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Adam Pallant, grandson of Mary Lutyens, has signed a film rights contract with Warner Brothers for use of the biography of Krishnamurti.
Merchant Ivory, the production company, is currently working on the script. Evelyne Blau is acting as consultant to the director and the producer.
Blau produced the documentary With a Silent Mind in 1990 (directed by Michael Mendizza), and is the author of Krishnamurti: 100 Years (1995).
- From the latest Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, Spring Newsletter, 2008. Note: This movie allegedly will only cover his life
up until the dissolution of the Order of the Star in 1929 - Source: Administrator of the KFA Dialogue Forum.
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Mary Zimbalist died quietly in her home in Ojai on June 17th, 2008.
She was born in 1915 and first heard Krishnamurti speak in a public talk he gave in Ojai, California in 1944.
After a career as a model and actress, and marriage to film producer Sam Zimbalist, producer of the movie Ben Hur, Mary began to work
for Krishnamurti following the death of her husband in 1958. She became a trusted advisor and close friend and was active in the founding of the
Oak Grove School, Ojai, California, and Brockwood Park School and Center, Hampshire, England.
- From The Challenge Of Change: The e-Newsletter of the Krishnamurti Foundation of America, June, 2008.
Note: Mary Zimbalist has allegedly written a book about her life with Krishnamurti but stated that it not be made public until 75 years
have elapsed from the date of her death - Source (paraphrased): Administrator of the KFA Dialogue Forum, August 26, 2008.
- (This posting was subsequently deleted, without explanation, and the information reposted and modified - see the Links Page)
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Cash-strapped Krishnamurti Foundation Regroups - Major management restructure at the KFA in Ojai, due to the financial downturn's impact on
the current endowment, mentioning new roles for Mark Lee and Troy Sumrall, the newly appointed top administrator; VenturaCounty Star, July 7, 2009.
True education means going past religion - A brief article on the shattering of all doctrinal religions and the challenge to education worldwide,
by Joshua Minton, Columbus Books Examiner, examiner.com, June 22, 2009 (Includes YouTube 2-video set: The Real Revolution).
A Meditation on Ambition - An article on desire, quoting Commentaries on Living, 3d Series; Pavel Somov, Ph.D., The Huffington Post, May 8, 2009.
Enlightenment Therapy - An accomplished Zen Master undergoes extended psychotherapy from a psychoanalyst versed in Buddhism,
Zen and Freud, who had read Krishnamurti during his formative studies; Chip Brown, The New York Times Magazine, April 23, 2009.
75th Anniversary of Rajghat Besant School - Second oldest school of the Krishnamurti Foundation India, the celebration occurred
on March 14 and 15; The Times of India, Report from Varanasi, March 13, 2009.
The Third Mind: Asian Culture's Influence on the West - Briefly mentioning the influences of Theosophy and Krishnamurti (inter alia) on US artists,
notably Jackson Pollock, at the Guggenheim Exhibition of Abstract Expressionist painting; Ariella Budick, Financial Times, February 12, 2009.
The Krishnamurti Mercedes Roadster, The Green Beauty, looking for a new owner - The KFA is offering his car as a premium giveaway for a donor
who makes a major gift to the Foundation in its current fundraising drive (contact KFA's Mark Lee); Navin Doshi, IndiaPost.com, January 27, 2009.
Mind set: Change is constant - An article on the constancy of change at all levels of existence, paraphrasing Krishnamurti's views on radical change
that can only occur outside of the boundaries of thought; by Narayani Ganesh, The Times of India, December 29, 2008.
Helping India's Poor Get a Leg Up - Article on former banker turned philanthropist Nachiket Mor, an alumnus of Brockwood Park School,
now heading a nonprofit Foundation dispensing microloans to India's poor; BusinessWeek, Special Report, November 24, 2008.
