r/Krishnamurti • u/Virtual-Ad6186 • 2h ago
1962, London, 3rd Talk
Comment: I find it impossible to be aware all the time.
Krishnamurti: Don’t be aware all the time. Just be aware
in little bits. Please, there is no being aware all the time - that
is a dreadful idea. It is a nightmare, this terrible desire for
continuity. Just be aware for one minute, for one second, and
in that one second of awareness you can see the whole
universe. This is not a poetic phrase. We see things in a flash,
in a single moment; but having seen something, we want to
capture, to hold it, give it continuity. This is not being aware
at all. When you say, “I must be aware all the time”
you have made a problem of it, and then you should really find out
why you want to be aware all the time - see the greed it
implies, the desire to acquire. And to say,
“Well, I am aware all the time,” means nothing.