Good to hear from you Billyboy.
I don't know much about U.G. Krishnamurti. I will say one thing- it would be difficult to be exploited by someone who is dead- so he has that going in his favor!!
Watch out for any kind of organisation that uses U.G's name to ask you for money, or wants you to commit to long hours of 'service' or whatever.
You did write: I feel like I am being "gas lighted" when he discredits; feelings, morality, "the person" or "the individual" and thoughts.
I would feel the same way, Billyboy. Anything that looks like some kind of escape from reality makes me feel very suspicious these days....
I don't think people are really designed to escape this worldly life into some other imagined realm where nothing much matters. If you really look closely at that desire to escape, I think there is something else behind it. For me it was a kind of 'exhaustion' with this world, but for other people, the desire to escape could be led by something else. Maybe some kind of existential crisis or whatever.
Just on a personal note; would you consider studying philosophy instead of looking at these esoteric teachers? I have a hunch that it might be more rewarding for you. Maybe you have a philosophy group near where you live or something?
I don't know much about U.G. Krishnamurti. I will say one thing- it would be difficult to be exploited by someone who is dead- so he has that going in his favor!!
Watch out for any kind of organisation that uses U.G's name to ask you for money, or wants you to commit to long hours of 'service' or whatever.
You did write: I feel like I am being "gas lighted" when he discredits; feelings, morality, "the person" or "the individual" and thoughts.
I would feel the same way, Billyboy. Anything that looks like some kind of escape from reality makes me feel very suspicious these days....
I don't think people are really designed to escape this worldly life into some other imagined realm where nothing much matters. If you really look closely at that desire to escape, I think there is something else behind it. For me it was a kind of 'exhaustion' with this world, but for other people, the desire to escape could be led by something else. Maybe some kind of existential crisis or whatever.
Just on a personal note; would you consider studying philosophy instead of looking at these esoteric teachers? I have a hunch that it might be more rewarding for you. Maybe you have a philosophy group near where you live or something?