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Tag: Discernment
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As I have said, to me perception or discernment is timeless. Time does not give you discernment of experiences; it makes you only more clever, more cunning, in meeting experiences. But if you perce...
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When there is true discernment there is the ecstasy of the immeasurable, which cannot be imagined or preconceived, but only experienced. February 03, 2012
So long as thought is seeking and following a pattern, conforming to an environment which it has not understood and merely acting from habit, there must be conflict and disharmony. So the first thi...
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Will is the outcome of the conflict of choice, but discernment is choiceless. February 07, 2012
Question: What is human will power? Krishnamurti: It is nothing but a reaction against resistance. The mind has created, through its desire for self-protection and comfort, many hindrances and b...
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To understand life, with which, after all, we are concerned, we must not confuse theory with actuality; March 19, 2012
If I may suggest it, during this evening try to put away your prejudices, try to forget that you are a Christian, a Communist, a Socialist, an Anarchist, or a Capitalist; and examine what I am goin...
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One can casually and easily say that one does not know, and most people say it. One hears and reads so much about the cause of suffering, that unconsciously one begins to accept this explanation an...
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Sir, merely to know one's limitations is surely not enough, is it? July 24, 2012
Question: I know all my limitations, but they stay with me still. So what do you mean by bringing the subconscious into the conscious? Krishnamurti: Sir, merely to know one's limitations is sure...
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If action is the result of a prejudice, of fear, of some belief, then that action produces further limitation. August 18, 2012
If you examine deeply, you will perceive that individuality is only a series of limitations, a series of accumulative actions, of hindrances, which give to consciousness the identity called the "I"...
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We are concerned, however, with those who are seriously attempting to comprehend life, with its miseries and apparently ceaseless conflict. September 08, 2012
We are all seeking to live without confusion and sorrow and to free ourselves from the struggle, not only with our neighbours, family and friends, but especially with ourselves, with the conception...
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Discernment is that state of integrated thought-emotion in which all craving, choice has ceased; it is not a state induced through mere denial and suppression. September 10, 2012
To comprehend actuality, or to experience reality, there must be discernment. Discernment is that state of integrated thought-emotion in which all craving, choice has ceased; it is not a state indu...
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There is the will of want, which is effort, and the will of comprehension, which is discernment. September 12, 2012
There is the will of want, which is effort, and the will of comprehension, which is discernment. The will of want is ever in search of reward, of gain, and so it creates its own fears. On this is b...
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Awareness is constant discernment of what is true. September 13, 2012
Question: You have said that to comprehend the process of the "I" strenuous effort is required. How are we to understand your repeated statement to the effect that effort defeats awareness? Kris...
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To discern the actual, the real, mind must be free of opposites. October 22, 2012
Question: Is there any such being as God, apart from man? Has the idea of God any value to you? Krishnamurti: Why are you asking me this question? Do you want me to encourage you in your faith o...
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You think you are able to choose between the false and the true. November 03, 2012
Now, you think you are able to choose between the false and the true. That choice is based on prejudice; it is induced by preconceived ideals, by tradition, hope, and so the choice is only a modifi...
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