Urban Guru Cafe
Discovering what you truly are
100. I AM – the Alpha and Omega – Urban Guru Cafe
[ Comments Off on 100. I AM – the Alpha and Omega – Urban Guru Cafe ] Posted on 03.29.11 under Bob Adamson
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The Urban Guru Cafe was created 2007-08. The origins of the concept for a podcast sprang up out of conversations between Areti Alexova and Gilbert Schultz. A dutch visitor, Eric, who was attending Bob Adamson’s meetings offered to do the technical side of constructing a podcast site. Eric also translated one of Bob’s books into Dutch.
It was a harmonious beginning and we were all excited about the project. Areti played the role of being an excellent interviewer and we approached various teachers around the world, speakers who we found to be genuine, clear and fairly direct. The project quickly became a popular podcast around the globe. Because the podcasts were not focused on any one teacher, it introduced many relatively unknown teachers to a wide audience. Areti’s role was the significant central role and many listeners came to love her style and her voice. Areti edited the interview recordings she made into a concise and easily listening format, which many expressed the appreciation of. Gilbert played the hidden role of putting the sound files together with musical breaks. The overall effect was a winner. The site reached a far bigger popularity than any of us expected.
The podcasts remain available and many continue to discover them. The podcasts continue to entertain, inform and illuminate. Hundreds of listeners continue to listen to the podcasts on a regular basis, even though they have already heard them many times already.
Please enjoy what is on offer.
What is pointed to in these podcast programs will not go stale or be dated. What is pointed to has never aged or changed one iota. Therefore these programs continue to serve as a vehicle for clear pointing.
Podcast number 100:
This program contains all the essential pointers that anyone needs. If you can follow what is pointed out it is virtually impossible not to recognize your own essential ‘natural state’. You may need to listen a few times. This particular podcast represents what the Urban Guru Cafe is about. Listen in a relaxed way and let the ‘message’ register without ‘reaction’ from the mind. Mind is only appearance. Pure being is not in the mind. As long as there is some form of grasping consciousness going on, then the idea of seeking will perpetuate itself. This naked awareness, which is beyond mind, is timelessly present – it is not altered by ‘time’. Anyone who has experienced a true insight knows that it is a wordless insight – it is not in the conditioned mind – it is pure in-seeing. Space like awareness is prior to the appearance of all the qualities and content of consciousness. That does not mean that it is separate. Not two.
What must be clearly understood is that no one can ‘do’ anything for you – no guru, teacher or any ‘me’ or ‘other than me’ can facilitate the recognition that is required. What is usually offered is a conditional perspective which keeps the seeker locked into a mind game. Once a clear and precise recognition has ‘happened’ there is little one can say about it, because it is beyond language. Knowing is never truly corrupted by thought….It is pure knowing, pure being, which has always been present because it IS presence itself. Any ‘personal history’ is only baggage and all our old ideas amount to nil until we let go absolutely. Link to Guest Speaker here.
The guide can walk with you and assist with direction and the avoidance of deviations. The spontaneous recognition is always potential. You must SEE for yourself. Belief is useless in this ‘venture’. Belief is a hinderance and old ideas amount to nothing.
Music: G on Mandola and Mary Hopkin’s “Those were the days”.
P.S. Thousands upon thousands have a copy of “I am THAT” – Nisargadatta. Few understand what is offered in the book. The book often sits on a shelf as a trophy. The lucky one is driven to read it every day. Something percolates down. As for the Urban Guru Cafe, there may or may not be further programs (as the song says “we thought they would never end”). If you get the gist of what this single program is pointing to, there will be no need for MORE. Listen a few times. – G.
The UGC is a FREE podcast. The producer of these podcasts has a new e-book available on this website.
100. I AM the Alpha and Omega - Urban Guru Cafe [ 32:32 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (84149)72. Relaxing into THAT. (No Crusade – No Mission)
[ Comments Off on 72. Relaxing into THAT. (No Crusade – No Mission) ] Posted on 02.21.10 under Bob Adamson, Gilbert Schultz, Stephen Wingate
New program. How can anyone possibly miss what is being pointed at? Beats me. There is no mission impossible here – no mission at all.
