Impromptu #25 Exploring the kingdom of God

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  • Опубликовано: 17 дек 2024

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  • @danobrien9925
    @danobrien9925 2 года назад +29

    It was an absolute blessing being at this retreat with John.

    • @SpiritualUnfoldment
      @SpiritualUnfoldment  2 года назад +4

      Dan! Great to see you here in the comments! When are you visiting John in Bakewell? Phil

    • @TheGammaQuadrant
      @TheGammaQuadrant Год назад

      In the states, Texas. Would love to one day see and hear this gentle soul in person.

  • @aliceberethart
    @aliceberethart 2 года назад +46

    We're all lost children in a world of darkness grasping for meaning and clarity, and whether we believe in a God or not or learned anything about ourselves is besides the point, we're here because John is the street lamp in the night that we step under to feel safe for but a brief moment.

    • @SpiritualUnfoldment
      @SpiritualUnfoldment  2 года назад +16

      Ooh - nice image Silvern: "John is the street lamp in the night that we step under to feel safe for but a brief moment." The image of a Hopper scene came to mind. Phil

    • @patriciadeakin9367
      @patriciadeakin9367 2 года назад +2

      I love that too, I don’t meditate but I just love listening to John. He makes me feel safe.

    • @MeVsTheWorld01
      @MeVsTheWorld01 2 года назад +2

      Well beautifully said.

    • @donmilo4733
      @donmilo4733 2 года назад +1

      When you understand the dualistic mind then you will be set free

    • @mbenjamin292
      @mbenjamin292 Год назад

      If John is the street lamp but for a moment we can be the umbrella for others when it rains.

  • @RJH_LIL
    @RJH_LIL 2 года назад +13

    Good morning John and Phil. From the US. I hope all the subscribers on here are having a blessed day as well.

  • @joes983
    @joes983 2 года назад +7

    3 yrs of listening to him. Mr Butler I enjoyed listening to you laugh “like a box of chocolates.”

  • @monicaarcher7107
    @monicaarcher7107 2 года назад +13

    Dear John, you amaze me. You are alive with so much wisdom, constantly alive with compassion.

  • @chris21iv753
    @chris21iv753 Год назад +2

    This is pure gold. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

  • @MrRomanGladiator2503
    @MrRomanGladiator2503 2 года назад +13

    "When you have nothing to say, don't say anything." That's very wise, we all like to interact and speak to people and enjoy the presence of others, and we all talk a lot when we are around people, but we have to listen to ourselves and think twice before saying anything, our words have a power that we cannot understand. Thank you so much for everything you've taught us, John, I've been genuinely more peaceful after i came across your YT channel.

    • @SpiritualUnfoldment
      @SpiritualUnfoldment  2 года назад +3

      Thanks for your comment - John‘s first advice to anyone on retreat or visitors is “stop talking“. When you are talking, you are invariably not present. Phil

  • @crickenbergerr
    @crickenbergerr 2 года назад +10

    I cannot emphasize enough how grateful I am to have discovered John nearly three years ago. His lessons and words have offered a consistent sense of peace and tranquility in my soul. Thank you John and Phil!

    • @filthyE
      @filthyE 2 года назад

      I couldn’t agree more 🙏

  • @pablochacon6768
    @pablochacon6768 2 года назад +4

    I rly needed a new Video! Thanks, John and phill

  • @ThePsychedelicCinema
    @ThePsychedelicCinema 2 года назад +10

    Such perfect timing! Happy Sunday gentlemen and thanks for all you have done for us 🙏

  • @robertforsythe3280
    @robertforsythe3280 2 года назад +3

    Humble Hearts are easy to identify. To listen to John is both like a special sedative that works on my mind, heart and soul. Kindness and knowledge of connection to Fathers Kingdom thru meditation. Thank you for sharing with all of us.

  • @Rameman33
    @Rameman33 2 года назад +5

    Thank you John.

