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| Total Freedom: The Essential Krishnamurti | 
 enlarge | Author: J. Krishnamurti
Publisher: HarperOne
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 60256
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.1
ISBN: 0060648805
Dewey Decimal Number: 181.4
EAN: 9780060648800
ASIN: 0060648805
Publication Date: October 4, 1996
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 Extraordinary! October 1, 2003
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
This book is an exceptional book for people for are in search for an authentic self. Krishnamurti never directly provides answers for vital questions in life because he understands that answers to vital questions are never meaningful when they come from the outside. He knows that for our answers to be meaningful they must come from within. He understands that his job is to guide us so that we approach the problem in a way that leads to our own answers from within. Although not all of us are ready, I think we all have much to learn from thinkers like him. If you are ready, this book will be wonderful for you. If you are not, you will find it meaningless. Although you find it meaningless now, keep it on your shelf and read it five or ten years later and see if it makes sense then. If you'd like a book using a more concrete approach to this topic, I strongly suggest "The Ever-transcending Spirit" by Toru Sato. It is a fabulous book that explains how many Western and Eastern theories relate to essential matters of the heart.
 One genius, one insight, and no way to get it across June 28, 2003
13 out of 21 found this review helpful
Simple message: Trust no-one, Find out for yourself.Three hundred pages of swirling around this message, with seeming contradictions piling up everywhere--which is understandable, of course, since trying to get the point above across to people is self-contradictory. I got to hand it to him: he had one of the best minds of the century, and he genuinely, honestly Tried to help people--but the message he had to give was too big for any language to contain, and so he Failed. Or maybe not. Don't trust me. See for yourself ;)
Krishnamurti does not answer. August 28, 2002
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
Reading krishnamurti's work, one gets the impression that he does not answer any questions directly.
Instead, he draws you out into the open and ask you to look within yourself, ask you to "see" the situation clearly and keep guiding you back to the situation by asking/guiding you with probing questions.Krishnamurti does not answer your life's problem for you. There is no authority, no rules and no laws. He simply shows you the way to see into your own nature, just simple observation. Can you observe without a centre ? without ego/thoughts ? No one can explain his words more clearly then himself. I felt very fortunate to be able to experience his insights straight from the source.
Total Freedom: The Essential Krishnamurti June 23, 2002
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
This is one of those books that comes along once in a lifetime, Krishnamurti put's his words so pleasently. Anyone who says he does not answer the question's he is asked, simply is not thinking hard enough. Many amazing thoughts on all of life's questions, and make complete sense.
5 out of 5
Not for the Faint of Heart February 14, 2002
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
It may be difficult for religious types to swallow. This book is focused at pulling your head out of those holes and looking directly at the sun. Krishnamurti has a tendancy to use words in a manner that can be difficult to understand. He repeats himself quite often. He never answers the questions he is asked (not the way one wants them to be answered anyway). A briliant man with the power to bring minds into another dimension. Don't believe anything he says. Just listen and understand what he says.
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