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“Gentle reminders of thorough investigation into one's Self.”
Joysters wrote this review Wednesday, December 12, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“What we call our love is a thing of the mind. Look at yourselves, sirs and ladies, and you will see that what I am saying is obviously true; otherwise, our lives, our marriage, our relationships, would be entirely different, we would have a new society. We bind ourselves to another, not through fusion, but through contract, which is called love, marriage. Love does not fuse, adjust;it is neither personal nor impersonal, it is a state of being. The man who desires to fuse with something greater, to unite himself with another, is avoiding misery, confusion; but the mind is still in separation, which is disintegration. Love knows neither fusion nor diffusion, it is nether personal nor impersonal, it is a state of being which the mind cannot find; it can describe it, give it a term, a name, but the word, the description, is not love. It is only when the mind is quiet that it shall know love, and that state of quietness is not a thing to be cultivated.”
ashokha wrote this review Sunday, April 17, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Personal inquiry, examining one's thought.
Marc Koh wrote this review Thursday, June 11, 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Understanding the content of one's consiousness.
To be truly free , the mind has to be free.
Free from the self , the dogma , religious creed , culture etc etc
Free from mental cluter . Free for the truth.
Brilliant , krisnamurti has significant influence in my life.
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“There is no word to describe the author. If you dig philosophy, it is a must.”
Ben E wrote this review Saturday, April 25, 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No1 of 1 members found this review helpful“I heard from Zizek about "Zen in War", a book about the assistance Zen Buddhists brought to the Japanese Empire of WWII. In reading the reviews I came across a reference to a development of Zen ideas about meditation and existence, purged of the Japanese and Buddhist superstructure. That really interested me since I've always thought there was a lot to admire about Zen meditation and aesthetics but could never stomach all the Buddhist and Japanese cultural specifics. So a "culture neutral" Zen sounded appealing. I read further that the people who were working along these lines were deeply influenced by Krishnamurti, so I decided to get this book.
Gill W wrote this review Thursday, December 18, 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
(Update 12/18/08)
I read the first few chapters. A few sensible notions warning people not to look to a guru or system to resolve the human condition for them. Beyond that I found only empty words and mumbo-jumbo.
Not worth reading further.”
“a must read... then again I think anything written by Krishnamurti is a must-read”
Laura R wrote this review Thursday, February 7, 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“ A great book whick talks about thought, fear, desire, money, sex, freedom, knowledge and many other concepts in life. I recommend it to everyone.”
Mehran Alamdari wrote this review Monday, October 29, 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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