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I am currently reading Krishnamurti's Think on These Things . It is very interesting, although some of it I do not feel I "know" even though on one level I understand what he is saying. I know Krishnamurti has had some influence on Bruce Lee and I was wondering if anybody else has read his works.
If so, are there any passages or thoughts you have found particularly enlightening?
One I found particularly relevant to a situation was his discussion of intelligence and how to try to "strive for intelligence" just kept us trapped.
For me, I related this to a recent sparring experience. I was sparring against my instructor and the senior student of the class. I am not as experienced with the full contact sparring and found myself getting very frustrated. I would try to "pull off" moves and combinations which of course did not worked.
Afterwards, my instructor said I was doing well, but I was not satisfied. However, after reading the particular passage about intelligence (and similar themes in other parts of the book), I realized that by my "trying" too hard to "be" good, I stopped "being." It all clicked when my instructor told me to "just be. Don't try to do this or do that. Just...do."
In any case, the take home message for me was to keep training hard and during the sparring sessions--the "testing" of what I had learned--to just let it go and let my training take me where it took me. If I made mistakes, I learn from them. When I do things good, I note it and hope to keep doing them. I hope it will help me become less tentative and more relaxed.
I can see how these thoughts have been reflected also in Bruce Lee's writing.
In any case, has anyone else found Krishnamurti's writing helpful or enlightening?
Bryan
If so, are there any passages or thoughts you have found particularly enlightening?
One I found particularly relevant to a situation was his discussion of intelligence and how to try to "strive for intelligence" just kept us trapped.
For me, I related this to a recent sparring experience. I was sparring against my instructor and the senior student of the class. I am not as experienced with the full contact sparring and found myself getting very frustrated. I would try to "pull off" moves and combinations which of course did not worked.
Afterwards, my instructor said I was doing well, but I was not satisfied. However, after reading the particular passage about intelligence (and similar themes in other parts of the book), I realized that by my "trying" too hard to "be" good, I stopped "being." It all clicked when my instructor told me to "just be. Don't try to do this or do that. Just...do."
In any case, the take home message for me was to keep training hard and during the sparring sessions--the "testing" of what I had learned--to just let it go and let my training take me where it took me. If I made mistakes, I learn from them. When I do things good, I note it and hope to keep doing them. I hope it will help me become less tentative and more relaxed.
I can see how these thoughts have been reflected also in Bruce Lee's writing.
In any case, has anyone else found Krishnamurti's writing helpful or enlightening?
Bryan
