On Krishnamurti

 

 

KRISHNAMURTI 

"Violence is not merely killing another. It is violence when we use a sharp word, when we make a gesture to brush away a person, when we obey because there is fear. So violence isn't merely organized butchery in the name of God, in the name of society or country. Violence is much more subtle, much deeper, and we are inquiring into the very depths of violence.

 

... Mere explanations will never eradicate the fact that we do not love our neighbour. On the contrary, it is because we are forever giving explanations and causes that we do not face the fact. You give one cause, I give another, and we fight over causes and explanations. We are divided as Hindus, Buddhists, Christians, this or that. We say we do not love because of social conditions, or because it is our karma, or because somebody has a great deal of money while we have very little. We offer innumerable explanations, lots of words, and in the net of words we get caught.

 

What happens when you face the fact and know for yourself that you do not love your neighbour or your son? If you loved your son, you would educate him entirely differently; you would educate him not to fit into this rotten society, but to be self-sufficient, to be intelligent, to be aware of all the influences around him in which he is caught, smothered, and which never allow him to be free. If you loved your son, who is also your neighbour, there would be no wars because you would want to protect him, not your property, your petty little belief, your bank account, your ugly country or your narrow ideology. So you do not love, and that is a fact.

 

 The contemptuous way you talk to others, the respect you show to your boss, the deep, reverential salute with which you greet your guru, your pursuit of power, your identification with a country, your seeking – all this indicates that you do not love. If you start from there you can do something. If you are blind and really know it, if you do not imagine you can see, what happens? You move slowly, you touch, you feel; a new sensitivity comes into being. Similarly, when I know that I have no love, and do not pretend to love, when I am aware of the fact that I have no compassion and do not pursue the ideal, then with the facing of that fact there comes a different quality; and it is this quality that saves the world, not organized religion or a clever ideology. It is when the heart is empty that the things of the mind fill it; and the things of the mind are the explanations of that emptiness...

 

So, if you really want to stop wars, if you really want to put an end to this conflict within society, you must face the fact that you do not love. You may go to a temple and offer flowers to a stone image, but that will not give the heart this extraordinary quality of compassion and love, which comes only when the mind is quiet, and not greedy or envious. When you are aware of the fact that you have no love, and do not run away from it by trying to explain it, or find its cause, then that very awareness begins to do something; it brings gentleness, a sense of compassion. Then there is a possibility of creating a world totally different from this chaotic and brutal existence which we now call life."

 

It is worth wondering if, as Jiddu says, the empty heart is filled with the mind's conjurations... then let us try the opposite, to empty the bellows we call our mind, and fill it with heart. It is said that the sage empties minds and strengthens bones... we could all use stronger bones, as we seem to have certain rugs pulled out from beneath us more and more often. But how to fill an empty heart? Since hearts are very personal, of course this is difficult to answer. There are six basic human needs (see the Traveler's Cloak post) regardless of continent or age -- so if one is willing, one may take some time to measure what aspects of life are filling those coffers, and how much -- and what aspects are subtracting more from your energy than what you would prefer.

Maybe it is easier to sit back and lament that "it was this way when I got here" and how is one person supposed to change the whole rotten world? Ahhhh, but who first convinced you it was here for you to change? Grasshopper, I am going to ask you a very deep question, one I myself wrestled with, and know its insanity... but -- what if, just what if.... what if nothing is wrong, and everything is just as it is supposed to be... such that YOU are being funneled into developing your knowledge of yourself, and your relationship to the infinite? 

 

Sounds crazy, especially when so much is going wrong, it seems we have no direction we can turn without hearing about tragedy and experiencing it ourselves. The amount of bad news and poor decisions of leaders make for an awfully hard climate to be our best. What if you could get rid of all your frustration? Not most of it, but all? 100%? What would you be willing to do for that? How about nothing? And so "the greatest intelligence seems stupid (TtC)."

But at this moment, look honestly at the care you give yourself.  The things you do when your body needs them, how you welcome things that are sustainable and life-promoting, and avoiding illness-promoting stress, or making important decisions while hangry, for example. Because how can you show your family and friends you care for them, if you do not know and practice care for your own body? 

 

When our brother Jesus said we are all one body, how none should compare to other parts for function -- what else do you think that meant? Like Jiddu said, we know but do not do. And again our brother pleaded with us, how can you call me Lord if you don't actually follow my example? When people ask what religion a person is, it is really asking what god do you serve, what is the spirit of your ideal.

 

 Regardless of what our keepers tell us for our own good, we have proof in their fruit, like our brother said. One peoples tell how their ancestors came here seeking a place to live in peace, taking only what they need, and living close to the land. How can we tell this is true? By seeing that they take only what they need, and are living in peace close to the land. Can you tell then, which peoples worship a different ideal? That some came here to find underlings to carry out their wishes, sewing discord with the land, polluting any number of people and places to get what they want? Eroding mind, body, and soul and killing independent thought, encouraging sheep-like behaviour to facilitate the consistent shaking up of the ant hill, watching them scurry about trying to keep their lives in order, never able to change the system of their discontent. Can you tell which people worship THAT god? 

