Krishnamurti Study Session, August 4, 2019

Krishnamurti Study Session
Sunday, August 4, 2019
At KECC

Five people were present for this Sunday morning gathering to study The Book of Life: Daily Meditations with Krishnamurti. The passage for study was the January 21 entry entitled “Authority Corrupts both Leader and Follower.” Before we looked into the text, one of the participants raised the questions, “Can the self get rid of the self?” and “Can we go beyond the self through thought and analysis?” It seemed to be an important inquiry for the individual and soon the whole group was involved with it, looking at the issue from different angles. It was suggested that in the very moment we are exploring a question we can be choicelessly aware of our thinking processes and seeing them clearly rather than getting further embroiled in analysis of the problem. Can there be a direct seeing which frees us from thought?
We had a fruitful inquiry which opened a space of Being different from identification with the thinking mind, Many felt we had entered a state of mind free of analysis, which gave a sense of freedom. We took a little pause to appreciate the “no-mind” state. It was then suggested we look at the text material. We began with investigating K’s use of the word “arduous” in relation to self-awareness and explored what the word meant to us and how we felt or didn’t feel the truth of it. The conversation kept moving deeper, with occasional slowing down to look at ideas that raised questions in the minds of participants. By closing time we felt ready to move on to the next daily meditation for our meeting on August 18.