Try to see the delicate distinction. For example, you are hungry, then you eat—this is action. But you are not hungry, you don’t feel any hunger at all, and still you go on eating—this is activity. This eating is a kind of violence: you destroy food, you crush your teeth together and destroy food; it gives you a little release of your inner

Self-consciousness is always afraid, always trembling. And you always need support from others–somebody to appreciate you, somebody to clap; somebody to say how beautiful you are or how intelligent.

The very effort to “become” is a barrier—because you are already carrying your being with you. you need not become anything—simply realize who you are, that’s all. Simply realize who is hidden within you.

Listening is the art for becoming passive. Buddha has emphasized listening so much, Mahavir has emphasized listening so much, Krishnamurti goes on emphasizing right listening so much. The ears are symbolic. Have you noticed? Your ears are nothing but passages, just holes, nothing else. Your ears are more feminine than your eyes; your eyes are more

Action comes out of a silent mind—it is the most beautiful thing in the world. Activity comes out of a restless mind—it is the ugliest. Action is when it has relevance; activity is irrelevant. Action is moment to moment, spontaneous; activity is loaded with the past. It is not a response to the present moment, rather, it is pouring your

this very effort to “become” is the barrier—because you are already carrying your being with you. You need not become anything—simply realize who you are, that’s all. Simply realize who is hidden within you. Improving, whatsoever you improve, you will always be in anxiety and anguish because the very effort to improve is leading you on a wrong

The devil never

In deep sleep you also fall in harmony with nature. That’s why deep sleep is so rejuvenating, so relaxing. Just a few minutes of deep sleep, and you are fresh and young again.

Activity is when the action has no relevance.