Think on These Things
by Jiddu Krishnamurti · first published 1964
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Short philosophical talks on education, thinking and self-inquiry. It offers a gentle entry into Krishnamurti's ideas and suits those who want to question received beliefs and make their own decisions.
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Well said, and thank you. What you said reminds me a lot of the first few pages in the first chapter, The Function of Education, from Krishnamurti's Think On These Things - a good read.
on “Who's Missing from America's Colleges? Rural High School Graduates” ↗Highly recommended books: [Think on These Things](http://www.jiddu-krishnamurti.net/en/think-on-these-things) and [The First and Last Freedom](http://www.jiddu-krishnamurti.net/en/the-first-and-last-free...) by Jiddu Krishnamurti
on “The Positive Programmer” ↗Good to see Krishnamurti mentioned here! I warmly recommend The First and Last Freedom and Think on These Things, both books that affected me deeply and improved my life. Here is the table of contents (from a PDF) from the latter. I recommend getting a hardcopy — it is a short book, to read once a year. Authors's…
on “Ask HN: How do you deal with professional jealousy and getting older?” ↗I Am That, by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Freedom from the Known, by Jiddu Krishnamurti Think on These Things, by Jiddu Krishnamurti The Bhagavad Gita The Grand Design, by Stephen Hawking
on “Ask HN: Book Recommendations?” ↗…[I am nothing][1] and Jiddu Krishnamurti's [The observer is the observed][2]. An application by Buchheit (and others!) that improved my life: Gmail. Two books by Krishnamurti that improved my life: Think on These Things and The First and Last Freedom. [1]: http://paulbuchheit.blogspot.com/2011/08/i-am-nothing.html [2]: http://www.jkrishnamurti.org/krishnamurti-teachings/view-dai...
on “Keep your identity small (2009)” ↗A book that helped me in my life when I had similar questions is [Think on These Things by Jiddu Krishnamurti][1], warmly recommended. From the first chapter, The Function of Education: > I WONDER IF we have ever asked ourselves what education means. Why do we go to school, why do we learn…
on “Ask HN: When you feel stuck in life” ↗As a counter to hate I recommend anything by Jiddu Krishnamurti, especially Think on These Things and The First and Last Freedom.
on “Dalai Lama: Behind Our Anxiety, the Fear of Being Unneeded” ↗…https://www.lartigue.org/en/jacques-henri-lartigue/biography... — and Aaron Swartz — http://www.aaronsw.com/ I think when a person finds what they love to do at an early age, through supportive rather than forceful education, they bloom. Recommended reading: Think on These Things by Jiddu Krishnamurti
on “Placing My Camera Lens 300 Feet from a Rocket Launch” ↗Consider reading Herman Hesse (Siddhartha) or Jiddu Krishnamurti (Think on These Things), and questioning your belief of an omnipotent god deciding things for you, as you mention in your blog. Begin making decisions for yourself and following your own will. Don't be afraid of getting help…
on “The poetry and brief life of a Foxconn worker” ↗…and eat your favorite junk food once in a while, too. Read books made of paper about things that interest you. Use a pencil to draw lightly on the pages around the passages you like. Try a book like Think on These Things by Jiddu Krishnamurti and A Village Life by Louise Glück and Letters to a Young Poet by Ranier Maria Rilke. Always work on your own projects, at least in your paper notebook or in your mind or on your…
on “Ask HN: Are you as passionate as you used to be?” ↗…https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Medium_Is_the_Massage Links to various editions: https://www.biblio.com/the-medium-is-the-massage-by-marshall... Also of interest, notes about the observer being the observed in Jiddu Krishnamurti’s Think on These Things — https://www.biblio.com/9780060916091 — and The First and Last Freedom: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_and_Last_Freedom
on “How we lost communication to entertainment” ↗Think on These Things by Jiddu Krishnamurti
on “Gödel, Escher, Bach: an in-depth explainer” ↗…VIA NEGATIVA i.e. he will never tell HOW to do it rather what NOT to do ! When we ask HOW, it strengthens the mind and he does not want that to happen. Reading his books "Freedom from the known" and "Think on these things" might help you to get closer to him.
on “Jiddu Krishnamurti – How to Live in This World” ↗…words, in speculations. Whether it is here, or in Russia, or in America, the human mind is similar, only it expresses itself in different ways under different skies and different governments. — From Think on These Things (also published as This Matter of Culture) by Jiddu Krishnamurti, Chapter 11 - Conformity and Revolt. - http://www.jiddu-krishnamurti.net/en/think-on-these-things/1...
on “India’s elites have a ferocious sense of entitlement” ↗my favorite quotation on loneliness: http://www.jiddu-krishnamurti.net/en/think-on-these-things/1... You have a point about how if one always has a goal to pursue one never allows himself to feel his deepest sense of loneliness and therefor he doesn't fully process it and learn from it. It's tough…
on “How to stop feeling lonely” ↗