Urban Guru Cafe
Discovering what you truly are
8. A conversation with Stephen Wingate ***
[ Comments Off on 8. A conversation with Stephen Wingate *** ] Posted on 05.31.08 under Podcast, Stephen Wingate
This program features Stephen Wingate who suggests that instead of listening to other’s ‘experiences’ and definitions about what reality is, we need to look and see for ourself, from our own direct experience, what it is. In it, he guides us through such an investigation.
Music by Ekova and Carlos Nunez.
Stephen’s website is: Living in Peace: The Natural State
7. Pointers Series – The answer is not in the mind
[ Comments Off on 7. Pointers Series – The answer is not in the mind ] Posted on 05.14.08 under Bob Adamson, Gilbert Schultz, Podcast
This is the third program in the pointers series examining Bob Adamson’s pointer that the answer is not in the mind – “Full stop, pause a thought, what is wrong with right now if you don’t think about it?” he tells us.
Included in the program is a short introduction by Gilbert Schultz. Most of the excerpts of Bob Adamson come from three CDs – ‘Sailor’ Bob Adamson – companion audio CD to the book “What’s Wrong With Right Now, Unless You Think About It?” – “Conversations on No-Thing” volumes 1, 2, and 3 (which form the text of his book “Presence-Awareness, Just This and Nothing Else”).
A transcript of the program is available.
Websites of featured guests:
‘Sailor’ Bob Adamson – Non-conceptual, Self-knowing Awareness
Gilbert Schultz – Shining Through the Mind
5. A meeting with Randall Friend – part two
[ Comments Off on 5. A meeting with Randall Friend – part two ] Posted on 04.15.08 under Podcast, Randall Friend
This is the second of two programs that present a meeting I had with Randall Friend.
Randalls website is located at You Are Dreaming
Music used includes: Cheb i Sabbah, Idan Raichel Project, Khaled, and Mercan Dede.
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4. A meeting with Randall Friend – part one
[ Comments Off on 4. A meeting with Randall Friend – part one ] Posted on 04.08.08 under Podcast, Randall Friend
This is the first of two programs that present a private meeting I had with Randall Friend. I enjoyed my conversation with him immensely.
Randalls website is located at You Are Dreaming
Music used includes: Flamenco Arabe, Tinerawen, Cheb i Sabbah, Calcutta Slide Guitar, Mercan Dede, and Carlos Nunez.
3. Pointers Series – Program 2: No centre, No substance *****
[ Comments Off on 3. Pointers Series – Program 2: No centre, No substance ***** ] Posted on 03.18.08 under Bob Adamson, Gilbert Schultz, Podcast
This is the second program in the pointer series examining Bob Adamson’s pointer that there is no centre or substance to this entity we believe ourselves to be. Included in the program is a short introduction by Gilbert Schultz and an experiment, lead by Douglas Harding, that you can do to further examine the truth of this pointer. Most of the excerpts of Bob Adamson come from three CDs – ‘Sailor’ Bob Adamson – companion Audio CD to the book – What’s wrong with Right Now – unless you think about it’ – Selections from Meetings recorded in 2003 – Volume 1,2 and 3 which form the text in his book ‘PRESENCE AWARENESS – Just This and Nothing Else .’A transcript of the program is available. Websites of featured guests:‘Sailor’ Bob Adamson – Non-conceptual, Self-knowing Awareness Gilbert Schultz – Shining Through the Mind Douglas Harding – The Headless Way
2. Pointers Series – Program 1: You are already That
[ Comments Off on 2. Pointers Series – Program 1: You are already That ] Posted on 03.04.08 under Bob Adamson, Gilbert Schultz, Podcast
This is our second program. This the first program of a series on ‘pointers’ (phrases) used in advaita. The pointer explored in this program is ‘You are already that’, a pointer used by Bob Adamson. Parallels are drawn between this pointer and one used by Nisagardatta of staying with the ‘I am.’
Bob Adamson is the main speaker. First of, in this program, Gilbert gives a hint about what ‘a pointer’ is. The main portion of the program is composed of excerpts taken from Bob Adamson’s meetings. A transcript of the program is available.
Websites of interest from this program are:
‘Sailor’ Bob Adamson – Non-conceptual, Self-knowing Awareness
Gilbert’s website.
As the audio quality of some of the excerpts is not high, a transcript of the program is on this link, in blue.
1. Gurus and the teaching
[ Comments Off on 1. Gurus and the teaching ] Posted on 03.01.08 under Bob Adamson, Gilbert Schultz, Podcast, Tony Parsons
There are many out there claiming to be ‘teaching’ non duality (advaita), but which of them really are? If your chosen teacher is making claims that he or she is enlightened then maybe you need to reconsider how useful such a ‘teacher’ is.
This podcast features audio clips that define what advaita ‘teaching’ is about and discuss the notion of ‘enlightenment.’ Three advaita ‘teachers’ in the program are Bob Adamson, Tony Parsons and Gilbert.
Music excerpts from the following tracks have been used: Sandy Denny ‘It’ll take a long time,’ Debashish Bhattacharya ‘Calcutta Slide Guitar,’ Pink Floyd ‘Time,’ and Guzel Yayla ‘Karsid Gorunen Ne.’
Websites of featured guests:
‘Sailor’ Bob Adamson – Non-conceptual, Self-knowing Awareness
Gilbert’s website.
Tony Parsons – The Open Secret
A transcript of the program is available.
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