Dear Sirs, I find a lot of parallels between the teachings of Krishnamurthy and Ramana, the most fundamental being the dismissal of thought by both of them as...
"Suppose you had never read a book, religious or psychological, and you had to find the meaning, the significance of life. How would you set about it? Suppose...
... "Suppose you had never read a book, religious or psychological, and you had to find the meaning, the significance of life. How would you set about it?...
My Dear Sankarramn, I have enjoyed reading your last two posts. I am fascinated by your power of observation and insight; however, I do find it somewhat ...
... My Dear Sankarramn, I have enjoyed reading your last two posts. I am fascinated by your power of observation and insight; however, I do find it somewhat ...
Dear Sankarramn, ... Surely, you have mischaracterized Ramana's words, or misunderstood him, for your statement implies that an unknown (one's "knowing" that...
... http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/VHeqlB/TM ... As regards your following pointers in your mail, ... or > misunderstood him, ... "knowing"...
Dear Sankarraman, It is so invigorating to discuss these things with someone of your background and insight. Thank you for your recent clarifications. I also...
Dear Krishnamurti People Please take me off of your e-mail list . . . I don't know how I got on this list I have never had any affiliation w/your group Aaron...
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That was interesting... Personally, I am very happy to be on this list. True it can be very quiet, but the quality of discussion when it does take place, is as...
I've read the posts over the last month with a great deal of interest. As I have never considered Krishnamurti to be an Eastern philosopher in the traditional...
Mabuhay! Seeing things as they are and as they are not. Perceiving "what is" and "what is not". Thereby, you will be turned around 180 degrees and nothing will...
Thanks for this one, Alan. I needed it badly at this time, the reminder. If we only realised as concrete, our interconnectivity, what a different world... But...
LOL! There's the reason I don't post! I cannot even assemble a simple paragraph without an error!: - Pleae read, "otherwise it's back in the gutter," and not...
"When you see the truth of anything, what is there to know?" - J. Krishnamurti "It's your life we are talking about!" This is so true. I had been an avid...
... Yes. Although I've often found there is a real danger of nihilism in this path, something that can breed a hopeless depression if one is not very guarded....
Nihilism is different from Emptiness. Emptiness inspires a sense of freedom. Nihilism leads to suffering and the opposites of the pleasure/pain syndrome,...
Yes, I understand what Sankarraman is saying. The immediate Now is obviously regulated, even controlled, by the conditioned mind, and has to be, in our present...
Perception – What we perceive is not necessarily what is true. Our perception emanates from our conditioned minds. Instead of seeing things as they are we...
Perception – What we perceive is not necessarily what is true. Our perception emanates from our conditioned minds. Instead of seeing things as they are we...
As far as see it, the masks will automatically drop when perception frees itself from the old brain' insinuations by seeing into its limitations and...
LOL! My "thought" exactly, Sankarraman! Surely there can be no question, no answer - No Thought... But then you guys would have nothing to discuss, and...
<snip> ... the >activites of the old brain, and says, " I don't know", what >waiting for an answer, which is the trick of the old brain to >insinuate itself...
... -"Nothing" cannot be known. There is "nothing" to understand. You just go about attending to your own business, minding your business. Excellent! This...
Nice one Alan! Alan, might I ask you a couple of questions? I know you are not required to answer, but the choice is yours. It is really an *open* thing; if...
Thanks and I'm glad to keep you amused! I know what the Man (K) would have said : Stay with the pain. You may know that he himself often spoke of the...
Too much kbowledge is a dangerous thing. This is why athe guidance of a teacher is necessary. Nevertheless...please read on.... Manifestations of Thought Time,...