The Immeasurable Is Not of This World – Knowing Oneself
“The immeasurable is not of this world; it is not put together by the mind because what the mind has put together, the mind can undo. To understand the immeasurable, which is to enter into a different world altogether, we must understand this world in which we live, this world which we have created and of which we are a part –the world of ambition, greed, envy, hatred, the world of separation, fear, and lust.
That means we must understand ourselves, the unconscious as well as the conscious, and this is not very difficult if you set your mind to it. If you really want to know the totality of your own being, you can easily discover it. It reveals itself in every relationship, at every moment, when you are entering the bus, getting a taxi, or talking to someone. But most of us are not concerned with that because it requires serious endeavor, persistent inquiry. Most of us are very superficial; we are easily satisfied with such words as God, love, beauty. We call ourselves Christians, Buddhists, or Hindus and think we have solved the whole problem. We must shed all that, let it drop away completely, and it will drop away only when we begin to know ourselves deeply. It is only through understanding ourselves that we shall find something which is beyond all measure.”
J. Krishnamurti
Hamburg 1956, Talk 6
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¿Cual es la cualidad de la mente que deja una puerta entreabierta de la que podemos percibir la luz?
Nos quedamos sentados, o comenzamos a caminar y penetramos?
Las palabras y las imágenes me llegan al corazón, al alma !!!
Beautiful video clip. Its very interesting. K says here its possible if we set are minds to do it. That’s the point. I think something can be achieved if we really go at it. It must e our life. Even if you have a boy or girl , if we keep questioning our relationships , if we keep observing all the time, if inquiry becomes part of like the breath & if we are honest to say, this is greed when there is greed, then we can do it. Such a beautiful thing. It is making our life our study……………am lazy……still lazily going through spanish….
El video es en verdad muy bonito, diría que espectacular, aunque veo un peligro detrás de tanta “belleza”.
¿Qué tienen de malo los videos que simplemente muestran a K hablando? ¿No veis el peligro de desvirtuar por completo el mensaje de Jiddu?. Hoy en día se muestran imágenes tan impactantes (o más) para hacernos comprar refrescos, prendas deportivas o compresas. ¿Vamos a caer en una de las trampas contra la que tanto nos ha advertido K ? Espero que nadie se sienta lastimado por exponer lo que creo ver.
Ese mismo comentario que tu haces , lo han hecho otras personas igualmente. La respuesta de alguna persona que trabaja o colabora con la fundacion Krishnamurti es basicament que: Al ser tiempos diferentes y en los cuales las nuevas generaciones simplemente son diferentes y por ende NO les interesaria ver videos de Krishnamurti con la imagen del mismo hablando, los cuales a mi ver es igualmente lo mejor.
Sin embargo esta persona que colabora con la fundacion Krishnamurti dijo que en las reuniones en Ojai, etc. se ven muchas personas mayores , (seguramente fueron en su dia fieles oyentes cuando vivia Krishnamurti) pero ahora , K ya no esta vivo y por ende , captar a un publico nuevo es muy edificil. Asi que los videos se han editado con la finalidad de captar nuevo publico mas joven. Lamentablemente es asi. A las personas mas jovenes les interesa la tecnologia, etc. DIficilmente captarian o entenderian al ver a Krishnamurti hablando solo.
Como és possible tanta sabedoria? Como ello consigue acertar tanto? És fascinante.
This is so true,. Great video. On my spiritual journey @ age 50, my practice’s have been fruitful. Envy, greed, lust, hatred, anger, gluttony, fear, no longer control my life. There is a peace within us all that money can’t buy, life is truly beautiful. It took me a long time to figure this out. To have a pure heart you must have a pure mind, to have a pure mind we must have a pure body. These are some tools that have helped me tremendously
It is rare to see people understanding JK. It is great that you understood him .
It has also taken me many years to “come around”. J.K. started me on my journey but I cannot help to feel saddened by what we all have lost without his physical presence. But on the otherhand I am overfilled with joy that his teachings are still being supported. The group running this site and keeping it alive are truly great people that care about all of us , as Krishnamurti did. You will always have my support. And thank you for the daily emails. 🙂
Yes it is a serious matter to be aware consistently constantly in every relationship to unearth our unconscious mind. It requires tremendous effort to be a witness in our interaction with others and things to see what is thrown from unconscious.
__It requires tremendous effort to be a witness in our interaction with others and things to see what is thrown from unconscious.__
Sorry, dear Padmanabhan K,
First of all, the meditation for discovering What Is has to be entirely effortless. And second, Immeasurable is anything, but ‘unconscious’.