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Online series with Jackie McInley
, November 1, 2025

This was the first dialogue of our online series and we began, not by introducing ourselves, but by introducing our possible overall intentions for the series. Why do we want to “explore ourselves”; and what drew us to this title? One participant put forward that our intention was to know the truth about ourselves which […]

Self-Inquiry with Joel Kroeker, November 23, 2025

We began by asking about sorrow and its relationship to love and suffering. Some wondered if life was intrinsically flavoured with suffering or if these were perhaps not intrinsically linked. A differentiation was made between suffering (as unnecessary) and pain (which is inevitable). K’s notion of psychological suffering versus other types was explored. It was […]

Self-Inquiry with Joel Kroeker, November 16, 2025

We began by discussing the various aspects that reinforce the illusion of our apparent continuation of self in relation to “choiceless awareness”. A question arose about human will and “determination” in regard to the freedom to do or not do something. We explored through personal experience how this creates a resistance or a tension, which […]

Self-Inquiry with David Stuss, November 9, 2025

Today’s dialogue was well-attended (with 13 participants) and included both regular and new participants. After introductions around the circle, the dialogue began with the Nov 9 quote from Krishnamurti’s Book of Life. The quotation surrounded the question of what might one do if one learned one had but an hour of life left to live. […]

Self-Inquiry with Joel Kroeker, November 2, 2025

The discussion began with how we encounter dissolution in various forms. An example was given about the feeling of losing one’s mind or memory and how this triggers fear and resistance. This led to exploring how this can also occur with the inability to sleep, which can be seen as avoiding facing the reality of […]