One is afraid not of the unknown but of losing the known. You are afraid of losing your family, of being left alone without companions; you are afraid of the pain of loneliness, of being without the experiences and possessions that you have gathered. It is the known that we are afraid to let go of. The known is memory, and to that memory the mind clings. But memory is only a mechanical thing, which computers are demonstrating beautifully. —Krishnamurti, From Public Talk 8, Saanen, 28 July 1964
#1437 - losing the known
#1437 - losing the known
#1437 - losing the known
One is afraid not of the unknown but of losing the known. You are afraid of losing your family, of being left alone without companions; you are afraid of the pain of loneliness, of being without the experiences and possessions that you have gathered. It is the known that we are afraid to let go of. The known is memory, and to that memory the mind clings. But memory is only a mechanical thing, which computers are demonstrating beautifully. —Krishnamurti, From Public Talk 8, Saanen, 28 July 1964