and contradiction, (XI) 33; and culture, (VIII) 14; (IX) 52; defining, (VII) 296; (IX) 56; (XIII) 7, 225-26; (XIV) 111, 140; (XV) 153; (XVI) 10; describing, (XII) 166-67; describing the function of, (X) 211-12; and the desire for security, (VIII) 82; and desire to dominate, (V) 302-4; and desire to understand, (XVI) 199; and discovering God, (VII) 253; and the divisions of consciousness, (XVII) 145-46; and dreams, (V) 141; (VIII) 330; (IX) 60-61, 123-24; (X) 120, 151-52; (XIII) 266; (XV) 121; and education, (XI) 10-12; and the empty mind, (XIII)

293; and escape, (XIV) 114; exploration of, (XVI) 198-200; fallacy of, (XVII) 165; as fashionable, (XVI) 226; and fear, (XIII) 137, 302; (XIV) 249; (XV) 318; (XVI) 210; and freedom from the past, (XIV) 190; and the free mind, (X) 3; function of, (X) 237; (XII) 41, 70, 96; (XIII) 37; (XV) 11; and habits, (XIII) 239-40, 243; as the human past, (VII) 171-72; and immediate understanding, (XIII) 292; and influence, (XI) 167-68; and influences on the mind, (XIV) 221; inquiry into, (XII) 218-20; and introspection, (VIII) 344-45; as the mass, (III) 125; and the ‘me’, (XI) 86; and the mind, (X) 55; and motives, (X) 39; need to know, (XIV) 62; and the negative approach, (XIII) 185; as the negative mind, (XI) 204; nonexistence of, (XVII) 3, 24, 59, 83-84, 85; and occupation, (IX) 58-59; and the past, (VIII) 215; (XIII) 68, 290; (XV) 218, 306, 336; (XVI) 188; and the positive approach, (XIII) 169; as a positive process, (XII) 126; and the power of thinking, (X) 141-43; and prayer, (IX) 235; and problem solving, (V) 81; process of, (VIII) 324; and the process of thinking, (XII) 124-25; and propaganda, (V) 276; and renewal, (VII) 281, 283; response to, (XV) 153; and revolution, (VII) 183; (VIII) 155; (XIII) 206-7; role of, (XIII) 193-95; and self-knowledge, (VIII) 143; (X) 51; and self-understanding, (IX) 87; and the significance of words, (XI) 85; and silence, (XIV) 218; and the simple mind, (VIII) 122; and social conditioning, (XIII) 225-26; and sorrow, (XV) 221; and the still mind, (VIII) 225; as stored up memory, (XVI) 105; strength of, (XVI) 56; and suppression, (X) 146; and time, (XVI) 143; as the total of mankind, (VII) 276; and tradition, (XIII) 317; understanding, (VIII) 210; (XII) 111-13; (XIII) 167-69; (XIV) 63, 65; and the unknown, (X) 61; and work, (V) 53-54. See also Analysis; Belief; Brain; Conscious; Conscious mind; Consciousness; Mind; Psychology; Sleep; Unconsciousness

Unconscious and the conscious: as one, (XIII) 7, 37 Unconscious mind, (VIII) 147-48; and conditioning,

(XIV) 38; and consciousness, (XI) 230, 232-33; defining, (VIII) 13-14, 265; function of, (XI) 231-33, 327-28; and inquiry, (VII) 261; as nonindividual, (XV) 188-89. See also Mind; Unconscious

Unconscious problems, (XIII) 132; and dreams, (XIII) 132. See also Conscious; Problems

Uncreated: and freedom from acquisition, (III) 246 Uncreative: and conflict, (XIII) 18. See also Creation Uncreative life: effects of, (IV) 119 Understand: defining, (XIII) 284; (XIV) 1-2, 9-10, 71-

72, 80-81, 101, 231, 239; (XV) 165, 303-4; (XVII) 58; meaning of, (XVII) 11. See also Understanding

Understanding, (l) 139; (II) 21; (VI) 95; and acceptance, (VI) 290-91; achieving, (III) 158-59; (VI) 38; (VII) 121, 195; (XI) 218-19; (XIV) 66; action, (IX) 203-7; (XI) 109-13, 160-65, 201-3, 205-6, 223-28, 262-65, 314-19, 341-46, 358; (XII) 20-29, 31, 33-36, 40; (XIII) 326-30; (XIV) 68, 70,

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203-8, 231-37, 280-85; (XV) 170; (XVI) 4, 72-77, 170-71, 173-75, 267-72; (XVII) 18-22; through action, (II) 15-16; action and idea, (XVII) 248-53; action and reaction, (VI) 144; and action of relationship, (VI) 116-17; and the act of listening, (XIV) 8; ambition, (VIII) 98; (IX) 274-76; (XIII) 124-27, 130; attachment, (IX) 37-38; (X) 116; (XI) 121-23; attention, (XI) 119; (XIII) 172-77; authority, (XI) 379-83; (XII) 234-38, 295-99; (XIII) 120-24; (XIV) 244-47; (XVII) 173-79; without authority, (VII) 6-7; awareness, (IX) 30-31, 69, 139-40, 285-87; and awareness, (XIII) 188; and awareness of illusion, (IV) 67; becoming, (VIII) 170; (X) 266-69; and the capability of the many, (X) 62; center, (XI) 134-35; and the cessation of escape, (XIV) 115; challenge and response, (XII) 68-81; (XVI) 208-10; change, (IX) 45, 225-27; (XI) 123-28, 228-30, 271-78, 309-14; (XII) 253-57, 284-87; (XV) 132-38, 156-63, 197-202, 302-8, 333-39; (XVI) 47-50; (XVII) 9-11, 13-14; and change, (II) 222-23; (VIII) 161-65; clarity, (XI) 201-6; (XVI) 7-13; and the clear mind, (XIII) 101; collective, (IX) 125-28; commitment, (XI) 323-25, 328; communication, (XIV) 280-85; communion, (XIV) 280-85; without comparison, (VII) 208; (VIII) 159-60; (X) 34; and completeness, (VII) 5; concentration, (X) 160-61, 227-28; (XI) 119-20; without condemnation, (VI) 2-3; (X) 13; (XI) 254; (XVII) 225; condition for, (IV) 159-61; conditioning, (IX) 88; (X) 215; conditioning of the mind, (IX) 8; conduct, (XVII) 200-204; conflict, (IX) 66, 101; (X) 41; (XII) 129-33, 153-57, 175-79, 193-98, 238-43; (XIII) 230-34, 282-86; (XIV) 7-13, 78-82, 124-26, 129-34; (XV) 341-46; and conflict, (II) 33, 49; (VI) 72-74; (XVI) 6-13, 80-82, 84-85, 91-92; conformity, (XV) 220; confusion, (VIII) 121; (XI) 51-52, 178-82; (XVI) 274-81; conscious mind, (X) 211-12; consciousness, (IX) 97-99; (X) 18; (XI) 229-31, 258-59, 263-64, 383-88; (XVI) 58-59; and the contented mind, (VIII) 53; and contentment, (VI) 186-87; (VII) 114; continuity, (XIII) 317-20; contradiction, (XI) 22-27, 336-40; (XV) 178-83, 249-53, 310-15; creativity, (VIII) 159; custom, (XI) 322-23, 325; death, (VIII) 138-39, 277-78; (IX) 16-17, 158; (XI) 135-38, 240-43, 363-68, 388-89, 391-93; (XII) 157-58, 160-63, 217-19, 221-22, 258-63, 315-19; (XIII) 99-100, 102-5, 144, 146-49, 256-59, 315-20; (XIV) 31-33; (XV) 228-31; (XVI) 30-32; (XVII) 73-75, 112-14; death fear, (VI) 209-11; death, love, and time, (XVII) 23-31; death, sorrow, and time, (XIV) 100-106, 147-54, 208-14; defining, (XII) 41; (XIII) 68, 244; (XIV) 152; (XV) 19-20, 335-36; denial, (XIII) 85-88, 90-92; dependence, (VIII) 114-15; (X) 92-93; (XVI) 118-21; desire, (II) 28; (VI) 248-51; (VIII) 149-50, 303-5; (IX) 81-83; (X) 58, 221, 244-45; (XII) 148-53; 243-47; (XIII) 124-26; (XIV ) 96-100; (XV) 15-19, 19-22, 165-66; (XVI) 35-39, 85-89; despair, (XIII) 218-22; detachment, (IX) 37-38;