J. Krishnamurti: The Man, The Message And You Two-day awareness programme organized by the KFI in Mumbai, in October 2008; attended by
notable figures, at which a documentary ("The Seer Who Walks Alone"), by film maker G. Aravindan, was screened to attendees - IndiaPRwire.com.
Gandhis revisit Jiddu Legacy - The Times of India, Chennai, article touching briefly on the historical ties of Krishnamurti to the Gandhi family, as well
as a 'reconnaissance mission' to Rishi Valley School by Rahul Gandhi and his sister as trustees of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation. The purpose
of the visit was to learn about the School's education system in preparation for the Foundation opening its own schools across India; August 29, 2008.
The Observer and Krishnamurti's Teaching - Meditations (Spirituality) Column, by Martin LeFevre,
non-academic religious and political philosopher; Scoop.co: Independent News, New Zealand, August 27, 2008.
Empty - Contemporary Chinese Art Exhibition - Article on a Beijing Fine Arts exhibition dealing with the escape from the emptiness within,
citing the Krishnamurti line: "Fear comes only when I am trying to escape from it". Exhibition runs from August 6 - September 6, 2008.
'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.
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."
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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Eckhart Tolle's 10-week webcasts with Oprah on Oprah.com,
that ran from March 3 to May 5, 2008. These discussions are derived from Tolle's new book on spirituality:
A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose, which addresses some of the major themes contained in the talks.
(See: Krishnamurti, Eckhart Tolle, and the Koan)
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Contributed Summations of the Talks, Compiled by: Pradeep Apte
NOW OR NEVER
INTELLIGENCE
YOURSELF
TO LIVE WITH DEATH
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Two free e-books written by Dr Gordon Coates:
"Wanterfall: A practical approach to the
understanding and healing of the emotions of everyday life";
"Notes on Communication: A few thoughts about the way we interact with the people we meet"
Discussing verbal and non-verbal communication
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“In relationship, the primary source of friction is oneself, the self that is the center of unified craving. If we can
but realize that it is not how another acts that is of primary importance, but how each one of us acts and reacts,
and that if that reaction and action can be fundamentally, deeply understood, then relationship will undergo a
deep and radical change. ..."
(On Relationship, pp. 2-3, © KFT & KFA)
¨ Understanding the first cause
Why are greed and ambition the motivations behind all of society? ...
¨ The Fabric of the Mind:
What’s all this talk about thought?
Why has thought created the separate grand narrative observer that it calls 'the self?' ...
¨ Flaws in the Brain:
The invention of time
Why has the brain invented the convenient idea of tomorrow in order to become someone? ...
¨ The "What is":
Facing the fact
Why haven't we fully faced the facts of life, and thereby changed them? ...
¨ The first rule of life:
Pay Complete Attention
Choiceless, passive awareness is all very well and good, but what does it actually mean? ...
¨ Holistic Seeing:
The Mind and the Brain
Can we see the whole of anything, or do we only see fragmentation? ...
¨ That State of Mind:
Intention, curiosity, questioning
Do we actually question anything at all, or do we just accept everything as it is?...
¨ Enlightenment: The Key to the Door?
Can it really be this simple?
Is there a clue in the talks to the correct approach to take?...
but realize that it is not how another acts that is of primary importance, but how each one of us acts and reacts,
and that if that reaction and action can be fundamentally, deeply understood, then relationship will undergo a
deep and radical change. ..."
(On Relationship, pp. 2-3, © KFT & KFA)
¨ Understanding the first cause
Why are greed and ambition the motivations behind all of society? ...
¨ The Fabric of the Mind:
What’s all this talk about thought?
Why has thought created the separate grand narrative observer that it calls 'the self?' ...
¨ Flaws in the Brain:
The invention of time
Why has the brain invented the convenient idea of tomorrow in order to become someone? ...
¨ The "What is":
Facing the fact
Why haven't we fully faced the facts of life, and thereby changed them? ...
¨ The first rule of life:
Pay Complete Attention
Choiceless, passive awareness is all very well and good, but what does it actually mean? ...
