It is commonly assumed that modern languages evolved from grunts and groans into the complex forms we know today. Over the eons, vocabulary expanded and grammatical structures became increasingly more organized. Yet the history of modern language points towards the very opposite. The complex grammatical structure of language tends to decays over time. English is […]
Continue readingThe Self – video
New cool video created by deaddrum1, sampling audio by Peter Russell on the Self. with added music and images.
Continue readingTouching Essence
Letting go of the obstacles to knowing our true nature. Talk at Unity of Davis, Sept 2011. Listen to mp3
Continue readingForgiveness Meditation
I was asked to create this for the 10-yr remembrance of 9/11. But it is also valid for forgiveness in general. Listen on Meditation page
Continue readingWhy We Fall in Love with Beauty
Beauty is to perception as love is to feeling. Beauty is the heaven of perception. That deep aesthetic appreciation that stirs the soul. And love is the heaven of feeling. That profound sense of connection that enthuses our being. Both are reflections of our true nature. Qualities of our essence. The perception of beauty resonates […]
Continue readingTwo New Videos
Here are a couple of talks from my April 2011 workshop at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, Exploring the Mystery of Consciousness. I’ve turned them into videos with gentle images of water. Buddha, Dukkha, and The Journey to Now This looks at the parallels between Buddha’s spiritual journey and our own. I describe how the […]
Continue readingDoes Our Brain Really Create Consciusness?
[Originally published as a Huffington Post blog – 06/ 9/11] Western science has had remarkable success in explaining the functioning of the material world, but when it comes to the inner world of the mind, it has very little to say. And when it comes to consciousness itself, science falls curiously silent. There is nothing […]
Continue readingThe Easiest of Times; The Hardest of Times
Buddha had it easy. He was not distracted by television, the internet, news of disasters in foreign lands, or the latest shenanigans of stars and politicians. He did not need to return phone calls, respond to the emails piling up in his inbox, or catch up with the latest tweets and Facebook postings. He did […]
Continue readingHow do I pray?
Someone recently asked: How do I pray? I answered: I pray not for divine intervention in the world around, but for divine intervention in my mind, for therein lies the root of my discontent. We usually think of prayer as an appeal to God, or some other spiritual entity, to change the world in some […]
Continue readingThe Divine Play
I wrote this on my return from India in 1970. It is the first piece I ever had published. I recently came across it in some old files, so I have posted it on my site as archive material. I’d probably polish the words a bit now, but otherwise I still like it. http://www.peterrussell.com/Odds/divineplay.php
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