Krishnamurti Study Session, November 17, 2019

Krishnamurti Study Session
Sunday, November 17, 2019
At KECC

There were only two of us present for this Sunday morning meeting in the Main House at the Krishnamurti Centre of Canada in Metchosin, BC. We explored the January 28 and 29 entries in The Book of Life: Daily Meditations with Krishnamurti, which are focused mainly on the topic of “self-knowledge” and are entitled “Self-Knowing” and “Creative Emptiness”. K emphasizes the importance of looking at ourselves without any judgement or agenda concerning our observations. The looking and listening to the movement of the mind – our thoughts, feelings, and sensations – without any interpretation or “doing” brings about an understanding of the mind’s projections and an emptiness in which a transformation happens without effort or conscious intention.
In discussing the pointers, we investigated such issues as the difference between merely hearing what is being pointed to and listening with one’s full attention. We also explored in detail the implications of each statement in the selected quotes from K’s talks, including the necessity of understanding through insight into ourselves (the operation of our own minds) as well as through listening to another such as Krishnamurti.