http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com The search for Truth and the nature of reality. Mon, 12 May 2008 07:52:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Steve Witt sent this to me. Listen to brain scientist Jill Taylor's 18 minute talk at the 2008 TED conference about what she experienced during her brain hemorrhage and see if it sounds familiar! WATCH NOW! http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/03/19/this-will-blow-your-mind/ James from Perth and Patrick from Dallas joined me over Skype yesterday for a chat about their advaita experience. We talk a little about Eckhart Tolle and Wei Wu Wei. PRESS PLAY [audio:http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/audio/tpn_advaita_20080208_045.mp3] OR DOWNLOAD THE ADVAITA SHOW HERE You can now subscribe to TPN :: The Advaita Show by Email! Click ... http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/02/09/the-advaita-show-45-james-and-patrick/ A few months ago I said I'd to an "open" show on the first Monday of every month, where you nice folks can call in via Skype for a chat. Well I keep forgetting. James in Perth keeps reminding me and so I agreed I'd do one tomorrow (that's Friday ... http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/02/07/open-advaita-show-recording-tomorrow/ Bob's latest book is titled "One Essence (expressing and) appearing as everything". Take a look at his website for details on the book. Cameron came to Bob's place for a couple of meetings. This podcast is a recording of the first one, which happened about a week ago. Bob gives a ... http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/02/03/the-advaita-show-44-cameron-visits-bobs-meeting/ After Bob's last Thursday night, a few of us went out for a drink. Someone mentioned Bill Hicks and it turned out a surprising number of people there enjoyed his work. So when I saw this tonight I thought I'd share it with you. http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/02/02/a-little-bit-of-bill/ I went to Bob's regular Thursday night session tonight for the first time in AGES and it was wonderful. I'm always amazed at how much I enjoy it and how razor sharp the old bloke is (I'm never sure how old he is but tonight he told me he's almost ... http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/01/17/going-to-see-bob/ A special treat for everyone to celebrate the winter/summer solstice. Eliot recently sent me this recording from Bob's place dated 02 Sept 2007. It's atmospheric as usual. A bit of background noise, people coming and going, but mostly the Bobster dealing out a hard dose of truth and clarity. Hope ... http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/12/24/the-advaita-show-43-bobs-joint-02-sept-2007/ Listener Gavin (aka GavT23), from just outside of Newcastle in the UK, took up the opportunity to come on the show today. He tells us about how he got into non-duality about five years ago after reading a book by Eckhart Tolle, and how he uses it in his life ... http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/12/03/the-advaita-show-42-with-gavin-from-newcastle-uk/ Hey folks - I would REALLY appreciate it if a few (thousand) of you could pop on over to the TPN 2007 Survey (link: http://www.thepodcastnetwork.com/survey) and spend ten minutes filling it out. We need to collect some anonymous data on our audience demographics to use in discussions with advertisers. Thanks! http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/11/27/the-tpn-2007-survey/ I've had a number of requests from people over the last couple of months about coming on the show. And I would *love* to have you all come on. Unfortunatey Steve and I are just flakey as hell when it comes to setting a time to record a show. SO... ... http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/11/26/recording-schedule/ Steve and I catch up for a chat today. He talks about the advaita book he's writing and we talk about whether or not the "I" is real or not... or both at the same time. Is the dream real? Or a dream? Does the dream exist? Can you say ... http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/10/22/the-advaita-show-41-not-two-unless-youre-talking-twins-in-a-hot-tub/ TPN now has a HQ in Second Life! If you're in Second Life, you can find it here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Liddy/91/148/21 This will be a place where we, TPN hosts and audience, can catch up to solve the world's problems and extend the conversation that starts in the podcasts and blogs into another ... http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/09/27/tpn-hq-in-sl/ Of course we have Bob Seal who regularly draws advaita-ish cartoons. But one of my favouriate cartoonists is a guy called Hugh MacLeod. He is famous for drawing cartoons on the back of business cards. That's his format. He puts them all up on his gapingvoid blog. Anyway, I saw ... http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/09/16/another-advaita-cartoon/ The Xin Xin Ming (aka the Hsin Hsin Ming) has been on my mind a lot lately so I decided to record myself reading it. Bob first gave me a copy of this 20 years ago and I still find it to be the clearest writing on "this" that