Explanations don’t help in the real sense- Jiddu Krishnamurti

Explanations blind you,

they prevent you from actually seeing ‘what is’.

~ Jiddu Krishnamurti

Question: J. Krishnamurti says, “Explanations blind you, they prevent you from actually seeing what is.” But I require explanations all the time from the Guru.

Please throw some light on this.

Acharya Prashant Ji: The problem is linguistic. It relates to the use of words.

When Krishnamurti says, “Explanations blind you, they prevent you from actually seeing what is,” what he means is that you want to describe something at its own level, at its own plane. And the dissolution of anything never lies in its own plane.

And therefore all your explanations are merely elaborations or translations. You are just restating the situation. Your explanations are just the problem stated in other words. And that obviously won’t help.

Somebody asks you, “What is X+Y”, and you saying “Y+X” won’t help. Or would it?

I ask you, “Kehav, where do you live?,” you tell me, “In front of Raghav’s house.” I ask you, “Where does Raghav live?,” you say, “In front of my house.” That won’t help. You are just…