Part 31 - Peter Brown - An Introduction to The Yoga of Radiant Presence (2018) | Nonduality
Nov 24, 2023
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Peter Brown, an expert in the Yoga of Radiant Presence, discusses the practice of Yoga, the power of perspective, and the true nature of reality. They explore perception, the richness of the present moment, and the slipperiness of human experience. They delve into distorted perception, investigating the indescribable nature of reality, and the presence of being in yoga.
The goal of yoga is to recognize and engage directly with the pure nature of actuality, undermining and revealing the inaccurate interpretations.
Exploring perspective reveals the unresolvability, complexity, and profound implications of perception in recognizing the inaccuracy of interpretations.
The practice of yoga aims to directly perceive and engage with the actuality, undermining and revealing the inaccurate interpretations.
Recognizing the unresolvable nature of reality and engaging with the pristine richness and profound depths of this presence is the essence of yoga and spirituality.
Deep dives
The Recognition of Actuality
Spirituality is about recognizing the distinction between fantasy and actuality. The process of yoga is to learn to distinguish between the two and recognize the pure nature of actuality. Actuality is uninterpretable, infinite, and transcendental. It is experienced as direct presence and is not dependent on interpretations. In actuality, everything is what it is, with no referentiality or aboutness. The goal of yoga is to recognize and engage directly with actuality, which reveals the inaccuracy of interpretations.
The Nature of Perspectives
Perspectives are ways of viewing things from a certain point of view, but there is no hierarchy of perspectives in terms of what is true or real. Every perspective is equally true and valid, but no perspective is more true or real than any other. Reality is a random access presentation of infinite possible experiential dimensions. None of the perspectives have independent existence or ultimate truth. Exploring perspective reveals the unresolvability, complexity, and profound implications of perception.
The Illusory Nature of Interpretation
Personal interpretations and concepts are fantasies and do not accurately capture the actuality of experience. Interpretations diminish the actuality and create a censored, limited version. Actuality is inconceivably beyond interpretations and interpretations do not apply to it. The mind's inherent hypnotic nature simulates interpretations as if they were true, giving rise to delusion and misconceptions. The goal of yoga is to directly perceive and engage with the actuality, undermining and revealing the inaccurate interpretations.
The Practice of Yoga as Recognizing the Unbridgable Gap
Yoga is engaging with reality as it is and recognizing the unbridgeable gap between concepts and the actuality. It is discovering the simplicity and subtlety of reality and the conditioning that veils it. The engagement with experience itself is the technique of yoga, acknowledging and investigating what is present in the current moment. Recognizing the discrepancy between habitual interpretations and the actuality reveals the transcendental nature of reality. In yoga, success is the constant recognition of the actuality and the invalidation of inaccurate interpretations.
The Nature of Dreaming and Interpretation
The podcast discusses how our dreams are filled with apparitions and interpretations that feel real but are not true. It emphasizes the power of our mind to impose interpretations and convince ourselves they are true. The speaker suggests being skeptical of jumping to conclusions based on hypotheses and mental concepts. The essence of the message is to look for undeniably self-verifying actual experiences and be skeptical of anything that cannot be verified.
The Indescribable Nature of Reality
The podcast explores the indescribable and unresolvable nature of reality. It suggests that while we can't define or explain what reality is, we can know it through direct experience. Reality is the immediate presence of our experiences, and everything else, such as thoughts, interpretations, objects, and concepts, is an elaborate overlay or implication that isn't truly real. The essence of yoga is to intelligently engage with and investigate the immediate presence of our own experiencing, seeing what is undeniably self-verifyingly actual and being skeptical of mental constructions.
Discovering the Lusciousness of Reality
The podcast emphasizes the transcendental fullness and lusciousness of reality. It invites listeners to see beyond mental concepts and embrace the pristine richness and profound depths of this presence. This lusciousness is the essence of yoga and spirituality. While it cannot be accurately described or comprehended by thought, it can be known and experienced directly. Recognizing the unresolvable nature of reality, coming to see what it truly is, is the path to liberation and the end of suffering.
A compilation of introductory talks from 2018 on the Yoga of Radiant Presence by Peter Brown. This great secret of yoga is that the immediate, concrete being of the yogi, YOUR experiential field, is in fact the entirety of the absolute, the divine. The practice of Yoga is possible because this is so; through investigating the accessible nature of one's experience, the absolute condition can be recognized. Peter Brown made himself available to transmit and teach this Yoga individually, in groups, and at retreats until he passed away in September 2022.
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