“No Time…No Space…No Mind…No We. Where are ALL these things, including also God, when we are silent? Not there. Only … More
Category: Mind
The Final Exit?
Have I something to give to this world in the form of my “understanding” of Advaita Vedanta? Haven’t I already … More
“Is your summa iru resolve like a new year resolution?”
A friend asked: Do you naturally feel like doing it [summa iru]? Are you personally convinced that you should drop … More
My Final Hurrah!
Just published on Amazon my 20th book (I hope this will be my last book) “Summa Iru: My Formal Renunciation … More
On the Stillness of the Mind — by J. Krishnamurti
“The mind is quiet when it sees the truth that understanding comes only when it is quiet…When I see the … More
J. Krishnamurti on Relationships
I say I know him or her. I know him because I met him five years ago. We had talked … More
Your Thoughts Are Not Yours (And You Don’t Even Know It)
Quit
“Life is not a battle worth fighting. Quit.” The word is a deliberate stumbling block. What is to be given up is not the body or the life, but the fighter — the ego whose founding myth is that life is a war to be won. Camus answered the question of life’s worth with revolt; Advaita takes the path he never considered: neither suicide nor defiance, but the dissolution of the one who asks. Quit the way a fist quits clenching. The battle is optional because the soldier is fictional. What remains is life itself — neither fought nor fled.
Living with no control | Krishnamurti
Love as the Effect, Not Cause, of Self-knowledge
I had written a few months back thus: “Intellectually, I am a sage. Emotionally, I am just a teenager.” When … More