Can One Live a life in which there is no Comparison at all

1. Attention implies the total abandonment of the 'me' - 6 March 1971Duration: 100 minutes Can the mind undergo a radical revolution? How do you observe the world? What solves our human problem is observing the whole process of ourselves without judging, condemning, translating or rejecting - just to observe. Question topics following the talk include: being disturbed in order to know, being confused, transcendental meditation2. Violence, pleasure and fear - 7 March 1971Duration: 89 minutes We have accepted violence as a way of life and yet at the same time we want peace. Can one live a life in which there is no comparison at all? Pleasure is the continuance of an experience that is never finished. We are living in the past. How can the conscious mind investigate the total hidden mind?3. Is pleasure love? - 13 March 1971Duration: 96 minutes Can thought ever solve the whole problem of existence? What is the function of thought? Why has sex become so extraordinarily important? Chastity is the freedom from all image. Is love desire? A new thing can take place only when there is an ending of the old. Question topics following the talk include: getting better, controlling thought, the process of invention, vegetarianism, images. 4. Meditation means a life that is totally different every minute of the day -14 March 1971Duration: 94 minutes A mind that inquires into this whole question of meditation must have tremendous discipline. When you observe 'what is' without the interference of the past, there is complete change of 'what is'. Is there a way of seeing the whole content of consciousness without analysis? When you give complete attention there is no centre from which you attend. The word 'innocence' means a mind that is never hurt, scarred. Meditation is the sense of complete silence and quietness of the mind. Question topics following the talk include: gurus, meditation, effort, escaping from 'what is'