Hi,
The below article has been written some years ago.
It has been published in "the link" , a Krishnamurti-related magazine.
Regards,
jbji

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A meeting with the Eternal

Many years ago I was walking down the street in a quiet area of the
town. It was sunny and the gardens were green. There was a certain
awareness and sensitivity. Then, suddenly, as though new senses were
opening, the presence of the eternal was there.

The word `eternal' was not the outcome of conclusive reasoning or
evaluation, as when you look at the skies and think "this universe
must be infinite and must have always been there" and then see it
according to the conceptual conclusion. It was rather like tasting
honey and later calling it `sweet' for the sake of communication.
Nevertheless, the mind could exclaim with wonder: "Goodness me! There
is something that corresponds to the word `eternal'!"

The body was like a fish in this ocean of multi-directional energy
and indestructible, immense space, something self-sustained,
completely independent and containing every sound and being. `My'
identity was that and, therefore, no fear. I was not
feeling `high 'and it was not an `experience'. (Only on that day did
I see what Krishnamurti meant by the mind-boggling statement that you
cannot experience Truth.) It was not a momentary flash of `insight'
or a psychosomatic, merely personal intensity; it was a `standing
outside 'of that field, as the word `ecstasy' implies. `I' felt like
a baby learning to crawl, to walk. My `identity' could move from
being responsible as a `body-person' soberly relating to another
(much more sober, sane, factual than in the `normal' state) to being
that endless expanse of living space. And it was there the whole day.

For a moment a fearful thought arose: "What if it will disappear?"
The answer was instantaneous: "It is obvious that it has always been
here and it will always be here and everywhere, regardless of whether
the perception of it closes its doors or not". The following day it
was `gone'.

Seeing that it was not the result or creation of an ambitious ego and
that it had nothing to do with `me', there was no regret or despair
upon its `ending'. The `me' naturally confessed its `impotence' in
the face of this immensity and `prostrated', not emotionally but as a
matter of fact, before it.

Yes, it was a rare jewel, the only eternal jewel, unending Life
itself... Perhaps it was a gift. And yet at times I wonder: "What was
the point, significance of one day lived in Eternity followed by
its `disappearance'? Was there anything of lasting value in this
event? Perhaps, perhaps not".

As for its `re-appearance', as far as I know the mere memory of it
and the efforts motivated by this memory can never re-discover or re-
produce it. It is not a product. The event cannot be used. And yet
there it was! But now that `I' am back, I cannot help asking myself on
occasion: "This interest you have in knowing yourself, is it not
motivated by this remembrance?" I would say no... It is more like
what K once said, to the effect that a really interested man who
approaches life simply and is aware of suffering asks whether there
is a different way to live.

jbji