What is thinking..?
I was reading "The Revolution from Within" by
J.Krishnamurti, and he defined thinking as the
following (paraphrased, not verbatim):
...what we call thinking is the response of memory
to a challenge. That is, when i ask you a question,
you respond quickly if you are familiar with the answer,
or hesitantly, with an interval of time, if you are not.
The mind looks into the records of memory within
itself, and found the answer, replies to the question....
So thinking is a response to memory......You think as
Buddhist, a Christian, etc...because of your background.
If not these groups, then something else (i.e. political
group, or cultural group). This process of response to
a certain background is what you call thinking.
You have discovered, then, that there is no freedom
in thinking, because your thinking is dictated by your
background. Thinking as you know it originates from
knowledge, which is memory; it is mechanical because
it is the response to challenge of a conditioned mind.
Do you agree with this definition?
Is there freedom in your thinking?
What is your definition of thinking?
J.Krishnamurti, and he defined thinking as the
following (paraphrased, not verbatim):
...what we call thinking is the response of memory
to a challenge. That is, when i ask you a question,
you respond quickly if you are familiar with the answer,
or hesitantly, with an interval of time, if you are not.
The mind looks into the records of memory within
itself, and found the answer, replies to the question....
So thinking is a response to memory......You think as
Buddhist, a Christian, etc...because of your background.
If not these groups, then something else (i.e. political
group, or cultural group). This process of response to
a certain background is what you call thinking.
You have discovered, then, that there is no freedom
in thinking, because your thinking is dictated by your
background. Thinking as you know it originates from
knowledge, which is memory; it is mechanical because
it is the response to challenge of a conditioned mind.
Do you agree with this definition?
Is there freedom in your thinking?
What is your definition of thinking?