Inquiry Sunday at the Centre
Inquiry Sunday
June 4, 2017
Our morning session began with a video featuring Fred Davis and entitled “Truth, Dream, and the Teaching”. He began by relating that most seekers tell him that they understand the idea “Oneness” intellectually but are not actually experiencing it. He said that in this realm everything is backwards from the way we think it is. The truth is that we are experiencing oneness but are just not understanding it intellectually. He went on from there to discuss some of the implications of his statement. The seven people attending our session then explored what was said, some finding it challenging to accept or comprehend what was being pointed to. It turned out to be a very alive and insightful dialogue for many of the group and certainly brought awareness to the process of questioning and remaining open to new ways of seeing.
The afternoon session involved choosing questions asked of Krishnamurti at various talks and listening to his responses, then exploring them in group dialogue. Three people stayed for the afternoon. We first looked at K’s response to a question about fear and the urge to escape from it rather than staying with the fear. K emphasized the importance of being fully with “what is” without trying to change it. A second question was about the correct approach to right livelihood in the world today. As he often does, K gave a wide view of what is necessary in our lives in addressing the psychological conflicts so prevalent in the world and in ourselves. There was plenty to look into further and the small group actively engaged in such inquiry.
