Something about the noise

Now, how is one to listen to the noise without conflict--not whether it will go on indefinitely, or hoping it will come to an end--but how to listen to the noise without any conflict? That is what we are talking about. You can listen to the noise when the mind is completely free of any form of resistance--not only to that noise, but to everything in life--to your husband, to your wife, to your children, to the politician. Therefore what takes place? Your listening becomes much more acute, you become much more sensitive, and therefore noise is only a part, it isn't the whole world. The very act of listening is more important than the noise, so listening becomes the important thing and not the noise.

J. Krishnamurti
New York City
18 April 1971