Daily Quote, Monday August 17, 2009.

Good morning everyone,

Well, summer is well and truly with us! No need for a weather update today. :-)

Is it possible for me to forget myself?

To put it very simply, is it possible for me to forget myself? Don't say yes or no. We do not know what it means. The sacred books say so-and-so, but all that is mere words, and words are not reality. What is important is for the mind to find out whether that which has been put together - the experiencer, the thinker, the watcher, the 'I' - can disappear, dissolve itself. There must be no other entity who dissolves it.

I hope I am making myself clear. If the mind says, 'The 'I' must be dissolved in order to arrive at that extraordinary state which the sacred books promise', then there is the action of will; there is an entity who wants to arrive, so the 'I' still remains.

The Collected Works, Vol. X - 254

Here are my reflections.

This continues Krishnamurti's discussion from yesterday about what transformation of the self really requires. All too often, we associate transformation with a bigger, better version of ourselves; it's the idea of the Platonic ideal or perfect form become real. But it is never real as it is simply the mind's creation and projection. It is the action of the past, remembered association, a pleasure of an idea that grew into an attachment. The 'I' can disolve only with self-observation, which is a reflection upon the whole process of thought as memory as it constitutes the self as an image. This requires a lot of detailed work; all your relationships, everything you do. As soon as we start to approach this question through sacred books or a guru or a teacher, it is just our thought entertaining itself with bigger thoughts.

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Best wishes

Robert