Episode 0830 - Patanjali & Buddha-Dhamma, XIV (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) Continuing discussion of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, and common-ground with Pali Buddha-Dhamma teaching & practice. Core yoga philosophy & Buddhist Three Foundations, with focus on the ways of chitta-vritti-nirodha. Ashtanga-yoga to "setting aside finer states": insight, penetration &

0830 - TALKS: Patanjali & Buddha-Dhamma, XIV

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Episode 0844 - Random Esoterics (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.)Comments on esoteric dynamics of planetary process, evolution & ascension in light of 4-Element theory and metaphysical ontology. Polarities of Light in creation: the plant kingdom & Earth's green-ray cycle, differentiation & individuation, fire/air vs. water/earth, and the subtle interplay of Creator and

0844 - TALKS: Random Esoterics

Episode 0843 - Discernment & the Terminal Phase (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.)Comments on current East-West geopolitics, and the critical importance of discernment for emotional stability and balance during the present "terminal phase" of human 3D civilization.     Additional references from Pali Buddha-Dhamma, Bhagawan Nityananda & Advaita Vedanta, Ra

0843 - TALKS: Discernment & the Terminal Phase

Episode 0842 - Service, Path and the Collective (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.)Comments on Carl Jung's "redeemer personality" and Gustave Le Bon's quote from his book, "The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind" (1895). Refined understanding of spiritual path in light of Ra's terminology: "two paths of polarity" and "the path of service to others." Avoiding mistaken belief,

0842 - TALKS: Service, Path and the Collective

Episode 0841 - April 2024 Update & Inner-Outer Balance (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) Comments on current conditions on planet Earth, and the energy-intensification of personal & planetary phenomena. So-called "outer vs. inner signal to noise" focus & balance, developing sensitivity to quality & prajna as discernment, approaching dimensional shift and "keeping the

0841 - TALKS: April 2024 Update & Inner-Outer Balance

Episode 0840 - The Roots of Self-Pity (Click on the above link, or here, for audio.) Comments on self-pity: causation, psychodynamics, treatment approaches, and relationship to 7-chakra energy flow, personal body/mind identity, and stubbornly held wrong views (i.e., "mistaken perspectives"). Issues associated with the "grieving cycle," and the transition from blockage to release.   

0830 - TALKS: Patanjali & Buddha-Dhamma, XIV

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