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1、ColomboCeylon1stRadiotalk28thDecember1949'action'ColomboCeylon2ndRadiotalk22ndJanuary1950'relationship'COLOMBOCEYLON1STRADIOTALK28THDECEMBER,1949`ACTION'Theproblemsthatconfronteachoneofus,andsotheworld,cannotbesolvedbypoliticiansorbyspecialists.Theseprobl
2、emsarenottheresultofsuperficialcausesandcannotbesoconsidered.Noproblem,speciallyahumanproblem,canbesolvedatanyoneparticularlevel.Ourproblemsarecomplex;theycanbesolvedonlyasatotalprocessofman'sresponsetolife.Theexpertsmaygiveblueprintsforplannedactionandit
3、isnottheplannedactionsthataregoingtosaveusbuttheunderstandingofthetotalprocessofman,whichisyourself.Theexpertscanonlydealwithproblemsonasinglelevel,andsoincreaseourconflictsandconfusion.Itisdisastroustoconsiderourcomplexhumanproblemonasingleparticularleve
4、landallowthespecialiststodominateourlives.Ourlifeisacomplexprocesswhichrequiresdeepunderstandingofourselvesasthoughtandfeeling.Withoutunderstandingourselves,noproblem,howeversuperficialorhowevercomplex,canbeunderstood.ourrelationshipmustinevitablyleadtoco
5、nflictandconfusion.Withoutunderstandingourselvestherecanbenonewsocialorder.Arevolutionwithoutself-knowledgeismerelyamodifiedcontinuationofthepresentstate.Self-knowledgeisnotathingtobeboughtinbooks,norisittheoutcomeofalongpainfulpracticeanddiscipline;butit
6、isawareness,frommomenttomoment,ofeverythoughtandfeelingasitarisesinrelationship.Relationshipisnotonanabstractideologicallevel,butanactuality,therelationshipwithproperty,withpeopleandwithideas.Relationshipimpliesexistence;andasnothingcanliveinisolation,tob
7、eistoberelated.Ourconflictisinrelationship,atallthelevelsofourexistence;andtheunderstandingofthisrelationship,completelyandextensively,istheonlyrealproblemthateachonehas.Thisproblemcannotbepostponednorbeevaded.Theavoidanceofitonlycreatesfurtherconflictand
8、misery.Theescapefromitonlybringsaboutthoughtlessnesswhichisexploitedbythecraftyandtheambitious.Religionthenisnotbelief,nordogma,buttheunderstandingoftruththatistobediscoveredinrelationship,frommomenttomoment.Religio
