"Resource in ‘Jiddu Krishnamurti’s view on Understanding’"
"The solution is not important. The approach matters far more than the pr"
"We all want to dominate when we do not understand"
If you could dominate the cause of your present disturbance, you would be at peace; but since you cannot, you are very concerned. We all want to dominate when we do not understand; we want to possess or be possessed when there is fear of ourselves. Uncertainty of ourselves makes for a feeling of superiority, exclusion and isolation.Commentaries, 2, Chapter 20
"The art of learning is to instantly perceive what is said"
“The art of learning is to instantly perceive what is said, whether it is true or false and to see in the false the truth. This means to have a very quick mind and a sensitive brain. If it is loaded with information of what other people - philosophers, teachers, searched books and your gurus - have said, then that brain is clogged.”
"The problem, if you love it, is as beautiful as the sunset"
“The problem, if you love it, is as beautiful as the sunset. If you are antagonistic to the problem, you will never understand. Most of us are antagonistic because we are frightened of the result, of what may happen if we proceed, so we lose the significance and the purview of the problem.”J. Krishnamurti, On Action
"Understanding is danger"
“Understanding is now or never; it is a destructive flash, not a tame affair; it is this shattering that one is afraid of and so one avoids it, knowingly or unknowingly. Understanding may alter the course of one’s life, the way of thought and action; it may be pleasant or not but understanding is a danger to all relationships. But without understanding, sorrow will continue.”Krishnamurti’s notebook
"Total attention means listening without any barrier"
"Choice exists only when the mind is confused"
"The Impossible Question"
"Study is turning feeling, dreams and grief into thought"
“Study was a technique of sublimating feeling into thought, of transposing dreams into syllogisms, of expressing grief in formulating keen theoretical difficulties and joy in finding a solution to a difficult passage in Maimonides.” Abraham Heschel, The Earth is the Lord's
"Opinion and knowledge are different"
"It is not, I am sure, a mere guess to say that right opinion and knowledge are different. There are few things that I should claim to know, but that at least is among them, whatever else is." Plato, Meno. 98.
"Understanding entails transformation"
“You can agree or disagree about opinions or conclusions, but a fact needs no agreement; its so. If once you see for yourself that what has been said is a fact, then you are not merely convinced: your mind has undergone a fundamental transformation.” Krishnamurti, Commentaries on Living, Third Series, 125
"Learning produces confusion and sadness"
"Significant learning often produces confusion and even sadness, since knowledge does not always give support to cherished beliefs." Neil Postman, The End of Education, 107
"Real thinking happens rarely. We are afraid to think."
"Most people think only once in their lives, usually when they are at college. After that their minds are made up, and their decisions, utterances are endless repetitions of views that have in the meantime become obsolete, outworn, unsound." Abraham Heschel, Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity, 20
"Arguments do not lead to understanding. Care and trust do."
Most of us have been trained to assume that the only way that someone’s position would shift, if at all, is through a compelling argument. Most activists that I have worked with and coached have been given extensive training in how to speak about their opinions, and see it as their work, in many instances, to convince others who may have different opinions.
Can we construct a practical spirituality for the disaffected modern life?
Let's create a new and better Valentine's Day. Fight the idealization of romantic love. Bring together two souls for the elaboration of the good. Defend the possibility of true friendship!
Are you fed up with politics, but still want to be involved in the issues of the day? Is government that recognizes heart and soul possible?
