Jiddu Krishnamurti was born on this day in 1897. (correction, Krishnamurti was born on the 12th of May, 1897. I jumped a day…) In his childhood he was identified by prominent Theosophists as the next world teacher. By which they meant the next Christ or Buddha. They proclaimed when he came into his adulthood he would speak truths that would be hard to hear. They were right. Pretty much as soon as he grew up he repudiated the titles as... Read more