We met at Esquimalt Gorge Park Pavilion. The exploration began with the question, “Can there be an intent in meditation?” and whether meditation can be something we decide to do, or whether intention already introduces a goal that moves us away from what meditation actually is. Very early in the dialogue, sport was used as […]
We met outside on the lawn near the pool at the Swanwick Centre to explore meditation together. One participant, deeply influenced by Jiddu Krishnamurti, shared his personal journey, describing meditation as moments of being fully present without thought, often supported by sensations such as sound, breath, and bodily awareness. He felt he had learned to […]
This was our first meeting of 2026 in Victoria, facilitated by Oda Lindner, our guest facilitator for this month. It started with a presentation by Oda that explored meditation as a gentle shift from doing to being and contrasting thought-based meditations with Bodymeditation, feeling your senses instead of being in your head. Oda brought up […]
This was our first on-site meeting of the year and part of the Centre facility’s reopening after the winter season. We met on the grounds in front of the main house on a sunny, warm afternoon. Oda Lindner, who is joining us from Ontario for the month of April, was our facilitator. We began simply […]
This was the last of the six-part series on The Urgency of Change, entitled ‘The Religious Life’. The presenter framed K’s approach in the historical context of the clash between science and religion in the 19th century. Science dismissed religion as superstitious and philosophers proclaimed that God was dead. In contrast, the theosophists felt that […]
The presenter began the meeting by reviewing the series of The Urgency of Change and the unfolding of the universal human challenge of how to live in this world. He emphasized the central importance of awareness in meeting that challenge, as it is the factor that makes for right perception and the ending of conflict, […]
In this dialogue session the group explored the nature of meditation, the self, and states such as depression, loneliness, and inner conflict. These experiences, though deeply personal, revealed themselves as shared movements of the human mind. Is meditation a method, or is it the simple act of observing what is? The group questioned whether analysis […]
The presenter began the session by citing Krishnamurti’s description of the layers of consciousness, with a first superficial level, below which is memory, under which is the will to become and, surrounding it all, a vast emptiness. The driving force is the will to become, which is an escape from the ocean of nothingness enveloping […]
In this dialogue session the group explored the question of irritation, anger and frustration in our everyday lives. These particular states are banal in their commonality and everyday occurrence; and yet universal in their bondage of us. Is it possible to understand the nature of these states more deeply and will this understanding free […]
Life is relationship. That was Krishnamurti’s basic statement, implying that all existence involves a profound network of cosmic interconnectedness. The focus of this exploration, however, fell on human relationships, which involve such aspects as love, sex, attachment and happiness. While love as the heart of relationship implies the total absence of separation, the actuality of […]