Peter makes a lot of sense to me. I find it odd that he's not regarded, in terms of book sales or general popularity, as other speakers such as Spira and Tolle. He might very well be my favorite speaker. Thanks Jeffrey for having him on your channel!
I especially loved this when he said “Sebastopol California” , my friend and I stopped there and got burritos on a road trip to Monterey from San Francisco. Fond memories of that place, we used to joke one day we’d get married and live in Sebastopol.
Peter’s “Presence” was so palpable that I decided to look him up on YT. I found an interview he did on Buddha at the gas pump which is really wonderful too. They have Peters website posted on there and I found he offers a meditation course on there. I just signed up for it. I’d love to experience the peaceful presence he has.
I can apply this to my experiences with DMT. With shrooms or LSD i have always enjoyed thinking about life, purpose, creation, etc., but when i tried DMT this mental behavior was incompatible. I would try ro express my "frustration", and my good friend would yell at me "Dont think! Just be!" and i would then find myself thinking about not thinking, which is the same as thinking. I eventually succeeded. Not thinking about not thinking is a very, very interesting state of mind. U could call this episode "Not thinking allowed".
I really, really enjoyed this, as so many others have. I have practised meditation, on and off, for about 30 years. I started off learning TM but felt it was always just beyond my grasp. On rare occasions I've had breakthroughs, as when I did a Raja Yoga course and perceived the illusory world. Tai chi allowed me freedom from my fear of flying, clinging insects. Sometimes sitting Zen has been good (a judgement, I know). I've listened to my Tibetan Buddhist CD, 'The Practice of Contentment', hundreds of times but am still not content. But I was ill with a bad headache and extremly sore throat when I listened to 'Letting Go of Nothing' and by the end, knew I was practising Vipassana. Thank you so very much.
Oh my gosh, I am always reminded in my life how important it is to not build boxes of belief, and how in this life survival pushes towards that very thing. Contrast is everything and tools to understand are so satisfying.
Love this discussion of the ego mind. "Egoic ways of thinking...it gets triggered a lot of times." As you say, Peter, it has a purpose but there needs to be a balance. So grateful for this service to humanity that you both provide. Jefferey, you look robustly healthy.
Yes, Meditation is, on the simplest level, becoming aware of obtrusive thinking. 50 years ago, thoughts streamed in by the second. 30 years later, my mind finally allowed space; I was surprised. Jumbled mind vs Free mind. (Now.) Daily Meditation - 20 minutes keeps me Present.
Indeed you were kicked off the edge of a precipice when you were born, and it's no help to cling to the rocks falling with you. If you are afraid of death, be afraid.The point is to get with it, to let it take over - fear, ghosts, pains, transience, dissolution, and all. And then comes the hitherto unbelievable surprise; you don't die because you were never born. You had just forgotten who you are.” -Alan Watts
Amazing! I was JUST remembering an Alan Watts recording about grabbing "a piece of the rock" bluff one has fallen off, at birth, clutching it in freefall till death, & why? Here you've written it out. Thank you!
Your comment has me thinking about when people try ro make me feel bad for not getting vaxed. I believe I do not fear death enough to get vaxed, and I do not believe that one persons fear of death should ever be imposed upon another person, even if 9 people in a group of 10 fear death and desire to be vaccinated, the 1 who does not should not be ridiculed or punished, or isolated without definitive, rock solid proof for posing a health risk to others.
what would constitute rock solid proof. you test positive and someone dies as a result. doesnt that possibility give you pause. you may not care about dying yourself but do you care about harming others? your outlook is selfcentered. think about this from a broader perspective. we as a society need to cooperate to get past this. maybe you could think about it as doing it for the greater good. taking one for the team. the human team. stay healthy.
@@jmac3934 earthling offered you some wisdom, & a call to identify with a larger reality than self. Stepping up is a doorway out of oneself. If unafraid to suffer & die, as you say, why does a simple help-others vaccine even bother you?
Great interview and brilliant topic. My thoughts on this are none resistance, letting go or allowing creates an empty space. Where there is empty space, energy is free flowing and can multiply. When energy is restricted it becomes dense, slow moving or stagnant.
What a wonderful surprise to listen to Peter Russel on Thinking Allowed, I didn’t know you knew each other, Thank you dear Jeffrey 🙏 I was fascinated by Peter’s lectures on consciousness a few years ago.
When you are holding onto just one thing, a mantra or something, you are constantly letting go of all the other thoughts. Once you practice that enough, you are supposed to let go of that one thing as well. In Patanjali Yoga Sutras the first is mentioned as Savikalpa Samadhi and the second is Nirvikalpa Samadhi and they are treated like steps, one after the other.
