I was asked a question (via email) about the previous quote by krishnamurti:
Interesting. How does one determine where one stands of the scale of passion job or otherwise??

I answered: Gawd, I don't know. I just know (how?) that there have been times that I've gone along and remembered something from my past and, realized, "where was I then?", what was I thinking or feeling. It is like I had awakened from a trance. I can't really answer about jobs except to say I think the quote refers in some way to the cliche': "I worked myself to the top of the ladder and realized I was on the wrong ladder leaning against the wrong wall." I can only explain the mindlessness (which I think is the opposite of passion) by referring to my Spain story. When I went to Europe I made plans to go here and there and I had no interest in Spain. It just didn't appeal to me. It was an irrational prejudice. Suddenly I'm on a train to Portugal and I look out the window and saw the red clay and dry land of Spain and it was so beautiful. For a bit I woke from a trance and realized how I had cut off a part of the world without having a reason or a why. That is the hard part. Waking up to the fact one has had eyes, ears, and hands and decided not to see, hear, or grasp. That isn't an answer but, hey, I'm not a guru. R.