27/08/2026
Simple awareness is enough to put an end to a problem. —Krishnamurti
Context: We are always either condemning or comparing. Let’s not try to excuse ourselves, but just watch our daily life, and we shall see that we never think without judging, comparing, evaluating. We are always saying, ‘This book is not as good as the other one,’ or ‘This man is better than that man’ – there is a constant process of comparison, through which we think we understand. But do we really understand through comparison? Or does understanding come only when one ceases to compare and just observes? When your mind is integrated, you have no time to compare. But the moment you compare, your attention has already moved elsewhere. When you say, ‘This sunset is not as beautiful as that of yesterday,’ you do not really see the sunset, for your mind has wandered off to the memory of yesterday. When the mind is capable of not condemning or comparing, but merely examines a problem, then the problem has undergone a fundamental change, and then the problem ceases. Simple awareness is enough to put an end to the problem.
From Collected Works Vol. 10
