The Life and Death of Krishnamurti

the observer and the observed, the experiencer and the experience. He will discover that this division is an illusion. Then only is there pure observation which is insight without any shadow of the past. This timeless insight brings about a deep radical change in the mind.

when something new is to be found there must be the absence of the past, the mind must not be cluttered up with thought, fear, pleasure, and everything else.

It was as though one was looking, not with eyes only but with thousand centuries;

The burden of the past gives rise to its own continuity, and the worries of yesterday give new life to the worries of today.’

Thought is the greatest hindrance to love.’

Our action is based on knowledge and therefore time, so man is always a slave to the past.

The Ending of Time, one of K’s most important books since it awakened the interest of a new public.

Thought cannot formulate it. But there’s a sacredness, untouched by any symbol or word. It is not communicable.’

This Notebook must be read. No amount of random quotation can begin to do it justice. It is an infinitely precious document, one of the great mystical works of all time which will surely one day be recognised for what it is.