The Ending of Time

by J. Krishnamurti and David Bohm

Book Overview

The provocative and penetrating philosophical classic of science and spirituality--a discourse between the revered spiritual leader Krishnamurti and renowned physicist Dr. David Bohm, exploring the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060647965
• ISBN13: 9780060647964
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: HarperOne
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 7.4"

Customer Reviews

Death Has Very Little Meaning.....

The reviewer preceding me is questioning the contradiction he senses on reading this fine dialogue contained in this book between the scientist Bohm and philosopher Krishnamurti on the nature of ending conflict. Indeed It is hard to get deeper than this dialogue.. The impossibility of loosing one's ego is discussed within, as well as humanity's construction of reality with both the negative and positive consequences of action...The destruction of ego/self as a necessity to perception is made clear, but the option of the person being compassionate in human terms remains paramount despite being trapped in Thought (all past and future Time). Since nothing is everything and everything is nothing how does GROUND effect me ?? is a relationship with GROUND possible? even desirable? is it reachable? How does Mind come into INSIGHT? What are these flashes of illumination? is constant radiance of living possible? The twists and turns between science and humanism, all the questions posed above are delivered with pretty succinct clarity in the book as you follow it's Socratic method....many scientific and philosophic concepts taught are contained within these pages as this book is undoubtedly one of K's "heavier" books.Suggestions leading to a different life abound. What becomes clear in this dialogue for any purposeful change in "curing" ones own neurosis, is to SEE THE CONDITIONING THAT TIME PUTS ONTO HUMANITY and flashing into INSIGHT ...NO Easy Task....in other words, the SEEING of one's built up concepts formation,understanding of one's concept of G-D, one's own fears, basically every motion of one's own life as a products of thought and time is a task that puts the individual into a situation of Universal Mind/Ground/Energy.. Still remaining a mystery but nonetheless to be taken seriously. Rather than latching onto quick fixes and escapes and Time concepts such as religions based on Messianism or Karma, Krishnamurti has a role as a spiritual teacher unique. Not to become our thoughts is vastly different than seeing how and why and the content of one's thought..Understanding that we are all Energy, knowing the tricks of the brain masquerading as a universal mind under the guise of universal truth in the pursuit of humanity's betterment is one of the concepts this lover of freedom tried to convey through his teachings. Moreover, the issue of reconciling religion and its IDEAS which is all based on past teachings fused with a hope for future redemption rings hollow to Krishnamurti..K's teaching was that "Truth Is A Pathless Land"..approaching his numerous writings with an eye toward his keen psychological insights into human behavior was his greatness, NOT starting any religion or cult following which we can leave to his Theosophical admirers and biographers to debate as well as questions if he was a Hindu,Buddhist etc. makes no sense since he LET GO of Belief and as Alan Watts said "To Believe Is To Cling,To Have Faith Is To Let Go"....indeed K let

Lucid, intelligent & punctures mankind's invisible bell jar

I was introduced to Krishnamurti in 1975 by a friend and contemporary of his. I wasn't, yet, ready for such a revelation as Krishnamurti represented. "The Ending Of Time" is perhaps the most significant book I've read in my almost fifty years on this planet. He punctures the bell jar of that Garden of Delusion and Deception humankind has created. This is the first perspective not to insult me intellectually. As I read the series of dialogues between Krishnamurti and Dr. Bohm in 1980 I found myself correctly anticipating where the conversation was going. For the past twenty-five years I've been heading in this direction. I'm not one for romantic notions, mythical excapades and fantasy or in need of an emotional fix to save my soul. I was looking for something that was both intellegent and spoke to me directly. I had recently finished "The Tao Of Physics" by Fritjof Capra for the third time. Capra's book serves as an excellent practical guide and springboard into the likes of a Krishnamurti; in fact, I think it was reading "The Tao Of Physics" that allowed me to have the type of foundation and understanding to make the quantum leap into the realm of Krishnamurti. I am currently reading "Star In The East". I'm interesting in understanding Krishnamurti's personal history. The one thing that strikes me most is, his "enlightenment" is because and, more importantly, inspite of his involvement with the Theosophical Society. The contrast that emerges between one like Krishnamurti and those who have obviously not punctured that invisible bell share of delusion and deception is glaring, and serves to make Krishnamurti even more poignant and relevant.Anyone with a similar appreciation for Krishnamurti please contact me. I would very much like to learn and have a dialogue on both this lovely man and his state of mind.

Proceed with extreme caution!

By far the most uncomfortable and penetrating message I have come across through the printed medium, this book will - hopefully - cut through the ingrained detritus of philosophy and 'psychology of the self' which has built up in the human psyche over countless aeons. To read this with hope of aquiring some esoteric knowledge of oneself or the world is to miss the point. If it's engaged with directly, personally, then Krishnamurti's message - digested by the very core of your being - may just be the extraordinarily deep and powerful catalyst it was for me. To really listen to what is being discussed here, instead of approaching as another philosophical text to be analysed and processed by the habitual and distorted logic of ego, is to open up to the possibility that things just might never be the same again. Suffice to say that on many occasions I had to put the book in a dark cupboard, make myself a strong cup of tea and have a lie down. What a lovely man.

take their hand into the unknown

Having read many books by Krishnmaurti and 'Wholeness and the Implicate Order' by Bohm, I was still not prepared for the deep insight explosion this wonderful book caused in myself. I recommend wholeheartitly for the Krishnamurti reader who finds him or herself pouring over similar and reoccuring themes in Krishnamurti books and not quite grasping the subject matter. This book owes a lot to the penetrating dissection by Bohm of Krishnamurti's dialogue. As I read along I found myself questioning what Krishnamurti was talking about and wishing I could have it clarified, only to have Bohm ask the question I was asking myself, and consequently, answering the question. How wonderful. Although Krishnamurti has been in dialogue with many sharp minds nothing that I have read comes close to the genius of Bohm at uncovering in plain language these difficult discussions. This book is fantastic. Excuse my expression but the book is truly 'mindblowing'. All this is obtained through what is easily percieved as the non-egotistical approach of two humble and caring people. 6 stars!

Intense Inteligent and Intresting

The intensity and underlying significance of whats discussed by JK and Dr Bohm enquires very deeply into the whole of human life on this planet and provides an insight to our thinking and our conditioning.A definate buy for people who have some backgroud of krishnamurti's philiospy as this book is the closest to what could be written or expressed about that which cannot be captured by thought.