"Allow your meditation to be deep. Give yourself to it. Do not enter meditation with demands and requests. Enter meditation to give yourself to it. It is the temple of the True Spirit within you to which you bring yourself. In your practice periods, then, be present and be still. Allow yourself to bathe in the luxury of emptiness. For the presence of God is first experienced as emptiness because it lacks movement, and then within this emptiness, you begin to feel the presence that permeates all things and gives all meaning in life. Practice stillness today so that you may know." Steps to Knowledge, The Book of Inner Knowing - Step 69: Today I will practice stillness.
Passando no RUclips encontrei está jóia rara e abençoada este Senhor. Que voz que paz espiritual ele trás. Muito obrigado John te amo .Deus o abençoe Brasil copacabana
I hope even if it’s just 1 single person that sees this, that they have an amazing day and an even better future! ~ Much love from a Law Of Attraction RUclipsr💜
After all the anxiety I experienced going through open heart surgery I'm finally able to get back to meditation and my, abnormal for me, anxiety is melting away. Thank you for being my constant reminder to go back to just 'being'.
When I sit and try to clear my mind, I never really am able and feel a failure at meditation of sorts. Sitting watching nature, listening to birds in the trees or embroidering carefully, the time disappears and I feel rested. I keep trying. This helps. ❤️
Dear John, my life is chaotic at best, I never feel like I stop. Well that was until I found and heard you. I grew up visiting Bakewell and have to say it captured my heart, now I listen to you and instantly feel back at Bakewell. Thank you for everything you help me with. Many blessings kind sir Nathan
É lindo ouvi-lo falar de Deus! Da oração! Como no ocidente podemos nos afastar do nosso Deus... que nos leva acima das nuvens! É o imutável. A fé!😃😃😃👏🏼👏🏼🙏🏼😃💝💝
Keep up the real work john ty immensely from the bottom of my heart chakra i work every day 5 am to 11 am then i watch my little son almost full time so your lessons in the real work are never taken for granted speaking for myself asalamalakem and many blessings to you and phil
As a kid, Danny loved climbing onto roof tops. One day, Danny fell and broke his leg. Still, Danny kept trying to climb onto rooftops. After decades of hurting himself, Danny finally realized that it is so much better just to keep his ''feet on the ground''. Thank you John.
Cute, sensible and solidly grounded John Butler, so calm and comfortable to listen to - itself a meditation. Thank you for sharing this! (I could not help to notice the similarities between what he says about for instance the present moment, the reluctance to use the expression 'concentration' with meditation, the analogy of the clouds, the letting go - with those of the Stoics, the Taoists, Tolle and Alan Watts. I'm not sure, he is acquainted with any of these, but it just confirms the universality, does it not?) PS. When I have noticed that, I thought no more and completely drifted off with John's words. I will definitely return to these again in the evening. Thank you again.
I tried transcendental meditation for 5 months but I didn't seem to get anything from it. I'm going to try mindfulness soon. I want to find peace in this chaotic world. I am too sensitive and my mind reactive, so easily triggered. Nature is my church but I dont get to be in it nearly enough.
I started meditating about 50 years ago, and started vipassana mindfulness meditation about 15 years ago, though I don't claim to have been as devoted as John. However, John says a few things that I believe are worth questioning, the most significant of which is that there is no death - I'd be very interested to hear what he means by "death" and how he came to this conclusion, thanks.
Here is where I need help. I have major problems living with noise and in this very video I see John assess the noises that are going on and he seems to not be rattled by them as he's talking but folds it into the meditation experience that puts him in some kind of quiet and everlasting stillness, like being above the clouds. I would appreciate anybody trying to put into words how I can somehow experience the noises in my environment and be in a place of quiet in stillness... where I can be at peace and can even still sleep when I need rest in the presence of annoying noises. I get so angry and have such a need to change my environment. Noises have been that upsetting probably having something to do with having obsessive compulsive disorder and perhaps other factors. I appreciate some of the comments that have been made already here but I still don't get it. Help me understand. Again how can I be in quiet and stillness in the presence of annoying noises? Storm's comment was very interesting. Perhaps you have some more wisdom to share.
