http://etresoi.ch/krishnamurti/ Every day a new thought, for you to develop your philosophy of life en Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:00:44 +0100 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss krishnamurti@etresoi.ch (J Krishnamurti) admin@etresoi.ch (J Krishnamurti) 1440 http://etresoi.ch/krishnamurti/1227.html Meditation is the emptying of the mind of all the things that the mind has put together. If you do that - perhaps you won't, but it doesn't matter, just listen to this - you will find that there is an extraordinary space in the mind, and that space is freedom. So you must demand freedom at the very beginning, and not just wait, hoping to have it at the end. You must seek out the significance of freedom, in your work, in your relationships, in everything that you do. Then you will find that meditation is creation. . . . http://etresoi.ch/krishnamurti/1226.html Is truth something final, absolute, fixed? We would like it to be absolute, because then we could take shelter in it. We would like it to be permanent because then we could hold on to it, find happiness in it. But is truth absolute, continuous, to be experienced over and over again? The repetition of experience is the mere cultivation of memory, is it not? In moments of quietness, I may experience a certain truth, but if I cling to that experience through memory and make it absolute, fixed - is that truth? Is truth the continuation, the cultivation of memory? Or, is truth to be found only when the mind is utterly still? . . . http://etresoi.ch/krishnamurti/1225.html If you find it difficult to be aware, then experiment with writing down every thought and feeling that arises, throughout the day; write down your reactions of jealousy, envy, vanity, sensuality, the intentions behind your words, and so on. Spend sometime before breakfast in writing them down - which may necessitate going to bed earlier and putting aside some social affair. If you write these things down whenever you can, and in the evening before sleeping look over all that you have written during the day, study and examine it without judgment, without condemnation, you will begin to discover the hidden causes of your thoughts and feelings, desires and words. . . .