I simply awoke. I suffered for more than 20 years with depression, fear, guilt, anger, judgment, confusion, a lack of connection and dis-ease. I lost friends and three lovers over 9 years to AIDS and then was diagnosed with cancer and AIDS in 2003 and thought that I was going to die. But upon introspection I realized that I was more than my thoughts because I was being aware of my thoughts. I realized also that I was more than birth and death. With this realization, all fears of being were absolved and a peace enveloped me that revealed that all is in divine order.
I went through “the dark night of the soul”. And as layer upon layer of who I thought I was dissolved, I slowly became more and more self-aware. At one moment I remembered that I am more than any created form and so ultimately they have no true effect on me.
Now I am here grateful to utilize the gifts of this body to express the one love from which all flowers. Life is not about something else or something other, it is what is happening now. And when our mind calms we then have eyes to "see". I am listening, singing, writing, sharing, and just playing and enjoying the blessings of each moment.
Richard's Book, "From Suffering to Soaring"
First live-action video for the song Be Here Now, by Richard Schooping
Summary and transcript of this interview
Interview recorded 9/22/2010.
YouTube Video Chapters:
00:00:00 - From Suffering to Soaring Through God I Transcended AIDS
00:03:35 - The Burden of the World
00:07:21 - Losing everything and finding music
00:10:23 - From Research to Spiritual Awakening
00:13:30 - Vipassana and Self-Simplification
00:16:12 - The Mummy in the Infirmary
00:18:42 - The Ocean Becomes Conscious of Me
00:21:16 - Embracing Different Spiritual Practices
00:23:46 - Diversity and Intricacy of Life
00:26:11 - Becoming Light and Presence
00:28:09 - Letting go of Attachments
00:30:20 - Transition from Duality to Unity
00:32:06 - The Path of Awareness
00:34:04 - The Shift to a Spiritual Personality
00:36:33 - Finding Joy in Creative Expression
00:38:39 - Love and Relationships
00:40:10 - Resting in the Wholeness of Life
00:42:42 - Experiencing Emotions and Healing
00:44:48 - The Illusion of Creating Heaven
00:46:39 - Letting the Ocean Be
00:48:05 - The Nature of Simplicity and Awareness Awareness
00:50:19 - The Evolution of Communication
00:52:47 - The Simplicity of Life and Resonance
00:55:07 - The Act of Imagining Creates Reality
00:57:56 - Contentment and Awareness
01:00:17 - Allowing the Unfolding of Awareness
01:02:49 - Clarity and Realization of Truth
01:05:06 - Waves and Clinging
01:07:42 - The Dissolution and Unraveling of Beliefs
01:09:57 - Living a Simple Life
01:12:11 - Richard Schuping Interview
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