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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.

Time

The First and Last Freedom

The choiceless time of direct awareness.

Space

The First and Last Freedom

The pathless land of truth.

Matter

The First and Last Freedom

The conditioned-then-deconditioned embodied person.

Observer

The First and Last Freedom

The choicelessly-aware subject.

Energy

The First and Last Freedom

Energies of choiceless awareness.

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.