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OBSERVATIONS:
Reflections on the Human Condition
Including - "The wrong turning of Mankind"
"The Otherness"
The Deathbed Statement (with commentary)
THE ESSENCE IN ONE DIALOGUE:
"The zero contains all the numbers"
THE TREASURE WITHIN:
"The natural intelligence of the body"
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Contributed Summations of the Talks
NOW OR NEVER
INTELLIGENCE
YOURSELF
TO LIVE WITH DEATH
Compiled by: Pradeep Apte
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In the Media
A FREE PUBLIC WEBCAST:
Eckhart Tolle's 10-week webcasts with Oprah on Oprah.com,
that ran from March 3 to May 5, 2008.
These discussions, derived from Tolle's new book on spirituality:
A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
contain many themes that are in Krishnamurti's talks, such as awareness,
time, the ego, the present and consciousness. Tolle has stated in an interview (2000),
inter alia, that he has read and has a deep appreciation for the man and his talks.
(See: Krishnamurti, Eckhart Tolle, and the Koan)
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'Hard Rain' exhibit opens at United Nations Headquarters on 5 May A photo essay by Mark Richards,
including his commentary as well as other commentaries by Krishnamurti & David Bohm et al, to coincide with
the latest session of the Commission on Sustainable Development, at the UN headquarters in New York, running 5 to 16 May, 2008.
"The Mind of Krishnamurti" Exhibit, San Diego State University will host the traveling exhibit “The Mind of Krishnamurti:
World Citizen, World Teacher” in partnership with the Departments of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Common Experience,
and the Krishnamurti Foundation of America; focusing on his views on education, running from April 1 to May 23, 2008.
Living in goodness as a basis for society - Pacific Daily News, Guam, April 2, 2008.
Comment and quotes from "This Light in Oneself", by A. Gaffar Peang-Meth, Ph.D.
Book Review - The Hindu, March 18, 2008.
Review of the book: Facing a World in Crisis: What Life Teaches Us in Challenging Times, Edited by David Skitt, KFI, 2008.
Of Art and Men - Ventura County Reporter, March 13, 2008.
An article on the ceramist Beatrice Wood in Ojai, along with her devotion to Krishnamurti, with mentions of Rajagopal, Rosalind and Radha Sloss.
We Went: The Psychology of Blink - Seattlest.com Website, March 6, 2008.
Reports on a talk on Implicit Associations given by Dr Anthony Greenwald at the University of Washington, wherein a student
asked the lecturer if he was aware how his research related to the teachings of Krishnamurti, to which the lecturer responded he didn't know.
"The deflated young man who asked the Krishnamurti question had nowhere to go and slunk back to his seat. Very sad. Typical Eurocentric bias."
The power in the power outage - Lake County News-Chronicle, Minnesota, February 28, 2008.
Brief mention of the story, related in Eckhart Tolle's new book, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (New Edition, 2008 [2005]),
of the declared secret of Krishnamurti: "I don't mind what happens."
Unchecked Ego: Bad. Darn it. By Michele Deluca, Niagara Gazette, February 29, 2008. Another look at the same book and the same reference;
also mentions the 10-week worldwide Webcast discussions with Tolle on Oprah.com, beginning March 3, 2008 (see announcement above).
Lecture on Life of JK - The Hindu, Fenruary 23, 2008.
Reports on a recent lecture by K biographer Dr. Christine Williams at the University of Madras.
Entitled ‘Researching the life of Jiddu Krishnamurti’, she states the philosopher influenced such theoretical titans
as Michel Foucault and Roland Barthes, as well as that of the psychology pioneer Carl Jung;
she had also found a thick FBI file on the man during her research. She states he has had a 'profound and lasting impact on world thought'.
The KFI working to popularise 'the message' - The Hindu, January 26, 2008.
Mentions the Clintons visit to the Oak Grove School in California, and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez quoting from the talks.
"The teachings still valid" - The Hindu, January 27, 2008.
Mary Cadogan and David Skitt from the KFT in England deliver annual lectures at Vasanta Vihar, Chennai.
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“No expert, no specialist, can show us how to understand the process of the self.
One has to study it for oneself. You and I can help each other by talking about it,
but none can unfold it for us, no specialist, no teacher, can explore it for us.”
{The First and Last Freedom, Chapter 8, 'Contradiction'}
¨ Understanding the first cause
Why is greed the motivating force behind society? ...
¨ Flaws in the Mind:
What’s all this talk about thought?
What is the basis behind thought? ...
¨ Flaws in the Mind (2):
The invention of time
Why have we invented tomorrow to become someone? ...
¨ Exactly what is -
“What is”?
Why can't we face simple facts? ...
¨ The first rule of life:
Pay complete attention
Do we know what it is to be fully aware? ...
¨ Infinite capacity:
The Mind and the Brain
What is the difference between the mind and the brain? ...
¨ Unlocking the Prison:
Intention, curiosity, questioning
Do we ever actually question anything? ...
¨ Enlightenment:
Can it really be this simple?
Is this all about the ending of the self? ...
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"To understand is arduous,
especially for those who have been heavily conditioned from childhood."
{Commentaries on Living: First Series, Problems and Escapes, page 124)
especially for those who have been heavily conditioned from childhood."
{Commentaries on Living: First Series, Problems and Escapes, page 124)
{Page last updated - May 12, 2008}
"It is very important to understand desire. If that is not completely understood, the subtlety of desire is immense and therefore it has ... immense possibilities of illusion. Desire ... must come to a complete end. That is, the mind, the brain, must be absolutely pure - not pure as no sex, no ugly thoughts - but the brain must be completely empty of knowledge."
{Jayakar, Biography, page 393}
{Jayakar, Biography, page 393}
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