The Awakening of Intelligence
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- Author：Jiddu Krishnamurti
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Summary
This comprehensive record of Krishnamurti’s teachings is an excellent， wide-ranging introduction to the great philosopher’s thought。 With among others， Jacob Needleman， Alain Naude， and Swami Venkatasananda， Krishnamurti examines such issues as the role of the teacher and tradition; the need for awareness of ‘cosmic consciousness; the problem of good and evil; and traditional Vedanta methods of help for different levels of seekers。
Reviews
Ken MacClune
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I think I know why he behaves the way he does， I still can't get past it though。 Different times I suppose。 I think I know why he behaves the way he does， I still can't get past it though。 Different times I suppose。 。。。more
Johan
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He could've said more using less words。 He could've said more using less words。 。。。more
Rebecca Kehler
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Not my favourite。
Ridib KOUSHIK
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Oww man。。。。。。。this Is art 。。。。。❤️❤️❤️
Abbey Mikha
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An awesome book which opened my eyes to a lot of new concepts。 Some people don't consider his thoughts philosophy but I do consider him to be a philosopher。 My favourite quote of the book is， "He who is good is wise not he who is wise is good。" I haven't forgotten that quote since 1995！ An awesome book which opened my eyes to a lot of new concepts。 Some people don't consider his thoughts philosophy but I do consider him to be a philosopher。 My favourite quote of the book is， "He who is good is wise not he who is wise is good。" I haven't forgotten that quote since 1995！ 。。。more
Pawan Parashar
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Amazing sum up of the talks and well organized， each time you read will find something new。 Each series of lecture is meditation itself that you can not do consciously which happens to you like you can create a beautiful garden full of flower but you can not invite birds， bees ， taking care of the garden is the invitation itself。
Fergus
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Here's a thick tome chock full of K's sprightly thoughts on the process that produces real， living and INTELLIGENT people。 I re-read it many times in the mid-eighties。 Its words worked their way slowly into my medicated brain， but made me who I am nowadays。Intelligence is not about IQ levels。 No， in fact it's a mind that is awakened to the endless vagaries， roadblocks and highjumps of daily life as they happen - in a HOLISTIC way。 According to K， it's Whole Body-Mind intelligence。 It doesn't use Here's a thick tome chock full of K's sprightly thoughts on the process that produces real， living and INTELLIGENT people。 I re-read it many times in the mid-eighties。 Its words worked their way slowly into my medicated brain， but made me who I am nowadays。Intelligence is not about IQ levels。 No， in fact it's a mind that is awakened to the endless vagaries， roadblocks and highjumps of daily life as they happen - in a HOLISTIC way。 According to K， it's Whole Body-Mind intelligence。 It doesn't use maps of the world。 It doesn't follow instructions。 It thinks its life as it lives it。 In other words， it's Freedom。I bought it - and read it within my upwardly mobile， bulletproof cadre of middle managers on lunch break - in 1985。 Metaphysical thinking， alas， was a cursedly anathematized subject to their crowd。 Sports， women， though - now you were talking！ Yikes。Yes， I hear you， fellow readers。 You know the feeling？Well， it helps also when you read this if you have experienced inner conflicts like that in your life， and want to put them to good use - and if you aren't sealed over in bulletproof apathy， as my colleagues were。Those inner conflicts， K says， are the foundation of real intelligence， as they prove you're ALIVE。 If you live your life as a struggle and not a slough， you'll find considerably more fulfillment in life than your lazy friends will。But this book is no cakewalk。 It'll jar and grate on your nerves。 Because it HAS to， to work。Matthew Arnold famously said the secret of life is to see it whole - in his classic， Culture and Anarchy。The way of my colleagues is now， alas， reappearing all over the world as brute ANARCHY。Our task， though， is to know our lives and our thoughts， like Krishnamurti -Steadily and Holistically。 。。。more
Dawn
