J. Krishnamurti: a Teacher who Had no Teachings

Yesterday I ended the series: The Rise of Consciousness.

And today I was sitting, thinking - what now?

Then suddenly, J. Krishnamurti's "Think on These Things" struck my mind.

I read this book during my B.Ed. in 2012-13.

I would say, most of my writing style has developed because of him.

After that, I read a vast series of books, but I did not load them in my head.

I simply drew the best out of them and created my own content from it.

But this is not the only thing.

Most of my writing style is inspired by Sumitranandan Pant, Ram Chandra Shukla, Osho Rajneesh, Swami Vivekananda and of course, J. Krishnamurti too.

I am blessed to have had great teachers during my graduation who taught me the philosophy of Socrates, Chanakya, Rousseau, Bhagat Singh, Swami Vivekananda, and many more. There is a long list of names.

Because the library was my favourite hunt during free lectures.

I don't read books, I actually drink books, and now they are all in my blood.

But I don't want to pour them as they are.

Because then I will be just a photostat machine.

So I filter their ideas through my own life experiences and I have written nearly 10 series out of my own experience and understanding.

Some are written in the form of plays, some in the form of articles, and some I don't even know what I wrote.

They don't come under any genre - completely unconventional.

And now I am thinking, what should I start?

And a thought struck me - why not start a series of thoughts on J. Krishnamurti?

Because very few people know about him, but most of the great philosophers are actually using his style - like Osho Rajneesh, Acharya Prashant, Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, etc.

Though no one will openly admit it, but as I have read them all, I can say they are all somewhat inspired by him(J. Krishnamurti).

So, from tomorrow, I will start writing on J. Krishnamurti.

Have you read Krishnamurti? What did he change in you?

Tell me in the comment section. 

I want to start this series with your thoughts too.

Stay in touch.

Sada Shiva, The Pure Consciousness - Day 5

About Pure Consciousness, no one can write. It is far beyond comprehension, for it is the source of the Seed itself. Therefore, it is beyond the seed too. It is your very origin, where the seed is formed.

And you cannot write about your origin. It is not possible in any way.

Our scriptures call Him Akshar, Aadi Narayana and Sada Shiva. From Him many cosmos are formed, and into Him they dissolve. He is the Purusha: The Ultimate Stillness. Purusha here does not mean male. It means Complete Stillness. So when we become one with Him, we are completely vanished, and that is called the state of Complete Recall — Smriti Labdha.

Now, let's try to comprehend Him in detail as per the explanation given by Shree Krishna in The Gita.

As I already said Purusha is not male, it is Stillness, Silent Witness.

Gita 13.19 - 13.22: Lord Krishna is here explaining to us that Purusha and Prakriti both are beginningless. Purusha is the silent witness, Prakriti is the doer. 

He called that Purusha the Supreme Self or Paramatman—who acts as the Ultimate Witness (Upadrashta), Permitter (anumanta), Supporter (bharta), and Enjoyer (bhokta).

The above part we have already discussed in the first three parts of Trapped Consciousness. Actually there is only one Consciousness but due to ignorance, we feel our two different selves: Trapped and The Real.

Now, the question is: when will we experience that real Self?

Inside you, when even that 'I am' dissolves, then only a soft sound is left. It is too subtle. Not just subtle, but lesser than that too. I call it the eternal music, the music which has no source, the music which is itself the source of all. Once we feel it, it evaporates us, just like the heat of the Sun evaporates water from the river, pond, or any other water source. It grasps you, engulfs you, till nothing is left there in the river, pond or any other water source.

That river, that pond, that any other water source is actually your lower self, your trapped consciousness. Once we are evaporated by Him, we become one with Him.

Now the drop becomes the ocean. Now both the observer and the observed become one. Now the dancer and the dance become one. Earlier the Sakshi was observing the play, observing the dance, observing the birds. Now there is no bird, and therefore, there is no witness. They both have merged into one. Now not even the seed is left. Only a vast eternal music is left.

In the end, Arjuna said to Krishna, "Smritir labdha." 

Means -- "My delusion is destroyed, memory is regained." 

This is your Smriti Labdha.

Not remembering something new, but remembering what you always were, are and will be.

The Consciousness: The Real You - Day 4, The Final Version

"Let the failures be there. Let there be errors for they teach us something no one else can."

~ Sudhir Singh

The Final Truth of Yourself

I believe in it strongly. Man can never be perfect till the last breath. He can never.

Why?

Because our perception itself is not perfect. Our senses see only the half. Rather less than the half.

Then comes the mind, the captain of the ship. It, too, can never see the whole because of the five senses it is using.

After it, there comes the captain's advisor: the intellect. It, too, is imperfect because the captain gives me half information not the whole.

Thereafter comes Drashta. It, too, has only subjective observation based on the intellect. It is closely tied to the triad of perception. It completely depends on mind and intellect.

Then comes Sakshi. It, too, can't dissolve completely because of the scene.

Beyond this is a seed called Brahm which has no storage like mind, intellect, Drashta and Sakshi.