Hi Morgan - I know a little of how you feel. When I was in India at Ramana's place I found the barking dogs in the evening REALLY annoying. Then I told myself "they're only telling each other jokes and laughing". Sometimes re-framing what simply is can be helpful. Phil
John Butler has a lot of followers. A lot of admirers. People enjoy his videos for one or both of two reasons: his calm, soothing voice for ASMR and/or his discussions on meditation. Simply listening to him is meditation. I think most of the people who listen only for the ASMR don’t find much wisdom in his words, and also don’t comment much on the videos. Most that do comment find him to be full of wisdom and enjoy his messages on meditation. Personally, I enjoy his videos for the ASMR only, and don’t find much wisdom in his messages. But his voice…he is an ASMR god. Why I don’t find him full of wisdom is because I disagree with his views and perspectives on a variety of things. I'm not saying I'm right and he's wrong. I'm saying I disagree with him. It could be I'm wrong. But I disagree with him. His whole concept of “I AM” is completely contrary to what is taught in scripture. We are not “I AM” Being named and having a separate identity only makes sense. We are all individuals. I would imagine even the angels would have separate identities. If I see three people and want to talk to one, I have to be able to identify individuals. Identifying different species of plants and animals for their different uses etc. I mean I find it silly to think that “separate identity” is for a lower level of consciousness. “If you have nothing to say, say nothing” is a meditation thing, but not necessarily a spiritual thing. It doesn’t lessen a person’s spirituality if they want to talk about the weather or their work day or tell a joke. John is an introvert who has been meditating for 60 years. By his own acknowledgement, he prefers nature over people, and his character is to have less conversation. But that is his character, his personality. Nothing wrong with it, but there’s also nothing wrong with engaging in conversation. It doesn’t make one less spiritual. Just saying… He talks about the differences between the Western and Eastern branches of Christianity, and often says “in the east man is considered a sinner”…but I’ve never heard of any denomination that doesn’t view man as a sinner. They may approach it differently, but they all view man as a sinner. There are several other things I could list, but you get the idea. His meditation followers don’t challenge him. They put him on a pedestal. But I do enjoy his videos. He is such a calm and gentle man, with a very soothing voice. I listen to him daily.
Hey john just checking in with the concious community.hope everybody is at peace all is well. Question is popping into the studio for a recording or maybe even just a jam on the guitar or drums meditation i think so but just looking for opinions also i work in food service maintenence and sanitation all my best moments and ideas have come from presence within my work constant movement physically i agree brings one into. The moment .
20.10 'It's singular,and WE can smile at the performance'. Don't get this for if it's singular how can there be a WE to smile at the performance. You know I do think their are other(maybe egoless) states of conceousness but their relationship to the human condition is one that teachers and pupils alike must grapple with.Memories,dreams and reflections being part of who we are NOW.At least on the individual level😊
Keep at it with the impromptu videos. John's lost in God and therefore more revealing. This talk was excellent. Phil is this filmed after his meditation session?
Hi Joan - it is filmed at a silent meditation retreat in a local Bakewell cottage after breakfast (which is after a one and a half hour meditation in church). Phil
Thank you for these videos. I live by hope and intuition, but many close to me, including those i love deeply, are avowed atheists.I would love to hear your thoughts.
I like most of what John is saying, and I realize he's from an older generation that uses the God metaphor. To me, God is an unnecessary complication to meditation. Still John has a lot of good ideas.
Dear Phil, my wife has translated John’s poem Clouds in German and she would like to share it with you and John and the community including a little background around it. Could we discuss per email?
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I listen to John every night before I sleep, and all is well 🙏🏼
@Salli Griffin...indeed...and all night if necessary, when with troubled sleep. Thanks.
He has a peacefulness in his voice that is really soothing!
Haha same 😄
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I am in a sense of 'meditation' and peace while I listen to John. It helps me at work immensely. 🙏
Yes, same here. Its so calming and makes me really calm and even breath better lol
Work isn't the meaning of meditation
@@nathanbell6962 meditation doesn't have a label. Tons of people use work as such.
O senhor é uma pessoa incrível e que voz maravilhosa! Ganhou uma fã brasileira.
