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Christopher Wallis
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Christopher Wallis, also known as Hareesh, is a Sanskritist and scholar-practitioner of Classical Tantra with thirty years of experience. He was initiated by a traditional Indian guru at the age of sixteen, and received education at yoga āshrams, both in India and the West. Subsequently, he engaged in fourteen years of formal education in Sanskrit, South Asian Studies, and classical Indian religions. His degrees include an M.A. in South Asian Studies from U.C. Berkeley, an M.Phil. in Classical Indian Religions from Oxford, and a Ph.D. in Sanskrit from U.C. Berkeley.
Hareesh teaches classical Tantric philosophy and Tantric practices, meditation, Sanskrit, and mantra-science to an engaged online community of practitioners. \u2028He combines his own practice of more than 25 years with a rigorous inquiry into the original Sanskrit sources to accurately translate and bring to modern practitioners this ancient nondual wisdom. He is the Founder of www.tantrailluminated.org/.
Hareesh teaches classical Tantric philosophy and Tantric practices, meditation, Sanskrit, and mantra-science to an engaged online community of practitioners. \u2028He combines his own practice of more than 25 years with a rigorous inquiry into the original Sanskrit sources to accurately translate and bring to modern practitioners this ancient nondual wisdom. He is the Founder of www.tantrailluminated.org/.
Ep 31 ~ Unbounded Freedom with Ruben Laukkonen
This week's episode features Dr. Ruben Laukkonen, an accomplished researcher in meditation and altered states of consciousness. With a PhD on insight experiences from the University of Queensland and postdoctoral work on the neuroscience of meditation at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Ruben now serves as an assistant professor at Southern Cross University. His research investigates some of the rarest states of consciousness available to human beings, utilizing methods like neuroimaging and phenomenology. A recipient of multiple awards, Ruben combines an eclectic contemplative background from traditions such as Zen, Advaita, and Theravada with a deep experiential understanding of altered states of consciousness, meditation, and awakening. In our discussion, Ruben shares insights from his personal journey and his experience of reality throughout it.
Ruben Laukkonen ► rubenlaukkonen.com/
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Practise & Learn in Community
Deepen your practice by joining Christopher at workshops and retreats, available both in-person and online ► www.tantrailluminated.org/calendar
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Read Christopher’s Books
Discover the newly released 'Near Enemies of the Truth' ► amzn.to/4aeoj4L
Alongside the foundational 'Tantra Illuminated' ► amzn.to/3TDawzg
And 'The Recognition Sutras' ► amzn.to/43ipfmw
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Explore the Blog
Over 150 free articles offering comprehensive translations and insightful explanations of Tantrik scriptures and teachings ► hareesh.org/blogpage
Engage with a global community passionate about non-duality, the nature of reality, and liberation at ► www.tantrailluminated.org/
#yoga #nonduality #awakening #liberation #natureofreality #sanskrit #consciousness #awareness #spirituality #meditation #guidedmeditation #tantra #embodiment #classicaltantra
Ruben Laukkonen ► rubenlaukkonen.com/
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Study Online
Explore over 1000 hours of Classical Tantra teachings on Tantra Illuminated Online, including guided meditations, retreats, Sanskrit and mantra recitation practices, and asana classes ► www.tantrailluminated.org/subscribe
~~~~~~~
Practise & Learn in Community
Deepen your practice by joining Christopher at workshops and retreats, available both in-person and online ► www.tantrailluminated.org/calendar
~~~~~~~
Read Christopher’s Books
Discover the newly released 'Near Enemies of the Truth' ► amzn.to/4aeoj4L
Alongside the foundational 'Tantra Illuminated' ► amzn.to/3TDawzg
And 'The Recognition Sutras' ► amzn.to/43ipfmw
~~~~~~~
Stay Connected
Sign up for our newsletter to be the first to hear about upcoming events, pilgrimages, and newly released courses ► www.tantrailluminated.org/social-newsletter-link
~~~~~~~
Explore the Blog
Over 150 free articles offering comprehensive translations and insightful explanations of Tantrik scriptures and teachings ► hareesh.org/blogpage
Engage with a global community passionate about non-duality, the nature of reality, and liberation at ► www.tantrailluminated.org/
#yoga #nonduality #awakening #liberation #natureofreality #sanskrit #consciousness #awareness #spirituality #meditation #guidedmeditation #tantra #embodiment #classicaltantra
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Ep 30 ~ The Path of Tantra: Interview by Adam Keen
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This week's episode revisits a conversation with Adam Keen from the Keen on Yoga podcast. Originally recorded in mid-2023, this discussion offers a personal glimpse into my journey, complemented by rapid-fire questions about Classical Tantra, neo-tantra, and hatha yoga, among other topics. We delve into the nuances of the Yoga Sutras, reincarnation, the process of digesting experiences for reso...
