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EP15. The Human Condition (is one of suffering and attachment to suffering)
This full-length recording, recently restored, remastered, and made freely available, was originally recorded in July 1997 at Koningshof, Eindhoven, Netherlands.
This recording is the fifth in a series of seven recordings. The complete set will be released later in 2024 in the paid versions of the podcast, available on Apple Podcast (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-barry-long-podcast/id1709595005) and Spotify (open.spotify.com/show/34rcMFK6b4CcicY7JDxo9f).
This episode also marks our 100th episode! The subscriber-only edition of the podcast now has over 100 episodes, offering more than 200 hours of listening and features a mix of talks from our online store and exclusive, previously unreleased meetings.
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Summary:
In this episode, Barry describes the human condition as one of suffering or attachment to suffering. He says, "I define the self - my self - as the accumulation of all the unhappy emotions I have experienced since birth. Each emotion, from infancy through childhood, and especially the disastrous sexual experiences, disappointments, bitterness, and heartbreak - all of it gathers in the subconscious as emotion."
Barry continues, "The better things get, the more the self will try to destroy it -your own self, not someone else's - because it's made of pain. Whenever there is harmony or sweetness in a relationship or within your own body, the self emerges. Once the self, which is pain, enters a painless situation, that situation inevitably becomes painful." This, he says, is our fundamental human condition.
Keywords: #truth #love #suffering #attachment #thehumancondition #intelligence #barrylong #life #unhappiness #emotions
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Extract:
My 'self,' this pain in my body, has been running my life as long as I can remember - it's been running my life in that body, listening to me. It makes my decision who I'm going to make a partnership with. It makes decisions on the looks of people. It makes decisions on how it feels at the moment - and all these feelings are not true. It makes decisions out of fear. It makes decisions out of the terrible lack of security inside - it's always insecure inside, so it goes for the money instead of the joy of the job. It goes for the sex instead of love. It goes for everything that causes problems and unhappiness.
If you look at all the people around you -and you have to observe them pretty closely - you will see that everybody is unfulfilled, unhappy in some way, making excuses for the lack of love in their life. It's this self that makes the excuses, making excuses for what mum and dad demands on me, making excuses; 'well, that's all right', while inside, something in me, in that body, knows that there's something wrong. 'I don't want this demand of people on me, I just don't enjoy it, It's not right', and yet my self puts up with it, and my self makes excuses for it. My partner makes demands on me, terrible demands on me, wants love, which I can't give, because it's a demand for love, and I know it's not right, but I can't do anything about it, because I've never been told what to do about it until I came to Barry Long.
God is in charge of everything. God the great creator behind all existence and my body and my life -your life- that I can realise within. That's the easy part, although it's terribly hard and terribly rare to realise God within, but to bring that God into existence-to eliminate unhappiness from this body, which is your that your body to eliminate the self's utter obsession with itself and being unhappy.
To continue reading visit: www.barrylong.org/archive/articles/294/the-human-condition
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We are also excited to announce the creation of an extensive digital archive of Barry’s talks spanning 30 years. This repository contains 500 hours of video and 2,000 hours of audio recordings.
Over three years, a dedicated team undertook the monumental task of digitising and modernising a vast collection of historical recordings, some of which were stored on outdated formats like cassettes and magnetic tapes. Driven by the goal to preserve and safeguard this invaluable material, the project involved meticulous planning, cutting-edge technology, and a deep expertise in both analog and digital audiovisual systems.
In the coming weeks and months, we will share further updates about this digital archive.
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Barry Long was a spiritual teacher who taught internationally from the 1980's up until his death in 2003. His spiritual teaching is grounded in practicality and addresses all aspects of modern day life.
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EP14. Master of the West
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This full-length recording, restored and re-mastered recently, and made available freely, was recorded in November, 1985. In this episode Barry proclaims that he is a Master of the West and he has had the experiences of the Western man or woman, and therefore he can talk to them as one of them. More episodes are available in the paid version of the podcast, available on Apple Podcast (podcasts....
EP13. Can you handle the truth?
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This full-length recording, restored and re-mastered recently, and made available freely, was recorded in June, 1987. Barry is particularly commanding and authoritative in this talk. In this talk Barry demonstrates what it takes to live the truth. More episodes are available in the paid version of the podcast, available on Apple Podcast (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-barry-long-podcast/id17...
EP12. Taking charge of your own life OR Being responsible for your own life
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This full-length recording, made available freely, was recorded on the 29th of July 1999. This recording is one of twelve in this series. The series is available in the paid version of the podcast, available on The Barry Long Podcast on Apple Podcast (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-barry-long-podcast/id1709595005) and Spotify Podcast (open.spotify.com/show/34rcMFK6b4CcicY7JDxo9f) ~ Extracts ...
The Reality of Time - a talk with David Bohm | Audio Archive | Barry Long
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This full length conversation between Barry Long and the theoretical physicist David Bohm was recorded in 1983. It's a unique conversation about the reality and notion of time, death and life, a 2 hr 18 min recording we discovered on a 10.5" reel in the archives, made in the early days of The Barry Long Centre in London. The audio quality was in need of improvement and a video has been added to...
EP11. To be the truth is to be free of unhappiness