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Brilliant man。Tagging this was difficult。 It is not really "Psychology" but the best I could do for now。JK does not give answers， but helps you to see and experience for yourself， the truth of reality， and how your mind works。The book is apparently a transcription of his talks from 1971 and contains questions from his audience。 I enjoyed the format and felt myself asking the same questions as his listeners。JK says he is NOT a guru， is Not a "World teacher" and he has never claimed that he is enl Brilliant man。Tagging this was difficult。 It is not really "Psychology" but the best I could do for now。JK does not give answers， but helps you to see and experience for yourself， the truth of reality， and how your mind works。The book is apparently a transcription of his talks from 1971 and contains questions from his audience。 I enjoyed the format and felt myself asking the same questions as his listeners。JK says he is NOT a guru， is Not a "World teacher" and he has never claimed that he is enlightened。 To me he is an extraordinary man， who has clear perception， and has enquired deeply into many things such as how the mind works， what thoughts are， suffering， conditioning， etc。Many people have said he is a world teacher， in fact he was raised and trained to be one。 But when presented for the first time， he declared， "I am Not a world teacher。"Highly recommended。 。。。more
Kapil
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Intellectually stimulating and a brilliant （but long） piece of work by JK。 In this though provoking book he discusses various aspects like how to listen， meditate， love etc。 This book requires lots of patience and time to read， don't look for that one mantra to change your life， but read the book to learn to find it out yourself （as JK says）。 Intellectually stimulating and a brilliant （but long） piece of work by JK。 In this though provoking book he discusses various aspects like how to listen， meditate， love etc。 This book requires lots of patience and time to read， don't look for that one mantra to change your life， but read the book to learn to find it out yourself （as JK says）。 。。。more
Chris Mabhele
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Krishnamurti brings a unique dimension of looking at the world for the spiritual seeker。 Ever since discovering his books in a tiny backpacker library in Rishikesh many years ago， I've devoured a lot of his writings。 Krishnamurti brings a unique dimension of looking at the world for the spiritual seeker。 Ever since discovering his books in a tiny backpacker library in Rishikesh many years ago， I've devoured a lot of his writings。 。。。more
Harry
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A book to be read slowly over and over。 What is beyond philosophy， mindfulness， yoga， 。。。
Yathreb Ramadhan
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الكتاب عظيم。
Islam Ahmed
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This book is great。 Jiddu explains that the world isn't exactly limited to our beliefs that we learned， the cultures that we inhibited， or the race that we were born with。 We all happen to be born in societies and found ourselves adopting their ritual and habits， but the author claims that this is not the only way， as there are more things to tie us together more than nationalism， race， or culture。 It's a great book， however， the concepts shared are super limited and it's stretched over long pag This book is great。 Jiddu explains that the world isn't exactly limited to our beliefs that we learned， the cultures that we inhibited， or the race that we were born with。 We all happen to be born in societies and found ourselves adopting their ritual and habits， but the author claims that this is not the only way， as there are more things to tie us together more than nationalism， race， or culture。 It's a great book， however， the concepts shared are super limited and it's stretched over long pages and chapters。 Nevertheless， I still recommend giving it a read， a quick scroll！ Peace！ 。。。more
B。 A。 AGHA
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Outstanding- Takes the reader to another level of reflection and consciousness。
mahesh
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Our Myopic view and suffering in our lethargic life draw us to various pleasures， ambition， and cruelty。 After devouring all pleasure and cruelties， the human is not free of his past。 He is the same man， But with a different thread of entanglement。Through this book， Jiddu Krishnamurthi has tried to explore the questions of life without offering definitive answers which often saturates the possibilities of answers。 Book is a collection of speeches given by Jiddu Krishnamurthi on different occasio Our Myopic view and suffering in our lethargic life draw us to various pleasures， ambition， and cruelty。 After devouring all pleasure and cruelties， the human is not free of his past。 He is the same man， But with a different thread of entanglement。Through this book， Jiddu Krishnamurthi has tried to explore the questions of life without offering definitive answers which often saturates the possibilities of answers。 Book is a collection of speeches given by Jiddu Krishnamurthi on different occasions。 Every self-development or spirituality books dupe us with the promises of an answer to all the confusion and pains of our bottomless darkness。 