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Another video interview April 15, 2011

This video interview is with Bill Garside, whom I have known for many years. Bill first saw who he really was in 1973 in a workshop with Douglas Harding. In this film he talks about his initial resistance to Seeing, and then the subsequent process of saying Yes! to it.

Headless Helpline! April 12, 2011

Perhaps once a week I get a phone call - sometimes from someone I've not been in touch with before - asking me a question about headlessness. Today was someone wondering what I thought about the 'advaita idea' that there is 'no person to do anything', or 'nothing you can...

Radio Interview 7 April 2011

I just gave a radio interview. The podcast should be available in a few days, I guess, from the radio station website. A great experience, to share Seeing.

Interview 2 April 2011

Paula Marvelly from the Advaita Academy interviewed me a couple of weeks ago. Here's the transcript.

Seeing & Forgiveness 17 March 2011

Last week I interviewed a friend, Camilla, who was a hostage in Chechnya. Camilla has been Seeing for 40 years, and in this video interview talks about Seeing & Forgiveness.

Tube experiment 13 February 2011

During the workshop yesterday we did the Tube experiment where you look through a paper tube at another person and notice you are face to no-face with them. I demonstrated with the lady next to me, just for a few seconds. She came out of the tube and exclaimed, "I...

It Does Nothing For me 8 February 2011

Someone just wrote to me, saying the headless method didn't work for them, and asking me why I thought that was. Here is my email back: Perhaps there are a couple of reasons. First, you cannot see your head, so you don't fail in that. Everyone can notice this. But...

Workshops

We had a good workshop on Friday evening at the Cambridge Buddhist Society - about 30 people present, including some good friends. Then on Saturday I gave another workshop at home - 12 people came. A delightful day!

Spanish subtitles

My film, "Stepping Into The Void" is now on Youtube with Spanish subtitles. Thanks, Gustavo, for translating!

A Conversation

Here's a conversation I just had with a new friend, Stephane. Dear Richard, I do the pointing experiment and the difficulty I have is about the sensation in the body. I can point to the external object and then at me and realize the void here, the me. But the...