Summer Study Program
2010 Krishnamurti Summer Study-Intensive & Retreat Program at
The Krishnamurti Educational Centre of Canada, Swanwick
Vancouver Island, Canada
The Birth of Intelligence & the Challenge
of the Unknown An Exploration into “Seeing and Listening” as the Action of Intelligence that can Penetrate the Hidden Operations of the Mind, and Unlock the Mystery of the Unknown
Sunday, August 1 to Saturday, August 7, 2010
A Rare Opportunity to Study & Retreat for 7-days at the beautiful
Krishnamurti Educational Centre at Swanwick.
Come join us for our second 7-day residential study-intensive and retreat program at the Krishnamurti Educational Centre at Swanwick. This fully-immersive Study Program is designed for both College Students and Adults interested in an in-depth penetrating inquiry into the core essentials of Krishnamurti’s life-changing teachings.
The emphasis of our work together is to awaken an entirely different dimension of intelligence that Krishnamurti called “insight.” Insight naturally awakens when we shift from our unconsciously conditioned “reactive” state of mind to the dynamic state of inquiry, which is the essence of dialogue. Once insight is awakened, the normally hidden operations of the mind become immediately transparent. Within this process of our twice daily in-depth dialoguing together, this dormant intelligence will have the opportunity to flower in our minds.
Swanwick’s meditative spaces, where the sea, the distant mountains and the forest harmoniously merge together, offer the unique opportunity to step out of our daily lives.
Special Note to College Students:
The Krishnamurti 2010 Summer Study Program at Swanwick, is designed to address the special needs of college students. We are fully aware of the impersonal, institutional approach of most college educational experiences. For many college students there is also a great deal of confusion that arises as a result of the fragmented nature of treating different disciplines as “separate” islands of knowledge, and the insistence that learning is nothing more than memorization. In the Krishnamurti Summer Study-Intensive Program, you will have the opportunity to go very deeply into the core questions that can lead us directly to find out for ourselves how the mind actually works, and what is preventing us from making a leap into another more wholistic dimension of awareness.
Thoughts from Participants:
don: “My week at Swanwick gifted me with much stimulation and happiness; it is truly a beautiful setting for observing the landscapes of land, sea, and mind. The dialogues themselves�under Richard, Deborah and Satish’s steady leadership�are a rare opportunity for productive and insightful pondering. Most important, the strategy of the facilitators in asking questions rather than beginning with answers, was vital to the group’s dynamic and in harmony with Krishnamurti’s approach to learning.”
pamela: “The honesty and sincerity Richard, Deborah and Satish manifest as we move through the dialogues, allows us to explore freely, to go deeper and deeper into the teachings, without any sense of authority or judgment present. Each day I realized more completely what a unique opportunity the dialogues offered us to explore into the heart of the teachings. What I have learned from simply listening very carefully has opened up a whole new way of seeing things as they are, and a deeper understanding of “I am the world and the world is me.” Swanwick was a wonderful discovery; the beauty of the surroundings, the accommodations, the quiet places for reading and walking, all provide an ideal location for this important shared exploration.”
sara: “I feel the program is so important for inquiry, understanding ourselves, considering the way the world is today! The way it was facilitated and the affection that grew over the week made a real difference in bringing our inquiry back to each one of us and allowing our own insights to arise. Swanwick also has such beautiful grounds, with it’s trails, wildlife, pond and open spaces. The right balance exists in the program for shared inquiry, self-inquiry, nature, reading, meditation and rest. The program provides an opportunity, as Richard has expressed, “to examine the hidden content and structure of our own minds…and the chance to consider a different dimension of existence beyond the thought-based patterns of the mind, of living without conflict of any kind, and of understanding the implications of ending psychological time!”
Tuition and Sign-up Information
Registration Fee: $35
Regular Tuition Fee: $900
College Student Discounted Scholarship Tuition Fee: $600
The Tuition covers a lovely room at the Swanwick Krishnamurti Educational Centre, all meals, the full-Program, all supporting materials, and round-trip transportation from downtown Victoria to Swanwick. To hold your place, please pay half of the Tuition fee plus the Registration fee as a deposit. The program fills on a first-to-sign-up basis. To sign-up for the program or for further details, please call or email Richard Waxberg, director of the KFA Study Intensives, at 805-640-0532 or email:richard@kfa.orgFor further information, please also visit the KFA website: kfa.org/summer-programs.php
To hold your place in the program, please pay half of the Tuition fee plus the Registration fee as a deposit. You will be notified to pay the balance of the Tuition fee 1 month before the start of the program.
