Pure Energy
- Strength is life; weakness is death. – Swami Vivekananda
- One gains strength from within; wisdom makes one immortal. – Kenopanishad
- Energy is always here, but normally it is involved in pursuing thought and is expended in thinking. (J. Krishnamurti)
- When there are selfish thoughts, we are caught in a small domain.
- Your own responses occupy your attention and use up your energy; the real world becomes secondary. (J.K.)
- “Who I am, what I need to become and how my worth will grow etc.” are examples of thoughts that cloud pure perception.
- Drawn from memories, restructured through analysis and modified by many forms of indulgence and resistance, the ego in us prevents us from living in harmony with the world around.
- The ego, though an illusion, appears as a real wall.
- Personal and institutional boundaries are all false.
- We need to see that our fears and desires are a big humbug. It is seeing, not doing.
- When there is no division between you and the world around you, the energy flows freely. (J.K.)
Note: The three quotes from Jiddu Krishnamurti are from the book The Transparent Mind by Ingram Smith, published by Penguin India.
Swami Chidananda
Monday, April 24, 2003