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Truth is a pathless land,” says Krishnamurti. After decades of close association with the Theosophical Society, he came to realize (as did Science of Mind founder Ernest Holmes), that truth is drawn from one’s own inner relationship with the divine and is not found in dogma or organizational doctrines. Each one has to find truth through an individual search for understanding and knowledge. Life Ahead, based on talks Krishnamurti gave in India, offers a rationale as well as support for this independent search. In his introduction, he addresses the value of discontentment. It is the way of inquiry, he says, and should not be continually quenched or gratified. Rather, let it serve to keep the mind attentive. Only through attention can we acquire the understanding that leads us beyond our own limitations. This is Krishnamurti’s key point. He is asking us to awaken the full capacity of our mind, which is the entire point of education and learning; it is an opening, not a filling up. Another key point is the need to stop being afraid. Traditional education has taught most of us to be afraid of our own initiative, our own uniqueness, our own intelligence, or at least not to trust ourselves fully and freely. The way to learn how to think is to question everything. In Life Ahead, Krishnamurti responds to a series of questions of the sort that come to each of us in moments of deep reflection but which often remain unanswered. What is the meaning of life? What is love? What is prayer? Why do we suffer? The answers, given with incisive and original insight, reveal that such commonly accepted values as ambition, security, peace, and happiness are not, necessarily, ways to freedom. The way to freedom, says Krishnamurti, is to know yourself. “The more you know yourself through awareness of what you are thinking, what you are feeling, the more you will discover the truth of what is; and it is this truth that will help you to be free.” —Kathy Juline
The process of self-realization and empowerment, for most of us, can always use a little inspiration to keep us motivated. Dr. Nina Craft is the author of several books and tapes based on her Think It, Do It program. There are books, meditation cards, note cards, and an online course. The Meditative Thought Cards offer a meditation topic for each of the fifty-two lessons of the book. Both the book and cards are pocket-sized, which makes them portable. Because they are a complement to the lessons from the book I find they are handy to carry with me as a reminder of the day’s lesson. The affirmation note cards with envelopes are blank on the inside so they can be used for a variety of purposes; they come in sets of twelve and you can choose up to three different topics per box. Affectionately know as Dr. Neen, Craft’s career in personal development began as a psychobiology major at U.C.L.A. more than twenty years ago. Her knowledge in the areas of mind, body, and spirit are evident in the programs’ content. Topics such as gratitude, relationships, and self-love are approached in a practical, positive way that most readers will relate to. —Yolanda Porter
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