Daily Quote, Sunday May 24, 2009.

Good morning,

Not sure about the weather today. Definitely cooler right now!

Here are my reflections on today's quote.

So what is sensivity? Is it a still mind that follows no path but simply looks? Where does sensitivity come from? Is it from deep attention to oneslf in relationship? Is it therefore from observing our conditioning, or path, the saint's repetitions and rituals, which are just our daily habits and compulsions under a different heading, so that the mind is then still? Is this what K is suggestioning when he refers to the outer and the inner as the same movement? If we simply attention to know or true self (see yestetday's quote) this can only lead to insensitivity by separating the inner from the outer. What do we react to when we turn to search for a our true self?

The so-called saints and sannyasis.

The so-called saints and sannyasis have contributed to the dullness of mind and to the destruction of sensitivity. Every habit, repetition, rituals strengthened by belief and dogma, sensory responses,can be and are refined, but the alert awareness, sensitivity, is quite another matter. Sensitivity is absolutely essential to look deeply within; this movement of going within is not a reaction to the outer; the outer and the inner are the same movement, they are not separate. The division of this movement as the outer and as the inner breeds insensitivity. Going within is the natural flow of the outer; the movement of the inner has its own action, expressed outwardly but it is not a reaction of the outer. Awareness of this whole movement is sensitivity.

Krishnamurti's Notebook - 28th October