Gaia: Pathless Land: A Krishnamurti Community - Book Study - The Wholeness of Life

Re: The Wholeness of Life

http://onthetrail.gaia.com — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 01:41:56 GMT

Bjorn,

Good to see you here! I'm looking forward to discussing K with you. I'm kinda busy over the next few days but will delve into the subject matter soon!

Frans

Re: The Wholeness of Life

http://brucealderman.gaia.com — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:42:35 GMT

Hi, Bjorn,

Welcome to the pod. I think it's interesting that you mention The Wholeness of Life today -- I was just looking at that book last night, after years of not having picked it up. I was skimming through it and recalling what a good, inspiring, challenging book it was for me when I first read it.

I also discovered Krishnamurti about the same time you did -- and had the same reaction! I thought I must be unlucky, since I had also really wanted to meet Thomas Merton several years before, and had been disappointed to hear he'd already passed away (though this time not so closely in time).

As you know, I have not felt the same resonance with Andrew Cohen as I did with K or some other teachers, but I do agree that he is going forward in a similar spirit -- cutting free from dependency on the past, diving into the open-ended now.

Best wishes,

Balder

The Wholeness of Life

http://universalaikidojo.gaia.com — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:49:25 GMT

My favorite Krishnamurti book is The Wholeness of Life. I read it early on in my seeking days and it touched me like nothing had done before. I felt that this was the direction I needed to go. For years Krishnamurti stayed with me as an voice of inspiration. I had just started to read Krishnamurti as I went to Asia for the first time in 1986 and found out that he had died that year. Just my luck I thought.
Later when I met Andrew Cohen in 1991 I learned that he had started his teaching in 1986, so I thought that was a nice co-incidence. (Andrew had himself been touched by Krishnamurti many years before in Saanen Switzerland while at a seminar there).

For me, Andrew has been taking Krishnamurtis teaching further thanks to his engagement in community and continue to push our understanding as to what freedom implies and means.

Bjorn