andyjohnsonman

J. Krishnamurti

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I also like him because he taught a non-dualist world view but at the same time cautioned people to focus more on living in the present and not to be too caught with theories regarding God, afterlife etc. 

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He's one of my big influences too, I find a little Krishnamurti goes a long way, I can read one book or passage and it resonates a long time afterwards. 

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Jiddu Krishnamurti is pure gold.

He's advanced so one should be careful to not let his criticisms of yoga or meditation and various spiritual practices stop one from doing those spiritual practices.  And if one pays attention to him you'll know that's not what he wants at all. If anything he just directly points at what is the essence of meditation or yoga so that one does it better. 

 


Hark ye yet again — the little lower layer. All visible objects, man, are but as pasteboard masks. But in each event — in the living act, the undoubted deed — there, some unknown but still reasoning thing puts forth the mouldings of its features from behind the unreasoning mask. If man will strike, strike through the mask! How can the prisoner reach outside except by thrusting through the wall? To me, the white whale is that wall, shoved near to me. Sometimes I think there's naught beyond. But 'tis enough.

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