Approaches to Self-Inquiry, Sunday, October 13, 2019

Approaches to Self-Inquiry
Sunday, October 13, 2019
At KECC

Five people were present for this afternoon meeting in which we explore once per month, usually through video, a spiritual teacher other than Krishnamurti who we think may throw light on the teachings from a different angle. In this case we listened to and watched an interview with Robert Wolfe who has been teaching non-dual perspectives in Ojai, California, for many decades and was very much influenced by Krishnamurti in his formative years. In fact, Robert touched on some of the central tenets of K’s teachings while discussing the question of the “observer and the observed” and the “practice” of choiceless awareness. The interviewer’s questions challenged Robert to give clear and concise explanations of the key concepts of “non-duality”, or the understanding that there are not separate parts but only an undivided unity in the structure of the universe and in the human being.
Our group engaged in an interesting discussion after the video, with some very pertinent questions and observations. The issue of the difference between conceptual understanding and direct insight was explored along with a number of other relevant issues which seemed to be of deep interest and import to the participants.