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The apparent inevitability of DEATH, whatever that is, is the great provocateur of live and stimulus for Living, balls out! (With all due respect for others)

Without it's ever-present needle, I would, and have, fall asleep from the boring tedium. JH

 

Your life is what you think it is, as far as you can tell.

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If awareness is practiced, made into a habit, then it becomes tedious and painful. Awareness cannot be disciplined. That which is practiced is no longer awareness, for in practice is implied the creation of habit, the exertion of effort and will. Effort is distortion. There is not only the awareness of the outer - of the flight of birds, of shadows, of the restless sea, the trees and the wind, the beggar and the luxurious cars that pass by-but also there is the awareness of the psychological process, the inward tension and conflict. You do not condemn a bird in flight; you observe it, you see the beauty of it. But, when you consider your own inward strife, you condemn it or justify it. You are incapable of observing this inward conflict without choice or justification. To be aware of your thought and feeling without identification and denial is not tedious and painful, but in search of a result, an end to be gained, conflict is increased and the tedium of strife begins.                 J Krishnamurti

 

So if I get this Krishnamurti guy right, the very act of 'trying' to be aware, awake, whatever word you like, becomes an impediment to being aware, awake, whatever?

Reminds me of Zen and the art of archery