Truth and Reality begins with three profound dialogues between Krishnamurti and the eminent theoretical physicist David Bohm. They deal with the problem of truth, of the present in which we live perceived by the senses, reality as it appears to our consciousness, and the relationship between them.

In the central part of the book, Krishnamurti considers man's consciousness, fabricated from all kinds of false ideas about "I"; It also points out how strongly conditioned the ego center is. "Through reality, which is the whole process of thought," Krishnamurti explains. The book ends with a mosaic of very interesting themes such as fear, suffering, death, the sacred, selfishness, beauty...