Gold Coast Talks, 1993 Dec
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.
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LANGUAGE: English
YEAR RECORDED: 1993
PLACE RECORDED: Gold Coast
DURATION: 3 hours and 17 minutes
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
EPISODE NOTES
Two problems all over the world: cause and effect mind; leaving Me – Explanation of Me – Self consideration, selfishness, feelings – Intelligence: no feelings, looking out of your skin – Going into Me: beginning of freedom and liberation – Who, where and what is Me?
Me: the tenderest, sweetest place – Psychic manifestation: the devil – Giving or indulgence: listening to the sad story – Blindness and deception of scientific mind: Stephen Hawkings’ scientific report – The black hole – Extra terrestrial intelligence – Your brain and sensory universe – Love within reflected without – Going into Me: into the black hole, the moment before the big bang
Catch 22 – Getting rid of the questioner – How you know when he or she loves you – What is getting in the way of love? – The value of self – Can there be joy in getting my life right? – Curiosity: gossip at work – Painful self: telling the sad, sad story – Fear of not having enough to retire on – Reading newspapers – Love and attachment – Woman’s attachment or man’s fear of love? – Pain causing itself more pain – A broken heart – Mystical love and the speaker
Going into Me: looking into Me, the formless, looking with intelligence and with feeling – Consciousness and awareness: in and out of time – Addresses young girls: real wedding vows – Anger with children – Unhappiness in children – Happiness or absence of unhappiness – Honesty and right communication – This teaching, going into Me: two hemispheres of one cosmos – Addresses 8 year old: learning from experience; can you destroy the self
Gold Coast Talks, 1994 Sept, EP6