SAANEN 1ST PUBLIC TALK 22ND JULY 1962 From the very beginning I think we should be quite clear what is the intention of these gatherings. Many outward changes are taking place in the world, there are many pressures, many demands, innumerable problems, and it seems to me that, to meet the situation, there must be … Weiterlesen
SAANEN 2ND PUBLIC TALK 25TH JULY 1962 It is such an enchanting day, nd perhaps it is part of that enchantment to talk about serious things. This morning I would like to begin by considering with you how very superficial most of us are. And behind this superficiality of our existence, behind the everyday routine … Weiterlesen
SAANEN 3RD PUBLIC TALK 26TH JULY 1962 We were talking the other day about the significance of knowledge, and how knowledge impedes clarity of perception. I think we went into that matter fairly deeply, and this morning I would like, if I may, to discuss what is virtue. To inquire into this question one has … Weiterlesen
SAANEN 4TH PUBLIC TALK 29TH JULY 1962 SAANEN 4TH PUBLIC TALK 29TH JULY 1962 We were talking the other day about the vitality and the virility of virtue, and I would like to go much more into this question of energy – the necessity of an energy that is not brought about through conflict or … Weiterlesen
SAANEN 5TH PUBLIC TALK 31ST JULY 1962 We were talking the day before yesterday about action without idea, because, as I was pointing out, thought is a response of our memory; thought is always limited, conditioned by the past, and it can therefore never bring about freedom. I think it is very important to understand … Weiterlesen
SAANEN 6TH PUBLIC TALK 2ND AUGUST 1962 This morning I would like to talk about something with which some of you are perhaps not very familiar, and that is the question of emptying the mind of fear. I would like to go into it rather deeply, but not in great detail, because one can supply … Weiterlesen
SAANEN 7TH PUBLIC TALK 5TH AUGUST 1962 The last time we met here we were talking about fear, and whether it is at all possible to be completely free of fear, which is the reaction that occurs when one is aware of danger. And this morning I would like, if I may, to talk about … Weiterlesen
SAANEN 8TH PUBLIC TALK 7TH AUGUST 1962 We were talking the day before yesterday about sorrow, and I would like to talk this morning about death. For most of us, death is in the frame of fear. We are afraid of death, and therefore we never understand its immense significance. Fear invariably distorts perception and … Weiterlesen
SAANEN 9TH PUBLIC TALK 9TH AUGUST 1962 This morning I am going to talk about meditation. It is something very complex, and yet very simple. It is not at all the mysterious, oriental affair that many of us imagine it to be, with all kinds of romantic, nonsensical ideas around it. And to go into … Weiterlesen
SAANEN 10TH PUBLIC TALK 12TH AUGUST 1962 I think all of us are aware of the extraordinary outward changes that are taking place in the world, but very few of us change inwardly, deeply. Either J we follow a certain pattern of thought established by another, or we create our own ideational frame within which … Weiterlesen