This full-length recording, made available freely, was recorded on the 14th of August 1994 in Colorado. This recording is one of eight in the Colorado Talks 1994 series. The series is available in the paid version of the podcast, available on Apple Podcast and Spotify Podcast.Extracts from this episode:I am master of the West – and you are all Westerners, you are not easterners. Unless you are addressed in the Western way, you won't be able to live the teaching of truth, you won't be able to ...
Barry Long demonstrates his one pointed love of truth in this most engaging interview with David Freeman from 1984.Barry Long rarely gave interviews to the media and the purpose of this one was to promote his newly published book 'The Origins of Man and the Universe'.More details about the book can be found here – https://www.barrylong.org/products/book/the-origins-of-man-and-the-universeSupport the Show.All content © The Barry Long Trust
Excerpts:I live with a woman or a man, if I'm a woman, to enjoy being together. What we've got to examine is what stops us from enjoying being together? That would be a reasonable question, wouldn't it?Man is with woman, where I come from, for her to help him to give up his structures – only to help him, as he is with her to help her to give up emotion. So it's a two-way deal.Man's main difficulty in living with woman is that he won't listen to her. If he gets emotional, where I come from, it...
Keywords: love and sexual drive, resonance and reflection, civilisation and emotion, making love without sexual stimulation, making love, the nature of man and his sexual drive, the difference between man and woman, woman is fundamentally love, man's sexual drive seeks to possess, woman fundamentally wants to love and to give, moving from sex to loveOutline: 0:00 On resonance and attraction. The inter-connected and inter-penetrating nature of all existence. The individual's inherent love and ...
Transcript: Now, I'd like to make it clear to the people with me that emotions are always negative or excitement. I want to make it clear that joy is not an emotion because the world thinks that joy, beauty and love are emotions – and they are not.Joy is in me. Joy arises from the place of stillness in me. If you emotionalise joy, you come up into the subconscious where you want to make an impression on somebody or communicate, whereas joy just rises, and it can be there now without any emoti...
Keywords: God, love, human race, man, woman, compassionate giver, thought process, body, consciousness, emotion, truth, river of life, human condition, minds and emotions, planted together forever, great mystery, human mind, sex, enjoyment, fantasizingOutline:0:00 Love, God, and the human condition. On the love between man and woman, and how it is a reflection of the love of God. The importance of love as the key to understanding and achieving unity among people, despite the prevalence of mis...
Keywords: intelligence, love, woman, life, relationships, penis, blame, gratitude, emotions, resentment, man, vagina, transform, interaction, orgasm, self knowledge, body, accuse, practical, earthOutline: 0:01 Love, sex, and relationships. Understanding what you don't enjoy is key to wise relationships. On making love too quickly after meeting a new partner. A woman's vagina holds the emotional hurts from past relationships and lovemaking, causing pain and tightness. A loving man's penis is s...
Keywords: God, love, man, female, self doubt, truth, pure sensation, intelligence, body, assertive, decisions, life, woman, emotional attachment, judgment, consciousness, spiritual, innocenceOutline:0:02 The nature of woman and female. Woman has lost her natural state – the female in her – and must reclaim it to be truly happy and fulfilled. Woman has become disconnected from her true nature and has become possessed by her self to a large degree, leading to unhappiness and discontent. Woman m...
Keywords: spiritual life, emotions, truth, senses, love, gratitude, life, thinking, presence, anger, unhappiness, god, death, intelligence, past, aim, blockage, innocence, resentment, fightOutline:0:06 The power of acknowledgment in life. In relationships familiarity sets in when we stop acknowledging each other. Acknowledge the good in your life to attract more positivity, rather than dwelling on negative thoughts – what you acknowledge you get.4:40 Embracing life's goodness and overcoming n...
Keywords: spiritual life, intelligence, love, negative emotions, body, pure sensation, karma, consequences, human race, negativity, ignorance, worry, thinking, pure intelligence, sensation, chest, pain, self, moat, feelings, emotionOutline:0:00 Spirituality and maintaining innocence in the world. The importance of dedicating time to spiritual growth, rather than just attending events. Maintaining spiritual innocence in a world filled with insincerity and tensions.5:21 The consequences of hold...
Keywords: mind, clarity, awareness, truth, god, honesty, body, emotions, pain, life, nothing, silence, emotion, past, divine mind, beauty, thought, joy, sweetness, love.Outline:(0:01) Thoughts about past experiences can activate emotions of loss or absence, distracting from the present moment.(7:32) Emotions and honesty. Thought is in the past, and thought can never lead to truth. Reflecting on past actions and past experiences.(17:56) Consciousness and clarity of mind. The self, the troublem...
'Sex is really love, only it has a selfish drive in it. Eventually that drive becomes the drive to master yourself and to transform your sexual drive into love.’Barry Long’s tantric teaching reveals the next step in our evolution. Transforming Sex into Love shows you how this revolutionary change can make your most intimate relationship an ever deepening expression of love. Questions from the audience offer practical situations to demonstrate the idea. Profoundly relevant, this down-to-earth ...
Keywords: emotion, love, hurt, spiritual life, subconscious, loss, offense, self, energy, emotional, argument, love life, man, sexual excitement, stillness, life, grief, emotional reactions, personality, childhoodOutline:0:00 Emotional reactions and past hurts affecting present behavior. Emotional reactions from childhood can resurface in the present, taking on the personality of the past hurt. The self seeks to understand past hurt through insistence on wrong words in the present.5:48 Past h...