Finally, we release our new  2 DVD set, LOVE, the Eternal River, with Rupert Spira. This DVD further explores the depth and breadth of our most popular investigation begun with our very popular 2 DVD set entitled The Transparency of Things. It is our most powerful dialogue yet. 

In these two videos, we share our discussion on the importance of having a teacher, the guru, one who walks with you on the path of Self Discovery. Is it important? Is it necessary? Is it helpful?

Join us in sharing wisdom and humble gratitude, while Rupert Spira and Chris Hebard, founder of StillnessSpeaks, explore the precious, sacred "Role of The Teacher". No greater secret can be shared.

See also a new free written dialogue about LOVE, which Rupert recently offered to someone in Australia.

Our next entry is the same topic, the role of the teacher, taken from the other side of the aisle with Francis Lucille. Be sure to watch this as well, for a complete discussionon this very important topic.

The great coincidence has been that as we prepare to release of the video clips on The Role of the Teacher from the new LOVE DVD with Ruert Spira, Francis Lucille was filmed, just yesterday, deeply exploring exactly this issue.

Francis Lucille is appearing in Northern California on Friday, October 22nd in Berkeley, California, at Berkeley Unitarian Church,  1924 Cedar Street in Berkeley California, 94709. After the SAND Conference, many of his friends will gather at his residence in the DeLuz mountains above Temecula, California, for an intimate one week retreat. Click here to go to Meetup.com to see information on attending this retreat.

Click here to enjoy the view from across the hall with Francis Lucille on the role of the teacher, in our clip entitled, The Moth and the Flame.

Some mature nondual advaita lovers wonder, "Why is it that, in spite of a mature intellectual understanding of advaita, I still feel like a seperate body sitting in this chair, reading? Where is the felt sense of Freedom?"

Click here to view Francis Lucille's newest video clip entitled Don't Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Jeff Foster will be making appearances in October, 2010, on both the East and West Coasts. StillnessSpeaks Live Events will present Jeff in conjunction with Hersh Stern in New York City on November 7th.

Click here for more information and to make your reservation for this Jeff Foster live event.

Click here to watch new video clips of Jeff entitled, Enlightenment of Self Inquiry and Dismantling Identity, and to see other Live Events Jeff is having on the West Coast.

StillnessSpeaks hopes to host Jeff in Southern California in October. More details to follow.

This week we offer another group of videos from our in-depth discussion on the Teachings of Shri Atmananda Krishna Menon with Greg Goode (www.heartofnow.com) and Chris Hebard, founder of Stillnessspeaks. Click here to watch the new video clips on Shri Atmanada's techniques, including discussions on "The Physicality of the Body", "Do we ever experience an Object?", and "Memory".

Memories of Alexander Smit

Alexander Smit was a Dutch student of Nisargadatta, who taught advaita for 20 years and died in 1988. He was a contemporary and friend of Wolter Keers, frequently mentioned here. A close friend, John Tuinman offers his recollections of a meeting with Alexander Smit:

A  memory comes to mind of the first day I met Alexander in 1988. I walked into the room where he was sitting relaxed in a chair with one of his hands leaning on the chair arm. I thought, "He seems very relaxed." It was something about that hand that touched me. I sat dawn and he looked around the room to see if anybody was new.

He saw me and asked: "Why have you come?"

I  blurted out: "Self-realization!" because I had been searching for years, yearning like a hungry dog for that divine bone called Self Realization.

Then Alexander asked me: "What do you mean by the 'Self' and what do you mean by  'Realization'?"

The effect of those questions nailed me to my seat.

Click here to learn more about Alexander Smit and read a rare interview with him from Amigo Publication in the 80's.

One of the most perfect expressions of the Experience of Being comes to us from Jnaneshwar, a 13th century saint who, although he lived only twenty-two years, left a profound impact on Hindu spirituality.  In Jnaneshwar's writings, Shiva is the formless, unmanifest Absolute, and Shakti is manifest form. Shiva is "That",  and Shakti is "This" – all that arises in and as That. But the most precious gift of Jnaneshwar is his communication in words of the inexpressible truth that Shiva and Shakti are One. Shakti is merely unmanifest, objectless, unmoving Shiva, moving into and as form.  Jnaneshwar brilliantly communicates this inexpressible truth through verses in which "He" is Shiva, and "She" is Shakti. There are "logical contradictions" galore in Jnaneshwar's writing. But if you read from your Heart, you'll be taken...

Click here to read Jnaneshwar's romance of "That" and "This", of Shiva and Shakti, of the Lover and the Beloved in each of us.

What does it actually mean that "everything is universal"? For those of you whose minds have an insatiable desire for satisfying answers to deeply held questions, there are few as eloguent and thorough as Francis Lucille.

At his residence in the Deluz mountains, Francis gently and forcefully walked with a questioner for 22 minutes, deeply exploring what is meant when we say that "everything is universal." To us, this dialogue demonstrates the magic and depth of his Approach.

Click here and explore this 22-minute free video clip. Discover information regarding Francis' next retreat in Temecula, for those who desire an intimate and complete approach.