Daily Quote, Sunday February 22, 2009.
Good morning once again!
Just to say, it's sunny for now!
Todays' quote is really interesting. It's asking when is awareness not awareness, or maybe to put it different, perhaps awareness itself isn't enough. Do we need to be aware of our being aware?
It might just be an answer (better maybe to call it a response) to my question about whether the will hyjacks the intellect in the achievement of desire.
Derrida once said that deconstruction is a never ending process, you just keep deconstructing back and back to reveal deeper needs for a foundation, truth, etc. I get the feeling that Krishnamurti is saying a similar thing, that the self-revealing process of observing ourselves in relationship never stops. What do you think?
When you say, 'I must be aware all the time', you have made a problem of it . . .
Questioner: I find it impossible to be aware all the time.
Krishnamurti: Don't be aware all the time! Just be aware in little bits. Please, there is no being aware all the time - that is a dreadful idea! It is a nightmare, this terrible desire for continuity. Just be aware for one minute, for one second, and in that one second of awareness you can see the whole universe. That is not a poetic phrase. We see things in a flash, in a single moment; but, having seen something, we want to capture, to hold it, give it continuity. That is not being aware at all. When you say, 'I must be aware all the time,' you have made a problem of it, and then you should really find out why you want to be aware all the time. See the greed it implies, the desire to acquire. And to say, 'Well, I am aware all the time,' means nothing.
Collected Works, Vol. XIII - 184
This quote provided great context and of course an answer to a discussion I was having with a friend about transformation. If according to JK, insight is the instant action where we perceive something to be true, logical, sane and rational, does awareness come before insight? I will use the example of yoga class on friday where Robert was asking me to explore chaturanga dandasana through inquiry. He provide clear instruction but I had could not connect to his instruction. I finally figured out that my approach to the posture was focused on one thought, which was what I should not do(awareness). So I had a fragmented view of the posture. By looking at the whole I was able to figure out the posture more clearly (insight). So from this example I can see that I had a moment of awareness, and from the awareness it lead to an insight. So without awareness we cannot have insight.
ReplyDeleteWell, there are several different questions floating about,
ReplyDeleteTo say, “I must be aware". I suspect is the Ego Hijacking the Intellect, Creating a division as well as an Ideal, Causing suffering and so on. But here is another consideration. When one becomes completely aware of “what is”, on a deep level, then ambition, purpose, time and thus direction lose there validity.
It becomes very difficult to maintain an interest in navigating through the apparent distorted requirements of our daily lives when one has an Insight into there futility.
A reflection in a drop of dew becomes far more profound than paying ones mortgage.
We have created a co-dependant Society; Most of us have lost our ability to fend for ourselves. Perhaps being aware of our awareness can serve to remind us that there is still a game that is being played.