“Time is illusion. There is tomorrow and there have been many yesterdays; this time is not an illusion. Thought which uses time as a means to bring about an inward change, a psychological change is pursuing a non-change, for such a change is only a modified continuity of what has been; such thought is sluggish, postpones, takes shelter in the illusion of gradualness, in ideals, in time.”
“Through time mutation is not possible. The very denial of time is mutation; mutation takes place where the things which time has brought into being, habit, tradition, reform, the ideals, are denied. Deny time and mutation has taken place, a total mutation, not the alteration in patterns nor the substitution of one pattern by another.”
“Acquiring knowledge, learning a technique, require time which cannot and must not be denied; they are essential for existence. Time to go from here to there is not an illusion but every other form of time is illusion.”
“Time can only give birth to more time. Destruction of time is not a process; all methods and processes prolong time. Ending of time is the ending of total thought and feeling.”
“Psychological time exists only when there is comparison, when there is a distance to be covered between ‘what is’ and ‘what should be’, which is the desire to become somebody or nobody, all that involves psychological time and the distance to be covered.”
“Time in the psychological realm is the enemy of man. We want the psyche to evolve, grow, expand, fulfil, turn itself into something more than what it is. We never question the validity of such a desire, of such a concept; we easily, perhaps happily, accept that the psyche can evolve, flourish, and that one day there will be peace and happiness. But actually there is no psychological evolution.”
“Time is the enemy. Meet it and go beyond it.”
“We are saying that psychological time is conflict, that time is the enemy of man. And that enemy has existed from the beginning of man.”
“Idea is time and living in time is disintegration, sorrow.”
“Time and thought are inseparable; put an end to one, you put an end to the other.”
“Denying time is the essence of timelessness.”
“There’s no understanding in time. Understanding does not come tomorrow; it will never come tomorrow; it is now or never; there’s only now and there’s no never.”
J. Krishnamurti
Time is an inseparable part of human life. All our actions take place within the framework of time. Technological progress has become possible only through time. Time which is a friend in the technological field, becomes enemy in the psychological field. Chronological time is a fact while psychological time is an illusion. What is psychological time? Why is it enemy of human beings? Is there such a thing as psychological evolution? How are time and thought related? What is the origin of time? What is timelessness? In what way all time is contained in ‘now’? What does living in the present mean? How is time source of all human problems and suffering? All such and many more related questions will be considered in this workshop? To understand the nature of time, its role in our life and exploring the possibility of going beyond time will be the focus of study during the workshop. Some passages related to the theme and selected from Krishnamurti’s works will be provided as 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.