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Truth, Love, Beauty Resides at the Source of Experience-Rupert Spira
Published on Dec 24, 2014
Several people have asked Rupert to post the occasional meditation on YouTube, so here’s the first one. It explores the search for happiness and the nature of love.
http://www.rupertspira.com / http://www.sajahapublications.com
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A whisper, then tingles, then 87 million YouTube views: Meet the star of ASMR – The Washington Post
The pretty blond woman is plucking at the bristles of a hairbrush with gold-manicured fingertips, tapping her nails softly against the wooden handle as she holds it close to a microphone. Bathed in soft lighting, she smiles knowingly into the video camera, as if sharing a secret.
“The tapping sounds remind me of the sound of the rain,” she breathes in a subtly accented whisper.
This is Maria, a 28-year-old Russian expat in suburban Maryland, starring in a YouTube video that has been viewed more than 7 million times. Hundreds of thousands of Maria’s devotees return again and again to listen to her hushed whispers as she assumes simulated roles — librarian, hairstylist, masseuse — and performs simple motions: folding towels, blowing smoke from an incense burner, flipping through the pages of a magazine.
It might sound like a bafflingly bizarre way to spend time on the Internet. But for Maria’s viewers, her voice and movements hold a certain magic: They can instill tranquillity, overcome insomnia — and induce a mysterious physical sensation known as autonomous sensory meridian response, or ASMR, wherein the body is flooded with waves of euphoric tingles.
“It’s like showers of sparkles,” says Maria, speaking as herself. “It’s like warm sand being poured all over you, trickling over your head and down into your shoulders. It’s like goosebumps on your brain.”
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via A whisper, then tingles, then 87 million YouTube views: Meet the star of ASMR – The Washington Post.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6gLlIAnzg7eJ8VuXDCZ_vg
In this world of stress and chaos I wish my channel to be your secret island of relaxation and peace. I’m here to comfort you, to share my love and care with you, to make you feel relaxed and stress free through creative and soothing videos.Let me try and keep you company at hard times, let me calm you down and help you sleep on restless nights, let me be your friend and be a triggerer for your tingles (ASMR) or simply help you find beauty and peace in places you might have never thought of looking.
Mindfulness – Anderson Cooper – CBS News – Wisdom 2.0
Anderson Cooper reports on what it’s like to try to achieve “mindfulness,” a self-awareness scientists say is very healthy, but rarely achieved in today’s world of digital distractions
Friends,
60 Minutes reached out to us last year about a program they wanted to do on Mindfulness in America. They attended the last Wisdom 2.0, and we later helped organize a small meditation retreat that the host of the show, Anderson Cooper, joined that was led by Jon and Will Kabat-Zinn.
Anderson and his team interviewed various people, from researchers to business leaders to sports psychologists, all with a focus on mindfulness.
We do not know what content they have chosen (or if it will be a positive representation of this field or a somewhat suspicious one) but we wanted to let you know that the program airs tonight Sunday, Dec. 14 at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
All signs are that they did a very thorough job preparing the piece.
You can watch it tonight and see a teaser here. They will have more footage on their website after the show.
Wishing you well,
Soren
The Award for Best Iraq Bombing Goes To… – YouTube
Published on Dec 8, 2014
It’s often said that “you can bomb the world to pieces but you can’t bomb it into peace.” The finalists for the coveted Best Iraq Bombing Award beg to differ. From Tomahawk cruise missiles to Predator drones, these Oval Office humanitarians have brought peace to the very cradle of civilization no fewer than four times in the past 25 years. Find out which of the last four presidents war it best.
Approximately 1:30 minutes.
Written by Nick Gillespie and Meredith Bragg. Hosted by Gillespie. Produced and edited by Bragg.
Rupert Spira – 2nd Buddha at the Gas Pump Interview – YouTube
Published on Nov 4, 2014
Also see http://batgap.com/rupert-spira-2nd-in…
From an early age Rupert Spira was deeply interested in the nature of reality. For twenty years he studied the teachings of P.D.Ouspensky, J.Krishnamurti, Rumi, Shankaracharya, Ramana Maharshi, Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj and Robert Adams, until he met his teacher, Francis Lucille, in 1996. Francis introduced Rupert to the teachings of Jean Klein and Atmanada Krishnamenon and, more importantly, directly indicated to him the true nature of experience.
His two books, The Transparency of Things, (sub-titled Contemplating the Nature of Experience), and Presence, in two volumes (The Art of Peace and Happiness and The Intimacy of All Experience), are a profound exploration of the non-dual nature of experience.
Rupert’s YouTube Channel. Interviews can be listened to here and watched here.
Rupert lives in UK and holds regular meetings and retreats in Europe and USA.
For all further information see http://www.rupertspira.com.
via Rupert Spira – 2nd Buddha at the Gas Pump Interview – YouTube.
Pico Iyer: The art of stillness – Ted Talks
Published on Nov 26, 2014
The place that travel writer Pico Iyer would most like to go? Nowhere. In a counterintuitive and lyrical meditation, Iyer takes a look at the incredible insight that comes with taking time for stillness. In our world of constant movement and distraction, he teases out strategies we all can use to take back a few minutes out of every day, or a few days out of every season. It’s the talk for anyone who feels overwhelmed by the demands for our world.
satsang with mooji – live satsang
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Sunday SatsangSunday, November 23rd, 2014 at 10:00 AM EST onmooji-liveSunday Satsang with Sri Mooji is broadcast live from Mooji Sangha Bhavan, Portugal. You can tune in here at 3pm Lisbon time on Sunday afternoon whenever Sri Mooji is sharing Satsang.Watch Event |
Jill Bolte Taylor’s stroke of insight – YouTube
http://www.ted.com Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened — as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding — she studied and remembered every moment. This is a powerful story about how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one another.
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