Diljith mddiljith@identi.ca
Carlos Solís at 2013-10-02T15:37:31Z
132. JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI: Don't compare yourself to others
Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986) was a philosopher, writer and lecturer. As a young boy in India, Krishnamurti was groomed by the Theosophical Society for 20 years to be the ‘World Teacher’, a spiritual saviour they believed appeared on Earth periodically to propel humankind to a higher evolutionary stage. A special organisation, the Order of the Star, was formed to herald the ‘arrival’ of Krishnamurti as World Teacher. Little did they know that Krishnamurti had no intentions of being a messiah, and in a famous speech in 1929, Krishnamurti told everyone ‘thanks, but no thanks’ and disbanded the Order of the Star, cut all allegiances with the Theosophical society and spent the next 50-plus years travelling the world, writing and lecturing.
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Brilliant :)
Indeed!
Krishnamurti's book "Education and the Significance of Life" (1953, Harper Brothers) changed how I think about education.
He is a complete iconoclast. Reading his books and interviews always leads me to examine my own life.