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'The Divided Brain' - by Iain McGilchrist RSA animation version

‘The Divided Brain’ – by Iain McGilchrist RSA animation version

YouTube NOTES Uploaded on 21 Oct 2011 In this new RSA Animate, renowned psychiatrist and writer Iain McGilchrist explains how our ‘divided brain’ has profoundly altered human behaviour, culture and society. Taken from a lecture given by Iain McGilchrist as part of the RSA’s free public events programme. To view the full lecture, go…

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Is your spirituality speaking the unspeakable, scruting the inscrutable & effing the ineffable? Spiritual experiences, at least those that might be classed as transcendent or mystical, are frustratingly hard to capture in words.

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Beautiful Hindu chant and video

Beautiful Hindu chant and video

In English the words chanted say; 1: I am not the mind, the intellect, the ego or the memory, I am not the ears, the skin, the nose or the eyes, I am not space, not earth, not fire, water or wind, I am the form of consciousness and bliss, I am the eternal Shiva… 2: I am not the breath, nor the five elements, I am not matter, nor the 5 sheaths of consciousness Nor am I the speech, the hands, or…

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Is "Go home and make peace with your parents" the same as "It's never too late to have a happy childhood"?

Is “Go home and make peace with your parents” the same as “It’s never too late to have a happy childhood”?

Friends introduced me to a healing insight illuminating the second half of this post’s title. The insight, about parents, is – ‘s/he did the best s/he could, given the hand that life dealt them’. Only then did I start to feel love for my parents. The love didn’t fully flower until they had moved on to the next world – and I never sufficiently developed the care I wish I could have given them. No…

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Check out wonderful post by Miriam Louisa Simons The Alchemy of Creativity

Check out wonderful post by Miriam Louisa Simons The Alchemy of Creativity

Wonderful post by THE ALCHEMY OF CREATIVITY by MIRIAM LOUISA SIMONS HERE

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Francis Lucille: “What We Are Speaks More Loudly Than What We See”

Francis Lucille: “What We Are Speaks More Loudly Than What We See”

Francis Lucille was (is?) Rupert Spira’s teacher; YouTube Notes: Interview with the spiritual teacher of the tradition of Advaita Vedanta (non-duality) Francis Lucille for Buddha at the Gas Pump. In this conversation, amongst other things, we explore the intellectual understanding of enlightenment, how our neglected bodies change…

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How do you get to be the US President’s official photographer?

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All are blessed; all are blessed. Is this one? Is this two?

All are blessed; all are blessed. Is this one? Is this two?

If you don’t know the wonderful Poetry Chaikhana Blog here is one of their posts; Wu Men Hui-k’ai – Moon and clouds are the same Moon and clouds are the same by Wu Men Hui-k’ai – English version by Stephen Mitchell Published by Ivan M. Granger under Poetry Moon and clouds are the same; mountain and valley are different. All are blessed; all are blessed. Is this one? Is this two? — from The…

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What can help you to be aware that you are aware? The cobra-like Rupert Spira Rupert Spira is a master in several ways e.g. he is a master potter/ceramicist. We often evade simplicity - and throw dust up in our own heart-minds that prevents us from the simplicity of Being and life as-it-is.

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The three powers of the human spirit

The three powers of the human spirit

The light of the soul can be experienced as white light.  Its three primary powers are Caring, Creativity & Criticality.  They are what distinguish us human. In the traditional sections of learning, these inner powers correspond to the Humanities, the Arts & the Sciences (and other Criticality areas e.g. Critical Studies in Literature) The three powers correspond to threes forms of knowledge and…

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Street photography and inter-spirituality 1

I love street photography passionately.  For me it is the supreme form of photography.  It has so many parallels with spirituality.  Gifts of photographs come unbidden, unarranged, unconstructed, as does Grace to the humble devotee. You need to be ready – especially in street photography – because the photograph takes form in a fraction of a second and has moved on in the next fraction. It is…

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Thank you for this....

Thank you for this….

Thought for the Day For those who wish to climb the mountain of spiritual awareness, the path is selfless work. For those who have attained the summit of union with the Lord, the path is stillness and peace.    – BHAGAVAD GITA Receiving inspiring thoughts from a range of the world’s great wisdom traditions is a delight.  I received this teaching from Eknath Easwaran – SOURCE      

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Ken Wilber's integral essay 'A Revolutionary Spirituality'

Ken Wilber’s integral essay ‘A Revolutionary Spirituality’

I teach because it is the best way to learn – together the two are the in-breath & the out-breath of transformation.  I turn to many great teachers  for inspiration and healing, among them a giant of our time Ken Wilber. Ken Wilber has written several pieces on spirituality as existing in two dimensions. The most recent is; ‘A REVOLUTIONARY SPIRITUALITY’ – SEE BELOW for Sources The essay ends…

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There is such joy in profundity expressed in simplicity

There is such joy in profundity expressed in simplicity

“The knowing of our own being is infinite awareness.” – Rupert Spira

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“Understanding is the booby prize.” - Werner Erhard

“Understanding is the booby prize.” – Werner Erhard

I heard this yesterday; “Understanding is the booby prize.”  – EST founder Werner Erhard. I thought it sound at first but then I pondered it bit further. Perhaps instead it should say; “Knowing as possession of only theory is the booby prize.” What do you think?

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"The Soul doesn't love...." Patanjali - Quoted by George Harrison on his final album

“The Soul doesn’t love….” Patanjali – Quoted by George Harrison on his final album

The soul doesn’t love; It is love itself.   The Soul doesn’t know. It is Knowledge  itself;   The Soul doesn’t exist, It is existence itself.   Patanjali – Quoted by George Harrison on his final album Patanjali – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patanjali

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