Most of the book offers immediate fixes or motivational messages， Which are accepted by the majority of the population。 But， are they successful in answering our questions？。 The answer is no， Most of them offer outer modification which inevitably leads to another inescapable darkness。 It's not the same story with Krishnamurthi's wisdom， Throughout the book， he never offers a definitive answer to meet our desire to cling。 Every word is one to one session with the guru- shishya（teacher- disciple） which is an honest approach to decipher all absurdities， beauty， and conditioning of life。Reading his book and digesting it is not easy as it seems， Because you will come in face to face with yourselves which we rarely do in our life。 All your walls and beliefs crumbled into ashes in your journey， Sometimes you feel all alone in this world Yet you feel free and child again throughout the journey with Krishnamurthi。Krishnamurthi's way to convey his message simple， According to him the life is simple so even the truth behind it is to be simple which reflects clearly in his writings。You might feel it's impossible to adapt and examine in the way he guides us like a guru But don't get discouraged from it。 Just go ahead and face it。 In the end， you might be a child again。Re-read the book if you don't grasp the concept at first， Beautiful flower always take a time to blossom with full exuberance。My guru is Sadhguru， But even my guru admires Krishnamurthi。 Krishnamurthi doesn't have an answer to all the chaos of life， He has the question to find the answers of our life。 Enjoy it！ 。。。more
Kameshwar Prasad
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Great read。 It's a collection of his discourses and debates。 He is simply amazing。 His insights into human mind are wonderful。 You drop all beliefs， dogmas， conditioning and inhibitions。 You become your own guru and your own disciple。 You should not read this book if it's the first one from J Krishnamurti。 Read his other books before reading this one。 Great read。 It's a collection of his discourses and debates。 He is simply amazing。 His insights into human mind are wonderful。 You drop all beliefs， dogmas， conditioning and inhibitions。 You become your own guru and your own disciple。 You should not read this book if it's the first one from J Krishnamurti。 Read his other books before reading this one。 。。。more
Vikramjeet Singh
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Similar to other jkrishnamurti books，this one gifts you with clarity of perspective on thinking。
Will Cannon
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Read this several years ago。 To say that Krishnaji was special doesn’t begin to describe that human。 💕
Bhakta Kishor
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I don't have any idea how many of Krishnamurti's books I have bought and given away。 They are probably not given more than a cursory glance and I doubt that a skim read will change anything。 I read all the time and I retain very little of what I have read。 Krishnamurti was an occultist from age 14 until his early 30's and that is what I read about and since the occult is interwoven with practically everything it is a very wide subject。 My question is "how did he go from that"， not from that to t I don't have any idea how many of Krishnamurti's books I have bought and given away。 They are probably not given more than a cursory glance and I doubt that a skim read will change anything。 I read all the time and I retain very little of what I have read。 Krishnamurti was an occultist from age 14 until his early 30's and that is what I read about and since the occult is interwoven with practically everything it is a very wide subject。 My question is "how did he go from that"， not from that to that。 From that implies a beginning but， to that， is the end， the conclusion。 Once you have reached a conclusion then all investigation has ended。 There is no answer to the question， that is opinion and opinions are not facts which is contrary to what we have been told， and taught in schools。 Therefore， school has nothing to do with education， it is programing。 Why do you think it is mandatory？ The door is open， but due to our conditioning we cannot even see the opening。 Actually， there is no how to。 All we have to do is see the open door but I doubt reading one， two or three of Krishnamurti's books will change anything。 This is a fundamental and total change， a total rejection of everything we have been told。 Authority is the most destructive thing！ When I read those 6 words a wave of excitement and relief came over me。 It is such an obvious fact and somewhere inside my head I knew it to be true since I was a child， but the conditioning， the whitewash prevented me from seeing this fact。 If you want to really investigate this total revolution then Google JKonline， and every day you will be emailed one of his quotes。 It will be 5 or 10 lines。 Read Krishnamurti's books every day not to achieve anything not as a means to an end， just as an experiment and buy this book too， it is my favourite， very short and concise。-------------------------------------------------------------- 。。。more
