Jiddu Krishnamurti Meditation Quotes
- Wherever there is comparison psychologically, meditation cannot
be. Where there is measurement, comparison, there cannot be
meditation. You can compare between two cars, between two materials,
better cloth, better paper, better house, better food, but where the
mind thinks in terms psychologically of the better, meditation is
not possible. You can sit cross-legged, do all kinds of yoga, all
kinds of control, but where there is control, there is measurement.
Where there is control, there must be conflict and there must be
measurement, and that is not meditation.
- If one would be completely free of fear, it is essential to
understand this whole process of terming, of projecting symbols,
images, giving names to facts. That is, there can be freedom from
fear only when there is self-knowledge. Self-knowledge is the
beginning of wisdom, which is the ending of fear.
- When the mind is relaxed, no longer making an effort, when it is
quiet for just a few seconds, then the problem reveals itself and it
is solved. That happens when the mind is still, in the interval
between two thoughts, between two responses. In that state of mind
understanding comes, but it requires extraordinary watchfulness of
every movement of thought. When the mind is aware of its own
activity, its own process, then there is quietness.
After all, self-knowledge is the beginning of meditation, and if you do not know the whole, total process of yourself, you cannot know the importance of meditation. Merely sitting in front of a picture or repeating phrases is not meditation. Meditation is a part of relationship; it is seeing the process of thought in the mirror of relationship. Meditation is not subjugation but understanding the whole process of thinking. Then thought comes to an end, and only in that ending is there the beginning of understanding.
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