Happiness is the Truth
“Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth” — Pharrell Williams, in the song Happy. Coming home from errands today, this song was on the radio. In a curious way, there is truth …
Category: Media
The Dalai Lama’s Atlas of Emotions
Recently, a friend sent me news of a unique collaboration. The Dalai Lama had asked an American scientist to help him form an Atlas of Emotions. Dr. Paul Ekman surveyed scientists in related fields the …
Getting off the Horses
During the second part of the Sofia panel discussion, David Ellzey surprised us with a snippet of spontaneous and surprisingly expressive mime. In the video linked below, he speaks about letting go of our stories, …
Sofia Panel Discussion
During the Science and Nonduality pre-conference, Rick Archer organized a large panel discussion at Sofia University. From the left: Laurie Moore, Susanne Marie, Mariana Caplan, Dana Sawyer, Francis Bennett, Craig Holliday (speaking), Kristin Kirk, Rick …
Nondualism and the Fallacies of Panpsychism and Artificial Sentience
I met Bernardo Kastrup in the San Francisco airport. He had just arrived from Amsterdam and a group of us were car pooling to the Science and Nonduality conference. I mentioned enjoying his talk there, …
BATGAP Interview Live
The Buddha at the Gas Pump interview is live on Youtube now and will be live on the BATGAP site shortly. If you didn’t see it, here’s a little context for where the interview is …
How Does it Feel?
While many people are averse to noticing how they really feel, this is actually related to emotional noise rather then our deeper feeling values. This noise is about unresolved anger, fear, insecurity, and so forth. …
The 4 Paths
In a recent interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump, Rick spoke with Karunamayi. She touched on the need for patience and tolerance, blossoming from spiritual maturity. She also spoke of how everything will be …
Rays of the Absolute
Neti Neti Films has recently released a labour of love. Rays of the Absolute is a documentary with archival footage of Nisargadatta and more recent meetings with some of his core students. Shot in 2007, …
Exploring the Nature of Consciousness
I quite enjoyed this clip with some of the speakers for next months SAND conference in Italy, an attempt to bridge science and spirituality. As mentioned prior, I’ll be speaking at the larger SAND conference …
InterSpecies Communication
When we communicate with animals and plants, it’s not about about the physical. It’s not the body language and it’s not the words. Other species don’t use English or Spanish and body language can have …
Four Kinds of Happiness
In a recent article on Huffington Post, they mention: “In his book Learned Optimism, Martin Seligman, a leading authority in the fields of Positive Psychology and resilience who studies emotionally successful lives, identifies three distinct …