  • @trudesquires1089
    @trudesquires1089 2 года назад +3

    Thank you, somehow doesn't seem enough 🙏 xxxxx

  • @SolzeyeJewels
    @SolzeyeJewels 2 года назад +9

    Oh Dear John, you are such a blessing to me. Thank you. ✨🥰

  • @k8eekatt
    @k8eekatt 2 года назад +2

    Always good to remember, thank you

  • @anaisminto
    @anaisminto 2 года назад +5

    How Soul refreshing ✨🌿😊 Thank you John and Phil and the air ☺️

  • @tombell1932
    @tombell1932 2 года назад +3

    Thank you again Mr. Butler. Thank you too Phil👍🏼

  • @robbie6573
    @robbie6573 2 года назад +3

    I ❤ this man. He’s so inspiring

  • @aurocodes1340
    @aurocodes1340 2 года назад +3

    I enjoy your preachings

  • @dudemonkfish4471
    @dudemonkfish4471 2 года назад +12

    When having a difficult time at work or in life, I turn to John and Phil to clear the clouds in my mind.

  • @markgibbons2108
    @markgibbons2108 2 года назад +2

    Thank you after a week off people shouting at me for something I can't help them with I tried to explain problem but we'll then your word helps me think

  • @chubbyseal3625
    @chubbyseal3625 2 года назад +2

    Your wisdom has enlightened so many people. Thank you for everything Phil and John. Can you tell him hello for me?

    • @SpiritualUnfoldment
      @SpiritualUnfoldment  2 года назад +2

      Thanks chubby - why don’t you write a message for John and send it to me and I will make sure he gets it. He reads everything. Phil@spiritual unfoldment.Co.UK. Phil

    • @chubbyseal3625
      @chubbyseal3625 2 года назад

      @@SpiritualUnfoldment Of course! Thank you very much.

  • @mailjeffwebb
    @mailjeffwebb 2 года назад +3

    Wonderful, as always. I was interested in how John was using the word remember in the sense remember to come back to the light. This is close to a translation of the Pali word sati. Although this word is often translated to mindfulness, it can be taken to mean remembering to come back to the object of meditation in Buddhist style meditation. John's use of remembering is similar to this.

  • @arnekronvall817
    @arnekronvall817 2 года назад +5

    I have a question for you John. Why are so many of us caught up with money for a safe future when the presence is right in front of us? How come we are willing to destroy nature for something we asume have value and will bring some sort of happiness, yet the oneness and formless is always there.

    • @SpiritualUnfoldment
      @SpiritualUnfoldment  2 года назад +2

      Thanks Arne. Suggestion: why don’t you record a little selfie video (landscape not portrait please) and ask him yourself? Phil

  • @geofftracy5401
    @geofftracy5401 2 года назад +12

    “Dementia…a blessing in disguise.For you and your first wife anyway”
    That is such an unkind thing to say.Do you realise what that lady has gone through to go full circle,back to the final stage of dementia,to arrive at infancy again.To lose what made her the person she was and be totally reliant on others.I remember you often said how horrible you were to each other at times.Probably because you only had each other to vent the emotions of frustration and anger at.But she stuck by you through thick and thin.And it was you who left her.Personally I thought she deserved a medal.Of course,I can only go by what I see and listen to on You Tube.Dementia,in my experience has stripped her of everything she was.I understand how you perceive her now.But that is in no way a blessing.Think yourself lucky that you have reached a good age,and still have all your faculties.The ability to express your beliefs,opinions,thoughts and feelings,wisdom even.That’s a true blessing Mr Butler!

    • @mformother4449
      @mformother4449 2 года назад +5

      Totally agree.John was happy in his own solitary little world.But….he still wanted someone to cook and sew for him.

  • @caroledrury1411
    @caroledrury1411 2 года назад +1

    Anyway when you do speak it is very comforting.

