It discusses psychological, social and spiritual issues he addressed throughout his long career, and like previous diaries includes observations of nature remarked for their originality and nuance; it is however unique in being the only one of his works in this format.

[4] Alternating between second-person and third-person narratives, and occasionally with the help of an imaginary conversation partner,[4] he delves on subjects that were common concerns during his long speaking career.

[2] A commentator wrote that this and previous diaries are "worth seeking for the sheer power of the language alone"[5] while Lutyens stated in foreword, "The reader gets very close to Krishnamurti in these pieces – almost, it seems at moments, into his very consciousness.

The editions' front covers feature an author portrait; as was the case with Krishnamurti's Journal, there is no table of contents, with the first dated section beginning immediately after the foreword by Lutyens.

[8] The book is one of the sources in a scholarly comparison of the Russian author Lev Tolstoy's ideas on consciousness with Krishnamurti's exposition of the subject,[9] and it has been cited in diverse works, such as in India-focussed sociocultural commentaries[10] and academic journal articles on feminist perspectives of health reform and globalization.