Reaching for Me
Interview with Luc Sala
In this powerful interview, Barry Long speaks about the core of his teaching—the distinction between ‘me’ and the troubling ‘myself’, and how true intelligence is the key to inner transformation. He challenges common ideas about emotion, love, ego, and death, offering a path to lasting peace through the abandonment of unhappiness. A profound conversation on living truthfully, beyond suffering and self-deception.
LENGTH: 42 MINUTES
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
YEAR RECORDED: 1996
PLACE RECORDED: EINDHOVEN, THE NETHERLANDS
MAIN TOPICS
I me and my self
SUMMARY
''Me' is the inner being, which is there now in every moment… and then there's 'myself,' which is on top of 'me,' and this is the troublemaker in everybody's life.'
'Emotion is 'myself,' and emotion is anger, resentment, jealousy, hatred — there's no good emotion. Love is not an emotion. Love is a state.'
'To align yourself with 'me' — the most beautiful part of you, the being in you — is the way out of unhappiness.'
'Power is still and silent and potent and beautiful. That's 'me' inside that body listening to these words. And then there's 'yourself' sitting on it.'
'All you've got to do is give up your unhappiness. If you get rid of your unhappiness, all that remains is love.'
'You can't try to live the truth. You just see: I have no right to be angry. And then you stop being angry.'
'Thinking is the pollution of the mind. The only pollution of the mind is thought'
'Let go your prisoners. Everyone that ever hurt you — I let go of. I will have no hurt in me by anyone ever again'
'A true Master is one who has realized the master-consciousness within — the unfathomable, endless intelligence inside the body — and lives it.'
