J. Krishnamurti The Urgency of Change `Awareness' Questioner: Yes, I think I understand that. Krishnamurti: Is this as clear as the tree itself, or is it simply the clarity of description? Remember, as we have already said, the described is not the description. What have you got, the thing or its description? Questioner: Can the mind be free of the past. Questioner: I think it is the thing.