Exploring the proposal that thought is the source of our difficulties
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Bohm-Krishnamurti Group
What?
The Thought Knowledge Perception Institute is creating an Edmonton Bohm-Krishnamurti group.
Why?
The purpose of the group would be to explore the teachings of Bohm and Krishnamurti, as well as to set up a Bohm Dialogue group.
When and Where?
Location and time to be announced (this group will be hosted in Edmonton, Alberta). It will depend on the numbers we get. If you're interested in participating in an Edmonton Bohm-Krishnamurti group then please contact us or join the Edmonton area of our discussion forum.
About Bohm and Krishnamurti
David Bohm and Jiddu Krishnamurti cannot be summarized briefly. With great depth they explored humanity's difficulties and the proposals they made are unlike anything else. The first and most fundamental difference is that both these men deeply questioned the role of thought in addressing our difficulties. With virtually all of our pursuits we take the use of thought for granted as both useful and appropriate. In addressing humanity's difficulties we start with thought. But thought is the very thing that brought about these difficulties, and then it tries to resolve them. The obvious solution is to not create the difficulties in the first place. Not creating the difficulties however requires direct perception of thought and all of its activities and movements. This is where Bohm and Krishnamurti provide guidance that we have rarely received elsewhere. The point is not to provide a new plan, a new group or organization, or some system we can use to address the current conflicts and crises we are facing. Rather, we are being asked to see what is actually going on -- we are being asked to stop, slow down, and look at what is actually happening. In the understanding of what is actually happening something else starts to begin.
What will this group do?
Part of what this group will do is explore the teaching of David Bohm and Jiddu Krishnamurti. Their teachings are subtle and enormously vast -- and their most important teaching is to understand ourselves directly, without any knowledge, reliance on second hand sources, or utilizing authorities. Thus we are faced with a task that takes everything we have. Going into these teachings requries a significant interest in them, otherwise little will come of the whole endeavour.
What is Bohm Dialogue?
Another thing this group will do is participate in Bohm Dialogue. Bohm Dialogue is also hard to describe briefly as it's a way of participating together that is very unfamiliar. Bohm Dialogue is not primarily about communication because if we just started to communicate we would take for granted the numerous things we need to question, investigate, and have direction perceptions and insights into. Bohm Dialogue is about having direct, concrete perceptions of the collective movement of thought and exploring how thought moves, is generated, and stored. Bohm dialogue allows us to start to dissolve the incoherent structures in thought so that creativity and intelligence may be liberated and so that a new kind of shared meaning can take place.
The Short Version of the Story
If you are already familiar with David Bohm, Jiddu Krishnamurti, and Bohm Dialogue, then it will be clear what we are trying to do. However, if you are new to David Bohm and Jiddu Krishnamurti then this page should be be confusing; please visit our Start Here for the Basic Proposals About Thought page for more information about Bohm and Krishnamurti's teachings. For more information on dialogue visit our Bohm Dialogue page.