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This page contains audio recordings of talks given by Bruce Rubin.
Please note that the preferred way to listen to these recordings is by downloading them to your computer first (see instructions below).
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January 13, NY
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Emotions and thoughts, which feel internal, are outside of you, and the world, which appears outside, is within. So where does that leave you?
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January 20, LA
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It’s all for you! Everything. In the deepest most personal sense, the universe exists for you.
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January 27, LA
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The urgency of a spiritual life.
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February 3, LA
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Ringo and me.
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February 10, LA
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Get your act together. The spiritual necessity of re-parenting and repairing your lives.
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February 17, LA
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Living happily ever after, even when the past week/month/year/decade sucks.
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February 24, LA
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The essential power of the wish in spiritual growth.
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March 1, LA
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The need for subtlety in spiritual practice. You can’t muscle through. The only muscle you use is the muscle of letting go.
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March 9, LA
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On turning 65 and sharing the narrative of one’s life. The interaction of age and wisdom.
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March 16, LA
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The inevitability of suffering.
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March 23, LA
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Easter Sunday and its lessons. How suffering leads to rebirth.
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April 13, LA
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You can’t be taught spiritual lessons, you arrive at them. What two weeks in the hospital revealed.
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April 20, LA
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Going beyond the fear of death.
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April 27, LA
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Living a conscious life. You don’t want to come to the end of your life having been conscious for 0.00002% of it.
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May 4, LA
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The burdens we all carry are full of nutrients. Don’t deny them, don’t suffer because of them, grow from them.
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May 11, LA
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"This is That", and "This is not That". These are ancient philosophical arguments and in the end both are true.
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May 18, NY
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The delusions of a spiritual life.
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May 25, NY
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What it means to come to this class with no background in spiritual work or having studied with other teaches.
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June 1, NY
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This is it. This is all there is. There is nothing else but this. And this is it.
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June 8, NY
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The place of love in spiritual practice.
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June 22, LA
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Drama and intensity are the building blocks of life. Either you use them or they use you.
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June 29, LA
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$5.00 a gallon gasoline, the North Pole melting, the end of life as we know it. Societal fear internalized and what to do about it.
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July 6, NY
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Don’t mistake analyzing your life for knowing your Self. In time your life falls away. Your Self never does.
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July 14, NYC
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Why have you come to this very moment? When will you realize that everything you ever wanted is right here?
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July 20, NY
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The biggest energy loss in the world is the energy lost through worry, fear and regret.
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July 27, NY
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BRAVE NEW WORLD, soma, and the impossibility of creating Utopia.
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August 10, NY
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The chakra system and how it relates to becoming a whole person.
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August 17, NY
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What the Olympics have to teach us about our spiritual practice.
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August 20, NYC
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There are good days and there are bad days. Say yes to the imperfect moment. Accept it and the door to yourself will open.
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September 2, LA
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Inexpressible joy and gratitude.
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Septermber 7, LA
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Why not now?
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Septermber 14, NY
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You cannot learn the truth. It arrives as ignorance falls away.
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Septermber 21, NY
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There is a difference between trust, faith and knowing and each are needed in their time – especially in times like these.
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Septermber 24, NYC
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How to embrace personal and collective change.
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To download talks onto your computer (and MP3 player)
On the Mac, hold down the control button and click on the date of the talk you want to download. A pop-up menu will appear. Choose "Download Linked File".
On Windows, right-click on the date and choose "Save Target As..."
In both cases the file will be downloaded to the computer and then you can transfer it to your MP3 player.
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