Self-inquiry with Cynthia Overweg, May 24, 2024

Self-inquiry with Cynthia Overweg

Sunday, May24, 2024

At Krishnamurti Educational Centre of Canada

Metchosin location: Gatehouse

 

Eight participants in total were present in the Gatehouse at Swanwick Road for this Sunday afternoon meeting facilitated by Cynthia Overweg. She began the meeting with a quiet sit feeling our feet on the floor and noticing the movement of our breathing. After some time she asked if anyone had an issue they would like to explore with the group. When noone responded to the invitation, Cynthia read a selection from The Book of Life: Daily Meditations with Krishnamurti. In the quote K spoke of knowing the whole content of one thought, including the source. This seemed at least a little challenging to understand but most of the group was willing to probe into the issue. We explored another quote of Krishnamurti’s to the effect that it is fear that makes us accept our conditioning. We spent a good deal of time with the issue of fear and how to be with it. It was suggested that it had something to do with facing the fear that underlies all thought and a question was asked about the reality of making thought and feeling two separate things. One participant wanted to make a clear distinction between loneliness and aloneness, leading to some deep inquiry into the nature of the images we tend to carry with us at most times and which may be the source of all our conflict. We investigated the key role of attachment in shaping our experience.

It was an interesting and revealing dialogue; the meeting finished with a sense of some insight having been realised.

 

DB