A Beginner’s Mind Is a Wise Mind
“You have stopped thinking when you assert that it is there.” — J. Krishnamurti Hinduism encourages the practice of Ishta devata — a deity preferred by an individual. I can pray to a deity and you can pray to another one. For us, no single deity possesses all traits; each has unique ones. Shiva is […]
The Role of Meditation
“To be consistently alert and aware, to be thoughtful, is the beginning of meditation, for without the true foundation of discernment, mere concentration and other so-called forms of meditation become dangerous and are without any significance.” — J. Krishnamurti Like every popular trend, meditation has turned into a game of vanity. (“You meditated for 10 […]
How to Build Perspective
“Where there is a want there cannot be discernment. You crave happiness; you look for means to get it. Someone offers you the means. Now your mind-heart is so blinded by the intense desire for blindness that it is incapable of discernment. Though you may think you’re analyzing and examining the means offered to you, […]
A Surefire Way to Discover Yourself
“When your life is one of want, there must be continual tension with the other, who is also acquisitive, and this prevents a true relationship, whether it is between individuals or nations. And this tension leads to conflicts, wars, and many gross and subtle forms of exploitation.” — J. Krishnamurti Ask anyone today what they […]
Changing Your Mind Is a Sign of Strength
“Individuality. . . is nothing but the result of ignorance, maintaining itself through many layers of memories, tendencies, and wants. These limitations inevitably cause sorrow and confusion.” — J. Krishnamurti Individuality, as it is today, is: “I know the truth,” “I deserve more,” and “I want others to agree with me.” My choices, my opinions, […]
To Become Smarter, Try To Be Consistently Not Stupid
“Each one has the capacity, the power, to be either sane, balanced, or otherwise. To discover whether one is balanced, one must start negatively, not with assertions, dogmas, or beliefs. If one can think profoundly, then one will become aware of the extraordinary beauty of intelligent completeness.” — J. Krishnamurti Have you met a know-it-all? […]
Don’t Make Bad Problems Worse
“If I have a difficulty, I don’t want to seek a solution. . . I know there are innumerable solutions, but I want to find out what the cause of that problem is, and when I have really understood [it], I do not create any other problems. If I really understand one problem completely, wholly, […]
Do the Right Thing at the Right Time
“When you are really able to think without any cravings, without any desire to choose—for choice implies opposites—there is discernment.” — J. Krishnmurti You should save money, but you want to spend it on something you don’t need. You should finish a task that your parents or spouse asked for, but you want to scroll […]
How to Change The World
“We feel, if only there were a good leader, the world would be perfectly right. So we are looking to leaders and not to the true function of individuality. When you are trying to understand true individuality you are bound to cooperate, because that is part of it.” — J. Krishnamurti The Butterfly Effect states […]
Filling The Emptiness In Your Life
“When you really become aware that no one can fulfill you, can give you full completeness, except through your own comprehension, then you put up with minor details . . . Then, the question, choice, of whether to stay or leave does not arise.” — J. Krishnamurti A woman asked Krishnamurthi for advice because she […]