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4.14 AVERAGE
4.14 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
tense
medium-paced
I love Krishnamurti and the wisdom that he preaches. I just found this book to be redundant in ideas I've already read over and over again. I am also not fond of the structure of the language where one makes a claim without backing it up with reasoning (the why's of the phenomena). Overall, good for someone new into this thing, who has just begun to question the mind and their conditioning.
My first read of the author, although I had watched some of his teachings on videos. The voice on the book is very similar with video recordings that I had watched. Even some uncommon rare witty words of the author is recorded. The strong voice of the book is icing the cake for me.
The content of this book is very dense and one of the book with since the early paragraphs this author already explicitly opening no-nonsense thoughts for readers. Throughout this book the author is arguing, questioning, challenging the readers.
I admit I need to read this book very slowly. And I need to re-read this book sooner or later, for helping me questioning my own understanding.
The content of this book is very dense and one of the book with since the early paragraphs this author already explicitly opening no-nonsense thoughts for readers. Throughout this book the author is arguing, questioning, challenging the readers.
I admit I need to read this book very slowly. And I need to re-read this book sooner or later, for helping me questioning my own understanding.
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
I loved Krishamurti's philosophy, this book is the right length for a quick read and psychoanalysis of the psyche.
I did not agree with his philosophy and perspective on things. Had some good things to say but most I did not agree with. Did not connect with this book.
I couldn't finish this book. You could probably read only the first chapter and get the gist of what Krishnamurti is trying to say. Our preconceptions can be dangerous, we should be careful / thoughtful of the words we use, and all words are an inadequate description of real life.
Instead of reading this book, I recommend meditating for an hour a day. You'll come to the same conclusions with the additional benefit of a calmer mind and hopefully less pretention.
Instead of reading this book, I recommend meditating for an hour a day. You'll come to the same conclusions with the additional benefit of a calmer mind and hopefully less pretention.
Such a powerful book. Not many books have made me reflect on myself as much as this one.
Krishnamurti uses simple language to describe simple things. Things we take for granted, things that we’ve been conditioned to believe, things we’ve forgotten about.
Krishnamurti uses simple language to describe simple things. Things we take for granted, things that we’ve been conditioned to believe, things we’ve forgotten about.
"I don't know whether you have ever seriously faced this issue of why your heart is empty."
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Context: My sister gave this book to me a couple of years ago and because of the pandemic I'm finally reading this
Okay so, there was a lot of points in this book that I wouldn't disagree per say, so just keep that in mind; however, omg thank goodness this book was short because what the heck was that? The author kept saying how he doesn't like "teachers" of any kind, to put it simply, yet I found it to be so hypocritical of him then basically being a teacher. And he may say that he isn't in the book sometimes, but this leads me to my next point. For someone who's supposedly not a teacher, the amount of times he made statements like a teacher would was annoying. And maybe it wouldn't have annoyed me if he just admitted to be a teacher, it's fine, but the way he framed these comments irritated me a lot, which leads me to my next point. These comments that I am referring too, that he made, were all very generalized. I can't cover everything obviously, but the way he made blanket statements about things was really weird to read. Like he would just assume something and then go with it and then shamming others in a very purple prose way. It's like he didn't consider the context of things or that everyone is a certain way and no one can teach you, and even though I'm not a teacher but I'm telling you these things except for when I'm not.....Like alright go off then.
I dunno, he made things to be in such a black and white way about things, and yet still got irritated at the grey areas of life? And I feel just "disagreeing" with him he would say that I'm conditioned and that's why? And it's like omg no! I think if he was more straightforward with his thoughts, considered the context of different things more, didn't make massive generalizations about literally everything form the world to those reading this book, and wasn't so brash on teachers and just admitted that he is one of those teachers that he criticized I think that this book would be better. (That's not to say that there aren't false prophets, but you see, that's the missing context to what he was talking about that would have just added to what he was saying)
Because there was things that I could agree with, but he lost me in the purple prose and his bad arguments badly surrounded with all of the problems that I said above. I think at the end of the day there are important lessons to learn that were mentioned, yet I would try to get those important lessons out in a way that also didn't assume what the reader knew or how was feeling and to be so condensing about it either.
Okay so, there was a lot of points in this book that I wouldn't disagree per say, so just keep that in mind; however, omg thank goodness this book was short because what the heck was that? The author kept saying how he doesn't like "teachers" of any kind, to put it simply, yet I found it to be so hypocritical of him then basically being a teacher. And he may say that he isn't in the book sometimes, but this leads me to my next point. For someone who's supposedly not a teacher, the amount of times he made statements like a teacher would was annoying. And maybe it wouldn't have annoyed me if he just admitted to be a teacher, it's fine, but the way he framed these comments irritated me a lot, which leads me to my next point. These comments that I am referring too, that he made, were all very generalized. I can't cover everything obviously, but the way he made blanket statements about things was really weird to read. Like he would just assume something and then go with it and then shamming others in a very purple prose way. It's like he didn't consider the context of things or that everyone is a certain way and no one can teach you, and even though I'm not a teacher but I'm telling you these things except for when I'm not.....Like alright go off then.
I dunno, he made things to be in such a black and white way about things, and yet still got irritated at the grey areas of life? And I feel just "disagreeing" with him he would say that I'm conditioned and that's why? And it's like omg no! I think if he was more straightforward with his thoughts, considered the context of different things more, didn't make massive generalizations about literally everything form the world to those reading this book, and wasn't so brash on teachers and just admitted that he is one of those teachers that he criticized I think that this book would be better. (That's not to say that there aren't false prophets, but you see, that's the missing context to what he was talking about that would have just added to what he was saying)
Because there was things that I could agree with, but he lost me in the purple prose and his bad arguments badly surrounded with all of the problems that I said above. I think at the end of the day there are important lessons to learn that were mentioned, yet I would try to get those important lessons out in a way that also didn't assume what the reader knew or how was feeling and to be so condensing about it either.