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When nearing the end of his
long life, Krishnamurti was
asked for the most vital
point of his teachings.
He replied:
This is the nondual
understanding of
the awakened eye.
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perception and meditation
perception without
the perceiver in meditation
Perception without the word, that is, without thought,
is one of the strangest phenomena. Then the perception
is much more acute, not only with the brain, but also
with all the senses. Such perception is not the
fragmentary perception of the intellect nor the affair
of the emotions. It can be called a total perception,
and it is part of meditation. Perception without the
perceiver in meditation is to commune with the height
and depth of the immense.
This perception is entirely different from seeing an
object without an observer, because in the perception of
meditation there is no object and therefore no
experience. Meditation can, however, take place when the
eyes are open and one is surrounded by objects of every
kind. But then these objects have no importance at all.
One sees them but there is no process of recognition,
which means there is no experiencing.
What meaning has such meditation? There is no meaning;
there is no utility. But in that meditation there is a
movement of great ecstasy which is not to be confounded
with pleasure. It is the ecstasy which gives to the eye,
to the brain and to the heart the quality of innocency.
Without seeing life as something totally new, it is a
routine, a boredom, a meaningless affair. So meditation
is of the greatest importance. It opens the door to the
incalculable, to the measureless.
J Krishnamurti,
Meditations
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