Observe is Observed - Essence Of Jkrishnamurthy Teachings

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Topic - "Observer is Observed"


Words enter the mind through the ears, and we immediately try to find their meaning. If those words are connected to our memories, understanding them becomes very easy. If they are not connected to anything we already know, they do not stay in the mind for long. Sometimes we use books or the internet to understand unfamiliar words.


Every word connected to memory carries a story, an image, or an experience.


A smell reaches us through the nose, and we recognize it because it is already part of our memory. The memory associated with that smell appears instantly in the mind. If it is the aroma of good food, a desire to eat may also arise.


We see something through our eyes, and if that image is linked to our memories, thinking begins. The mind starts moving through old experiences and associations.


Sometimes we have a feeling that we already know or understand something. Even then, we try to understand it through the memories we have collected in the past.


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This is what happens within us every day. There is an observer who receives information through the senses, interprets it through memory, and then reacts. Can we watch this process as it happens?


Listen to what the ears hear.


See what the eyes see.


Then we may begin to understand how the observer is the observed.


There is another simple example. When a man sees a woman, a sexual sensation may suddenly arise in the body. A small child does not experience the same reaction because the child does not yet fully recognize the psychological distinctions and associations between men and women.


When you begin to observe these movements of action and reaction within yourself with complete attention, everything becomes much clearer and simpler.


The whole process can then be seen directly, as it is.


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