George
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This book is a collection of the transcripts of Krishnamurti's discussions and also personal interviews on his teachings and ideas。 I personally admire they way he trained his mind to work， the simplicity of his ideas and the insights he shares on difficult concepts， that people struggle with everyday。 Krishnamurti argues that we are conditioned by culture， religion， politics etc and our mind cannot see clearly， because it is fragmented。 Based on these fragmentations and the conflicts that they This book is a collection of the transcripts of Krishnamurti's discussions and also personal interviews on his teachings and ideas。 I personally admire they way he trained his mind to work， the simplicity of his ideas and the insights he shares on difficult concepts， that people struggle with everyday。 Krishnamurti argues that we are conditioned by culture， religion， politics etc and our mind cannot see clearly， because it is fragmented。 Based on these fragmentations and the conflicts that they create he looks deeper on fear， relationships， death， love， religious minds， time and space， order， intelligence and others。 There is a lot of repetition of his main ideas throughout the book， but this is not overwhelming for the reader。 It actually helps to practice your understanding and remember it。 Loved it。 "。。。 Intelligence comes into being when the brain discovers is fallibility， when it discovers what is capable of and what is not。。。" 。。。more
Anand
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I somehow came to know about JK thru my friend who mentioned his name during the call。 I just searched the books in amazon and randomly picked one of it to read。 After I started reading few pages， I very well realised he is very deep and has immense clarity in his findings。 Also initially I felt he s just blaming the findings of other sources like krishna， buddha or christ or any other， but his point was dont follow anyone s findings unless you enquire and get at that place。 The part I liked in I somehow came to know about JK thru my friend who mentioned his name during the call。 I just searched the books in amazon and randomly picked one of it to read。 After I started reading few pages， I very well realised he is very deep and has immense clarity in his findings。 Also initially I felt he s just blaming the findings of other sources like krishna， buddha or christ or any other， but his point was dont follow anyone s findings unless you enquire and get at that place。 The part I liked in his book is ， he takes things very slow， trying to figure out each and every reason that appears in our mind and it really helped me to understand how to analyze our thoughts and mind。 I sure became his fan and will also surely read all the rest of his books。 I always search the truth in my lyf and sometimes there are roadblocks where I will be stuck and dunno how to go furthur。 There always comes few authors or people who help to carry you or transcend you to the next level。 I am sure he s one among it。I would recommend this book to anyone。 It is a must read book in anyone s life from my perspective。 。。。more
Thomas
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As Krishnamurti explains， true intelligence goes beyond thinking。 Thinking is always the past and in conflict with what is。 Looking at the world this moment， we know the past and continue to repeat it without fail。 Our religions， governments， institutions， traditions and cultures are in constant conflict。 This causes us to be apart from our true selves。 This book delves into the search for the unknown which is "what is"。 When we can see ourselves and the world without the filters of thought and As Krishnamurti explains， true intelligence goes beyond thinking。 Thinking is always the past and in conflict with what is。 Looking at the world this moment， we know the past and continue to repeat it without fail。 Our religions， governments， institutions， traditions and cultures are in constant conflict。 This causes us to be apart from our true selves。 This book delves into the search for the unknown which is "what is"。 When we can see ourselves and the world without the filters of thought and the past， we may discover something very different。 There are no paths to follow or gurus to chase after; only a deep awakening through awareness that there is something in the space beyond thought。 。。。more
Arjun Hari
