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EDUCATION AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF LIFE, Chapter 1
'Education and the Significance of Life ', by Jiddu Krishnamurti

When one travels around the world, one notices to what an extraordinary degree human nature is the same, whether in India or America, in Europe or Australia. This is especially true in colleges and universities. We are turning out, as if through a mould, a type of human being whose chief interest is to find security, to become somebody important, or to have a good time with as little thought as possible.
Conventional education makes independent thinking extremely difficult. Conformity leads to mediocrity. To be different from the group or to resist environment is not easy and is often risky as long as we worship success. The urge to be successful, which is the pursuit of reward whether in the material or in the so-called spiritual sphere, the search for inward or outward security, the desire for comfort - this whole process smothers discontent, puts an end to spontaneity and breeds fear; and fear blocks the intelligent understanding of life. With increasing age, dullness of mind and heart sets in.

Kita sebaiknya menyimak kalimat-kalimat di atas, dan mulai merintis adanya sekolah-sekolah yang bisa keluar dari sistem pendidikan yang konvensional.
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