August 26, 2026
I must deal with any problem in me here and now. I must develop myself in order to participate in this total development. And unless I participate in this total development, I will not be able to develop myself. I do not know what I am; I do not know whether I am a vicious or a good person.
It is only in my encounter with you, when I come to deal with you, when I bring myself to work with you, and when we are all engaged in this business of development, that I discover myself - “discover” in the sense of “uncovering”. I have a lot of cover and all this appears very holy. But in working shoulder to shoulder with you, it is then that all this “cover” is discovered; it is then that my nature comes up.
That again may not be my true nature. I am merely looking at it. I see that when it comes to this matter of development, of life itself, when I am working with other people, there is this spirit of competition, there is this spirit of desire to shine better than somebody else, there is this desire to dominate others. Therefore, there is the seed of violence.