So, it can't help us comprehend the real truth outside. Only the thing it can help to comprehend is the Real You.

As Shree Krishna said about Shetra and Shetragya. 

As in Katha Upanishad, Yam told about the Purusha who is beyond all. Here Purusha isn't about a specific gender. It's about Consciousness. It's about stillness.

So, this is the fourth part: the real you and it comes too spontaneously.

It may seem imperfect but it's the final truth of YOURSELF.

The Consciousness: The Real You, The Imperfect Version

The Seed can never Write Objectively 

The next article will be shared tonight. I have already written it in raw form, but I found I had skipped two important points:

1. Reference from the Katha Upanishad

2. Reference from the Gita

I have a problem. When I sit to write, I become subjective.

I try to write the Gita. I try to write the Katha Upanishad. But what comes out is... Self - the Higher Self.

This reminds me J. Krishnamurti's saying: "There is no path to truth. Truth is not to be understood through any system or any path."

I don't know why. I try to recall the shloka word to word, but I can't. I am not good in that. My mind does not hold the words. It holds only the experiences, thoughts, ideas and feelings and it's crux.

And when I write, it becomes subjective.

1. The Reference First — Katha Upanishad

Uttishthata Jagrata Prapya Varan Nibodhata

Katha Upanishad 1.3.14

"Arise, awake, and learn by approaching the excellent ones."

And Nachiketa asks Yama — what remains after death, after body and mind go?

Yama answers:

Na jayate mriyate va kadachit...

This is the same truth the Gita repeats.

2. The Reference First — Gita

Na jayate mriyate va kadachit, nayam bhutva bhavita va na bhuyah

Bhagavad Gita 2.20

"The soul is never born, never dies. It was not born, it does not cease to be."

Now — I, After The Shloka

Like Katha Upanishad says — there is something that remains after everything goes. For me, that remaining is not a shloka. It is my own experience of Shunya, of nothing, of "I am" standing alone after body and mind fell.

That is why I become subjective. Actually, without subjectively, you can experience or write anything. But subjectivity should be blind. 

Because we can never read the seed. We are the seed.

A scholar can write objectively as he has read about the tree. He can tell you how many leaves, how many branches. He is outside. However, a scholar will remain thirsty -- surrounded by water but has not ability to drink it. 

What an irony!

So, I am inside. I am a seed from which everything comes out. How can a seed write objectively about itself?

It can only say: this is what I felt when I was breaking.

Gyan Yoga is like that. It is not a book. It is knowing. And knowing happens inside the "I". So when I write Gyan, I write "I".

And I don't think it is a mistake. But I know the reader gets lost because he has not felt it. He needs a bridge.

So today I try one thing. I am not trying to become perfect. I will keep my subjectivity. But I am adding the reference first. Then my experience after.

Shloka first. Then me.

Maybe then you will understand why I emphasise subjective approach.

Stay in touch.

The Trapped Consciousness (iii) : The Golden Cage — Unwillingness to Break the Cage

“Being one with the seed does not mean being inactive. It rather means being one with the Cosmic Will and becoming the tool of the Cosmic Order, for we are the vessel now.”

— My findings

Day 3: Bhakti Yoga

(Surrender)

The Golden Cage of righteousness and truthfulness is the last obstacle. Even great sages, rishis, yogis and philanthropists cannot break it. Not because they are unable to, but because they are attached to it.

Then how can one break it?

By getting rid of whatever magnificent thing we have learnt so far.

But we should be careful here.

Why?

Because Raj and Tam can be overcome through sadhna, but Satva cannot be overcome by sadhna alone. Satva boosts the ego, which is too subtle. It can be crossed only when the ego is surrendered — with divine guidance, with the help of the Guru. Only after complete surrender can one go beyond Satva.

Shree Krishna said in the Gita that even attachment to the knowledge of Brahm can stop us from moving deeper. (Gita 14.6)

He told Arjuna, “It binds by attachment to knowledge.”

(Jnana-sangena badhnati)

So He told Arjuna to forget everything he had learnt and surrender himself unto His feet, and he shall be restored.

Actually, the Guru, Krishna, wants us to shatter our ego.

As per my comprehension, becoming ‘nothing’ is the only preparation.

He wants us to kill our ego, for it is our only enemy.

And the latest one is something already written in Part II of “Trapped Consciousness — Impression, Cause of Re-birth.”

You may not see much difference between Part II and Part III which is being written now, if you are reading it from a shallow level.

In the last part, we got the help of our Guru, our Higher Self (Sakshi), to become the vessel of the divine current, and now we will be moved farther (for we ourselves can't); towards the seed from where the Sakshi merges and to where it emerges.

And there, the impressions fade — the impression of being righteous, just and truthful.

Then we are ready to become the tool of Cosmic Order, Vishnu, also called Shakti.

But we should be careful that being one with the seed does not mean being inactive. It rather means being one with the Cosmic Will and becoming the tool of the Cosmic Order, for we are the vessel now.

