Krishnamurti (1895-1986) - 5 -

The Face

“The face” was a transformation of Krishnaji’s face that would occur during certain talks or discussions, the deepest ones, the ones that seemed to reach into another dimension. I can only describe “the face” as Krishnaji’s face but not his face ; “the face” had no age, but also seemed to be outside of time ; “the face” shone with an inner radiance and vitality that was breathtaking.
I often saw “the face” when it appeared. I always met him as he was going on and coming off the stage in Saanen, Brockwood, and later years in India. As he exited from some of those especially profound talks, after a small silence, he would ask me if I had seen “the face”. He always knew when it appeared, though he couldn’t see it. Once Krishnaji had confirmed that this was not a product of my brain, I found that Mary also saw it, and she and I would discuss it.
(Scott Forbes)

En 1925, le Seigneur Maitreya était censé s’être exprimé pour la première fois par l’intermédiaire de K. Le visage de K avait alors changé, de même que sa voix. J’avais eu la chance d’assister à cet extraordinaire phénomène. Ses traits étaient devenus plus sévères, plus mûrs, et sa beauté, peut-être plus saisissante encore. Pendant l’été 1926, au camp d’Ommen, cela se produisit à nouveau. Comme précédemment, il se mit à parler à la première personne et son visage changea. Depuis lors, d’autres personnes ont souvent fait état de ce changement qui survient à certains moments de ses causeries.
(Mary Lutyens)

Over the last few years of Krishna’s life he would describe to close friends the strange qualities of his mind which had been manifesting all his life. He told Pupul Jayakar that Leadbeater and Mrs Besant used to talk about the face of the Maitreya Boddhisatva. It meant nothing to him at the time but many years later he suddenly saw the beautiful face. It began after his brother’s death, quickened after Krishna’s move from Ojai and was still with him over recent times. It was like cleaning his body, his face and the air. He’d seen the face in the dark, in the light and while walking.
(CV Williams)

Soudain, un matin, je vis le visage : il était d’une beauté extraordinaire, et il est resté longtemps avec moi, puis il a disparu progressivement.
C’est en 1947 que j’ai eu la vision de ce visage merveilleux ; elle se produisait chaque jour, quand je dormais, quand je marchais. Ce n’était pas vraiment une vision, mais plutôt comme un tableau, une chose réelle. Cela m’arrive encore [en 1980].
L’autre nuit je me suis réveillé et le visage m’est apparu. Ce n’est pas une vision, ni quelque chose que j’ai imaginé ou désiré. Je le contemple. C’est comme s’il purifiait mon corps, mon visage, l’air que je respire. Je le vois dans l’obscurité et dans la lumière. Cela vous paraît peut-être loufoque, mais c’est ainsi.
(Krishnamurti, in Pupul Jayakar)

Quelques jours avant sa mort, Krishnamurti demanda qu'on enregistre une déclaration qu'il tenait à faire.  
"His voice was weak, but he spoke with intent emphasis. There were pauses between most of his words as if it was an effort for him to bring them out." (Mary Lutyens)  

For seventy years that super-energy – no – that immense energy, immense intelligence, has been using this body. I don’t think people realise what tremendous energy and intelligence went through this body, and now the body can’t stand any more.
Nobody can understand what went through this body. Nobody. Don’t anybody pretend. Nobody. I repeat this : nobody amongst us or the public, know what went on. I know they don’t.
And now after seventy years it has come to an end. Not that that intelligence and energy – it’s somewhat here, every day, and especially at night. And after seventy years the body can’t stand it – can’t stand any more. It can’t.
You won’t find another body like this, or that supreme intelligence operating in a body, for many hundred years. You won’t see it again. When he goes, it goes. There is no consciousness left behind of that consciousness, of that state.
They’ll all pretend or try to imagine they can get into touch with that. Perhaps they will somewhat if they live the teachings.
But nobody has done it. Nobody. And so that’s that.

Splendor Solis (XVIe siècle)