Krishnamurti Study Session Sunday, October 20, 2019 At KECC Seven of us were present for this Sunday morning session. The text for our study was the January 26 entry in The Book of Life: Daily Meditations with Krishnamurti. The selection is entitled “Creativeness Through Self-Knowledge”. After introducing ourselves (there were a few first-time participants), reading […]
With the fall return of UVic’s Stillness Within Meetup, eight of us met in September to look at direct inquiry approaches and considerations. Five of the group were existing members and three were new. The content and discussion took many turns, looking at advaita teachings such as Richard Sylvester (“I Hope You Die Soon” is […]
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 […]
Exploring Awareness Sunday, October 6, 2019 At KECC Only three of us were in attendance for this Sunday afternoon session exploring the nature of attention and awareness through guided meditations. We started by listening to a meditation by Rupert Spira focusing on beginning as awareness and remaining as that fundamental truth of our existence, the […]
Krishnamurti Study Session Sunday, October 6, 2019 At KECC Six people were present for this Sunday morning meeting. Our text for study was the January 25 entry in The Book of Life: Daily Meditations with Krishnamurti entitled “Active Self-Knowledge.” K points out that without self-knowledge experience breeds illusion. He then expands on the topic with […]
Krishnamurti and Bohm Dialogue in Audio Sunday, September 29, 2019 At KECC A long-time student of Krishnamurti’s teachings, John Raica from Vancouver, is visiting the Krishnamurti Educational Centre in Metchosin, BC for a month or two. During that time he will be transcribing twelve dialogues that took place in 1975 between K and David Bohm, […]
“You Are the World” Weekend Retreat September 20 – 22, 2019 At KECC This retreat was intended to provide an opportunity to inquire into the current state of our human predicament. Beginning with an examination of the climate change emergency and the environmental crisis, we then proceeded to consider the responsibility we bear through our […]
Approaches to Self-Inquiry Sunday, September 8, 2019 At KECC A small group of three were in attendance for this afternoon session, one of whom was visiting the Centre for the first time. This was a meeting in an ongoing series exploring various approaches to self-inquiry which are felt to resonate with that of J. Krishnamurti […]
Non Duality meeting was held on Aug.11 with 4 attendings. Video: Rupert Spira KNOW YOUR OWN BEING AS IT IS (part two) Question: Because we are saddled, with ongoing commentary of thoughts, are we unwittingly creating our reality? Discussion: “The world is the activity of consciousness. Like a wave that arises out of the ocean […]
Exploring Awareness Sunday, September 1, 2019 At KECC This session was attended by six people in all. The intention of the “Exploring Awareness” meetings is to offer opportunities to directly experience the presence and function of awareness through the medium of guided meditations. For this meeting we presented meditations by Fred Davis and Sam Harris. […]