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This audio is brought to you by the School of Philosophy and Economic Science in Ireland. We hold classes in Philosophy and Meditation throughout Ireland starting each September, January and March/April
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Listen to this awareness exercise with a short reading at the end by Shantananda Saraswati. Listen and practice stillness at the beginning and the end of your day to experience more rest . It is an exercise to develop greater awareness and depth of being. During the week practise this twice a day. The more we practise, the stronger its effect will be. Try it and see.
Awareness Exercise by the School of Philosophy and Economic Science Ireland. This recording has no reading at the end
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Everybody has it. How to access it. This talk examines what is inspiration? - is all of mankind naturally creative and thus is everybody an artist? - the useful arts and the fine arts - what is the highest art? - how much of the art is due to the artist? - ultimately, who is the artist? - what gets in the way of creativity or inspiration - understanding the source of all inspiration - removing the impediments that prevent us from being inspired all the time - Ralph Waldo Emerson and the practical aids to inspiration - the inspired life.
Surely you are perfectly happy as you are? This talk examines whether you are perfectly happy as you are - what is it that you really need to know - who am I in truth - do we know who we really are? - the creation of the false 'I' - the effects of the false 'I' on our lives - the role of philosophy in discovering the truth about your Self and the difference this makes - 12 questions we all need to ask ourselves.
How often are you full of bliss? This talk examines the true nature of Man - is misery real at all? - the difference between pleasure, happiness and bliss - the various ways we create misery for ourselves - 8 key ways we may grow in bliss.
How to achieve what I really want. This talk examines the mistake of every generation in achieving what it wants - the aim of human life - the three factor necessary to fulfil our ambitions - how the decisions we make determine our life - the different levels of consciousness and thus different capacities we enjoy - examining our life - how to achieve what we really want.
How aware are we really? This talk examines the difference between awareness and attention.
- What is awareness
- The price we pay for not being aware
- 6 practices to assist with increasing awareness
- Living in awareness
If you are not being true to yourself, who or what are you being true to? The need for a philosophy for our lives - life when untrue to ourselves - our mistaken identity - the domination of fear and subtle pain - how are we to become true to ourselves?
1. Conscious endeavor
2. Service
3. Embracing the unknown
4. Cultivating stillness
5. Working with nature
6. Answering your calling
7. Adherence to idealism - the authentic man or woman
If you don't, who will? This talk examines what is it that needs caring for - why energy is so important to us - the ways we waste energy physically, mentally and emotionally - getting to the source of energy - how to conserve energy - how to generate energy - the importance of measure and discrimination - discovering a balanced way of living - 3 practices that each of us can do - the benefit of a life endowed with full levels of energy.
The marriage of two minds. This talk examines what is communication and its importance - the two purposes of communication - the various means of communication - false communication - the factors for true communication - impediments to communication - the three ways to participate in conversation and their effects - 10 ways to improve communication.
Are you strong enough to be compassionate? This talk examines the real nature of love - how compassion arises - the difference between true compassion and false compassion - the price we pay for not being compassionate - compassion is not pity - the need for a strong heart - how we may grow in compassion.
Decisions determine your life. This talk examines how decisions arise - 10 important decisions that each one of us will make - the 5 bases for making a true decision - the functioning of the mind under different states - impediments to true decision making - 8 aids to decision making - how we can come to know whether a decision is right or not and the ultimate decision that the real philosopher has to make.
Are desires the eternal enemy of man? This talk examines why desire is the enemy of Man - the effect of desires on our bodies, minds and hearts - the mistaken belief that fulfillment of desires leads to happiness - the fundamental error that happiness is external to ourselves - the 3 beliefs behind all desires - how or why do desires arise? - what actually is a desire - are there any desires which are beneficial and what are they? - 7 ways to eliminate harmful desires - the desireless state and resultant happiness
The man who knows himself knows no fear. This talk examines how fear arises - the role of the ego with regard to fear and what are its characteristics - the false knowledge that produces fear - the types of fear - the results of fear on the life - how to deal with fear when it arises - the means to living a life totally free of fear.
Truth does not challenge your freedom: it is your freedom. This talk examines what true freedom is - what truth is it that sets you free - why all seek freedom - why so few succeed in being really free - what is it that traps the mind - how does bondage come about - the role of desire in entrapping the human being - the ways to attain the real freedom.
Are you living a life or are you living a lie? This talk examines what a human being is and what a human life is - do we have a life? - 5 areas of our lives that need examination - how to get our lives back - 4 ways to enlarge our lives - enlarging our hearts - enlarging our minds - the need for self-analysis - making our lives complete.
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