Me, not myself: the tenderest place
Recording 06 of 48
Returning from the world’s distractions to the sweetest depth
The talk distinguishes the untroubled “me” from the restless “self” and trains attention to look into the inner black—nothing that never moves—so intelligence becomes one-pointed and free of commentary.
LENGTH: 3 HOURS AND 17 MINUTES
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
YEAR RECORDED: 1993
PLACE RECORDED: PAN PACIFIC HOTEL, BROADBEACH, GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA
MAIN TOPICS
Cause and effect, Human mind, Me inside the body, Feelings, Intelligence behind life, Psychic phenomena, Devil, Science, UFOs and Extra Terrestrial Intelligence, The brain and the psyche, Catch 22, Practical advice for relationships, Value of self, Practical advice for living, Attachment in relationship, Heartbreak, Meditation practice, Awareness and consciousness, Teaching children, Happiness, Freedom from unhappiness, Honest communication, Cosmos
SUMMARY
Barry identifies two global problems: entrenchment in rational cause-and-effect thinking and abandonment of 'me', the tender, authoritative reality within. He re-centres practice on immediate intelligence—attention looking, not thinking—and guides a meditation exercise: breathe, relax the body, close the eyes, and look into the inner black. This 'Buddhic intelligence' is clarity without feeling; it steadies by mirroring stillness, and one learns to feel the unopposed good/rightness that quietly abides beneath all states. He contrasts this with the 'monitor', the acquired human mind that never stops commenting. The monitor cannot see truth; it only passes judgement. The remedy is to look, not think, and to keep returning to me, where there are no problems. Opening the eyes while staying in me, one learns to see through the moving world as through a mirror to the same still reality behind it. This is the beginning of liberation and the practical end of confusion.
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