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Work #634 · Mid

The First and Last Freedom

Jiddu Krishnamurti
1954 · English
Contemplative philosophy · Modern Indian post-traditional spiritual philosophy

Krishnamurti's 1954 foundational text — "Truth is a pathless land"

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Attribute The First and Last Freedom (Mid)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency None
Observer · Moral Authority Experience
Observer · Theological Method —
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

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Time

The First and Last Freedom

The choiceless time of direct awareness.

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Space

The First and Last Freedom

The pathless land of truth.

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Matter

The First and Last Freedom

The conditioned-then-deconditioned embodied person.

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Observer

The First and Last Freedom

The choicelessly-aware subject.

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Energy

The First and Last Freedom

Energies of choiceless awareness.

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Information

The First and Last Freedom

Anti-traditional contemplative-philosophical framework.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

The First and Last Freedom

Krishnamurti's 1929 rejection of his Theosophical role inaugurated a radically non-institutional spirituality.