The Ending of Time (Dialogue)
by J. Krishnamurti, David Bohm
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Author: David Bohm, J. KrishnamurtiEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1985-05-01
ISBN: 0060647965
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Harper & Row
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Book Review: Death Has Very Little Meaning.....
Summary: 5 Stars
The reviewer preceding me is questioning the contradiction he senses on reading this fine dialogue contained in this book between the scientist Bohm and philosopher Krishnamurti on the nature of ending conflict.
Indeed It is hard to get deeper than this dialogue..
The impossibility of loosing one's ego is discussed within, as well as humanity's construction of reality with both the negative and positive consequences of action...The destruction of ego/self as a necessity to perception is made clear, but the option of the person being compassionate in human terms remains paramount despite being trapped in Thought (all past and future Time).
Since nothing is everything and everything is nothing how does GROUND effect me ?? is a relationship with GROUND possible? even desirable? is it reachable? How does Mind come into INSIGHT? What are these flashes of illumination? is constant radiance of living possible?
The twists and turns between science and humanism, all the questions posed above are delivered with pretty succinct clarity in the book as you follow it's Socratic method....many scientific and philosophic concepts taught are contained within these pages as this book is undoubtedly one of K's "heavier" books.Suggestions leading to a different life abound.
What becomes clear in this dialogue for any purposeful change in "curing" ones own neurosis, is to SEE THE CONDITIONING THAT TIME PUTS ONTO HUMANITY and flashing into INSIGHT ...NO Easy Task....in other words, the SEEING of one's built up concepts formation,understanding of one's concept of G-D, one's own fears, basically every motion of one's own life as a products of thought and time is a task that puts the individual into a situation of Universal Mind/Ground/Energy.. Still remaining a mystery but nonetheless to be taken seriously.
Rather than latching onto quick fixes and escapes and Time concepts such as religions based on Messianism or Karma, Krishnamurti has a role as a spiritual teacher unique.
Not to become our thoughts is vastly different than seeing how and why and the content of one's thought..Understanding that we are all Energy, knowing the tricks of the brain masquerading as a universal mind under the guise of universal truth in the pursuit of humanity's betterment is one of the concepts this lover of freedom tried to convey through his teachings.
Moreover, the issue of reconciling religion and its IDEAS which is all based on past teachings fused with a hope for future redemption rings hollow to Krishnamurti..K's teaching was that "Truth Is A Pathless Land"..approaching his numerous writings with an eye toward his keen psychological insights into human behavior was his greatness, NOT starting any religion or cult following which we can leave to his Theosophical admirers and biographers to debate as well as questions if he was a Hindu,Buddhist etc. makes no sense since he LET GO of Belief and as Alan Watts said "To Believe Is To Cling,To Have Faith Is To Let Go"....indeed K let go...where he went and when was certainly not his concern it seems. K was content with the MYSTERY which certainly puts him out of any organized religious persuasion and orbit except his own.The interest in changing humanity by changing the consciousness of each individual rather than mass change, was indeed why he was considered a spiritual teacher.
Summary of The Ending of Time (Dialogue)
This very important work offers penetrating dialogues between the great spiritual leader and the renowned physicist that shed light on the fundamental nature of existence. Krishnamurti and David Bohm probe such questions as ?why has humanity made thought so important in every aspect of life? How does one cleanse the mind of the ?accumulation of time? and break the ?pattern of ego -centered activity??The Ending of Time concludes by referring to the wrong turn humanity has taken, but does not see this as something from which there is no escape. There is an insistence that mankind can change fundamentally; but this requires going from one?s narrow and particular interests toward the general, and ultimately moving still deeper into that purity of compassion, love and intelligence that originates beyond thought, time, or even emptiness.Psychology & Counseling Books
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