Don't Mind what Happens

Man throughout the ages has been seeking something beyond himself, beyond material welfare-something we call truth, or God or reality, a timeless state-something that cannot be disturbed by circumstances, by thought or by human corruption.
-Krishnamurti ( https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/jiddu_krishnamurti)

The Non-Guru's Secret

Jiddu Krishnamurti stood before the crowd. "Do you want to know my secret?" he asked.  His small frame seemed to expand on stage with every word he spoke.

The room  became very quiet.  The scattered minds of many followers stopped what they were doing and focused on the figure on the stage. Hushed and anxiously anticipating the words,  the crowd that was  falling at his feet for decades to hear, held their collective breath and waited.  Their guru who never wanted to be their guru, always teaching that man must be his own source of truth, was about to share the  secret to living a life of wisdom, peace and vitality.

With a gentleman's  British accent the aging Indian born  man said, "This is my secret.  I don't mind what happens."

I don't Mind what Happens

What does that mean and why is that such a great secret? Krishnamutri never really elaborated on those words.  Maybe the wisdom in them is beyond elaboration with mere explanation  but heck I need something to write about so I am going to try.

I believe he offered an invitation to accept life for what it is without resistance.  Sure crap is going to happen to us and around us but do we really have to 'mind' when it does?  Do we have to freak out and get caught up in the drama of it?  Do we have to get caught up in the 'mind' at all?

Not minding what happens is a detachment, I believe, from the busy chatter of ego and the never ceasing demands and promises of the physical world.  It is a knowing that nothing 'out there' in the world of form (which includes body and mental activity) can break us or make us.  Passing clouds...that's all it is...passing clouds.

He summarized so many spiritual, psychological, philosophical teachings in one short little statement of how he maintains peace, "I don't mind what happens."

What would our lives be like if we didn't mind what happened?  What would the world be like?

All is well.

References and reading suggestions

Burkeman, O. (August 2013) This column will change  your life: the guru who didn't believe in gurus. In The Guardian.com.  Retrieved from     https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/aug/10/stop-minding-psychology-oliver-burkeman

Tolle, E. (June 2015) Not Minding what Happens. In Awaken.org. Retrieved from http://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2089