Jeremy Rifkin: Mirror Neurons and The Empathic Civilization

Krishnamurti: On relationship: Ojai, 16 June 1940 & Saanen, 31 July 1981

FOR MOST OF us, relationship with another is based on dependence, either economic or psychological. This dependence creates fear, breeds in us possessiveness, results in friction, suspicion, frustration. Economic dependence on another can perhaps be eliminated through legislation and proper organization, but I am referring especially to that psychological dependence on another, which is the outcome of craving for personal satisfaction, happiness, and so on. […]