It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. — Krishnamurti. Name list Sanity, Society
Without freedom from the past, there is no freedom at all, because the mind is never new, fresh, innocent.
When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely-- the mind being your heart, your nerves, your ears- when you give your whole attention to it.
What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear; that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it.
When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important.
So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it.