Being A Light To Oneself : Four Small Group Discussions Ojai USA 1972

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?