"I'm afraid I might make it sound too difficult. But it's simple, it's easy to understand if you just want to experiment with it. If you immerse yourself in some daydream, if you contemplate it, then it becomes very difficult. When there is no wall between you and me, then I understand you. If I am open to you, I understand you immediately - and being open is not a matter of time. Can time make me open? Will it make me open to others, preparation, a system, discipline? No. What will make me open to you is my intention to understand you. I want to be open because I have nothing to hide, because I am not afraid; so I am open and there is direct communication, there is truth. In order to accept the truth, to know its beauty, to know the joy of truth, I must have immediate receptivity, which is not overshadowed by theories, fears, and hidden, ready-made answers..."

DIRECT STATEMENT BY KRISHNAMURTI BEFORE HIS DEATH IN 1986:
I have no successor or representative who will continue the teaching now or at any time in the future, in my name... Interpreters are not needed... Each person should directly observe their own activities and not through any theory or authority..."