Death and Birth Beyond Time Retreat with Richard Waxberg and Deborah Kerner September 22 – 24, 2017 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 […]
Inquiry Sunday September 3, 2017 Our morning session was attended by nine people. We watched a one hour video of a panel discussion at last year’s Science and Nonduality Conference in San Francisco which included Scott Kiloby. Scott has been visiting the Krishnamurti Educational Centre of Canada for the past four years to present workshops […]
Krishnamurti Study Group Saturday, September 2, 2017 We had a good turnout of ten participants for this afternoon session on the front lawn of the Krishnamurti Educational Centre of Canada in Metchosin. We looked into The First and Last Freedom, Q & A # 15 “On Criticism.” Krishnamurti goes into some of the reasons why […]
Victoria Krishnamurti Event Church of Truth Friday, September 1, 2017 Our topic for the monthly meeting at the Church of Truth was “Can the Mind be Quiet?” Four people attended the session which began with a fifteen minute video clip of J. Krishnamurti speaking on the subject of observing without any sense of control, judgment, […]
Intelligence, Love, and the Self Weekend Retreat with Hilary Rodrigues August 25 – 27, 2017 This was the eighth annual retreat with Prof. Hilary Rodrigues at the Krishnamurti Educational Centre of Canada in Metchosin, BC. Hilary is a professor of Eastern religious traditions at the University of Lethbridge and a former teacher and administrator at […]
For the August meetup, seven of us got together to listen to a recently released Eckhart Tolle talk titled “Being Alone”. Eckhart discussed some of the gifts of being ‘with oneself’… and in particular, finding joy in knowing one’s quality of inner spaciousness. This quality is something that can be more easily deepened when we […]
Inquiry Sunday August 6, 2017 Our morning session drew five people to the Krishnamurti Educational Centre of Canada property in Metchosin, near Victoria. We looked at a video of Byron Katie speaking about and demonstrating The Work that she offers to the world. She uses specific questions to explore our assumptions and beliefs about life, […]
Our monthly meeting at the Church of Truth focused this month on exploring our thinking. We began with a video clip of David Bohm speaking about Krishnamurti’s teaching, and particularly about the illusory nature of the thought-constructed self. Seven people were in attendance and engaged after the video in a very interesting discussion and exploration […]
Krishnamurti Study Group Saturday, August 5, 2017 Three people attended this session looking into Krishnamurti’s book The First and Last Freedom, Q & A # 13. The topic, “On Hate” was a little daunting, but the reading and discussion was rich and insightful. K spoke of the need for us to be disturbed so that […]
Healing Your Trauma with the Living Inquiries July 21 – 23, 2017 This weekend retreat was facilitated by Lynn Fraser and Fiona Murphy. Lynn is a Senior Facilitator Trainer of Scott Kiloby’s Living Inquiries and a senior teacher in the Himalayan Tradition of Yoga Meditation. She works online and internationally with individuals and groups. Fiona, […]