Krishnamurti Foundation Trust Home About KFT Online Shop Giving Privacy Policy Contact Us About About Krishnamurti Foundation Information Bulletins Newsletters Events Europe North & South America Asia Oceania Worldwide Committees Committees United Kingdom & Ireland Information Centres Worldwide Information Centres Job opportunities Development Department Krishnamurti Foundation Trust The Krishnamurti Centre Brockwood Park School Inwoods Small School Links International Website Foundations Schools Retreat Centres Daily Quote April 24th, 2015 A confused mind cannot find clarity A confused mind seeking clarity will only further confuse itself, because a confused mind can't find clarity. It's confused; what can it do? Any search on its part will only lead to further confusion. I think we don't realize that. When it's confused, one has to stop, stop pursuing any activity. And the very stopping is the beginning of the new, which is the most positive action, positive in a different sense altogether. All this implies that there must be profound self-knowing: to know the whole structure of one's thinking-feeling, the motives, the fears, the anxieties, the guilt, the despair. To know the whole content of one's mind, one has to be aware, aware in the sense of observing, not with resistance or with condemnation, not with approval or disapproval, not with pleasure or nonpleasure, just observing. That observation is the negation of the psychological structure of a society which says, 'You must, you must not.' Therefore, self-knowledge is the beginning of wisdom, and also, self-knowledge is the beginning and the ending of sorrow. Self-knowing is not to be bought in a book, or by going to a psychologist and being examined analytically. Self-knowledge is actually understanding what is in oneself: the pains, the anxieties, seeing them without any distortion. Out of this awareness clarity comes into being. Krishnamurti, Collected Works, Vol. XVII,21,Choiceless Awareness To view more videos, audios and texts, please visit J. Krishnamurti Online or visit the KFT YouTube Channel for weekly video extracts. Publications The Nature of the New Mind View details » Dialogues with 5 Teachers at Brockwood Park in 1979 View details » How do you observe a fact? Four Public Talks in Amsterdam, 1971. View details » Events Theme Weekend The need for security Friday, 15th May 2015 - Sunday, 17th May 2015 Introduction Day Introduction to Krishnamurti Saturday, 13th June 2015 at 10.30am Theme Weekend Living with what is Friday, 19th June 2015 - Sunday, 21st June 2015 Study Retreat Fragmentation and wholeness Friday, 10th July 2015 - Wednesday, 15th July 2015 Study Retreat The transformation of conciousness Friday, 14th August 2015 - Wednesday, 19th August 2015 © Krishnamurti Foundation Trust Limited — Company registration no. 1055588 — Registered Charity no. 312865 Brockwood Park School | The Krishnamurti Centre | Inwoods Small School