Spring 2006
KRISHNAMURTI FOUNDATION TRUST NEWSLETTER
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The following is extracted from
Inward Revolution, a new edition of
J Krishnamurti’s 1970 – 1971 talks in India,
just published by Shambhala.
How is the mind to be quiet?
Humanity, for centuries upon centries,
has sought a way of life that is not worldly,
and so we have escaped from life. We have
denied living and created our own idea of
what a religious life is. But if we are to go
into this question of meditation and what
a religious life is, what a religious mind is,
we must turn our back on everything that
we have thought, or that human beings
have thought about what meditation is, or
what a religious life is. We have to totally
abnegate, deny all that. I’ll show you why.
Reason is excellent; the capacity to reason
logically, sanely, healthily, objectively, is es-
sential; not to get emotional, but to use the
capacity of the intellect clearly. The intellect
is a part, not the whole of man. It must be
able to observe clearly, reason objectively,
efficiently, sanely, not neurotically, and real-
ise that the intellect is only a part and can-
not possibly solve all our problems. And one
asks, if one is at all serious, and I hope you
are, how to bring about change in ourselves
and therefore in the world, because the
world is ourselves. We are the world and the
world is us because we are conditioned by
the culture in which we have been brought
up and that culture is created, put together
by man, by you. Therefore there is no dif-
ference between you and the world about
you. You are the world and the world is
you, and if you really seriously, profoundly
see the necessity of change, then you must
ask whether the structure of the brain, the
mind can undergo a total change. Now that
is what we are going to find out. And that is
the beginning of meditation—not learning
how to sit straight, breathe deeply, do vari-
ous kinds of tricks hoping thereby to achieve
some kind of marvellous enlightenment. . . .
It is important to understand yourself, not
what others say about yourself. If you follow
what the psychologists, the analysts, the re-
ligious teachers and the religious books say
that you are, you are not discovering your-
self, you are discovering what others say. If
you follow a psychologist or a philosopher
or an analytical, intellectual person or one of
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the ancient teachers, you are merely follow-
ing what they tell you about yourself. You
have to deny all that to begin to find out what
you are. Meditation is part of this, because
without knowing yourself, not just superfi-
cially but at the very depths of your being,
you have no basis for any action, you have
no foundation whatsoever on which you
can build—on which the mind can build—a
house that is stable, orderly. So it is abso-
lutely necessary if you would really take this
extraordinary journey. We are going togeth-
er to journey into this enormous complex
problem of understanding oneself. Please
see the absolute essential necessity of it, that
nobody can teach you about yourself except
yourself. You have to be the guru, the disciple,
the teacher yourself and learn from yourself.
What you learn from another is not truth.
You have to find out for yourself what you
are and to learn how to observe yourself. . . .
There must be learning about youself
by watching; not condemning, not justfy-
ing, but just watching the way you talk,
the way you walk, the words you use, your
motives, your purposes, your intentions,
being totally aware without any choice.
Awareness is not a matter of accumula-
tion; it is learning, being aware from mo-
ment to moment. When you are not aware,
don’t bother. Begin again so that your mind
is always fresh. Therefore the learning
about yourself is not only at the conscious,
superficial level, but also the deeper lev-
els, the so-called unconscious, the hidden.
How are you going to learn about some-
thing that is very deeply rooted, hidden, not
open? Our whole consciousness is both su-
perficial and hidden, and we have to
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learn the content of all that consciousness
because the content makes up conscious-
ness. The two are not separate; the con-
tent is consciousness. Therefore to un-
derstand the content there must be an
observation without the observer. You
know it’s one of the most fascinating things
in life to find out how to look anew at life.
To observe the hidden, one has to have
eyes that are not conditioned by the past,
as a Hindu, Christian and all the rest of it.
One must look at oneself as though for the
first time, and look at it for the first time
each time, and therefore never accumulate.
