J Krishnamurti and Humor

J Krishnamurti was one of the greatest philosphers and spiritual teachers of the past century. I can't call him a great thinker, because that may go against the basic grain of his teaching. And though the word philospher is also not accurate as well, it is vague enough to prevent any misunderstanding. Throughout his life he held talks and discussions around the world in which he would put forth his ideas and reflections. Many times people would seek him out and hold one to one discussions with him. Among his greatest admires and friends are included people like Aldous Huxley and David Bohm. You can always find him to be highly logical, atleast for things that can be discussed with logic. As Ludwig Wittgenstien wrote in his Tractatus-Logico Philosphicus "What we can't speak about we must pass over in silence". And he did pass over the many a things in silence. But for the rest he was known to be brutally honest and would not spare anyone with half lies. Not many people were able to appreciate his honestly, let alone understand him. Though always extremely polite, he was sometimes not able to fully appreciate the concerns and sensibilities of ordinary people. Or maybe he chose not to. Hence many a times these talks, when viewed from our everyday life point of view, talk an almost humourous joke-like quality. Here, I plan to make a collection of some of those instances :-

1) I am reminded of a story a friend of mine told me. One day he listened to a conversation between Krishnamurti and a man who did not want to be enlisted as a soldier and sent to Vietnam. He did not want to kill people. After explaining all this Krishnamurti interrupted him and said, "Yes sir, I understand all this. But what is your problem?" Again the man, being an American, explained that he probably would be sent back to the States as a conscientious objector and he might be put in jail. "Yes sir," said Krishnamurti, "but what is your problem?" "Well," said the man, "the judges may not accept my arguments and then I will have to desert because this is a filthy war!" Once again, Krishnamurti said, "Yes sir, I know, but what is your problem?" Whereupon the man said, "Listen, they might shoot me, as a deserter!" "Yes," Krishnamurti said, "they probably will, but what is your problem?"
2) Friedrich Grohe was a middle-aged German industrialist who got interested in Krishnamurti after reading one of his books. After retiring from his business, he approached Krishnamurti asking him to allow seting up a Krishnamurti school in Switzerland. Krishnamurti dissuaded him from such a step since it was very difficult to get teachers. When krishnamurti asked him whether he was married, he replied no, he was divorced. On which Krishnamurti grabbed his hand and said "very good".
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