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Word Gems self-knowledge, authentic living, full humanity, continual awakening
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Public Talk 4, Poona, India - 01 Feb 1953 excerpts Truth or happiness or what you will, cannot come through choice; it is not a matter of choice. But our minds are only capable of choosing, differentiating... Our minds are petty, small, narrow, shallow. It does not matter if the mind is a most learned, most experienced mind: such a mind is still shallow, still petty... As long as we are choosing between what is good and what is bad, between the noble and the ignoble, between this guru and that guru, between that political leader and this political leader, as long as there is choice, there can be no Truth. Choice is only the capacity of the mind to differentiate, and the process of differentiation springs from a confused mind; and however much you may choose, analytically, subjectively or by investigation of all the circumstances, still that choice will invariably produce conflict. What is necessary now is not choice between this and that, but to understand each problem in itself, completely, without comparing, without judging, but by going into it from every aspect, deeply, by putting aside one's own inclinations and prejudices and by really investigating... Our minds at present are so cunning, so confused, so distorted, that we are incapable of seeing directly, immediately, in an experience, the thing that is true... So, if I may suggest, if you are really serious and earnest, please follow what I am saying. Our problems are so complex that there can be only a simple and direct approach to them. You cannot approach them through any book, nor through a philosophy, nor through a system, nor through any leader. You can approach them only through the understanding of yourselves, by seeing yourselves in your daily relationships exactly as you are and not what you should be. This `should be' is always the choice, is always away from `what is'. What is important is to find out `what I am' actually from moment to moment, in which there is no choice whatsoever. As long as the mind is incapable of choosing what should be, then it will deal with `what is'. We must really observe our relationships from day to day, from moment to moment, the exact state of what we are, and not try to transform it into something noble...
Editor’s note: If I were a newcomer to this subject, in the audience listening to K, I would not be helped by his discourse but more confused. At times K is a very poor teacher. While it is true that the enlightened state is ineffable, along with a path to it, this does not mean that we cannot say some things which might cast some light. He says that the mind is capable only of choosing, and differentiating. This means that the mind, in its natural state, cannot access the realm of “the Immensity” or “Creativity itself.” We cannot choose it, grasp it, like a math problem. Instead, we must learn how to “find the off-switch” to thinking, allowing the inner-life, like an artesian spring, to bubble up from the depths. It will do so automatically, once the blockages have been removed. See the 31.March.1953 discourse, and my commentary. Our part is simply to “focus on the confusion,” shine a wordless, judgment-less, mental spotlight of awareness. This begins to break down the confusion. how to expunge sorrow and other mental confusions
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