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Jiddu Krishnamurti was an Indian spiritual speaker and writer. Adopted by members of the Theosophical Society as a child because of his aura as perceived by Theosophic leader Charles Leadbetter, "without a particle of selfishness in it," he was raised to fill the advanced role of World Teacher to aid humankind's spiritual evolution, but in his early 30s, after a profound mystical experience and a lasting change in his perception of reality, he rejected the worldview of the Theosophical Society and disbanded the Order of the Star in the East, which had been formed around him. He never explicitly denounced the role of World Teacher but mirrored it's role in the mission he set himself upon, spending the rest of his life speaking to groups and individuals around the world, aiming for a total transformation of mankind by awakening to this advanced state of being. He gained a wider recognition in the 1950s, after Aldous Huxley had introduced him to his mainstream publisher and the publication of The First and Last Freedom (1954). Many of his talks have been published since, and he also wrote a few books himself, among them Commentaries on Living (1956–60) and Krishnamurti's Notebook.