Thursday, April 26, 2012

You may find this interesting - The Krishnamurti Foundation

I went to Brockwood Park, Bramdean, Hampshire where Krishnamurti used to speak to audiences in the early 1970's

 I do not remember much about the content of the talks but some time later I bought some of his published books. I may have read one or two of the 8 I have but they did not have a lasting impact. I have however now read Awakening of Intelligence right through and I now know, that, where perhaps I wasn't ready previously, I am now in the right frame of mind to see for myself what he means. In short I get it, so now I live differently. 

Take a look if you want to and see what impact it has for you.

The following is taken from the home page of the The Krishnamurti Foundation http://www.kfoundation.org/

Krishnamurti was born in India in 1895 and died in the United States in 1986. He spoke throughout his life in many parts of the world to large audiences as well as with numerous individuals, including writers, scientists, philosophers and educators. Asked to describe what lay at the heart of his teaching, he said,

"Truth is a pathless land. Man cannot come to it through any organisation, through any creed, through any dogma, priest or ritual, nor through any philosophic knowledge or psychological technique. He has to find it through the mirror of relationship, through the understanding of the contents of his own mind, through observation and not through intellectual analysis or introspective dissection..."

 Krishnamurti was concerned with all humanity and stated repeatedly that he held no nationality or belief and belonged to no particular group or culture. In the latter part of his life, he travelled mainly between the schools he had founded in India, Britain and the United States, schools that educate for the total understanding of man and the art of living. He stressed that only this profound understanding can create a new generation that will live in peace.

 If you want to see many of the texts of Krishnamurti on line you can find them here: http://www.jkrishnamurti.org/