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?