I read somewhere once that it was Aldous Huxley that
encouraged Krishnamurti to keep a journal. Imagine a tape of those two talking together.
A literary genius with a spiritual bent and a spiritual genius with a talent
for expression. Wow. In any event, Jiddu Krishnamurti took the advice and did,
for over a year or two years I believe. At the outset, one might think it’s a simple
nature narrative, and it is in that it is not allegorical or something.
Krishnamurti often talks about going for a walk and the wonderful things he
sees in nature. But don’t forget, you are reading the journal of Jiddu
Krishnamurti, so it’s no different than reading the journal of say, Buddha. And
it shows. It has an enlightened quality and it feels a bit different than
reading the words of an ordinary man. Why? Perhaps for two reasons, - firstly,
it is so ordinary that it is honesty in action on the page, and secondly, there
are esoteric things inside of the pages if you have the patience. At one point
Krishnamurti, on in age, has a dream that someone is placing a ball of fire
inside of his head. And one gets the feeling that it’s not just a dream.
RATING 9/10
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