  • @marthasoler9751
    @marthasoler9751 2 года назад

    I love you

  • @trajanfidelis
    @trajanfidelis 2 года назад

    Thanks Mr. Butler

  • @murdoch6738
    @murdoch6738 2 года назад +5

    Hello ❤️ john.
    And thank you for the lesson today 🙂
    Can you make a special video about ...your childhood....youth.....military...
    Marriage.....and sharing your family album with us ?

    • @SpiritualUnfoldment
      @SpiritualUnfoldment  2 года назад +3

      Thanks Murdoch - actually, we are halfway through a sort of biographical video with John. Phil

    • @murdoch6738
      @murdoch6738 2 года назад +1

      @@SpiritualUnfoldment that's awesome Phil 👌 🌹🌹🕺

  • @royalcityjazz
    @royalcityjazz 2 года назад +11

    Ah, something tells me that the most meaningful way to experience a room with John is to be found between 0:01 through to 1:10 in this video.

  • @momwifesoulyoga1226
    @momwifesoulyoga1226 2 года назад +5

    We love you John! ❤️

  • @Adrian-vk5xl
    @Adrian-vk5xl 2 года назад +4

    Using dementia as an example of the benefits of ego dissolution is like saying being burned at the stake during winter warms you up a bit.

  • @anotherbrickinthewall1169
    @anotherbrickinthewall1169 2 года назад +34

    This was recorded in 2019, I hope he’s doing ok now ?

    • @SpiritualUnfoldment
      @SpiritualUnfoldment  2 года назад +99

      He’s rockin’ it. Phil

    • @anaisminto
      @anaisminto 2 года назад +22

      So happy to read this ✨🤗

    • @mmmfun77
      @mmmfun77 2 года назад +11

      @@SpiritualUnfoldment Hi Phil! Thank you for all you do! ❤ from Arizona

    • @mar1no12
      @mar1no12 2 года назад +1

      @@mmmfun77 Yuma county? 😁👋

    • @G_truPrGrSv
      @G_truPrGrSv 2 года назад +1

      Yah he’s done plenty of videos throughout Covid

  • @justiceforallcreation
    @justiceforallcreation 2 года назад +1

    Please let John know that this one has had revealed unto them the Kingdom of God, which was realized by the help of his descriptions of Rest. All concepts are realized to be illusions. Everything is one in Christ.
    With all my Being and Love,
    ...

  • @MarshallTheArtist
    @MarshallTheArtist 2 года назад +1

    Every time he goes still and silent I think that RUclips has glitched again.

  • @gretanavarauskaite2904
    @gretanavarauskaite2904 2 года назад +3

    ❤❤❤

  • @Imbetterthanpaulallen
    @Imbetterthanpaulallen 2 года назад +4

    Hey Phil new to your channel you have an amazing voice. You should do a series reading the Bible and do episodes. I don’t know if that interests you. Just a thought, have a great day!

    • @SpiritualUnfoldment
      @SpiritualUnfoldment  2 года назад +1

      Welcome ATGV - Jones advice is very special and the ASMR audience love him for it. You may be interested to know that he is currently experimenting recording himself reading one of his books. Phil

  • @simonw0131
    @simonw0131 2 года назад +2

    I would like to ask John a question if possible. Does John belive that there is a hell or anything similar that brings eternal suffering as punishment? The reasson am asking this is because it has always teared my faith apart over and over again. I just cant see how anyone could deserve eternal punishment. Many hugs to all of you ❤ -Simon

  • @eternaltale6482
    @eternaltale6482 2 года назад +1

    This old man looks like a god!
    ☀️ ⛅🌩️🌧️🌈

  • @lauriemoore7220
    @lauriemoore7220 2 года назад +3

    People with dementia can still feel fear, pain and unhappiness. Brain damage doesn't invalidate their emotions, and it's not 'fortunate', and it definitely isn't 'beautiful.'