And now, we qualify to be Karma Yogi, for we hardly bother about the outcomes of our actions, as we are beyond actions.

Nevertheless, in this state, we have not gained our true state — the real we — but yes, we are prepared to go that much deeper.

See you in the next part.

The Trapped Consciousness (ii) -- Impression, Cause of Re-birth

Until the mind is redirected through practice (अभ्यास) and detachment (वैराग्य), 'rebirth of doubts and desires will be there again and again'.

~ Shree Krishna

Day 2: Dhyana Yoga

(Practice and Detachment)

Arjuna asked Shree Krishna how he could control his mind, as it is quite difficult to control. 

Krishna said, "We can control it through Gyan, Vairagya and practice."

What a beautiful message He gave. It's beautiful because Krishna here acts like an expert psychologist not because He is limited to psychology, but because psychology is only a small part of His infinite wisdom. 

And today, we too know that mind is nothing but the result of conditioning and pattern.

Whatever impressions it gets, it keeps repeating endlessly.

See, my title may be misunderstood by those readers who don't read carefully because the rebirth I am talking about is not just the rebirth of body, but of thoughts because of impressions: presently called patterns. And at a grand level, the same causes our rebirth after death.

So, what is required to be done?

Nothing.

Yes, nothing.

And by Guru's grace, I had already tried to write on this in my work: 'Nothing: a Six-Day Series'. 

Then, you may ask why there is a need to start a new series on Consciousness? 

Because that 'Nothing' was only the preparation. Only after becoming nothing, we witness the glimpse of Brahm (Cosmic Consciousness).

And Shree Krishna too said to Arjuna, "Forget everything whatever you have learnt, just surrender thyself unto My feet and ye shall be restored."

So, in a way, He too, was telling Arjuna to become nothing, to become His vessel.

And only the feet of the Guru can help us to become the vessel so we can wipe out the impressions in our mind, for they kill our ego. But the real Guru is inside us. It's Sakshi, Witness itself.

The Trapped Consciousness (i) — The Prison Inside (The Astral World)

We all are trapped inside our own mind, in the Astral World of thoughts. And the more we try to come out of it, the smaller our internal sky becomes.

In my post on 16th Sept. 2026 on my another blog, Think Centre, I already gave a hint on it:

Human mind can never be thoughtless. Some thoughts will always be there. So what can we do? Let the sky of your mind be vast. A small sky gets crowded with two or three birds. Make the sky big. But be careful -- don't become the bird.

It is my personal experience that the more we control it forcefully, the smaller the sky will be. And if we are attached, then we may become the bird and thus lose our positioning from the centre.

After becoming the bird, we will be trapped, we will be illusioned and we will lose clarity.

Now the question is: 

How to get back the clarity once we are trapped as the bird?

So let's find out the answer of our question.

“To play fair where others cheat is not Dharma. Dharma is to see the truth as it is, and to act without blindness.”

~ Shree Krishna

He said this to Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra.

(Day 1: Buddhi Yoga)

Clarity not Blindness

Sanjay had a 360° view of the Battlefield of Kurukshetra. He saw how Shree Krishna pulled Arjuna out of the trap of his own thoughts and emotions created by his mind. But Dhritarashtra wasn't happy about it. 

In the entire conversation with Arjuna, Krishna was just telling him one thing: don't just think about yourself or your family. Think in a larger perspective.

Think about the after-effect if the Kauravas got victorious. A wrong message would be conveyed to society, and most certainly a crooked version of the story would be narrated and set. He may be called a coward, and many more things would be said to him which would be worse than death.

So, what was Krishna doing? He was just aligning Arjuna to come out of his trapped consciousness, where he had imprisoned himself.

We all do like Arjuna most of the time, and we do it repeatedly. 

That is why we need a Guru, a Zen Master, who can help us come out of it. But we need not look for the Master outside. My Master said that the real Master, the Guru, is already inside. All we have to do is to listen to the voice.

And see what is happening.

Arjuna had lowered his bow again. Karna stood before him, desperate and armless, trying to lift the wheel of his chariot stuck in the mud. Arjuna's heart said not to strike a helpless man.

But Krishna reminded Arjuna where that fairness was when the same Karna stood with the Kauravas and killed Abhimanyu.

He was just a boy. Alone. Trapped inside the Chakravyuha. Disarmed, exhausted, with no weapon in his hand. And they did not spare him. It was Karna who cut his bow from behind. Then all of them together attacked a weaponless child and killed him ruthlessly.

That was not war. 

That was cowardice.

So Krishna said, "Arjuna, the man you are showing mercy to now, never showed mercy when it was his turn to be fair."

"To play fair where others cheat is not Dharma. Dharma is to see the truth as it is, and to act without blindness."

Here, Krishna is telling us to align Buddhi Yoga with Karma Yoga. Only Karma without insight and wisdom will never help us. It will simply destroy us and destroy those who are under our shelter.

So, the best way to come out of this self-made prison is to have a 360° view, to comprehend the situation as it is, and not to be dominated by our own subjectivity of emotions.