deterioration, (XV) 240; (XVII) 77-80; discipline, (X) 146-47, 246-49; (XIII) 79-82; (XIV) 144-46; without discipline, (VII) 147; discontent, (IX) 207-9; (X) 183; disorder, (XVII) 173-79; dissatisfaction, (IX) 43-47; division between the thinker and the thought, (XIII) 305-6; and divisions, (II) 192; and doubt, (l) 164-65; dreams, (IX) 123-24; dying, (XVII) 235-37; earnestness, (XI) 73-74; education, (IX) 12; and education, (VI) 21-22; effect of the word, (XIV) 53; effort, (XI) 258-59, 261-63; (XVII) 230-34; emotion, (VIII) 136-37; emotionally and intellectually, (XIV) 73; emptiness, (VIII) 112-13; (IX) 23; (XV) 167-69; and the end of knowledge, (XII) 114; and the end of thought, (VI) 102; energy, (XI) 272-73, 276-78; (XII) 63-67; (XIII) 230-34; (XIV) 288-96; (XVII) 130, 230-32; enslaved mind, (XI) 253-58; the environment, (II) 56, 103; envy, (IX) 250-53; (X) 27-30, 264-65; escape, (X) 52-53; (XI) 285-88; (XVI) 262-66; escape from, (VI) 200; examination, (XVI) 32-38; experience, (XI) 265, 268-71; (XIII) 152-54, 219-22; (XVI) 180-83; and experience, (l) 116, 137; through experience, (II) 219; (IV) 115-16; fact, (XII) 284-87; (XIII) 32-34, 36, 37-40; fear, (VII) 191, 193; (VIII) 107-8, 159; (IX) 9; (X) 37, 93-94, 132; (XI) 52, 116-18, 173-77, 240-42, 285-87, 346-51; (XII) 40-41, 43, 45-48, 58-62, 134-39, 139-42, 217-23, 248-52, 303-5; (XIII) 33-36, 99-105; 131-32, 170-73, 302-5; (XIV) 88-94, 192-97, 248-51, 290-93; (XV) 27-33, 117-19, 122-24, 158-63, 316-23; (XVI) 59-65, 103-12, 175-80, 210-13; (XVII) 73-75, 161-66, 225-27, 274-77, 281-82; feeling, (XI) 120-21; following, (VIII) 172-73; (IX) 148-52; formulas, (XIV) 141-47; fragmentation, (XVI) 237-41, 288-97; freedom, (IX) 143-44; (XI) 46-47, 214-18, 253-58, 376-79, 379-83; (XIII) 105-12, 237-40, 288-92; (XIV) 82-88, 134-40, 296-302; (XV) 116-20, 123-24, 208; (XVI) 125-28; (XVII) 16-21, 223-27; and freedom, (II) 81, 96; (VIII) 127-28, 129; freedom from authority, (XII) 234-38; and freedom from conflict, (XII) 239; and freedom from fear, (VIII) 62; fulfillment, (IX) 46-47; futility of cultivating, (VII) 120-121; goodness, (XI) 322-23, 325; gradual and immediate, (XIII) 178; (XV) 169-70; habit(s), (IX) 106-7; (X) 133-35; (XIII) 239-40, 242-43; with the heart, (XV) 5-6; hidden mind, (XI) 11-12; and hindrance of comparison, (VII) 304; and the hindrance of conflict, (XII) 123; hindrances to, (IV) 74-75; as hindrance to disintegration, (XIV) 67; humility, (XI) 265-67, 270; and the ‘I’, (II) 30; ideals, (XI) 23-25; ideas, (XIV) 231-37; ideology, (XVII) 138-44; images, (XVII) 77, 79-82; imitation, (XVI) 13-19; as immediate, (XI) 248-49; (XIII) 144; (XIV ) 13, 273; and immediate perception, (XIV) 2, 215; importance of, (VII) 117; individual and the collective, (II) 209; individuality, (X) 176-77; individual, religion, and mutation, (XIV) 161-67; inertia, (XVI) 27-30; influence(s), (X) 116; (XI) 271-74; (XII) 236-37;

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inquiry, (IX) 268-71; (XI) 265-66, 269-70; as instantaneous, (XI) 256; intellect, (XV) 165; intelligence, (XII) 7-10; and intelligent living, (II) 57-59; and intuition, (II) 23; (VI) 219; karma, (X) 221-23; knowledge, (X) 259-62; (XI) 265, 268-71, 335-40, 379-83; (XIII) 79, 80-82, 85; and knowledge, (VIII) 225; versus knowledge, (VI) 11; language, (XIV) 238-44; laziness, (XIII) 138-41, 143; learning, (X) 231, 233; (XI) 1-12, 79-82; life, (l) 32-33, 111-12; (VIII) 340-41; (XI) 189-95, 314-19; (XIII) 131-35, 137, 245-46, 248-49; (XVI) 213-19; life and death, (VI) 210-111; and life movement, (l ) 34; (II) 160; listening, (VIII) 175-76; and listening, (X) 112; through listening, (XI) 20; living, (IX) 268-71; (XIV) 256; (XVI) 187-91; loneliness, (VI) 237; (VII) 272-73; (VIII) 198; (IX) 62-63; (XVII) 113; love, (X) 270-71; (XV) 228-31; (XVII) 202-5, 233-34; and love, (VI) 198; love, time, and death, (XVII) 23-31; masks, (XVI) 225-30; maturity, (XIII) 245-48; ‘me’, (VI) 240; (VIII) 227; (IX) 40-41; meaning of, (VI) 285-89; (VII) 194-95; (XI) 336; (XIII) 66, 291; (XIV) 189; (XVI) 33; (XVII) 122-23, 167-68, 244, 265-66; meditation, (VIII) 192-94; (IX) 18, 73-75, 131-33, 213-14, 279-80; (X) 160-62, 227-29; (XI) 138-44, 195, 201, 244-47, 279-83, 388-89, 392-93; (XII) 41-46, 48; (XIII) 99, 149-56, 261-65, 265-67, 320-25; (XIV) 33-39, 106-12, 154-61, 258-63, 298-302; (XV) 34-40, 81-88, 134-38, 174-76; (XVI) 29-32, 65-71, 144-48; (XVII) 78, 80-83; and meditation, (IV) 181-82; (VI) 60-62; (VIII) and memory, (l) 181; the mind, (VIII) 143-44, 146-49, 163-64, 249-50; (X) 141-44, 237; (XI) 61, 63-68, 114-18, 165-71, 279-83, 335-41; (XII) 107-15, 203-6, 263-69; and the mind, (IX) 211-12, 221-23; of mind and heart, (IV) 173; motive, (XI) 273-78; mutation, (XII) 284-87; mutation, religion, and the individual, (XIV) 161-67; need for, (IV) 143; need for authority, (IX) 8; need to seek, (X) 6-7; and negation, (XIII) 226; negative approach, (XV) 253-60, 260-66; negative thinking, (XI) 89-93; through the new, (IV) 50; the new mind, (XVI) 14-19; and the new mind, (XIV) 17; as not permanent, (XIII) 259-60; now, (XV) 266-69, 273; observation, (XII) 43-46, 48; (XIV) 1-7; through observation, (VIII) 151-52; the observer and the observed, (XVI) 202-5, 268-74; the old and new, (VI) 46; oneness of living and dying, (X) 154-55; order, (XII) 189-92; (XV) 171-75; order and disorder, (XV) 116-20, 124-25, 295-301; (XVII) 223-24, 227-28, 245-51; pain, (II) 28; passion, (XIII) 250-52, 253-56; (XIV) 95-100; past, (X) 237; (XI) 50; patterns, (X) 11-12; peace, (IX) 15-16; (XV) 220-26, 295-96; (XVI) 125-30, 130-35; as perception, (II) 15; and perfection, (l) 112-13; petty mind, (XI) 94-99; pleasure, (XV) 70-74, 140-44, 164-69; (XVI) 35-39, 214-18, 282-88; (XVII) 10-13, 14-15, 64-70, 181-85, 188; positive approach, (XV) 253-60, 260-66; positive thinking, (XI) 89-94; power, (IX) 274-77; (XI) 274-77;

prayer, (IX) 18; without preconception, (IX) 161; without prejudice, (VI) 312; and the present, (XI) 53; and pride, (XI) 30; privilege, (II) 29-30; problem(s), (VIII) 317; (IX) 36-37; (X) 110, 121, 124-25, 150, 173; (XI) 265-67, 270; (XII) 7-12; (XIII) 132-33; (XIV) 174-80, 180-87; (XV) 191-97; (XVI) 207-10; (XVII) 31-38, 56, 93-99; process of, (X) 139; process of authority, (IX) 3; process of the mind, (IX) 136-38; (X) 220-21; process of problems, (IX) 9; process of self, (IX) 4; process of sorrow, (IX) 18; process of thought, (XIII) 134-37; psychological structure of society, (XIII) 165-70; quality of, (XVII) 4; and questioning, (XVI) 33, 65-71; and the quiet mind, (VI) 179; (VII) 293; and radical change, (XI) 322; reaction, (XII) 21-22, 24-29, 31, 36; and regeneration, (VI) 296; relationship(s), (III) 160-61; (VIII) 336-38; (XVI) 33-35, 39, 43-47; relationship of sorrow, thought, and time, (XIV) 20-27; religion, (X) 186; (XI) 144-48, 289-94, 357-63; (XIV) 263-69; religion, mutation, and the individual, (XIV) 161-67; religious freedom, (IX) 34; religious inquiry, (X) 223-24; religious life, (X) 207-8; (XIV) 263-69; religious mind, (XII) 223-27, 319-20, 322-26; (XIII) 92, 156-60, 162-63; (XIV) 42-46, 112-19, 263-69; (XV) 40-48; versus remembering, (VII) 108-9, 117-18; renewal, (XVI) 242-45; and renewal, (II) 202; resistance, (XIII) 106-12; and the resolution of problems, (XIII) 133; response and challenge, (XII) 68-81; and result, (VI) 233-34; revolution, (XI) 358, 360-61, 383-87; righteousness, (X) 223-25; right thinking, (X) 220-21; sanity, (XV) 171-72; search, (IX) 18-20, 178-85; the search for, (II) 56-57; security, (XII) 133-37; (XIII) 121-24; (XIV) 129-34; and seeing totally, (XVI) 5; seeking, (XI) 234-38; (XVI) 180-83; (XVII) 86-90, 151-56; the self, (IV) 1-2; (VI) 92-93; (VII) 293-94; (VIII) 10; (IX) 17; (X) 33; (XI) 85-86; (XII) 109-10, 114; (XIV) 201; through self, (III) 9-10, 149; and self-contradiction, (XI) 261-65; and self-expansion, (IV) 59-60; self-improvement, (IX) 40-42; self-knowledge, (III) 195-97, 198-200; (IX) 137-38; (XI) 19, 183-89; through self-knowledge, (IV) 142; (VI) 24, 46-47; self-pity, (XIII) 139-42, 143; seriousness, (XII) 183-85; (XVI) 131-34; and the silent mind, (VI) 157, 271; (VII) 142; (XVII) 58; and simplicity, (VI) 73-74; (VIII) 106; slavery, (XI) 330-35; social structure, (XIII) 119-24; sorrow, (IX) 96; (XI) 218-23, 283-88; (XII) 91-95, 207-12; (XIII) 82-85, 140-41, 143, 172-75, 307-14; (XV) 341-46; (XVI) 139-44; (XVII) 180-81, 185-86, 188,. 237-42; sorrow, death, and time, (XIV) 100-106, 147-54, 208-14; source of, (IV) 7-8; state of, (XII) 218; (XIII) 217-18; and the still mind, (VI) 160-61, 231; (VIII) 3-4; stillness, (IX) 66; through stillness, (IV) 76; struggle, (XIII) 124-27; and struggle, (VII) 29, 31; suffering, (XII) 90-95, 175-77; superficial mind, (XI) 11-12; thinking, (X) 238, 249-51; (XI) 32-34, 128-32; (XVI) 88-91, 133-36;

