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Wide-ranging talks on all things relating to spirituality, meditation, yoga, current affairs, politics and philosophy. contact me via info AT peteyates.uk.
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Tuesday Aug 04, 2015
Tuesday Aug 04, 2015
In this short discussion, Pete and Anna tackle the tricky notion of enlightenment. "If you meet the Buddha on the road, twat him." [25 minutes. Free]
Tuesday Jul 28, 2015
Tuesday Jul 28, 2015
This podcast is the first in a series of four on the wide theme of Chaos and Cosmos. One of the main structuring elements of the talk is an examination of three great ancient process philosophers, namely, Heraclitus, Lao Tzu and the Buddha. In this first episode, the main features of the process world-view that the three share is explicated. I also weave in the story of an imagined meeting between these three at a pub on The Island of Anglesey, a meeting engineered by the love-lorn arch-druid Taliesin, who hopes that the three wisest men of the age can help him get the girl. This was recorded at a talk with friends at The Parkdale Yoga Center. [1 hour 14 minutes. Free.]
Thursday Jul 23, 2015
Thursday Jul 23, 2015
In this podcast I consider the relationship between so-called negative emotions such as anger and meditation. The talk ranges wide, from the metaphysics and logic of non-dualism to the elusive nature of beatitude and how it does not yield to methods, panaceas and algorithms. I also explore how the intrinsic beatitude of human consciousness is obscured by struggles with emotions and their social approval or disapproval. [17 minutes. Free.]
Sunday Jun 07, 2015
Sunday Jun 07, 2015
In this podcast, we add another term to our glossary: we discuss ahimsa or non-harming and how this can usefully be directed towards ourselves. [10 minutes.Free.]
Sunday May 17, 2015
Sunday May 17, 2015
This short talk describes Tantra in general terms and is the first entry in our 'verbal glossary' which we hope will help listeners negotiate the vast field of spirituality. [5 minutes, free.]