It’s only when the mind is quiet you see things clearly
Conversations with Allan W. Anderson - San Diego, USA - February 1972 (2-DVD Set)
Disc 1: Listening is a great miracle
Q: What is it that, as a renowned spiritual teacher, you would care to say you teach?
Seriousness implies to have the capacity to examine very, very deeply and give your whole life to that examination.
‘What is’ can only be observed totally, read totally, understood totally, when there is no interpretation, no translation, no nuance according to my prejudices, inclinations, so that in this attention the ‘what is’ undergoes a radical change.
If I have no image of you then I’m seeing you anew, fresh.
Must one go through life with sorrow?
Disc 2: What is the point of education?
What is the function of an educator?
Why in the modern world are children so violent, disorganized?
What is meditation?
Meditation is to cleanse the mind of every form of deception.
It’s only when the mind is quiet you see things clearly.
Any conscious effort to meditate is not meditation.
Self-knowing is so much more important than meditation.
Wisdom is self-knowing. There is no wisdom in a book.
Jiddu Krishnamurti lived from 1895 to 1986, and is regarded as one of the greatest philosophical and spiritual figures of the twentieth century. Krishnamurti claimed no allegiance to any caste, nationality or religion and was bound by no tradition. His purpose was to set humankind unconditionally free from the destructive limitations of conditioned mind. For nearly sixty years he traveled the world and spoke spontaneously to large audiences until the end of his life in 1986 at the age of ninety. He had no permanent home, but when not traveling, he often stayed in Ojai, California, Brockwood Park, England, and in Chennai, India. In his talks, he pointed out to people the need to transform themselves through self knowledge, by being aware of the subtleties of their thoughts and feelings in daily life, and how this movement can be observed through the mirror of relationship.
