U. G. Krishnamurti

Alle suchen, aber kaum jemand wei , wonach er eigentlich sucht. Jeder glaubt nur, dass er w sste wonach er sucht: Reichtum, die gro e Liebe, Weisheit, Macht und letztendlich Gott oder die Erleuchtung. Alle suchen auf irgendeine Weise das, was sie unter Gl ck verstehen. Gott oder Erleuchtung, ist das ultimative Vergn gen, ununterbrochenes Gl ck. So Etwas existiert nicht. Ihr Wille nach Etwas zu suchen, das nicht existiert, ist die Wurzel Ihrer Probleme. Selbstverwirklichung, Transformation, Moksha, Befreiung und all das Zeug, sind blo Variationen derselben Thematik: Permanentes Gl ck. Der K rper kann ununterbrochenes Vergn gen nicht auf l ngere Zeit aushalten, ohne zerst rt zu werden. Der Wille danach, einen fiktiven permanenten Zustand des Gl cks zu erreichen, ist ein ernstzunehmendes neurologisches Problem. Ich bin nicht hier, um irgendjemanden zu befreien. Sie m ssen sich selber befreien, doch Sie sind nicht f hig dazu, das zu tun. Das was ich zu sagen habe, wird es nicht schaffen, das zu tun. Ich bin nur daran interessiert, diesen Zustand zu beschreiben, um die Okkultation und Mystifizierung, welche diese Leute im "heiligen Gesch ft" ber dieses Thema verschleiernd gelegt haben, auszur umen. Vielleicht kann ich Sie davon berzeugen, nicht zu viel Zeit und Energie damit zu verschwenden, nach einem Zustand zu suchen, der au er in Ihrer Einbildung, nicht existiert.

A revised and expanded edition of U.G. Krishnamurti's The Courage to Stand Alone. Transcribed and edited from the famous "Give Up" tapes recorded in Amsterdam in 1982. This edition of The Courage to Stand Alone is supplemented with thoughtful comments from two people who had spent considerable time with U.G. and gives us a closer insight into the impact of U.G.'s words and actions."He turns everything upside down...There is some compelling purity about him, some way in which he captures a kind of longing that we all seem to have for a genuinely wise human being. A paradox, a wonder, a marvel ..."-Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, author of The Assault on Truth and My Father's Guru

A scathing critique of contemporary spirituality by one of its most unusual figures. In a world in which spiritual techniques, teachers, concepts, and organisations are legion, U G Krishnamurti stands nearly alone in his rejection of it all: The natural state is acausal: it just happens. The author does not equate the natural state with enlightenment, which he describes as an illusion created by our culture. He states emphatically that one can do nothing to attain the natural state.

A scathing critique of contemporary spirituality by one of its most unusual figures. In the well-known history of J Krishnamurti (no relation), few names have been so strongly associated as U G, with whom he shared a close but contentious relationship over many years. In a world in which spiritual techniques, teachers, concepts, and organisations are legion, U G Krishnamurti stands nearly alone in his rejection of it all: "I am only interested in describing this state, in clearing away the occultation and mystification in which those people in the 'holy business' have shrouded the whole thing. Maybe I can convince you not to waste a lot of time and energy looking for a state that does not exist except in your imagination... The natural state is causal; it just happens.' Krishnamurti does not equate the natural state with enlightenment, which he describes as an illusion created by our culture. He says emphatically that one can do nothing to attain the natural state. In fact, any movement towards it separates one from it. Since his own experience of coming into the natural state at age 49, he has spent his time travelling throughout the world, staying with friends or in rented apartments for a few months at a time. He gives no public talks, but meets with people who come to see him. References to U G Krishnamurti are often found in other spiritual books, but until now there has been no N American edition of his work. The Mystique of Enlightenment is considered by his closest associates to be the best summary of his ideas. This edition has further edited the informal talks (in one of which he relates his life story) and has a new two-page foreword by the publisher.