Thursday, October 15, 2009

Knowing what you are by watching yourself - JKOnline Daily Quotes

Knowing what you are by watching yourself - JKOnline Daily Quotes

Knowing what you are by watching yourself

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By looking at the mirror every day, you begin to know your own face, and you say: “That is me.” Now, can you in the same way know what you are by watching yourself? Can you watch your gestures, the way you walk, the way you talk, the way you behave, whether you are hard, cruel, rough, patient? Then you begin to know yourself. You know yourself by watching yourself in the mirror of what you are doing, what you are thinking, what you are feeling. That is the mirror—the feeling, the doing, the thinking. And in that mirror you begin to watch yourself. The mirror says this is the fact; but you do not like the fact. So you want to alter it. You start distorting it. You do not see it as it is. Krishnamurti on Education, p 61
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