Deconstructing Krishnamurti

From searching the above title on Google:  quote: “Neti neti” is a Sanskrit phrase that means “not this, not that” or “neither this, nor that”. It is a key element in Jnana Yoga practice and is used in meditation to help people understand the nature of Brahman.

Here’s some more information about “neti neti”

Meaning The phrase is made up of the Sanskrit words “na” and “iti”, where “na” means negation and “iti” means “like this” or “this”. unquote.

You can also search on Google “Nisargadatta the true self” if you want to read about this imo very naive and limited though well intended approach which may on some level have been helpful to some. When I look at the ‘teaching’ of Krishnamurti it is obvious this was basically his approach, though a little more sophisticated in that he did not point to finding a kind of substance or essence (Atman), underlying and all encompassing, which substance was perceived as being ultimately true, but rather he pointed to so called ‘truth’ itself, so a little more sophisticated process of negation. He had quite a lot of Buddhist training, perhaps more than most realize, and I do see in his approach the major difference between Hinduism and Buddhism. This said, there are different schools of Buddhism, and it is written that Buddha turned the wheel three times for three different kinds, ie, propensities of people, in this instance, meaning by propensities an inborn and/or conditioned tendency to process information from a certain angle (or angles, depending how comprehensive the approach).

Will continue with this, hopefully, and here is some food for thought: for many years have been deeply interested and engaged in studying the construction of words, which study has been indescribably helpful, and so I would like to share the incredible richness of this here, Btw both Gurdjieff and Krishnamurti were interested in this, also, though K from a limited angle in that he occasionally used looking at the construction/inner meaning of a particular word as a device. So, to anyone interested in using this as a tool, I suggest pondering the Hindu word, “Neti” as a wonderful way to begin.