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This full-length recording, made available freely, was recorded on the 14th of August 1994 in Colorado. This recording is one of eight in the Colorado Talks 1994 series. The series is available in the paid version of the podcast, available on The Barry Long Podcast on Apple Podcast (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-barry-long-podcast/id1709595005) and Spotify Podcast (open.spotify.com/show/34r...
EP10. Speaking of love
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Keywords: love and sexual drive, resonance and reflection, civilisation and emotion, making love without sexual stimulation, making love, the nature of man and his sexual drive, the difference between man and woman, woman is fundamentally love, man's sexual drive seeks to possess, woman fundamentally wants to love and to give, moving from sex to love Outline: 0:00 On resonance and attraction. T...
Does Woman realise truth like Man?
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Woman is a different creature to Man and she doesn't realise truth like Man does. What woman realises more and more is that she is Love, and Love is the same as Truth. And the more she realises love in existence, the more she realises truth which is outside existence. Barry Long explains this significant difference between man and woman's approach to the realisation of the union of love and tru...
Quickest Way to Enlightenment
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By acknowledging the good in our life, rather than the problem, we enter the state of being more easily. This simple action is the quickest way to enlightenment. This is a piece from a meeting in November 2001. Barry Long was a spiritual teacher who taught internationally from the 1980's up until his death in 2003. His spiritual teaching is grounded in practicality and addresses all aspects of ...
Only One 'I' - the Ultimate Truth | Audio Product Extract | Barry Long
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One of the main points in Barry Long's teaching is that there is only one 'I' in our experience. An extract from the Tamborine Mountain series, a series of unscripted talks which contains all of the main points from Barry's teaching. This one is from March 1986. Content description for each talk: www.barrylong.org/series/talks-from-tamborine-mountain Barry Long was a spiritual teacher who taugh...
The Human Brain & Existence | Audio Product Extract | Barry Long
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This piece from the Gold Coast Talk Dec 1994 describes the whole of existence as it appears, as being produced by the brain. Link to the Gold Coast Talks 1994 Bundle www.barrylong.org/products/audio/gold-coast-talks-1994-bundle Barry Long was a spiritual teacher who taught internationally from the 1980's up until his death in 2003. His spiritual teaching is grounded in practicality and addresse...
The Reality of Time - a talk with David Bohm | Audio Archive | Barry Long
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A unique conversation about the reality and notion of time, death and life. The full interview is on the the website of the Barry Long Foundation www.barrylong.org/products/video/david-bohm-&-barry-long of Barry speaking with the theoretical physicist David Bohm in 1983. It's a 2 hr 18 min recording we discovered in the archives, made in the early days of The Barry Long Centre in London. We've ...
Being the Whole Sensation | Video Archive | Barry Long
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The practice of not remembering the parts of the body and being the whole undivided sensation. Barry Long was a spiritual teacher who taught internationally from the 1980's up until his death in 2003. His spiritual teaching is grounded in practicality and addresses all aspects of modern day life. www.barrylong.org BarryLongQuotes barrylongnews/
The person is the problem | Video Archive | Barry Long
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A great milestone in the spiritual life is realising that you are something greater and more real than the person. Barry here puts a spotlight on this externalised intelligence - the cause of most of the problems in life. Barry Long was a spiritual teacher who taught internationally from the 1980's up until his death in 2003. His spiritual teaching is grounded in practicality and addresses all ...
The situation of Man and Woman being together | Video Archive | Barry Long
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Being true to the situation is a main point in Barry's teaching. Here he demonstrates what that means in a loving relationship. The full audio of this session is available as Being the Female www.barrylong.org/products/audio/the-march-meetings-11-being-the-female Barry Long was a spiritual teacher who taught internationally from the 1980's up until his death in 2003. His spiritual teaching is g...
Life behind Form | Video Archive | Barry Long
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Life behind Form | Video Archive | Barry Long
Getting The Idea | Video Archive | Barry Long
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Getting The Idea | Video Archive | Barry Long
What's looking out of the eyes? | Video archive | Barry Long
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What's looking out of the eyes? | Video archive | Barry Long
Thought Brings Mediocrity | Video Archive | Barry Long
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Thought Brings Mediocrity | Video Archive | Barry Long
Lovemaking is Sensationally Beautiful | Video Archive | Barry Long
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Lovemaking is Sensationally Beautiful | Video Archive | Barry Long
EP6. The female in woman
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EP6. The female in woman
EP7. Love, life, and intelligence
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EP7. Love, life, and intelligence
EP8. Love between man and woman
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EP8. Love between man and woman
EP9. Love is not a condition (short)
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EP9. Love is not a condition (short)
EP5. What you acknowledge you get
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EP5. What you acknowledge you get
EP4. Karma, consequence, and freedom
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EP4. Karma, consequence, and freedom
EP3. Dissolving emotion and living in the present
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EP3. Dissolving emotion and living in the present
EP2. Transforming sex into love
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EP2. Transforming sex into love
EP1. Emotions
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EP1. Emotions
Man & Woman - Love Life Summary | Video Archive | Barry Long
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Man & Woman - Love Life Summary | Video Archive | Barry Long

