“It is essential to discover; because to discover, to find out, is the creative potential in man.”
“It’s like looking at an expanding flower. When you know how to look at a flower with eyes that are full of care and love and affection, that flower begins to unfold, show its greatness, its beauty, its perfume. In the same way, when you know, when you can look at yourself, it reveals tremendous things, and therein lies the beauty of living.”
“‘What is’ is not static; it is in constant movement, and to follow it the mind must not be tethered to any belief, to any hope of success or fear of failure. Only in passive yet alert awareness can that which is unfold. This unfoldment is not of time.”
“As the tranquil pool that reflects the heavens above,
So shall all things find their reflection in thee.
As the flower that blossoms forth in the warm sunshine,
So must thou unfold if thou wouldst know thyself.
As the eagle soars into the heavens, unrestrained and free,
So must thou soar if thou wouldst know thyself.”
J. Krishnamurti
Looking at the way one is living one’s life, how often one has wondered as to what is the meaning of all this? What is the purpose of life? Purpose – not as per what one has decided but naturally, is there any purpose to life? If one says that the purpose of life is the flowering of all the innate potential of a human being, then the question arises as to what is human potential? The intent of this workshop is to explore the true human potential and find out a way of living which helps unfold this potential. What is true human potential? Do we know our true potential and work towards realizing it or are we completely unaware of it? Is realizing the human potential linked to his physical, intellectual, emotional, social aspects and growth or something more than that? Does our potential and the flowering of it, give our life the right purpose and meaning? Not knowing it, are we giving to life our own artificial conditioned meaning and purpose and then struggling to achieve fulfilment in it? Is this approach creating limitations? How has K’s teachings explored the flowering of our true potential? All such and many more related questions will be gone into during this workshop. The participants can also ask any questions related to the topic. Realizing one’s innate potential and finding a way of life which helps unfold it will be the main focus of study in this workshop. Various selections from Krishnamurti’s works relevant to the theme of this workshop will be provided as a reading material to each participant. Also links to the relevant videos of Krishnamurti will be provided. Each participant is expected to devote these two days fully to the study in order to benefit maximum from this workshop.