You Are the Eyes of the World

Review:
I grew up on Krishnamurti and his " "you are the world" challenge. For about 20 years I tried to understand and apply his teachings on choiceless awareness. I felt overwhelmed by what seemed to be his ethical standards. I found in Buddhism what seemed to be similar but less severe teachings and I studied and practiced Zen for 7 years, largeely on my own. Then I discovered Dzogchen: the bookstores were carrying an increasing number of books on Dzogchen. I don't know if this was the case (Krishnamurti says he never read any religion's scriptures but he may have been influenced by speaking with others, e.g. the Theosophists who raised him), but it seemed as if Krishnamurti's teaching on choiceless awareness was very close to the Dzogchen teaching of naked awareness. Meanwhile, Dzogchen is presented as transcending its Tibetan Buddhist manifestation, so, at least naively, I've been able to feel that the Dzogchen teachings are close to those of Krishnamurti. Not to mention that Theravada Buddhism also teaches choiceless awarenes (etc etc).