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This book gave me a mental "ass-blasting"。 I found myself physically nodding at the pages while I delved into it。 Fair warning， it is a lot to unpack and sometimes the guy （Krishnamurti） comes off as an extremely jaded prick。 However， thinking about our world as it is now and the absolute emotional roller-coaster I have been on recently， I think this gave me a lot to think about when it comes to how we interpret the world around us。 Krishnamurti offers us insights as to how we can improve the qu This book gave me a mental "ass-blasting"。 I found myself physically nodding at the pages while I delved into it。 Fair warning， it is a lot to unpack and sometimes the guy （Krishnamurti） comes off as an extremely jaded prick。 However， thinking about our world as it is now and the absolute emotional roller-coaster I have been on recently， I think this gave me a lot to think about when it comes to how we interpret the world around us。 Krishnamurti offers us insights as to how we can improve the quality of our existence in an extremely accessible manner。 。。。more
Navdeep Singh
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Absolute clearBooks provides absolute directions to question urself in right direction， help you to enquire。 Findings you have from that quessionaire are revolutionary。 As Krishnamurti says ， dont accept the speaker， really helpful in not keeping any belief and leave you with bare seeing。 This book is must read who really seeks the truth
Nick Asher
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Daniel
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There are some truly unique and profound insights in this book that helped reshape the way I thought， behaved， and viewed/processed others and the world。However， these moments are shuffled together with a great deal of meandering and rather unhelpful expostulating， much of which is repeated quite a bit from section to section。Also， though I respect Krishnamurti's goals and wisdom， there's no shortage of hypocrisy and contradiction in some of what he says and discusses。 He says we should throw aw There are some truly unique and profound insights in this book that helped reshape the way I thought， behaved， and viewed/processed others and the world。However， these moments are shuffled together with a great deal of meandering and rather unhelpful expostulating， much of which is repeated quite a bit from section to section。Also， though I respect Krishnamurti's goals and wisdom， there's no shortage of hypocrisy and contradiction in some of what he says and discusses。 He says we should throw away the idea of gurus and teachers but very clearly establishes himself as an authority over those who listen and question。 He is constantly asking questions and saying， "Don't repeat the answers you've heard before。 Find the answer for yourself！" and then， not a sentence later， saying "The answer is obviously。。。" He uses that word a lot -- obviously -- which undercuts a great deal of his message of self-discovery and personal insight。 There are times when he doesn't appear to discuss in good faith， either， saying emphatically that he hasn't made up his mind about this or that yet， but then making the same logical leaps and foregone conclusions he's made up in past dialogues。 He uses a few fallacious ideas to found many arguments （for instance: he takes as a given that consciousness is its content， which is like taking every component of a vehicle， putting it in a pile， and saying it's a car; consciousness is more a process than a collection of experiences）， and so when he goes off on a list of things that are， to him， "obvious，" it feels tiresome when it starts with an assertion he either isn't challenged on or won't allow himself to be challenged on。I can't recommend it for those reasons， but I still found value in it for the bits here and there that helped retrain my own conscious thought patterns and knee-jerk responses。 If you're fiercely academic and can stand dry， abstract （mostly impractical） philosophizing， then you might find the same treasures I did， but be prepared to be frustrated。 。。。more
J t
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Genius！
Ismael Dainehine
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Krishnamurti has been one of the biggest influences on my thinking in the past few years。 He is penetrating without being aggressive， compassionate without being too sentimental。 This is an abstract read if you aren't familiar with Eastern philosophy， so may be an enduring read， but a good summary of his main talking points。 Krishnamurti has been one of the biggest influences on my thinking in the past few years。 He is penetrating without being aggressive， compassionate without being too sentimental。 This is an abstract read if you aren't familiar with Eastern philosophy， so may be an enduring read， but a good summary of his main talking points。 。。。more
Mohmmad Isak
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I like the way he challenges our conventional understanding of thoughts n intelligence。 Conditioning of mind。 His argument on following a guru and originality of thoughts。 His insight into couple of things like relationships meditation conflicts。 I have been repeatedly picking up chapters to read and every time i read i get more and more clarity on what he is trying to convey。 The most beneficial part to me has been his teachings on conditioning。
Bulent2k2
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