The Turning Point

After Years spent in India and England for his education, Krishnamurti, then aged 27, arrive in California, where he, his brother and a couple of other persons retired in a small cottage. It is there that Krishnamurti will experience what is considered the turning point in his enlightenment.

This excerpt is taken from the book "Krishnamurti. The Years of Awakening.", by Mary Lutyens.

There is no doubt that Krishna had been greatly influenced by the message from the Master Kuthumi 'brought through' before he left Sydney. On August 12, 1922, about five weeks after their arrival at Ojai, he wrote to Lady Emily:

I have been meditating every morning for half an hour or 35 minutes. I meditate from 6:45 to 7:20. I am beginning to concentrate better even though it be for sometime & I meditate again before I go to sleep for about 10 minute. All this is rather surprising you, isn't it? I am going to get back my old touch with the Masters &  after all that's the only thing that matters in life & nothing else does. At first it was difficult to meditate or to concentrate & even though I have been doing it for only a week, I am agreeably surprised.

It was only five days after writing this that he underwent en experience that changed his life, though it was to be some weeks before anyone outside Ojai heard about it. Both Nitya and Krishna wrote accounts of this experience which began on August 17.

Nitya's account

Krishnamurti's account