Ep 29 ~ Tantra and Animism: a Double-barrel Interview with Josh Schrei
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This week's episode features a conversation with Joshua Schrei, a writer, teacher, and lifelong student of cosmologies and mythologies, particularly those from the Indian subcontinent. Throughout his life, Josh has explored the animate spaces of the imagination through teaching, meditation, yogic practice, wilderness immersion, art, music, and public speaking. He is the founder of The Emerald p...
Ep 28 ~ Meditation: Exploring The Subtle Body
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This week's episode is a meditation practice in which we focus on fully feeling all the subtle sensations in our body from the pelvic floor to the crown of the head. Beginning from a place of grounded awareness in the body, we are invited to explore the physical and energetic realms of our being. The practice gradually moves through our energy centers emphasizing direct experience over visualiz...
Ep 27 ~ The Yoga of Being with What Is: Interview by Amisha Ghadiali
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This week’s episode features an archival interview with Amisha Ghadiali, founder of a conscious jewellery brand, speaker, author, and facilitator. Her podcast, "All That We Are" (formerly known as "The Future is Beautiful"), explores the intersections of activism, the sacred, creativity, and regeneration-spaces where our inner and outer worlds dance. From healing trauma to connecting with natur...
Ep 26 ~ The Stanzas on Divine Pulsation (Spanda-kārikā)
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This week’s episode is a scriptural reading from the Spanda-kārikā, or the Stanzas on Divine Pulsation, by the great 9th-century tantrik master Kallaṭa from Kashmir. The Spanda-kārikā is a foundational text of Kashmir Shaivism or nondual Shaiva Tantra, and it explores the dynamic nature of consciousness and how we can access it to live an awakened and liberated life. This episode presents a str...
Ep 25 ~ The Play of Infinity with Artur Appazov
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This week's episode features a conversation with Artur Appazov, a Stanford graduate international criminal lawyer who experienced a profound shift during one of our immersion programs. The shift led to a year and a half of intensive integration practice to stabilize, ground, and fully integrate his realization. Artur shares his journey, detailing how the awakening process initially unfolded wit...
Ep 24 ~ The Essence of Tantra, Chapter Five (Part One)
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This episode features a scriptural reading from Chapter Five of Abhinavagupta's "Tantrasāra," The Essence of Tantra. In this chapter, titled “Illumination of the Individual/Embodied Method (ānava-upāya),” we receive specific practices that you can incorporate into your daily practice sessions. These practices engage the body-mind through imagination (buddhi) with powerful meditative visualizati...
Ep 23 ~ The Heart of Recognition: Interview by Ashton Szabo
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This week’s episode features an archival interview by Ashton Szabo, dedicated yogi and co-founder of The Alchemy Yoga Center in Bali. The interview was recorded just before the release of The Recognition Sutras. It centers around this 11th-century tantric text, the Pratyabhijñāhṛdaya, which means “The Essence of the Recognition Philosophy”-recognition, that is, of oneself as a direct expression...
Ep 22 ~ The Energy Body
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This week's solo episode clearly and precisely explains the energy body, or subtle body (sūkṣma-śarīra), as understood in Classical Tantra-the tradition that originated these terms. I share precise definitions of terms such as nādī (energy channels), chakra (energy centers), and bindu (essence point), while addressing some of the most widely held myths and misunderstandings related to these con...
