If you have touched the other, you will go to pieces till you are anchored in it

Freedom from the Self is the true function of Man

Close - but somewhat misquoted.

"Til" implies time - becoming.

Patricia Hemingway wrote:
Til" implies time - becoming

shall we replace by if for till..

We are watching, not waiting, not expecting anything to happen but watching without end. JK

No

It is important for quotes to be correct. Words are already confusing enough - if one is going to quote, at least be accurate.

Sure.. Shall we finish it by replacing till with 'the moment'..

gb

We are watching, not waiting, not expecting anything to happen but watching without end. JK

Go to the source my friend. It is a mistake to rely upon misinformed quotations.

K was so careful with what he said and gave out.

Patricia Hemingway wrote:
Close - but somewhat misquoted.

Yes, Respected patricia.I want to fill up that close.I will try by being with the source. is that not Menon trying it on his own where he has come closer.
gb

We are watching, not waiting, not expecting anything to happen but watching without end. JK

This post was last updated by ganesan balachandran Tue, 24 Nov 2009.

The quote was a reply by Krishnamurti to a friend during an informal conversation. i found it to be very true in my own life. When you have a glimpse of the divine, it makes you restless till one is naturally and effortlessly established in it. All our sadhana and efforts are for that. Till we are effortlessly established in the timeless , we are inevitably in Time, with perhaps brief visits to the timeless. We should see things as they are and what is actually happening to us, rather than be paralysed by being caught in concepts.

Till we are empty of the contents of our consciousness we cannot be effortlessly in the timeless. when we live our life with awareness without accumulation , we move towards the state of What may be called Sahaja Samadhi or Timeless state.

Freedom from the Self is the true function of Man

The exact quote is this:

"What are you going to do with your life sir? If you have touched the other, and are not anchored in it, you will go to pieces."
(K to Asit Chandmal. January 1986, just before he finally left India for California, and a few weeks before his death)