I've ... http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/09/13/the-advaita-show-40-the-xin-xin-ming/ Steve and Cam are back with more advaita hilarity and wisdom! Only kiddin. We talk a little about Mother Theresa's doubts, your comments, Second Life, suggestions for the future of the show, and then ramble on about the usual stuff. PRESS PLAY [audio:http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/audio/tpn_advaita_20070904_039.mp3] OR DOWNLOAD THE ADVAITA SHOW HERE NEW! - You ... http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/09/04/the-advaita-show-39-fully-cooked/ If you haven't experience Second Life yet, you really should. Talk about putting a whole new face on advaita! It's a world... that exists purely in your imagination. You have a body... but it's imaginary. It exists only on your computer screen. Are you the character that talks with your ... http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/08/28/come-hang-out-with-me-in-second-life/ Bob turns 79 this week! Yes, guru's apparently get older and have birthdays, just like the rest of us. Send him your best wishes here! http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/07/14/its-bobs-birthday/ In response to the begging and pleading - here is some more Bob smack from the Bob shack. Don't forget you can appease your advaita withdrawals by going to Bob's website and buying his CDs and books. PRESS PLAY [audio:http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/audio/tpn_advaita_20070619_038.mp3] OR DOWNLOAD THE ADVAITA SHOW HERE NEW! - You can now ... http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/06/19/the-advaita-show-38-bobs-shack-27-mar-2007/ More Bob smack from the Bob shack. Blessed be Eliot the Reliable. Don't forget you can appease your advaita withdrawals by going to Bob's website and buying his CDs and books. PRESS PLAY [audio:http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/audio/tpn_advaita_20070504_037.mp3] OR DOWNLOAD THE ADVAITA SHOW HERE NEW! - You can now subscribe to TPN :: The Advaita ... http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/05/04/the-advaita-show-37-bobs-shack-20-mar-2007/ "I WANNA MINGLE!" So sayeth James Brown in this clip which you should watch BEFORE you listen to this episode of the show because otherwise it won't make much sense at all.... We don't have any "Bob smack" for you yet, so you'll have to put up with Steve and I rabbiting ... http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/04/16/the-advaita-show-36-i-wanna-mingle/ Thanks to Goofy for bringing this to our attention. Thinker, philosopher UG Krishnamurti dead. Sunday, March 25, 2007 BANGALORE: Thinker and philosopher UG Krishnamurti has died at Vallecrossia in Italy aged 89. Krishnamurti, lovingly called UG by his friends and admirers, had slipped and injured himself seven weeks ago ... http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/03/30/u-g-krishnamurti-gives-up-the-illusion/ Another session from Bob's group. This one dated 16 Jan 2007. PRESS PLAY [audio:http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/audio/tpn_advaita_20070319_035.mp3] OR DOWNLOAD THE ADVAITA SHOW HERE NEW! - You can now subscribe to TPN :: The Advaita Show by Email! Click here to subscribe. The Advaita Show Theme is: Download "Dick Dagger's Theme" (mp3) from "Porno Sonic: Unreleased 70's Porno ... http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/03/19/the-advaita-show-35-bobs-joint-16-jan-07/ I've been reading Leonard Cohen's latest collection of poems, "Book Of Longing", and I am really enjoying it. Here's one I thought you might enjoy: "What Did It" An acquaintance told me that the great sage Nisargadatta Maharaj once offered him a cigarette, "Thank you, sir, but I don't smoke." "Don't smoke?" said the master, "What's life for?" If ... http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/03/09/leonard-cohens-book-of-longing/ Yeah... that's what you all want to know, isn't it? "Screw enlightenment, brother Cameron - will this advaita schtick get a Qantas stewardess grabbing me by the back of my head and screaming my name over and over in an aircraft lavatory at 35,000 feet?" (and if you don't know ... http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/03/05/the-advaita-show-34-can-advaita-get-you-laid/ So I was chatting with Bob the other day and I asked him if Eliot was still recording the regular sessions at Bob's house. When I found out he was, I asked Bob if it would be alright to post one up here every now and again. He's was fine ... http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/02/17/the-advaita-show-33-bob-in-his-natural-habitat/ Listener Corey Vance from Rochester, New York, joins us today on the show to talk about how he discovered non-duality teaching and where he is at with it. Steve takes a break from being Mr Mom and joins us about half way through the show. PRESS PLAY [audio:http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/audio/tpn_advaita_20070206_032.mp3] OR DOWNLOAD THE ADVAITA ... http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/02/06/the-advaita-podcast-32-corey-doesnt-have-it-or-does-he/ Steve Da Wittness emailed me this morning to pass on the