If you can so observe yourself in action, in
the office, with the family, with the children,
when you are sexual, when you are greedy,
ambitious, and observe without condemn-
ing, without justifying, just observe, then
you will see that in that observation there
is no conflict whatsoever. A mind that
comes with a tortured, distorted mind can
never possibly find out what truth is. Most
of our minds are distorted, tortured, made
small by control, by discipline, by fear. . . .
The brain can operate excellently only
when it is secure, when it has order within
itself, and you can find out what order is
only when you observe, learn about dis-
order. In the understanding of disorder
you have order. Our daily life, as we live,
is disorderly, isn’t it? Observe that without
justifying it or condemning it. Learn all
about that disorder, and you will see that
out of that comes an extraordinarily sweet
order with movement, with life, with vig-
our. You will see that because during the
day you have established complete order in
your life, a mathematical precise order. . . .
Most of us want to experience some-
thing other than daily experiences.
We want to experience a transcendental
state, an experience of enlightenment. The
word experience means to go through. When
you demand to have greater experiences,
that indicates that you are bored with living.
So what is it that we are seeking? What
is it that a person wants? He sees that
his life is boredom, a routine, a battle-
field, a fight, a constant struggle with
never a moment of peace, except per-
haps occasionally sexually or otherwise.
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So he says, ‘Life is transient, life is changing,
there must be something extraordinarily
permanent’, and he wants that permanency,
something other than mere physical daily
routine and experience. And he calls that
“God”. So he believes in God, and all the im-
ages, rituals are based on belief. Belief is the
outcome of fear. If there is no fear you can
see the leaf, the tree, the beautiful sky, the
light and the birds and a face; there is beauty.
And where there is beauty there is goodness.
Where there is goodness there is truth. . . .
You cannot be attentive by learning
to be attentive through a method, a sys-
tem, a practice, but only by being atten-
tive, then forgetting it, and beginning
again. Pick it up each time so that this
attention is fresh each time. Then you
will know when you are not attentive.
When in that state of non-attention there
is conflict, then observe that conflict, be
aware of that conflict, give your total at-
tention to that conflict so that the mind
becomes extraordinarily alive, non-me-
chanical. That’s part of meditation.
You have been told that you must have
a quiet, silent mind, haven’t you? Even the
speaker has told you that. Forget what the
speaker has said, but see for yourself why
your mind must be quiet, must be silent.
See it for yourself, not from what anybody
says, including the speaker. You know, to
see anything clearly your mind mustn’t
chatter. If I want to listen to what you are
saying, the mind must be quiet, mustn’t it?
If I want to understand you, what you are
talking about, why you say something, I
must listen to you. Right? And when I
listen to you, if I am thinking about some-
thing else, I can’t listen. You see the point?
That is, to listen, to observe, the mind
must be peaceful, must be quiet. That’s all.
Now, you ask how the mind is to be qui-
et when it is chattering all the time about
something or other. Try to stop chattering,
then that becomes a conflict, doesn’t it?
The mind has got into the habit of chatter-
ing, talking to itself, or talking with some-
body else, endlessly, using words, words,
words. And if you try to stop it by the ac-
tion of will, then that’s a contradiction, isn’t
it? You are chattering and you say, ‘I must
stop it’, so you have a battle again. Therefore
find out why your mind chatters. Inquire
into it, understand it. Does it matter very
much if it chatters? Why does it chatter? Be-
cause it must be occupied with something.
People say you must be commit-
ted to something, to some activ-
ity, you must be totally involved;
In India, Worldspace Radio broadcast one of Krishnamurti’s public talks or question and answer meetings for an hour each day
during the months of February and March 2006.
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and the mind is totally involved in chatter-
ing. And why does it chatter? Because it
has to be occupied. Why does it demand
to be occupied? Observe it yourself; ask the
question, find out. What would happen if
it didn’t chatter, if it wasn’t occupied? Have
you asked that? If your mind is not occupied
what would happen? It would face emptiness,
wouldn’t it? Suddenly stop the habit and you
feel lost. This emptiness is fear of your own
loneliness; and you try to escape from this
loneliness, from this fear, from this empti-
ness by chattering, or by being occupied.
