Krishnamurti and Friends

"The Count of Monte Cristo"

(1934)

The great

Robert Donat

Edmond Dantes

dueling

Fernand Mondego

(Sidney Blackmer)

"Somebody Loves Me"

Bert Kaempfert Orchestra

"Put It There, Pal"

Bing Crosby & Bob Hope
posted

5/16/2026

In 1981, K saw it coming . . . 45 years ago

"It is only when the mind is not seeking,
when it is really quiet, completely
still, without any form of incentive,
that there is the coming into being of
that thing which is not caught by the
mind, which is not found in books,
and of which no guru knows;
because to know is not to know."

Q.#25
How, according to Radha Sloss,

did Krishnamurti affect his

audiences?

A. "..what Krishna gave to his audience

often went beyond words. He
transmitted a highly charged energy

that could awaken within the
individual a capacity to confront the

depths of his being. Not everyone
responded to this force. Some felt it,

then turned it back into an
adulation of Krishna rather than

applying it to themselves. Some
complained that he offered neither

method nor guidance, leaving them

to struggle alone. "Those", he would

say, "completely missed the point."
Radha Sloss

Nordhoff High School
Gymnasium
Ojai
I heard K speak here in 1978.
He sat on the stage surrounded by
potted flowers. I remember the
annoying squeak those two doors
off to the right made throughout
the talk when people entered or
left.
I sat on the bleacher off to the left
about half way up. I was surprised
to recognize Hollywood actress
Anne Francis with a companion
sitting just off to my left. Anne
starred in the classic science
fiction film "Forbidden Planet"
in 1956, and later starred in
the television series "Honey West."
In the early 2000's I sent her a
letter asking if she had been the person
sitting there. She kindly
responded with the letter below.
She passed away 8 years later at
the age of 80.
No talks were held that year in the
Oak Grove due to flooding, so K had to
speak at either Libbey Park or at
Nordhoff High School

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