Krishnamurti Study Group Saturday, September 6, 2014 Five of us showed up to read and discuss Chapter 15 in Freedom From the Known in which Krishnamurti discusses experience, satisfaction, duality, and meditation. He begins by inquiring into the demand to experience and questioning what is driving this demand: the fact that we are discontented with […]
Krishnamurti Study Session Saturday, August 23, 2014 This week we studied the second half of chapter 14 in Freedom From the Known by J. Krishnamurti. The subject matter included Achievement, Discipline, Silence, Truth, and Reality. There were seven participants and they all were eager to explore. A lively discussion began immediately even […]
What we learn by reading or listening to the teachings of spiritual teachers, depends very much on how we read or listen. Some people feel that they did not change much by reading Krishnamurti’s books for many years. That may be because they tried to understand Krishnamurti’s teachings instead of looking within to see how their […]
Krishnamurti Study Group Saturday, August 2, 2014 Seven people gathered to study Chapter 14 in Freedom From the Known by J. Krishnamurti. The first part of the chapter focuses on the need for a quiet mind and the issue of resolving psychological problems. K challenges us to find the way to solve a […]
This came in on my facebook page yesterday…thought I should pass it on.
Over the last six months I’ve been deeply intrigued by the teachings of Jiddu Krishnamurti. He was not at all the type of spiritual guru many people might assume. He firmly rejected any efforts to paint him as such (he rejected the notion of being a guru, and also of having followers). In actuality, his […]
Last weekend, I had the pleasure and privilege of attending my third retreat at the Swanwick Centre. It was facilitated with skill and wisdom by KFA trustee Mark Lee, retired physician Asha Lee and psychiatrist and psychotherapist Josip Pasic. “Quieting the Monkey Mind” was an exploration into the nature of thought and mind, inspired by […]
“Quieting the Monkey Mind” Retreat July 25 – 27 Three guests were invited by the Krishnamurti Educational Centre to facilitate a weekend retreat focused on the teachings of J. Krishnamurti. Mark Lee was for many years the Director of the Krishnamurti Foundation of America in Ojai, California. He was accompanied by his […]
Krishnamurti Study Group Saturday, July 19, 2014 Eight people gathered in the Gate House to study the second half of Chapter 13 in Krishnamurti’s book Freedom From the Known. The chapter explores thinking and the beginning of thought. The session was a mix of reading, silent sitting while looking into the origin […]
The self you believe yourself to be is a fiction. How can something you believe, something you perceive, be the true you? Are you merely an object in your own mind? Can that which perceives look outward and behold itself outside of itself? You cannot be something that exists in the field of your own […]