The First and Last Freedom

Excellent, eye openning

I don't want to write much, other than to say that this is one of the most amazing books I have ever read, and that Krishnamurti's ideas are life-changing to say the least. Recommended for everyone. They should teach this in schools, but 'they' won't :) enjoy and love x

This book has been inspiring and helpful to me in exploring my values and in trying to find clarity in a troubled world. It seems that political turmoil abounds these days (late 2016/early 2017) and that very little of the information reported in the news can be considered positive. Reading Krishnamurti's thoughts in The First and Last Freedom provides me with a small oasis of calm and focus that I have been tremendously grateful for over the past few months. You do need to push through Krishnamurti's style and place these essays and lectures in their historical and geographical context or the writing may seem a bit too egocentric. However, it is remarkable how relevant these >60-year-old thoughts and perspectives are despite all that has changed. Whether you are seeking philosophical guidance, spiritual enlightenment, or cause for hope amidst social and political unrest, The First and Last Freedom will likely lead you to what you are looking for.

I wasn't always able to grasp what Krishnamurti meant, but reading ths book made it easier

Book is awsome and paper quality is great. Its a hardbound book so keep it for a Kong time..

少しずつ読み続けて、２年程かかって読み終わりました。 読み終わって気付いたことは、 「何が書いてあったか全然思い出せない」ということです。 読んでいる最中は、その時その時でハッとする気付きが あったと思うのですが、本の内容が記憶に残ってない。 せいぜいunderstandとawareが何度も出てきたような 気がする・・・程度です。 読後には見事に何も残っていないのですが、別にそれでいいと 思えるところが本書を読んだ後（書いてある内容を実行した後） での一番の収穫？といえるかもしれません。

JK was a mystery. His life story was dramatic and his teaching controversial - so many people found his talks transforming and yet many also were disillusioned. I myself, who was too young, foolish and too far away to see the man when he was alive, have been puzzled by the fact that supposedly no one who studies his talks was deeply transformed, sadly admitted by JK himself. But how could we measure his merit as a teacher by that fact alone? Twenty years after he died, everytime I read his words, the man came alive, sharp, passionate, uncompromising and compassionate. He came to the earth pure and clean, and he learned the mess of the human psyche in order to teach; he was a deeply religious and poetic man, evident from his few talks after his realisation and before he disbanded the Order, but in order to talk to a wider audience, "his beloved" was reduced to "the nameless" or "that immensity" in his later talks, with only a very slight touch at the end of talk; he didn't study any religious traditons, not even the Bhagavad Gita, and his talks were all his own, which perhaps explains why many people found his talks hard to grasp, because they can't be put into any familiar systems which we have learned before. How can we judge him or measure him? He reached and touched more people than anyone else in modern times; his talked "from the ground up", from this drab of life everyone lives instead of exclusively to long time spiritual seekers; and his words are the best guards against superstition, which goes hand in hand with spirituality. I salute you, Sir !