If you go deeply into the very depth of the
loneliness, not try to suppress it, escape
from it, but just observe it, then you will
find that your mind facing this emptiness
becomes completely alone. And you can
observe it only if your mind is quiet. But
the moment you condemn it, the moment
you say, ‘I must not chatter’, then you have
conflict and all the ugly things begin. . . .
You have to understand yourself, which is
all this, not the higher self. There is no higher
self. The higher self is part of yourself; only
thought has built it a little higher. The Atman
is still thought sitting like the guru on a little
mattress; and you think he is going to guide
your life, which is sheer nonsense because
then you have conflict between the lower
and the higher, and all that childish stuff.
Understanding order comes with the un-
derstanding of the disorder that is your life.
Order is not a blueprint—virtue is a living
thing, like humility. You cannot cultivate
humility. So when all this is done, the mind
becomes extraordinarily clear, unconfused.
And therefore it is alone because other minds
are confused, other minds are in sorrow.
Out of this aloneness there is a qual-
ity of silence, which is not the result of
practice. It is not the opposite of noise.
That silence is without cause, and there-
fore it has no beginning and no end.
Such a mind is absolutely orderly and
therefore completely alone and there-
fore innocent. It can never be hurt.
And out of this comes a marvellous silence.
And what happens in that silence there are
no words to describe. There are no words. If
you describe what happens, then those words
are not the thing. What is described, the de-
scription, is not the described. Truth, that
blessedness, that extraordinary silence and
the movement of that silence has no words.
And if you have gone that far, then
you are enlightened. You don’t seek any-
thing, you don’t want any experience.
Then you are a light, and that is the be-
ginning and the ending of all meditation.
Madras, 13 January 1971
Foundation Report
We are very pleased to welcome new
Trustee Jonas Skioldebrand to the Board.
Jonas is from Sweden and is a former
teacher at Brockwood Park School. He has
worked for many years for Ericsson, main-
ly in East Asia. We are sure that, in addi-
tion to his other qualities and skills, the
technological knowledge he brings will
brighten some of the more obscure cor-
ners of the electronically dependent world
in which our work must now find its place.
In January 2006, Archivist Duncan Toms
visited Ojai to meet with his counterpart
at Krishnamurti Foundation of America.
One aspect of his visit was to work on en-
hancing the database of all material held
in the three archives in Europe, India
and the USA. This is a common database
that is constantly updated by each Foun-
dation and then co-ordinated annually.
During his visit, Duncan saw the initial test-
ing of a recently donated high capacity digital
storage system. This will enable storage of ar-
chival recordings in digital format that will be
available electronically for the Foundations.
A programme is also underway to digitise
over 2,000 audio recordings held in KFT
archives. To date, 159 tapes have been cop-
ied into uncompressed audio files. This
ongoing programme is expected to take sev-
eral years, and a lot of money, to complete.
Nearly all audio recordings have now
been transcribed as computer files. These
transcripts, after being verified twice for
accuracy, will be used by the editors of
the Complete Teachings project, as well
as for archiving and subtitling. Verifica-
tion work is ongoing, mostly by 22 vol-
unteers, before a final check at KFT.
There will be an informal meeting of the
International Committees at the Saanen
Gathering in August. We are trying to make
arrangements with several of these com-
mittees to copy and distribute DVDs. The
Foundation regularly responds to requests
and suggestions from many Committees
in Europe, Africa, Australia, the Middle
and Far East, and Canada. In cooperation
with Brockwood Park School and KFA,
KFT is creating a simple DVD for Com-
mittees to use to promote the School.
We are continually adding subtitles, in as
many as fifteen languages, to DVDs. Cur-
rently KFT has 106 videos in DVD format,
all of which are selling well, and we con-
tinue to release new titles. A list of all titles
is available online or from the KFT office.