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thought, (XI) 128-32; (XVI) 166-73, 220-23; and thought, (VI) 221-22; thought process, (VIII) 289-93; (X) 112-14; time, (XI) 49-50, 75-78, 131, 189, 191-95, 265, 269-70, 363-68, 388-93; (XII) 95-103, 157-62, 217, 220-22; (XV) 24-26, 117-25, 125-32; (XVI) 20-26, 141-44, 188-93, 238-41; versus time, (XII) 272; time, death, and love, (XVII) 23-31; time interval,, (XVII) 141-44; timelessness, (XII) 95-103; time, sorrow, and death, (XV) 74-80; and tolerance, (l) 71-72; total action, (X) 175-76; (XI) 160-65, 223-28; and total attention, (XVI) 128; totality, (IX) 214-15, 217-18; (X) 129; totality of life, (X) 86-88; tradition, (IX) 212-13; unconscious, (X) 211-12; (XIII) 193-95; understanding, (XI) 330-31; violence, (IX) 116-21, 241-42; (X) 81; (XIV) 293-94; (XV) 295-96, 299-301, 333-39; (XVI) 288-97; virtue, (X) 246-48; (XIII) 224-25, 227-28; and virtue, (VI) 102-3; voluntary, (II) 203; war, (XV) 295-96, 299; and war, (XVI) 228; ‘what I am’, (VIII) 108; what is, (VII) 292; 107-8; (XI) 26, 286-89; (XVII) 86-90; what is and ‘what should be’, (VIII) 158; the whole, (III) 211-12; (VIII) 5, 8-10; (XI) 149-52; will, (XI) 44, 47, 285-88; words, (XI) 83-89; (XII) 301-3; working to achieve, (XVII) 245; and world peace, (III) 74-75; world problems, (XIV) 161-63. See also Action; Awareness; Conflict; Craving; Desire; Freedom; God; Greed; Hindrance; Ignorance; ‘I’ process; Reality; Truth

Unemployment, (II) 19 Unhappiness, (VI) 40; escape from, (VIII) 206; and

frustration, (VIII) 195; knowing, (XII) 17. See also Happiness; Sorrow; Suffering

Uniqueness: and circular movement, (III) 14; and creative power, (III) 2; and the individual, (II) 186-87; and individual energy, (III) 50

Unity: of action, (l) 82; of feeling and knowledge, (IV) 1; and group identification, (VII) 4; of time, (l) 4; and understanding disunity, (XV) 299. See also Divisions; Truth

Unity of man: versus commitment, (XVI) 233; and gradualism, (XVI) 227; and the need for outward change, (XVI) 242; as the only political question, (XVI) 231. See also Unity of mankind

Unity of mankind, (XVII) 30; as the only political problem, (XVII) 30, 53, 143. See also Divisions; Peace; Unity of man; World problems

Universal: as false, (X) 80; and the particular, (XII) 10 Universal religions: and belief, (X) 217; as

contradiction, (X) 245 Unknowable: achieving, (XII) 313; and belief, (IX)

113; effortless approach to, (XIII) 169. See also Known; Reality; Unknown

Unknown: achieving, (XII) 273; and action, (VIII) 45; and awareness of the known, (IX) 160; and change, (X) 137; versus the conditioned, (X) 272; and conflict, (XV) 98-99; and creation, (XIV) 196-97; creation of, (XI) 200-201; and creation of fear, (VII) 315, 331; as creative, (VIII) 159; and death, (IX) 16, 158; (XI) 288-89, 365; (XII) 107, 260;

(XIII) 105, 319; (XIV) 31-33; (XV) 128, 231; (XVII) 171, 172, 277; and death, love, and time, (XIV) 258; discovering, (IX) 245, 255; and drugs, (XI) 82; and effort, (IX) 248-249; and the empty mind, (VIII) 24-25; entering into, (IX) 53; and fear, (VI) 154, 164-65; (XVII) 235-36; fear of, (X) 97-98; (XI) 118, 193; (XII) 318-19; (XIII) 34-35, 104; (XIV) 152; (XV) 320; (XVI) 105, 155; fear of death, (VII) 240-41; (VIII) 308-9; (IX) 288; (XI) 241-42; freedom from, (XVI) 82; and freedom from the known, (XIII) 209-10; and freedom of the mind, (IX) 217-18, 232; futility of search for, (XI) 235; and God, (IX) 114, 228; as indescribable, (XII) 107; inquiry into, (IX) 190; (XI) 40; and knowledge, (XI) 192; and known, (XII) 160-61, 163; and the known, (XIII) 291; (XV) 129, 130; versus the known, (VIII) 181-84, 322; (X) 160; lacking the fear of, (XVI) 243; and learning, (XIV) 241; and love, (XV) 231; as love, (XIII) 149; and meditation, (XI) 283; and memory, (IX) 110-11, 113; and the mind, (VII) 309, 318-19; (XI) 281-82; and moment to moment, (IX) 238; movement of, (XIII) 98; mystery of, (VIII) 206; as pathless, (VII) 286-87; as reality, (VII) 279-80; of reality and death, (IV) 114; recognition of, (IX) 261; (XI) 246; as renewal of the mind, (VII) 282; and revolution, (XI) 71-72; search for, (VIII) 346-47; and self-knowledge, (X) 212; and the silent mind, (XIV) 112; and space, (XIII) 155-56; and space and time, (XII) 160-61; and the timeless, (XII) 324; as timeless, (XI) 368; and truth, (VIII) 215; understanding, (VIII) 257. See also Creation; Death; God; Immeasurable; Immortality; Known; New; Quiet mind; Reality; Religion; True religion; Truth; Unknown

Unoccupied mind, (VII) 312-13; achieving, (IX) 28. See also Quiet mind

Upanishads: See Authority; Background; Belief; Books; Conditioning; Conformity; Divisions; God; Knowledge; Propaganda; Religion; Religious mind; Visions; Words

Urbanization: and the loss of nature, (XVII) 207. See also Cities; Space

Urgency: and attention, (XVII) 52, 54; meaning of, (XVII) 54

Urges: social and antisocial, (IX) 101-2 Usefulness: and the free person, (XII) 211-12 Utopia, (II) 46; and concept, (XV) 315; and

conformity, (X) 137-38; creation of, (XI) 178; desire for, (VIII) 135; destructiveness of, (XV) 228; failure of, (XIV) 117-18; and leaders, (VIII) 46-47; and revolution, (XVI) 256; and the total man, (VII) 255; and ‘what should be’, (VIII) 33. See also Idea(s); Ideal(s); Illusions; Perfection; State

Values, (l) 19; (II) 90-94, 121; basis of, (XV) 210; and

contradiction, (IX) 5; examining, (II) 174; false psychological, (IV) 205; freedom from, (II) 120; hierarchy of, (IV) 98-99; and identification, (VIII)

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222-23; influences shaping, (XIII) 225; and intelligence, (II) 68-69; need for revolution of, (IV) 152; and a new society, (VI) 117; and observation, (XIV) 19; and pleasure, (XVI) 35, 55; and power, (II) 2-3; and psychological poverty, (III) 157; search for, (IX) 68; and search for truth, (II) 158; and self-understanding, (IV) 146; as sensate, (IV) 152, 156; of social and spiritual world, (III) 154; and suffering, (II) 166-67; and true revolution, (VII) 30; and uncertainty, (IV) 17; understanding, (III) 12. See also Acquisition; Acquisitiveness; Craving; Environment; Greed; Philanthropy; Security; Society; Truth

Vanity: and humility, (XV) 200 Veda: See Authority; Belief; Conditioning; Divisions;

Religion; Words Vegetarianism, (l) 141; (VI) 59-60; and freedom, (X)

22 “Verb”: and “acting”, (XI) 16; as the active present,

(XIII) 296; and time, (XI) 364, 366; as total state, (XI) 296-97; and “the word”, (XI) 18

Verbal: beyond, (XI) 155; and communication, (XI) 101; and conformity, (XII) 28-29; versus direct experience, (XI) 184; versus seeing, (XV) 160; world as, (X) 141. See also Communication; Communion; Fact; Ideas; Symbols; Verbalization; Words

