So, the art of learning,
the art of seeing,
the art of listening.
In that art there is no movement of thought.
I'm just listening to you,
why should I interfere with my thoughts.
I'm seeing, observing,
in that observation there is no movement of thought.
I just observe.
I observe the mountain, the trees, the rivers, the people,
without any projection of my background and so on,
which is the movement of thought.
Thought is necessary to accumulate knowledge
to function skilfully,
but otherwise thought has no place whatsoever.
And this brings tremendous clarity,
doesn't it?
I hope you have clarity.
Have you?
Clarity means there is no centre from which you are functioning.
A centre which is put together by thought
as the me, mine, they and we.
Where there is a centre there must be a circumference,
and where there is a circumference
there is resistance, there is division,
and that's one of the causes,
the fundamental causes of fear, 'causes' in quotes.
When we consider fear
we are considering the whole movement of thought,
which breeds fear.
Clarity is only possible
when thought is completely in abeyance.
That is, when thought has its right place,
which is to act in the field of knowledge
and not enter into any other field.
You understand?
Therefore in that, there is total elimination
of all opinion, judgement, evaluation.
There is only listening, seeing and learning.
Without that clarity,
skill becomes the most destructive thing in life,
which is what is happening in the world.
You can go to the moon
and put the flag of your country up there,
which is not clarity.
You can kill each other through wars,
by the extraordinary development of technology,
which is the movement of thought.
You can divide yourselves into races, communes, and so on,
which are all divisions created by thought.