Two new short podcasts: “Falling Back Into Love”, and “Love: A Fundamental Quality of Consciousness” http://www.peterrussell.com/TV/audio.php
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Praying 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 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 […]
Continue readingLoving Your True Self
Love your self. It’s a common refrain. One way to interpret this is loving who you are—accepting yourself just as you are, warts and all; having compassion for your shortfalls, while rejoicing in your gifts. Loving ourselves in this way relieves us of much self-judgment and self-criticism. We can also love ourselves at a deeper […]
Continue readingThe Roots of Thinking
Much of our thinking takes the form of self-talk—conversations we have with ourselves, inside our minds. Clearly, the original root of this verbal thinking is speech. Speech gave humans the ability to communicate with each other, share experiences, learn from each other, and amass a collective body of knowledge. Using verbal language within our own […]
Continue readingBehind the Mirror Test for Self-Consciousness
It was recently shown that elephants passed the mirror test for self-consciousness. Along with chimps, orangutans, and dolphins, they recognized that they are seeing themselves in the mirror. However, other animals that may not pass the mirror test in its hard form, i.e. a positive recognizing themselves, do pass a softer form of the test […]
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