Do you contradict Krishnamurti?

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant.

Question: Acharya Ji, there is a quote by you, “Seek Light, See Light, Be Light.” I was reading a book by Krishnamurti where he said, “Seeking is a kind of expansion. It’s an escape. You cannot get freedom from it.”

I am confused between the two. Please help.

Acharya Prashant (AP): When Krishnamurti is saying, “Seeking is an extension of self-centered activity,” he is talking of the stuff that you usually seek. Krishnamurti is not talking of those who seek Light.

People seek darkness, and it’s various shades. Here are the people, and they are seeking darkness in its various hues and shades.

Krishnamurti’s way is to tell them, “Don’t seek,” my way is to tell them, “Seek Light,” because people are usually seeking only darkness.

So, Krishnamurti comes and tells them, “Don’t seek.” What he means is — ‘don’t seek darkness’. I come and say, “Seek Light.” Why do I say, “Seek Light”? Because I know that seeking is a habit with you. If I just say, “Don’t seek, don’t seek,” that would not fulfill you, because in your deepest identity you have taken yourself as incomplete.

If you are incomplete in your own eyes, then you will seek. You cannot be prevented or…