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P = Paragraph number
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Education & the Significance of Life
Adults: many as immature and childish, C2 P94 pp 44
Antagonism: solution to man’s, C3 P53 pp 66
Arms (military): desire for, C4 P42 pp 78
Art: and craving, C8 P11 pp 123; when divorced from
life, C8 P4 pp 121; as means of escape, C8 P1-2 pp
120. See also True artist
Art, beauty and creation, C8 pp 120-125
Authority, C3 P28-35 pp 58-61; dependence on, as a
cause of present chaos, C4 P2 pp 67
Authority, intellect and intelligence, C3 pp 51-66
Awareness: of the emptiness of our minds and hearts,
C8 P12 pp 123
Beauty: versus the acquisitive spirit, C8 P10 pp
122-23; attachment to objects of, C8 P9 pp 122;
sensitivity to, C8 P9 pp 122/P18 pp 125
Brotherhood (of man): factors preventing, C4 P31 pp
75-76; reasons for non-realization of, C4 P16 pp 71
Capacity: danger of, C8 P6 pp 121; and serious
interest, C5 P20 pp 88-89
Child(ren): and battle between home and school, C4
P26 pp 74; bringing up of, C2 P109 pp 49; as not
class or race conscious, C4 P23 pp 73; and constant
questioning, C4 P28 pp 74-75; domination of, C2
P105-6 pp 47-48; and parents’ love for, C2 P109 pp
49; and parents’ responsibility, C2 P110-11 pp 49;
and people not wanting them to be intelligent, C4
P28 pp 74-75; as personal property, C5 P3 pp
83-84; and raising sanely, C4 P27 pp 74;
understanding, C2 P105 pp 47
Class: and superiority, C4 P23 pp 73
Comfort: consequences of seeking, C1 P3 pp 10
Conflict: with others caused by beliefs, ideologies and
organised religions, C4 P8 pp 69; understanding,
C3 P39 pp 62
Conformity: as beginning in childhood, C3 P19 pp 56;
consequences of, C3 P21-23 pp 56-57; and
mediocrity, C1 P2 pp 9-10
Co-operation: and compulsion, C4 P6 pp 68
Craving: and art, C8 P11 pp 123; for sensation and
gratification, C8 P11 pp 123; for support and
encouragement, C6 P32 pp 107
Creation: and truth, C8 P17 pp 125
Creative fire: expression of, C8 P13 pp 123-24
Creative happiness: and inward richness, C8 P15 pp
124
Creativeness: versus functioning of the intellect, C7 P2
pp 114-15; and self-knowledge, C8 P16 pp 124-25
Creators: and spectators, C8 P14 pp 124
Crisis: of human deterioration, C4 P52 pp 81
Desire: unravelling of, C7 P8 pp 116
Destructive society: reasons for support for, C4 P29 pp
75
Disaster: as approaching, C4 P53 pp 81-82
Discipline, as substitute for love, C2 P49 pp 31
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Discontent: as the means to freedom, C2 P88 pp 42;
smothering of, C1 P2-4 pp 9-10; C2 P85 pp 41; and
the young, C2 P82-88 pp 40-42; C4 P29 pp 75
Disintegration: cause of, C3 P50-51 pp 65-66
Educated people: as not integrated or peace-loving, C3
P1 pp 51
Education: and authority, C2 P36-37 pp 27-28/P40 pp
28-29/P42-43 pp 29/P46-47 pp 30-31; and
childhood fears, C2 P59 pp 33; and conditioning,
C2 P36-37/40/42-43/46-47 pp 27-28/29/30; and
conformity, obedience, C2 P55 pp 33; and
consideration, respect for others, C2 P60-62 pp
34-35/P107 pp 48; and contradiction, C2 P111-12
pp 49; and the creation of new values, C2 P29 pp
25/P45 pp 30-31; and creativeness, C8 P3 pp 120;
and the curiosity of children, C2 P82 pp 40;
dedication to right kind of, C6 P42 pp 110; to
develop integrated individual, C2 P101-3 pp 46-47;
and discipline, C2 P48-53 pp 31-33; and
discontent, C2 P82-88 pp 40-42; and educating the
educator, C6 P1-4 pp 98-99; and environment
created by us, C2 P107 pp 48; experiments in, C6
P23 pp 104; failure of, C1 P15 pp 13; C2 P6 pp 18;
C4 P40 pp 77-78; and fear, C1 P20-21 pp 15; and
freedom, C2 P41-44 pp 29-30/P49-50 pp 31 P100
pp 46; and freedom and intelligence, C5 P32 pp 92/