Verbalization: and communication, (XIV) 284; as condemnation, (IX) 154; and emptiness, (VI) 311-12; and envy, (IX) 94-95; escape through, (XV) 272; and fear, (XI) 174-75; and feelings, (XIII) 68; and God, (XIII) 208; as hindrance, (XI) 350-51; (XII) 44; and the importance of the word, (XIII) 295, 296; and listening, (XIII) 278; looking without, (XIV ) 241-42; and memory, (VII) 246; and the mind, (IX) 120; versus the new, (IX) 141-42; and observation, (XV) 51; and perception, (VIII) 39; as process of condemnation, (X) 94; as a process of thinking, (XIII) 197-98; versus seeing, (XVII) 169; and silence, (XIII) 280; and thinking, (XII) 3-4; and thought, (XIII) 103. See also Communication; Communion; Conditioning; Loneliness; Naming; Word(s); Verbal

Vested interest: and belief, (XI) 203-4; as hindrance to God, (VIII) 27-28; and ideals, (VIII) 33

Vice: and exploitation, (II) 214; freedom from, (II) 217

Victim: becomes victimizer, (IV) 3-4 Vietnam: and the absence of certainty, (XVII) 20; and

despair, (XVI) 266; and relationship, (XVI) 44; and war, (XV) 236, 296; (XVII) 29. See also Violence; War; World problems

Vindictiveness, (VIII) 82 Violence, (III) 140; (IX) 116-21, 241-42; (X) 80-83;

(XIV) 293-94; (XV) 295-96, 299-301, 333-39; (XVI) 288-97; (XVII) 255-64; acceptance of, (XI) 26; attempt to escape from, (XIV) 47-48; attitude to, (III) 166-67; awareness of, (XI) 175, 176-77; (XIII) 19, 211; (XVII) 199; as begetter of violence, (III) 217-19; and belief, (XVI) 258;

causes of, 155-57; (IX) 117-18; (XVII) 199-200; cessation of, (XVI) 65; and change, (IX) 43, 154; (X) 137; (XI) 273-74; (XII) 199; (XV) 337; (XVI) 128-29; characterizing, (XVII) 2; and commitment, (XVI) 224-25; and competition, (IX) 71; and the conflict of opposites, (XII) 199; contact with, (XVII) 30; and contradiction, (XVI) 133; and the contradiction of nonviolence, (XVII) 231-32; as contrary to love, (XVII) 209; and crowded cities, (XVII) 129-30; and the cruel society, (IX) 86; defining, (IX) 117; and the dull mind, (XVII) 233; ending of, (IX) 120-21; (XVI) 25, 224-25; and escape into nonviolence, (XVI) 233-34; (XVII) 100-103; facing, (XVII) 247; fact of, (IX) 247; (XVII) 12-13, 220; and facts, (XIV) 69, 251; forms of, (XIII) 295; freedom from, (VIII) 338; (X) 224-25; (XI) 305-6; (XII) 25; (XIV) 75-76; (XVI) 203-4; and the free mind, (IX) 127-28; and gradual understanding, (XV) 339; and the hindrance to words, (XV) 338; idea of, (XV) 10-11; and ideals, (XI) 23-24; (XIV) 139; and the ideal of nonviolence, (XIV) 90-91; (XVI) 128, 179, 255; and ideology, (XVI) 192-93; (XVII) 249; and the ideology of nonviolence, (XVII) 191; and image, (XVI) 129; immediate resolution of, (XVI) 135; implications of, (XVI) 130; increase of, (XVII) 255; in the individual and the state, (XV) 333, 337; as inheritance from animals, (XVII) 142; inner, (XVII) 255; and looking without the image, (XVII) 170-71; man, and, (XVII) 102-3; of man and animals, (XVII) 170; and the ‘me’, (VII) 238; multiplying of, (XVI) 116; nature of, (XV) 337; and nonviolence, (IV) 153-54, 155, 156; (VIII) 23-24; (XVI) 4; (XVII) 55-56; and nonviolence and safety, (XV) 334; and peace, (XII) 190; and personal action, (III) 168; physical and psychological, (XVII) 107-8; and pleasure, (XVII) 11; and positive thinking, (XI) 188; prevalence of, (XIV) 291, 293; (XVI) 116-17; as reality, (XII) 61; and self-awareness, (IV) 3; and self-preservation, (III) 158; structure of, (XV) 127-28; and talk of nonviolence, (XVII) 217; and time, (XII) 201; (XVII) 176; types of, (XI) 370; understanding, (X) 80; (XVII) 255-64, 266; understanding the nature of, (XVI) 179. See also Conflict; Contradiction; Feelings; Killing; Murder; Nationalism; Nonviolence; Opposites; Peace; Problems; Society; War; World problems

Violence and nonviolence: and contradiction, (XIV) 11, 13, 281, 286; (XV) 250; and ideals, (XV) 25. See also Violence

Virtue, (II) 16-17; (III) 161-62, 236, 241; (IV) 79-80; (VI) 102-3, 240; (VII) 215; (XIII) 224-25, 227-28; and the absence of authority, (XVII) 34; and the absence of conflict, (XIII) 278; achieving, (III) 224; and attention, (XIII) 84, 176; (XIV ) 7; as attention, (XII) 144; and awareness, (X) 9; and chemicals, (XIII) 116; and the clever mind, (X) 225; consciousness of, (XI) 40; and continuity, (XI) 135-36; and craving, (III) 214-15; cultivation

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of, (VII) 252, 254; (IX) 90-92; (X) 246-48; (XI) 244, 302; defining, (III) 220; (XV) 200-201; and denial of social morality, (XII) 206; and desire, (VI) 168; (IX) 166; and the desire for security, (XII) 134; and the dull mind, (XI) 372; and effort, (IV) 118; (IX) 154; and egotism, (II) 188-89; emergence of, (XIII) 334; and environment, (II) 16-17; examining, (III) 204; and free conduct, (XVII) 204; and freedom, (IV) 111; (VI) 25, 52, 353; (VII) 264; (XIII) 238; freedom from, (XI) 177; and happiness, (VI) 94, 103; and humility, (XII) 266, 310, 325; (XIV) 89; inability to cultivate, (XIV ) 155; and inward order, (XV) 172-73, as learning, (XIII) 205; loss of meaning of, (XIII) 77; and love, (XIV) 100, 308; meaning of, (XII) 142, 144; and mechanical behavior, (XVII) 202; and mediocrity, (VIII) 330; and meditation, (XIV) 106-9; (XV) 184; misuse of, (III) 161; as motiveless, (IX) 213; nature of, (XI) 369-70, 371, 372; and order, (XIII) 131; (XV) 172-73, 199; (XVI) 24-25, 115, 170, 183, 184; as order, (XVII) 224, 239-40; and the orderly mind, (IX) 10; (X) 268; and possessions, (II) 16-17; and the presence of love and beauty, (XVII) 208; quality of, (XIII) 157-59, 162; and reality, (VIII) 339; and respectability, (VII) 286-87; (XV) 73; as respectability, (X) 63; and reward, (II) 232; and sanity, (XV) 172; seeking of, (l ) 20; and self-centered activity, (VI) 327-28; and self-interest, (IV) 55; and self-knowing, (XIV) 108-9; as spontaneous, (XIII) 334; spontaneous versus cultivated, (X) 62; and the state of attention, (XI) 249; and the state of negation, (XII) 255; and strife, (IV) 190; and time, (XI) 265; (XVII) 202; as timeless, (XII) 316; (XIV) 27, 46; as total attention, (XIII) 170; and truth, (VI) 276; understanding, (XIV ) 218; versus being virtuous, (IV) 79; and wisdom, (XIV) 116. See also Awareness; Conformity; Goodness; Humility

Virtuous life: going beyond, (X) 62 Virtuous man: and conditioning, (XII) 147 Vision(s): as conditioned, (X) 161; and conditioning,

(IX) 160; (XII) 167; (XIII) 192, 266, 322; (XVI) 157; (XVII) 241-42; versus creation, (XII) 216; and meditation, (XIII) 263; pursuit of, (XVII) 9. See also God; Ideal(s); Religion

Vocation: versus ambition, (VII) 84-85; of discovering reality, (VII) 245-46; and education, (VIII) 156; and the new society, (VII) 85; and social conflict, (VII) 245-46. See also Becoming; Job; Livelihood; Work

Voices: inner, (XIII) 209 Volitional activities: as social solution, (III) 42-43 Vulnerability: and self-knowledge, (V) 29. See also

Innocency Vulnerable: meaning of, (XV) 277 Waiting: fear of, (XII) 68-70, 74 Want, (l) 17; (III) 16-18, 63-64, 106; and conflict,

(III) 28; and emptiness, (I) 14, 34-35; and fear,

(III) 65; futility of, (l) 14-15; inward and outward, (VII) 116-17; and organizational exploitation, (III) 59; understanding, (VII) 263. See also Acquisition; Becoming; Consciousness; Craving; Desire; Effort; Greed; Happiness; Ignorance

Wanting: and the sense of insufficiency, (XV) 64, 67 War, (l) 157, 178-79; (II) 30-31, 131-32, 185, 208;

