Krishnamurti Study Session, September 16, 2018, at KECC

Krishnamurti Study Session
September 16, 2018
KECC

Three participants gathered on this Sunday morning to study the Q & A chapter 31, “On Simplicity”, in the Krishnamurti text The First and Last Freedom. K is asked “What is simplicity? Does it imply seeing very clearly the essentials and discarding everything else?” He begins by pointing out the falseness of “positive” approaches to any problem. We must put aside ideas and look anew. He suggests that we must first look at what simplicity is not, and after discarding quite a number of concepts he asks if it is a matter of choice. He then asks the crucial question, “What is the entity that chooses?” and how does that entity know what is essential? We must observe all the false ways of the mind in order to realize for ourselves what simplicity is. The mind is then free to receive that which is unnameable.
The group engaged in a dialogue about the ideas as we read the chapter and put attention into clarifying together some questions which arose. It was an interesting exploration and was very much enjoyed.