    • @SpiritualUnfoldment
      @SpiritualUnfoldment  2 года назад

      Thanks Laurie - I can tell you speak from experience with someone. Actually, John‘s first wife Shirley had a stroke and hardly spoke again so strictly it wasn’t dementia as such. Phil

    • @lauriemoore7220
      @lauriemoore7220 2 года назад

      @@SpiritualUnfoldment That's ok. I'm sure he's not saying anything in bad faith, I just think, sometimes, he says silly things. Still, I suppose we all do.

    • @mariloubluebell
      @mariloubluebell 2 года назад

      @@lauriemoore7220 Silly things? It’s actually a grave error. The point of the spiritual life is progression into transpersonal states of consciousness, not regression into demented states of consciousness.

    • @lauriemoore7220
      @lauriemoore7220 2 года назад +1

      @@mariloubluebell As to that, I don't know what the point of spiritual life is. All I know is that I don't like dementia and that hearing someone describe it as a positive made me bristle a bit. That's all.

  • @solaris4015
    @solaris4015 2 года назад

    it starts at 0:00

  • @LillianKüstenfeuer
    @LillianKüstenfeuer 2 года назад +3

    ✨🙏🏻❣️

  • @moyaliatokmak759
    @moyaliatokmak759 2 года назад +2

    🍃❤️🍃

  • @456quip
    @456quip Год назад

    Just noticed your channel hit the 20 million view mark. 🎊 🎉 What a powerful milestone. May you keep reaching hearts!!! ❤

  • @charlesmartinjr3971
    @charlesmartinjr3971 2 года назад +1

    I hope to one day do one of your retreats, Sir. Though the US is a bit of a distance, so I won't hold my breath.

    • @SpiritualUnfoldment
      @SpiritualUnfoldment  2 года назад +3

      Hi Charles - you are welcome any time of course. Please note - there are no more organised retreats but John is welcoming visitors to silent meditation in church at Bakewell. See the visitors page on the website for details. Phil

  • @TheSoteriologist
    @TheSoteriologist 2 года назад

    12:38 He admits to having dementia ?

    • @keanuxxx4582
      @keanuxxx4582 2 года назад

      He means his ex wives.

    • @SpiritualUnfoldment
      @SpiritualUnfoldment  2 года назад +1

      His first wife, Shirley, had a stroke and hardly spoke again. I was there when it happened. Phil

    • @TheSoteriologist
      @TheSoteriologist 2 года назад

      @@keanuxxx4582 Oh, so he didn't say there _"We both have dementia"_ but _"...who... both of them have dementia"_ . He keeps mumbling into his beard.

    • @TheSoteriologist
      @TheSoteriologist 2 года назад

      @@SpiritualUnfoldment But he says _"both"_ and according to Keanuxxx he means both of his wives. Didn't know he was married twice.

  • @zooologist
    @zooologist 2 года назад

    I wished the audio was a bit better, there is a little bit to much bass.

    • @SpiritualUnfoldment
      @SpiritualUnfoldment  2 года назад

      I spent ages on this one! :-) Phil

    • @jpmarques7
      @jpmarques7 3 месяца назад

      @@SpiritualUnfoldmentFor what it’s worth the audios done in this place are the ones that I enjoy the most. I keep coming back to them

  • @todaynotnow
    @todaynotnow 2 года назад

    Thank God for a Emma( mmm lady) free video!

  • @goosieschmoo8239
    @goosieschmoo8239 2 года назад +2

    Mixing psychology with Christianity is not a good idea. You can't mix the doctrine of man and the doctrine of God and expect God to honor that.

  • @skooma4878
    @skooma4878 2 года назад +2

    Skooma

  • @Sebastian-yy1ro
    @Sebastian-yy1ro 2 года назад

    .

  • @alexhurricanelowe7867
    @alexhurricanelowe7867 2 года назад +1

    A great man 👍🙏🙏

  • @williamoarlock8634
    @williamoarlock8634 2 года назад

    'The kingdom is within' hence Christianity being navel-gazing.

  • @seanburdelik5216
    @seanburdelik5216 2 года назад +2

    Hey John drink some godamn water , you sound like you haven't drank anything in a week