“See what happens when the brain is completely still.”

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Source: 1970s, The Urgency of Change (1970), p. 184
Context: The brain is the source of thought. The brain is matter and thought is matter. Can the brain — with all its reactions and its immediate responses to every challenge and demand — can the brain be very still? It is not a question of ending thought, but of whether the brain can be completely still? This stillness is not physical death. See what happens when the brain is completely still. <!-- π

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Indian spiritual philosopher 1895–1986

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