The Fiftieth Anniversary May Gathering of the Krishnamurti Foundation of America in Ojai, California May 4,5 2019 An annual gathering is held in May in Ojai to explore the teachings of J. Krishnamurti. The program each year includes presentations by people who have been immersed in the teachings and dialogues in which participants can deepen […]
Birthing a New Mind Retreat with Richard Waxberg and Deborah Kerner April 26 – 28, 2019 We were delighted to be joined again this year by Richard and Deborah from the Krishnamurti Foundation of America in Ojai, California. Their brochure for the weekend event describes the intentions and approach of their work. “We are entering […]
Krishnamurti Study Session April 21, 2019 At KECC The entry for January 10 in J. Krishnamurti’s book entitled The Book of Life was the material for exploration in this Sunday morning session at the Krishnamurti Educational Centre of Canada. The title of the entry was “Learning Is Not Experience.” Six people were in attendance. The […]
Emptiness Moving In Emptiness Today’s session was a loving contemplation by Rupert Spira on what he called homoepathic yoga. With closed eyes, we were guided to go deeply into the boundaries between us and others and us and objects. Once we did that it became apparent that there actually are no such boundaries. Reality is […]
Eight of us gathered at UVic recently to consider the challenging question: Is the World an Illusion? We looked at this from three diverse perspectives including Rupert Spira, Krishnamurti and Robin Cinmatra. Rupert Spira, in a short extract from “The Belief in a World Made of Matter” pointed out some important nuances in how we […]
Exploring Awareness Sunday, April 7, 2019 At KECC Three participants attended this afternoon meeting designed to invite them into an experiential exploration of what it means to be aware. We began by listening to a short introduction to meditation by Eckhart Tolle, who focuses on being fully present with our thoughts and feelings as well […]
Krishnamurti Study Session Sunday, April 7, 2019 At KECC The entry for January 9 in J. Krishnamurti’s book entitled The Book of Life was the material for exploration in this Sunday morning session at the Krishnamurti Educational Centre of Canada. The title of the entry was “To Learn, the Mind Must be Quiet.” Six people […]
Love is the Answer A weekend retreat with Burt Harding March 22 – 24, 2019 at KECC Burt Harding joined us from Vancouver for the sixth consecutive year to present a weekend retreat, this time called “Love is the Answer,” on the subject of self-realization and learning to live as our true nature. He began […]
Krishnamurti Study Session Sunday, March 17, 2019 At KECC This Sunday morning session at the Krishnamurti Educational Centre of Canada in Metchosin, BC, was attended by five participants. The Krishnamurti text for study at present is The Book of Life: Daily Meditations with Krishnamurti. We are moving through the book at the pace that occurs […]
Stillness Within meetup – Krishnamurti on Love (Part 2) We continued at the February meetup to reflect on K’s “Freedom from the Known” chapter on Love. The chapter continued from the previous month’s explorations of what love is not… with Krishnamurti emphasizing that some expressions that we tend to think of as love often involve […]