The essence of Krishnamurti’s teachings

I think Krishnamurti was trying to show us how to get to our bare essence as functioning human beings. It is more of a teaching of introspection. Hence you cannot follow a teaching that is trying to tell you that introspection is the answer to all your problems. You do it yourself.

His bottom line to get to the Truth is this:

To understand the thought process. All your sufferings come from being ignorant of the process of thought. The Truth is when the self is not as an observation. So what do you do you go looking for it. Introspection. Once you get what he is saying, then you stop listening to what he has to say and only return for clarification for your own introspection practices.

The Truth is when the self/personality is not, is something he said.

There are 2 of you in you:

So you know why the Truth is when the self is not. Your True Self is when the personality is not.

The personality is part of the phenomenon that is MIND. The personality disappears when in an abstract mind space.

The Lower Mind thinking logically to the abstract brain-mind of conscious awareness — self/personality disappears because one is part of the abstract nature of the brain-mind.

To see this, you need to see what is mind. Mind is just a phenomenon.

The SELF is part of the phenomenon that is the mind. Mind is just a phenomenon or energy form working off the brain’s operating frequencies.

These are the basics of introspection that Krishnamurti was trying to show us.

I drew this illustration up after reading The Ending of Time (in the brain-mind):

So the bottom line is this: Conscious awareness can see the action of Truth but thought cannot DIRECTLY see what conscious awareness sees. You can see here that Krishnamurti is alluding to the abstract nature of the Higher brain-mind.

This is us in its totality:

From Reality to Abstraction:

Mind spaces you can discover via meditation:

The very bare essence of us and the process of thought — Krishnamurti.

Introspection rather than chit-chat spirituality.

It is just a matter of discovering your True Self and being part of the “intelligence” of the Universe. Krishnamurti stops here with the “intelligence” of the universe. Once when he was talking to David Bohm, and they came to the part of the “intelligence” of the universe, and Bohm wanted to continue exploring, he said we leave it at that — Krishnamurti knew that the rest would have been speculation and God. But I think science today is showing us that there is an extended brain-mind in us as we arose from the very fabric of the universe, and we must be able to create an extended brain-mind and be part of the “intelligence” of the universe.

The creation process:

Being part of the Cosmos:

With the illustration above, you can see how this comes about: One has to come to realise that there are 2 of you in you, and hence the transformation process kicks in, and in time you start to live differently. If you are oblivious to the existence of the True Self, then you only live of the Lower Mind, without the opportunity to transform because the wholeness of Self is not present. Not just knowing this as knowledge BUT am it and being it. Much easier than you think, as all that is needed is to spend more time off the Lower Mind of verbal thinking and more time in the silent mind with conscious awareness and intuition and that “sense of knowing” and insight. You take yourself away from the personality and live with the True Self as being part of the fabric of the universe and the “intelligence” of the universe.

You can even see it in the way the brain is designed. It is all within the body, brain and mind to find the balance of that abstract nature of you and the tangible lower thinking brain-mind.

Within you are the world of lower-verbal-thinking-brain-mind and the world of the mind of the mystic. We are all potential mystics and hence the realisation process and enlightenment. Seriously how difficult is it to become complete? They say realisation for a reason and enlightenment when you get there.

….the liberated man lives a life of spiritual awareness, transcending the illusions of the material world. He remains unaffected by the ups and downs of life and performs his duties selflessly, guided by divine purpose. He practices moderation and contentment in his daily life, maintaining a balance between physical needs and spiritual pursuits.

The extended brain-mind:

Krishnamurti and introspection and the bare essence of our being and the process of thought.

Meditation — going to sleep while you are still awake: discovering mind spaces.

To Krishnamurti, don’t follow what he says but find out for yourself if what he said was true or not. To him, it was, and so it is for us, as it is a baseline process in all of us — Truth is when the self is not.

A transformation takes place in a realised brain-mind, and that is what Krishnamurti was trying to help us get to, and because he was not teaching us a method or trying to give us a narrative to learn, he passed on his sense of being in a detached way with a request to introspect and discover for ourselves. What are we to discover? our natural selves, our True Self as being part of the “intelligence” of the universe.

From the book above about Krishnamurti:

Bhagwad Gita:

Arjuna asks Krishna what the liberated man is like; how does such a person live, how does he act, how does he eat and sleep? Krishna gives a detailed reply but the gist of it is,

“Outwardly, he looks the same as everybody else, he eats and sleeps and lives like them and yet he is totally different, because he does not do any of these things for the same reasons as the ordinary man.” The difference is in the state of consciousness with which he lives and that is important, not his accomplishments, education, erudition, or all the lectures he may give and so on.

A jewel on a Silver Platter — P krishna describing Jiddu Krishnamurti.

Reference:

Arjuna asks Krishna what the liberated man is like; how does such a person live, how does he act, how does he eat and sleep? Krishna gives a detailed reply but the gist of it is

ChatGPT (answers)

The liberated man, according to Krishna’s teachings in the Bhagavad Gita, is characterized by his transcendence of worldly attachments and identification with the material realm. Such a person lives in a state of spiritual consciousness and possesses a deep understanding of the true nature of reality.

Krishna explains that the liberated man lives with a sense of detachment and equipoise. He is unaffected by the dualities of pleasure and pain, heat and cold, success and failure. He remains balanced and serene in all circumstances, whether favorable or unfavorable. This inner stability arises from his realization that the material world is impermanent and ever-changing.

In terms of actions, the liberated man performs his duties without any attachment to the results. He acts selflessly and with dedication, surrendering the outcomes to a higher power or the divine. He understands that he is just an instrument in the hands of the divine, and thus his actions are guided by a sense of divine purpose rather than personal desires.

Regarding eating and sleeping, the liberated man lives in moderation and with a sense of contentment. He does not indulge in excessive eating or sleeping, nor does he deprive himself. He understands that food and rest are essential for maintaining a healthy body and mind but does not become overly attached to them. He practices self-control and discipline, ensuring that his physical needs are met without being driven by sensory pleasures or material cravings.

In summary, the liberated man lives a life of spiritual awareness, transcending the illusions of the material world. He remains unaffected by the ups and downs of life and performs his duties selflessly, guided by divine purpose. He practices moderation and contentment in his daily life, maintaining a balance between physical needs and spiritual pursuits.