Ep 21 ~ Deity Yoga and the 21 Tārās with Chandra Easton
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This week's episode features a conversation with Chandra Easton, also known as Lopön Yeshe Dawa Zangmo, a Dharma teacher, author, and translator of Tibetan Buddhist texts. Since 2001, she has taught Buddhism and Hatha Yoga. In 2015, she was awarded the title of Vajra Teacher, Dorje Lopön (Vajrāchārya), signifying a tantric master in Vajrayana Buddhist traditions, by Lama Tsultrim Allione and H....
Ep 20 ~ The Essence of Tantra, Chapter Four (Part Two)
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This episode concludes our reading of Chapter Four of Abhinavagupta's "Tantrasāra," which we started reading in Episode 16. This part of the śākta-upāya or “Illumination of the Empowered Method” is particularly esoteric, presenting some of the most significant and traditionally secretive teachings of the non-dual Shaiva Tantra tradition. Abhinavagupta explores the various names and aspects of t...
Ep 19 ~ Exploring Nondual Shaiva Tantra: Interview by Michael Taft
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In this this episode, recorded in March 2023 for the Deconstructing Yourself podcast hosted by Michael Taft, we look at the similarities and differences between Tantrik Shaivism, Tantrik Buddhism, and Vedanta. Alongside Michael - spiritual teacher, bestselling author of "The Mindful Geek" and co-founder of The Alembic in Berkeley - we debunk a few myths and misconceptions about these spiritual ...
Ep 18 ~ Meditation: The Sacred Cave of The Heart
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This episode offers another guided meditation foundational to the Tantrik path, inviting us to explore the sacred cave of the heart. In this traditional meditation, we guide the center of consciousness or selfhood-often felt in the head or between the eyes-to descend to the mysterious and quiet region at the heart's base. Here, we can immerse ourselves in the stillness and silence within, exper...
Ep 17 ~ In Conversation with A.H. Almaas
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This episode is a conversation with Hameed Ali, who publishes under the name of A.H. Almaas. Hameed is founder of The Diamond Approach to Self-Realization, a contemporary teaching that developed within the context of both ancient spiritual teachings and modern depth psychology theories. He has authored 18 books about spirituality and realization, including the Diamond Heart series, The Pearl Be...
Ep 16 ~ The Essence of Tantra: Chapter Four, Part One
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Ep 16 ~ The Essence of Tantra: Chapter Four, Part One
Ep 15 ~ Classical Tantra & Abhinavagupta with Ben Williams
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Ep 15 ~ Classical Tantra & Abhinavagupta with Ben Williams
Ep 13 ~ The Idealist View, with Dr. Bernardo Kastrup
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Ep 13 ~ The Idealist View, with Dr. Bernardo Kastrup
Ep 12 ~ The Essence of Tantra, Chapter Three
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Ep 12 ~ The Essence of Tantra, Chapter Three
Ep 11 ~ Tantric Shaivism and Buddhism: Interview by Andrew Holecek
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Ep 11 ~ Tantric Shaivism and Buddhism: Interview by Andrew Holecek
Ep 10 ~ What You Need to Know to Actualize The Goal of the Spiritual Path, in a Nutshell
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Ep 10 ~ What You Need to Know to Actualize The Goal of the Spiritual Path, in a Nutshell
Ep 09 ~ The Path of Transformation with Kavithā Chinnaiyan
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Ep 09 ~ The Path of Transformation with Kavithā Chinnaiyan
Ep 08 ~ The Essence of Tantra, Chapter Two (on Spontaneous Realization)
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Ep 08 ~ The Essence of Tantra, Chapter Two (on Spontaneous Realization)
Ep 07 ~ Near Enemies of The Truth (and more) ~ Interview by Adam Keen
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Ep 07 ~ Near Enemies of The Truth (and more) ~ Interview by Adam Keen
Ep 06 ~ Guided Meditation: Reposing in The Silent Ground
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Ep 06 ~ Guided Meditation: Reposing in The Silent Ground
Ep 05 ~ Stumbling Upon Awakening: a Conversation with Eshwar Segobind
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Ep 05 ~ Stumbling Upon Awakening: a Conversation with Eshwar Segobind
Ep 04 ~ The Essence of Tantra, Introduction & Chapter One
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Ep 04 ~ The Essence of Tantra, Introduction & Chapter One
Ep 03 ~ On Enlightenment, Embodied Awakening, and more: with Michael Taft
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Ep 03 ~ On Enlightenment, Embodied Awakening, and more: with Michael Taft
Ep 02 ~ What is Tantra, really? Setting the Record Straight
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Ep 02 ~ What is Tantra, really? Setting the Record Straight
Loved this conversation
No words can say 🙏🙏🙏
I want to hear about tantric sex, and the powerful connection that happens in sensual intimacy.
