It is very rare to hear a speaker who speaks clearly every word and sentence slowly and who feels a sense of space and silence between the words and sentences. Generally, people who are very fluent in speaking, speak habitually, mechanically and intellectually. They cannot affect listeners at deeper levels. Silent awareness is necessary while […]
K talks about the nonsense of re-incarnation. And no wonder… In the modern era, it was the works of Madame Blavatsky, co-founder of the Theosophical Society, which brought it a new found popularity of re-incarnation, especially in the West – and coddled a young Jiddu from his teens to become the new Spiritual messiah of […]
This month, there were 7 of us who met at the centre to watch an Eckhart Tolle video and enjoy some sharing on the topic of “Dealing with Unconsciousness”. The talk explored the common occurrence whereby people can for a moment or longer, lose their sense of presence and become overtaken by strong emotions or reactions (he sometimes relates […]
Krishnamurti Study Group Saturday, May 2, 2015 Nine people met to begin the study of chapter 5 in The First and Last Freedom by J. Krishnamurti. It was a beautiful day for enjoying the property and the spectacular view while at the same time looking into some serious questions. The chapter is entitled “Action and […]
Daily Dying and Living Well Retreat with Ravi Ravindra For the third year in a row Ravi Ravindra, a PhD and former university professor of physics and philosophy, visited from Halifax to lead a weekend retreat at the Krishnamurti Educational Center of Canada in Metchosin, BC. The subject of the weekend was death, […]
Krishnamurti Study Group Saturday, April 18, 2015 Five people gathered to explore chapter four in The First and Last Freedom by J. Krishnamurti, entitled “Self-Knowledge”. In this chapter K speaks very pointedly about the necessity of knowing oneself if one is to avoid being driven by the many illusions the unexamined mind can create. Again, […]
Victoria Krishnamurti Event Sunday, April 12, 2015. Eight people gathered on Sunday afternoon at the Church of Truth in Victoria to contemplate the nature of pleasure and desire, a subject given some importance by Krishnamurti and other spiritual teachers. The session began with a silent reading of a handout on pleasure taken […]
This month, 12 members joined together to watch a provocative and playful talk by Eckhart on the difference between having a formal ‘practice’ of meditation vs. making many moments of each day a deeply present experience – unshrouded by thought, anticipation of the next moment, or distraction in multiple directions. He used the metaphor of […]
Krishnamurti Study Group Saturday, April 4, 2015 Four people participated in the study of Chapter 3 of Freedom From the Known by J. Krishnamurti. The chapter focuses on the relationship between the individual and the society and goes in some detail into K’s well known statement that “you are the world.” In […]
Inquiry Sunday Sunday, April 5, 2015 On Sunday morning four people gathered to continue with the meditations of Rupert Spira on the nature of our experience. The DVD we have been exploring is The Transparency of Things and this completed our viewing of this particular series of interviews and guided contemplations […]