Being A Light To Oneself

Four Small Group Discussions, Ojai, USA, 1972 1. Conflict and choice - 29 March 1972 Duration: 95 minutes - What do we mean by learning? - Why is one frightened of the past? - Knowing and looking at oneself. - Can that mess which is me be washed away? - How are you aware of conflict? - Choice and clarity. - Looking without any distortion. 2. A life without measurement - 30 March 1972 Duration: 87 minutes - Human beings have tried everything to be harmonious. - Can we live without concept, ideology and myth? - Comparison and fear. - Can you look at the fact without measurement? - I see in relationship what I am. - Any form of psychological measurement is the beginning of conflict. - When you see the false, what takes place? 3. Direct perception - 31 March 1972 Duration: 92 minutes - One has to be a light to oneself - Mantra yoga. - Physical sensitivity. - In analysis there is division. - The world accepts conflict as a way of life. - The intelligence that comes out of direct perception. - What does it mean to see directly? - The danger of the image. - Does seeing take time? - Is a challenge needed in order to see? 4. Can thought bring about a change in our daily life? - 1 April 1972 Duration: 100 minutes - Can thought bring about a change in our daily life? - Q: Is this an authentic inquiry or is the conclusion already there? - What is the function of thought? - To see something totally thought must be quiet. - Order and sleep. - Thought and security. - Q: Isn't your teaching a system? - Is there a depth that is measureless, from the beginning, not at the end?