North Stoke Life

What would Krishnamurti suggest to the President? Jiddu Krishnamurti (K) would not offer "advice" in the conventional sense to any political leader, including any president, because he fundamentally rejected the idea of authority, leadership, followers, and external guidance. He dissolved the Order of the Star in 1929 precisely to avoid becoming a guru or authority figure, declaring that truth is a pathless land and no one—not a leader, organization, system, or teacher—can lead another to it. He repeatedly said leaders destroy followers, and followers destroy leaders; both perpetuate division, dependence, and psychological bondage. That said, based on his extensive teachings on power , authority , nationalism , politics , government , and human conflict (drawn from talks, books like Freedom from the Known , The First and Last Freedom , and public discussions), we can infer what he might point out if hypothetically addressing someone in a position of immense power like a U.S...