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Al McGee Meditation & Philosophy
by Al McGee Meditation & Philosop
Going into the depth of things.
Episodes
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Fuzzy Heads
In the early 1930s a boat carrying 107 mostly British communists arrived in St Petersburg. These were starry-eyed immigrants determined to unite with the - said to be - glorious Soviet Union. These were the Fuzzy Heads. And they're still around!
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A Feeling Beyond Feeling
There is a level of awareness that Fr Anthony Bloom calls "a feeling beyond feeling." You could call it a refined level of feeling. In itself, says Jacob Needleman, this level of feeling is "an instrument of knowledge." This talk explores this inner dimension and what it is leading towards.
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Where's the Heat?
In the mythology of the poet, William Blake, there is an image of a frightening god he calls Urizen. In every generation there are not a few who align themselves with the cold and barren climates that Urizen creates. Those bound by Urizen are truly chilled folk. The contrast is the experience of...
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Recovering the Inner Fire
A comparison between two ancient characters, the wealthy, Lydian King, Croesus and the wise man, Solon. What were their lives about? What's your life about? Are you known for the wealth you've built up or the quality of your soul life? With regard to the latter, the highest wisdom is to nurture...
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A god too Small
Daniel N. Robinson wrote about a knowledge that is perhaps best described as "an introspective activity, a communion with the cosmic mind." This is a very deep and transforming level of knowledge - knowledge as a power or force that could change your life forever.
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Soulfulness - its Presence or Absence?
At the end of my life will I find that my soul is empty or full? Will I able to say then that it is well with my soul. Reflections
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Follow the Upward Shift
Wondering about what the future held, I determined some years ago to chant the Guru Gita (an ancient East Indian chant) to get myself into an optimum state to consider the possibilities. It was one of the best things I ever did. The consequences have been enormous for myself personally and for my...
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Hobby Horse Theorizing
A challenge to think long and hard about what we think lest we fall into espousing abstract and vacuous theories that amount to being no more than empty hobby horse theorizing. As millions were suffering and dying under Stalin, many in the West refused to see it. They chose instead to ignore that...
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Amusing yourself to Death
Amuse yourself to death, or find integrity by the contemplation of higher things. Choose between the noble path that leads to joy versus that sordid path that leads to idiocy.
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A Specific Sort of Suffering
The Socratic effect is a cataclysmic eruption of the soul. It's an inner upheaval that puts you into a very deep state of self-interrogation. It can feel like both a blessing and curse at one and the same time.
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A Horror of Confinement
The poet, Rilke, was said to have a horror of confinement. Here are reflections on breaking free.
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A Feeling that Never Quite Goes Away
"The truth is that there remains in you - the most hard-boiled atheist, the most vehement physicalist or avid materialist - a noble instinct, which is that level of awareness that resists all reductionistic philosophies."
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What it Takes to Resist the Collective
Standing tall & firm against the herd.
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The Awakening of Intelligence
Says John O'Donohue: The search begins and you can never go back. From then on, you are inflamed with a special longing that will never again let you linger in the lowlands of complacency and partial fulfillment." (Anam Cara: A book of Celtic Wisdom
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Your Absolute Desire Is?
David Bergman, a retired philosophy Professor at Trinity College, Dublin writes that there is nothing more important than to “work out what your absolute desire is and then to go in that direction”
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Frightfully Normal, as if Sprayed with Fairy Dust
This is a re-expression of a 2014 podcast called "Everyday Consciousness is a Liar."
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Ordinary Consciousness is a Liar
I created this in 2014 but think it's worth putting out there again. Its subject is what Colin Wilson calls the frightfully normal condition. In that state, he says, your ordinary consciousness cannot be trusted, for it will lie to you.
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When Religion Gets Sick
For the sake of your tradition, said Jesus, you make void the word of God.
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When Soul Appears
When Darth Vader’s mask came off, an exceedingly vulnerable man was revealed - an open man - a real one.
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Seeking or Scoffing?
Reflections on Plato’s cave with reference to Evelyn Waugh’s classics teacher in a private school.
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An Undercurrent of Power
The Power of Myth
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