information that Douglas Harding, He Who Had No Head, passed away last night. So we did a show in his honour. If you don't know who he is, here's a few links for you. Douglas Harding's biography Links to his books. PRESS ... http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/01/12/the-advaita-podcast-31-douglas-harding-1909-2007/ Mark Hallett, a researcher with the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, said, “Free will does exist, but it’s a perception, not a power or a driving force. People experience free will. They have the sense they are free. “The more you scrutinize it, the more you realize you don’t ... http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/01/09/nothing-but-sophisticated-meat-machines/ Today my guest is Mike Arnold aka Dharma Mike. He says that the idea that there is no free will stopped working for him after a while and explains what he lies awake worrying about. We also talk about: St John Of The Cross Emmet Fox Thomas Merton - link Scott Adams of The ... http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/12/28/the-advaita-podcast-30-when-the-truth-stops-working/ PRESS PLAY [audio:http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/audio/tpn_advaita_20061213_029.mp3] OR DOWNLOAD THE ADVAITA SHOW HERE Well it's been six weeks, but Steve and Cam are back to talk about nothing, this time over Skype. I'd love to tell ya that there are some real gems of wisdom in this podcast, but I'd be lyin'. It's just the appearance ... http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/12/13/the-advaita-podcast-29-in-search-of-truthiness/ Want to come on the show? Now you can. Here's how it's going to work. Step 1. I will post up the future schedule (a few weeks in advance) to a Google Calendar. You can view it here. Step 2. If you want to come on any particular episode, look to the ... http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/11/30/your-chance-to-come-on-the-advaita-show/ [audio:http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/audio/tpn_advaita_20061027_028.mp3] OR DOWNLOAD THE ADVAITA SHOW HERE We're back! Well kinda sorta. I'm hanging out in Carmel, California with my peep Steve Witt (who was on the show back in January) and he WON'T SHUT UP ABOUT ADVAITA so I thought I might as well turn the microphone on and record some ... http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/10/28/the-advaita-show-028-no-guru-required/ Hey folks I'm going to be in San Fran for the next few weeks. Any of you in that general area who want to catch up for a coffee let me know! You can reach me on my email or my US cell 310 9900666. I also need a sofa to ... http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/10/25/cam-in-san-fran/ Yesterday I had a chat with a couple of friends about, among other things, free will. If you're interested, check out the podcast here. http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/09/28/a-podcast-about-free-will/ I'm sorry you missed the party. We had fun. But if you're just discovering the show, you need to start at the beginning. Here's a link to the first episode. If you start there and work your way forwards, you'll see the same questions and the same themes emerging over ... http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/09/07/if-you-are-new-to-the-advaita-show/ Just an update folks. I spoke to Bob for the first time in four months yesterday and asked him if he was interested in starting the show again. He said something like "It's just the same questions from the same people over and over again." So I guess that's a ... http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/09/07/the-future-of-the-advaita-show/ I'm starting to miss the show, so I thought I'd throw up a new forum for people to leave questions. If it looks like we're getting enough interesting ones, I'll see if Bob wants to put together the team for another episode. Go to the forum. http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/07/15/a-new-place-to-ask-questions/ The Advaita Show #027 (MP3 - 10MB - 29min) [audio:http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/audio/tpn_advaita_20060418_027.mp3] OR DOWNLOAD THE ADVAITA SHOW HERE Well it was fun while it lasted but I think the general consensus today was that this show has run dry. There's nothing left to say. No questions left to ask. No new answers left to give ... http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/04/19/the-advaita-show-027-the-very-last-show/ The Advaita Show #026 (MP3 - 6MB - 19min) >DOWNLOAD THE ADVAITA SHOW HERE Or play it by clicking here: [audio:http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/audio/tpn_advaita_20060411_026.mp3] Short and to the point today. Bob was on a caffeine high, came out of the gates swinging, and I wanted to preserve the moment, so I pulled the plug early on. I ... http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/04/11/the-advaita-show-026-bob-in-the-zone/ Ok so I'm testing out using Odeo for recording your audio comments to insert into the show. If you'd like to leave us a comment, click here.  http://advaita.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/04/09/were-not-in-right-now-so-leave-us-a-message/