Today’s session was an inspirational one. We listened to the audio tape for Chapter 21 and read portions of the text. Our sharing was powerful. Rupert was saying that pure knowing lies at the heart of experience—and nothing else. We are that knowing. Members of our group spoke of their experiences of oneness. The radical […]
Exploring Awareness Sunday, October 8, 2018 KECC This afternoon session was attended by four of us. We began with a meditation guided by David on the topic of being with emotions. Participants were invited to notice any emotion or sensation that was present and then to observe any thoughts about it that were taking place. […]
Krishnamurti Study Session Sunday, October 7, 2018 Krishnamurti Educational Centre of Canada Six of us gathered on a rainy Autumn day to explore the Q & A chapter 33 in J. Krishnamurti’s book The First and Last Freedom. The title of the chapter was “On Superficiality.” The questioner asks K, “How is one who is […]
The UVic Stillness Within Meetup returned on Wednesday September 26 with a new location at the UVic Grad House. The topic explored this month was “Discovering Stillness – Perspectives and Practices”. Six of us joined together to share our experiences, ponderings and collective understanding of what it means to explore stillness (and what this looks […]
An Uncommon Collaboration: David Bohm and J. Krishnamurti September 21 – 23, 2018 Krishnamurti Educational Centre of Canada David Edmund Moody, Ph.D., is the author of An Uncommon Collaboration: David Bohm and J. Krishnamurti. He is the former director of Oak Grove School, founded by Krishnamurti in Ojai, California, where he worked closely for more […]
Krishnamurti Study Session September 16, 2018 KECC Three participants gathered on this Sunday morning to study the Q & A chapter 31, “On Simplicity”, in the Krishnamurti text The First and Last Freedom. K is asked “What is simplicity? Does it imply seeing very clearly the essentials and discarding everything else?” He begins by pointing […]
Approaches to Self-inquiry September 9, 2018 Krishnamurti Educational Centre of Canada The Sunday afternoon session was attended by three people. We looked at a video clip entitled “Mystics and Masters: A Course in Miracles Meets Rupert Spira.” This selection was Part 2 of a series; we had watched Part 1 in a previous meeting. The […]
The Light of Pure Knowing Sunday, September 9, 2018 Krishnamurti Educational Centre of Canada This Sunday morning session was attended by nine participants. We listened to a guided meditation on breathing by Rupert Spira from his book and CD entitled The Light of Pure Knowing. The forty minute meditation was an exploration of several dimensions […]
Exploring Awareness September 2, 2018 At KECC Five of us were in attendance for this Sunday afternoon of guided meditations which aimed to deliver an experiential, direct knowing of the nature of awareness and our essential being. The weather allowed us to sit outside under the fruit trees. The session began with David guiding us […]
Krishnamurti Study Session September 2, 2018 At KECC Six people gathered on this Sunday morning to pick up on the study of Chapter 31 in the Q & A section of J. Krishnamurti’s classic The First and Last Freedom. The section is entitled “On Immediate Realization” and in it K asks whether there can be […]