(III) 145; (IV) 94; (V) 14-16, 338-39; (VI) 195-97, 261; (VII) 144-46; (XV) 295-96; and the absence of change, (XVI) 48; acceptance of, (XV) 343; (XVI) 3-4, 92, 132-33; versus the alleviation of human need, (VIII) 154-55; analyzing the nature of, (VIII) 260-62; attempts to solve the problem of, (XVI) 71; basis of, (II) 51, 175; causes of, (II) 39; (III) 175-76; (IV) 155, 157, 188; (V) 15, 66, 75-76, 343; (VI) 98; (X) 73-74; (XVI) 17, 68, 116, 266; as a chain, (VI) 128; and change, (XVII) 136; and children, (VIII) 38-39; and continuing brutality, (XVI) 159-60; and contradiction, (XVI) 275; through contradiction, (VIII) 153; creating, (X) 116; and daily life, (IX) 230; denial of, (XVI) 93; and destruction in daily life, (XVII) 280; and disorder, (XV) 326-28; and divisions, (VII) 161; (VIII) 19; (XVII) 263; and education, (VI) 21; (VIII) 141; as an escape, (III) 120; as exploitation, (III) 29; as expression of the individual, (V) 75, 315; external and internal, (III) 148; and the failure of education, (VII) 319-20; freedom from inner and outer, (XVII) 2; and the freeing of the mind, (VIII) 28; future of, (XVII) 261; and government preparation for, (V) 110-11; and hatred, (IX) 247; historical acceptance of, (XVI) 130, 172; as a historical process, (XVI) 224-25; and the human being, (XVII) 132; and human history, (XVI) 152; (XVII) 20-21; and identification, (VII) 152; ideology of nonviolence, (XVII) 170; and image, (XVI) 44; imminence of, (II) 101; and inaction, (VI) 127-28; and India and Pakistan, (VI) 127-28; and the individual, (VI) 352; and individual comprehension, (III) 88-89; and the influence of propaganda, (XVI) 172; and inner conflict, (XVI) 11-12; inner and outer, (III) 148; insanity of, (V) 66-67; and intelligence, (II) 112; and international responsibility, (IV) 3; inward, (XVI) 8; and the lack of harmony, (XVI) 278; and lack of love, (IX) 267; and the law, (XVII) 36-37; and loss of children, (III) 231-32; and love of children, (IX) 65, 271-72; versus love of children, (X) 59; as meaningless, (XVI) 214; and nationalism, (II) 6; (V) 152-53; (VI) 138; (XVI) 172; (XVII) 263; and the need for total change, (XIII) 233; need to abolish, (XVI) 7-9; and organized religion, (X) 103; origin of, (VIII) 68; outward and inward, (XVII) 52-53; as pattern, (VII) 83; and peace, (IX) 15-16, 224; (XVI) 44-45; perpetuation of, (XVII) 281; and personal responsibility, (IV) 23-24; possibility of another world, (XVII) 264; and the possibility of integration, (VIII) 157-58; and power politics, (VI) 98; prevalence of, (XV) 302, 327; (XVI) 6; (XVII) 262; prevention of, (l) 178-79;

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(III) 231-32; (XVII) 280; questioning, (IV) 191-92; reaction to, (IV) 191-92; and relationships, (XV) 333; and religion(s), (II) 129; (IX) 116-17; (XV) 317, 326-28; (XVII) 190; religious, (XVI) 81; response to, (VIII) 302; and responsibility, (VI) 326; responsibility for, (III) 242-43; (IV) 3; root causes of, (IV) 20; and search for power, (IV) 141; (V) 59-61; seeing the totality of, (XVII) 37-38; and self-sacrifice, (IV) 68; separation as cause of, (X) 115; and the shattered individual, (IX) 129; and the social structure, (X) 45; and society, (IX) 86; and sorrow, (XIV) 26; and struggle, (VII) 29; and the system, (III) 20; and taking sides, (XVI) 223-25; and talk of peace, (XV) 223; teaching children about, (II) 169; as timeless, (XIV) 27, 46; and truth, (VII) 123; as the ultimate escape, (XIV) 125; as a unifier, (XV) 327; and world crisis, (V) 77-78 . See also Authority; Belief; Divisions; Exploitation; Government; Ideology; Individual; Inequality; Nationalism; Peace; Poor; Poverty; Society; State; Violence; World problems

Watcher and the watched: as one, (X) 14-15. See also Analyzer and the analyzed; Observer and the observed; Thinker and the thought

Watching: as choiceless, (IX) 114; as the greatest action, (XIV) 66; and listening, (XV) 242; and self-understanding, (XVI) 5. See also Listening; Looking; Observation; Seeing

Wealth: and accumulation, (IV) 198; and beauty, (V) 35-36; and conditioning, (VIII) 217; and love, (VII) 89; and poverty, (IX) 193, 196; as societal motivator, (X) 45. See also Ambition; Becoming; Food, clothing, shelter; Necessities; Needs; Philanthropy; Possessions; Poverty

Welfare society: as security, (XII) 38. See also Society; Welfare state; World problems

Welfare state, (VII) 251-52; (X) 174; and freedom, (IX) 33; and the lack of incentive, (XII) 19; and the loss of freedom, (XIV) 82; and need for physical security, (X) 42; and physical salvation, (VII) 254-55. See also Government; Poverty; Security; Society; State

West: and acquisitiveness, (XVII) 86; and the desire for security, (XII) 118; and East, (X) 1; and influence on the East, (X) 234, 239; and knowledge, (XII) 114; and meditation, (XIII) 320; and resurrection, (XV) 319; and revolt of the young, (XVII) 159; and world problems, (X) 44. See also Authority; Conditioning; Divisions; Nationalism; Reincarnation; Society; Technology; War; World problems

West and East: and division, (XIII) 195; false division between, (XIII) 189-90. See also East and West; World problems

Western: influence on India, (XI) 69 Western culture: and the conscious, (XI) 339; and its

imposition on Eastern culture, (XI) 259 ‘What actually is’, and ‘what should be’: and

contradiction, (XIII) 76. See also What is What has been: and change, (IX) 26

‘What I am’: as the past, (XIII) 35; versus ‘What I should be’, (VII) 165-66. See also Center; ‘Me’

What is, (IV) 159; (XI) 286-89; (XVII) 87-90; and the absence of fear, (XII) 259; and accumulation, (VIII) 235; and activity, (XI) 26; and attention, (XI) 270; and authority, (VIII) 214; and awareness, (IV) 201-2; (XI) 281; awareness of, (XV) 230; versus belief, (XVI) 255; and the center, (XII) 155; and the cessation of experience, (IX) 114; and change, (VIII) 21, 163; (IX) 154; (XVII) 82; and choiceless observation, (XVII) 83; and comparison, (XVII) 30; and condemnation, (VIII) 196, 197-98; (IX) 4, 79-80; without condemnation, (XIII) 13; and conflict, (XIII) 14; and conflict of opposites, (IV) 176; (VIII) 248; and confusion, (XVI) 297; contact with, (XVI) 249; and the contradiction of ideals, (XIII) 283; and death, (XI) 193; defining, (V) 50; (XVII) 14; and denial, (XIII) 90; and dependence, (IX) 22-23; and discontent, (VII) 211-12; (XI) 8; and discovering truth, (VIII) 212; disgust with, (XII) 291; and distance, (XV) 279-80; distraction from, (IX) 65; versus divisions, (XII) 195; and ending violence, (XVI) 224; and an end to seeking, (XII) 164, 165; and energy, (XII) 12, 202; (XIV) 113; (XV) 46; (XVII) 185; versus escape, (XII) 209-10; escape from, (X) 4, 8, 52; (XIV ) 156; (XV) 305; (XVI) 262, 265; (XVII) 232; as eternal, (XI) 286; examining, (XI) 26; versus experience, (XVII) 33; facing, (XIV) 116, 142; as fact, (XVII) 258; and fact versus ideas, (XIV) 91; and fear, (VII) 192; versus fiction of ideals, (XIV) 47; and freedom from conditioning, (IX) 137; (XII) 263-64; and freedom from the known, (XI) 53; and the free mind, (IX) 273; (XV) 25; going beyond, (XVII) 266-67; and the hindrance of belief, (XVI) 267; and the hindrance of comparison, (XVII) 182-84, 185; and the hindrance of ideals, (XI) 176; and the hindrance of ideas, (XVII) 12-13; and the hindrance of memory, (V) 118-19; and the hindrance of the observer, (XVI) 183-84; and the hindrance of opinions, (XV) 296; (XVI) 53; versus the idea, (XV) 218; and ideals, (IV) 185-86; versus ideals, (IX) 42-43; (X) 117; and illusion, (VIII) 65; versus illusion, (XV) 140-41; importance of, (XI) 331-32; importance of observing, (XIV) 139; and innocence, (XVII) 171; and intelligence, (XV) 291-92; and knowledge, (X) 259-60; versus knowledge, (IX) 279; and living without destructive discipline, (XIV) 146; and love, (XV) 228-29; (XVII) 187; without masks, (XVI) 225; and maturity, (XIV ) 276-77; and the meaninglessness of ‘what should be’, (XVII) 160; and the mechanical process, (XII) 199; and meditation, (IX) 73; as most important factor, (VII) 179; and movement, (XI) 182-83; movement away from, (XVI) 264; need to understand, (XII) 25; and the negative approach, (XII) 27; and the new society, (XVII) 191; and observation, (XIV) 1-2, 87; (XVII) 4; observation of, (XIII) 321; and the

