Wolfe is a modern master, without question. In time he will be remembered alongside Nisargadatta and Ramana as one of the greatest non-duality teachers. The clarity of his message is beautiful, something to behold.
Animals' minds can and do slip out of the present to contemplate the past or future - just not as often or as far as humans; Animals can anticipate being greeted for feeding or an ear scratch...and they can reflect on the past as demonstrated by avoidance of persons who have mistreated them. The main difference is that animals spend the absolute minimum required fleeting time outside of the present moment. Humans can tend to wobble back and forth continuously and never stop in the present for more than a fleeting moment. It is virtually impossible to have a thought and remain in the present. Only by deliberate detached determination to observe the thoughts passing through our minds - with out being sucked along with them - can we remain in the present. All of the techniques for awakening the mind, be it asking "who am I?" endlessly, or chanting "Om mani padme hum..." - have one purpose - to bring the minds focus into the present time- and keep it there. The "present time" is immeasurably shorter than the time it takes to say "NOW" . Even a pico second has a beginning and ending which cannot be in existence simultaneously. "Now" is a razor edge on which to balance the minds concentration. Thinking is equivalent to juggling whilst tight-rope walking. Better to learn to tight rope walk with out the juggling act to begin with.
Excellent, thank you. Who is the interviewer? Has a clear understanding himself, a perfect blend of questions and responses two way! Confirmation is so stimulating, to fall in love with living life all of it.... Thank you both so much! One Question: both the interviwer & Robert express a strong, undoubtable experience that every moment is absolutely fresh and new! never happened before an dnever will again. This for me is less clear....will have to reflect more on this i guess..
i have seen fear in animals eyes at the time of death, they are not much different to us. No one must think us humans are so special. Animals mourn the loss of a loved one, elephants even go back years later and move the bones of a loved one and seem to feel the loss anew. We are all connected. when he said his friends dog had no fear in its eyes at the time of death after its heart attack, i think not. Unless it was enlightened
One can say that by noticing awareness, it is ever-fresh. If it were not fresh, appearances would have no space to arise in for those who experience the display and its potency. What might lend the sense of staleness and apathy to particular types of experiences or a very constricted sense of self are overlays that may seem comfortable and/or safe because they seem to offer a predictable grasp on reality until we know that there is nothing to grasp onto and, of course, no one to grasp it. The sensory experience opens up naturally into infinity as pure awareness without bounds or no bounds. When one looks through a fish-eye lens, "things" seem to slide in and out of the image as it moves. In that way, awareness left alone, as it is, includes the display like an aura or mandala and all that is displayed is ornaments of it with potential and potency. Right now even, for everyone, knowing and being are the same, becoming is also, but carries the illusion of progress on the edge of the "now" into another moment. Of course, without words, find out for yourself.
A dog can suffer from separation anxiety so you would have to assume they do worry and therefore are not just occupied with whatever is happening within their sense-range of that moment.
Wolfe is a modern master, without question. In time he will be remembered alongside Nisargadatta and Ramana as one of the greatest non-duality teachers. The clarity of his message is beautiful, something to behold.
I love the guy! every time I watch him something clicks a bit more. thank you Sir.
This is a wonderful interview and I am enjoying it immensely! Thank you for posting it ....
Animals' minds can and do slip out of the present to contemplate the past or future - just not as often or as far as humans; Animals can anticipate being greeted for feeding or an ear scratch...and they can reflect on the past as demonstrated by avoidance of persons who have mistreated them.
The main difference is that animals spend the absolute minimum required fleeting time outside of the present moment.
Humans can tend to wobble back and forth continuously and never stop in the present for more than a fleeting moment. It is virtually impossible to have a thought and remain in the present. Only by deliberate detached determination to observe the thoughts passing through our minds - with out being sucked along with them - can we remain in the present.
All of the techniques for awakening the mind, be it asking "who am I?" endlessly, or chanting "Om mani padme hum..." - have one purpose - to bring the minds focus into the present time- and keep it there. The "present time" is immeasurably shorter than the time it takes to say "NOW" . Even a pico second has a beginning and ending which cannot be in existence simultaneously. "Now" is a razor edge on which to balance the minds concentration. Thinking is equivalent to juggling whilst tight-rope walking. Better to learn to tight rope walk with out the juggling act to begin with.
Excellent, thank you. Who is the interviewer? Has a clear understanding himself, a perfect blend of questions and responses two way! Confirmation is so stimulating, to fall in love with living life all of it....
Thank you both so much!
One Question: both the interviwer & Robert express a strong, undoubtable experience that every moment is absolutely fresh and new! never happened before an dnever will again. This for me is less clear....will have to reflect more on this i guess..
center everywhere circumference nowhere,sure resignates with my heart.
i have seen fear in animals eyes at the time of death, they are not much different to us. No one must think us humans are so special. Animals mourn the loss of a loved one, elephants even go back years later and move the bones of a loved one and seem to feel the loss anew. We are all connected. when he said his friends dog had no fear in its eyes at the time of death after its heart attack, i think not. Unless it was enlightened
Conditioning of the mind is habitual, patterned and oceanic.
20:15 Central Fact of Life is Death. This demands the question: What is Life?
One can say that by noticing awareness, it is ever-fresh. If it were not fresh, appearances would have no space to arise in for those who experience the display and its potency. What might lend the sense of staleness and apathy to particular types of experiences or a very constricted sense of self are overlays that may seem comfortable and/or safe because they seem to offer a predictable grasp on reality until we know that there is nothing to grasp onto and, of course, no one to grasp it.
The sensory experience opens up naturally into infinity as pure awareness without bounds or no bounds. When one looks through a fish-eye lens, "things" seem to slide in and out of the image as it moves. In that way, awareness left alone, as it is, includes the display like an aura or mandala and all that is displayed is ornaments of it with potential and potency. Right now even, for everyone, knowing and being are the same, becoming is also, but carries the illusion of progress on the edge of the "now" into another moment.
Of course, without words, find out for yourself.
A dog can suffer from separation anxiety so you would have to assume they do worry and therefore are not just occupied with whatever is happening within their sense-range of that moment.
Love Brendan's laughter
@ 8:20 "Nothing Really Matters" is called out.
At 6 months old the individual is not aware of the finite "I."
It is experiencing the Subject_Object unification more Being_Knowingly.
who knows what an animal knows?
Central fact is Identity
like this
What is Awareness without objects or things to be aware of? If the Absolute is empty, then what is Awareness if there is NO THING to be aware of?
OK I get it - it doesn't matter.
phew+ a bit of sanity in the materialistic spiritual crap. a bit mind .
You don't really matter, dude.