Anyone can rid themselves of the chains they were born in. Know this now, it is damned uncomfortable, and living without comfort will have to be okay for an indefinite time -- maybe always -- but is the price and ransom of the big Truth. The reason you hear people tell you that for big change you must take big actions (Robbins) is that physics demands a huge up front ante in getting over that hump of ignorance.  It is uncomfortable to regrow an outdated mindset. The time and effort it takes is akin to having a whole other job. It is even scarier to think that one's own government isn't only lying to keep things easy and controlled, it is hurting people in the process. 

 

Adapt! This is not the end of the world just yet! Only the true note rings long. The falsities of this world outnumber us and our time on the planet. So begin with the very close, personal world of YOU. Make the garden of YOU abundant, healing, transformative -- and your fruits will surely bless all around you, for all the days of your life. That is real, abiding comfort. Don't settle for the cheap knock off. You see how that has gone.

 

But unless you look at taking care -- perfect care -- of your own person, from inside to out, from crown to ground -- there is really not much you have to offer your kids, your community, or your god.

 

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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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Another Prayer

 

 

CLEANSE ME, I pray

 

NOT OF MY DOUBT, rendering me unable to think

 

NOT OF MY FEAR, leaving my senses dull in the face of challenge

 

Rather

 

Please wash the POCKETS OF STAGNANCY out, 

Where my inaction is allowed to rot

And turn into apathy.

 

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Manly P. Hall

 

There is a lot of happiness slipping away from us, wasted by our own carelessness.

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The words of our friends, neighbors... the counsel of our ministers, and even the words of our scriptures, are NOT VALID when compared to the personal experience of a fact.

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In order to think constructively, we must know what IS constructive in almost any circumstance.  All constructive thinking must arise from thoughtfulness.

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The really nice thing, we do not do; and that is the simple giving of our own understanding, and our basic concern for their happiness, rather than what they can do to make us happy.

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Primordial Awareness

 

 Let us sit and discuss psychological physics.

 

We know that there is a fabric of the universe, it becomes the basis for all things.  Lao Tzu describes the Mother of 10,000 Things as unseen/invisible; unheard/inaudible; and untouched/intangible. A physics article (I search for the link presently) described truly higher intelligence in the universe is NOT complete order, the antithesis of chaos -- but rather the ability to aggregate into information that can be reorganized in several ways, instead of just one. 

Cutting edge quantum stuff, but also ancient knowledge.

The Tao te Ching goes on to describe these three states of invisible, inaudible, and intangible as merging into one. Three things as one may sound familiar... and that "its rising brings no dawn, its setting no darkness... approach it and there is no beginning; follow it, and there is no end!" This does begin to sound like the fabric of the universe waiting to be acted upon.

Indeed, recent reports in the last few years from the physics front is that light waves become particles when observed, but remain "in original state" if not observed, making an interference pattern. The news seems to be rocking the world of science, as they step into the metaphysical world of matter being indeterminate until heard, seen, or felt. That reality is not predetermined, or a given, but made of many nuclei of tangled vortices, you might say, that unravel when attention is paid to it, creating reality before our eyes. Like the Unreal Engines used to render highly detailed console games. These games can give players perspectives from just about anywhere, at any time, because the game itself is not already made and waiting for something to stumble on it. It is made only as far as the player can see, from their point of view. Much less effort required in this model than the pre-rendered kind.

The TTC further says, "It goes on and on, unnamable, returning into nothingness... but when they (the states) are seen, heard, felt, they are present as one." There is that 3 in one again. The text goes on to acknowledge our eternal nature, and also the dual part of feeling our mortality; that we can be at ease in our lives if we could comprehend the way things have always been, bringing us into harmony.

There may be some language denoting a toroidal field, while formless and perfect, giving rise to shape; empty, solitary and unchanging, it is also boundless, ever flowing, and constantly returning. Like living puzzle pieces, we are miniature examples of universal creation, suspension, and destruction. WE are a reflection of the principalities of matter, that wave passing through the experimental plates... that with attention, become a particle, a visible rendering of whatever emotion seems to be running at the time.

Lao Tzu wrote "When the unformed become formed, original qualities are lost... (but) if one learns to preserve their original qualities, one can govern any thing."

We  CAN get in touch with our original nature, bathe in the infinite fabric that contains all knowledge, by meditation and other connection-based activities. Jesus told us we are IN the world but not OF it; Erwin Schrodinger showed us something called "superpositioning" as we delve into how an object can be in two places at once at any particular time, only settling the matter when the state is observed and locked into reality. 

Think of what power that gives you as you move through your day! 

Remember, the knots of reality strings are small, and are coaxed out with attention; the state of an object can have complicated forces connected to it. These quantum layers of available realities, these seeds of materia, are termed the "Copenhagen Interpretation" and many global scientists are interested in it, trying to find the line between what exists of itself and what we may bring about by looking at something. Our attention has that much power.

