Tag:  Occupation

• A mind that is merely occupied is a petty mind, whether it is occupied with the highest knowledge, or with the daily activities of the kitchen, or the job. June 05, 2010

  You see, we are so afraid of a mind that is not occupied. A mind that is merely occupied is a petty mind, whether it is occupied with the highest knowledge, or with the daily activities of the kitc...

• Our minds are the result of innumerable and contradictory influences, and any action born of that contradictory state must also be contradictory; June 08, 2010

  Action born of influence is restricted. Our minds are the result of innumerable and contradictory influences, and any action born of that contradictory state must also be contradictory; and a cultu...

• See how extraordinarily subtle and difficult it is to have a mind which is not everlastingly full, yet if there is the urgency to find out what is right action in this mad, confused, and suffering world, you have to come to this point. June 09, 2010

  Have you ever tried to find out why the mind is occupied? Try it now, sirs, if only for the fun of it. But first you must be aware that your mind is occupied - which is obvious. You are occupied...

• Is there an action which is not the result of effort, which is not the action of will? June 10, 2010

  From what source, from what center must action arise if it is not to be contradictory and confusing? The social reformer does not ask this question because he wants to act, to reform - and in the v...

• A mind that is formulating, creating, cannot understand creation, the uncrated. July 23, 2013

  Questioner: Though you have talked about it, I find concentration extremely difficult. Would you kindly go into it again? Krishnamurti: Is not interested attention necessary if we would understa...