The larger the group, the more important it is to have this. I mean, because the group mind is more powerful, and that can be very negative; it can be a mob situation or something like the Nuremberg rallies. But if we have a group mind where everybody is friendly and where the group is clear, then perhaps something new could come into being.
If we can’t talk together in a group, I don’t see what’s going to happen, you see, as: how in the world can we organize society if we can’t talk to each other in a group without fear?
If there is that feeling of friendship, then you will not feel threatened. Nobody’s going to jump on you if you know they’re your friends, right? But the trouble is we have a tremendous amount of experience which suggests that people are not going to be your friends. Now, you see, we say that’s inevitable. We say that’s absolute necessity and we can’t get out of it, right? But suppose we say that isn’t absolutely necessary at all; that we can start to change, right?
There will be no energy for it unless you see the value. You see, if somebody is working to discover something new, he doesn’t know whether he will or not, right? But if he sees the value of what he’s doing, then he persists, he sustains the work in spite of discouragements and difficulties and doubts and so on.
