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"Perhaps we would have to go back to Gautama to find another teacher as convincingly austere, as rationally lucid and who, offering nothing but liberation from the self, yet can bring conviction to those who have so often been disappointed." -- "Dr. Gerald Heard""The material contained in this volume was originally presented in the form of talks to students, teachers and parents in India, but its keen penetration and lucid simplicity will be deeply meaningful to thoughtful people everywhere, of all ages, and in every walk of life. Krishnamurti examines with characteristic objectivity and insight the expressions of what we are pleased to call our culture, our education, religion, politics and tradition; and he throws much light on such basic emotions as ambition, greed and envy, the desire for security and the lust for power all of which he shows to be deteriorating factors in human society."-- "from the Editor's Note"-- "from the Editor's Note""Krishnamurti's observations and explorations of moderm man's estate are penetrating and profound, yet given with a disarming simplicity and directness. To listen to him or to read his thoughts is to face oneself and the world with an astonishing morning freshness."--" Anne Morrow Lindbergh"--" Anne Morrow Lindbergh"
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‘The material contained in this volume was originally presented in the form of talks to students, teachers and parents in India, but its keen penetration and lucid simplicity will be deeply meaningful to thoughtful people everywhere, of all ages, and in every walk of life. Krishnamurti examines with characteristic objectivity and insight the expressions of what we are pleased to call our culture, our education, religion, politics and tradition; and he throws much light on such basic emotions as ambition, greed and envy, the desire for security and the lust for power – all of which he shows to be deteriorating factors in human society.’ From the Editor’s Note ‘Krishnamurti’s observations and explorations of modern man’s estate are penetrating and profound, yet given with a disarming simplicity and directness. To listen to him or to read his thoughts is to face oneself and the world with an astonishing morning freshness.’ Anne Marrow Lindbergh
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Are you free enough?,
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When Jean-Paul Sartre suggests that the answer to the question "Why Write?" is to foster freedom, the splendor of such a book as "Think on These Things" is made unequivocally lucid. "Think on These Things" is as 'free' a book as there is. There is no author to this book because there is no authority. What the reader takes from this book is only limited by his or her own freedom. This book is not in the business of word prostitution-it has no-thing to sell. The book raises questions-that's its summit. The answers are up to the reader. It is the reader who gives substance to the text of this book. To awaken from a dream one must first suspect that one is not really awake. In the same way, to be free one must first realize that one is not really free, and to love one must first suspect that one does not really love. That is to say, one must look and consider that love, for instance, is not the addictive, drug-like, dutiful emotion so cleverly paraded by the mass delusion. Such is why it is important to "Think on These Things".
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I first encountered this book as a confused seventeen-year old, and it changed my life. At the time, I had read a lot of self-help books, books on philosophy, psychology, theosophy, theology etc., but within two paragraphs of this book, I had the greatest epiphany of my life - simply that it was possible to understand life. That's all I needed to know. Up until then, I had tended to accept that the pursuit of self-interest was as valid a philosophy of life as any. With this other possibility now opened to me, I saw at a glance the life of passion and glory which is the lot of those who love truth for its own sake, and allow themselves to be taken where truth leads them.I'm 42 now, and feel I haven't aged a day since then, inwardly. Goodness knows how my life would have turned out without the insights and understandings come to me through Krishnamurti to keep me grounded. I suggest - pick up something by Krishnamurti, and read a few paragraphs, a chapter. If nothing happens, don't spend time analysing what he has to say, - just close the book, put it in a drawer and forget you own it. Just go about your life - it's for the best. They say that even a chimpanzee is quite content with his life if his circumstances are favourable, and wastes no time in regretful comparisons. Best wishes.
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This is perhaps the most accessible collection of Krishnamurti's teachings and insights, which isn't to say he's an obscurantist, or that the content is easy. Unlike the scores of self-appointed gurus and self-help peddlers pandering to lazy and impatient seekers, Krishnamurti offers direct, often uncomfortable, but ultimately liberating insights into the hows and whys of the human mind, and what lies beyond it. Personally I've read this book dozens of times and always see a little more clearly and deeply with each re-reading. Folks who are repelled by both traditional religion and New Age trash, yet hunger for deeper questions and answers, may draw tremendous wisdom from this book.
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