Philosophy & Consciousness · 78-minute film & free companion
Two lives meet in a conversation about thought, attention and the possibility of change. Watch the 78-minute feature documentary and take the story of Krishnamurti and David Bohm from screen to page.
16 pages · English PDF & EPUB
English · PDF & EPUB
Three short introductions: Two Chairs in Ojai ↗ · The Observer Is the Observed ↗ · The Limits of Thought ↗
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About this companion
01 · What you will read
A short illustrated path through two lives: a teacher who refused to become anyone’s authority, a physicist who asked what thought itself was doing, and the dialogues they held across more than two decades. With a reading guide and the primary listening sources, so you can go to the voices themselves.
Read the free booklet →02 · Why it is free
This booklet is a free gift from Afterglow, an independent publishing house and video studio creating books, documentaries, and stories to help you wind down, wonder, and contemplate. Spend an unhurried hour with it and share it freely. If it stays with you, the full-length books and audiobooks on this site sustain our press, fund the next free edition, and support our outreach through ClarityOne Works.
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Afterglow is an independent, AI-native publishing house and video studio creating books, audiobooks, documentaries, and stories across non-dual philosophy, classic literature, cultural history, and human mystery—purposely slowed down in a fast world, and always free of negativity.
Whether we are exploring an ontological question about reality or an entertaining piece of cultural history, we slow the pace down so you can wind down, feel well, and reflect.
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Two books, 26 EPUB editions. Choose the language that feels like home.
13 language editions · EPUB
A Contemplative Book for the Exhausted Seeker
English edition · €3.99
English · Español · Português (Brasil) · Deutsch · Français · हिन्दी · العربية · עברית · 日本語 · 한국어 · Italiano · 简体中文 · 繁體中文
13 language editions · EPUB
AI, Religion, and the Search for Reality
English edition · €3.99
English · Español · Português (Brasil) · Deutsch · Français · हिन्दी · العربية · עברית · 日本語 · 한국어 · Italiano · 简体中文 · 繁體中文
An extract from each book. Seven full audiobooks are available as downloadable MP3 chapters. Ebooks and audiobooks are sold separately.
Free listening sample
Full audiobook · €3.99
Free listening sample
Full audiobook · 3,99 €
Free listening sample
Full audiobook · 3,99 €
Free listening sample
Full audiobook · US$2,99
Free listening sample
Full audiobook · € 2,99
Free listening sample
Full audiobook · €1.99
Free listening sample
Full audiobook · €3.99
