The book of oneself is a short text written from the notes of Jiddu Krishnamurtis conversations with P. Jayakar and A. Patwardhan in Madras India 18th December 1982. From the book:
“The whole history of man from two million years, or forty thousand years, is part of our consciousness, is part of our story. We, as a human being, we are the whole history of man. I don’t know if you would grant that. If you grant that then the instrument with which I can read this vast complex history, the only instrument I have is the action of thought. Thought is the only instrument I have. Just a minute, let me finish. And thought has built all the past accumulation, past experience, superstitions, beliefs, the tyrannies, the wars, and the human mind is the residue, the storehouse of all that. The various gods, the various rituals, the whole movement of man in time is in the background of every human being. If once you accept that, or see the fact of it, or refute it, then we can start from there. Unless we are clear about that how to read the book of this immense complicated knowledge comes later. I hope I am making myself clear.”
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The Book of Oneself by Krishnamurti
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