The First and Last Freedom by Jiddu Krishnamurtiby Parker on TwosThere can be understanding only when the mind is silently aware, observing—which is arduous, because we take delight in being active, in being restless, critical, in condemning, justifyingIf you are all the time criticizing, throwing up your opinions, what you have learned from books, what someone else has told you and so on and so on, then you and I are not related, because this screen is between usYour mind must be extraordinarily swift, not anchored to any idea or ideal, to any judgement, to any opinion that you have consolidated through your particular experiencesUnderstanding comes when there is the swift pliability of a mind which is passively aware. Then it is capable of reception, then it is sensitive