Music includes: Mal Webb, Ray Charles, Gilbert, The Swell Season (piano piece), Paul Simon, Ry Cooder, James Taylor, Bliss, Bob Dylan and the fantastic music of Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks with “Humming to myself” (a Non Duality song…ha).
Free podcast on Non Duality. No fees, no membership, no hassles. Just direct pointing presented in an unconventional manner.
As a bit of a joke, the following was posted here……NOTICE: YES, the UGC is up for grabs – best offer wins – No offers were made via emailed in.
71. What is THAT ?
[ Comments Off on 71. What is THAT ? ] Posted on 02.12.10 under Bob Adamson, Gilbert Schultz, Jeff Foster, Randall Friend, Stephen Wingate
No Crusade – No Mission. You may think and believe that you have heard it all before. Well, maybe the salient points have not hit home as yet. So this is why we take a look at some of them in the fresh presentation of short extracts (snippets as Arteti calls them). In this ‘part two’ there are clips from the early programs
Music includes: Bob Dylan, Eric Satie, Annour Brahem, Matt Walters (Aussie singer songwriter) Bliss, Rivertribe (Aussie band) and a few others I will add to this list soon.
The UGC is a free podcast on the subject of Non Duality. Nothing quite like it appears anywhere else. Small donations can be made via the websiteto keep this site happening. Warm regards from the UGC Team. No Crusade – No Mission.
66. James Braha – Living Reality
[ Comments Off on 66. James Braha – Living Reality ] Posted on 12.18.09 under James Braha
Areti speaks with the author of “Living Reality – my extraordinary summer with Sailor Bob Adamson” James Braha.
Bob Visited the US in 2004 and spent several weeks there. James relentlessly delved into his own questions with Bob. An excellent book.
You will enjoy this program, another unique expression, one that may click or resonate strongly for you.
James website is here.
Music includes: Rufus Wainwright, Nino Josele (Guitar) from a new CD called “La Venta del Alma”, Sting, Cat Stevens , Ricky Nelson and Eddie Vedder.
The UGC is a free podcast on the subject of Non Duality. Special thanks to all those who have made small and not so small donations over recent months – we appreciate knowing that the programs are appreciated.
64. Gilbert – ‘So Clear – So Obvious’
[ Comments Off on 64. Gilbert – ‘So Clear – So Obvious’ ] Posted on 12.04.09 under Gilbert Schultz
Interview with Gilbert. An opportunity to re-discover the in-describe-able essence of what you are. Voice and an excellent selection of musical interludes.
Music includes: Pink Floyd, Ten Years After Sting and Annour Brahem. from his new-ish CD is called Barzakh.
The VIEW from ‘the last stepping stone’, on the pathless path, is the same VIEW from ‘the first stepping stone’. This Seeing NOW.
Pointers appear and disappear – what they all point to never appears… and so it never can disappear. Just the same is what you are has never truly appeared or disappeared. Knowing is all that is ‘happening’. Everything appears in the knowing – including the ‘knowing of’, the ‘conscious of’.
You ARE this SEEING-KNOWING-ESSENCE, the knowing of all things, which only ever forms into the transient patterns of ‘a seer’ and ‘the seen‘. The unchanging is what you ARE. This knowing does not need a pattern to associate with and all patterns come and go ‘upon’ the unchanging essence of ‘I am’.
Gilbert’s website. E-book – For a free sample titled “Without a reference point” Click HERE – the sample is from an E-book titled “Who do you think you are?”
The UGC is a free podcast on the subject of Non Duality.
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63. Leo Hartong – Awakening to the Dream
[ Comments Off on 63. Leo Hartong – Awakening to the Dream ] Posted on 11.27.09 under Leo Hartong
Author of the popular book and website “Awaken to the Dream”, Leo gives us a rare interview. His book made a splash some years ago and many of you will have a copy no doubt. Few have heard Leo speak and we are pleased that he agreed to the interview. Leo visited this site and liked the way we do things here and he found a ‘Yes’ popping up on the question of ‘interview’ or ‘no interview’…..and so here it is. Also Leo has a good sense of humor and you will naturally warm to his ‘style’.