Duas e nem sei traduzir 😍
Três fãs brasileiros (03 Brazilian fans)
@@cinemanoestojo Ganhou quatro fãs. Esse senhor é uma Dádiva
One, two, three, four, FIVE... brazilian fa ns. John, you're a blessing. Greetings from Brazil.🤗
Thank you John. Your message was prepared for us through your long life. Your creator made you for the right moment
Thank you John and Phil.
"Allow your meditation to be deep. Give yourself to it. Do not enter meditation with demands and requests. Enter meditation to give yourself to it. It is the temple of the True Spirit within you to which you bring yourself. In your practice periods, then, be present and be still. Allow yourself to bathe in the luxury of emptiness. For the presence of God is first experienced as emptiness because it lacks movement, and then within this emptiness, you begin to feel the presence that permeates all things and gives all meaning in life.
Practice stillness today so that you may know."
Steps to Knowledge, The Book of Inner Knowing - Step 69: Today I will practice stillness.
Thank you for sharing, Ivan. Phil
Thank you for sharing that book.
Thank you, Ivan.
Watching and listening to these videos with full focus, for me, is meditation. Thank you for that.
You're very welcome. Phil
John, U are loved by many people that you'll never meet or know...♥️🎶
Many thanks for the reminders and sharing of this miracle discovery. God bless
Words of wisdom. Always a gift for all of us. Many thanks Mr. Butler.
Thank you!
Passando no RUclips encontrei está jóia rara e abençoada este Senhor. Que voz que paz espiritual ele trás. Muito obrigado John te amo .Deus o abençoe Brasil copacabana
Buena fortuna para copa mondial '22
@@randybackgammon890 👍💕😍😍😍
I would love to spend even one hour with this man!!
Deus continue o abençoando rica e poderosamente, John!!😃👏🏼👏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼💝
I was thinking of your dear mum John, when I was knitting this evening. ♥
I hope even if it’s just 1 single person that sees this, that they have an amazing day and an even better future!
~ Much love from a Law Of Attraction RUclipsr💜
Seen it! Thanks. Phil
Thank you
One of John's deepest . A treasure .
After all the anxiety I experienced going through open heart surgery I'm finally able to get back to meditation and my, abnormal for me, anxiety is melting away.
Thank you for being my constant reminder to go back to just 'being'.
Bless - wishing you a full recovery. Phil
Hope your recovery goes well. John is a wonderful source of calm for many of life's troublesome times. 😊
You bring peace to me. I love listening to your soothing voice and your deep wisdom.
Thank you, John.
When I sit and try to clear my mind, I never really am able and feel a failure at meditation of sorts. Sitting watching nature, listening to birds in the trees or embroidering carefully, the time disappears and I feel rested. I keep trying. This helps. ❤️
Let your thoughts pass without touching them. Let them come and go and just give your attention to moment.
Dear John, my life is chaotic at best, I never feel like I stop. Well that was until I found and heard you. I grew up visiting Bakewell and have to say it captured my heart, now I listen to you and instantly feel back at Bakewell.
Thank you for everything you help me with.
Many blessings kind sir
Nathan
Wow, thank you. Phil
Hey Mr. John, Thanks for sharing your experiences.
Hugs from Brazil.
This man is why I get up in the morning
God bless you, John.
i’m happy to see you happy john
He is great to listen to just before meditating or sitting in silence
I had a dream last night that john and I were on top of a mountain and I was just listening to him talk. It was beautiful.
My favorite ASMR guy by far. Thanks to John and Phil. Love and Respect!
Many thanks Darrell. Phil
É lindo ouvi-lo falar de Deus! Da oração! Como no ocidente podemos nos afastar do nosso Deus... que nos leva acima das nuvens! É o imutável. A fé!😃😃😃👏🏼👏🏼🙏🏼😃💝💝
I love this man. He's an old soul 💜
My heart is warm with comfort and peace. Thank you John.
Keep up the real work john ty immensely from the bottom of my heart chakra i work every day 5 am to 11 am then i watch my little son almost full time so your lessons in the real work are never taken for granted speaking for myself asalamalakem and many blessings to you and phil
Appreciated. Phil
There’s nothing like John’s words 🙏❤️
I love you ❣️
Lots of love to you dear sir. May God bless you ❤️🌹
As a kid, Danny loved climbing onto roof tops. One day, Danny fell and broke his leg. Still, Danny kept trying to climb onto rooftops. After decades of hurting himself, Danny finally realized that it is so much better just to keep his ''feet on the ground''. Thank you John.
you’re amazing john! ❤️
Absolutely beautiful video..them background noises are so relaxing.. thanks
Cute, sensible and solidly grounded John Butler, so calm and comfortable to listen to - itself a meditation. Thank you for sharing this!
