This was our first meeting with Mukesh Gupta – our June and July facilitator. Mukesh began the meeting with a meditation followed by a talk of about thirty minutes on the topic of Being versus Becoming. He spoke about how humans are conditioned from childhood to “become something,” to not be idle in perceived contemplation […]
This was our final dialogue with Hillary. We met at Swanwick Centre. The meeting began with an informal discussion of Hillary’s research and forthcoming book on Durga, the Hindu goddess. Participants explored how different religious traditions attempt to express humanity’s relationship with the sacred. The dialogue then shifted to a question posed by Hillary: What […]
Our dialogue at Esquimault Park Pavilion began with the central question: What does Krishnamurti mean by « Consciousness is its content?” We watched a short video in which Krishnamurti explored the idea — fears, beliefs, memories, attachments, desires, hurts, pleasures, and conditioning are themselves the structure of consciousness. One participant shared that in other passages […]
We met at Swanwick Centre for another open dialogue gathering exploring awareness, thought, conditioning, and self understanding in the spirit of Krishnamurti’s teachings. After introductions and reflections on the history of the Centre, the inquiry moved into the meaning of choiceless awareness, a phrase many felt drawn to yet uncertain about. Participants explored whether it […]
We met at Gorge Park Pavilion. The discussion began by returning to the question of fear and its relationship to thought. Participants explored whether fear is simply one human condition among many, like anger, jealousy, loneliness, or desire, or whether it occupies a more central place in psychological transformation. A distinction emerged between biological fear […]
We met on the lawn at Swanwick Centre and began with the question: What is “what-is?” There seems to be different levels of “what-is?” What-is 1: The word, the reaction, the conditioning etc. What-is 2: Looking at the word/reaction choicelessly where “what-is” flowers and dies. What-is 3: Choiceless awareness of “what-is” new, and having an […]
We met at the Pavilion at Gorge Park for another open dialogue gathering with Hillary. After a short period of silence, he invited everyone to listen carefully to one another and also to observe their own inner reactions as the dialogue unfolded. One participant brought up the question of seeking and change, as Krishnamurti suggested […]
We met outside on the lawn at the Swanwick Centre, where Hillary opened the dialogue by exploring the relationship between Buddhism, Advaita Vedanta, and Krishnamurti’s teachings. The conversation moved naturally between philosophy, personal stories, conditioning, mystical insight, and the mystery of human transformation. Hillary described Buddhism as a “highly realistic” teaching because it attempts to […]
We met at the Gorge Park Pavilion, where Hilary Rodrigues gave an introductory talk on Advaita Vedanta that gradually unfolded into a shared discussion. The exploration focused on the similarities and differences between the teachings of Jiddu Krishnamurti and the non-dual traditions of Advaita, particularly the idea that beneath the apparent diversity of life there […]
We met at the Swanwick Centre, outside on the lawn. Hillary Rodrigues, our facilitator for May, began the gathering with a short talk on the similarities and differences between Krishnamurti’s teachings and those of the Buddha, setting the ground for a shared inquiry rather than a formal presentation. Hillary introduced the Four Noble Truths, beginning […]