Two new short podcasts: “Falling Back Into Love”, and “Love: A Fundamental Quality of Consciousness” http://www.peterrussell.com/TV/audio.php
Continue readingPraying for Peace – A Different Take
Each of us would rather experience peace than suffering. One reason we do not experience as much peace as we would like is the result of how we see things, the interpretations we put on our experience. If we see things through the eyes of fear and anxiety, caught in judgement or frustration, wishing things […]
Continue readingForgiveness – Seeing the World Differently
The conventional understanding of forgiveness is of some absolution or pardon: “I know you did wrong, but I’ll overlook it this time.†But the original meaning of forgiveness is very different. The ancient Greek word for forgiveness is aphesis, meaning “to let go.†When we forgive others we let go of the judgments we may […]
Continue readingThe Connection Between All Beings
New podcast. Life throughout the universe, evolving in consciousness. ETs. Whales. Song as a universal medium. http://www.peterrussell.com/TV/audio.php
Continue readingReturn to Natural Mind
New article on website, written as chapter for new book The View Seeking a better state of mind… Getting lost in Samsara… The Clinging Mind… Letting Go. http://www.peterrussell.com/SP/NaturalMind.php
Continue readingThe Wake-Up Call
The ancient Chinese symbol for crisis, wei-chi, combines two elements: danger and opportunity. The danger is that if one continues to pursue approaches that are no longer working, then disaster is imminent. The opportunity is to let go of the old patterns and find new ways of being that unleash new, and possibly unforeseen, potentials. […]
Continue readingRunning Dry
California. They call it the Golden state. The IT capital of the world. Were it a nation it would be the seventh most prosperous in the world. But all that may be about to change. Few will have failed to notice that the winter rains were down—again. Reservoirs are below 50% capacity. This time last […]
Continue readingA Meditation for Air Travellers
Airplanes would be an ideal place to meditate—nothing to do, lots of spare time to relax—except for one thing; all the noise and bustle going on around you. In that respect, an airplane might seem the worst place to meditate. To make meditating in a plane both easy and enjoyable I have recorded a basic […]
Continue readingSwim with whales – Tahiti – Sept 2009
Come swim with humpback whales and their new calves in the pristine clear waters of Polynesia. Each year, from July to October, South Pacific humpback whales come to this spot to give birth. September is the best month to be with them, when the new calves are old enough to venture close. Each day, we […]
Continue readingWaiting Is
“Waiting Is”—a phrase immortalized in Robert Heinlein’s celebrated sci-fi novel Stranger in a Strange Land. For most of us waiting is not easy, often a bore. Waiting for a bus or train, we look for something to do to pass the time. Sitting in a doctor’s waiting room, we idle away the minutes thumbing through […]
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