| Can one observe without the observer? Then only is it possible for complete silence to be. When there is this silence, you will find out the origin of thought, the beginning of thought. It is important to find out for oneself the origin, the beginning, which is, right from the beginning, two million years ago or more because the human brain is the result of these two million years and more. To go right to the very end and find out the beginning can only take place in complete silence, and therefore the mind becomes an extraordinary instrument of perception. It is only such a mind that can see what is real and what is false. From Public Talk 6, Saanen, 29 July 1969 Read more | 