Self-inquiry with Mukesh Gupta, June 19, 2024

Meditative Self-inquiry with Mukesh Gupta

June 19, 2024

at KECC Metchosin

 

Nine people in total were present for this meeting with Mukesh Gupta at the lovely Esquimalt Gorge Park Pavilion on a Wednesday afternoon I have had a great deal of trouble filing this report due to technical problems so wish to submit only a short report for the moment. Perhaps I will add to the report later once I get the hang of the computer.

 

We began with a short period of quietness connecting with our “Presence” and “deeper silence” as Mukesh called it. He then gave a short introduction to the principles of Meditative Self-inquiry as he understands it. He then read a passage from The Book of Life: Daily Meditations with Krishnamurti which he recommends for our personal study of K’s teachings. The passage spoke of the necessity of self-knowledge for transformation. We must know ourselves as we are, not as we would like to be. We must be free of all beliefs, ugly or beautiful, and it is about understanding ourselves – not Krishnamurti.

People described their experience of self-knowing and how it has been meaningful to them in dealing with their conditioning and with the sometimes painful process of learning and unlearning. We spoke of the desire of the self to survive and the consequent attempts to control life, which creates a good deal of suffering. We discussed how people’s ways of being are fundamentally alike, seeing which can bring forth greater compassion and empathy. We also wondered whether we are just the surface qualities of our being or is there something in us beyond the contents of our consciousness.

The session ended with a lovely silence, which seemed like a good way to end.

 

DB