Awakening of Intelligence (J. Krishnamurti Book 1)

by J. Krishnamurti

KRISHNAMURTI: Ask yourself the question, Sir, and don’t just say “Memory comes as a barrier”. You have just heard somebody else say that. You heard me say that a dozen times, and you repeat and throw back those words at me. They have no meaning to me any more. I am asking quite a different question. I am asking why thought comes into it at all. (Suggestion from audience.) Ask’yourself, Sir, and find out the answer. Why this constant interference of thought? You understand Sir? It is very interesting if you go into it for yourself. At present you cannot look at anything without thought, without an image, without a symbol. Why? (Long pause) Do you want me to answer it? The gentleman sits very comfortably and says “Yes”. “Please answer it, will you?” And it’s not going to make a pennyworth of difference to him. (That’s right, and it has become a habit. For the last fifty years, doing whatever you have done.) If it is a habit, then what shall I do? Do I see the habit as an idea or actually as habit—Do you see the difference? If you do then you must find out.