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @Madalenej
    @Madalenej 5 днів тому

    I love Barry ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @Susan-ol4ys
    @Susan-ol4ys 6 днів тому

    Excellent ❤

  • @aantonia13
    @aantonia13 10 днів тому

    It's so simple that you cannot remember it, you just got to do it and Be.

  • @piacascone5271
    @piacascone5271 13 днів тому

    Stop rubbishing

  • @TheSoteriologist
    @TheSoteriologist 13 днів тому

    20:53 False. „Reality“ comes from the word „res“ = thing. 39:03 He suggests making love to prostitutes if without a partner. Keep that in mind.

  • @onlyStardust-82
    @onlyStardust-82 19 днів тому

    Things are neither good or bad, only our judgements of them" Marcus Aurelius

  • @3bonavista
    @3bonavista 19 днів тому

    "Fiendish": Perversely diabolical, extremely cruel or wicked!! OMG

  • @kefeccefek8661
    @kefeccefek8661 23 дні тому

    exhort tolle.created a fake name and parroted Barry long and made big money

    • @internalwarrior2410
      @internalwarrior2410 12 днів тому

      Eckhart Tolle is a real master with the energy of presence and stillness behind his words.. Eckhart Tolle is his old disciple and has spoken about Barry long with great reverence

  • @carolinejames4700
    @carolinejames4700 28 днів тому

    “Stay quit from drinking” 😂

  • @eddiepower3876
    @eddiepower3876 28 днів тому

    Poor Jonathan 😅

  • @julia.rhiannon
    @julia.rhiannon 29 днів тому

    How do we know that animals aren't self conscious? If a human mother has her child taken from her there will be grief and distress and then by the compassion of life she may find a way to move on. How do we know that animals have completely forgotten their offspring? Maybe they're just getting on with life the way that humans do. Animals can be traumatized and they also communicate and many species form bonds for life, both with their own species and with humans.

  • @AlOfNorway
    @AlOfNorway 29 днів тому

    So much power and straightforwardness.

  • @julia.rhiannon
    @julia.rhiannon 29 днів тому

    The direction to not re-member your body but to experience the sensation as a totality is super powerful and direct. The whole world is included in that sensation 💗 Then Barry gets all judgemental about what you "should" have done in the past 😆 so you can re-member all the things you "thought" you would be that didn't work out how you hoped. Despair + presence = 🤯❤️‍🔥💥 😅😅

  • @BlerinaSyla-l2f
    @BlerinaSyla-l2f Місяць тому

    ❤️

  • @baronessax2114
    @baronessax2114 Місяць тому

    Thank you Barry, God, to the woman who wrote that letter, to the person who uploaded this video 🙏

  • @AlOfNorway
    @AlOfNorway Місяць тому

    Barry’s teaching was a gem then, a gem now, and a gem forever. It’s just going on. The truth lives in us all, is all there is, and yet is still unfolding. Well, the truth may not, as it is already absolute and finished, but the living does. The living is continuing, unfolding itself in front of our very eyes. Thank you for sharing.

  • @Artezia
    @Artezia Місяць тому

    The common ground of reality is direct perception of immediate environment from which the right action is born. No other way to build common reality. We are now in a state of not perceiving truth but projecting language. It’s the definition of madness

  • @dommccaffry3802
    @dommccaffry3802 Місяць тому

    Too long winded

  • @vera9488
    @vera9488 Місяць тому

    Thank you so much!.So many liberating truths

  • @GabrielMayersNYC
    @GabrielMayersNYC Місяць тому

    Barry said blm

  • @dommccaffry3802
    @dommccaffry3802 Місяць тому

    What is he actually saying????

    • @jussirytkonen2871
      @jussirytkonen2871 Місяць тому

      Nothing particular to remember or take notes about. Just all the ways were living a lie, thinking it's the only and honest way to live. Not to change it to another way of life, that someone else has made up, but to see the truth in my own experience.

