Not Minding What Happens

 Yes Krishnamurti did not mind what happens, and yet he may have had an affair with his best friend's wife. Krishnamurti also never had to work a regular job, or had a family or struggled financially. He was taken care of --drove nice cars, wore expensive suits. It is easier to not mind what happens when you are given all the necessities of life and the comforts. Krishnamurti was indeed wise, but let's not forget the circumstances in which he said them. I'm sure many of us have had stretches of time when we did not mind what happened so much...until the bills have to be paid, or our children become sick. Actually wakefulness has preferences, it just doesn't base its existence on them...

Thank you so very much for your comment; i have thought this very thing many times over the years, not just about krishnamurti but other so-called awakened individuals. Time, money, life experience, gender, age,and many other variables affect what energy we can just put into being (detachment, awakening, etc). For me, this is a constant daily challenge. God, i long for nothing but to be away from all responsibilities for a few weeks, have someone drive me around, cook and clean for me, etc....and i dont care about the clothes or the car! I think i would certainly not mind what happens in that scenario!

It is true that Krishnamurti had an "easy" life, or so it would appear from the outside, which in that circumstance would not mind what happens either, however we may be missing the point. Everyone one's path through life is different. Is it possible that Krishnamurti had difficulty in his life before his life become easier so to speak, and his approach to life of not minding what happens was how his life became easier? I agree that many of the people that are out in the world spreading the teachings of enlightenment are also profiting from us being their audience. But they could also be God’s will manifested, God’s way of reaching out to us with the “secret” to the peace of GOD, or the universe. And as we are all provided for by God, then the life of apparent ease that these teachers live is God’s way of providing for them and showing us that if we “don’t mind what matters” then we too can live a life of peace, or comfort as it may.