The Importance of Negative Thinking

Positive thinking is always in the grooves of our own conditioned thinking-having ideals, trying to acquire virtues, following a particular path, controlling thought and so on. And that always leads to narrowness of the mind and strengthens self-centred activity. Negative thinking is something entirely different, but it is not the opposite of positive thinking. To think negatively there must be discontent, sensitivity, and a mind that can function without words and symbols, says Krishnamurti in this public talk given in Madras in 1958.