Krishnamurti Study Group Saturday, August 29, 2015 Four people gathered to study the last part of chapter 7, entitled “Effort”, in K’s book The First and Last Freedom. The chapter deals with perhaps the most profound aspects of human consciousness that need to be understood clearly if any transformation is it take place. K speaks […]
Weekend Retreat at the Centre Living as Meditative Inquiry August 21 – 23, 2015 This weekend retreat was led by Ashwani Kumar, Professor of Education at the Mt. Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In the opening session on Friday night, Ashwani jumped right in to serious inquiry by asking the group if […]
Krishnamurti Study Group Saturday, August 15, 2015 Six people gathered to read and explore chapter 7 in The First and Last Freedom by J. Krishnamurti. The chapter was titled “Effort” and all agreed that it contained the core of K’s teaching on the challenge of human existence in the psychological and spiritual dimensions. He […]
Six of us took part in watching a recent Eckhart Tolle talk on August 8th, which focused on discovery of the essential beingness that supersedes our experience of the self. A key message was focused on: realization of who we are in essence, beyond the person. Mastery of life involves moving towards living in […]
Victoria Krishnamurti Event Sunday, August 9, 2015 The topic of the month for the meeting at The Church of Truth in Victoria was “The Challenge of Relationships”. Ten people gathered to listen to a video clip of Krishnamurti on the subject of conflict in relationship, to be followed by a reading from Freedom from […]
It was my sincere pleasure to attend Dr. Hillary Rodrigues’ retreat this past weekend. The retreat was called “Why Not This?”, and we explored this question from a variety of angles. Hillary’s facilitation style is really quite special—he speaks from a place of deep and diverse knowledge, and the clarity and dynamism with which he […]
“Why Not This?” Weekend Retreat with Prof. Hilary Rodrigues July 31 – August 2, 2015 The retreat with Professor Hilary Rodrigues from the University of Lethbridge opened on Friday evening with a public talk at the KECC centre in Metchosin. He presented the topic for the weekend and explored the reasons for asking the […]
Bill B. asked if I could share his recap of a recent Krishnamurti study group, below. Thanks to Robert for sharing his notes as well… Last Saturday afternoon, four of us got together to read from “The First and Last Freedom”. Krishnamurti talked about the great importance we put on knowledge, and how it adds […]
Through various teachings and personal insight gained through inquiry and meditation, I’ve come to see with increasing clarity the source and nature of my own suffering. I see how negative experiences from the past survive in my mind, governing certain thinking patterns and the way I relate to others and myself. I’ve also come to […]
Sunday Event in Victoria July 12, 2015 This Sunday’s event at the Church of Truth was entitled “Emotions and the Separate Self”. Fifteen people gathered for the afternoon session which began with a handout from Krishnamurti’s book Freedom From the Known, the basic text of these meetings. The handout and a short video clip […]