True love vs emotional excitement
'The self can never feel any love, so it demands love. If you try to love somebody's self, you'll be trying to love for the rest of your life, and they'll never, ever be satisfied. The self only knows excitement.'
_'Excitement always has a distinct curve going up, up, up… and then down, down, down it goes. _Excitement is robotic. There is no excitement in love.'
'Because people don't know the truth of lovemaking, lovemaking results in so much unhappiness and heartbreak.'
SESSIONS
Divine Amnesia: The World of Consciousness
Length: 1 hours and 23 minutes
The talk emphasizes letting go of emotional memory and thought to access the still, silent presence within—the true "me." Spiritual life begins by surrendering the self and living from this inner state of conscious absence.
Pure of Heart: Containing Love & Cleaning out the Vessel
Length: 56 minutes
Barry Long states that all emotions are negative and distinguishes love as a state of knowledge or sensation, not an emotion. He urges listeners to act on the truth of situations rather than personal feelings, which are inherently selfish and unreliable. Barry describes a “pure heart” as one free from emotions such as resentment and self-judgement. 'Love is not a feeling' is one of the main points in Barry's teaching and this session provides a comprehensive understanding of this teaching point.
The Lost Paradise: Man’s Free Will and the Corruption of Love
Length: 58 minutes