(I could not help to notice the similarities between what he says about for instance the present moment, the reluctance to use the expression 'concentration' with meditation, the analogy of the clouds, the letting go - with those of the Stoics, the Taoists, Tolle and Alan Watts. I'm not sure, he is acquainted with any of these, but it just confirms the universality, does it not?)
PS. When I have noticed that, I thought no more and completely drifted off with John's words.
I will definitely return to these again in the evening.
Thank you again.
An Old wise man like that have more knowledge than any library…
Yes!
All hail the king king of relaxation #feetontheground
I love this guy, :)
"Blessed are the poor in Spirit for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven "
Understanding is standing under!
Through meditation, you will find that happiness is a choice.
BTW....despite my reservations about SOME of what John says, I must say he speaks beautifully on this one in particular
Gratidão por lhe ouvir, sem nem mesmo saber a tradução sinto paz ao ouvir o senhor. Um abraço daqui de São Vicente SP Brazil
Yes Sir ! No doubt
John butler...my man 👨👌👏
É com ouvir sons de águas tranquilas!
Por favor, adiciona opção de legenda em Português Brasil.
Poxa 😕 não tem
To penando pra entender..😐
O Espírito Santo de Deus! Jesus nos deixou o Consolador!!🙌🏼🙌🏼👏🏼👏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼👏🏼
Paulo de Tarso: “venci o bom combate””Guardei a fé.”🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Presença de Deus!🙏🏼💝
I tried transcendental meditation for 5 months but I didn't seem to get anything from it. I'm going to try mindfulness soon. I want to find peace in this chaotic world. I am too sensitive and my mind reactive, so easily triggered. Nature is my church but I dont get to be in it nearly enough.
All the best with it Michael.
Ah Michael - as John says in this video "The art of meditation is losing interest in the results." Catch 22. :-) Phil
"Anything you can describe is not it." 🙂❤🤗
John and Phil.
John Phil.
Jill.
His voice😍
With John I always feel like I’m coming home…
What do i really want? I think I know, but do I? Results are always a projection of the ego. Yes.
'Amazingly'.…. That's concentration!
I started meditating about 50 years ago, and started vipassana mindfulness meditation about 15 years ago, though I don't claim to have been as devoted as John.
However, John says a few things that I believe are worth questioning, the most significant of which is that there is no death - I'd be very interested to hear what he means by "death" and how he came to this conclusion, thanks.
Thanks AJ - I'll ask him. Phil
♥
Love the mic scratching his beard and shirt….
Does no one ever do a mic check before recording, John?
That'll be me - you got me. Phil
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That woman is back again humming in the background, so so anoying.
Chill out and see beyond annoying people.
@@nathanbell6962 yes very true. True meditation shows no irritation as it isn't mindful of distraction, only mindful of nothingness.
Here is where I need help. I have major problems living with noise and in this very video I see John assess the noises that are going on and he seems to not be rattled by them as he's talking but folds it into the meditation experience that puts him in some kind of quiet and everlasting stillness, like being above the clouds. I would appreciate anybody trying to put into words how I can somehow experience the noises in my environment and be in a place of quiet in stillness... where I can be at peace and can even still sleep when I need rest in the presence of annoying noises. I get so angry and have such a need to change my environment. Noises have been that upsetting probably having something to do with having obsessive compulsive disorder and perhaps other factors. I appreciate some of the comments that have been made already here but I still don't get it. Help me understand. Again how can I be in quiet and stillness in the presence of annoying noises? Storm's comment was very interesting. Perhaps you have some more wisdom to share.
@@smurfette1509 get some Sony wm 1000xm4 earphones problem solved
Hi Morgan - I know a little of how you feel. When I was in India at Ramana's place I found the barking dogs in the evening REALLY annoying. Then I told myself "they're only telling each other jokes and laughing". Sometimes re-framing what simply is can be helpful. Phil
You listen to John's words, but I think it is equally his peaceful aura that affects you when you listen
7:57 seems John has broken the forth wall. He knows that im staring at him haha
John Butler has a lot of followers. A lot of admirers. People enjoy his videos for one or both of two reasons: his calm, soothing voice for ASMR and/or his discussions on meditation. Simply listening to him is meditation.
