“You are only aware now, or never.”
“To be aware implies the separation of the word from the fact; and in that awareness there is no choice but only observation.”
“The moment I am aware that I am aware, I’m not aware.”
“Attention implies no centre, and therefore no border, therefore attention is tremendous, vast.”
“To be aware means to be sensitive, alive to the things about one, to nature, to people, to colour, to trees, to the environment, to the social structure, the whole thing; to be aware outwardly of all that’s happening and to be aware of what is happening inside.”
“Awareness of inattention is attention.”
“Attention is like a fire, when that attention is there that thing which is sorrow, the loneliness, the pain, the anxiety, the tears, when there is that complete attention all that goes, disappears. Attention is a flame.”
“Through understanding inattention, attention comes.”
“When you give total, complete attention, you will find for yourself, or learn for yourself that ‘what is’ undergoes a tremendous revolution.”
“Awareness is the silent and choiceless observation of what is; in this awareness the problem unrolls itself, and thus it is fully and completely understood… For the resolution of a problem, there must be this awareness, this passive alertness which reveals its total process.”
– J. Krishnamurti
Human beings who are so expert and knowledgeable in the technological field are very primitive and ignorant in the psychological field. This ignorance about themselves is responsible for all the problems, conflicts, and suffering in the world. Unless human beings bring about a radical transformation within them by understanding themselves, the world will continue to be what it is. To understand ourselves means to understand our relationship with the world – with ideas, people, nature, the things we possess. That is our life which is relationship to the whole. And the understanding of that relationship requires awareness, attention. How is one to be aware? What is awareness? What is attention? Is attention same as concentration? What is choiceless awareness? What is attention without the centre? How does attention help in learning about ourselves? What is non-accumulative learning? Why is it necessary in psychological field? How are seeing, listening and learning related to awareness and attention? All these and many more related questions will be examined in this workshop. Participants can also ask their questions which will be considered during the dialogues. To understand in depth, awareness without choice and attention without the centre will be the focus of study. Practical applications in day-to-day life of awareness and attention will be explored 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 to get maximum benefit from this workshop.