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May 2002
CONTENTS:-
1) KANZ Newsletter #36: Front page including an excerpt from "Questions and
Answers" by Krishnamurti
2) KANZ Newsletter #36: The Krishnamurti Association in New Zealand
3) KANZ Newsletter #36: Contacts
4) KANZ Newsletter #36: Gatherings
5) KANZ Newsletter #36: Archives
6) KANZ Newsletter #36: Donations
7) KANZ Newsletter #36: South Island study gathering / retreat 2001
8) KANZ Newsletter #36: Rishi Valley Education Centre
9) KANZ Newsletter #36: Urgent appeal
10) KANZ Newsletter #36: Study gathering / retreat 2002
1) KANZ Newsletter #36: Front page including an excerpt from "Questions and
Answers" by Krishnamurti
KANZ Newsletter 36 - Autumn 2002 - Free
Krishnamurti Association in New Zealand
P O Box 3057, Ohope, Whakatane 3085
Violence
Question: How can we take responsibility for what is happening in the world
while continuing to function in our daily life? What is right action with regard
to violence and when faced with violence?
Is that which is happening in the world outside different from that which is
happening inside? In the world there is violence, extraordinary turmoil, crisis
after crisis. There are wars, division of nationalities, religious differences,
racial and communal differences, one set of systematized concepts against
another. Is that different from what is going on inside us?
We are also violent, we are also full of vanity, terribly dishonest, putting on
different masks for different occasions.
So it is one movement like the tide going out and the tide coming in. We human
beings have created what is going on outside and that cannot possibly be changed
unless we human beings change. That is the root of it. We want to do something
in the world, have better institutions, better governments etc, but we never say
we have created that. Unless we change, that cannot change.
After the millions of years we have lived, we are just the same. We have not
changed fundamentally and we continue to create havoc in the world.
The fact is, one is the world; not as an idea but actually. Do you see the
difference between the idea and the actuality? One has heard the statement that
one is the world and one makes an idea, an abstraction of it. And then one
discusses the idea, whether it is true, or false and one has lost it. But the
fact is, one is the world; it is so.
So one is responsible for changing it. That means, one is responsible,
completely, for the way one lives one's daily life. Not try to modify the chaos
that is going on, decorate it or join this group or that group or institution,
but as a human being, who is the world, go through a radical transformation
oneself; otherwise there can be no good society.
Most of us find it difficult to change, to give up smoking, for example. There
are institutions that will help one not to smoke! See how one depends on
institutions. So, can one find out why one does not change, why one does not,
when one sees something wrong -- 'wrong' in quotes -- end it, immediately? Is
it that one hopes that somebody else will bring order in the world and then one
can just slip into it? Is it that we are indolent, psychologically lazy,
ineffectual?
How many years one spends in acquiring certain techniques, going through high
school, college, university, becoming a doctor, yet one will not spend a day to
bring about a change in oneself.
So one's responsibility is to bring about a radical change in oneself, because
one is the rest of humanity.
The next question is: What is right action with regard to violence and when
faced with violence? Violence is anger, hatred, conformity, imitation,
obedience. The denial of all that is the opposite of that. Is it possible to be
free of the violence that is part of one's life, inherited, probably from the
animal -- not relatively free, but completely free? That means to be free of
anger; it means, not only to be free of anger, but to have no anger in the mind.
Or, to be free of conformity -- not outward conformity, but
conformity through comparison. One is always comparing, psychologically -- I
was, I will be, or I am, something. A mind which is always comparing, judging,
is aggressive. If the mind is free from imitation, conformity and comparison
then from that there is right action.
Can the mind be absolutely free of all violence? If it is, then when it meets
violence, what is its response? If one meets violence, face to face, what is the
action that takes place? Can one judge what one is going to do when one meets
it? The brain when faced with violence, undergoes a rapid chemical change; it
reacts much quicker than the blow. One's whole body reacts and there is
immediate response; one may not hit back, but the very presence of anger or
hatred causes this response and there is action.
In the presence of a person who is angry see what takes place if one is aware of
it and does not respond. The moment one is aware of the other person's anger and
one does not react oneself, there is quite a different response. One's instinct
is to respond to hatred by hate, to anger by anger, there is the welling up
chemically which creates in the system the nervous reactions; but quieten all
this in the presence of anger, and a different action takes place.
Excerpt from Questions and Answers by J. Krishnamurti (1982)
2) KANZ Newsletter #36: The Krishnamurti Association in New Zealand
The Krishnamurti Association in New Zealand is a registered charity, providing
information and services relating to the teachings of Jiddu Krishnamurti
(1895-1986).
The main activities of the Asssociation are: arranging study
gatherings/retreats, keeping a library of video available for hire, keeping a
library of books for lending, distributing the bulletin published by the
Krishnamurti Foundation Trust in the UK, and publishing this newsletter. The
Association has no members, and the Trustees are responsible for its main
activities and, more generally, for disseminating Krishnamurti's teachings
The Trustees of the Association are Warwick Bradshaw, Carol Galvin, Arcot
Somashekar, Keith Symonds, Plonia Krikke and Kyoko Giebel.
Please address all correspondence to: Warwick Bradshaw, KANZ Administrator, PO
Box 3057, Ohope, Whakatane 3085; phone: (07) 312 4860; fax: (07) 312 4861.
3) KANZ Newsletter #36: Contacts
Contact people throughout New Zealand provide information on activities in their
area, which usually take the form of video showings or small group dialogues.