P35 pp 93; function of, C1 P18 pp 14; C2 P28-29
pp 24-25; C5 P2 pp 83; government control of, C4
P30 pp 75; and the question of guidance, C5 P36
pp 93; and hope for a better world, C2 P81 pp 40;
and ideals, C2 P15-23 pp 19-23/P31-34 pp 25-27;
and individual freedom, C5 P1 pp 83/P19 pp
88/P32 pp 92/P37 pp 93-94; inquiry into purpose
of, C6 P23 pp 104; and integration, C3 P49-51 pp
65-66; and intelligence, C1 P18 pp 14; of the
masses, C5 P6 pp 84-85; and methods, systems, C2
P24-27 pp 23-24/P30 pp 25/P35 pp 27; C6 P52 pp
112-13; and military training, C4 P21-22 pp 72-73;
and outward efficiency, C2 P98 pp 45; for personal
gain and security, C1 P12 pp 12-13; and
psychological implications of obedience; C5 P21
pp 89; purpose of, C1 P7-10 pp 11-12; C2 P58 pp
34; and religion, C2 P69-80 pp 37-40; and our
direct responsibility, C2 P108 pp 48-49; true sense
of religious, (ES) C2 P71 pp 37-38/P80 pp 40; right
kind of, C2 pp 17-50; and the salvation of mankind,
C2 P113-14 pp 50; and seeking success, C2 P91-92
pp 43/P95 pp 44; and self-knowledge, C1 P22-24
pp 15-16; and the significance of life, C1 pp 9-16;
now considered slightingly instead of honoured, C5
P44 pp 96; and technical knowledge, C2 P7-8 pp
18-19; and technique, C2 P3-6 pp 17-18/P10-13 pp
19-21/P103 pp 47; and understanding relationship,
C2 P108 pp 48-49; and understanding the self, C2
P38-39 pp 28; and watchfulness of influences, C2
P82-89 pp 42; and world crisis, C4 P1 pp 67; and
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world peace, C4 P51 67-82. See also Modern
education; Right education; School
Educator(s): and awakening intelligence in the child,
C6 P20-21 pp 103-4; and educating parents as well
as children, C6 P8-9 pp 100; and freedom, C6 P27
pp 105; and freedom from fear, C6 P25 pp 105; and
frustration in one’s work, C6 P49-50 pp 112;
function of, C2 P72 pp 38; how does one become
the right kind of? C6 P46-47 pp 111; necessary
qualities of, C4 P35-37 pp 76-77; C5 P31 pp 92; as
pointing the way to wisdom and truth, C5 P45 pp
96; as the problem and not the pupil, C7 P16 pp
119; as responsible for building enlightened
society, C5 P40 pp 94-95; considering rich and
poor children equally, C6 P41 pp 109-110; right
kind of, C5 P11 pp 86; C6 P30 pp 106/P33 pp 107/
P35-39 pp 108-9/P41 pp 109-10/P52 pp 112-13;
and seeking a reward, C6 P48 pp 111-12; and
sluggishness of mind, C6 P45 pp 111; true, C5 P20
pp 88-89; true culture as founded on, C5 P47 pp
96-97; and self-understanding, C6 P1-2 pp 98. See
also Teacher; True educator
Efficiency, C1 P13-15 pp 13
Escape: addiction to means of, C8 P2 pp 120
Experiencing: as more important than the way of
experiencing, C3 P43 pp 63
Family:as deteriorating factor in society, C6 P7 pp
99-100; as encouraging isolation, C6 P7 pp 99-100;
as means of self-perpetuation, C7 P14 pp 118-19
Fear: consequences of, C3 P24 pp 57/P28 pp 58;
conscious and unconscious, C3 P25-27 pp 57-58;
as hindrance to creative living, C7 P7-8 pp 116
Frustration: in one’s work, causes of, C6 P49-50 pp
112
Gift: when personal, as leading to insensitivity, C8 P8
pp 122
Government(s): and control of education, C4 P30 pp
75; domination of, C4 P44 pp 79; as what we are,
C4 P50 pp 80-81. See also Sovereign governments
Help: as not lying outside oneself, C6 P31 pp 106-7
Human being(s): basis for differentiating between, C4
P25 pp 73-74; integrated, C3 P49-51 pp 65-66;
labelling, C4 P25 pp 73-74
Human problems: understanding and resolving, C3 P9
pp 53
Ignorant man: definition of, C2 P1 pp 17; and learned
man, C2 P1 pp 17
Imitate: desire to, C3 P20 pp 56
Independent thinking: and conventional education, C1
P2 pp 9-10
Individual: and affecting history, C3 P7 pp 53
