A Glimpse IntoTotal Freedom

    A Glimpse Into Total Freedom October 3 – 5, 2014     This weekend retreat was facilitated by Richard Waxberg and Deborah Kerner who live in Ojai and have led many retreats at the Krishnamurti Centre there.  The main focus of the weekend was on pure seeing:  “a direct impersonal seeing beyond the limitations of thought, its structures, and the illusion of a separate “me”.  The format included brief periods of silent sitting, a videotape of Krishnamurti in conversation with Pupul Jayakar in India, and group dialogues which were designed to “create a radical space of exploration”, of “seeing and listening”.  There was also a good balance of free time for walks and enjoying the property at the Swanwick Centre.  Altogether fifteen people (including facilitators) participated in the program. The facilitators were very skillful in creating an atmosphere of mutual support and affection as well as challenging participants to question assumptions and beliefs and to delve into their experience.  The participants in their turn seemed very eager for and capable of a deep looking into themselves.  It seemed the dialogues were unusually profound and valuable for everyone, bringing many insights and often a sense of an energetic shift in consciousness from “becoming” to “being” and a greater appreciation of the mystery of beingness “beyond time, beyond meaning and purpose”.  There was a good deal of talk about how wonderful the weekend had been and how another such meeting could be arranged in the future.  Hopefully Richard and Deborah will be returning before very long.