Question:
Why is my mind chattering, so restless?
Jiddu Krishnamurti - Have you ever asked that
question, for yourself? Why is your mind so
restless, always chattering, going from one thing to
another, moving from one entertainment to another?
Why is your mind chattering? And what will you do
about it? Your immediate impulse is to control it:
''I must not chatter''. The controller who says, ''I
must not chatter'', is in itself part of chattering.
Do you see the beauty of it?
So what will you do? You can examine the causes of
chattering, how chattering is part of the mind being
occupied. The mind, including the whole structure,
the brain, must be occupied with something - with
sex, with television, with cooking, with cleaning
the house, with football, with going to church,
always occupied. Why must it be occupied? If it is
not occupied are you not rather uncertain, do you
not fear being unoccupied? You feel empty, you feel
lost, you begin to realize that there is tremendous
loneliness inside.
So, to avoid that deep loneliness, with all its
agony, the mind occupies itself with everything else
except that. And then that becomes the occupation.
From being occupied with all these outward things,
it says, ''I am lonely, that is my trouble. How am I
to get over it?'' And you think about how miserable
you are - so back to chattering. Then ask, why is
the mind chattering, with never a moment when it is
quiet, never a moment when there is complete freedom
from any problem? Again that mental occupation is
the result of your education, of the social nature
of your life.But when you realize that your mind is
chattering and look at it, staying with it, then you
will see what happens. Your mind is chattering. All
right, watch it. You say, ''All right, chatter''.
You are attending, which means you are not trying
not to chatter, not saying, ''I must not'', or
suppressing it; you are just attending to
chattering. If you do, you will see what happens;
your mind is clear and probably that is the state of
a 'normal', healthy human being.
Source-
J. Krishnamurti Questions and Answers, Saanen, 1980
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