Inquiry Sunday

  Inquiry Sunday January 3, 2016 The morning session was a showing of an interview with Peter Dziuban, author of Consciousness is All, conducted by Chris Hebard of Stillness Speaks. Chris does an excellent job of drawing out his interview subjects in ways that highlight their teachings in a clear manner.  The talk with Peter, as previous ones with Rupert Spira and Scott Kiloby, had the quality of an experiential exploration or meditation which was alive in the moment and more than an merely intellectual conversation. Peter went into the nature of awareness from the perspective of awareness itself, which he says is the only true perspective. Thought’s perspective creates a world of relativity which is not actually true. The pointing out of the limitations of the relative point of view and the truth of the “absolute” perspective beyond duality has the potential to shift the attention into a clearer seeing of things as they are.  There were only three of us at the meeting but we engaged in dialogue in the time remaining after the video. In the afternoon the same three participants watched a couple of short videos on Krishnamurti speaking on the subject of Love. We then read through a handout of selections from the book Freedom from the Known, again on the topic of love. He speaks of love as being both personal and impersonal, and explores such issues as attachment, the difference between pleasure joy, passion without a motive, and the transcending of the self. We continued with an interesting discussion following the video, encompassing a number of issues and questions. Altogether, it was an interesting day of inquiry enjoyed by all.