Recent Talks
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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
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