Self Study Meeting, June 21, 2020

Self Study Meeting

Sunday, June 21, 2010

Zoom online

Six of us were in attendance for this Sunday morning online session. Our focus was the February 16 entry in The Book of Life: Daily Meditations with Krishnamurti. The selection is entitled “Action Without Idea”. The entry is just one paragraph in length but it is rich with significant pointers to truths that are at the core of Krishnamurti’s teachings. In several ways he asks us to go beyond the bundle of ideas which is the “me”. The mind may then be silent and in a state of experiencing. “Then one shall know what truth is”.

We began with a short guided meditation, read the text, enjoyed a few minutes of silent contemplation, then opened the discussion to an exploration of what participants had found remarkable about the passage. There were quite a number of questions and comments from all the group participants and the dialogue was penetrating and meaningful. This was confirmed by the feedback at the end of the session. The intensity of presence generated in the group created a sense of clarity and a sensitivity of awareness felt by the writer when taking a walk outdoors after the meeting.