The Law of Now: Love, Death, and Gratitude in the Spiritual Life
Recording 02 of 07
Breaking the Cycle of Suffering
Barry Long emphasises the immediacy of gratitude and the importance of acknowledging beauty and love in the present, free from attachment and habitual thought. He guides listeners to intelligent living by facing facts and dying to self, particularly in the context of loss, death, and relationship.
LENGTH: 1 HOURS AND 32 MINUTES
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
YEAR RECORDED: 2002
PLACE RECORDED: COOLANGATTA, AUSTRALIA
MAIN TOPICS
Beauty in the senses, Gratitude to the source, Facing the fact, Facing the subconscious, Attachment vs love, Mourning and death, End blaming others
SUMMARY
Addressing the human condition of suffering, Barry Long teaches that attachment, emotion, and grief arise from not living intelligently in the present. He advocates for the dissolution of self and emotional habit to realise enduring love and the truth beyond death.
Through audience questions, Barry exposes how unresolved issues and subconscious attachments perpetuate cycles of pain and emotional reaction, especially around love and death. He insists real intelligence arises from looking at facts and responsibility rather than blaming or reminiscing.
The talk provides practical advice for those facing grief, frustration, and relationship struggles, showing that intelligence, gratitude, and detachment free us from emotional contagion and suffering, aligning us with the 'law of now.'
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