Auckland: Warren Snow....(09) 443 7276
Auckland: Colin Watson....(09) 627 9278
Auckland: Sreejith Soman....(09) 278 1323
Coromandel Peninsula: Dan Hansen....(07) 866 3848
Hamilton: Jane Evans....(07) 856 6523
Whakatane: Warwick Bradshaw....(07) 312 4860
Hawkes Bay: Keith Symonds....(06) 875 0180
New Plymouth: Carol Galvin....(06) 759 1700
Palmerston North: Peter W French....(06) 357 5967
Wellington: Glenn Muir....(04) 972 3598
Nelson: Ulla Schneider....(03) 548 9375
Christchurch: Paul and Pauline Matsis....(03) 385 9461
Banks Peninsula: Kyoko Giebel....(03) 329 4789
4) KANZ Newsletter #36: Gatherings
Trustees are considering holding nationwide gatherings in the North Island and
the South Island in alternate years. However, this does not preclude other
gatherings being held on a regional basis. If anyone is interested in
co-ordinating a gathering or has suggestions for suitable venues, etc., please
do not hesitate to contact the Trustees.
5) KANZ Newsletter #36: Archives
Those who have any information relating to Krishnamurti's visit to New Zealand
in 1934 are asked to contact the Administrator.
6) KANZ Newsletter #36: Donations
The response to the appeal for donations has been good. We currently produce
approximately 700 copies of the newsletter. However, to ensure the continuation
of this and other activities, we rely on ongoing donations.
7) KANZ Newsletter #36: South Island study gathering / retreat 2001
The study gathering/retreat held at Raincliffs Station in South Canterbury from
19-23 October 2001 went well with 15 participants, including two from overseas,
Gabriele Blackburn from Ojai and Ingram Smith from Sydney. We are grateful to
these two in particular, who travelled long distances to take part. All
participants felt that it was a very worthwhile gathering.
8) KANZ Newsletter #36: Rishi Valley Education Centre
Some time ago, KANZ created a fund to provide a travel scholarship to help NZ
students who wished to study at Brockwood Park School in the UK.
Unfortunately donations to the fund were insufficient to meet our goal, and it
remained at the sum of $800 for several years.
Early last year, the Trustees discussed the best way to use this money, and
decided to use it to assist some project inspired by Krishnamurti's teachings. A
total sum of $1,000 was donated to the Rishi Valley Education Centre in India.
Although all Krishnamurti schools, not only in India but also in the UK and
America, are in dire need of funds, we chose Rishi Valley Education Centre
because it manages Rishi Valley School, which is the oldest Krishnamurti school
in the world, having been founded in 1931. It is an English-medium
co-educational boarding school with about 350 students aged 8 to 17.
RVEC consists of Rishi Valley School, a Study Centre for those interested in
studying Krishnamurti's teachings, a Dairy to supply milk to the school, 358
acres of estate, and a Rural School under which 17 satellite schools have been
created so far in the surrounding villages to educate poor villagers and their
children.
Currently initiatives are underway to cultivate traditional medicinal herbs and
distribute herbal medicines in a community health programme. Scholarships are
available for some students of Rishi Valley School and for Rural School students
to attend college. An eye-care centre was recently established, and other
projects include rural women's medical needs and nutrition for children and the
aged.
9) KANZ Newsletter #36: Urgent appeal
The Krishnamurti Association in New Zealand urgently requires the services of
the following persons.
Publisher: main duties include publishing, printing, and mailing the newsletter.
It is vital that the Association has a publisher who is committed to this job,
for otherwise approximately $500 will be incurred in publication costs.
Archivist: main duties include sorting out old and new information, material and
records relating to the activities of the Association or other
Krishnamurti-related organisations or individuals.
Anyone who feels able to fill either of these positions is asked to contact the
Administrator.
10) KANZ Newsletter #36: Study gathering / retreat 2002
KANZ will host a North Island study gathering/retreat at the Quaker Settlement
in Wanganui from the afternoon of Friday 5 July to the afternoon of Monday 8
July 2002. The Settlement is set in 20 acres of farm and forest on the outskirts
of Wanganui. It is 5 minutes by car from town and is noted for its quiet and
peaceful atmosphere. To get to the Settlement (76 Virginia Road; ph: 06 347
7409) from the south, proceed towards New Plymouth on State Highway 3 and turn
right into Virginia Road about 2 km after Virginia Lake.
Participation in the study gathering/retreat is open to anyone interested in
inquiring into Krishnamurti's teachings either alone or with others. A
comprehensive library of Krishnamurti books and tapes (audio and video) will be
available.
Unlike previous gatherings/retreats, all food is to be catered for this time,
and the following price list includes accommodation, meals, and the usage of the
Commonroom.
Units (5): Single usage....$62/day
Twin share....$52/day/person
Each unit has an ensuite supplied with tea/coffee-making facilities and linen.
One unit is set up for disabled access.
Sleeping house....$43/day/person
Mix of small cabins, bunk-room and marae-style. Mattresses and pillows supplied,
but one needs to bring bedding, pillow slips and towels.
Camping:
Caravan....$35/day/person
Tent....$31/day/person
Please confirm your booking by 6 June 2002 with a non-refundable deposit of
NZ$30 to KANZ, P O Box 3057, Ohope, Whakatane 3085, New Zealand. For inquiries,
please contact Warwick Bradshaw, phone: +64 07 312 4860; fax: +64 07 312 4861.
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