Recent Talks
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?
Aug 29, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) What is your faith? What do you believe in? What story or narrative did it come from? How much does it shape your life? Are you willing to die or kill for it? What happens if it is taken away? Who are you without it? Who are you with nothing?
Aug 22, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) Perseverance furthers. When life is tough and you are depressed and suffering, don’t see it as spiritual failure. See it as being human. Accept what is. Forgive yourself. Persevere.
Aug 15, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(Audio only. Today's class was interrupted by internet outages. Sorry for that. The 'watch' YouTube link has this audio.)
Rudi always said that the mind was the slayer of the soul. Just know that the mind is not only in your head, but in your heart, gut, sex and throughout your body. If you don’t learn to deepen, control, and transcend it, it will dominate and destroy you. Survival of the fittest. Oy Vey.
Aug 8, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) Apocalyptic spirituality, searching for teachings to avoid personal and worldly calamity. The fact is—it all ends. Once you accept impermanence you begin the journey from "myself" to "ourself", to the profound oneness of our singular being.
Aug 1, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) Delusional spirituality, looking for teachings to achieve escape velocity. There is no escape from this, only arrival, and the awe of seeing where you've always been.
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.
2021 TALKS CONTINUED HERE
(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?
Aug 29, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) What is your faith? What do you believe in? What story or narrative did it come from? How much does it shape your life? Are you willing to die or kill for it? What happens if it is taken away? Who are you without it? Who are you with nothing?
Aug 22, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) Perseverance furthers. When life is tough and you are depressed and suffering, don’t see it as spiritual failure. See it as being human. Accept what is. Forgive yourself. Persevere.
Aug 15, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(Audio only. Today's class was interrupted by internet outages. Sorry for that. The 'watch' YouTube link has this audio.)
Rudi always said that the mind was the slayer of the soul. Just know that the mind is not only in your head, but in your heart, gut, sex and throughout your body. If you don’t learn to deepen, control, and transcend it, it will dominate and destroy you. Survival of the fittest. Oy Vey.
Aug 8, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) Apocalyptic spirituality, searching for teachings to avoid personal and worldly calamity. The fact is—it all ends. Once you accept impermanence you begin the journey from "myself" to "ourself", to the profound oneness of our singular being.
Aug 1, 2021 Red Hook, NY (watch, listen)
(On Zoom) Delusional spirituality, looking for teachings to achieve escape velocity. There is no escape from this, only arrival, and the awe of seeing where you've always been.
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.
2021 TALKS CONTINUED HERE