Victoria Video and Dialogue Event

  Sunday Event in Victoria July 12, 2015 This Sunday’s event at the Church of Truth was entitled “Emotions and the Separate Self”.  Fifteen people gathered for the afternoon session which began with a handout from Krishnamurti’s book Freedom From the Known, the basic text of these meetings.  The handout and a short video clip of K speaking on the topic of violence focused on how to look at emotions in ourselves.  A dialogue followed in which many viewpoints were expressed and discussed, including the biological basis of violence and a question as to why we consider violence, anger, or any emotion to be right or wrong.  The facilitator asked if there was a specific question that people were passionate to go into and the energy of the group seemed to become more focused.  After a lively interaction there was a tea break and a short video of Rupert Spira speaking of how feelings are generated and the central role of the story of the (imaginary) separate self in the generation of emotions and reactions.   This was followed by a short period of silence and more verbal exploration.  Some participants expressed an appreciation of the material presented and the group process.  As the facilitator, I was inspired afterwards to look at what we are really attempting to do in these sessions.  I felt some clarity was realized which may be helpful in the future.