Addiction as a neurological phenomenon can manifest around mental activities as well as physical ones. It is only possible to self recognize those patterns when one is able to be mindful.
hold on to who you are... and take that forwards with you... you find yourself in a park... a snow felled park... you look back and see only your footsteps... now try to imagine those footsteps as the very tops of mountains... no park, just the very tips, just one foot in length, with that in mind now lets look ahead... looking ahead there are no mountain tops at all... just virgin snow, virgin whiteness... this step I'm on is my now, the next step is in process, happening only now on this step, the next step is only known after I step off this step I'm on now... not when I step onto the next step... so... the next morning I wake up from can not be known, until I've let go of that previous step... stepping onto the next step can only be known when I leave this step behind... thx... great talk... to me that meditation is trying to see that whiteness through going back to bed, an impossible situation... we build that top of that nextstep through the wisdom, through the learning of this step we are on now... remember!!! this very now we are all on is the focal point of all our previous steps... history's... all those memories are your wisdom... hold onto yourself... HANG ONTO YOUR LOVE... because it is those Gaps that is creating those steps... we see only the stepping stones but never the gap inbetween those steps... all our wisdom is contained in the function of the step... something or someone is always ahead of us in the making of that next step...
Peter makes a lot of sense to me. I find it odd that he's not regarded, in terms of book sales or general popularity, as other speakers such as Spira and Tolle. He might very well be my favorite speaker. Thanks Jeffrey for having him on your channel!
I especially loved this when he said “Sebastopol California” , my friend and I stopped there and got burritos on a road trip to Monterey from San Francisco. Fond memories of that place, we used to joke one day we’d get married and live in Sebastopol.
Peter’s “Presence” was so palpable that I decided to look him up on YT. I found an interview he did on Buddha at the gas pump which is really wonderful too. They have Peters website posted on there and I found he offers a meditation course on there. I just signed up for it. I’d love to experience the peaceful presence he has.
Great interview. I really resonate with Peter's message. I can also highly recommend Peter's new book, "Letting Go of Nothing"
This conversation holds such value...thank you!!!
I can apply this to my experiences with DMT. With shrooms or LSD i have always enjoyed thinking about life, purpose, creation, etc., but when i tried DMT this mental behavior was incompatible. I would try ro express my "frustration", and my good friend would yell at me "Dont think! Just be!" and i would then find myself thinking about not thinking, which is the same as thinking. I eventually succeeded.
Not thinking about not thinking is a very, very interesting state of mind. U could call this episode "Not thinking allowed".
Thanks so much for this lovely conversation! blessings for u two
Sebastopol CA, one of my favorite little towns.
I really, really enjoyed this, as so many others have. I have practised meditation, on and off, for about 30 years. I started off learning TM but felt it was always just beyond my grasp. On rare occasions I've had breakthroughs, as when I did a Raja Yoga course and perceived the illusory world. Tai chi allowed me freedom from my fear of flying, clinging insects. Sometimes sitting Zen has been good (a judgement, I know). I've listened to my Tibetan Buddhist CD, 'The Practice of Contentment', hundreds of times but am still not content. But I was ill with a bad headache and extremly sore throat when I listened to 'Letting Go of Nothing' and by the end, knew I was practising Vipassana. Thank you so very much.
I’ve enjoined and learned from Peter for decades. Thank you gentlemen.
Fantastic. Learned so much. Peter is great. Enjoying his Letting Go of Nothing book.
Oh my gosh, I am always reminded in my life how important it is to not build boxes of belief, and how in this life survival pushes towards that very thing. Contrast is everything and tools to understand are so satisfying.
Not to build boxes of beliefs is still a belief 😂
@@asafeplacepodcast2690 a technique is not a belief
@@mikewallis2987 yet another belief
Love this discussion of the ego mind. "Egoic ways of thinking...it gets triggered a lot of times." As you say, Peter, it has a purpose but there needs to be a balance. So grateful for this service to humanity that you both provide. Jefferey, you look robustly healthy.
Neville Goddard teachings are simpler in being not as serious or stressful and yet, like this video, offers important information.
Thank you! A great presence. Thank you Jeffrey, much appreciation for your entire work and giveaways to us.
Nice!!! I like the idea of understanding the issue so that it’s released naturally. Thank you❤️❤️❤️
Wow, 9mins in and i am already have more clarity when it comes to dealing with voices we notice as conscious being. thanks for this interview.
