Beyond Krishnamurti

 

 

 

WHAT IS the root of suffering, if not desire... and what is desire, but the creation of the idea of being without? But what is so wrong with desiring to see a loved one again, or to experience a positively abundant day? Jiddu Krishnamurti discusses such examples, landing on yee oldee Buddhist premise, that Want creates Suffering, regardless of the intent of one who wants. Apparently this is how the road to hell is paved. Wanting something good, like a hug or having a perfect dance performance -- thinking of these creates an artificial binary situation, mentally. As I paraphrase Mr. K, it is the mind's creation of the state of NOT having the thing, comparing the current situation to another, one where an experience was being enjoyed.

If one could just experience the Now without attachment to it, one is free from this wish-fulfillment cycle, always chasing some carrot that will be the key to the next moment of satisfaction, not realizing by thinking of it in these polar terms (having = good, not having = bad) we are literally forging our own unhappiness with our own thoughts.

This is why you have heard, As Above, So Below. Due to the magic of our amazing material-spirit bodies, there is a space in the brain that seems to be where all humans play the movies of our memories, where our dreams are rendered, where some of us envision new, abundant worlds -- remember those "watch your thoughts, they become your words, words become your character, character becomes your destiny quotes we saw as kids. We are inspired through this apparatus, and are likely inspiring (we hope) others when we literally use our heart and brain power to purposefully THINK something... almost like a spell, sending our energies into the spirit realm.

Is it joy? Prayers of hope? Condemning damnation? Jealousy, fear... it all ripples outward. This is where many practices are in accord, in saying that we must tame our thoughts and discipline the creative energies put out by the beating of our hearts. WE ARE creators of realities somewhere, by how we occupy our creative voids.Tis is why Gandi said we must BE the change we want to see in the world, because modeling it is DOING it. And doing it is modeling it. In this way, we follow what our brother says, thinking on things therefore that are good and kind.
 
But in a system that profits off our misery, we are surrounded every day by  choices between ourselves/loved ones, and work. We have no end to sources of stress, and people are literally disappointed to death. This is not the way we were meant to "find each one our silence" in one translation of the TtC. With expectations placed on us from before birth, we have been measured, poked, sampled, guided... given choices, but in limited lanes. Maybe one day the People will feel like they count again, but there is much work to be done.

In the meantime, Lao Tzu wrote the Tao wants us to treat others gently, leave no one behind; well, much more of course, but this nutshell is after the fashion of Jesus' words, that to love others as yourself will naturally fulfil any specific or group of commandments.

We know, and many of us hear every day, the words of anger, frustration, and un-love. Even those in the customer service profession seem ill equipped. Golden are those whose words can calm without condescending, acknowledge without removing any agency, who can soothe and sate in awkward situations.

So what does it look like to run into a wall of love? a pool of understanding? When a high vibration consciousness turns their attention to communicate with us, would we notice?


The sages are described as :
"Watchful, like those crossing a winter stream
Alert, like those aware of danger
Simple as uncarved wood
Hollow like caves
Yielding, like ice about to melt
Amorphous, like muddy water..."

...because out of this dirt soup, life arises, once stillness has cleared it. 

"The sage lives openly with apparent duality and paradoxical unity." 

The mud is messy, not many will choose it. Those who do may advance. To live with a child mind is to be vulnerable all the time, not many will opt to feel this way constantly. Those who do, may advance. To live a genuine life, one naturally gravitates toward care, taking care first of oneself, then what is closest, and outward. The true spirit does not want distance between hearts, and therefore does not defend itself from pain, no matter the source. This is why the sage heart must distance themself from others at times.

In our world we recognize excess, and reward extreme. The acquiusition of titles causes much strife; maintaining it, consternation and insecurity; and disappointment, ultimately in its loss. But because of how we have learned to be, conundrums arise - "the way of illumination seems dark; going forward seems like retreat; the easy seems hard. True power seems weak; true purity seems tarnished; true clarity seems obscure. The greatest art seems unsophisticated; the greatest love seems indifferent; the greatest wisdom seems childish. 

Do you know people with any of these descriptions, whose mind may have more to it than at surface observation? If you met a Jesus, a Buddha, a Hanuman, would you notice? Would you shun your invented life you've been living to be a part of something True? or would you excuse yourself to get somewhere else, to do some other invented busy work... return to what you know... and just forget there is anything else out there for you.

We are told that if we want to understand humanity, we must begin understanding the Tao, then unlock understanding heaven; once we can do that, we move to understand the earth; only then do we begin to understand people. "What a piece of work is man," indeed.

Perhaps that is why it is written, "The greatest tragedy is discontentment." It skews all things with the weight of it. But the remedy is easy: "Stillness and Tranquilty set things in order in the universe." Try doing that. No equipment needed or apps to download. We also know that "Learning consists of daily accumulating; practicing the Tao consists of daily diminishing." We are called to "embrace yang, and carry yin" which is reflected in our beloved phrase about chopping wood and carrying water.

So watch for an oddity, see the mastery in the demure. Know that the old saying is true, the sage "treats with goodness those who are good; those who are bad are also treated with goodness, because the nature of their being is good. They are kind to the kind, and also kind to the unkind, because the nature of their being is kindness... faithful to the faithful, but also faithful to the unfaithful; lives in harmony with all under heaven, loving everyone as their own child... indeed, even behaves like a child."

There are myriad acts and languages of love and kindness, but the question is, Grasshopper, how will you recognize them? Are they languages you speak? What is it that YOU are communicating, with your thoughts, words, actions, character? Have you tamed the firehose of your own mind? 

If you have, you understand the difficulty ... 

and if you haven't, we could sure use an ally to grow with.

We shall address how shortly!

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