Fascinating listen. Thankyou 🙏
Thank you
Yet another fantastic podcast this one with Ruben. Each one has its own way of describing the undiscribable. I always end up feeling energized, uplifted, and guided with such True wisdom that leaves my heart happy to be in the presence of Truth❤
Thank you for that articulate video 🙏🏼
If everything has already happened at the future is set in stone like with the physics thing you said, including spontaneity, then what is even the point of any spiritual practice let alone at all if our efforts don't determine wether they'll be effective at all considering the concept that the future already is?
@@capuletca You're confusing determinism with fatalism. They're not the same thing.
@@christopherwallis751Oh I see, I was confused for a second I guess I'm misunderstanding something then. Thank you 🙏
@@capuletca please look at this: breakingthefreewillillusion.com/wp-content/uploads/DETERMINISM-VS-FATALISM-infographic.png
@@christopherwallis751 Thank you!
I'm still having one major issue in regards to the theoretical framework of this. So 1) Brahman is All there is and 2) Tat Tvam Asi (I am (in essence) that) but how is it that this right now what my relative Avatar/Ego/Jiva is experiencing is what it is experiencing and not something entirely different - am I in my essence doing ALL simultaneously or just This - where does brahmans preference for a specific vantage point arise. This literally breaks my head lol
@@timoxyz1466 there is no preference for a specific vantage point. Consciousness sees through all vantage points simultaneously. But as a "dissociated alter" of the one consciousness (see Bernardo Kastrup for this useful terminology), you can only be aware of one vantage point, the one called "yours", except of course in special cases.
@@christopherwallis751 Thanks for your answer but so we are speaking ALL possible vantage points as in humans, ants, objects as everything is consciousness and even things we as humans do not see or perceive - so in essence everything is because there is no preference and all of that is god simultaneously with the exception that to see through things individually he has to forget that fact?
Thank you Hareesh for such in depth explanations of this text. I love that you refer to the Sanskrit grammar as part of your commentary.
Appreciate videos like these. Even as a Muslim, I'm finding myself listening to your lectures pretty intently and intending to apply it on my own life.
sir no religions have flaws these are the people who started or something they have done wrong with it in past neither christianity nor islam nor hinduism etc teaches us bad we people who do this things every religion have their own but yet still something similar they may have not one nor 100 but many similarities every religion has with each other that's some section of people loves and some oppose conversion sir.
thank you gentleman this was pure pleasure listening and understanding all the nuances!!! :)
Wonderful.
Wow! What an amazing conversation. Can't wait for part 2! OM 🙏
Profoundly humble! ❤❤
Wonderful talk!!! ❤
There seems to be a distinction, on the surface at least, from those who are realized and those who are realized and can also experience the saccidananda state at will. For some reason some of us are made to not only experience the saccidananda state but to know how to experience it through systematic means such as through yogic techniques etc. That isn't to say one is better than the other, but it does make me realize there is a difference in approach to those who have moments of experience and those who can experience at any and all moments.
Thoroughly blessed by this dialogue. Ruben is a fascinating and beautiful individual. His suggestion to make a regular practice of gentle self-inquiry immediately brought to my mind the contemplations Hareesh inserted in his book, "Near Enemies of the Truth". A wonderful place to start with that practice.
Do you do one to one’s?
