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June 9, 2014
“In awareness there is no becoming, there is no end to be gained. There is silent observation without choice and condemnation, from which there come understanding. In this process when thought and feeling unfold themselves, which is only possible when there is neither acquisition nor acceptance, then there comes an extendsional awareness, all the hidden layers and their significance are revealed.”
~ J. Krishnamurti
May 15, 2014
“Truth comes into being only when the things of the mind and of the hand are put aside, and that putting aside of the things of the mind and of the hand is not a matter of time. Truth comes to him who is free of time, who is not using time as a means of self-extension.” ~ J. Krisnamurti
May 14, 2014
“To let a thought flower or a feeling flower requires attention–not concentration. I mean by the flowering of a thought giving freedom to it to see what happens, what is taking place in your thought, in your feeling. Anything that flowers must have freedom, must have light; it can not be restricted.”
~ J. Krishnamurti: The Book of Life
April 9, 2014
Food For Thought today from J. Krishnamurti’s The Book of Life
“To find out the true meaning of happiness, we must explore the river of self-knowledge. Self-knowledge is not an end in itself. Is there a source to a stream? Every drop of water from the beginning to the end makes a river. To imagine that we will find happiness at the source is to be mistaken. It is to be found where you are on the river of self-knowledge.”
April 26, 2012
I’ve been living alone for the past few months, enjoying it more now that I am no longer constrained by a cast on my right foot. In living alone, I have found, as Krishnamurti notes, a “greater awareness for self-discovery”.
“There is no such thing as living alone, for all living is relationship; but to live without direct relationship demands high intelligence, a swifter and greater awareness for self-discovery.” ~ J. Krishnamurti
Alone in the garden of many…
(Photo: White Tulip with Red Stripes ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey 2012)
March 7, 2012
A deep reflection from J. Krishnamurti today…
I begin with simple things
Seeing the world, seeing humanity, the “me”, and the necessity of a total, radical revolution, how is it possible to bring it about? It can only be brought about when the observer no longer makes an effort to change, because he himself is part of what he tries to change. Therefore all action on the part of the observer ceases totally, and in this total inaction there is a quite different action. There is nothing mysterious or mystical about all this. It is a simple fact. I begin not at the extreme end of the problem, which is the cessation of the observer; I begin with simple things. Can I look at a flower by the wayside or in my room without all the thoughts arising, the thought that says, “It is a rose; I like the smell of it, the perfume,” and so on and so and on? Can I just observe without the observer? If you have not done this, do it, at the lowest, most simple level. It isn’t really the lowest level; if you know how to do that, you have done everything. ~~ From J. Krishanamurti, The Collected Works vol XVI, p 205
It’s all about being in the moment, don’t you think…
(Photo: Ethereal Sky ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey 2011)
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