An MP3 version of this conversation is on my podcast feed, Talks and Thoughts. Rupert Spira and I met for a second conversation, beginning with one of William Blake’s great exclamations of nondual awareness: “Awake! awake O sleeper of the land of shadows, wake! expand! I am in you and you in me, mutual in… Continue reading Living In Awareness – a conversation with Rupert Spira & Mark Vernon
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Know Thyself – Rupert Spira and Mark Vernon in conversation
An MP3 podcast of the conversation is here. What is the direct path of Advaita Vedanta and why is it significant for so many now? How is it found across traditions, including within Christianity? Why might it matter to us today, collectively as well as individually? What are its links to psychotherapy, individuality, freedom, God?… Continue reading Know Thyself – Rupert Spira and Mark Vernon in conversation
Nondualism, Divine Life and Now – on Looking East in Winter by Rowan Williams
A MP3 version of the talk can be found here. Rowan Williams has written another hugely significant book, one ripe with meaning for now. In this talk, I unpack its themes of non-dualism and Trinitarian life, eros and kenosis, politics and justice, seeing truthfully and destroying the world. 0:39 Addressing the Anthropocene 1:28 The need… Continue reading Nondualism, Divine Life and Now – on Looking East in Winter by Rowan Williams
How to be Christian – Jordan Peterson & Jonathan Pageau
Some reflections on the fascinating conversation between Jordan Peterson and Jonathan Pageau: – Maybe it’s not how to be a Christian but to realise how you already are – Why symbology, developmental maps and archetypes become as many rabbit holes – That the beginning and ground matters as much as the end and theosis –… Continue reading How to be Christian – Jordan Peterson & Jonathan Pageau
Freedom to be – on Iain McGilchrist and Rowan Williams
Iain McGilchrist and Rowan Williams were in dialogue on Friday 19th February 2021, a beautiful exchange that was sadly not recorded. Here I offer some thoughts on it, particularly in the light of reflections offered by Matt Segall. It concerns transcendence and immanence, being and becoming, eternity and processes in space and time – or… Continue reading Freedom to be – on Iain McGilchrist and Rowan Williams
How To Read The Greatest Secret by Rhonda Byrne
The new book sits uneasily alongside the bestseller that made her name The Greatest Secret by Rhonda Byrne is released, and immediately looks like as much of a publishing success as its predecessor, The Secret. The 2006 book has sold 20 million copies. So what do they have that is so immensely compelling? Is it… Continue reading How To Read The Greatest Secret by Rhonda Byrne