There is no knowledge of tomorrow
"Observation implies no accumulation of knowledge, even though knowledge is obviously necessary at a certain level: knowledge as a doctor, knowledge as a scientist, knowledge of history, of all the things that have been. After all, that is knowledge: information about the things that have been. There is no knowledge of tomorrow, only conjecture as to what might happen tomorrow, based on your knowledge of what has been. A mind that observes with knowledge is incapable of following swiftly the stream of thought. It is only by observing without the screen of knowledge that you begin to see the whole structure of your own thinking. And as you observe, which is not to condemn or accept, but simply to watch, you will find that thought comes to an end. Casually to observe an occasional thought leads nowhere, but if you observe the process of thinking and do not become an observer apart from the observed,if you see the whole movement of thought without accepting or condemning it,then that very observation puts an end immediately to thought, and therefore the mind is compassionate, it is in a state of constant mutation."
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Well..i don't mind this so very much at all.
Each intelligent human being knows that he or she knows nothing
about what really feels important to us.
in fact what happens tomorow is not at all important now.
we know that we will die, and that life is as secure as it it is insecure.
we can enjoy our journey in the full knowing
of all this much better and more truly and deeply than when we just consume
false happiness or drift around in estrangement.
this does not mean that we are not living in a story which is not only ours but the story of
mankind and of the whole universe, and within it we create our own story as much as we can:
the fascination is in the experience of the story going on, life going on and dying going on.
to create our own story "within" and not "apart" or "outside" alone and together
is the serious fun of a child playing and of children playing with each other.
all these games are very serious and from another point of view they can be quite funny.
and we need this humour and kind but enlightening self-observation as as a way of emotional intelligence :
else the fluctuation and exchange of energy may get boring, it is not a mechanical act,
and though there are rhythms, melodies and patterns they must be broken by laughter and tears.
then we are the music, then we can rise and dance and leave the ground,
the ground which we still must bless:
we walk on it.
i cannot say it more clearly or simply NOW.
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