Self-inquiry with Cynthia Overweg, May 22, 2024

Self-inquiry with Cynthia Overweg

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Esquimalt Gorge Park Pavilion

 

Nine people in total attended this afternoon meeting sponsored by the Krishnamurti Educational Centre of Canada and facilitated by Cynthia Overweg. It was a lovely, sunny day, but perhaps we needed the protection afforded by the recently constructed building where we could be sheltered from the slight breeze blowing through the trees. Cynthia began the meeting with a period of silence which was followed by three short readings from The Book of Life: Meditations with J. Krishnamurti and offered to the group by volunteers from the dialoguers. The readings were samples of Krishnamurti’s teachings recommended by Cynthia and dealing with the subjects of listening, conditioning, and freedom from conditioning. The group then launched into a discussion of these subjects and the challenge of finding freedom while having been affected more or less by events that took place in the past. Some of the sharing was difficult to follow and to understand fully, but most participants seemed able to make sense of it and to engage in the communication that was taking place. The discussion carried on beyond the allotted time but came to a close with the group members seemingly content with the experience of the afternoon.

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