There are many similarities between the Tao te Ching and the New Testament, one is the description of what it is like to live our true natures: 

"Be the pattern of the world... move constantly in the path of virtue... travel without leaving a trace... speak without hurting... give without keeping a tally... help all impartially, abandoning which?? none! Waste no opportunity!" Some of these are paraphrased. But "To know the Way, understand the Great within yourself." 

Inside you is the pattern the universe used to make you. You were shining through space until someone "paid attention" and brought this thought into existence. 

You are now HEARD, FELT, and yes, also SEEN, reflecting the light you once were, and shall be again when you rejoin the infinite. 

YOU are wave turned particle.

You ARE the light.

Knowing the Ancient Beginning

 

 

Think of a situation where you are looking online for directions. The all-knowing map program keeps giving you directions, from its company headquarters. How helpful is that?! What good would it be if there was only one set of directions to a place? Especially one where people are supposed to go -- nay, invited to come. We all need directions from where we are, not the ones other people give us to show us how THEY got from where THEY were...

Forcing yourself to adhere to the lifestyle of masters leads to resentment and gives increase to our obstacles -- instead, understand these things describe a state of arrival.

Chapter 15 of the Tao te Ching :

The ancient masters were subtle, mysterious, profound, responsive.
The depth of their knowledge is unfathomable.
Because it is unfathomable,
All we can do is describe their appearance.

 

BUT we need time and space, and support as human beings to actualize ourselves. We are dropped into a spiritual war zone and given options of x, y, or z and told that is called choice. We are "loved" into being a productive member of this machine. How would we expect to become one with ourselves on this hamster wheel... and just try living outside of it! All the walls are slippery and not meant to be breached. Still, this is what we must do in order to regain our own personal relationship with the infinite.

Chapter 75 :

Why are the people starving?
Because the rulers use up the money in taxes.
Therefore the people are starving.

Why are the people rebellious?
Because the rulers interfere too much.
Therefore they are rebellious.

Why do the people think so little of death?
Because the rulers demand too much of life.
Therefore the people take death lightly.
 

If you ascribe to the notion of the fractal, and begin to see a pattern in how people are treated, you must then realize, and look inside yourself for the ways in which you, too ignore your own pains and put your shiny things first instead of finding it enough to fill your belly (Chapter 12, ibid.). 

Understand that the things you put up with in your country, your school boards, your hospitals -- are the things that we as a people are putting up with in ourselves, not valuing ourselves because we ourselves are not valued. There is a term for this when the abductees begin to repeat what the masters say.

The great news is that connection can be known. But you must face that which you refuse to see. You must confront that which causes you consternation. Slay the monsters that have hold of you, don't run from them anymore. 

Today is the Day you were waiting for!

 

Blunt the sharpness,
Untangle the knot,
Soften the glare,
Merge with dust.

(Chapter 4)

Stand before it and there is no beginning.
Follow it and there is no end.
Stay with the ancient Tao,
Move with the present.

Knowing the ancient beginning is the essence of Tao.

(Chapter 14)

 

 

 The Universe sang you into existence... maybe try to learn a little of the song?

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Embrace What is Given Freely

 

 

EMBRACE that which is given freely: sunshine, rain, a teardrop of sadness, a chortle of joy.

 

When you CUT TO FIT, you create remnants. When demand is more than actual need, waste and confusion is created. More PROTOCOLS are required to tend and care for what you have left behind you. These are your FRUITS.

 

And unless you have a way of dealing with what you leave behind, you become irresponsible with the myriad of tiny little loose ends in your life. If you do not... well, how can such a person can be trusted? With a bunch of untended, rotten fruit you have left for others to enjoy.

 

Energistically, in this situation, YOU are the teacher, the adult, the authority; your leftovers are your energic "children" or students. You created these, now you are responsible for them.  "If the teacher is not respected, And the student not cared for, Confusion will arise, however clever one is. (Lao Tzu)

 

Instead, embrace the fullness of real life. YOUR LIFE. The whole you, where the spark lives. You are not just a sum of some pieces and parts made of six types of atoms (only six!) to be treated like a symptom that needs solutions from someone else. We are each one degree from our creation, and can access the universe all by ourselves.

The life in you is the same life ... from the beginning of LIFE ITSELF! It is a bit of a mind twist but you can observe it for yourself.  Our grandmothers got THEIR sparks from their own, and so on, and so on. The first spark traveled from the most ancient mother, down through each of her daughters, throughout all of TIME, until one of them carried and brought YOU.

There has been no interruption.

And with this spark comes Wisdom. Tap into it. Listen to what it has to say. It can teach you, testify to you, witness for you. Keep listening.

Your name has already been written in heaven. Of course the universe knows you, and shall welcome you at the secret, appointed time.

You could never "fail" -- you are already a JOY!

When you feel disconnected, whether via sadness or anger, or feeling numb, keep listening.

Begin to hear the music and songs of the ones who inherited this spark before you. They sing over you in the dark and deserted places through which you must walk.

Your journey has led you here, but it is not over!

Keep listening.