Recent Additions and Changes to this Site
(Most recent at top)
Waiting is not easy, often a bore. But simply waiting—not waiting for any event to happening—can be an enlightening experience.
Ram Dass has passed away. So sad to see such a light go. And so grateful for all he gave the world.
Love is not something we find. It is our natural state of being. We need only remove the blocks to our awareness of its presence.
Video: Why meditation is best without any trying or effort.
I shall be leading a series of monthly online meetings on effortless meditation, with opportunity for questions and group discussion starting Jan 5.
Recording of talk covering my latest thinking on consciousness, non-duality, Self and the nature of awakening.
The "unstruck sound" noticed in deep meditation.
A shorter version of The Evolutionary Explosion (below), focusing more on the central argument.
The story of how we got here and where we are headed, showing how accelerating rates of development lead to a new paradigm of exponential time, and what the future looks like from this perspective.
As we come to rest effortlessly in our own Being, we taste how it feels to be free from worry, anticipation and planning.
I've found this simple practice to have profound effects. It is the quickest way I know to step back from thinking and return to the present moment.
Seeing through the cultural trappings of the world's spiritual traditions, to what lies at their heart. Video
Loving ourselves in the deepest possible way - loving our essential being. Video
How are minds get exhausted and the antidote of resting in the great peace of the natural mind.
Just pause thinking for a moment. Let your attention relax, and notice how it feels to rest in the moment.
On the fiftieth anniversary of The Summer of Love, Peter Russell recounts the social shifts of the time, and the growing interest in spirituality and consciousness leading to the present day.
Video of second half of talk given at Sivananda Ashram. The two talks offer a comprehensive view of my approach to spiritual awakening.
Video of talk at Sivananda Ashram on my approach to meditation with lots of background information on our fundamental motivation and belief.
A collection of short essays on the awakening of consciousness. Topics include the essence of spirituality, the search for happiness, meditation, letting go, the pure self, love, forgiveness, synchronicity, and the nature of consciousness.
Personal reflections on the late Stephen Hawking.
Both audio and video recordings of my 4-part online seminar series are now available to anyone.
Video of talk at SAND Conf, Italy, 2017. Our collective journey of awakening over the last fifty years, coming back to Love.
My ealrly work with first, second and third generation digital computers, and the now extinct analog computer.
A Critique of Kurzweil's recent predictions. Bringing global realism to lofty forecasts of the future.
Excerpt from a video interview, focusing on kindness and the golden rule - treat others as you would like to be treated. Downloadable mp3 also available. There's a new essay on the subject too: Kindness
The root meaning of "sat chit ananda" and its description of the true Self.
Short animated video on how accelerating development is incompatible with a long-term future.
Converted video to mp4 so playable on phones, pads, etc.
Essay exploring how everything we think, experience and know is a modulation of our field of knowing.
Updated page on the night sky to show which planets will be visible through 2017.
What is non-duality? The distinction between the philosophy and the practice? What do we mean by consciousness? What do we mean by "I"? How to let go into our true essence. (20 mins)
By meditating and transcending the ego-mind, we are supporting nature in the most fundamental way possible. And nature returns the favor by supporting us, i.e. through synchronicities..
Opening talk from Conference on Psychedelics and Non-Duality, London, 2016. What is non-duality? What is the essence of mysticism. Can psychedelics lead to true mystical experiences?
We are in the midst of an unprecedented spiritual renaissance, rediscovering in contemporary terms the timeless wisdom of the ages. (Preface for Rupert Spira book.)
Beneath everything we do is the search for greater happiness. But our seeking happiness in the world around can veil the contentment of our natural state of mind.
Consciousness does not identify with anything. What is actually happening is that the attention becomes absorbed in the thought system of the ego.
The emphasis is on "thing". We all experience a sense of personal self, and we also know a sense of I-ness that is always present, that which knows this experience right now. But neither of these senses of self is a thing—an object we can identify and go find.
A common test for self-awareness in an animal is whether it recognizes itself in a mirror. But animals who fail may still have a rudimentary "not-other" awareness—a precursor to full self-awareness.
A new, short, animated video summarizing why consciousness may be fundamental to the cosmos.
Video. We are a magnificent flowering of consciousness, but the side effects of its rapid evolution mean that it only has a short window of time to complete our evolutionary journey.
Opening presentation at Science and NonDuality Conference, Oct 2015, exploring the nature of consciousness, and challenges science has accounting for it.
A new talk, covering several topics I have not spoken on publicly before, given at International Forum on Consciousness, Madison, WI
Its resolution in two complementary states of consciousness - self and no-self.
Why the charging of interest has been banned by most religions, and how it lies behind many of the world's problems. Particularly relevant in today's financial meltdown.
Video of recent talk that covers much of my current thinking on consciousness - and is probably best talk I have given for a while (even though I say so myself).
New recording of this popular audio.
With a non-dual flavor.
A more detailed text version of the talk, concluding that the cosmos is an aware field of being aware of itself, and creating a representation of itself that appears in awareness as material reality.
Video of my presentation at the 2014 Science and NonDuality Conference. A good update to my popular video The Pimacy of Consciousness.
Short video of Peter Russell and Ram Dass discussing love.
In the final analysis, the hope of every person is simply peace of mind. Why then, are we so seldom at peace? Our natural state of mind is already one of ease and contentment. We do not need to go anywhere or do anything to be at peace.
There are many ways in which we are one - from our common origins and common destiny, to our interconnectedness, our intrinsic needs and motivations, our fundamental essence, the universal "I", and the consciousness of the cosmos. Video and audio.
How ego arises from natural mind and how to dissolve it by opening to its felt sense. (From 2012 meditation retreat, Into the Stillness)
Short talk and meditation on the real nature of forgiveness
New video of Eckhart and Peter discussing meditation and how to let go of any resistance or expectation.
I was dumbfounded to find myself listed number 21 amongst the new Watkins list of the "100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People"
A short video (5 mins) that takes you on a stunning visual journey from the night sky out through the Milky Way into the sea of galaxies that lie beyond.
Two excerpts from video shot at Burning Man, 2010 .
My first blog for the Huffington Post, which received considerable praise and attention.
Contrasting Buddha's time with ours. We have it easy and difficult in opposite ways.
"Seek and Ye Shall Find!" In daily life this may be true; but when it comes to finding our own inner essence, the opposite is true.
The paradox that occurs with some non-dual teachings of there being nowhere to get to; you are already there. But how to realize you are already here?
Data—Information—Knowledge—Wisdom. But what is wisdom and how does it fit into this progression?