Recently at a Whirling Dervish Meditation in Istanbul I read how Rumi summarized his life:
I was immature; I became experienced; I was consumed.
I could divide this lifetime in those categories also, starting with a life driven by conditioning resulting in a very successful appearance without much satisfaction.
Then the search for real happiness and peace. Decades of working with different modalities and sitting with many masters leading to teaching others how to relinquish conditioning and experience peaceful Silence.
And now, Satsang starts with the truth of everyone, the perfection of Self.
The tapestry of life includes all as the expression of Consciousness without any separation.
Anything that attempts to obscure this truth melts in its power.
Satsang is given in America, Canada and Europe as well as Private Satsang Sessions.
Website: satsangwithstuart.com
Book: The Great Undoing
Interview conducted 5/16/2015
Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast.
YouTube Video Chapters:
- 00:00:00 – Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump
- 00:04:14 – Present in the Teaching
- 00:08:31 – Being at Home with Presence
- 00:12:40 – Finding Peace in the Unknown
- 00:17:19 – The Breath as a Profound and Overlooked Practice
- 00:21:29 – Death as Part of Life
- 00:25:54 – Dying to the Personality
- 00:30:22 – A Surprise Visit and the Next Obvious Thing
- 00:34:48 – Resonating with a Teacher
- 00:39:10 – A Conversation about Comedy and Philosophy
- 00:42:16 – The Joy of Expressing Yourself
- 00:45:25 – Going Beyond Conditioning
- 00:48:50 – Finding Peace in Deep Presence
- 00:52:16 – Sweet Blissful Experience
- 00:55:41 – The Truth of Who You Are
- 00:59:18 – Reflecting on the Meaning of Life and the Universe
- 01:02:39 – The Miraculous Laws of Nature
- 01:05:56 – The Duality of Right and Wrong
- 01:09:25 – Expressing the True Self
- 01:12:37 – Homework and Spiritual Zeal
- 01:15:44 – Resistance and the Joy of Rebirthing
- 01:19:06 – Seeking Happiness in the Outward Direction
- 01:22:12 – Maintaining Silence and Comprehensiveness
- 01:25:42 – Encouragement and Reminding Yourself
- 01:29:16 – A Magnificent Experience
- 01:32:52 – Finding Security in the Present Moment
- 01:36:24 – The Paradox of Personhood
- 01:39:37 – The Burning Sensation of Meditation
- 01:43:03 – The Power of Consciousness and the Breath
- 01:46:46 – “No Joy in Smallness”
- 01:49:46 – Emo Phillips and Weird Comedy
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