Tag:  Concentration

• a mind that has the power of concentration, that says it has complete control over thought, is a stupid mind. September 27, 2009

  So a mind that has the power of concentration, that says it has complete control over thought, is a stupid mind. If that is so, then you must find a way of enquiring which is not merely through con...

• What happens when the`thinker' sees that he is the thought - which he is - that the experiencer' is the experience? October 20, 2009

  What happens when the`thinker' sees that he is the thought - which he is - that the experiencer' is the experience? Then what is one to do? Are you following the question? The thinker is the though...

• You are forcing your mind to fix itself on an idea which is not born of innate and vital interest, because if it were, there would be no conflict, you would concentrate spontaneously and without effort. January 08, 2011

  Question: Will you please tell us your ideas about meditation? Krishnamurti: What do you mean by meditation and why do you meditate? If you mean by it concentration, it is quite different from m...

• You can create noble fixations and wholly be absorbed in them but this does not bring about understanding. May 31, 2013

  True concentration comes with self-knowledge. You can create noble fixations and wholly be absorbed in them but this does not bring about understanding. This does not lead to the discovery of the r...

• Concentration is brought about through effort, compulsion, direction, imitation, and so concentration is a process of exclusion. May 23, 2015

  Question: Is not the longing expressed in prayer a way to God? Krishnamurti: ... in this problem of prayer, there is also the question of concentration. With most of us, concentration is a proce...

• Concentration is not meditation, because where there is interest it is comparatively easy to concentrate on something. May 24, 2015

  So, what is meditation? Concentration is not meditation, because where there is interest it is comparatively easy to concentrate on something. A general who is planning war, butchery, is very conce...