Recent Talks
Click on the links below to watch on YouTube or listen to the audio.
December 19, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) This may be my last talk for a while – perhaps longer. I really don't know. For the moment, just know that you are deeply loved and profoundly appreciated. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone.
December 12, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) Seeing three Broadway plays this past week offered powerful lessons in how to navigate through troubled waters and what it means to be alive, well and spiritually vibrant in these challenging times.
December 5, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) There is an additive and subtractive process in the creation and dismantling of our lives. The mind and emotions weave the additive narrative. The Universe unweaves it. Ultimately everything is taken away, story, meaning, purpose, even your spiritual unfolding. Let it go.
November 28, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) It takes two to tango. We all have a Partner in this dance. Learn to let your Partner lead. Don't sit on the sideline. You are here for a reason. Dance your heart out.
November 21, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) Effort and depth over time are equations Rudi referred to often. Some people work out every day, once a week, on occasion, or think about it once in a while. Results follow from sustained effort and depth. What are those results? You will know.
November 14, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom and in-person) "Deus Ex Machina" or God in the Machine, is a reference to plays in which God saves characters from a seemingly hopeless situation. It is frightening how much bad stories and badly lived lives hope for such an ending. Best of luck.
November 7, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) Our primal self is a singular reality. "It" and "we" are collectively on our own. The primary guidance is to know that there is no "you" and "it". There is only "us," only "what is." The primary directives are "be good," "be kind," "let go," and "figure it out."
October 31, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) Finality is the only true outcome of the human journey. But never before in history have individuals had to consider their personal demise along with the ending of the world. If ever there was a moment to reach inward, it is now.
October 24, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) In a perfect world we are loved and comforted the moment we are born, not for what we've achieved or who we might be come, but for the mere fact that we are. That's in a perfect world. Much of the meditative journey is about re-parenting, about getting it right, discovering the love and miracle of simply being.
October 17, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom and in-person) The importance of just being human. Even if you awaken, become enlightened and liberated, you will still just be human. Realizing that you are simply here and miraculously human is everything.
October 10, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) "DAYENU" is a Hebrew word translated as, "If it never gets better than this, it is enough." True awakening, whether in moments of great pleasure or profound suffering, reflects this amazing truth. Being itself is enough.
October 3, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) What it means to flower in the awakening process. How one experiences the unmanifest unfolding all around them as their own unique self. How the practice of stillness leads to the realization of God. How one comes to know that there is nothing else.
September 12, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) You may not know this but you are the architect of your own fear and responsible for its power in your life. It is a learned pattern, a programmed response to the future unknown. Live in the present and let Presence help you redesign and restructure your life.
September 5, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) We are all creatures caught in the awesome and terrifying presence of Maya (Illusion). Every spiritual practice tries to teach how to escape it. Perhaps it is better to ask who is embracing this illusion and why. Could it be that there is no one there?
2021 TALKS CONTINUED HERE
(On Zoom) This may be my last talk for a while – perhaps longer. I really don't know. For the moment, just know that you are deeply loved and profoundly appreciated. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone.
December 12, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) Seeing three Broadway plays this past week offered powerful lessons in how to navigate through troubled waters and what it means to be alive, well and spiritually vibrant in these challenging times.
December 5, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) There is an additive and subtractive process in the creation and dismantling of our lives. The mind and emotions weave the additive narrative. The Universe unweaves it. Ultimately everything is taken away, story, meaning, purpose, even your spiritual unfolding. Let it go.
November 28, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) It takes two to tango. We all have a Partner in this dance. Learn to let your Partner lead. Don't sit on the sideline. You are here for a reason. Dance your heart out.
November 21, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) Effort and depth over time are equations Rudi referred to often. Some people work out every day, once a week, on occasion, or think about it once in a while. Results follow from sustained effort and depth. What are those results? You will know.
November 14, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom and in-person) "Deus Ex Machina" or God in the Machine, is a reference to plays in which God saves characters from a seemingly hopeless situation. It is frightening how much bad stories and badly lived lives hope for such an ending. Best of luck.
November 7, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) Our primal self is a singular reality. "It" and "we" are collectively on our own. The primary guidance is to know that there is no "you" and "it". There is only "us," only "what is." The primary directives are "be good," "be kind," "let go," and "figure it out."
October 31, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) Finality is the only true outcome of the human journey. But never before in history have individuals had to consider their personal demise along with the ending of the world. If ever there was a moment to reach inward, it is now.
October 24, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) In a perfect world we are loved and comforted the moment we are born, not for what we've achieved or who we might be come, but for the mere fact that we are. That's in a perfect world. Much of the meditative journey is about re-parenting, about getting it right, discovering the love and miracle of simply being.
October 17, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom and in-person) The importance of just being human. Even if you awaken, become enlightened and liberated, you will still just be human. Realizing that you are simply here and miraculously human is everything.
October 10, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) "DAYENU" is a Hebrew word translated as, "If it never gets better than this, it is enough." True awakening, whether in moments of great pleasure or profound suffering, reflects this amazing truth. Being itself is enough.
October 3, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) What it means to flower in the awakening process. How one experiences the unmanifest unfolding all around them as their own unique self. How the practice of stillness leads to the realization of God. How one comes to know that there is nothing else.
September 12, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) You may not know this but you are the architect of your own fear and responsible for its power in your life. It is a learned pattern, a programmed response to the future unknown. Live in the present and let Presence help you redesign and restructure your life.
September 5, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) We are all creatures caught in the awesome and terrifying presence of Maya (Illusion). Every spiritual practice tries to teach how to escape it. Perhaps it is better to ask who is embracing this illusion and why. Could it be that there is no one there?
2021 TALKS CONTINUED HERE