I’ve started listening to recognition sutras again. My eyes were closed at the time, when you said the mantra of Lakshmi, a white bird adorned in gold began to fly towards me. Before that my mind was blank, no visuals. I didn’t make any associations at the time, more just “hey that’s cool” 😂 afterwards I wondered and googled what animal Lakshmi is known for. Gratitude for your work looking forward to your latest book
Such a beautiful conversation.❤
Re; putting too much credibility in 'feelings' (thought/ego!); "The heart is deceitful above all things!"
Ego = thought = duality! The ego and why it is an absolute necessity!! We pretty much know that our Reality is 'non-dual', meaning "A Singularity"!! Being a Singularity, time, as we perceive it, cannot possibly exist, thus, neither can dimension/space! One way to see it is as follows; the 'tiniest bit of time' possible is called a Planck Moment. (Look it up!) It doesn't last long enough to have sufficient temporal qualities for any motion to be possible. No, not the tiniest sub-sub-sub atomic particle or wave function. So, what is our concept of time, one after the other moment, like a string of popcorn! But what do we really have; 0+0+0+0+0+... (every moment of Universal existence, ever) = '0'! The entire 'time-span' of the Universe is all moments perceived occurring simultaneously! NOW! "The Laws of Nature are not rules controlling the metamorphosis of what is, into what will be (ie; Karma). They are descriptions of patterns that exist, all at once... " - Genius; the Life and Science of Richard Feynman All 'eternity' at once; Here! Now!! Now look up Planck Volume and learn how the Universe can have no dimensional existence, either. One can go on re; Consciousness/Mind, but this is enough to put the silly notion of mortality, time away as the only perspective. It isn't, it's just another perspective from Hell. Hint; Duality is absolutely to perceive the Singularity, non-duality! We are how God knows Ourself! Imagine, if all that is perceived by everyone being One Consciousness, ever, is one giant flash of Divine Self Knowledge, in a single 'moment', I think that calling it all a 'Big Bang' is a bit ... understated? ;)
Non-duality = Singularity
A fierce relentless curiosity that just won’t let up until it is satisfied. 🙏🕉️✨💖
Fascinating conversation. I know I’ll come back to this one !
47:30 hit it on the head for me, this is my current and ongoing dilemma😅
Thanks for the podcasts Hareesh 🙏🏻interesting, thanks, i had actually exactly the opposit happening, had the feeling I died and my fear of death disapeared. And went throught something like comedy and feeling in love with everyone and anything even the dificult and not so pleasent, many years of pains disapeared... freed from pain 🙏🏻life is life. . I just am .. enjoy and try to do my best for all ...It still feels like a miracle that I can't feel pain the same way.. magic.. and very thankful for that 🙏🏻
@@stanilindbeck2180 how is that the opposite??
@@christopherwallis751 I got the feeling that I died, I did not experience that I wake Up. But listening again to It .. maybe It is the same 🙏🏻
What a wonderful interview with Dr. Ruben Laukkonen. I look at his website and found his email contact address. I’m going to email him the method and the actual mechanism behind meditation. His insights gained with psychedelics only came about because real joy and happiness was experienced. Any time joy and happiness is experienced it produces a steadfast insightful state of mind. But his ultimate disillusionment came with repeated usage because it is itself a sensory experience. All sensory experiences acquires habituation with repeated usage, in which the same joy and happiness is now seriously diminished. How many times can you enjoy the fragrance of a flower before habituation immediately sets in? So now he becomes disillusioned with his insightful experience. But there is a solution. That is to experience happiness not through the senses but by transcending inwardly into the subconscious. Habituation does not occur there while retaining complete control over your mental faculties. All of his searching to fulfill an innermost void or of something being amiss can be found there at this very real destination. And it doesn’t take months or years of practice but is effortless and immediate. It is not self inquiry/reflection, nor contemplation, nor mantra meditation, nor trying to disassociate yourself from the problem. No one can think themselves out of a thinking box. The mind’s yearning and desires is not an illusion but an innate part of being human. It is also what leads us to the objective reality of the Absolute. Without transcendence, a person can search in a thousand different directions but will never find happiness.
