Self KnowingSelf Knowing

“Self Knowing” -Teachings of

Jiddu Krishnamurti

knowing every thought

“self-knowing” means

knowing every mood

“self-knowing” means

knowing every word

“self-knowing” means

knowingeveryfeeling;

the activity of

your mind

“self-knowing” means

It is important to understand

what this self-knowing is . . .

…just to be aware,

without any choice, of the “me”

which has its source in a bundle of

memories—just to be conscious of it without interpretation

merely to observe the merely to observe the movementmovement

of the of the mindmind..

But that observation is preventedwhen you are merely accumulating

through observation

——what what toto do, what do, what not tonot to do, what do, what

toto achieve, what achieve, what not tonot to achieve; if achieve; if

you do that, you put an you do that, you put an end end to the to the

living process of the movement of the living process of the movement of the

mind as the self.mind as the self.

That is, I have to observe and see That is, I have to observe and see

the fact, the actual, the what is. If I the fact, the actual, the what is. If I

approach it with an idea, with an approach it with an idea, with an

opinion… opinion…

——such as “I must not,” or “I must,” such as “I must not,” or “I must,”

which are the responses of which are the responses of

memory memory —— then the movement of then the movement of

what is is hindered, is blocked; and what is is hindered, is blocked; and

therefore, there is no learning.therefore, there is no learning.

Self-knowing - Without knowing yourself, do what you will, there cannot

possibly be the state of meditation. I mean by “self-knowing,” knowing every thought, every mood, every word, every feeling; knowing the activity of your mind—not knowing the Supreme Self, the big Self; there is no such thing; the Higher Self, the Atman, is still within the field of thought. Thought is the result of

your conditioning, thought is the response of your memory— ancestral or immediate. And merely to try to meditate without first establishing deeply, irrevocably, that virtue which comes about through self-knowing, is utterly deceptive and absolutely useless.

Please, it is very important for those who are serious, to understand this. Because if you cannot do that, your meditation and actual living are divorced, are apart—so wide apart that though you may meditate, taking postures indefinitely, for the rest of your life, you will not see beyond your nose; any posture you take, anything that you do, will have no meaning whatsoever.

...It is important to understand what this self-knowing is, just to be aware, without any choice, of the “me” which has its source in a bundle of memories—just to be conscious of it without interpretation, merely to observe the movement of the mind. But that observation is prevented when you are merely accumulating

through observation—what to do, what not to do, what to achieve, what not to achieve; if you do that, you put an end to the living process of the movement of the mind as the self. That is, I have to observe and see the fact, the actual, the what is. If I approach it with an idea, with an opinion — such as “I must not,” or “I

must,” which are the responses of memory—then the movement of what is ishindered, is blocked; and therefore, there is no learning.

WisdomWisdom is a thing that comes

through self- knowing …

- knowing yourself,

knowing every movement of your

thought, every feeling, every reactionreaction. And as

you understand all about yourself, there

is that emptiness; and in that

emptiness..

there is wisdom.

We are talking of selfWe are talking of self-- knowing: knowing:

knowing oneself actually as oneknowing oneself actually as one

isis, , not as onenot as one should beshould be, , to see that one is stupid, that one is afraid, to see that one is stupid, that one is afraid,

that one is ambitious, that one is cruel, that one is ambitious, that one is cruel,

violent, greedy; the motives behind one's violent, greedy; the motives behind one's

thought, the motives behind one's action thought, the motives behind one's action --

that isthat is the the beginningbeginning of of

knowing oneself.knowing oneself.

If you do not know yourself,

how the structure of your mind

operates, how you feel, what you

think, what your motives are, why

you do certain things and avoid

other things, how you are

pursuing pleasure -

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..unless you know all this basically,..unless you know all this basically,you are capable of deceiving yourself, of

creating great harm, not only to yourself,

but to others.

And, without this basic selfAnd, without this basic self--

knowing there can be no knowing there can be no

meditationmeditation....

that is why you have to

inquire into your own

conditioning, and

the inquiryis the

beginning of

self- knowing...

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