The Mystique of Enlightenment The Radical Ideas of U.G. Krishnamuri [Paperback]

The Mystique Of Enlightenment: The Radical Ideas Of U. G. Krishnamurti is the compelling and candidly personal story of author U. G. Krishnamurti's life, the evolution of his beliefs, and his relentless pursuit of an enlightened state until he achieved a dramatic series of physical and psychological phenomena that rendered him fit to pass on his enlightened wisdom to readers and believers everywhere. As much a philosophical critique of contemporary spirituality as it is a autobiographically based guide to better understanding the universe without and within, The Mystique Of Enlightenment is fascinating, insightful reading for all who wish to metaphysically transcend themselves.--Midwest Book Review; May 2002In the foreword to The Mystique of Enlightenment, the book's publisher quotes U.G. Krishnamurti in explaining the purpose of this publication: To clear away the occultation and mystification in which those people in the 'holy business' have shrouded the whole thing. In a series of interviews that took place between 1973 and 1980 with various interlocutors in India and Switzerland, the author puts forth his political, social, and spiritual views and tells much of his story. Krishnamurti is not related to J. Krishnamurti, although the two spent seven years meeting daily to explore for truth. U.G. Krishnamurti was raised with the expectation that he would become a guru. Both his father and grandfather devoted themselves to create a profound atmosphere for me and to educate me in the right way. Krishnamurti's spiritual radicalism began most earnestly in 1961, when he abandoned his family, sending his wife and children back to India, and moved to London.Krishnamurti dispels many common spiritual beliefs, although his own replacement concepts often sound suspiciously similar. He dismisses concepts of God and happiness and goes on to say, I don't like to use the words enlightenment, freedom, moksha, or liberation, but admits, It happened to me. He says, The holl³e