Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes

The body, then, has a mind of its own. It must follow, then, that the Mind has a body of its own, even if it’s like nothing that we can see around us, or have ever seen.

You say 'I' and you are proud of this word. But greater than this- although you will not believe in it - is your body and its great intelligence, which does not say 'I' but performs 'I'.

Self-awareness includes awareness of your body.

Consciousness is not in the body; the body is in consciousness. And you are that consciousness.

The body must be credited with an immense fund of know-how.

Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We give it orders which make no sense.

How pathetically scanty my self-knowledge is compared with, say, my knowledge of my room. There is no such thing as observation of the inner world, as there is of the outer world.

I'm aware of my body.

What's more valuable - intelligence or consciousness?

In looking out upon the world, we forget that the world is looking at itself.

It's you who are telling me; opening my eyes to things I'd looked at so long that I'd ceased to see them.

Everything can be seen directly except the eye through which we see.

Watch, witness. Your body is not you; your mind is not you. You are just a pure witness.

We are not conscious of most things until we ask ourselves questions about them.

It's very interesting to think about the distinction with mind, which I just made in very general terms, but it can be made more profound when we think that there are many species, many creatures on earth that are very likely to have a mind, but are very unlikely to have a consciousness in the sense that you and I have.

The body knows things a long time before the mind catches up to them. I was wondering what my body knew that I didn't.

Mind is not your intelligence.

Sometimes in astronomy, a heavenly body has been virtually invisible until a single observer detects its presence and points it out to his colleagues, who then see it with increasing clarity. Perhaps a myriad of unknown senses are only awaiting our consciousness.

Intelligence is a measure of how well you function within your level of awareness.

The problem is we think we exist.

The moment I am aware that I am aware, I am not aware. Awareness means the observer is not.

The thing to do is to concentrate on the seer and not on the seen, not on the objects, but on the Light which reveals them.

Observe what is with undivided awareness.

Observe, and in that observation there is neither the "observer" nor the "observed" - there is only observation taking place.

It may be that we are puppets-puppets controlled by the strings of society. But at least we are puppets with perception, with awareness. And perhaps our awareness is the first step to our liberation. (1974)