Recent Talks
July 25, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) Life is what happens--like when a wild turkey smashes into your windshield on your way to see the doctor, splinters you with glass and total clarity arises to save and direct your life.
July 18, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) I was not born special. None of us are. The path to becoming a human being may lead through a spiritual path or it may not. All that matters is truly being yourself. You are already, and have always been, enough.
July 11, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) There is a path from human being to Being. The human part is hard, demanding, and ultimately impermanent. It doesn't add up. Stepping off the path reveals that you are already there, but only the path can lead you to that. The journey leads nowhere that you haven't always been.
July 4, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) The power and substance of touch in all its metaphorical aspect, being touched physically and emotionally, being in touch physically and spiritually, being in touch with your Self.
June 27, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) "It doesn't matter." It is shocking how many things don't really matter very much, if at all. It is a great blessing to realize that and to live in the ease of knowing what is really important and what is not.
June 20, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) Moods, feelings, emotions. We try to engage them, hide from them, block them or transcend them. But who is relating to them? Figure that out and true wisdom will arrive.
June 13, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) The power of turning your attention to the "other" in your life, reaching out, connecting, and nourishing those who form the circle of your being.
June 6, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) Presence is the great gift of a spiritual life. Absence is the great teacher. Embrace both. Surrender both. That is the essence of your journey in this world.
May 30, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) Astrologers predict the next decade to be filled with the kind of upheaval that accompanied the fall of the Roman Empire and the American Revolution. What does a spiritual seeker do in such times?
May 23, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) "Be still and know that I am God." There are many paths to stillness, our practice being just one. True achievement is not an attainment but awareness of what and whom you have always been. Stop trying to get there. Stillness does not lead somewhere else.
May 16, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)http://www.brucerubin-class.com/Audio/2021/2021-05-02-NY.mp3
(On Zoom) Depression is a common and debilitating emotional state. It is also impermanent. If you feed it or fear it, you will deepen and prolong it. Simply observe it. All things come and go. You are not the thing that arises. Be the Witness.
May 9, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)http://www.brucerubin-class.com/Audio/2021/2021-05-02-NY.mp3
(On Zoom) We all have to leave the nest, those of us who love our mothers and those who don't, mothers must be left behind. Life is impermanent and detachment is essential. But the source of all mothering is not impermanent and worth finding. Dig deep.
May 2, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)http://www.brucerubin-class.com/Audio/2021/2021-05-02-NY.mp3)
(On Zoom) Are we accountable for our lives? Perhaps it is best to err on the side of "yes".
April 25, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) Neem Karoli Baba says, "It is better to see God in everything than try to figure things out." This is a talk about that.
April 11, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) At play and at work in the fields of the Lord. Stop feeling sorry for yourself. Your life is a rich and profound story. Step back and enjoy it.
April 4, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) An Easter sermon. What was Christ thinking about on the cross and what does it teach us about our own mind in the face of bodily pain and death? Not as depressing as it sounds.
March 28, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) What to do when old mythologies and religious dogma give way to a kind of spiritual dementia and leave you with nothing but "what is". Prepare for truth. Prepare for joy. Prepare for not knowing anything. It's waiting for us all.
March 21, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) Spiritual failure. What to do when you don’t measure up, when your life doesn't deliver what you hoped and prayed for.
March 14, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) "Do you have the patience to wait until your mind settles, and the water is clear? Can you remain unmoving until the right action arises by itself?" Lao-Tsu
March 7, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) The inevitability of pain. The amazement of wonder. There is no explaining that does it justice.
2021 TALKS CONTINUED HERE
(On Zoom) Life is what happens--like when a wild turkey smashes into your windshield on your way to see the doctor, splinters you with glass and total clarity arises to save and direct your life.
July 18, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) I was not born special. None of us are. The path to becoming a human being may lead through a spiritual path or it may not. All that matters is truly being yourself. You are already, and have always been, enough.
July 11, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) There is a path from human being to Being. The human part is hard, demanding, and ultimately impermanent. It doesn't add up. Stepping off the path reveals that you are already there, but only the path can lead you to that. The journey leads nowhere that you haven't always been.
July 4, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) The power and substance of touch in all its metaphorical aspect, being touched physically and emotionally, being in touch physically and spiritually, being in touch with your Self.
June 27, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) "It doesn't matter." It is shocking how many things don't really matter very much, if at all. It is a great blessing to realize that and to live in the ease of knowing what is really important and what is not.
June 20, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) Moods, feelings, emotions. We try to engage them, hide from them, block them or transcend them. But who is relating to them? Figure that out and true wisdom will arrive.
June 13, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) The power of turning your attention to the "other" in your life, reaching out, connecting, and nourishing those who form the circle of your being.
June 6, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) Presence is the great gift of a spiritual life. Absence is the great teacher. Embrace both. Surrender both. That is the essence of your journey in this world.
May 30, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) Astrologers predict the next decade to be filled with the kind of upheaval that accompanied the fall of the Roman Empire and the American Revolution. What does a spiritual seeker do in such times?
May 23, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) "Be still and know that I am God." There are many paths to stillness, our practice being just one. True achievement is not an attainment but awareness of what and whom you have always been. Stop trying to get there. Stillness does not lead somewhere else.
May 16, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)http://www.brucerubin-class.com/Audio/2021/2021-05-02-NY.mp3
(On Zoom) Depression is a common and debilitating emotional state. It is also impermanent. If you feed it or fear it, you will deepen and prolong it. Simply observe it. All things come and go. You are not the thing that arises. Be the Witness.
May 9, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)http://www.brucerubin-class.com/Audio/2021/2021-05-02-NY.mp3
(On Zoom) We all have to leave the nest, those of us who love our mothers and those who don't, mothers must be left behind. Life is impermanent and detachment is essential. But the source of all mothering is not impermanent and worth finding. Dig deep.
May 2, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)http://www.brucerubin-class.com/Audio/2021/2021-05-02-NY.mp3)
(On Zoom) Are we accountable for our lives? Perhaps it is best to err on the side of "yes".
April 25, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) Neem Karoli Baba says, "It is better to see God in everything than try to figure things out." This is a talk about that.
April 11, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) At play and at work in the fields of the Lord. Stop feeling sorry for yourself. Your life is a rich and profound story. Step back and enjoy it.
April 4, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) An Easter sermon. What was Christ thinking about on the cross and what does it teach us about our own mind in the face of bodily pain and death? Not as depressing as it sounds.
March 28, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) What to do when old mythologies and religious dogma give way to a kind of spiritual dementia and leave you with nothing but "what is". Prepare for truth. Prepare for joy. Prepare for not knowing anything. It's waiting for us all.
March 21, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) Spiritual failure. What to do when you don’t measure up, when your life doesn't deliver what you hoped and prayed for.
March 14, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) "Do you have the patience to wait until your mind settles, and the water is clear? Can you remain unmoving until the right action arises by itself?" Lao-Tsu
March 7, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) The inevitability of pain. The amazement of wonder. There is no explaining that does it justice.
2021 TALKS CONTINUED HERE