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‘In silence is that quality of energy you have never touched before, and that is the transforming factor, the real creative movement of life.’

This week’s episode on Silence has seven sections.

The first extract (2:27) is from the first question and answer meeting in Ojai 1984, titled ‘Why is silence necessary?’

The second extract (9:08) is from the first question and answer meeting in Ojai 1983, titled ‘Silence needs space.’

The third extract (18:05) is from Krishnamurti’s third talk in Madras 1967, titled ‘Silence is not the ending of noise’.

The fourth extract (26:46) is from the fourth talk in Madras 1974, titled ‘Silence is not to be practiced’.

The fifth extract (35:32) is from Krishnamurti’s fourth talk in New Delhi 1973, titled ‘In silence there is a totally different kind of energy’.

The sixth extract (43:43) is from the fourth talk at Brockwood Park in 1984, titled ‘The sound of silence’.

The final extract this in this episode (52:12) is from a direct recording made by Krishnamurti in Ojai 1983, titled ‘The roots of heaven are in deep abiding silence’. This recording has not been heard before, outside of the archives.

Each weekly episode in this season of the Krishnamurti podcast is based on a major theme of the philosopher’s talks, such as freedom, self-knowledge, beauty, intelligence and meditation. Extracts from our archives have been carefully selected to represent Krishnamurti’s different approaches to each of these universal and timelessly relevant themes.

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