There are two new Information Cen-
tres in the UK, bringing the total to 32.
 Inward Revolution has just been pub-
lished by Shambhala. This is a new edition
of the talks Krishnamurti gave in India in
1970 and 1971. The Whole Movement of
Life Is Learning, a new edition of the Let-
ters to the Schools, is expected in June 2006.
This combines the two original volumes of
letters plus seventeen additional letters that
were found in archives. More information
on both titles is available from the Foun-
dation office. Beyond Violence has been
reprinted by KFI in a special inexpensive
edition to be released for sale at cost world-
wide. The Foundations hope that, by mak-
ing this available inexpensively, it will be
accessible to many more people, especially
in under-developed countries and students.
We are continuing to publish ever more
translations of reprinted books as well as
new titles and in new languages in East
Asia and Eastern Europe. The Foundation
in India, as well as producing inexpensive
editions of KFT English titles for the In-
dian population, also makes them avail-
able in the many Indian languages through
their extensive translation programme.
We are exploring the capabilities of vari-
ous software programmes to store and cat-
egorize information in our contracts with all
our English- and foreign-language publish-
ers to ensure that royalties and sales infor-
mation is accurate and accessible for evalu-
ation in an economical and efficient way.
There is increasing concern about piracy
(which is actually theft) of our published
material through the Internet. This is now
so extensive that it is too expensive to try
to limit it through legal channels. We are
glad to see the material widely broadcast,
but have to ensure that it is used with re-
spect and not distorted. Of course, with-
out income from royalties and sales of
books and recordings, the Foundation
would not be able to continue its publish-
ing and archival work and to contribute
to the support of Brockwood Park School.
Diana Muller, for many years the
mainstay of the Foundation Office,
has now settled in Australia. We wish
her every happiness in her new life.
As we have for many years, the Foundation distributes books free of charge to prisons in the UK. If you wish to do the same in
your country, if we have translations, we will send them to you without cost, on the understanding that you will tell us how well
they are received.
Forthcoming Events
BROCKWOOD PARK SCHOOL OPEN
MORNING – Saturday 13th May 2006
An opportunity to visit Brockwood Park
School to see our facilities and enjoy our
beautiful grounds. The School will be open
for visitors from 10am to 1pm. Guests can
enjoy a tour, refreshments, and the oppor-
tunity to meet with staff and students.
Please contact Vicki Wisely for further
information or to arrange a visit on another
occasion:
Tel: 00 44 (0)1962 771 744 or email:
enquiry@brockwood.org.uk
WORKING DIALOGUE AT BROCK-
WOOD PARK – 4th to 16th July 2006
Again this year we have the opportunity
to inquire for 12 full days through work,
dialogue and relaxing with accommodation
and meals provided by us. You can choose
to work either in the vegetable garden and
the grounds or using your special skills
on maintenance. There are only 20 places
available.
Please contact Yannick:
facilities@brockwood.org.uk
SAANEN INTERNATIONAL
GATHERING 2006 – 5th to 19th August
The Saanen Gathering returns to Schon-
ried. The Parents and Children Week will
take place at Alpenblick in Gstaad from
29th July to 5th August, and the Mountain
Programme for Young People will be in
Bourg–St-Pierre from 19th to 27th August.
Please contact Gisele Balleys, 7a chemin
Floraire, 1225 Chene-Bourg, Geneve,
Switzerland, Tel/Fax (41) (22) 349 6674, or
giseleballeys@hotmail.com
SPRING INTERNATIONAL
GATHERING IN THE PYRENEES
25th to 29th May 2006 at Montgaillard
de Salies 31260, France Study retreat and
exploration around the philosophy of J
Krishnamurti with the theme: Can we be
who we actually are?