Inquiry: as easier for the young, C2 P93 pp 43-44
Inspiration: courting of, C8 P5 pp 121
Integration, C3 P49-51 pp 65-66
Intellect: can only repeat and recollect, C7 P3 pp 115;
and separation from feeling, C3 P48 pp 65; undue
emphasis on, C3 P50 pp 65-66
Intellect and intelligence: distinction between, C3 P44
pp 63-64
Intellect, authority and intelligence, C3 pp 51-66
Intelligence: definition of, C3 P41 pp 62-63/P44
63-64; as discernment of the essential, C2 P57 pp
33-34
Intelligence, intellect and authority, C3 pp 51-66
Knowledge: as not comparable with intelligence,
wisdom, C3 P45 pp 64; and the loss of love, C3
P46 pp 64
Leaders: as deteriorating factors in any culture, C4 P2
pp 67
Life: as a well of deep waters, C2 P96 pp 44
Love: how to have? C3 P52 pp 66; as not of the mind,
C7 P13 pp 118; and responsibility, C4 P41 pp 78
Machines: world run by, C2 P14 pp 21
Marriage: and desire, C7 P13 pp 118
Mass(es): consideration of, as form of escape, C5 P6
pp 84-85; instruction of, C5 P6 pp 84-85; as you
and I, C5 P9 pp 85-86
Meditation: as awareness of process of the self, C3 P18
pp 56; hindrances and escapes of, C7 P14 pp
118-19
Modern civilization: as based on violence, C4 P22 pp
73
Modern education: and the breeding of enmity and
hatred, C4 P17 pp 71-72; and the development of
the intellect, C3 P42 pp 63; and individual
vocation, C3 P13 pp 54-55
Nationalism, C4 P9-16 pp 69-71; C4 P15 pp 71; as
disease, C4 P14 pp 70-71
New order: arising of, (ES)C3 P4 pp 52
Observation: of thoughts and feelings, C6 P22 pp 104
Occupation, C2 P9-10 pp 19-20. See also Livelihood;
Vocation
Old and the young: no essential difference between, C2
P93 pp 43-44
Organized religion(s): as the frozen thought of man,
C2 P78 pp 39; as incapable of bringing peace to
man, C4 P18 pp 72; and sexual morality, C7 P12
pp 117-18
Parents: and confidence in the teacher, C6 P9-10 pp
100-101; education of, C6 P8-10 pp 100-101;
education of, as well as children, C6 P13 pp 101; if
they cared for their children, C5 P41 pp 95; if they
loved their children, C6 P14 pp 101-2; most as not
loving their children, C6 P6 pp 99; suffering of, C6
P13 pp 101; and wanting their children to be
successful, C6 P15 pp 102; why do they have
children? C6 P11 pp 101. See also Parents and
teachers
Parents and teachers, C6 pp 98-113; as occupied with
their own conflicts and sorrows, C6 P5 pp 99; as
poor and insufficient, C7 P15 pp 119
Patriotism, C4 P9-16 pp 69-71
Peace: and avoidance of individual responsibility, C4
P5 pp 68; ; versus gradual achievement, C4 P34 pp
76; and not wanting, C4 P4 pp 68
Personal: and the individual, C1 P11 pp 12
Philanthropy: definition of, C4 P43 pp 78-79
Problem(s): and the present, C3 P5 pp 52. See also
Human Problems
Race: and superiority, C4 P23 pp 73

Reform: futility of patchwork, C4 P53-55 pp 81-82
Relationship: to people, property, and ideas, C4 P1 pp
67
Relationships: most as based on sensation, C3 P11 pp
54
Religion: as dogma and organized belief, C3 P36 pp
61; and education, C2 P69-80 pp 37-40; and
freedom, C2 P76-77 pp 39; as search for truth, C5
P45 pp 96
Religions: as created by hopes and fears, C3 P37 pp 61
Respectability: and fear, C7 P7 pp 116
Responsibility: in relationship, C4 P41 pp 78
Revolt: two kinds of, C1 P5-6 pp 10-11
Revolution: violent, C4 P48 pp 80
Rich: and ruthlessness, C4 P43 pp 78-79
Right education, C2 pp 17-50; and cultivation of
freedom and intelligence, C2 P54 pp 33; as danger
to sovereign governments, C4 P46 pp 79; and the
discovery of the student’s interest, C5 P38-39 pp
94; and individual freedom, C5 P1 pp 83; and love
of the child, C2 P52 pp 32; real interest in, C5 P21
pp 89/P24 pp 90; and understanding life as a whole,
C1 P16-17 pp 13-14
Righteous action: as voluntary, C4 P7 pp 69
