所谓理念，究竟指什么？当然，理念就是思维意念，对吧？理念，就是心理与思维的程式；而思维，就是意识或潜意识的反应；思维，就是把感受付诸语言的过程，是记忆的产物；思维，是心理时间所积淀的程式。所以，如果行动建立在思维的基础上，就必然是局限的、孤立的。此理念必然与彼理念对立，同时，必然被另一理念所支配。在行动与理念之间，存在着一条鸿沟。我们要探索的是，是否存在不被理念所驱动的行动？
我们看到，理念把人类切割得四分五裂。我已经解释过，知识和信仰在本质上具有分裂性的特征。信仰根本不能凝聚人们，相反在制造分裂。如果我们的行动以信仰、理念或理想为基础，那么这样的行动必然是孤立的、碎裂的。思维，是时间积淀的程式，是筹谋算计，是自我保护，是信仰、抗拒、谴责、狡辩，我们的行动能不能摆脱这些思维执念？且不论无念之行是否可能，可以肯定，其实无念之行都曾经发生在你身上，如同发生在我身上一样。
——克里希那穆提《生命书：365静心日课》（The Book of Life: Daily Meditations with Krishnamurti）
Action Without the Process of Thought
What do we mean by idea? Surely idea is the process of thought. Is it not? Idea is a process of mentation, of thinking; and thinking is always a reaction either of the conscious or of the unconscious. Thinking is a process of verbalization, which is the result of memory; thinking is a process of time. So, when action is based on the process of thinking, such action must inevitably be conditioned, isolated. Idea must oppose idea, idea must be dominated by idea. There is a gap then between action and idea. What we are trying to find out is whether it is possible for action to be without idea.
We see how idea separates people. As I have already explained, knowledge and belief are essentially separating qualities. Beliefs never bind people; they always separate people; when action is based on belief or an idea or an ideal, such an action must inevitably be isolated, fragmented. Is it possible to act without the process of thought, thought being a process of time, a process of calculation, a process of self-protection, a process of belief, denial, condemnation, justification. Surely, it must have occurred to you as it has to me, whether action is at all possible without idea.
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