Krishnamurti & the Art of Awakening

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Ojai, California | 2nd Public Talk 17th June, 1934

Everyone is caught up in suffering and conflict, but most people are unconscious of that conflict; they are merely seeking substitutions, solutions and escapes. Whereas if they cease seeking escapes and begin to question the environment which causes that conflict, then mind becomes acute, alive, intelligent. In that intensity mind becomes intelligence and therefore sees the full worth and significance of the environment which creates conflict.

Tags: intensity., sensitivity

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