¨ Holistic Seeing:
The Mind and the Brain
Can we see the whole of anything, or do we only see fragmentation? ...
¨ That State of Mind:
Intention, curiosity, questioning
Do we actually question anything at all, or do we just accept everything as it is?...
¨ Enlightenment: The Key to the Door?
Can it really be this simple?
Is there a clue in the talks to the correct approach to take?...
"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."
(Pupul Jayakar Biography: Chapter 35, 'One Touched the Source'
- page 393; ellipses added)
(Pupul Jayakar Biography: Chapter 35, 'One Touched the Source'
- page 393; ellipses added)
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On the Human Condition There is a new world monetary crisis approaching, far greater than the one we are supposedly in at present...
Insight: Partial or Total? Have we all only had a partial insight into the movement of thought in the brain, not a total one?...
The Awakening of Intelligence When the brain is silent, free of all the reactions of thought, only then can an inner intelligence operate...
The Way of Change: Listening Without Motive The real question is whether we can listen without any motive at all...
Life after Death: A Most Extraordinary Discussion - on the Stream, Pure Energy, Death & Reincarnation.
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Insight: Partial or Total? Have we all only had a partial insight into the movement of thought in the brain, not a total one?...
The Awakening of Intelligence When the brain is silent, free of all the reactions of thought, only then can an inner intelligence operate...
The Way of Change: Listening Without Motive The real question is whether we can listen without any motive at all...
Life after Death: A Most Extraordinary Discussion - on the Stream, Pure Energy, Death & Reincarnation.
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Ending the Observer
The position of the talks couldn't be clearer: It is about the end of the observer, which is the self. There is only the experiencing of Truth, in the moment - it simply cannot be experienced (that is, carried over as memory). Again, it is the observer that carries over the experience.
This fact is always resisted by the mind, as the mind is dominated by the observer. The observer maintains that it is required to learn from its experiences, which means retaining them in memory. This, along with psychological knowledge, is the sum total of the conditioning of the mind.
So, is it that we do not actually listen to what is being said, because of this very resistance of the mind?
The position of the talks couldn't be clearer: It is about the end of the observer, which is the self. There is only the experiencing of Truth, in the moment - it simply cannot be experienced (that is, carried over as memory). Again, it is the observer that carries over the experience.
This fact is always resisted by the mind, as the mind is dominated by the observer. The observer maintains that it is required to learn from its experiences, which means retaining them in memory. This, along with psychological knowledge, is the sum total of the conditioning of the mind.
So, is it that we do not actually listen to what is being said, because of this very resistance of the mind?
Essay: 'Too Radical for the World's Good'
Is the Mind Separate from the Brain?
Is there something after Death?
Can the self be transcended?
What does this statement mean: 'The Observer is the Observed'?
What is Consciousness?
Are the talks simple to understand or are they too complex?
Can any importance be attached to the man behind the talks?
Can the concept of Psychological Time be ended in the Mind?
What role can a Koan play in a flash of enlightenment?
Krishnamurti & Tolle - What are the correlations, if any?
What is the True Nature of Insight?
Is it possible for the Mind to empty itself of all Thought?
Is there something after Death?
Can the self be transcended?
What does this statement mean: 'The Observer is the Observed'?
What is Consciousness?
Are the talks simple to understand or are they too complex?
Can any importance be attached to the man behind the talks?
Can the concept of Psychological Time be ended in the Mind?
What role can a Koan play in a flash of enlightenment?
Krishnamurti & Tolle - What are the correlations, if any?
What is the True Nature of Insight?
Is it possible for the Mind to empty itself of all Thought?
Education: Re-Engineering the Noblest Profession
Restructuring the philosophical basis & social intent that lies behind the educators and teaching in general. Can major change be effected?
Restructuring the philosophical basis & social intent that lies behind the educators and teaching in general. Can major change be effected?