Please contact Jackie McInley
Tel 05 61 90 69 07 / 06 64 66 48 50
Web-site: www.opendoorinfo.com
THE KRISHNAMURTI CENTRE AT
BROCKWOOD PARK will be happy to
see you attend its Theme Weekends and/or
Study Retreats. The next Theme Weekend
Enquiring into the nature of thought will
be held on 21st to 23rd April. To see the
complete list of events, please visit the Cen-
tre’s website at:
www.krishnamurticentre.org.uk
AUSTRALIA GATHERING
– 28th to 30th April 2006
There will be a gathering with videos and
dialogues on Learning in Relationship at
the Pittwater Youth Hostel in Northern
Sydney.
Please contact Leon Horsnell, 54 Michie
Street, Wanniassa ACT 2903
Telephone 02 62316738 or 0418627196,
Email: leonh@pcug.org.au
or Donald Smith at 02 99991706
EDINBURGH VIDEO SHOWINGS
There will be video showings in
Edinburgh on 16th April,
21st May and 18th June from 5 to 8 pm
at YWCA Roundabout Centre, top of Leith
Walk.
For more information: Cameron Pirie:
cameronpirie@hotmail.com
or Nahid Aslam: nahidaslam@yahoo.com
KRISHNAMURTI GATHERING AND
DIALOGUES - 26th to 29th May 2006
Memorial Day Weekend in Buckeystown,
Maryland, an hour’s drive from Washing-
ton DC and Baltimore. The topic this year
is The Mirror of Relationship.
For further information and a registration
brochure please contact Terry O’Connor at
terry.oc@verizon.net.
NEW! The new DVD series “What is Life?”,
consisting of Krishnamurti’s last talks in
Madras in 1985-86, has just been released
and is available to order.
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 Announcements from
Committees
Japan
We are sorry to tell you that Mr Shiget-
oshi Takahashi has died at the age of 92.
He maintained the Committee in Japan for
many years and was devoted to Krishna-
murti and making his works known. Ms
Junko Tsuyuki, who assisted Mr Takahashi
in his work, informs us that Mrs Aiko
Sasahara will continue the dialogues even
though the Center will probably close.
France
The Association Culturelle Krishnamurti
has a large collection of translated audio
tapes of Krishnamurti’s talks at Saanen and
Brockwood, which it hopes to make avail-
able for MP3 download from their website.
Ireland
The International Krishnamurti Commit-
tee of Ireland has been meeting in Belfast
for many years and now will begin meet-
ing in Dublin. The first meeting is Friday
28th April 2006 in The Yoga Centre, Doy-
les Corner, First Floor, 360 North Circular
Road, Phibsborough, Dublin 7 at 7.00pm.
There will be a showing of a Krishnamurti
DVD followed by a meeting to set out a
schedule and working framework. Doy-
les Corner is north of the city and is easily
reached by a number 16 bus from the city
centre. For further information, contact:
Kiely Harrington
Tel. 0864000082
E-mail: kielyh@yahoo.com
Alastair Herron
Tel. 044 28 648387
E-mail: a.herron@ulster.ac.uk
Employment and Volunteers
Working at Brockwood Park in any capacity is
more than a job opportunity; it is a lifestyle. A
sincere interest in Krishnamurti’s work and a
commitment to creating a serious environment
in (sometimes intense) co-operation with oth-
ers are essential. All staff members at Brock-
wood receive the same monthly salary of about
£530, along with food and accommodation.
There are no pension or other material benefits.
Full-time resident teaching positions at
Brockwood Park School
Your work will frequently bring you into
contact with students, so you must be com-
fortable and dependable around teenagers.
We need to add to our staff of qualified
and experienced teachers and now seek
people for one or a combination of the fol-
lowing subjects, starting in August 2006:
English as a Second Language,
Mathematics, Science
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Inwoods Small School
Inwoods Small School seeks to provide a gen-
uine alternative for the education of children
four to eleven years old in an atmosphere of
self-motivation, helping children to think for
themselves and to develop an awareness of
others. The curriculum pays attention to the
need for a good approach to basic skills with
much importance given to creativity, sensi-
tivity to the environment and the enjoyment
of learning without competition or pressure.
