Recent Talks
Click on the links below to watch on YouTube or listen to the audio.
February 23, 2020 Los Angeles, CA (watch, listen)
Meditation is a practice. But a practice for what? Rudi called it a life’s work. What is the goal? What is the purpose of this lifetime of practice? No one can answer that for you. In the end, it is all up to you. Good luck with your practice.
February 16, 2020 Oakland, CA (watch, listen)
The path to God is God. We are training to see God, to witness what is always Present and always Transcendent and the same time. Practice and work are essential. I encourage and implore you to try.w.
February 9, 2020 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
Rudi often referred to the Guys Upstairs, as though they were higher beings watching over us and guiding the show on earth. I refer to them in the same way. To me God is plural as well as singular and one way or another we are being watched over, guided and being held accountable for our actions.
February 2, 2020 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
I took an unexpected psychedelic journey this past Friday, taking CBD oil unknowingly laced with THC. The Universe told me that I was dying and to let go. My blood pressure hit 190/95. I felt blindsided by death, as many people are, but I took a deep sad breath and said yes.
January 26, 2020 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
Rudi always called out practice, The Work. That is because our experience of the world is not passive, it requires action to maintain and expand our physical and spiritual lives. Unused muscle atrophies. It is essential to actively sustain your inner life.
January 12, 2020 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
A farewell to Beau Buchanan, one of Rudi's most devoted students and the pilot of the plane that killed Rudi when it crashed 46 years ago. Beau had a stroke on Friday and is being disconnected from life support today. Send love.
January 5, 2020 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
We are at an existential tipping point in our world, socially, politically, culturally, environmentally. Harmony and balance can only be found in the silent still center or our being. Meditation is the path to that center.
December 29, 2019 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
Remembering Ram Das and BE HERE NOW.
December 22, 2019 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
We are all impacted by our old stuff, historical, emotional, interpersonal, stuff that we've never outgrown, that has never gone away. It is not going anywhere and we better figure out how to deal with it.
December 15, 2019 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
The true joy of spiritual Being should not serve as a replacement for the joy of day to day life, of simply being alive. They are part and parcel of the same Truth and you cannot have one without the other.
December 8, 2019 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
Most of us do not have the will or inclination to sit under the Bodhi tree until enlightenment occurs. But, in many ways, the tree of life is the Bodhi tree and you are already under it. Just sit long enough to remember where you are.
November 24, 2019 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
There are always reasons not to do the hard thing in front of you. Overcoming the ego mind and its resistance to fear and discomfort is the journey of our lives. Discipline and will power are helpful but spiritual Inspiration is key. Dig deep and you will find it.
November 17, 2019 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
I dreamed I was being attacked by bees but somehow, I was not being stung. Instead the bees were swarming inside me and I realized that I was the hive itself, the very source of honey. Let go of fear and judgment and discover the truth of who you are.
November 10, 2019 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
The ego mind is defined by its reactivity to stimuli, desiring some things, fearing others. It is pre-programmed by our DNA and runs our lives. Instructions for breaking free are inside us. We must de-activate the reactor.
October 27, 2019 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
There is a common lament among spiritual seekers that they haven't gotten there yet. The simple truth is that the only place to get to is "here" and you’ve never been anywhere else.
October 20, 2019 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
We do not so much evolve into a state of grace as realize that it has always been there. It is our ego minded self-striving that is blind to it. Let go and see who You truly are.
October 13, 2019 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
Our trip to Europe proved to be a dramatic farewell to Old World mythologies and our bearing witness to the new. It was a profound journey through the art, religious, political, environmental and personal stories of our lives. A new chapter has begun.
September 15, 2019 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
Facing the end of the world and the end of your life are not dissimilar. They are massive existential threats that require a profound psychic transformation, a journey into unconditional acceptance.
September 1, 2019 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
Asking to surrender is the core of Rudi's teaching. The final asking is to surrender the you that is asking.
