Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Sunday, November 9, 2014
No.171 - Anything that flowers must have freedom, must have light; it cannot be restricted.
Let a thought flower.
Awareness is that state of mind which takes in everything
-the crows flying across the sky, the flowers on the trees, the people sitting
in front, the colors they are wearing- being extensively aware which needs
watching, observing, taking in the shape of the leaf, the shape of the trunk,
the shape of the head of another, what he is doing. To be extensively aware and
from there acting, that is to be aware of the totality of one's own being. To
have a mere sectional capacity, a fragmentation of capacity or capacity
fragmented, and to pursue that capacity and derive experience through that
capacity which is limited—that makes the quality of the mind mediocre, limited,
narrow. But an awareness of the totality of one's own being, understood through
the awareness of every thought and every feeling, and never limiting it,
letting every thought and every feeling flower, and therefore being aware—that
is entirely different from action or concentration that is merely capacity and
therefore limited.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
cannot be restricted. You cannot put any value on it, you cannot say,
"That is right, that is wrong; this should be, and that should not
be", thereby, you limit the flowering of thought. And it can only flower
in this awareness. Therefore, if you go into it very deeply, you will find that
this flowering of thought is the ending of thought.
- Krishnamurti, The
Book of Life
No.170 - Sharing journey with friends.
"Sometimes we forget to make time for ourselves, the people around us and our loved ones.
Let us reminds ourselves to pause and perhaps find solace where all of us look out for each other, make a difference in someone's life."
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