Resident Primary Teacher Required
For September 2006 we require a qualified,
flexible and creative person with a positive at-
titude to change and a good rapport with chil-
dren. Patience, humour and a commitment
to exploring holistic educational ideas are
needed as a part of a small team of teachers.
The above are resident positions and you
will be required to live at Brockwood Park
with accommodation and food provided.
For further details contact Bill Taylor.
To apply, send a covering letter and your
CV to:
Director
Brockwood Park School, Bramdean,
Hampshire SO24 0LQ, England
Phone: + 44 (0) 1962 771 744
Fax: + 44 (0) 1962 771 875
Email: enquiry@brockwood.org.uk
Please state in your cover letter if a work permit
would be required for you to work in the UK.
Other Positions Available
We are currently looking for an experienced
Head Gardener to start in July 2006.
The job will be to manage a walled
vegetable garden (1 acre) and maintain
40 acres of grounds with a team of four.
We are also looking for maintenance staff
with expertise in general household skills,
ideally having worked in a relat-
ed trade (plumbing, electrical, car-
penting and building) and able to
work happily and independently.
Please contact Vicki Wisely for more info at
enquiry@brockwood.org.uk
KRISHNAMURTI FOUNDATION TRUST
has the following resident positions available:
Staff Assistant/Office Coordinator to
live at Brockwood Park – a smiling per-
son with strong computer (Excel, Word,
Adobe InDesign preferred) and good or-
ganising and people-relating skills, who
would enjoy creating and implementing
publications projects with a friendly and dy-
namic team. The work includes telephone an-
swering, sorting mail, maintaining a compu-
ter database of donor names, ordering books
BBC 4 recently broadcast a short
excerpt on education from
The Krishnamurti Reader.
for resale, general correspondence, check-
ing invoices, other office duties and gener-
ally creating an orderly, ergonomic, healthy
and aesthetic office environment. Excel-
lent written and spoken English is essential.
Please apply only if you do not require a
visa or work permit to work in England.
Please send your professional CV and a
covering letter describing your interest in the
job, Krishnamurti and living at Brockwood to
Donna Broughton at kft@brockwood.org.uk
Video/Audio Technician to live at Brock-
wood Park – someone with technical and
computer skills and an interest in developing
them further. Part of the work will be work-
ing with other staff to make copies of audio
and video tapes for sale and archival pur-
poses. You will also assist in the programme
to digitize audio and video recordings.
Please send your professional CV and a
covering letter describing your interest in
Krishnamurti and in living at Brockwood to
Donna Broughton at kft@brockwood.org.uk
Volunteers are often needed to help
with transcribing, verifying and editing
transcripts of the recordings of Krishna-
murti. Besides very good understanding
and knowledge of UK English grammar and
language as a first language, applicants will
have an exaggerated sense for precision and,
preferably, familiarity with Krishnamurti’s
speech. We are looking for people who
are not too identified with their own work.
Email: archive@brockwood.org.uk
UK Volunteers with other skills or inter-
ests may wish to contact the Foundation,
as we wish to implement a programme
to develop relationships with volunteers
who may be trained to help. Sometimes
people may be able to work from home.
Here are some current needs: transcrip-
tion and verification of audio tapes; scan-
ning and organising photographs manu-
scripts and photographs; database entry
and labelling items; a publicist to advise
and assist in promoting new publications;
skilled editors; readers to review Krishna-
murti’s books on the Amazon website.
Contact Donna Broughton at
kft@brockwood.org.uk stating your
interest, skills and experience.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Krishnamurti Foundation Trust
Brockwood Park
Bramdean, Hampshire
SO24 0LQ
England
Tel: + 44 (0) 1962 771525
Fax: + 44 (0) 1962 771159
Email: info@brockwood.org.uk
Website: www.kfoundation.org
Registered Charity No: 312865
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