I hate to fly in the face of what a lot of smart people think (ok, not really) but nothing I've ever seen or read from Jiddu Krishnamurti made any sense whatsoever, or was profound in the least.
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Replying to @VincentHorn
J. Krishnamurti's basic message was to tell every religious or spiritual leader in the world to go fuck themselves. Don't believe anybody and don't join anything. It's a pretty acerbic message that some people just can't take.
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Replying to @shaunbartone
Weird, even that wasn’t clear to me. I just found him to be largely incoherent. Watching him speak to David Bohm was particularly painful, though I had high hopes. I guess I just don’t get it.
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Replying to @VincentHorn @shaunbartone
There’s a bio video called “with a Silent Mind” that gives a good intro to Krishnamurti & his teaching. It’s horribly worshipful and treacly, but works as information nonetheless.
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as best I can tell, Jiddu got enlightened as a teenager. He was also warped by his upbringing. The combination seems to have alienated him from ordinary experience, and filled him with contempt for a great number of people. Remember enlightened does not mean nice.
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Yep. Look into the details of how they “found” him and that’s harrowing as well.
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