|
"It was a beautiful day, a cloudless day, a day of shadows and light...Shadows
are more alive than the reality; the shadows are
longer, deeper, richer; they seem to have a life of their own, independent and
protecting; there is a peculiar satisfaction in their invitation. The symbol
becomes more important than the
reality. The symbol gives a shelter; it
is easy to take comfort in its shelter. You can do what you will with it,
it will never contradict, it will
never change; it can be covered with garlands or ashes. There's an extraordinary satisfaction in a dead thing, in a picture, in a conclusion, in a word. They are dead, past all recalling and there is pleasure in the many smells of yesterday. The brain is always the yesterday, and today is the shadow of yesterday, and tomorrow is the continuation of that shadow, somewhat changed but it still smells of yesterday. So the brain lives and has its being in shadows; it is safer, more comforting." Krishnamurti's Notebook, p.54 |
|
"...Meditation is the movement that destroys the observer, the experiencer; it's a
movement that is beyond all symbol, thought and feeling..."
Krishnamurti's Notebook, p.91 |
