Jiddu, Gurdjeiff, Awareness, Waking Sleep and some thoughts

Once Jiddu Krishnamurti was traveling in a car and Pupul jayakar and another eminent personality (whose name fails my brain now) were sitting in the back seat discussing the true meaning of awareness and conscious…and the discussion got heated with both of them opening up their knowledge boxes in response to the other. Both of them were influenced a lot by Jiddu (Pupul even wrote … Continue reading Jiddu, Gurdjeiff, Awareness, Waking Sleep and some thoughts

Chinese girl run over and people watch; world angered!

When do we say we are human or being human? May be it is tough to answer that in one sentence. But if you were to ask when are we being inhuman? people will give answers citing recent examples. That is the tragedy of our world. It is ironic that we remember examples of inhumanity than humanity in a world over populated by humans. The … Continue reading Chinese girl run over and people watch; world angered!

Search for complete awareness should start from ones own surroundings

Jiddu Krishnamurti the renowned speaker and philosopher was once travelling in a car and two of his close associates were sitting behind and passionately discussing the topic of ‘awareness’ and how you can achieve complete awareness . The road was very bumpy with frequent stops and turns. A while later Jiddu K who was all the while irritatingly instructing the driver of everything in the … Continue reading Search for complete awareness should start from ones own surroundings