Dancing Paradox is a podcast centred around truth and the paradoxical nature of Life. There are conversations with those who talk about non-duality, spirituality and wisdom. I also share the words of those who have spoken a resonant message in the past. Vitam Impendere Vero
Episodes
Saturday Jan 21, 2023
Saturday Jan 21, 2023
Edward Hirsch has a B.A. in philosophy from Queens College, NY (followed by two years of graduate work in philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin), and an M.A. in Transpersonal Counselling from John F. Kennedy University, CA.
He studied over six years with Hameed Ali and his senior students. Hameed was the founder of the Diamond Heart School, where he learned the embodied Practice of Presence and a deep integration of spirituality and psychology.
Earlier, he was a student of Adi Da for about two years, living up on his land but not part of the inner circle. There, the emphasis was more on the role of guru and grace, as well as deep spiritual recognition of radical Truth. As Da’s radical teachings deeply resonated with his own intuitions, the teaching stayed with him long after leaving Da as his guru.
He has studied and practiced in many traditions, East and West, North and South, including esoteric Christianity, kundalini yoga, and to a lesser extent, shamanism. He continues to keep abreast of developments in the contemporary spiritual landscape, including teachings of a wide variety of views, but mostly aligning with nondual, embodied, nondenominational, evolutionary, and integral approaches, finding ways of integrating seemingly opposite points of view in a broad sense of Sacred Mystery.
A quote by Ed :- "Presence is the Open Secret, hidden in the plain obviousness of (uninspected) ordinary experience. And the simple Practice of Presence that supports the alchemy is also hidden in just that way."
We spoke about Ed's life and simplified the seemingly complex ideas of spirituality and non-duality.
The passion for his craft is clear.
WEBSITE
➣ https://www.alexhickman.co.uk
WRITING
➣ https://dancingparadox.substack.com/
Saturday Jan 21, 2023
Saturday Jan 21, 2023
Chuck Hillig is a modern spiritual teacher, author and licensed psychotherapist whose clarity of expression has earned him the admiration and praise of many notable writers and lecturers in this area.
Chuck writes personally and directly about the essence of non-dual spirituality and presents its astonishing truths to the average reader in ways that are totally unique, completely accessible and absolutely life-changing.
Using his studies in both eastern philosophy and western psychology, Chuck’s “Enlightenment Quartet” presents a world view that shows his readers how to fully live a truly enlightened and authentic life in the 21st Century by waking up to who they really are.
WEBSITE
➣ https://www.alexhickman.co.uk
WRITING
➣ https://dancingparadox.substack.com/
Saturday Jan 21, 2023
Saturday Jan 21, 2023
Bernadette Roberts (1931–2017) was a former Carmelite nun and contemplative in the Catholic tradition. Roberts extensively chronicled and described her life and spiritual journey.
Her book 'Contemplative: Autobiography of the Early Years' presents an account of her early family life and spiritual experiences. Her spiritual journey after entering the cloister is described in 'The Path to No-Self: Life at the Center'. This book includes descriptions of her experience of the "Dark Nights" and of the state of "Union," as spoken of by various Christian mystics.
After years of life in union with God, Roberts described an event she calls the experience of "no-Self" in 'The Experience of No-Self: A Contemplative Journey'. The book, however, only covers a two-year period after the events described. Roberts further elaborated on the context for this event.
After the first publication of The Experience, Roberts was invited to speak around the country, to present her talk, "A Passage Through Self," that uses a series of circles to illustrate the spiritual journey. For the last 30 years Roberts gave annual retreats entitled "The Essence of Christian Mysticism," in which she presented the essence of Christian mysticism as Trinity, Christ, and Faith.
Her last work was The Real Christ (2012). (Wikepedia) This is an excerpt of Bernadette Roberts speaking about the experience of no-self.
ORIGINAL VIDEO
➣ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb549...
WEBSITE
➣ https://www.alexhickman.co.uk
WRITING
Saturday Jan 21, 2023
Saturday Jan 21, 2023
I'm trying to clean up some of the audios of UG from other channels. Here is a snippet of UG talking with Mahesh Bhatt.
Original Video
➣ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSq8E...
WEBSITE
➣ https://www.alexhickman.co.uk
WRITING
Saturday Jan 21, 2023
Saturday Jan 21, 2023
A passage by Bernadette Roberts.
Bernadette Roberts
➣ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernade...
Full Video
Saturday Jan 21, 2023
Saturday Jan 21, 2023
UG Krishnamurti is known for being 'anti-guru'. His message is relentless and unwavering.
From his book - Mind Is Myth
"My teaching, if that is the word you want to use, has no copyright. You are free to reproduce, distribute, interpret, misinterpret, distort, garble, do what you like, even claim authorship, without my consent or the permission of anybody."
Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
Simcha Lev is an Israeli filmmaker and mother of four who had a radical awakening after days of intense emotion.
Simcha had no prior interest in spirituality or personal development, which makes her story quite different from others.
She not only shares her story but has a beautiful way of expressing the natural state. Simcha exudes warmth and compassion.
Simcha's Channel
➣ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNvrDaRKgPra-Zjmz_b_WpA
WEBSITE
➣ https://www.alexhickman.co.uk
Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
A reading of Jed McKenna’s article ‘Zen And The Art Of Self-Mutilation.
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
➣ https://jedmckenna.com/?p=1387
WEBSITE
➣ https://www.alexhickman.co.uk
Thursday Oct 06, 2022
Thursday Oct 06, 2022
Frank is uncompromising in the communication about 'this'. The conversation flowed naturally as we covered a number of topics.
His humour is great too.
From his website:-
These words are not talking about anything other than the immediate inexplicable phenomenon of this very happening which is called reading this. “This”. There is nothing to say that will capture this pulsating happening. Words if taken to be real are objectified and so then the suddenness of whatever is, is apparently missed in the seeking to understand and know "this". Wonderfully that is also "this" unknowable happening. Anything said here describes the unfolding of that and seeks to illuminate the mirage of any personal doing in "this". There is what appears to be happening. Not you and. Just what is. The unfolding. The sourceless outpouring that cannot be known. Naked, empty & full with the words naked & empty. This. There is nothing once removed from the writing of these words and the very fullness of reading them. Just writing and reading. However for most, life can appear knowable. And somehow the inexplicableness is lost to the hypnotic dream of ideas and concepts about this, how "this" could be, or has been. Should, could, would. The newness is lost in the knowability and "what is" may appear predictable and stale. Nothing seems to fill the gap or yearning. What is being suggested here is that there is no you in there that can be completed. No you to feel whole. No you to hold or acquire anything. What really is being shared here is so horribly/wonderfully ordinary and simple that any word is too far. Simply this. Inexplicable ungraspable aliveness. However that is. Life without you. Or just what is.
FRANK'S LINKS
➣ https://www.youtube.com/c/frankmccaughey
WEBSITE
➣ https://www.alexhickman.co.uk
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
UG Krishnamurti is known for being 'anti-guru'. His message is relentless and unwavering.
From his book - Mind Is Myth "My teaching, if that is the word you want to use, has no copyright. You are free to reproduce, distribute, interpret, misinterpret, distort, garble, do what you like, even claim authorship, without my consent or the permission of anybody."
SUGGESTED CHANNELS
Lectures Beyond Beyond
➣ https://www.youtube.com/user/lecturesbeyondbeyond
Jay Krish
➣ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdYqQn1LAwVAJPJb5ydBdDA/videos
WEBSITE
➣ https://www.alexhickman.co.uk
WRITING
➣ https://dancingparadox.substack.com/