Week 20 · modern

Jiddu Krishnamurti

At age 14, Jiddu Krishnamurti was "discovered" by leaders of the Theosophical Society who believed he was the next World Teacher who would transform humanity. They groomed him for the role, built an international organization around him, and waited. In 1929, he dissolved the organization, returned its assets, and told thousands of followers, "Truth is a pathless land." Then he spent the next 57 years teaching people to reject all teachers, including himself.

“"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." He said that decades before it became a popular internet quote. Most people share it. He actually lived it.”