Regular Tuition Deposit fee: $485 /$35 Registration fee plus half the Tuition fee (half of $900 = $450… plus $35 = $485)
College Student Discounted Scholarship Deposit fee: $335 /$35 Registration fee plus half the Tuition fee (half of $600 = $300… plus $35 = $335)
Please make the Tuition Deposit fee check payable to:Krishnamurti Educational Centre of Canada
Please mail your Tuition Deposit fee checks to:
Kapoor Companies
1349 Marine Drive West Vancouver, B.C. Canada V7T 1B6 Attention: Anne
Also please write on the front of the envelope: Krishnamurti Summer Study Program
Program Coordinators and Co-Facilitators
Richard Waxberg is the Director of the Krishnamurti Summer and Winter Study-Intensive & Retreat Programs. He co-facilitates the Summer Study Intensives along with Professor Satish Telegar and Deborah Kerner.
Richard Waxberg has been a college teacher for over 20 years. He has taught and developed a variety of courses for Parsons School of Design in New York City and at the Rishi Valley School in India. He has taught many subjects including art history, aesthetics, traditional artistic skills and advanced computer graphics and design. He has also been involved in teacher training, and has designed special programs that help teachers to communicate with students from different cultural backgrounds. Richard is a practicing artist and novelist. He has studied and participated in Native American shamanic spiritual practices with traditional elders from several Native American tribes over a 10 year period. He has created, developed and directed the Krishnamurti Study-Intensive & Retreat Programs for the last 6 years.
Dr. Satish Telegar, PhD, is a full-time professor of ancient and classical-to-modern world philosophy and religious studies at Towson University. He has taught at the Rishi Valley School in India and several prestigious universities in the USA. Satish also teaches special programs at Towson that include the teachings of J.Krishnamurti within the context of ancient and classical-to-modern world philosophical and spiritual traditions. He is a respected scholar of the Vedantic and Buddhist spiritual traditions and texts. He also directs and facilitates a Krishnamurti Dialogical Study Group at Towson University. Satish has played a vital part in the development of the Krishnamurti Summmer Study-Intensive & Retreat Program for the last 6 years.
Deborah Kerner has taught numerous workshops in graphic design and computer graphics for major publishing houses in New York City, and has also taught a variety of artistic and design subjects at the Rishi Valley School in India. Deborah continues to have a highly distinguished career as a book designer, with clients such as Random House, Penguin Putnam, St. Martin’s Press, Doubleday and HarperCollins. Deborah has also studied and participated in Native American shamanic spiritual practices with traditional elders from several Native American tribes. She is a practicing artist and poet. Deborah has been instrumental in the development of the Krishnamurti Summmer Study-Intensive & Retreat Program for the last 6 years.
For further information, please contact Richard Waxberg at 805-640-0532 or by email: richard@kfa.org
Program policies: Krishnamurti Summer Study Program Policies
Registration and Payments: Participants are required to pay a 50% Deposit of the Tuition Fee along with a $35 Registration Fee, on acceptance into the Program, to hold their place in the Program.
The 50% balance of the Tuition Fee is due 30 days prior to the beginning of theKrishnamurtiSummer Study Intensive Program. If the participant cancels their participation in the Program before 30 days, they get half of their Deposit back, excluding the Registration Fee. If a participant cancels after 30 days before the Program starts, they are obligated for the full Tuition and Registration Fee.
We strongly recommend that every participant independently purchase trip-insurance from a number of carriers for around $80-$120 (kanitix.ca / insuremytrip.com gives comparative rates), just in case the unlikely possibility arises that the Programs do not run, or that a participant must cancel for personal reasons.
Food: Vegetarian food only is served as part of the program. No meat is allowed at the Krishnamurti Education Centre. We will make reasonable efforts to meet your dietary and other special needs. Please let us know in your application.
Transportation: We will have this information available soon.
We advise that you not make flight reservations until final confirmation of the program and your enrollment. If the program is cancelled for any reason, all course payments will be returned.
For further information, please contact Richard Waxberg at 805-640-0532 or by email.