Talking about captivation designed by experts for a particular purpose, it seems they have no idea what it is doing and what the outcome of it will be....
Reflecting on what is "understanding" as we know it now, it is evident that we have this tendency of knowing something, relating it and confirming it with what...
I think it would be misleading to attempt a comparison between Montessori and Krishnamurti "systems" of education. Krishnamurti never offered any system. He...
We might theoretically know "where we came from", but do we have to stay there forever? We are indeed divided in many ways - but do we have stay that way? We...
Thanks for the information Vineeta. So does anyone have more information to add to this topic, before we summarise it on the website? Clive ... From: Vineeta...
I find the passage below very relevant to several questions that have been posed lately - conditioning a child's mind, what sort of education..., security for...
What sort of education might prepare children to live in this world, with its myriad problems, with the crises piling up, one on top of the other. How to...
What sort of education might prepare children to live in this world, with its myriad problems, with the crises piling up, one on top of the other. How to...
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/2/23/vaccine-companies-investigated-for-manslaughter.aspx This is now from France. Obviously with...
A question which arises is: how to "understand" a thing that is changing all the time? Is that possible? When we learn about science, technology, maths,...
We spend the early days of the year walking through our livesDear Friends, Vanakkam! Greetings from Tamil Nadu, India. if interested in knowing a little about...
Dear Rakshita, You wrote: "Let me put it straight, the bottom line worry that has been bothering me is my daughter making a comfortable living for herself...
Dear Hema (and friends), Vanakkam! Greetings from Tamil Nadu. Am happy someone has taken interest in conserving them... I guess you would have to wait till...
Where in Chennai,Ramjee? And for that matter where in Mumbai? Regards, Hema Gopinathan ... Friends, ... the video of hatchlings "boiling" out of sand, look up...
Great! Thank you for sharing. Here is the website if anyone wants to read more. I am so glad that there is awarenes as then comes the steps towards conserving...
In reply to Satish: Do we really know what it is to live in intelligence? Clearly we do not What it is to be in love (love not as in emotion)? Again, love is...
Clive, I am rather snowed under at this point, but I have asked my wife to look at the mail. She is better informed than I am on this. A quick scan seems to...
As I see, the world has throughout its existence been facing a series of difficulty. man through the ages has attempted to understand and find solutions. That...
Hi Clive, Arvind, Talking of a mind free of knowledge, systems, conditioning, I wonder if it is possible at all for parents to 'pass on' such a mind to their...
I so totally agree, Aparna. Well said. Regards, Hema Gopinathan ... wonder if it is possible at all for parents to 'pass on' such a mind to their children. For...
Hi Pooja, Just Kiddin's great if you want nothing from playschool but for your child to go in and have some fun in a safe, secure, loving environment. They...
Sounds like you are lucky indeed to have found such a place. So is it in Mumbai? Clive ... From: Nisha Bora To: taru_parakh Cc: alternative education ;...
Hi Clive. Yes, Mumbai. Of course, the flip side is that it's made me aware and certain that I cannot send her to regular structured primary school, and that I...
Hi Sonia, In your mail you wrote: “Our task as parents is to provide the child with the sensitivity and the sensibility to take what is relevant.” I would...
Aparna, do we have such a mind that we are able to pass it on to children? Are our minds free of knowledge, of conditioning? I do not think so. Another...
Here is a link to the Krishnamurthy Foundation schools http://www.kfionline.org/schools/index.asp The one in Bangalore, The Valley School, is in south...
I have enjoyed the current conversations about how we as human parents can help our children learn and travel a path in the world. This is reminding me of...
We spend the early days of the year walking through our livesDear Friends, Vanakkam! Greetings from Centre for Environment Education, Tamil Nadu, India. I've...