Looking for Meaning Not Cause
Recording 12 of 22
The State of Consciousness behind the Cause & Effect Existence
Barry Long contrasts seeking meaning with seeking causes, urging listeners to move beyond the rational, scientific mind and experience pure sensation as the true source of meaning.
LENGTH: 1 HOURS AND 58 MINUTES
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
YEAR RECORDED: 1994
PLACE RECORDED: CABARITA, AUSTRALIA
MAIN TOPICS
Mirror of intellect, Cause and effect, Science without love, Art, Eastern teachings, Purpose of the spiritual life, Breathing, Resentment and jealousy, Love and giving
SUMMARY
The talk challenges habitual rationality, describing how true giving, stillness, and the logic of sensation reveal the meaning beneath our thoughts, emotions, and relationships. Barry Long discusses the primacy of sensation in the body, advocating for presence and letting go of self-centred excitement, emotion, or meditation as techniques for gain.
Through audience engagement, the talk illustrates how both suffering and pleasure are intensified by the self's intervention, and that freedom arises from letting go and giving without demand.
The dialogue explores the limitations and futility of worshipping experience, astrology, art or breathing techniques, pointing instead to surrender and unified being as the source of truth and meaning.
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