2019 TALKS CONTINUED HERE
February 23, 2020 Los Angeles, CA (watch, listen)
Meditation is a practice. But a practice for what? Rudi called it a life’s work. What is the goal? What is the purpose of this lifetime of practice? No one can answer that for you. In the end, it is all up to you. Good luck with your practice.
February 16, 2020 Oakland, CA (watch, listen)
The path to God is God. We are training to see God, to witness what is always Present and always Transcendent and the same time. Practice and work are essential. I encourage and implore you to try.w.
February 9, 2020 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
Rudi often referred to the Guys Upstairs, as though they were higher beings watching over us and guiding the show on earth. I refer to them in the same way. To me God is plural as well as singular and one way or another we are being watched over, guided and being held accountable for our actions.
February 2, 2020 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
I took an unexpected psychedelic journey this past Friday, taking CBD oil unknowingly laced with THC. The Universe told me that I was dying and to let go. My blood pressure hit 190/95. I felt blindsided by death, as many people are, but I took a deep sad breath and said yes.
January 26, 2020 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
Rudi always called out practice, The Work. That is because our experience of the world is not passive, it requires action to maintain and expand our physical and spiritual lives. Unused muscle atrophies. It is essential to actively sustain your inner life.
January 12, 2020 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
A farewell to Beau Buchanan, one of Rudi's most devoted students and the pilot of the plane that killed Rudi when it crashed 46 years ago. Beau had a stroke on Friday and is being disconnected from life support today. Send love.
January 5, 2020 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
We are at an existential tipping point in our world, socially, politically, culturally, environmentally. Harmony and balance can only be found in the silent still center or our being. Meditation is the path to that center.
December 29, 2019 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
Remembering Ram Das and BE HERE NOW.
December 22, 2019 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
We are all impacted by our old stuff, historical, emotional, interpersonal, stuff that we've never outgrown, that has never gone away. It is not going anywhere and we better figure out how to deal with it.
December 15, 2019 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
The true joy of spiritual Being should not serve as a replacement for the joy of day to day life, of simply being alive. They are part and parcel of the same Truth and you cannot have one without the other.
December 8, 2019 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
Most of us do not have the will or inclination to sit under the Bodhi tree until enlightenment occurs. But, in many ways, the tree of life is the Bodhi tree and you are already under it. Just sit long enough to remember where you are.
November 24, 2019 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
There are always reasons not to do the hard thing in front of you. Overcoming the ego mind and its resistance to fear and discomfort is the journey of our lives. Discipline and will power are helpful but spiritual Inspiration is key. Dig deep and you will find it.
November 17, 2019 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
I dreamed I was being attacked by bees but somehow, I was not being stung. Instead the bees were swarming inside me and I realized that I was the hive itself, the very source of honey. Let go of fear and judgment and discover the truth of who you are.
November 10, 2019 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
The ego mind is defined by its reactivity to stimuli, desiring some things, fearing others. It is pre-programmed by our DNA and runs our lives. Instructions for breaking free are inside us. We must de-activate the reactor.
October 27, 2019 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
There is a common lament among spiritual seekers that they haven't gotten there yet. The simple truth is that the only place to get to is "here" and you’ve never been anywhere else.
October 20, 2019 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
We do not so much evolve into a state of grace as realize that it has always been there. It is our ego minded self-striving that is blind to it. Let go and see who You truly are.
October 13, 2019 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
Our trip to Europe proved to be a dramatic farewell to Old World mythologies and our bearing witness to the new. It was a profound journey through the art, religious, political, environmental and personal stories of our lives. A new chapter has begun.
September 15, 2019 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
Facing the end of the world and the end of your life are not dissimilar. They are massive existential threats that require a profound psychic transformation, a journey into unconditional acceptance.
September 1, 2019 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
Asking to surrender is the core of Rudi's teaching. The final asking is to surrender the you that is asking.
2019 TALKS CONTINUED HERE