Let a Thought Flower ( 19 june 2006)

Awareness is that state of mind which takes in everything—the crows flying acrossthe sky, the flowers on the trees, the people sitting in front, the colors they arewearing—being extensively aware which needs watching, observing, taking in the shapeof the leaf, the shape of the trunk, the shape of the head of another, what he isdoing. To be extensively aware and from there acting—that is to be aware of thetotality of one's own being. To have a mere sectional capacity, a fragmentation ofcapacity or capacity fragmented, and to pursue that capacity and derive experiencethrough that capacity which is limited—that makes the quality of the mind mediocre,limited, narrow. But an awareness of the totality of one's own being, understoodthrough the awareness of every thought and every feeling, and never limiting it,letting every thought and every feeling flower, and therefore being aware—that isentirely different from action or concentration that is merely capacity and therefo re limited.To let a thought flower or a feeling flower requires attention—not concentration. Imean by the flowering of a thought giving freedom to it to see what happens, what istaking place in your thought, in your feeling. Anything that flowers must havefreedom, must have light; it cannot be restricted. You cannot put any value on it,you cannot say, "That is right, that is wrong; this should be, and that should notbe"—thereby, you limit the flowering of thought. And it can only flower in thisawareness. Therefore, if you go into it very deeply, you will find that thisflowering of thought is the ending of thought.

The Book of Life - June 19