  • @ahrens07
    @ahrens07 Місяць тому

    Best channel on UA-cam

  • @vincechopard6481
    @vincechopard6481 Місяць тому

    Thank you, thank you for your great teaching. 🙏🏻

  • @umaramakrishnan7577
    @umaramakrishnan7577 Місяць тому

    Thank You Barry ! Always Refreshing to hear 🙏🙏

  • @annstar4306
    @annstar4306 Місяць тому

    Thank you ,thank you

  • @NowisEvollovetion
    @NowisEvollovetion Місяць тому

    Thank you.

  • @ArthurLockwood-e8c
    @ArthurLockwood-e8c Місяць тому

    It's reminding the past. Crap is that thinking

  • @ArthurLockwood-e8c
    @ArthurLockwood-e8c Місяць тому

    Why do we have a stupid. Mind sick of my mind 😥

  • @brewcoffeebox8471
    @brewcoffeebox8471 2 місяці тому

    Barry’s time will come.. hear the truth people and wake up!

  • @ArthurLockwood-e8c
    @ArthurLockwood-e8c 2 місяці тому

    Thanks for your help. Sin this a year ago this is what one of my. Doctor said to me 👏

  • @ArthurLockwood-e8c
    @ArthurLockwood-e8c 2 місяці тому

    I no we put it in our. Head it's mad 😥

  • @ArthurLockwood-e8c
    @ArthurLockwood-e8c 2 місяці тому

    Nice one 👍

  • @bittasweetsymphony726
    @bittasweetsymphony726 2 місяці тому

    don't do drugs kids

  • @greenmanlove1
    @greenmanlove1 2 місяці тому

    interesting way of interviewing. not sure how helpful it is making all clear?

  • @bittasweetsymphony726
    @bittasweetsymphony726 2 місяці тому

    Englands women are the most sexually stagnant on earth so don't worry

  • @baronessax2114
    @baronessax2114 2 місяці тому

    One of his best, really enjoyed this

  • @oldhat6100
    @oldhat6100 2 місяці тому

    I don’t believe in reincarnation. I didn’t believe in it when I was a guinea pig, and I don’t believe in it now.

  • @jean-pierreel-rif2784
    @jean-pierreel-rif2784 2 місяці тому

    Thank you for making this available to everyone

  • @TheCosmicOrbster-cx3rx
    @TheCosmicOrbster-cx3rx 2 місяці тому

    Profound,Nice One,thank you

  • @katnip198
    @katnip198 2 місяці тому

    Thank you. Helpful. ❤

  • @katnip198
    @katnip198 2 місяці тому

    So very helpful.

  • @zenclub8173
    @zenclub8173 2 місяці тому

    "...This is Barry Long speaking. Everything that i say in this tape is either true or false. There is no in between. But please don't believe me. Test each statement in your own experience. Only in that way can you ever know the truth. Much of what i am going to say will be new, unsettling and disturbing. It will linger in you. To the extent that you are real it will keep coming up in your awareness. It will cause a lot of self-searching. In what follows I am making a positive statement about life, now and the future of life on earth. But in the present depressed condition of humanity, it is likely to be perceived initially as negative. Whether you agree or disagree with what is said is unimportant. The only question is what are you going to do about it. And only you need to know the answer. I suggest you play the tape often. It will take a good while to absorb all the ideas. Each time you listen you will discern new truths. Because the spiritual energy released will have been working in your subconscious from the last time loosening and breaking up the old habitual thought patterns. If you are serious in the search for what is true and who is not searching for it in some way or other this tape will bring you closer to the wonder and beauty of life. The life within you which is life on earth...

  • @naimabaraca9584
    @naimabaraca9584 3 місяці тому

    ❤ a gift

  • @bittasweetsymphony726
    @bittasweetsymphony726 3 місяці тому

    i long for barry

    • @AlOfNorway
      @AlOfNorway 29 днів тому

      You only long for you, your true self. Stop longing and feel what you are.

  • @pretheeshgpresannan4172
    @pretheeshgpresannan4172 3 місяці тому

    when thoughts think for me it is like being robbed of presence. What must I think about it without letting thoughts go after the very question. How to not think is a question without thoughts having to think the answer.

  • @suzystokes1191
    @suzystokes1191 3 місяці тому

    Thank you🎉

  • @DavidKolbSantosh
    @DavidKolbSantosh 3 місяці тому

    if you read Zen Master Dogen's Uji - Time Being, you will see his concept of time is very similar to David's. But Barry Long seems highly confused! Barry Long just comes of as a phony to me!

  • @umaramakrishnan7577
    @umaramakrishnan7577 3 місяці тому

    Very Powerful as always ! 🙏🙏

  • @jimmyf9152
    @jimmyf9152 3 місяці тому

    What profound teaching. Thankyou for uploading.

  • @jennamatkowski2367
    @jennamatkowski2367 3 місяці тому

    This voice… wow