Hareesh, thank you so much for these podcasts, which not only help keep the connection but always refines the process of awakening somewhat more & especially today, Ruben's moment of awakening, where he doesn't exactly experience the death of the constructed self, "OMG there was nothing ever there...there wasn't ever any problem" And then stepping into a stream of consciousness where there was no suffering aahh.....and when it does reappear, it's not really an issue anymore.
Resonating deeply... ('don't build nest(s)' 🤪 😂😉😎) 🕉
1st😁
Thus far, 11 minutes into the talk, it helps me navigate my own mystical experience that I had a few years ago (I've also done my fair share of LSD and things like that) but this one happened when I was doing a darkness retreat, after which I proceeded to take some psilocybin, and I went really deep into the one consciousness and saw so much beauty it really is quite ineffable. So listening to these talks really helps me understand my own experience better, so thanks for this.
Makes me think why nature can produce such substances. It really is mindblowing.
I had this crazy dream in which I touched the feet of Hareesh, and he hugged me and I felt like a surge of ecstasy pour through me. Pretty funny, I was going through some struggle and loneliness in my life and to this day that dream which happened around 2.5 years ago is one of the most vivid dreams that I remember in my life... I guess it's the point to touch the feet of The Guru, right?
Thank you, very well done. It's always good to listen to an expert, who can read the original sutras in Sanskrit with all their different possible interpretation and by this authority create a guided mediation.
The idea that the body is the temple of God is also in the Bible. That particular way of wording it is probably more a direct influence from the Bible.
@@goblinsdammit citation please?
@@christopherwallis751 1 Corinthians 6:19 (NASB) "Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?"
I learn something new every time I listen to Christopher. The use of the word “condensation” to describe how the One becomes immanent is so poetically beautiful.
ah i have watched this one, love Ken
@@OfficialGOD no this is actually a different one, the image just looks the same
@christopherwallis751 thought it was a reupload from Ken's channel since some of the dialogues were identical, this was an hour in, and i did finish watching, not just judging by the thumbnail
@@OfficialGOD oh yes it did appear on his channel as well, sorry
The unknowing. Trust and surrender into unfolding. This is such an important reminder and it is so easy for me to forget.
Thank you Christopher. Hari-Om🙏
I am reading Tantra Illuminated and want to thank you for making these teachings so accessable ... For a long time I thought I was losing my mind because of some intense spontaneous experiences during meditation.This jewel of a book has not only brought me validation, but also given me practices and teachings that are lighting up the path( that I never knew I was on)...Thank you for your passion and clarity.
Thank you another great talk. Really appreciate the discussion on the practical aspects of Tantra in day to day life. Thank you. Om 🙏
Very powerful, beautifully read, much appreciated 🙏🙏🙏
I did the translation from the Sanskrit as well ;)
Would be amazing if you can have a conversation with Robert Svoboda
Your words joined all the dots for me today. Something happened. Deep gratitude to you both.
Thank you very much! Really interesting and inspiring. Somehow i've watched in the middle of the podcast (cause i needed a rest from intensity) the Satyajit Ray's "Devi ". Very surprising coincidence, cause it fits perfectly into the topic of posession by Goddess!
These meditations are so helpful! Thank you so much!
What Bullshit...Sufis were the worst of all.Just because this comes from white mans mouth other westerners believe this..
Great podcast! Love the idea of a functional narrative of the reality of the spirit world. Read about this in an anthropology book years ago and was fascinated. One of my early Indian yoga teachers who grew up in Trinidad used to speak about how this was the accepted reality within the culture.
I think that maybe Jesus wasn't wrong about the Escheton. There is strong evidence to suggest he travelled far and wide in the undocumented years of his life and was influenced greatly by Hinduism and Eastern beliefs, which he incorporated into his teachings. If this is true, then maybe when he said some will be alive at the end of time, he could have been suggesting Samsara. Then effectively some people would be alive at the end times, even if that is in another million years, but in another body. Maybe he meant the divine spark would still be on Earth.
So much gratitude to you both for presenting this discussion.