Self-inquiry August 23, 2023

Self-inquiry

Wednesday, August 23, 2023

With Mukesh Gupta

At Esquimalt Gorge Pavilion

 

Six people attended this meeting at the new Gorge Park Pavilion. It was Mukesh Gupta’s last engagement with the Victoria interested parties before he returns to Europe and India. He will be returning to Victoria again in the future sponsored by the Krishnamurti Educational Centre of Canada. His last presentation of this trip will be on Sunday at the Metchosin Centre.

This time Mukesh took a slightly different approach to the dialogue by proposing that we explore joy and beauty rather than focusing on the suffering of humanity and the fears at the centre of it. He asked us to share our experiences of joy, how it comes about, and what are its qualities. How is joy created in our daily lives and what are the delights of living? Is our life one of mechanical seriousness or do we take delight in the beauty of nature and the goodness of the human heart? Does the simplicity of children bring us joy and spontaneous happiness? What is it like to find a calmness in ourselves which can bring enjoyment to all activities? Can we be consistent in our self-exploration, with its insights and contact with the inner sense of Being? Does this produce a feeling of freshness and “newness” in us? Can we be aware of what in us is not joy and then can we die to that which causes suffering, as Krishnamurti recommends?

In conclusion Mukesh shared that the softening of the “me” or “ego self” makes room for joy and a merging with the flow of Life and love. The sharing of such energies seemed to be appreciated by the group members, who appeared to have experienced a kind of joy in such an interaction.