Ojai 1949 - Public Talk

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Does Self-Knowledge Come Through Searching?

Does Self-Knowledge Come Through Searching?

1. Does self-knowledge come through searching? - 16 July 1949• What is it that most of us are seeking?• Does clarity come through searching and trying to find out what others say?• Can incessant search and longing give you the extraordinary sense of...

Experiencing the State of Immortality Without Ideation

Experiencing the State of Immortality Without Ideation

8. Experiencing the state of immortality without ideation - 7 August 1949.• There is no mind without idea, thought and verbalization.• There is no experiencer and the experience; there is only a state ofexperiencing.• One cannot think about...

How is One to Be Aware?

How is One to Be Aware?

How is one to be aware? - 30 July 1949• Does the understanding of ourselves demand a specialization? • What is it that we need capacity for?• How is one to be capable of meeting life as a whole?• How are we aware of something?• To understand...

Ideals And Ambition

Ideals And Ambition

Ideals and ambition - 13 August 1949• Q: In listening to you, I feel that the distinction or space between ideal andpractice is illusory. Is this so?• Q: I am free from ambition. Is there something wrong with me? Duration - 52m. Author - Jiddu...

If We Had No Belief What Would Happen to Us?

If We Had No Belief What Would Happen to Us?

If we had no belief what would happen to us? - 23 July 1949• Without self-knowledge we cannot go beyond the self-projected illusions of themind.• It’s only in relationship that one can know oneself as one is.• A mind that is filled with beliefs,...

Simplicity Cannot Be Found Unless One is Free Inwardly

Simplicity Cannot Be Found Unless One is Free Inwardly

Simplicity cannot be found unless one is free inwardly - 24 July 1949• Only when the mind and heart are really simple is one able to solve the many problems that confront us.• A religious man is he who is inwardly simple.• Q: I have been a member of...

Simplicity Comes Into Being When There is Freedom From the Desire to Achieve

Simplicity Comes Into Being When There is Freedom From the Desire to Achieve

Simplicity comes into being when there is freedom from the desire to achieve• One who is sincere can never be simple because he who is trying to be sincere always has the desire to pattern or approximate himself to an idea.• Self-knowledge can be...

Why Do We Want to Dominate Or Be Subservient to Another?

Why Do We Want to Dominate Or Be Subservient to Another?

"Why do we want to dominate or be subservient to another? - 20 August 1949• Why is it that we dominate, consciously or unconsciously?• To submit oneself to another is the negative form of domination. We shall notbe able to solve this problem by...