by master | Nov 14, 2024 | News, The Blog
Dear Friends
I wonder if you know about the new book
published by Watkins titled How To Find
Peace. It’s an expanded and re-edited edition
of Social Responsibility, one of KFA’s
thematic study books. It begins with
Krishnamurti’s piercing 1985 speech at
the United Nations in New York, given as
part of the official observance of the UN’s
40th anniversary. (I attended the talk, and
remember being disappointed that the hall
wasn’t full.) Following this Introduction
are 10 sections, among them: What is
your responsibility to society? How does
the free mind live in this world? and The
intelligence that brings order and peace. This is an extract from the section
titled On War:
K: How war came into being
Question: All except a few do not want war, so why do they prepare for it?
Krishnamurti: War means destruction, killing and maiming one
another, with the noise, the brutality, the ugliness, the appalling misery
of pain.
Do you know how war has come into being?
Keep reading: ( download pdf )
by master | Nov 5, 2023 | News, The Blog
Dear Friends
I was very interested to hear that the first Summer Gathering for decades
at Brockwood Park took place this past year, in August, with 120 participants.
Those who commented to me about it were very keen on it, especially
that the younger staff members took it in their stride to manage it,
and did so very well. The starting point was Krishnamurti’s 1976 public
talks and discussions at Brockwood. Many inquiring minds (or the general
human mind) made it serious and enjoyable, though with some typical
dialogue challenges. Amazing is that many young people, in addition
to the younger staff, eagerly arrived and participated. This shows further
promise for the future.
Keep reading: ( download pdf )
by Javier Gómez Rodríguez | Oct 31, 2022 | News
Last year we renamed Friedrich’s Newsletter as simply The Newsletter. That seemed to be appropriate, as it was becoming a more impersonal co-production. However, some readers found the change was not quite suitable and suggested we should revert to the old title. After a brief exchange about it, we decided that it was a good idea, since the newsletter owes its impetus and existence to Friedrich’s untiring commitment to and support for this publication as a medium of communication across the K-world.
In the EDUCATION section we take an extensive look at a recent book authored by Meenakshi Thapan, current Director of the Rishi Valley Education Centre, where she looks at K as an educator for peace. We then include a report by Ivone Apolinário on the educational project she has been spearheading in northern Portugal. This initiative is very promising, as it opens the way for other similar projects to develop in continental Europe, where the hope of establishing K schools has thus far remained an impossible dream.
In THE TEACHER AND THE TEACHINGS, we take a retrospective look at K’s early teachings through the lens of Rom Landau’s God is My Adventure (1935), where the author gives a rather sympathetic and comprehensive view of their development up to that point. While the teachings may not have changed in essence, it took a while before they could be adequately and fully expressed. Although, one suspects, such a thing might be well-nigh impossible, since we are talking about a truth that is inherently ineffable. The question of time is very central to the teachings, but it has not been probed into very much. So we include an article by our old friend Hanns-Peter Trautvetter on this subject as a first invitation to further exploration.
In BOHMIAN PSYCHOLOGY we include an extensive article by David Moody on this topic. This is the title of a much longer piece that Moody kindly agreed to shorten for our publication. In it the author presents a succinct summary of some of the key aspects of Bohm’s understanding of the current structure and functioning of consciousness and suggests that Bohm’s insights, as recorded in the transcripts of his Ojai seminars, deserve a much more extensive and in-depth study.
CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE DIGIAL AGE was a section we introduced last year to accommodate several contributions looking into this area of general concern. This time around we only include a reference to Lyn Lesch’s new book, Towards a Holistic Intelligence, where he proposes that the answer to the deleterious effects of digital technology may lie in the awakening of a deeper quality of intelligence that goes beyond memory and thought.
In the READERS CORNER we include an update from Brazil by our good old friend Marcelo Fiorini, who has been deeply involved in conservation work in the Amazon. This great rain forest is increasingly under threat, as are its native species and inhabitants, with the consequent urgency to protect it, which is best left to the indigenous people who have been its custodians for generations. We also share Michael Krohnen’s ‘Ode to Krishnaji’, in which he expresses his lifelong love for the teacher.
I would like to take this opportunity to invite all of you who are interested in K and the exploration of life in the light of the teachings to share your reflections, investigations and discoveries. This publication is an open forum for that kind of exchange, and it depends for its content on the worldwide network of all those who partake of this same interest. So do feel free to send us your contributions to the ongoing conversation.
May the action of intelligence light the way to harmony, cooperation and peace.
Javier Gómez Rodríguez
Lelystad, October 2022
