Gold Coast Talks, 1993 Apr
Barry Long leads a practical crossing 'through the mirror' into the intimate 'me', then shows how hell arises as restless, stored emotion; how 'What about me?' signals descent; and how clean action, responsibility in love, and true mastery restore peace.
'Nothing arising is peace.'
'The next time you have the feeling 'What about me?' – you're about to descend into the underworld.'
'What I acknowledge I become.'
'Mastery is not control. The Master does not control—he masters by love.'
'Action stops the demons; thinking feeds them.'
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LANGUAGE: English
YEAR RECORDED: 1993
PLACE RECORDED: Gold Coast
DURATION: 2 hours and 55 minutes
MAIN TOPICS
Meditation practice, Me inside the body, Hell, Facing yourself without judgment, Moods, Youth and experience, Woman as guardian of love, Woman and love, Womans enlightenment, Getting the idea beyond the concept, Beauty in the senses, Relative reality, How to stop thinking, Practical advice for relationships, Ground and field, Knowing what you dont want
EPISODE NOTES
Going into Me: through the looking glass, the other side of the mirror – Hell: my self, demons of the underworld, facing myself – What about me? Missing out – Moody one wants to be loved
Youth: gaining experience without accumulating emotion – Answering letters from two women*: woman is love and is responsible for love; woman cannot teach man; woman has to be mastered by man (who knows what he's doing); woman must be in command of love – Fixed stars: ideas in the mind of God – Suffering is reflecting on self – Acknowledging beauty * see 'To Woman In Love' pp 87-93
Going into Me: going into the unknown – Relative reality: the thinker – How do I get rid of the demons in Me? – How to drop tension to the stomach – Stopping thinking: honesty and action – Facing externalised demons
Man and woman living in different houses: giving all or protecting emotions – Ball in the stomach – Dissolving momentum of work with partner – Acknowledgement – Getting the baby out of the bed: everyone in his/her place – Verbal communication needs to match physical lovemaking – Knowing what you don't want – Physical love and virtue: noble man, the ground and field of love
Death without fear