education

I have known, traveled with, interviewed and directed a number of documentaries on the life and insights of J. Krishnamurti, and have done so for more than thirty years. What follows is a conversation I had that was included in a feature documentary titled The Challenge of Change. mm

Krishnamurti with Michael Mendizza

M The world crisis is unquestionably growing more and more acute. You have said that the outer crisis, in society and the world, reflects an inner crisis in human consciousness. What do you mean by that?

We have two possibilities, and the full continuum in-between: a brain that is nourished with rich sensory experiences from birth forward, one that integrates and therefore understands, with true intelligence, what it experiences with balance and harmony - and a sensory deprived brain, a brain that is constantly at war with itself.

If we want to become good cooks, we play, practice, try new things. The same is true or parents and the people who care for children.

Propaganda has been around as long as politicians. Propaganda refers to deliberately false or misleading information that supports the political interests of those in power.

Parents must reinvent themselves, in different ways, right along with their children. But they don’t.

We are either growing or dying. There is no middle ground.

A case for investing at least as the same attention and resources to inspire and mentor adults, parents and childcare providers, as we no give to the care and education of young children.

In subtle but profound ways the brains of our children are different from ours. The way
they access and process information has changed.

Adults are the Next Frontier in Education – not Children.