Krishnamurti Study Session

Krishnamurti Study Session

Saturday, October 28, 2017

The material for study this meeting was from The First and Last Freedom by J. Krishnamurti, Q&A 17 “On Memory.” A questioner had asked K. about his statement that memory is incomplete experience. He goes into the issue in depth in the response to the questioner, covering different aspects of it. The challenges of life are always new, but memory is always the old and therefore is inadequate in responding to the present situation. Also, memory tends to function as an instrument of the “me” or separate self, habitually protecting and defending the self and carrying past experiences in relationship into the present moment, thereby preventing any fresh and direct experience of life. This can make life “weary, dull, and empty”

The three participants engaged in some interesting discussion about the subject matter, reflecting on the relevance of it in our own lives and bringing awareness to the way thought operates in us as memory. We explored the difference between thinking and presence, the sense of pure being, and wholeness. It was a delightful sharing.