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Krishnamurti: Reflections on the Self
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Described by the Dalai Lama as &#8220one of the greatest thinkers
of the age&#8221, Jiddu Krishnamurti has influenced millions
throughout the 20th century, including Aldous Huxley, Bertrand
Russell, Henry Miller and Joseph Campbell.Born of middle-class
Brahmin parents in 1895, Krishnamurti was recognized at age
fourteen by theosophists Annie Besant and C W Leadbetter as an
anticipated world teacher and proclaimed to be the vehicle for the
reincarnation of Christ in the West and of Buddha in the East. In
1929 he repudiated these claims and travelled the world, sharing his
philosophical insights and establishing schools and
foundations.Because Krishnamurti had no interest in presenting
theories, his thought is far removed from academic philosophy in the
analytic tradition, yet his insights remain extremely relevant to

contemporary philosophical theories and to those interested in
understanding themselves and the world. Rather than a theorist,
Krishnamurti is regarded as a seer and a teacher. He perceived
inherent distorting psychological structures that bring about a
division in the individual's consciousness between &#8220the
observer&#8221 and &#8220the observed&#8221. He believed this
division was a potent source of conflict, both within the individual
and externally for society as a whole, and offered a way to
transcend these harmful structures through a radical transformation
in human consciousness. This is a collection of Krishnamurti's
writings and lectures about the individual in relation to society. He
examines the importance of inquiry, the role of the emotions, the
relation between experience and the self, the observer/observed
distinction, the nature of freedom, and other philosophical ideas.