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Questioner:
You observe fear and find yourself
moving away from it. What are you to do?
Jiddu Krishnamurti : First of all, do not resist
moving away. To observe fear you must give
attention, and in attention you are not condemning,
not judging, not evaluating, but just observing.
When you move away, it is because your attention has
wandered, you are not attending—there is
inattention. Be inattentive, but be aware that you
are inattentive—that very awareness of your
inattention is attention.
If you are aware of your inattention, be aware of
it, do not do anything about it, except be aware
that you are inattentive; then that very awareness
is attention. It is so simple.
Once you see this,
you will eliminate conflict altogether; you are
aware without choice. When you say, “I have been
attentive, but now I am not attentive and I must
become attentive”, there is choice. To be aware
means to be aware without choice.
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