K Study Group

Krishnamurti Study Group Saturday, October 25, 2014 Four people gathered at the Swanwick Centre to continue with the ongoing study of the text Freedom From the Known.   We covered the first half of Cbapter 16, which is the last chapter of the book.  The subjects explored by K in this segment are total revolution, the religious mind, and energy.  He asks if the human being can, by seeing the nature of his or her relationship with the world, bring about a different quality of mind which he calls in this case “the religious mind”.   There was some questioning of why he uses the word “religious” when he always seemed to challenge any kind of belief system or organizational approach.  We explored what might be meant by the true meaning of the religious mind and what is involved in opening to that reality.  The issue of wasting energy through conflict was investigated and the nature of the attention or awareness needed to move beyond this habitual and conditioned way of living.   It seemed that all participants felt the dialogue had been penetrating and beneficial, and the value of sharing in this way was appreciated.