Non-clinging Awareness
The secret to health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
Love is something that is new, fresh, alive. It has no yesterday and no tomorrow. It is beyond the turmoil of thought. It is only the innocent mind which knows what love is, and the innocent mind can live in the world which is not innocent. To find this extraordinary thing which man has sought endlessly through sacrifice, through worship, through relationship, through sex, through every form of pleasure and pain, is only possible when thought comes to understand itself and comes naturally to an end. Then love has no opposite, then love has no conflict. You may ask, `If I find such a love, what happens to my wife, my children, my family? They must have security.' When you put such a question you have never been outside the field of thought, the field of consciousness. When once you have been outside that field you will never ask such a question because then you will know what love is in which there is no thought and therefore no time. You may read this mesmerized and enchanted, but actually to go beyond thought and time - which means going beyond sorrow - is to be aware that there is a different dimension called love. But you don't know how to come to this extraordinary fount - so what do you do? If you don't know what to do, you do nothing, don't you? Absolutely nothing. Then inwardly you are completely silent. Do you understand what that means? It means that you are not seeking, not wanting, not pursuing; there is no centre at all. Then there is love. - Jiddu Krishnamurti
So, when the question comes up: What have we got to do? The answer can only be: Nothing. And this is, to my mind, the most wonderful aspect of it. This thing we are talking about (unconditional love) is not to be possessed by a few initiates, by the privileged in wealth or in learning it is open to everyone. It does not require concentration, effort will power, disciplines of any sort. It exists here and now, it requires only one thing to see it: openness, freedom -- freedom to be open and not tethered by any ideas, concepts and opinions. We can go on reading, studying , attending lectures etc, until we are blue in the face, all this will not be of slightest avail. It is only when we stop thinking and let go, that we can start seeing, discovering.
Rahula, practice loving kindness to overcome anger. Loving ki
Love is something that is new, fresh, alive. It has no yesterday and no tomorrow. It is beyond the turmoil of thought. It is only the innocent mind which knows what love is, and the innocent mind can live in the world which is not innocent. To find this extraordinary thing which man has sought endlessly through sacrifice, through worship, through relationship, through sex, through every form of pleasure and pain, is only possible when thought comes to understand itself and comes naturally to an end. Then love has no opposite, then love has no conflict. You may ask, `If I find such a love, what happens to my wife, my children, my family? They must have security.' When you put such a question you have never been outside the field of thought, the field of consciousness. When once you have been outside that field you will never ask such a question because then you will know what love is in which there is no thought and therefore no time. You may read this mesmerized and enchanted, but actually to go beyond thought and time - which means going beyond sorrow - is to be aware that there is a different dimension called love. But you don't know how to come to this extraordinary fount - so what do you do? If you don't know what to do, you do nothing, don't you? Absolutely nothing. Then inwardly you are completely silent. Do you understand what that means? It means that you are not seeking, not wanting, not pursuing; there is no centre at all. Then there is love. - Jiddu Krishnamurti
So, when the question comes up: What have we got to do? The answer can only be: Nothing. And this is, to my mind, the most wonderful aspect of it. This thing we are talking about (unconditional love) is not to be possessed by a few initiates, by the privileged in wealth or in learning it is open to everyone. It does not require concentration, effort will power, disciplines of any sort. It exists here and now, it requires only one thing to see it: openness, freedom -- freedom to be open and not tethered by any ideas, concepts and opinions. We can go on reading, studying , attending lectures etc, until we are blue in the face, all this will not be of slightest avail. It is only when we stop thinking and let go, that we can start seeing, discovering.
Rahula, practice loving kindness to overcome anger. Loving ki