Inquiry Sunday at the Centre

Inquiry Sunday Sunday, September 7, 2015 The morning session included a video of Bentinho Massaro, a young spiritual teacher, being interviewed by Chris Hebard on his Stillness Speaks program.  Chris does an excellent job of drawing out the teachers he dialogues with and the video was felt to be very interesting by the six people attending.  Much of what he said was similar to Krishnamurti’s teachings and also there were interesting differences which were felt to be complimentary rather than contradictory.  The six participants engaged in a lively discussion of the material viewed and expressed their enjoyment and appreciation of the event. In the afternoon we showed two fairly short video clips of Krishnamurti speaking on freedom.  The first was from the Evelyn Blau series Beyond Myth and Tradition, and the second was a part of a Brockwood Park question and answer session in 1980.  The question asked of K was “What is Freedom?”  He went into it in his usual step by step fashion, challenging the audience to inquire for themselves into issues of attachment and belief which prevent the realization of freedom in one’s life.  We then had an excellent group discussion, beginning with looking at the barriers to freedom in our own life experience. The seven participants were all engaged in the lively sharing and exploration.