The Awakening of Intelligence
by Jiddu Krishnamurti
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Author: Jiddu KrishnamurtiEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1987-05-06
ISBN: 0060648341
Number of pages: 544
Publisher: Harper & Row
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Book Review: The real owner's manual for the mind, for the spirit
Summary: 5 Stars
What Krishnamurti offers the reader here are exercises for the mind that will help us re-wire our brains to think in a different way, that will allow us to obtain a new perception of who we are, and what our world is, and the harmony of both, leading to a freedom that can't quite be explained in words, but will be felt by those few who experience it. Have you stopped to think that it really makes no difference what car you drive, the clothes you wear, the place you live, because you still will at times feel sad, troubled, depressed, sick, and happiness is not guaranteed by these material objects?
What is our purpose in life? The author touches on these and other subjects, which we've being conditioned to believe as a universal truth, in today's modern "greed and riches are the only goal" society. He offers his ideas on how we free our minds from learned concepts, ideas, cultural traditions, and other thoughts that tie us into inflexible thinking, that doesn't allow us to understand new experiences, new ideas.
Krishanmurti, explains that in order for us to understand, we must say to ourselves "I don't know" so that we can have a clean slate with which to experience new ideas. Therefore not letting old, inflexible, sometimes narrow-minded, ideas or experiences, which we may have gathered through life, which are the sum of the culture, traditions, and experiences of thousands others who may, or may not be entirely correct in their interpretation either do to lack of knowledge, or a tunneled vision.
He describes how , by us depending on old ideas, acquired knowledge, and experiences,
We are pre conditioned, and bias, to new experiences, making it hard for us to obtain the full effect of any new experience. "Ah here we go again" is something all of us have said at times, and this is exactly what Krishnamurti is telling us not to do. When we think we opened our mental files, draw one from the bunch, and base our emotions, and reactions on that, which is wrong because in general terms, to grow as intelligent beings, we need to learn to clear our minds of the old (ideas, experiences, concepts) to make room for the new. He also says in this book that we should experience these things ourselves, not through gurus, religious leaders, or spiritual guides, as it is only you the one that can experience such a mental broadening, and someone else can't teach it.
His ideas could seem complicated, and hard to grasp in the beginning but if you read carefully, and maybe stop to think about it for a while, you'll find that they make sense.
The mind is like a warehouse where we store our ideas, and experiences, and once we
We have a certain amount of them, we base our behavior on them. Every time we encounter a new situation we draw from that warehouse, and if what's in storage is
In turn based on those ideas and experiences of others, we may not be experiencing life
fully. This is because we haven't really used our very own and personal thought process fully enough to see and understand way beyond those that came before us.
Krishnamurti advocates that we tear down the fences in our minds. He explains that all knowledge has been fragmented, in different areas, yet we as persons are one complete being. And we then behave and think fragmented as well. We talk about "my spirit", "my mind", "my body", as if they were separate from one another, yet they all reside in the same place: you.
If you have thought about the meaning of life, what your purpose in life is, what is this crazy place we call "world", then this book is for you. If you've ever thought about how is it that we follow established patterns of behavior like going to school, to work, getting married, paying bills, following goals, saving for retirement, among others, you should get thisbook. If you've realized that we're all right now living through one of the many stages of our lives (childhood, teenager, young adult, adult, middle age, golden years etc.) this book has many answers to those questions you've thought about but haven't been able to ask someone else.
Summary of The Awakening of Intelligence
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.Theology Books
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