Friday, March 8, 2013

Books I enjoyed - that changed my life

Books I enjoyed - that changed my life

First Book that changed my life thoroughly - "J. Krishnamurti: A Biography"
by Pupul Jayakar,
Penguin Books

I was going through a phase, where I was uncomfortable with my own life and not been able to do something about it. Out of curiosity I borrowed the book from Library and started reading the same. As I progressed reading the book I felt as if some one punched me in the middle of a crowd. After reading the book, I started spending time on thinking about myself. Which brought out lots of change in me. I left the job I was doing to pursue what  I really enjoy.

This book though deals with the life of Jiddu Kirshnamurti, the philosopher, this also gives the philosophical outline of JK in various aspects. Which really changed my life.

2 comments:

Suhasini Srihari said...

"WELCOME TO THE BLOGGER WORLD SIR!"
Glad to see you choose a topic related to books as the theme for the first post! Since, I haven't read the book (that you've mentioned) as yet, I therefore cannot comment on it in particular. As for the issue of 'feeling useless': like you, I too have undergone the same phase where I literally felt that I was good for nothing. But I changed, started exploring myself, probing in deep to find out where exactly my interests lie, what are my strengths and weaknesses; and here I am today, pursuing a course that suits my interests and doing things that I love. I would personally look upon that particular phase as something that delved into my inward nature to do something useful in life.
Cheers to life Sir! :D

Arun said...

Thank you Suhasini
I am glad to start my own blog, which I wanted to do, hope my blog makes readers enjoy my write up and explore the unexplored life.