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What is and ‘what should be’, (IX) 199-200, 259; (XIII) 232; and action, (XV) 64-65; and change, (XVI) 265; and comparison, (XVII) 231-33; and conflict, (XII) 155; (XIII) 76; (XIV ) 11, 129, 139; (XVI) 74; (XVII) 70; conflict between, (XV) 161-62; and contradiction, (XII) 289; contradiction between, (XIII) 80; (XVII) 249, 267; division between, (IX) 170; and duality, (XII) 102-3; and effort, (IX) 263; and freedom, (XI) 47; (XVI) 114; gap between, (IX) 165-66; (XII) 159; and the hindrance of the past, (XVII) 102; and the illusion of movement, (XVII) 110-11; and love, (XV) 228-29; and meaning, (XVII) 2; and meditation, (XIV ) 35; and the petty mind, (XI) 28; and self-contradiction, (XI) 180; and time, (IX) 172; (XII) 140; (XIII) 185; (XV) 24, 158-59, 182; (XVI) 21; and the will of discipline, (XI) 256. See also Fact; Idea(s); Ideal(s); What is; ‘What should be’;

‘What should be’: versus actual living, (VIII) 341; and conditioning, (XVII) 101-3; desire for, (VIII) 248; freedom from, (XI) 30, 31; and the ideal, (IX) 153-54; as the ideal, (XIV) 91; ideal of, (XI) 281; (XVII) 87; and idealism, (X) 96; and the mind, (XI) 16; as nonexistence, (XVI) 297; as romantic, (XVII) 258; and the shallow mind, (XII) 164; and social revolutions, (XVII) 160; and what actually is, (XII) 29; versus what is, (XV) 183. See also Ideas; Illusions; What is; What is and ‘what should be’

“What to do”: and background, (IX) 259; as hindrance to action, (XII) 123, 128; and social demands, (IX) 203

Which is: as the timeless, (IX) 50; and understanding, (IX) 39

Whole: ability to view, (VIII) 9; and the absence of contradiction, (XI) 164; and the approach to the unconscious, (XII) 220; as beauty and ugliness, (VII) 207-8; of body and mind, (XVII) 63; and the brain and the mind, (XII) 270-71; and the cessation of the positive movement, (XIV) 202; comprehension of, (III) 241; (XI) 149-52; (XII) 176; defining, (XI) 106; discovery of, (VII) 153; and ending, (XII) 212; experiencing, (XII) 120; and feeling for life, (XI) 120-21; versus fragmentation, (XVI) 160, 240, 294; versus the fragmented life, (XIII) 244; and living and dying, (X) 154-55; looking at, (XV) 104; (XVI) 279, 280; (XVII) 61; and looking at fear, (XVII) 25; ‘me’ as part of, (XIV) 77-78; meaning of, (VII) 169-70; meeting life as, (XV) 101-2; versus the part, (XI) 24-25; versus the parts, (IX) 281-83; and the particular, (VII) 275; (XVI) 48; versus the particular, (X) 128-29; and the past, (VII) 148, 151; and problems, (V) 333-34, 338; (XIV) 14; and problem solving, (XIV) 252-53; and the revolution of the psyche, (VII) 178; seeing, (XII) 146-47; (XV) 11; seeing problems as, (XVII) 94; and self-deception, (IV) 62; and the serious mind, (XVI) 132; as true, (XI) 362; understanding, (XI) 352; (XII) 172; (XVI) 237-38, 240; and understanding influence, (XII) 97; viewing life from, (XV) 187-90. See also Divisions; Fragmentation; Total; Total action; Totality; Totality of life; Totality of parts

Whole mind: achieving, (XII) 44, 48 Wholeness: awareness of, (XII) 54-57; of existence,

(IV) 179; of life, (XI) 315; perception of, (XI) 341; and total action, (XI) 238. See also Completeness; Conflict of opposites; Totality

Wife: duties of, (V) 87-88; ending fear of, (XVI) 107; and image, (XVII) 187. See also Domination; Family; Husband and wife; Marriage; Relationships; Wife and husband

Wife and husband: and relationship, (XVII) 212. See also Wife

Will: (l) 58-59, 188-89; (III) 74, 170, 174-75; (XI) 285-88; and action, (XI) 110-11, 112; and the attempt at transformation, (XV) 58, 60; and awareness, (IV) 77; and becoming, (VIII) 215; and change, (IX) 25-26; (XIV) 126; (XV) 133, 306; (XVI) 49-50; and choice, (XII) 158; (XVI) 9; conditioning of, (VIII) 222; and conflict, (IV) 205; (XVI) 95-97, 99; and contradiction, (XII) 289; (XV) 61, 178-79; and the creation of conflict, (X) 46; and culture, (IX) 94; defining, (VI) 299; (X) 13-14; (XI) 256, 285; (XIV) 188; (XV) 58, 60; defining through action, (IV) 195; and desire, (VIII) 35; (XIV) 98; (XV) 107; as desire, (VII) 318; (XIII) 271; as desire of discernment, (III) 28; destruction of, (III) 121; and disorder, (XV) 298;

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Will, fear, sorrow: as one, (XI) 283, 285 Will in action: and choice, (XV) 198-200. See also

Will Will power: meaning of, (II) 146-47 Wisdom, (l) 23, 51-52, 134, 163, 174; (II) 45; (III)

196; (V) 30; (VI) 126-27; and the absence of continuity, (XIII) 174; and accumulation, (l) 128; achieving, (II) 45; (III) 88, 206; (IV) 204; (VII) 51; (VIII) 329; and action, (II) 25-26; and aloneness, (XV) 173; and awareness, (X) 20; and awareness of understanding, (IV) 35; beginning of, (IX) 152; (X) 119; (XIII) 89; and belief, (II) 31; defining, (VI) 22-23, 31-33, 208-9; and devotion, (V) 85; discovering, (VII) 275-76; and the ending of sorrow, (XIV) 152; (XVII) 181; essence of, (XIII) 122; and evaluation, (VIII) 333; and freedom from experience, (VIII) 34; and the free mind, (VIII) 249-50; versus knowledge, (l ) 107; (VI) 95; and meditation, (V) 166; and organized religion, (II) 137; through passive awareness, (IV) 69; within the self, (IV) 164; and self-analysis, (l) 125; and self-knowing, (XIV) 76, 116; (XVII) 176; and self-knowledge, (IV) 106, 142; (V) 169-70, 211, 265; (VI) 96, 171-72; (VII) 218; (X) 124, 167; through self-knowledge, (VIII) 209; and self-observation, (XVI) 152; and silence, (XV) 39; and sorrow, (XIII) 307; state of, (XI) 208; and theosophy, (V) 203; and total action, (XI) 228; and the tranquil mind, (VI) 72; and understanding discontent, (X) 183. See also Awareness; Creation; Humility; Intelligence; Meditation; Right thinking; Self-knowledge; Simplicity; Truth; Virtue

Within: going, (XV) 44, 47. See also Inner and outer Women: role of, in India, (VIII) 125 “Word”: and the “verb”, (XI) 18. See also Naming;

Propaganda Word(s), (V) 36-39; (XI) 83-89; (XII) 301-3; (XVII)

237-38; and achieving mutation, (XIII) 296-97;

apart from action, (XIV ) 39-40; beyond, 14, 67, 114; burden of, (XIII) 320; caught in, (XVI) 13; as cause of fear, (XV) 161; as the center, (V) 312; cessation of, (XIII) 296; and communication, (V) 320-21; (IX) 249, 252; (XI) 90, 113-14, 144; (XII) 229; (XIII) 61, 156; (XIV ) 225, 186, 282-83; (XV) 163, 308-10; (XVI) 23, 139-40; (XVII) 120-21, 221; as communication, (X) 144-46; and communion, (XIV) 285; (XV) 2, 62; as conditioned, (X) 47-48, 112, 114; and contact with problems, (XV) 151-52; and creating divisions, (XII) 180-81; and the creation of fear, (XIV ) 93; (XVI) 104, 107; as creator of fear, (XVII) 114; defining, (XIII) 295; dependence on, (XVII) 180; and despair, (V) 248-49; as different from the thing, (XII) 108-9; difficulty of, (XIV) 296; and the difficulty of communication, (VII) 198; (XIII) 281; as distraction, (XIV ) 50; as distraction to observation, (XIV) 65; dying to, (XI) 138; dynamics of, (XIV) 7-8; and energy, (XII) 62; enslavement to, (XII) 18, 20, 44, 187, 207; (XIII) 35-36, 103-4, 173, 280, 295, 296; (XIV) 134; (XVI) 105; examination of, (XVI) 26; examining beyond, (XVI) 32; and experience, (VI) 350-51; and fact, (XI) 63, 167; versus fact, (XIII) 65, 66; versus the fact of sorrow, (XIII) 310; and fear, (VI) 335; (XII) 45; (XIII) 250; (XIV) 250, 293; (XV) 30-31; (XVI) 175; and feeling, (V) 312; (IX) 72; (XII) 241; (XIII) 197-98; freedom from, (X) 185; (XI) 378; (XII) 292-93; (XIII) 151; (XV) 300; (XVI) 127; (XVII) 35-36; and freedom from comparison, (XII) 20; going beyond, (XIII) 114; as hindrance, (VI) 312; (XIII) 79, 315; as hindrance to communication, (XI) 226; as hindrance to contact, (XV) 30; as hindrance to understanding, (XIII) 247-48; importance of, (XII) 4-5; (XIV ) 287-88; (XV) 338-39; (XVII) 71; and influence, (XII) 139-40, 320; influence of, (VIII) 54-55; (XI) 271-72; (XIII) 300; interpretation of, (XIV) 225; as knowledge, (X) 266; and listening, (XIV) 90; (XVI) 1; and loneliness, (XII) 314-15; (XIV) 117; looking without, (XIII) 22, 48; (XV) 143; and love, (XVI) 245; (XVII) 203; and meaning, (VI) 305; meaning of, (XV) 34, 55, 106-7, 150; meaninglessness of, (XVI) 8; and meditation, (XII) 166; (XIV) 106; and memory, (V) 327; as memory, (X) 144-46; mesmerizing effect of, (XVII) 156; and the mind, (XII) 86; mind as slave to, (XII) 120, 122; and negative thinking, (XII) 79; as not the fact, (XVI) 8, 10, 59; (XVII) 23, 25, 40; as not the reality, (XIII) 83; (XVI) 249; as not the state, (XVII) 30; as not the thing, (XI) 346-47; (XII) 228, 301-2; (XIII) 35-36, 114, 165, 261; (XIV ) 52, 97; (XV) 219; (XVI) 9, 125, 145, 229; (XVII) 156; and observing the feeling, (XII) 88; and pleasure, (XVI) 286; and positive thinking, (XI) 92-93; (XIII) 51; power of, (XVI) 241; and problems, (X) 123; and the process of thought, (XII) 126; and propaganda, (V) 365; psychological impact of, (VII) 12; and purpose, (XII) 24; questioning the

