‘The past is always overshadowing the present, the past memories, the pleasures, the flattery or insults. The past touches the present and gives it a twist.

This episode on The Past has three sections.

The first extract (2:49) is from Krishnamurti’s second talk in New Delhi 1962, and is titled ‘Can the Past Be Dissolved?’

The second extract (26:13) is from the first talk in New York 1971, and is titled ‘The Movement of the Past.’

The final extract in this episode (55:43) is from Krishnamurti’s sixth talk in Saanen 1967, and is titled ‘The Observer Is the Past’.

The Krishnamurti Podcast features carefully selected extracts from Krishnamurti’s recorded talks. Each episode highlights his different approaches to universal and timeless themes that affect our everyday lives, the state of the world and the future of humanity. This episode’s theme is The Past. Upcoming themes are Challenge, Sanity and Activism & Social Change.

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