Krishnamurti to Himself

, subtitled His Last Journal, is a book based on a spoken diary of 20th-century Indian philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti (18951986). It discusses psychological, social and spiritual issues he addressed throughout his long career, and like previous diaries includes observations of nature remarked for their originality and nuance; it is however unique in being the only one of his works in this format. Originally recorded in , it was first published in print in 1987. About the work The text was transcribed from audiotape recordings made by Krishnamurti at his home in Ojai, California. He recorded the monologues while alone, at irregular intervals and occasionally in batches of consecutive days, between and In print, the recordings are organized in twenty-seven dated sections of a few pages each; in two cases there are multiple recordings on the same date, published in separate sections. The transcription was minimally edited by Mary Lutyens, an authorized Krishnamurti biographer and longtime friend. The work was reputedly prompted by the success of the previously published diary Krishnamurti's Journal. Due to his advanced age, Krishnamurti opted to dictate the new diary instead of writing it, using a portable tape recorder. Alternating between second-person and third-person narratives, and occasionally with the help of an imaginary conversation partner, he delves on subjects that were common concerns during his long speaking career. Among them, the importance of right relationship, the unhealthy desire for identification, the significance of meditation, the dangers of conditioned thinking, and "the extraordinary simplicity of dying”.