Self-inquiry with Hillary Rodrigues, September 29, 2024

Self-inquiry with Hillary Rodrigues 

Sunday, September 29, 2024 

At KECC Metchosin, BC 

 

Eight people attended this Sunday afternoon meeting sponsored by the Krishnamurti Centre of Canada. Four of them were new to self-inquiry meetings. It was a lovely day, with weather enabling us to sit out on the front lawn in front of the main house. It was the last meeting for the time-being that will be facilitated by Hillary. After a silent period the meeting was opened to questions and observations. Some participants shared that, for them, Krishnamurti had been difficult to understand but also very valuable and interesting for the exploration of deeper ideas about life and living. 

Hillary outlined some ways of paying attention to both the outer and the inner responses that arise in daily existence. The challenge of the chattering mind was mentioned along with the counter-productive nature of attempting to control it. The “practice” of noticing the activities of thought and feeling was said to be very interesting and valuable in the understanding and transformative power of observing the actions of our conditioned selves and gaining insight into our patterns of behaviour. There was a good deal of discussion about the significance of “seeing” in Krishnamurti’s teachings. Hillary concluded the session with the statement that one of our most challenging issues is the factor of time, both in the realm of the clock and in the psychological sense. 

Participants commented that the dialogue had been very useful for them in the pursuit of “truth” and the study of K’s message. 

 

DB