Self-inquiry with Mukesh Gupta, July 17, 2024

Self Inquiry with Mukesh Gupta 

July 17, 2024 

At Esquimalt Gorge Park Pavilion 

1170 Tillicum Rd., 

Victoria, BC 

 

Nine people in total were in attendance at this Wednesday afternoon meeting with Mukesh Gupta at the Gorge Park Pavilion in Esquimalt. We began with a period of silence which was then followed by a reading and some comments emerging from The Book of Life: Daily Meditations with Krishnamurti. The selection was read by Mukesh. The quote from J. Krishnamurti was to the effect that there is no path to truth. Truth is to have an open and simple heart when there is not a fullness of the things of the mind but rather of the things of the heart. The mind must be empty and the heart full, whereas the opposite is usually the case.  

There followed some discussion which touched the interconnectedness between people and the presence of love, with a listening and a paying of attention to each other. It was said that words are not so relevant. What do we really wish to communicate? When the “me” is not dominant then there is an offering of attention and Presence. The “me” or “self” is suspended for the moment. 

Mukesh asked what is the tendency to get lost in the activities of the mind and why can we not put aside our concern with the “I”? It was suggested that the intensity of a question – the curiosity and passion with which it is asked – may be a crucial element in dealing effectively with the habitual tendencies of thought and the mind. On the other hand is it possible for the mind to be totally silent and aware so that all escape has disappeared? Can there be a state where the instrument that created the problem is not employed in transcending it? Can the death of the self be fully faced? 

It was quite a delicate inquiry, which was given a good deal of subtle attention and exploration by the group. 

 

DB