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meaning of, (VII) 89; reaction to, (XVI) 13; and reality, (V) 94; response to, (XIII) 278; satisfaction of, (XII) 109; and seeing, (XVI) 235-36; and seeing totally, (XII) 191; sensitivity to, (XVI) 186; separate from the thing, (XI) 297; (XIII) 41; significance of, (VI) 123; (VII) 122; (XII) 263, 275; (XIII) 19-20; (XIV) 7-8; (XV) 151; (XVII) 194, 195; slaves to, (XIV) 88-89; and sorrow, (XIII) 173; as the static past, (XIII) 296; and symbol, (XIV) 222-23; as symbol(s), (VII) 316; (VIII) 216; (XI) 286, 330; (XII) 258; (XIII) 96; (XVII) 271; versus the thing, (X) 229; and thought, (V) 219-20, 312-13; (XII) 62; (XIII) 215; thought without, (XII) 210; as time, (XII) 85-86; translating, (XIV) 283; and truth, (V) 214-15; and understanding, (XV) 20; understanding of, (XIII) 130-31; understanding the significance of, (XV) 7-8; and understanding sorrow, (XIII) 251; unimportance of, (XIV ) 189; use of, (XIII) 191; (XVII) 237; and violence, (XIV) 294. See also Communication; Communion; Identification; Listening; Naming; Semantics; Symbols; Verbalization

Work, (l ) 187; and awareness, (XIII) 212; defining, (XV) 52; dissatisfaction with, (X) 95; and the dull mind, (V) 52-54; and education, (VIII) 97; as effort, (XI) 23; and fear, (XII) 136, 137; as humane function, (III) 164; and incentive, (V) 159-60; inquiry as, (X) 253, 255; love of, (l) 166-67; 270-71; (XIII) 126; and the occupied mind, (VIII) 287. See also Job; Livelihood; Old age; Professions; Retirement; Vocation

Workers: and discipline, (XIII) 81 Working together: types of, (XI) 308 Work routine: versus inward response, (XII) 74 World: attempt to transform, (XI) 178; as brutal, (VII)

82-83; and change, (XIV) 9; changes in, (XVI) 54; as chaotic, (XII) 15-16; and conditioning, (IX) 259-60; conflicts in, (X) 107; confusion in, (XI) 303; in decline, (XVII) 145; defining, (XIV) 131-32; and denial of individuality, (XIII) 119; desire to achieve a sane, (IX) 210; divided, (VIII) 41-43; (XI) 361; and externalized events, (XII) 121; fragmentation, (XI) 92; fragmented, (IV) 48-49; growing complexity of, (XIII) 158; growing superficiality of, (XVI) 232; as the individual, (V) 29-30, 154-55; (XI) 171-72; (XIV ) 14, 17; as individuals, (VII) 240; and the individual as one, (XIV) 49-50, 108; individual response to, (VIII) 1; and industrialization, (XII) 279; and need for change, (X) 203; need for clarity in, (XII) 223; and the need for one government, (XVII) 258, 263; and the need for a single language, (XVII) 258, 263; need to understand, (XIV ) 17, 126-27; one, (VIII) 41-42, 45-46; and outward conflict, (XIV) 124-25; as personal relationships, (X) 252; physical and psychological problems of, (X) 10; prospering of, (XV) 165; relationship to, (XV) 42-43; retreat from, (XIV) 79; saving, (VIII) 114; as self, (III) 173; as self-extension, (III) 154-55; as self-

projection, (V) 339; and sorrow, (XIII) 253; as superficial, (XIII) 166; and technological progress, (XV) 157; viewed as a totality, (XII) 183. See also Change; Collective; Divisions; Individual; Society; World divisions; World problems

World change: and contradiction, (X) 239-40; and electronic brains, (XII) 117; and personal transformation, (VI) 228-29. See also Machines; World problems

World chaos, (III) 145; and false values, (III) 226-27; and the individual, (IV) 88; and religious perception, (XIII) 86; and understanding disorder, (XVII) 176. See also World; World problems

World complexity: and superficial lives, (XI) 376 World conflict, (III) 174; origins of, (III) 65; and

relationship, (VI) 79-80; and words, (XIII) 295. See also Conflict; World; World problems

World confusion: and looking to the past, (XV) 52. See also World problems

World crisis: and consciousness, (XI) 384; (XIII) 296; and creative action, (VIII) 258; and disintegration, (XIII) 277; and ideology, (VI) 80; and the individual, (VI) 215-16; (VIII) 298-99; and the need for self-awareness, (XI) 361; and specialists, (VI) 216; vastness of, (IV) 83. See also World; World problems

World destruction: causes of, (VIII) 250 World divisions, (XV) 4, 117; and exploitation, (III)

218; of high, middle, and low, (XVII) 122; and the need for order, (XV) 299; and war, (III) 176; (XVI) 4, 8. See also Divisions; Nationalism; World; World problems

World government: and peace, (IX) 223 World influences: and individual freedom, (XI) 41-43 Worldliness, (III) 210, 223; and craving, (III) 164,

214; defining, (XI) 243; and enslavement, (XI) 378; freedom from, (III) 183; and Masters, (III) 214; and sensation, (III) 224

Worldly: and divisions, (X) 123 Worldly life and inner life: as related, (XV) 192, 195.

See also Inner and outer World planning: and the absence of nationalism,

(XVII) 192; and outward security, (XVII) 243. See also Peace; Unity of mankind

World problems, (III) 124; (VIII) 226-27; (IX) 193-94; and acceptance of death, (XV) 230; approach to, (IX) 83, 210; (XVI) 116; and authority, (VIII) 254; (XI) 65-66; awareness of, (XI) 259; and challenge, (XIII) 331-32; and challenge and response, (XV) 213; and the challenge of life, (XI) 28; and change, (X) 260; and commitment, (XI) 324; and concern for the human being, (XVII) 264; and conditioning, (IX) 145; and contradiction, (XV) 311; and the desire for action, (XI) 48-49; and the desire for order, (XII) 189-90; and desire for solutions, (IX) 263; and the destination of the individual, (XI) 103; and deterioration, (X) 183; (XVI) 42-43; and the difficulty of knowing how to think, (XVII) 180; and discontent, (XVII) 86, 131, 189-90; and the division between the inner and

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outer, (XVII) 132; and divisions, (IX) 226; and dogma, (XI) 367-68; East and West, (X) 44; in the East and West, (XVII) 93-94; as fact, (XIII) 30-31; and the failure of revolutions, (XVII) 245; and the free and mechanistic minds, (XIII) 1-4; and freedom, (XI) 114, 116, 214; and the fresh mind, (XIII) 329; and government, (XV) 10; hindrances to solving, (XIII) 48-49; and human despair, (XVI) 71-73; as human problems, (XVI) 232; and human relationship, (X) 43-44; and human understanding, (VIII) 162; and ‘I’ process, (III) 74-75; as immediate, (XII) 230; immensity of, (XVII) 160; increase of, (XII) 49-50; and the individual, (V) 74, 183; (IV) 188; and individual change, (X) 118-19; as individual problem(s), (IV) 149, 151, 152, 156; (X) 239-41, 242; (XI) 243; and individual relationships, (V) 10-14; and influences on people, (XI) 57-58; and inquiry, (XIII) 62-63; and inward and outward change, (XIII)169-70; and joining organizations, (XI) 303; and laziness, (XVI) 71-72, 73; and local entities, (XVI) 151; looking totally at, (XVII) 57; and the loss of feeling, (XI) 43; and the loss of freedom, (XIII) 63; and moral, ethical, and physical decline, (XVII) 216; and nationalism, (XI) 295; and the need for action, (XVI) 8-9; and need for change, (VII) 39, 294, 321; (XV) 307; (XVII) 196; and the need for mutation, (XVII) 109; and the need for a new mind, (XII) 174; and the need for radical revolution, (XVII) 63; and the need for seriousness, (XVII) 159; and the need for world solutions, (XVI) 242; and the need to revolt, (XIII) 113-14; and the new mind, (IX) 199; not learning from, (XV) 315-16; origin of, (III) 201-2; as outward conflict, (XIII) 284; and outward and inward movements, (XII) 184-85; and peace, (IX) 70-71; and political leaders, (VIII) 248-49; and politicians, (XI) 62-63; and the religious and scientific spirits, (XII) 81; responsibility for, (XV) 195-96; and the scientific spirit, (XII) 169; and the search for truth, (X) 36; and self, (VI) 163-64; and self-discovery, (XIII) 3; and self-knowledge, (IX) 136; (X) 70, 124; and self-transformation, (IV) 33; and social change, (VI) 136; solutions to, (IX) 194; and sorrow, (XII) 211; as specialists’ realm, (V) 151-52; and systems, (III) 92; (XI) 345; and time, (XV) 170; and transformation, (V) 221; and the uncluttered mind, (XIII) 330-31; understanding, (XI) 334; unsolved, (XV) 302; and war, (XVI) 4. See also Authority; Belief; Divis ions; Food, clothing, shelter; Nationalism; Necessities; New; Problems; Poverty; Society; Violence; War

