Krishnamurti

Krishnamurti's "process"

"There have been many explanations offered about the 'process' and the torture and suffering that accompanied it. ... Maybe it was the effect of his migraines. ... Krishnamurti's process is also regognised in some quarters as something that resembles completely the awakening of the Kundalini, as described in the mystic lore of the Hindus."

(Shanta Rameshwar Rao, J. Krishnamurti, 2005, p. 49)

"Do we accept physical pain, or we are always trying to get rid of pain? If it is acute, naturally, we want to be free of pain. But can we observe pain, not being identified with pain? You understand my question? Suppose I have a bad headache, migraine, can I observe it, not identify myself with it? You understand my question? Or say, 'My God, I've got such awful headache, I must do something about it.' Or, if it isn't too terrible, can one be free of all identification with that pain? Right? Enquire into it, find out."

(Krishnamurti, 1st Public Question & Answer Meeting, Saanen, 1982)

"He was teaching J. Krishnamurti a few yoga postures to help him overcome his forty years' migraines. Now, a yoga teacher is a professional; all that he teaches you is certain exercises of the body. But when he wrote his book on yoga, on the flap paper he wrote, 'I am the guru of J. Krishnamurti.'

I told him, 'I don't want such exploitation. 'Guru of J. Krishnamurti' -- just because you have taught him a few exercises? Then any idiot who can teach a few exercises, then any doctor who treats you with medicine, then any psychiatrist, any psychoanalyst, can claim to be your guru.'"

(a href="http://oshopedia.blogspot.com/2009/06/zen-mystery-and-poetry-of-beyond_4326.html">Mystic, Zen: The Mystery and The Poetry of the Beyond - Chapter 2 - Spread the message, June 30, 2009.