In J Krishnamurti’s intimate daily diary, after deeply reflecting on the violence of his time, he notes a response that’s as relevant and useful today as it was then:“In total attention, the summation of all energy, violence in all of its forms, comes to an end. Attention is not a word, an abstract formula of […]
“When you give total, complete attention, you will find for yourself, or learn for yourself that ‘what is’ undergoes a tremendous revolution.”~ J Krishnamurti Attention is one’s natural state; it is timeless, and that is its’ enduring beauty. Here’s an oldish note about it that – on rediscovering it this morning – seems as relevant […]
In aware living, I’ve noted recently that there’s a gentle moving into, as it were, the silence of being. Indeed, there are less noisy and chatty occasions in the head and heart, and there’s an abiding recognition of actually, factually, only – ever and always – living in complete unknowing. Only in silence can the […]
Why does it seem to be so difficult to recognize awareness is not a body/mind experience? Indeed, it’s beyond all experience; awareness is the knowing of itself, by itself. Awareness & emptiness.It seems that ’emptiness’ (of self identity) is the first profound recognition in suddenly rediscovering one is actually pure life, living HERE; that renewed […]
In simple aware living, there’s a constant delight in wholeness as it presents itself in the particular, the immediate, the really small elemental arisings of living, of life happening only now: the clink of a cup, the sniffing of the ocean air tickling the nose, the impulse to write and post this little note inspired […]
Lately, I talked with a friend whose body is ill; she asked if I had any advise regarding healing; I hesitated, said I really had no medical or nutritional insights to offer, but then, on reflection, two thoughts appeared which seemed useful and practical from my experience, having been applied on several occasions of various […]
“By thoughts, or mental words, we distinguish or ‘make’ things. Without thoughts, there are no ‘things’; there is just undefined reality.”~ Alan Watts. The mind – including mine – can get stuck on believing its ideas of opposites: good/bad, right/wrong, presence/absence, etc. Indeed, conclusions are the binary (0-1) either/or, ego-mind attempts to define, to know, […]
Experience is a body/mind personal sensation that comes and goes in time. That attention which knows experience is the timeless awareness one is. In other words, as J Krishnamurti points out in the video here, “there is no experience”. And hence, no experiencer. Enjoy the lightness of aware being in gently letting all experience pass, […]
Fresh transformative insights, peace and delight beyond minds’ understanding arise when one really rests quietly, fully, in choiceless awareness of this living moment. 🙂
“Just listen, watch all the activities of yourself: the way you talk, the way you eat, the way you walk. Don’t correct the walk, don’t correct the way you eat, just watch it, so that by the very watching, you become astonishingly sensitive. This requires great sensitivity and therefore great intelligence. Not conclusions, not experience, […]