World reform: and revolution, (III) 226 World revolution: need for, (XI) 277 World unity, (l) 158 World violence: and loss of faith, (XVII) 94. See also

World problems Worry: as necessity, (VI) 235; versus the still mind,

(VI) 233 Worship: of authority, (XIV) 246; of conflict, (XIII)

284-85; and the decaying mind, (XII) 217; demand

for, (IX) 109-10; for gratification, (V) 19; of images, (V) 82-83; and the intellect as problem, (V) 153-54; without love, (XIV) 213; versus loving, (II) 178; of Masters, (III) 213-14; of the past, (XV) 41; religious and state, (IX) 212; and the search for permanence, (XVII) 151, 152; and separatism, (V) 37; of sorrow, (XIII) 308; (XIV ) 103, 210; (XV) 78, 121, 343; of suffering, (XV) 260; and war, (IV) 7. See also Leaders; Nationalism; Prayer; Religion

Worship of intellect, (VII) 9. See also Intelligence; Knowledge

Writer(s): and confusion, (XV) 172; and the desire for fame, (XVI) 180; and the meaninglessness of life, (XV) 178; and self-fulfillment, (VII) 185. See also Arts

Yes-sayers: and religion, (XI) 289-290, 291 Yesterday: dying to, (XI) 368; (XII) 161; as hindrance

to today, (XII) 38; and knowledge, (XI) 185; perceiving instantly, (XVI) 91. See also Memory; Past; Time; Yesterday, today, and tomorrow

Yesterday and tomorrow: and fear, (XII) 249. See also Yesterday

Yesterday, today and tomorrow: and consciousness, (XVI) 188-89; and the division of time, (XVI) 238, 240; (XVII) 102; and time, (VIII) 203-4; as time, (XI) 364-67. See also Past; Time; Yesterday

Yoga: as discipline of the known, (VII) 286-87; and meditation, (IX) 73; as a physical and spiritual help, (VIII) 232; and the search for God, (X) 41-42; and the value of exercise, (X) 88-89

Yogi(s): and conditioning, (XVI) 84; and desire, (XIV) 98. See also Authority; Conditioning; Identification; Religious mind; Words

‘You’, (II) 106-108; (VI) 63-64; and the cessation of knowledge, (X) 262; defining, (X) 258; (XI) 33; as the idea, (XVI) 203. See also Center; Entity; ‘Me’; Observer; Self

Young: and the ability to enjoy, (VIII) 117-18; and curiosity, (VIII) 128-29; and discontent, (XI) 145; and disturbance, (XIII) 15; and the need for security, (VIII) 72-74; problems of, (VIII) 88; as sacrifice by the old, (VII) 123; and the search for meaning in America, (XVII) 96; and the sense of revolt, (XV) 235. See also Authority; Children; Old age; Revolt; Seeking; Younger generation

Younger generation: and revolt, (XVII) 261-62 Young mind, (XI) 74-78; and the absence of problems,

(XIII) 133; achieving, (XIV) 244; and daily rebirth, (XV) 79-80; defining, (XV) 68; and dying to thought, (XII) 222; and energy, (XIV) 295; and freedom, (XI) 66; and freedom from fear and sorrow, (XIII) 173; and “I don’t know”, (XV) 24; and learning, (XII) 271; (XIV) 287; and meditation, (XIV) 167; as necessary, (XI) 74-75; need for, (XVI) 298-99; as revolutionary, (XI) 328; (XII) 38; and seeing truth, (XVII) 227. See also Clear mind; Dull mind; Empty mind; Free mind;

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Fresh mind; Innocent mind; Mind; New mind; Quiet mind; Religious mind; Serious mind

Young people: and the rejection of ideology, (XVII) 175; and revolt, (XVII) 189; and the search for security, (XIII) 291. See also Aging; Young

Youth: and discontent, (XI) 43-44, 46; enthusiasm of, (IX) 185; and fear, (VIII) 61-63, 65-69; and passion, (XIV) 97; revolution, (VIII) 120. See also Children

Youth culture: and love, (XVII) 203. See also Young Zen: and systems of meditation, (XVII) 80. See also

Authority; Conditioning; Divisions; Religion Society; World problems

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VB340701 1934 12th Public Talk in the Oak Grove, Ojai Volume II Page 104 VB350311 1935 1st Public Talk in the Town Hall, New York City Volume II Page 109 VB350313 1935 2nd Public Talk in the Town Hall, New York City Volume II Page 114 VB350315 1935 3rd Public Talk in the Town Hall, New York City Volume II Page 119 VB350413 1935 1st Public Talk in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Volume II Page 127 VB350417 1935 2nd Public Talk in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Volume II Page 130 VB350424 1935 2nd Public Talk in Sao Paulo, Brazil Volume II Page 133 VB350504 1935 3rd Public Talk in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Volume II Page 136 VB350510 1935 4th Public Talk in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Volume II Page 139 VB350518 1935 5th Public Talk in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Volume II Page 143 VB350528 1935 Public Talk at Nichteroy, Brazil Volume II Page 147 VB350621 1935 1st Public Talk in Montevideo, Uruguay Volume II Page 153 VB350626 1935 2nd Public Talk in Montevideo, Uruguay Volume II Page 157 VB350628 1935 3rd Public Talk in Montevideo, Uruguay Volume II Page 163 VB350706 1935 Public Talk at the University, Montevideo, Uruguay Volume II Page 168 VB350712 1935 1st Public Talk in Buenos Aires, Argentina Volume II Page 173 VB350715 1935 2nd Public Talk in Buenos Aires, Argentina Volume II Page 176 VB350719 1935 3rd Public Talk in Buenos Aires, Argentina Volume II Page 181 VB350722 1935 4th Public Talk in Buenos Aires, Argentina Volume II Page 186 VB350802 1935 Public Talk at the National College, La Plata, Argentina Volume II Page 191 VB350825 1935 Public Talks in Rosario and Mendoza, Argentina Volume II Page 195 VB350901 1935 1st Public Talk in Santiago, Chile Volume II Page 203 VB350904 1935 Public Talk in Valparaiso, Chile Volume II Page 207 VB350907 1935 2nd Public Talk in Santiago, Chile Volume II Page 211 VB350908 1935 3rd Public Talk in Santiago, Chile Volume II Page 215 VB351020 1935 1st Public Talk in Mexico City Volume II Page 221 VB351027 1935 2nd Public Talk in Mexico City Volume II Page 224 VB351030 1935 3rd Public Talk in Mexico City Volume II Page 228 VB351103 1935 4th Public Talk in Mexico City Volume II Page 230 VB360405 1936 1st Public Talk in Ojai, 1936 Volume III Page 1 VB360412 1936 2nd Public Talk in Ojai, 1936 Volume III Page 4 VB360419 1936 3rd Public Talk in Ojai, 1936 Volume III Page 8 VB360426 1936 4th Public Talk in Ojai, 1936 Volume III Page 12 VB360503 1936 5th Public Talk in Ojai, 1936 Volume III Page 16 VB360510 1936 6th Public Talk in Ojai, 1936 Volume III Page 21 VB360517 1936 7th Public Talk in Ojai, 1936 Volume III Page 26 VB360524 1936 8th Public Talk in Ojai, 1936 Volume III Page 31 VB360601 1936 1st Public Talk in New York City Volume III Page 37 VB360604 1936 2nd Public Talk in New York City Vo lume III Page 42 VB360612 1936 1st Public Talk in Eddington, Pennsylvania Volume III Page 49 VB360614 1936 2nd Public Talk in Eddington, Pennsylvania Volume III Page 53 VB360616 1936 3rd Public Talk in Eddington, Pennsylvania Volume III Page 55 VB360725 1936 1st Public Talk at Ommen Camp, Holland Volume III Page 61 VB360727 1936 2nd Public Talk at Ommen Camp, Holland Volume III Page 64 VB360728 1936 3rd Public Talk at Ommen Camp, Holland Volume III Page 68 VB360729 1936 4th Public Talk at Ommen Camp, Holland Volume III Page 71 VB360801 1936 5th Public Talk at Ommen Camp, Holland Volume III Page 75 VB360802 1936 6th Public Talk at Ommen Camp, Holland Volume III Page 77 VB360803 1936 7th Public Talk at Ommen Camp, Holland Volume III Page 81 VB360804 1936 8th Public Talk at Ommen Camp, Holland Volume III Page 85 VB361206 1936 1st Public Talk in Madras Volume III Page 89 VB361213 1936 2nd Public Talk in Madras Volume III Page 92 VB361220 1936 3rd Public Talk in Madras Volume III Page 95 VB361228 1936 4th Public Talk in Madras Volume III Page 98 VB370801 1937 1st Public Talk, Ommen Camp Volume III Page 103 VB370803 1937 2nd Public Talk, Ommen Camp Volume III Page 104 VB370804 1937 3rd Public Talk, Ommen Camp Volume III Page 106 VB370805 1937 4th Public Talk, Ommen Camp Volume III Page 109 VB370806 1937 5th Public Talk, Ommen Camp Volume III Page 112

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