Inquiry Sunday at the Centre

  Inquiry Sunday August 7, 2016   For the morning session we showed a video of Timothy Freke, spiritual teacher from England. He is a very energetic and open-hearted man who seems to lack any dogmatism or rigidity in his vision of the spiritual journey. The seven participants enjoyed his inclusiveness and the absence of perfectionism in his views. He pointed to the fact that very often in this realm of things it’s not a case of one idea being right and the other wrong, but more that  both are right – or the truth is beyond right and wrong. Love was a central proposition in his presentation. His  message seemed to have a strong effect on the listeners, which was shared in the group dialogue which followed. In the afternoon four of us watched a couple of videos of Krishnamurti speaking first on freedom and then on meditation. The stillness that comes naturally from observing oneself contains the sense of freedom that humans are looking for. This was explored in group discussion before we went on to look at two clips from Rupert Spira about abiding as awareness and addressing a question, “Why am I not enlightened after all these years of study and inquiry?” His guidance was experiential and direct. It was discussed that it may take some viewings to get accustomed to the language used by each teacher before one will grasp the real meaning. Those who have seen him several times before found his pointers very useful.