When we talk of a spiritual entity, we mean by that something which
is not within the field of the mind, obviously. Now, is the 'I' such a
spiritual entity? If it is a spiritual entity, it must be beyond all
time; therefore it cannot be reborn or continued. Thought cannot think
about it because thought comes within the measure of time, thought is
from yesterday, thought is a continuous movement, the response of the
past; so thought is essentially a product of time. If thought can think
about the 'I', then it is part of time; therefore, that 'I' is not free
of time, therefore it is not spiritual, which is obvious. So, the 'I',
the 'you' is only a process of thought; and you want to know whether
that process of thought, continuing apart from the physical body, is
born again, is reincarnated in a physical form. Now go a little further.
That which continues can it ever discover the real, which is beyond
time and measurement. That 'I', that entity which is a thought-process,
can it ever be new? If it cannot, then there must be an ending to
thought. Is not anything that continues inherently destructive? That
which has continuity can never renew itself. As long as thought
continues through memory, through desire, through experience, it can
never renew itself; therefore, that which is continued cannot know the
real. You may be reborn a thousand times, but you can never know the
real, for only that which dies, that which comes to an end, can renew
itself.
(J. Krishnamurti, The Book of Life)
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