Visit the Awaken to the Dream website by clicking here.
Music includes: The Small Faces, Patrick Park, Pink Floyd, Supertramp, Crowded House (Australian Band) Van Morrison, Cat Stevens, Bob Dylan, an “I am Sam” soundtrack song, The Beatles, Rick Nelson …..and the Dutch Philharmonic Clog and Windmill Orchestra sat quietly listening.
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61. Rodney Stevens – Radiance of Being – part two
[ Comments Off on 61. Rodney Stevens – Radiance of Being – part two ] Posted on 11.14.09 under Rodney Stevens
Areti continues this interview with Rodney Stevens.
Rodney says: Non-duality isn’t something that’s difficult, “far-off”, or metaphysical (though its sublimeness is without parallel). It is, for the most part, a teaching that points to the fact that self-realization is simply a matter of seeing or understanding that which is immediately before you. There is absolutely no need examine egoic constructs, debate notions of a perceiver and the perceived, or sit cross-legged on a floor or cave until you faint from exhaustion or exposure. Indeed, before you take a single step towards any of those endeavors, you are awareness itself. You are THAT. See the utter and magnificent reality of this as you read these very words. Allow yourself to be paused–Full Stop!–by the beauty and enormity of that fact. Then you will see yourself as Yourself, radiant spaciousness without beginning or end.
Rodney’s site is HERE.
Music includes: Iron and Wine, Neil Young, Andreas Vollenweider (Flute), Bob Dylan, The Youngbloods, Tomitito (guitar), and Cat Stevens.
This free podcast site is not a commercial enterprise. Nothing is asked of the visitor. Belief is not required. The makers of the programs and the speakers give their time and effort freely. It is a sense of sharing what is known to be true – expressed in so many different ways – not by one particular ‘lineage’ or teaching. EVERYONE is THAT. All expressions are THAT. What is ‘aimed at’ is the calling forth of a recognition of one’s true nature. All the participants on this site ‘give back’. They shine their ‘light’ ‘on the path’ so that others can find their way. Small donations can be made via the website.
57. Jason Swanson – Seeing-Oneness – part two
[ Comments Off on 57. Jason Swanson – Seeing-Oneness – part two ] Posted on 10.17.09 under Jason Swanson
This is part two of an interview with Jason Swanson. Jason’s blog is You Are Seeing-Oneness. Jason leads the SL meetings.
Music includes: Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, Ben Harper, Lemonjelly, AndreasVollenweider.
The UGC is a free podcast. Small donation can be made via the site if you are able and willing.
53. Spontaneous Recognition – At Bob Adamson’s place
[ Comments Off on 53. Spontaneous Recognition – At Bob Adamson’s place ] Posted on 09.16.09 under Bob Adamson
Some excellent points are discussed in this recording from a recent meeting at Bob’s place.
Music includes: Cheb i Sabbah, Gilbert on Mandola, Ry Cooder, Gilbert O’Sullivan, Gary Jules and Lemonjelly.
IMPORTANT NOTE: For those having a difficulty understanding Bob’s accent, we have made, just for you, a transcript.
Read the transcript as you listen. It will assist to make it a lot more accessible. The Australian accent can be hard to understand for some.
We do our best on a limited budget. The new look is being experimented with.
Instead of charging listeners, we keep the UGC as a totally free podcast. Please consider making a small donation to keep this site alive, if you are able.
52. Peter Brown – The Open Doorway – Part 2
[ Comments Off on 52. Peter Brown – The Open Doorway – Part 2 ] Posted on 08.28.09 under Peter Brown
Continuation of the interview with Peter.
Peter’s website click HERE. The Open Doorway
Music Includes: Nick Drake, Al Stewart, Indian sitar (modern beat), Crosby Stills & Nash, – Ten Years After – (30 or more years after more like it) and the ever popular Pink Floyd.
Short voice cuts from The Big Lebowski movie (“It’s all a fake man” – “Your revolution is over Mr. Lebowski”).
The Urban Guru Cafe is a Free Podcast dedicated to clear direct pointing, irrespective of lineage and guru traditions. Small donations can be made via the small donation tab below the coffee cup symbol on this page of the website.