Tag:  Loneliness

• What a strange thing is loneliness, and how frightening it is! We never allow ourselves to get too close to it; and if by chance we do, we quickly run away from it. August 28, 2009

  What a strange thing is loneliness, and how frightening it is! We never allow ourselves to get too close to it; and if by chance we do, we quickly run away from it. We will do anything to escape fr...

• Loneliness is the awareness of complete isolation; and are not our activities self-enclosing? September 02, 2009

  What a strange thing is loneliness, and how frightening it is! We never allow ourselves to get too close to it; and if by chance we do, we quickly run away from it. We will do anything to escape fr...

• Can the mind live, be vital, energetic, full of depth, without attachment? Of course it can. October 27, 2009

  Attachment gives a certain occupation to the mind - right? You constantly think about it. And this constant occupation is one of the factors which the brain and the mind says, "Yes I must be occupi...

• When there is no naming, only then is it possible to be fully aware of that which is called the void of loneliness. January 25, 2010

  Feeling and naming are almost simultaneous, are they not? Can they be separated? Can there be a gap between a feeling and the naming of it? If this gap is really experienced, it will be found tha...

• Feeling lonely, we attach ourselves to people, drink, and all sorts of other escapes. Attachment is an escape from loneliness. April 24, 2010

  What you are concerned with is dependence, which is a fact, with all its implications. Then there is a deeper fact, which is loneliness, the feeling of being isolated. Feeling lonely, we attach our...

• Can thought realize that whatever it does is limited, fragmented and therefore isolating and that whatever it does will be thus? July 17, 2010

  Now the problem is: can thought realize that whatever it does is limited, fragmented and therefore isolating and that whatever it does will be thus? This is a very important point: can thought itse...

• You cannot accept my word for it: all you can say is that you do not know. November 30, 2011

  Now, you cannot accept my word for it: all you can say is that you do not know. You do not know whether loneliness and fear will disappear, but by experimenting you will understand the whole signif...

• Question: What should one do to get rid of loneliness and fear? December 05, 2011

  Question: What should one do to get rid of loneliness and fear? Krishnamurti: First let us discover what we now do, and then we can inquire what we should do. If we are lonely, what do we do? We...