I think most of the people who listen only for the ASMR don’t find much wisdom in his words, and also don’t comment much on the videos. Most that do comment find him to be full of wisdom and enjoy his messages on meditation.
Personally, I enjoy his videos for the ASMR only, and don’t find much wisdom in his messages. But his voice…he is an ASMR god. Why I don’t find him full of wisdom is because I disagree with his views and perspectives on a variety of things. I'm not saying I'm right and he's wrong. I'm saying I disagree with him. It could be I'm wrong. But I disagree with him.
His whole concept of “I AM” is completely contrary to what is taught in scripture. We are not “I AM”
Being named and having a separate identity only makes sense. We are all individuals. I would imagine even the angels would have separate identities. If I see three people and want to talk to one, I have to be able to identify individuals. Identifying different species of plants and animals for their different uses etc. I mean I find it silly to think that “separate identity” is for a lower level of consciousness.
“If you have nothing to say, say nothing” is a meditation thing, but not necessarily a spiritual thing. It doesn’t lessen a person’s spirituality if they want to talk about the weather or their work day or tell a joke. John is an introvert who has been meditating for 60 years. By his own acknowledgement, he prefers nature over people, and his character is to have less conversation. But that is his character, his personality. Nothing wrong with it, but there’s also nothing wrong with engaging in conversation. It doesn’t make one less spiritual. Just saying…
He talks about the differences between the Western and Eastern branches of Christianity, and often says “in the east man is considered a sinner”…but I’ve never heard of any denomination that doesn’t view man as a sinner. They may approach it differently, but they all view man as a sinner.
There are several other things I could list, but you get the idea. His meditation followers don’t challenge him. They put him on a pedestal. But I do enjoy his videos. He is such a calm and gentle man, with a very soothing voice. I listen to him daily.
Thanks for your comment Robert. Phil
Hey john just checking in with the concious community.hope everybody is at peace all is well. Question is popping into the studio for a recording or maybe even just a jam on the guitar or drums meditation i think so but just looking for opinions also i work in food service maintenence and sanitation all my best moments and ideas have come from presence within my work constant movement physically i agree brings one into. The moment .
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20.10 'It's singular,and WE can smile at the performance'. Don't get this for if it's singular how can there be a WE to smile at the performance. You know I do think their are other(maybe egoless) states of conceousness but their relationship to the human condition is one that teachers and pupils alike must grapple with.Memories,dreams and reflections being part of who we are NOW.At least on the individual level😊
Keep at it with the impromptu videos. John's lost in God and therefore more revealing. This talk was excellent. Phil is this filmed after his meditation session?
Hi Joan - it is filmed at a silent meditation retreat in a local Bakewell cottage after breakfast (which is after a one and a half hour meditation in church). Phil
Thank you for these videos. I live by hope and intuition, but many close to me, including those i love deeply, are avowed atheists.I would love to hear your thoughts.
who is humming and cooing constantly in the background? Catherine?
John you know
@phill
John, have you been in many fist fights in your time? Thank you
Podia ter legenda em português né!
I like most of what John is saying, and I realize he's from an older generation that uses the God metaphor.
To me, God is an unnecessary complication to meditation. Still John has a lot of good ideas.
Stillness
Poxa queria legenda em português (Brasil )
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This was ruined by the lady saying “um” “yes” agreeing to everything. We’ve all sat next to those people in lectures and it drives me mad.
It’s your own special personal sandpaper to smooth you down. 😂 Phil
Please no edits.
Help me out Jessica - what 'no edits'? Phil
Dear Phil, my wife has translated John’s poem Clouds in German and she would like to share it with you and John and the community including a little background around it. Could we discuss per email?
Would you please contact us via the websie
Or to phil@spiritualunfoldment.co.uk
@@SpiritualUnfoldment
ok thanks for reply, will do. Warm Regards
Anthony and Tina from Basel
Não sei inglês 😭
Lots of love to you dear sir. May God bless you ❤️🌹
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