“TRUTH IS A PATHLESS LAND” October 9, 10, 11, 2009

On August 3, 1929 J. Krishnamurti delivered a speech to several thousand Theosophists at Ommen, Holland and dissolved the Order of the Star in the East. This was the culmination of his seventeen years of apprenticeship as the ‘World Teacher’. More than a declaration of independence from organized spirituality the speech was a very important manifest for all humanity to strike out for freedom from belief, freedom from traditional religion and a call for choiceless freedom to think for oneself.

In this the 80th anniversary year of that speech KFA is holding a public narration of the speech and an in-depth study dialogue on its meaning. The challenge was then and is to this day how does one understand something beyond conceptual awareness? The same inspiration that moved Krishnamurti must arouse the listener today so both are reading from the same page. That page was in the heart and mind of the speaker and now must be in the listener of today. “Truth Is a Pathless Land” will be read over a three day period by a small group and studied without recourse to intellectual and interpretative understanding. Please, join us and as we explore what it means to listen and understand deeply.

What You Can Expect

This dialogue will attempt something different in the way of dialogue and study of Krishnamurti.

Dialogue is of itself not an easy practice because of the accumulated experiences we have had with it and the expectations we bring for it to provide insight, clarity, and even enlightenment. The more committed to dialogue we are, and the more we use dialogue as a process, the less we are able to really understand something profoundly because the method of dialogue supercedes understanding. Applying dialogic approaches, and reading Krishnamurti texts, and watching him speak on DVDs help to put us in the frame of mind to inquire and will provide the language to open up a topic or area of inquiry that is outside our normal vernacular. But in these cases the quality of the inquiry [dialogue], looking [reading], and listening [hearing] makes all the difference. Comparative study remains intellectual even though it does improve cognitive skill. But insight does not come through analytical or comparative thought. It seems so deceptively simple, so close to us already; the looking, the listening, and the learning.

So, how can we listen and look with our hearts and not our heads? How can we internally ‘see’ what the author or speaker is attempting to uncover? A quick way to get a sense of this is to feel the difference between listening to music with our minds verses with our whole being. Perhaps you are a good listener of music and your body knows the beauty or truth of sound. If we read or hear words can our whole body know the beauty or truth of what is being said? Can we suspend thought? Making that change from simply hearing and seeing to understanding, what is whole-body or deeply understood, is what the two autumn dialogues will attempt.

The primary study material for the dialogues will be the Truth is a Pathless Land speech, delivered by Krishnamurti on August 3, 1929 in Ommen, Holland. This year is the 80th anniversary of that important talk.

Friday, October 9, 2009
· Tea and getting acquainted, 4:30 pm
· DVD showing of Krishnamurti speaking in in Holland in 1929
· Buffet Dinner, 6:00pm
· Evening Reading / Dialogue 7:15– 8:30pm

Saturday, October 10, 2009
· Retreat Breakfast, 8:00-9:00am
· Morning Reading / Dialogue 9:15-12:00pm
· Box Lunch, 12:30pm
· Afternoon Reading / dialogue 2:30pm
· Evening Reading / Dialogue 7:15– 8:30pm

Sunday, October 11, 2009
· Retreat Breakfast, 8:00-9:00am
· Reading / Dialogue 9:15-12:00pm
· Box Lunch, 12:30pm

Cost: $125.00

Note: All meals are vegetarian. Study materials will be sent in advance.
Accommodation not included in price, book online at www.PepperTreeRetreat.com.

Learn more about Krishnamurti, check out the video section.