Attention

“There are three things which we must understand: concentration, choiceless awareness, and attention. Concentration implies resistance – concentration on a particular thing, on the page you are reading, or on the phrase you are trying to understand: to concentrate, to put all your energy in a particular direction. That is one thing.

In this quote, Krishnamurti discusses attention and how the use of meditation can be important to help to understand the world around us, developing a deeper sense of connection with ourselves and others.

“When you listen attentively, in that attention there is no ‘you’ attending. You are listening. Not that you are listening, there is only the act of listening.

“There must be a new order, a new way of living. To bring about that new order, that new way of living, we must understand disorder. It is only through negation that you understand the positive, not by the pursuit of the positive…

If you’ve ever looked at a flower, what takes place? First, you name the flower. You say it belongs to a certain species. Then you say…