Approaches to Self-Inquiry Sunday, July 14, 2019 At KECC The monthly sessions called “Approaches to Self-inquiry” usually consist of watching a video of a spiritual teacher we feel complements the teachings of J. Krishnamurti but gives a somewhat different angle on the understanding of ourselves. Looking through a different lens may stimulate fresh insights into […]
Exploring Awareness July 7, 2019 At KECC This Sunday afternoon session is presented as an opportunity to experience what J. Krishnamurti and other teachers are pointing to in a manner that can be quite deeply experiential – perhaps in a different way than is enabled by discussion. The opportunity was only taken by three participants, […]
Krishnamurti Study Session Sunday, July 9, 2019 At KECC Continuing with our study of The Book of Life: Daily Meditations with Krishnamurti, we explored the January 19 entry entitled “Liberation from Ignorance, from Sorrow”. In this passage K focuses on the necessity of self-knowledge if we wish to be free of suffering. Noone else can […]
Are You Aware? In this video Rupert notes that spiritual awakening is not an extraordinary experience nor an exotic practice. Every single human being on the planet lives in awareness every day. Discovering this does not require extensive meditational practices or devotions. If you ask any person on earth the simple question—‘Are you aware?’, […]
Being Aware of Being Aware In the video clip this morning, Rupert made it clear that searching for peace and happiness in the external world is futile. In fact, he said that such a search is the separate self. Rupert advocates a direct path to happiness without effort. He tells us to relax and […]
Is There a Wholly Different Way of Living? Talk and Dialogue with Mukesh Gupta June 30, 2019, at KECC This Sunday afternoon talk and dialogue was offered by Mukesh Gupta as an addition to the six-day retreat just completed on June 27. Twenty people in total were in attendance in the main house at the […]
Relationship as the Ground for Transformation Retreat at KECC with Mukesh Gupta June 21 – 27, 2019 Mukesh Gupta is the director of the Rajghat Krishnamurti Adult Education Centre in Varanasi, India. He came to the Krishnamurti Educational Centre of Canada for the first time to present a six day retreat with the option of […]
Krishnamurti Study Session June 16, 2019 At KECC This Sunday morning meeting was attended by three of the more regular participants. The intention was to start with a selection from The Book of Life by J. Krishnamurti, the January 19 entry, and to see how we moved forward from there. As sometimes happens, a conversation […]
Exploring Awareness Sunday, June 2, 2019 At KECC Just three people were in attendance for this Sunday afternoon meeting. We began by listening to a talk by Adyashanti entitled “A Taste of Pure Presence”, wherein Adya pointed in a number of ways to the aware presence that, once recognized, is always present in every experience […]
Krishnamurti Study Session Sunday, June 2, 2019 At KECC Ten participants gathered for this Sunday morning exploration of the J. Krishnamurti text The Book of Life. Our first reading was the January 16 meditation entitled “Virtue Has No Authority”, which was discussed in some depth. We questioned what K means by “virtue”, “order”, and “psychological […]