I love this!!! Thanks
Indeed, open accepting awareness is the key. I'm currently dealing with being silently present and open with being closed. It gets very subtle.
Yes, Meditation is, on the simplest level, becoming aware of obtrusive thinking. 50 years ago, thoughts streamed in by the second.
30 years later, my mind finally allowed space; I was surprised. Jumbled mind vs
Free mind. (Now.)
Daily Meditation - 20 minutes keeps me Present.
Indeed you were kicked off the edge of a precipice when you were born, and it's no help to cling to the rocks falling with you. If you are afraid of death, be afraid.The point is to get with it, to let it take over - fear, ghosts, pains, transience, dissolution, and all. And then comes the hitherto unbelievable surprise; you don't die because you were never born. You had just forgotten who you are.” -Alan Watts
Amazing! I was JUST remembering an Alan Watts recording about grabbing "a piece of the rock" bluff one has fallen off, at birth, clutching it in freefall till death, & why? Here you've written it out. Thank you!
Your comment has me thinking about when people try ro make me feel bad for not getting vaxed. I believe I do not fear death enough to get vaxed, and I do not believe that one persons fear of death should ever be imposed upon another person, even if 9 people in a group of 10 fear death and desire to be vaccinated, the 1 who does not should not be ridiculed or punished, or isolated without definitive, rock solid proof for posing a health risk to others.
what would constitute rock solid proof. you test positive and someone dies as a result. doesnt that possibility give you pause. you may not care about dying yourself but do you care about harming others? your outlook is selfcentered. think about this from a broader perspective. we as a society need to cooperate to get past this. maybe you could think about it as doing it for the greater good. taking one for the team. the human team. stay healthy.
@@jmac3934 earthling offered you some wisdom, & a call to identify with a larger reality than self. Stepping up is a doorway out of oneself. If unafraid to suffer & die, as you say, why does a simple help-others vaccine even bother you?
Great interview and brilliant topic. My thoughts on this are none resistance, letting go or allowing creates an empty space. Where there is empty space, energy is free flowing and can multiply. When energy is restricted it becomes dense, slow moving or stagnant.
What a wonderful surprise to listen to Peter Russel on Thinking Allowed, I didn’t know you knew each other, Thank you dear Jeffrey 🙏 I was fascinated by Peter’s lectures on consciousness a few years ago.
Wonderful human, truly doing his soul's work on this earth.
This is great !! Thanks Jeffrey
Wonderful interview! I loved it. Thank you.
Thank you gentlemen!
Wonderful.
When you are holding onto just one thing, a mantra or something, you are constantly letting go of all the other thoughts. Once you practice that enough, you are supposed to let go of that one thing as well. In Patanjali Yoga Sutras the first is mentioned as Savikalpa Samadhi and the second is Nirvikalpa Samadhi and they are treated like steps, one after the other.
Excellent description of reality 💚
fantastic interview !
Love your Intro Tunes.
Addiction as a neurological phenomenon can manifest around mental activities as well as physical ones. It is only possible to self recognize those patterns when one is able to be mindful.
hold on to who you are... and take that forwards with you...
you find yourself in a park... a snow felled park... you look back and see only your footsteps... now try to imagine those footsteps as the very tops of mountains... no park, just the very tips, just one foot in length, with that in mind now lets look ahead...
looking ahead there are no mountain tops at all... just virgin snow, virgin whiteness...
this step I'm on is my now, the next step is in process, happening only now on this step, the next step is only known after I step off this step I'm on now... not when I step onto the next step...
so... the next morning I wake up from can not be known, until I've let go of that previous step... stepping onto the next step can only be known when I leave this step behind...
thx... great talk... to me that meditation is trying to see that whiteness through going back to bed, an impossible situation... we build that top of that nextstep through the wisdom, through the learning of this step we are on now...
remember!!! this very now we are all on is the focal point of all our previous steps... history's... all those memories are your wisdom... hold onto yourself... HANG ONTO YOUR LOVE... because it is those Gaps that is creating those steps...
we see only the stepping stones but never the gap inbetween those steps... all our wisdom is contained in the function of the step... something or someone is always ahead of us in the making of that next step...
I'm really good at letting go especially when I've had beans 🥴
Still miss your old intro.....now I fast forward through every one
The old intro has been back now for many weeks.
@@NewThinkingAllowed thank you, over the years I’ve found it very comforting
Whooooah
After looking at your channel playlist I began to notice the majority your interviews (80% or more) are with men.
Did you notice anything else?
Wonderful.