Self-Inquiry with Vala Kondo-Legan, August 3, 2025

The group worked off of a Krisnamurti quote, which will remain the same single quote  for all dialogues in August:

“To go very far, you must begin very near.

But that is very difficult for most of us

because we want to escape from

“what is” ; from the fact of what we are.“

The group began by looking at collective “escape” from both “uncertainty “and “confusion.”

A comparison was made between uncertainty and insecurity, which are frequently viewed as similar but may not be. There were observations of insecurity as threat, which led to a question of whether lack of knowledge is felt to be dangerous?

Some debate centered around whether “what is” is not available when the mind is “chattering” OR

if the “what is” may itself BE the chattering mind.

In returning to the quote ,the questions was asked: “Why is the “near” difficult?”, there was observation of a Blindness to that which is near.

Subsequent conversation  brought in references to Krishnamurti and advice to access silence as a “tool”.

The question arose, “What goes on when the mind searches for a tool?’, Including the usage of Krishnamurti theory as a “tool”? There was observation that without tools, one may be lost, and the group debated the meaning and value of being “lost”.

In closing, a group member asked , “Is it possible to be lost and uncertain without insecurity?”

A reference was made to being without hope or fear, which was reframed in the context of our daily life as hopeful, fearful beings!

 

—Vala Kondo-Legan