A Recap

 Since we have been quoting J Krishnamurti frequently, just thought we will have a quick recap and summary of his theme. A few points could be a repetition from one of the previous blogs. If one is listening to K and interested in his talks can go into this article further.

First of all, he never wanted him to be seen as a Guru and not to preach any methodology or ideology. He mentioned himself that he acts as a mirror in his talks and dialogues, for the people listening to it to look at themselves clearly. Most of his videos uploaded by the Krishnamurti Foundation serve this purpose, we must be grateful to them.

Right from starting his talks in the 1920s till his last talk in 1986, he maintained that 'Truth is a pathless land'. His central theme in his talks and dialogues, as the writer sees it is the negation of 'I', the image that we have built about ourselves, our agenda, our ambitions, all the petty little things we have built about ourselves etc. He goes into the process of the negation of 'I', by observing the movement of thought, how it originates, moves, creates conclusions and dualities. When there is not even a shadow 'I', then what remains is the totality of love, this has been quoted from scholars who have studied the Upanishads. Just like if we leave our house uncleaned the dust settles in, when we clean it the house becomes clean and clear. 

The process that K puts is to understand the whole movement of thought, fear and desire by giving our total attention to it and not suppressing any of it. Basically running away from fear only furthers it, so he points us to face it without denial or acceptance. And to understand this whole movement of life, unlike some other Guru's he clearly points there is no point in running away to a monastery or a faraway place for this process. If we put this process of psychological detachment in our day to day lives, only then it has its total meaning and hence our life becomes meaningful. Only when we love our near and dear truly without any sense of expectation, and be at peace with ourselves we can see the eternal. To go far, one has to begin near.

Also, K has pointed clearly that thought might be needed in certain areas like innovations and so on, but understanding life is a hindrance since it brings about the conditioning that we have acquired through our past experiences and our circumstances.

When the mind becomes still and completely aware of itself without a shadow of thought, desire, even desire for God, if one is lucky, K points that nameless or truth or eternal comes in being, which many call enlightenment. K certainly had these visions which he has noted in his book 'Krishnamurti' Notebook' of these experiences. But unlike many others, K points us that, the enlightenment is something that is not a static state, but of movement and it is immeasurable, which has no beginning and no end. Something struck the writer quoting two lines one from Sivapuranam,

"ஆதியனே அந்தம் நடுவாகி இல்லானே" (Eternity has no beginning, no end)

And the other from Vinayagar Agaval,

"அணுவிற்கு அணுவாய், அப்பாலுக்கு அப்பாலாய்" (Smallest of the smallest of atoms and farthest of the farthest)

K himself has pointed out once one who encounters truth, one's life is not the same again, the way they walk, the way they speak, the way they see things totally transforms into another dimension.

Usually, the writer doesn't write about something that he has deeply understood or seen for himself or follow it seriously, but the points stated above are something that he has understood the whole process theoretically and to an extent practically (which of course K completely disagrees, either there is understanding or not, there is no intellectual understanding) and tries to put this process to an extent, and by no means he is completely perfect, just want to make this point loud and clear. Just like our education, understanding theories doesn't, unless the actuality comes into being. 

For some reason J Krishnamurti is not known to common public, as much he should have been. May be when a superstar speaks about him, he might be known better.

Thank you!