Krishnamurti has been saying that there is no need for a Master. He is right — and absolutely wrong also. He is right because when you become awakened, you also know that there was no need, you were dreaming. When you become alert, dreaming stops, and then you can’t feel what the need was.’ It was just a dream, I could have shaken myself out of it.’ But it is an afterthought. Even Krishnamurti needed Annie Besant and Leadbeater — he had his own Masters.
It is an afterthought. When a thing happens, then you can always feel: I could have done it. But when it has not happened, you cannot even think because your thinking will also be a part of your dream.
A Master is needed when you are asleep. When you become awakened, you also will think a Master was not needed. Then for you, of course, the Master is not needed. But then many will be deluded because many egoists will surround you, as you will find. You cannot find anywhere else such a mass of egoists as you will find near Krishnamurti, because the moment the egoist hears that no Master is needed, he feels very happy. He says: Right! He always thinks he is the Ultimate; no need to surrender to anybody because ego resists surrender. And this man says that no Master is needed — egoists feel very happy. Around Krishnamurti you will find all sorts of egoists because it seems very good, very convenient — no need to surrender.
