Weird that one year on from the 50th Anniversary of Brockwood School, one of many set up in Krishnamurti's name, though the only one in Europe, and a month after camping three days there, tolerated by devotees on the edge of their half-baked quarantine, clearly fearful of .... what? perhaps the school itself, no longer much concerned, as far as parents and pupils are concerned, with K, the Messenger, or even necessarily the still powerful Message, that Truth is a Pathless Land, but attracting students, mostly fee-paying, yearning for the freedom offered, from examinations if they choose, certainly from bullying, since the pastoral care is second to none, and the beautiful surroundings, home-grown food, vegetarian diet, moderate fees, thanks to many volunteers and low paid teachers, who do hold the teachings dear ... oh dear! such a long sentence ... so many commas, and still no full stop!
That's Life ... and in the blog, if the odd full stop occurs, remember language itself is not the Truth, and the Truth itself has no full stop ... maybe ...
After reading lots from K, indeed inspired to go on Pilgrimage, radically, having cleared the decks of all the stuff that wouldn't fit in the rucksack ... and biographies, some say hagiographies, Radha's wonderful book, not only admits the Shadow side of K, including Fear, but clearly reveals that her Mother, Rosalind, and Radha herself, have much to teach the World. .. let her last paragraph speak for itself ... she still lives so there may be more, who knows?:
"To Krinsh I feel grateful for many things. From earliest childhood he taught me to be free from the desperate seeking and searching for respectability and security, for gurus and masters and ideologies. I learned from him that comparisons and labels lead to prejudice and unhappiness, that conformity leads to mediocre imitation, that there can be no freedom where there is guilt or fear. He let me be free from him and taught me not to be afraid to wander in a pathless land."
As you'll see dear reader(s), as a proper writer, she employs full stops ...
The library continues to grow here in Stanhope, now including this heresy to join the shelf of K and Bohm ... K devotees be warned ... you're welcome as you know, and if reading Radha sets you free from dependency, fine ... if it offends you, that's your problem!
A small extension to the cottage is planned, to cater for seekers seeking not just books and DVDs, of K, Bohm, Buddhism, Daoism, Science and Philosophy, in novel form ... but also fellowship in simple comfort, walks in Nature (not separate from us), plain and simple food, some gathered from the woods and hedgerows, no rules except Love one another (and some ways to ease the path, not to constrain!) ... no Teachers, except each other .. or solo, a special opportunity, in Silence, to find yourself and know it ...
If no-one comes? That's fine too ... a downstairs bathroom's always handy as decrepitude beckons remorselessly ... the body rots, consciousness continues on ...
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