Krishnamurti Video and Dialogue in Victoria

Krishnamurti Video and Dialogue October 12, 2014 This public showing of Krishnamurti took place at the Church of Truth in Victoria on Sunday afternoon. Six people were in attendance for the video from the series “Attention and Order”, talks given by K in Ojai, California, in 1984.   We had already shown the first two talks in the series; this was the first of two Question and Answer sessions where K read out questions that had been submitted and then entered into a dialogue with the questioner on the topic raised.  He pointed out fairly soon that there were too many people in the audience to allow for personal interaction so he would represent the questioners and have a dialogue with himself.  A particularly interesting point he made right from the start was that the answer is in the question and not apart from it.  The question has to be looked into for the assumptions and beliefs that are limiting the understanding of the questioner, and this is much more important than providing some sort of conceptual answer to any question.   He also discussed in some detail the issue of thought and attention as well as other questions. The dialogue that followed picked up on the issue of whether there is a kind of attention or awareness that can see the limitation of thought and bring about a change or “mutation” in the brain.  Some earnest exploration took place which included the sense that we must all find out for ourselves through our own inquiry, whether that takes place in the supportive atmosphere of a group setting or in one’s own daily life.