Jiddu Krishnamurti Meditation Quotes
- Meditation is the understanding of the whole structure of the
'me', the self, the ego, and whether it is possible to be totally
free of the self, not seek some super-self. The super-self is still
the self. So meditation is something which is not a cultivated,
determined, activity.
- So one must be free of this incessant demanding: the mind that
is always comparing, measuring, which breeds illusion. And one must
know the nature and the structure of this effort, the effort of
duality (the mind is really non-dual, but there's not time to go
into that). This means knowing oneself so completely that the mind
is no longer seeking, asking, demanding, and therefore it is
completely quiet. All that is part of meditation; not the endless
prayers, repetitions and the forcing the mind to be still. That
breeds conflict and conflict must inevitably exist when there is
duality. There is the duality that is created by the observer and
the thing he wishes to be, which is observed. And there is the mind
that is trying, not to experience, but to uncover, to discover - not
follow, not imitate, not become something. The becoming is another
form of duality and therefore of conflict.
All this process of knowing oneself is the beginning of meditation - not putting the mind to sleep, not having visions or transcendental experiences through some footling word - but to uncover the conditioned and the state of mind which is ourselves in its relationship to society, in its relationship to another. To discover oneself and penetrate deep - all that is meditation.
- Meditation is the most extraordinary thing if you know how to do
it, and you cannot possibly learn from anybody; and that's the
beauty of it. It isn't something you learn, a technique, and
therefore there is no authority. Therefore if you will learn about
yourself, watch yourself, watch the way you walk, the way you talk,
how you eat, what you say, the gossip, the hate, the jealousy. If
you are aware of it without any choice, all that is part of
meditation, and as you go, as you journey, as that movement goes,
all that movement is meditation. Then that movement is endless,
timeless.
- If you observe your own mind in what you call meditation, you
will see that there is always a division, a contradiction between
the thinker and the thought. As long as there is a thinker apart
from thought, meditation is merely a ceaseless effort to overcome
this contradiction.
- Meditation demands a mind that is not caught in any system, however romantic, however pleasing, however desirable. Because who are you to choose among so many systems? You will choose one that is most pleasant, naturally, that is most convenient, that is most comforting, that promises you something in return for your work. So your choice is based among all these systems, whether the Zen, or the Hindu, or the Buddhist, or the Muslim, or your own form of meditation, the Christian meditation, you will choose amongst all those. And that choice is based upon your own confusion, upon your own desire for further experience of delight and pleasure. So while the mind is choosing a system, such a mind is a confused mind. And systems do not clear the confusion, but rather strengthen, narrow down that confusion.
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