12-08-2007, 08:51 AM
J. Krishnamurti was very wise in pointing out that all knowledge is from the past, stored in the mind, as the mind. And that it has nothing to do with your present experience, being present. You always miss the present because you look at it with your knowledge which you acquired in the past.
The present isn't just now; isn't just any given moment. It is being without knowledge, without concepts.
All knowledge is dead. The present is alive.
Look at it this way:
Any realisation or revelation is valuable only in so far as it is immediate and direct. To then write down your valuable insight, or store it as memory/inventory, so you can remember it or refer to it later, as knowledge, is a completely different doing. The revelation will never apply to another moment. Each moment is its own revelation!
In other words, be present, without concepts, without knowledge, and the mystery will be apparent, and your days will be filled with wonder and adventure.
The present isn't just now; isn't just any given moment. It is being without knowledge, without concepts.
All knowledge is dead. The present is alive.
Look at it this way:
Any realisation or revelation is valuable only in so far as it is immediate and direct. To then write down your valuable insight, or store it as memory/inventory, so you can remember it or refer to it later, as knowledge, is a completely different doing. The revelation will never apply to another moment. Each moment is its own revelation!
In other words, be present, without concepts, without knowledge, and the mystery will be apparent, and your days will be filled with wonder and adventure.