So Don't Believe A Word I Say....

[poliphilo]

Something I learned from Jiddhu Krishnamurti (in fact I learned a lot from him) is disrespect for scripture.

No revelation, prophecy or statement of the truth is forever- but is always conditioned by its time and place of utterance- and the slipperiness of language- and once spoken or written begins to decay.

He applied this doctrine to his own teaching. Don't bother with my old books, he said (in so many words) Just listen to what I'm saying now, in this moment- then let it go.

Comments

[poliphilo]

He helped me through one of the rockier periods of my life.

[oakmouse]

Glad to hear it! I haven't read a lot of his stuff --- not in my line --- but I hold him in great esteem because he had the honesty and guts to blow out of the whole Theosophical "messiah" game and do something much better with his life. Also, as far as I know, everyone I know who takes his work seriously is a good person, which kind of says it all, really.