“The crisis is not in politics, in governments, whether it is totalitarian, or so-called democratic, the crisis is not among the scientists, nor among the established respectable religions. The crisis is in our consciousness, which is in our mind, in our hearts, in our behaviour, in our relationship. And the crisis cannot be understood fully, and perhaps met with totally unless we understand the nature and the structure of this crisis in consciousness, which is put together by thought… This consciousness is common to all mankind.”
“We are coming to a great crisis or we are in it, which is our consciousness, the content of our consciousness is our consciousness, content being fear, anxiety, action, exploitation, grief, misery, confusion, pride, envy, all that is our consciousness. And we are asking, can that consciousness be transformed totally, something totally beyond? And we are saying, it can.”
“The problem itself will reveal the answer; but as long as you are looking for the answer at the depth, you are dealing with the superficiality of the problem… There is the problem of change, of radical transformation of the centre. This change cannot be brought about through any volition, through an act of will, through practice, through a system of meditation… Silence is not a result, it is a state of being from moment to moment. So, when the mind understands the problem of radical transformation, from moment to moment, then there is silence which is not the silence of accumulation, which is not the silence of memory, but a state of being; it is out of time, it is timeless. If there is such silence, you will see that there is a radical transformation of the centre.”
J. Krishnamurti
The world always seems to be in some kind of crisis and human beings have never been able to resolve this crisis. The resolution of one crisis leads to another. In spite of all the development in technology, human beings have not been able to resolve this situation. Why? Krishnamurti suggests that the crisis is not out there but it is within each one of us, in our consciousness and without a radical psychological transformation, it is not possible to resolve this crisis. So, what is this inner crisis? How does it arise? What is its nature? How is it related to the external crisis? What is psychological transformation? How will it help end the crisis? All such and many more related questions will be explored in this workshop. Selections from Krishnamurti’s works related to the theme 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.