Saturday Dialogue with Harshad May 27, 2017 Four people participated in a Saturday afternoon dialogue with Harshad, our visitor from India. In guiding us into an exploration of Krishnamurti’s teachings, Harshad used material from Commentaries on Living, Series 1. The chapter was entitled “Awareness” and featured a man’s sharing with K his conflict in […]
Dialogue Session at the Centre Sunday, May 28, 2017 Harshad hosted another group dialogue on a warm and sunny day in Metchosin. We were able to sit on the grass in front of the main house as we had on Saturday. Four people attended, two of whom had not been participants in the previous […]
Three of us joined Harshad, a long-time associate and student of Krishnamurti, as well as a teacher in his schools, who is visiting the Krishnamurti Educational Centre of Canada for some weeks, for a dialogue on a beautiful warm day. We sat under the apple trees behind the Guest Cottage and enjoyed an engaging interaction […]
Krishnamurti Study Group Saturday, May 20, 2017 Four participants gathered on the lawn at the Centre in Metchosin on a lovely sunny day to study Chapter 9 in the Q & A section of J. Krishnamurti’s book The First and Last Freedom. This selection was entitled “On Relationship”. The potential for true communion […]
The Quest for Truth Retreat with Professor P. Krishna May 12 – 14, 2017 Professor P. Krishna visited us again this year to facilitate a weekend workshop exploring “The Quest for Truth”. Prof. Krishna has been a long-time associate of J. Krishnamurti, has directed the Krishnamurti adult centre and been principal of the K school […]
Krishnamurti Study Group Saturday, May 6, 2017 Six people gathered for the study group this week. We were able to sit outdoors for the first time and enjoy the grounds and the surrounding beauty while inquiring into chapter 8 of the Q & A section of The First and Last Freedom. The topic was “Awareness” […]
Inquiry Sunday at KECC May 7, 2017 A rather small turnout of four people attended the Sunday meeting at the Krishnamurti Educational Centre of Canada in Metchosin. For the morning session we watched a video of a talk given by Susan Blackmore at the Science and Nonduality Conference in San Francisco. She spoke for about […]
Two recent Eckhart Tolle meetups brought Stillness Within members and others together yet again on April 8th and March 25th. In March the Stillness Within Meetup group watched a webcast from the home of Eckhart Tolle. There were 11 of us and after the meditative talk, the group took pause to deepen our own sense of inner […]
Self Inquiry and the Unfettered Mind With Kathryn Jefferies, Ph.D April 21 – 23, 2017 Dr. Jefferies teaches in the education department at Lakehead University in Orillia, Ontario. Her Ph. D thesis on the subject of “Education for Enlightenment” included perspectives on education from J. Krishnamurti, Byron Katie, and others. In this weekend workshop, she […]
Krishnamurti Study Group Saturday, April 15, 2017 This week’s topic for study was from The First and Last Freedom by J. Krishnamurti, Q & A # 8 “On Awareness.” The question was “What is the difference between awareness and introspection? And who is aware in awareness?” K goes into the motivation behind introspection and points […]