Krishnamurti Video Showing in Victoria

  Krishnamurti Video Showing Victoria, June 8, 2014     The public Krishnamurti video showing and dialogue for the month of June in Victoria was held at the Church of Truth location on Superior Street.  Twelve people attended the presentation of an interview from 1981 wherein a British BBC personality, Bernard Levin, spoke with K for half an hour.   Levin asked a series of penetrating questions in the attempt to more fully comprehend what K is expressing in his teaching.  The interview has a freshness and spontaneity to it that is quite delightful as well as producing some very interesting responses on the part of Krishnamurti. The interview was followed by another half hour DVD on “Meditation” from the Real Revolution series of talk from Ojai, 1966.  This was the first time Krishnamurti had allowed his talks to be videotaped and the energy and passion of the man at that time of his life (71 years old) is fully evident.   After a short silent period and the serving of some tea, the group entered into a lively dialogue spanning a few different aspects of what had been seen in the videos and what K seems to be inviting us to explore on our own accord.   A central topic of investigation was how we are to proceed in looking at ourselves and the importance of awareness or attention in the moment as opposed to a seeking of some conceptual understanding by a process of analysis or thinking.   As is often the case, the significance of seeing the arising of a “me”, “observer”, or “self” in the thinking process was central to the discussion.  The seeing is the action;  no other action is needed.   It seems curious to notice how something that is perhaps in essence very simple can become quite complicated as soon as we enter into conceptualization and discussion.   A key ingredient to effective and useful exploration was seen to be the interest level of the participants and the seeing of the danger of living without attention and clear seeing.