This comprehensive record of Krishnamurti’s teachings is an excellent, wide-ranging introduction to the great philosopher’s thought. With among others, Jacob Needleman, Alain Naude, and Swami Venkatasananda, Krishnamurti examines such issues as the role of the teacher and tradition; the need for awareness of ‘cosmic consciousness; the problem of good and evil; and traditional Vedanta methods of help for different levels of seekers. Content list Part 1, Conversations With Jacob Needleman

urn:lcp:awakeningofintel0000kris:epub:88078455-4cf3-42ba-93ef-ed329ef1e2ac Foldoutcount 0 Identifier awakeningofintel0000kris Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t9b66xc2s Invoice 1652 Isbn 0060647914 Will is the most destructive thing that man has cultivated. Do you again accept that? To accept, or to deny, is not to find the truth of it; but to find the truth of it you have to give attention to it, to what the speaker is saying. Will is, after all, the culmination of desire – I want something, I desire something, I want it and I pursue it. The desire may be a very thin thread, but it is strengthened by constant repetition, and this becomes the will – ‘I will’ and ‘I will not’. And on that assertive level (which can also be negative), we function, we operate and we approach life. ‘I will succeed, I will become, I will be noble’ – all very strong desires. And we are now saying that to be attentive has nothing whatsoever to do with desire or will. Book Genre: Eastern Philosophy, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, Self Help, Spirituality From then, for nearly sixty years until his death on 17 February 1986, he travelled throughout the world talking to large audiences and to individuals about the need for a radical change in humankind. I am concerned with having a relationship in which there is no conflict whatsoever, in which I am not using or exploiting another, either sexually, for reasons of pleasure, or for the sake of companionship. I see very clearly that conflict destroys any form of relationship, so I must resolve that conflict at the very centre, not at the periphery. And I can only put an end to conflict by understanding action, not only in relationship but in daily life. I want to find out if all my activities are isolating, in the sense that I have built a wall round myself; the wall being myself concerned with myself, with my future, my happiness, my health, my God, with my belief, my success, my misery – you follow? Or is it that relationship has nothing whatsoever to do with me or myself? Myself is the centre, and all the activities that are concerned with my happiness, my satisfaction, my glory must isolate. Where there is isolation there must be attachment and dependency; when there is uncertainty in that attachment and dependency then there is suffering, and suffering implies isolation in any relationship. I see all this very clearly, not verbally but”Intelligence comes into being when the brain discovers its fallibility, when it discovers what it is capable of, and what it is not." Chapter 3 - Fear - The Awakening of Intelligence Part VIII Chapter 3 4th Public Dialogue Saanen 7th August 1971 'Fear' Krishnamurthi's way to convey his message simple, According to him the life is simple so even the truth behind it is to be simple which reflects clearly in his writings. Chapter 4 - A Fundamental Question - The Awakening of Intelligence Part VI Chapter 4 4th Public Dialogue Madras 12th January 1968 'A Fundamental Question' If you live your life as a struggle and not a slough, you'll find considerably more fulfillment in life than your lazy friends will.

Chapter 3 - Time, Space And The Centre - The Awakening of Intelligence Part VI Chapter 3 3rd Public Dialogue Madras 9th January 1968 'Time, Space and The Centre' It's not the same story with Krishnamurthi's wisdom, Throughout the book, he never offers a definitive answer to meet our desire to cling. Every word is one to one session with the guru- shishya(teacher- disciple) which is an honest approach to decipher all absurdities, beauty, and conditioning of life. The way of my colleagues is now, alas, reappearing all over the world as brute ANARCHY. Doing as you please. So I think sensitivity, which destroys mediocrity, is very important to understand. Because most of us are becoming, I am afraid, more and more mediocre. We are not using that word in any derogative sense at all, but merely observing the fact of mediocrity in the sense of being average, fairly well educated, earning a livelihood and perhaps capable of clever discussion; but this leaves us still bourgeois, mediocre, not only in our attitudes but in our activities. And maturity does not bring about a mutation, a change, a revolution in mediocrity (this can be observed very clearly), although one may have an old body, mediocrity in different forms continues. Chapter 7 - Thought, Intelligence, And The Immeasurable - The Awakening of Intelligence Part VII Chapter 7 7th Public Talk Saanen 1st August 1971 'Thought, Intelligence, and The Immeasurable'My guru is Sadhguru, But even my guru admires Krishnamurthi. Krishnamurthi doesn't have an answer to all the chaos of life, He has the question to find the answers of our life.

This comprehensive record of Krishnamurti's teaching is an excellent, wide-ranging introduction to the great philosopher's thought. Within general discussions of conflict, fear, violence, religious experience, self-knowledge, and intelligence, Krishnamurti examines specific issues, such as the role of the teacher and tradition; the need for awareness of 'cosmic consciousness'; the problem of good and evil; and traditional Vedanta methods of help for different levels of seekers. Krishnamurti discusses these themes with Jacob Needleman, Alain Naude, and Swami Venkatasananda, among others. 'The Awakening of Intelligence' is indispensable for all those intent on a fuller understanding of Krishnamurti's teaching. I bought it - and read it within my upwardly mobile, bulletproof cadre of middle managers on lunch break - in 1985.

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Ocr ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.11 Ocr_module_version 0.0.14 Openlibrary_edition Although much of the book seems to be a repetition of the same basic premises, each new approach seems to contain a different explanation, which keeps it alive and enables one to have a multifaceted view that reinforces the ideas from different angles, and for that reason its worth expending the considerable energy required to keep up the level of concentration required. This attention then comes about naturally, easily, when you know you are inattentive – right? When you are aware that you are inattentive, not giving attention, being aware of that fact is being attentive, and you have nothing else to do. Do you understand? Through negation you come to the positive, but not through the pursuit of the positive. When you do things without this action you do things in a state of inattention, and to be aware of action in a state of inattention, is attention. This makes the mind very subtle, makes the mind tremendously alert, because then there is no wastage of energy. Whereas the exercise of will is wastage of energy, just as concentration is. You might feel it's impossible to adapt and examine in the way he guides us like a guru But don't get discouraged from it. Just go ahead and face it. In the end, you might be a child again.