Murwillumbah Talks EP3
The work is to place intelligence in pure sensation, where body, thought, and feeling do not rule. This steadiness dissolves the fear of death and reveals the three realities: physical body, pure intelligence, and the undifferentiated pure sensation behind form.
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LANGUAGE: English
MAIN TOPICS
Pure sensation and pure intelligence, Death, Death of the world in us, Fear of death, Knowledge beyond memory, Knowledge vs interpretation, Stillness is the way, Action purifies, Dont hold on to the past be now, Man and woman in love, Practical advice for relationships, Physical mental and emotional ages, Raising children, Knowing when you are loved, Lovemaking
EPISODE NOTES
Barry Long directs attention into the pure sensation that dissolves the brain’s construction of limbs and forms. In that undifferentiated field the mind cannot comment, so intelligence can focus on the undifferentiated essence. Practised steadily, this prepares one for death because it is the same cessation of movement, thought, memory, and feeling. The fear of death is actually fear of losing existence—mobility, memory, and emotion—which are effects, not essence. Barry distinguishes consciousness from memory: consciousness retains value without recollection. The task is to live one truth at once, not think or talk about the day, and to care for the body intelligently while disidentifying from it. The three abiding realities are the body, intelligence, and pure sensation—the essence that acts on the brain to generate form. In daily life the world tests emotional habits. Refuse offence, see through feelings, and take practical action rather than resent. Purity of heart is no resentment; purity of mind is no indulgence in thinking about the past. In love, be loved enough or leave; cut old ties cleanly. Lovemaking matures into consciousness, with stillness and a willingness to love.
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