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Jiddu Krishnamurti // "You cannot reconcile creativeness with technical achievement. You may be perfect in playing the piano, and not be creative; you may play the piano most brilliantly, and not be a musician. You may be able to handle color, to put paint on canvas most cleverly, and not be a creative painter… We have technique…how to put up a house, how to build a bridge…how to educate our children through a system…we have learned all these techniques, but our hearts and minds are empty... Creativeness is not found through technique. If you have something to say, you create your own style; but when you have nothing to say, even if you have a beautiful style, what you write is only the traditional routine, a repetition in new words of the same old thing… So, having lost the song, we pursue the singer. We learn from the singer the technique of song, but there is no song; and I say the song is essential, the joy of singing is essential. When the joy is there, the technique can be built up from nothing; you will invent your own technique, you won’t have to study elocution or style. When you have, you see, and the very seeing of beauty is an art."
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Love is the most practical thing in the world. To love, to be kind, not to be greedy, not to be ambitious, not to be influenced by people but to think for yourself – these are all very practical things, and they will bring about a practical, happy society.
J. Krishnamurti
Think on These Things
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It is very important to go out alone, to sit under a tree—not with a book, not with a companion, but by yourself—and observe the falling of a leaf, hear the lapping of the water, the fishermen’s song, watch the flight of a bird, and of your own thoughts as they chase each other across the space of your mind. If you are able to be alone and watch these things, then you will discover extraordinary riches which no government can tax, no human agency can corrupt, and which can never be destroyed.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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DID YOU KNOW?
🐝 There are live enzymes in honey.
🐝 When in contact with a metal spoon, these enzymes die.
🐝 The best way to eat honey is with a wooden or plastic spoon.
🐝 Honey contains a substance that helps your brain work better.
🐝 Honey is one of the rare foods on Earth that alone can sustain human life.
🐝 One teaspoon of honey is enough to sustain human life for 24 hours.
🐝 Propolis, produced by bees, is one of the most powerful natural antibiotics.
🐝 Honey has no expiration date.
🐝 The bodies of great emperors were buried in golden coffins and covered with honey to prevent putrefaction.
🐝 The term "honeymoon" comes from the tradition of newlyweds consuming honey for fertility after the wedding.
🐝 A bee lives less than 40 days, visits at least 1,000 flowers, and produces less than a teaspoon of honey in its lifetime.
🐝 One of the first coins had a bee symbol on it.
Deep gratitude to the humble BEE! 🐝

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As long as any sensation is given a continuity, that continuity takes root and becomes the I. That I divides itself from thought, and there is contradiction. This inquiry demands a great deal of attention so that at any moment the I doesn’t come into being. If you say, ‘I must get rid of desire,’ the I takes dominance, makes conflict and contradiction, and therefore sustains the division.
— Jiddu Krishnamurti
From Public Discussion 3, Saanen, 6 August 1964
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"When your legs get tired, run with your heart."
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