Right values: discovery of, C6 P28-29 pp 105-6
School, the: C5 pp 83-97; advantage of small, C5 P4
pp 84/P29-31 pp 91-92; and central authority, C5
P20 pp 88-89; and the corruption of money, C5 P10
pp 86; and dependence on one person, C5 P18-19
pp 88; and enormous institutions, C5 P8 pp 85; and
equality, C5 P23 pp 89-90; and love of children, C5
P10-12 pp 85-86; and nucleus of staff, C5 P17 pp
87-88; and opposition from vested interests, C5
P13 pp 87; and regular meetings of students and
teachers, C5 P33 pp 92; student self-government,
C5 P34 pp 92-93; starting of, C5 P9-10 pp 85-86;
and student council, C5 P33 pp 92; and unstinted
co-operation, C5 P22 pp 89; worldly success of, C5
P4 pp 84
Search: for intense passion of self-forgetfulness, C7 P5
pp 115-16
Security: outward, for all, C4 P51 pp 81; struggle for,
creates insecurity, C4 P19 pp 72
Self, as made up of desires, C3 P17 pp 55-56; and
means of escape from, C7 P6 pp 116; as outcome
of sensation, C3 P36 pp 61
Self-knowledge, and spontaneity, C3 P40 pp 62
Sensate values: as creating nationalism, C4 P49 pp 80
Sensation: approach to the problem of, C7 P9 pp
116-17; versus chastity, C7 P10-11 pp 117; the
constant stressing of, C7 P10 pp 117;
understanding pursuit of, C7 P11 pp 117
Sex, and absence of the self, C7 P4 pp 115; and desire
to recapture state of happiness, C7 P4 pp 115; as
dominant factor due to lack of creativeness, C7 P2
pp 114-15; and marriage, C7 pp 114; as of the
mind, C7 P3 pp 115; as the only means of
creativeness left, C7 P3 pp 115
Social order: changing, C4 P3 pp 67-68
Sorrow: as common to all, C3 P38 pp 61-62
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Sovereign governments: and preparation for war, C4
P44 pp 79. See also Government(s)
State, the: as not wanting citizens to be free, C4 P45 pp
79
Stimulation: reasons for need of, C8 P11 pp 123
Talent: and isolation, C8 P8 pp 122. See also Capacity;
Gift
Teacher(s): and academic degrees, C6 P39 pp 109; and
assurance, C6 P34 pp 107-8; and burning desire to
teach, C6 P39 pp 109; conflict and enmity between,
C5 P25-26 pp 90-91; and demanding respect, C2
P56 pp 33; and earning salary, C5 P46 pp 96; and
fear, C6 P25-26 pp 105; importance of coming
together voluntarily, C5 P14 pp 87; importance of
leisure, C5 P27-28 pp 91; and intelligence, C6
P17-18 pp 102-3; and lack of vital interest, C6 P50
pp 112; and reason for teaching, C6 P16 pp 102;
and superiority, C6 P36 pp 108; and systems, C6
P43-44 pp 110-11/P48 pp 112; true, C5 P47 pp
96-97. See also Educator(s)
Teaching: children not to seek personal security, C6
P19 pp 103; and frustration, C6 P50-51 pp 112; as
means of livelihood only, C6 P39-40 pp 109;
reasons for, C6 P53-54 pp 113; and self-
abnegation, C6 P53 pp 113; what to think versus
how to think, C4 P45 pp 79; C6 P4 pp 99
Technique: and education, C2 P3-13 pp 17-21
Thought: and disintegration, C3 P51 pp 66; True artist:
as beyond the vanity of the self, C8 P7 pp 121-22
True educator: concern of, C4 P51 pp 81.
Truth, to hear and not act on becomes a poison, C3 P3
pp 51-52
Understanding: the child, C2 P31-32 pp 25-26
Utopia: drawing blueprints for, C3 P5 pp 52
Values: insight into, C6 P29 pp 106. See also Right
values
Vocation, C2 P9-10 pp 19-20. See also Livelihood;
Occupation
War, causes of, C4 P15-16 pp 71; preparation for, C4
P20 pp 71; as projection of our daily life, C4 P39
pp 77
Wisdom, C3 P45-47 pp 64-65
World: government, C4 P40 pp 78; transformation of,
C3 P12 pp 5
World crisis: how it has come into being, C4 P1 pp 67
World government: necessity of, C4 P40 pp 78
Young: awakening the joy of seeing in, C8 P18 pp
125; and discontent, C2 P82-88 pp 40-42; and
independence, C2 P86 pp 41-42