Rupert Spira Session—Be The Seeing Not The Seer—February 11, 2018 Today we had a very profound and inspiring session. We started with a silent time to get centered and then listened to Rupert’s audio on this topic. It was powerful. He was discussing the phenomenon of seeing and noting that there are three ways […]
Inquiry Sunday at KECC February 4, 2018 For the morning session the gathering of five people viewed a recent talk by Paul Hedderman. Paul is a bit of a rough diamond, but he puts across his points in an very original and effective way, often with humour as well as wisdom. One of the main […]
Krishnamurti Study Session Krishnamurti Educational Centre of Canada Saturday, February 3, 2018 Four of us gathered to explore Q & A chapter 24 in The First and Last Freedom entitled “On Time”. The questioner had asked K, “Can the past dissolve all at once or does it invariably need time?” In his response K goes […]
Victoria Church of Truth Krishnamurti Event Friday, February 2, 2018 The monthly meeting at the Church of Truth in Victoria was entitled “Learning About Ourselves”. There were five of us in attendance and we began with viewing a half-hour video of J. Krishnamurti responding to a question at Ojai in 1981 about being free of […]
January’s UVic meetup was a really nice gathering and a welcome break for some inquiry. There were eight of us who joined in and we had some really great discussion, sharing of experience and a bit of practice. A number of clips describing aspects of spiritual awakening included: Eckhart Tolle, Ananta Kranti, and researcher Jeffery […]
A Contemplative Winter Retreat January 26 – 28, 2018 This residential weekend retreat at the Krishnamurti Educational Center of Canada in Metchosin was attended by ten participants, mostly from the Victoria area. Unfortunately one of the two facilitators, Lynne, was unable to attend due to health issues, leaving David as the sole presenter. He organized […]
Krishnamurti Study Session KECC, Saturday, January 20, 2018 Five people took part in this afternoon meeting to explore the text of J. Krishnamurti’s book The First and Last Freedom. The chapter studied was Q & A # 23, “On Death”. A question was put to K, “What relation has death to life?” He asks the […]
Rupert Spira Session January 14th, 2018 In attendance—Rick M. & Laurie S. In today’s session, we listened to a section on Disc 3, The Second Awakening. Rupert explained that, although Reality is One, three states of Being appear to manifest themselves in Consciousness. The first is the dream state. In the dream state, everything is […]
Inquiry Sunday at KECC January 7, 2018 The Inquiry Sunday is comprised of morning and afternoon events. Six of us were in attendance for the morning session, which featured two video clips of Vancouver Island spiritual teacher Clare Blanchflower speaking in a spontaneous and meditative manner on the subject of awareness and our true nature. […]
Krishnamurti Study Session Saturday, January 6, 2018 Six participants gathered to explore J. Krishnamurti’s book The First and Last Freedom, Q & A # 22. The chapter was entitled “On Love.” It began with a question put to Krishnamurti, “What do you mean by love?” K. responds by saying that we would find out what […]