Alan Watts discusses the teachings and philosophy of buddhism. Many of these teachings have todo with attachment to reality and suffering. He illustrates an understanding which outlines how our “grip” on our experience is squeezing the life out of it. Our attachment and belief in this life as permanent is setting us up for a big disappointment and a lot of suffering along the way.
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Whilst living close to Chithurst Buddhist Monastery in Sussex, Dr. Thomas Daffern was asked to explain what Tantra is and gave this impromptu exposition of his understanding of the subject based on many years studying and practising esoteric philosophy. It should be of interest to all those who are interested in spirituality, philosophy, Buddhism, Tantra, [...]
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Alan Watts, Western Philosopher schooled in Eastern Buddhist practices discusses and illustrates his perspective of god. He dissects the common perspective and conception of god as the idolizing of a thing. This thought, he insists in a clinging or attachment to the idea based entirely in fear. Fear that there is no god and so one has to define it in rigid terms to ensure it will always be where you left it. The realization that our attachment to the concept as ‘a thing’ is the first step in a respectful destruction of the idol. Instead we can realize that without fear based attachment our love and faith can define the higher power in broader terms. The source of all creation is all creation and we are it and it is all of us. So in this way you don’t have to pray to a god or worship a god, your life is a worship your every breath is the source.
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Alan discusses the experience of coming into life as a human being. This examination and direction in thought examines natural and cultural conditioning we experience as our environment to experience ourselves as separate from all other things. He puts forth some thoughts which allude to ways in which we may be able to escape the paradigm [...]
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Santos Bonacci paints a picture of the universe in harmony with ourselves. The very fabric of time and space interacting on cosmic and microcosmic levels to create the reality we know.
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True non-attachment is an intimacy with life. Buddhist teacher and yogi Michael Stone shares his perspective on how to live an engaged life.
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Father Sean’s talk on Lucid Dreaming during the COJ Exploration Series on May 10, 2012. Outline: The Dream Maker Self Other The Dream Figures Preparation for Lucid Dreaming Remote Proximate How to Dream Lucidly Reality Checks Maintaining Lucidity The Stages of Lucid Dreaming Applications of Lucid Dreaming Psychological Nightmares Special Applications of Lucid Dreaming Precognition [...]
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Michael Stone answers questions about yoga, buddhism and life. Some mis-conceptions of the practice and new ways of thinking about serving ourselves, families and communities. He also offers some suggestions to using yoga as a practice of awakening ourselves to our lives.
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For anyone who is interested in Gnosis or Kabbalah, I would recommend watching Sex: The Secret Gate to Eden. The root of the Gnostic teachings are explained and summarized in enough detail to inspire further research.
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Twenty-two Arcana of Tarot and Kabbalah A series of free audio lectures orginally presented live on GnosticRadio.org. This free online course is a thorough exploration of the universal principles contained in the twenty-two arcana of the Tarot, the Hebrew letters, and the Kabbalah. The Tree of Life is the spinal medulla. This Tree of Wisdom [...]
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