Thought for the week – 11th October 2021 (3)
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Thought for the Week – 11th October 2021
( Contributed by Mr. Balasunder )
A man who says he knows is the most destructive human being because he really does not know…..
Do you think that by listening to a talk or to a number of talks you are going to be transformed? Do you know what it means to be transformed? If you knew, then you can judge. If you knew, would you be transformed?
A man who says he knows is the most destructive human being because he really does not know. When you are conscious or aware you are transformed, you are not. We must begin from the very beginning. To think that by listening to talks this extraordinary revolution is going to take place is infantile, is it not?
Revolution requires not just an hour’s casual listening; a great deal of attention must be paid to the whole process of self-knowledge. We all want a quick remedy. Transformation is something that cannot be caught by mere listening to a few talks. If you know really how to listen, the beauty of listening, then you will see how your mind becomes astonishingly still, and in that stillness a revolution takes place, a total revolution.
~ J Krishnamurti
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~Thich Nhat Hanh
Thought of the Week – 4th October 2021 (2)
Thought of the Week – 4th October 2021
Thought for the Week – 4th October 2021
The real ‘You’ Comes and Goes…..
“You cannot catch hold of it, nor can you get rid of it. In not being able to get it, you get it. When you speak it is silent. When you are silent it speaks.”
Zen Poem
You can’t make radical changes in the pattern of your life until you begin to see yourself exactly as you are now….
You can’t make radical changes in the pattern of your life until you begin to see yourself exactly as you are now. As soon as you do that, changes will flow naturally. You don’t have to force anything, struggle, or obey rules dictated to you by some authority. It is automatic; you just change. But arriving at that initial insight is quite a task. You have to see who you are and how you are without illusion, judgment, or resistance of any kind. You have to see your place in society and your function as a social being. You have to see your duties and obligations to your fellow human beings, and above all, your responsibility to yourself as an individual living with other individuals. And finally, you have to see all of that clearly as a single unit, an irreducible whole of interrelationship. It sounds complex, but it can occur in a single instant. Mental cultivation through meditation is without rival in helping you achieve this sort of understanding and serene happiness.
Mindfulness in Plain English: 20th Anniversary Edition by Henepola Gunaratana
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