50 videos about spirituality

Addressing the Issue of Poverty

Arabinda Basu, philosopher and scholar of Sri Aurobindo, suggests that the current problems of humanity can only be resolved by a new collective knowledge.

(7:11)

An Attitude of Service

Environmentalist and artist Juan Manuel Carrion answers our question about his core message with a heartfelt appeal to live life in service to creation.

(2:32)

Awakening the World

Sufi teacher and dreamworker Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee tells us that, for an individual, the spiritual path begins once there has been an experience of oneness through grace.

(2:16)

By Force or By Will

Chris Peters, director of the Seventh Generation Fund for Indian Development, asks whether cultural awareness will rise to meet the coming changes toward ecological awareness and sustainability.

(2:18)

Complete Interview

Spiritual teacher Adyashanti describes how in the development of human consciousness, there comes a shift from a sense of a separate self toward the experience of unity.

(24:41)

Complete Interview

Groundbreaking scholar of pre-Socratic philosophy Peter Kingsley emphasizes the sacred role of Western civilization in global oneness.

(18:53)

Complete Interview

In this complete interview, Tibetan Buddhist leader His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa reflects upon the meaning of oneness in this age.

(13:08)

Complete Interview

In this complete interview Chris Peters, director of the Seventh Generation Fund for Indian Development, talks about indigenous perspectives on the current ecological and cultural crises.

(27:42)

Complete Interview

In this complete interview, Max "Duramunmun" Harrison, an elder of the Yuin Nation of Southeast Australia, explains fundamental differences between Aboriginal and Euro-Australian worldviews.

(17:00)

Complete Interview

Don Alverto Taxo, a Quichua elder and Iachak (community leader/healer), shares his indigenous Andean perspective on the crises and potential of the current pachacuti (thousand-year cycle).

(24:17)

Diversity of Life, Unity of Spirit 

Arabinda Basu, philosopher and scholar of Sri Aurobindo, explains that an inner consciousness of unity will in turn allow for greater understanding of the multiplicity of life.

(2:36)

Do You Want to Find Out?

Spiritual teacher Adyashanti describes the process of letting go of collective consciousness and the fear that causes us to cling to it.

(4:03)

Drive for Progress

Author and scholar Mary Evelyn Tucker explains that when we link progress to industrialization without any sense of limits or nature as a guide, the result is the current global crisis.

(1:38)

Earth Mother = Birth Mother

Roger Thomas, professor and director of Wilto Yerlo Center for Australian Indigenous Research and Studies, explains the association in Aboriginal culture between the earth mother and birth mother.

(4:31)

Finding Unity in Everyday Life

Arabinda Basu, philosopher and scholar of Sri Aurobindo, explains that a basic fundamental spiritual discipline (yoga) can bring about a centralization of the diverse tendencies of one's nature.

(1:48)

For the Sake of the Whole

Sufi teacher and dreamworker Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee thought that once people caught a glimpse of emerging oneness, they would gladly contribute their spiritual as well as material resources to it.

(2:24)

Heads and Tails

Spiritual teacher Adyashanti points out the difference between being motivated by fear, which keeps us operating with the same old state of consciousness, and by love, which comes through us as we face our fears.

(3:06)

How is oneness experienced?

Tibetan Buddhist leader His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa describes how oneness is experienced.

(2:38)

How should spiritual leaders share their knowledge with the world?

Tibetan Buddhist leader His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa suggests that spiritual leaders connect to the general public.

(1:58)

I Am Human First

Gary "Jagamarra" Simon, a traditional healer and artist of the Walpiri tribe of central and western Australia, explains how human particularities are directly formed from the natural environment.

(8:52)

Importance of Spiritual Unity

According to Arabinda Basu, philosopher and scholar of Sri Aurobindo, if there is spiritual unity, then there is diversity of life without conflict.

(2:34)

Intuition

L.A.-based community activist Orland Bishop explains that oneness is the source of intuition, which allows us to touch a common truth beyond our memory, culture and conditioned responses.

(2:11)

Is the spiritual consciousness of the world changing?

Tibetan Buddhist leader His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa believes that it is the responsibility of religion to adapt to the changing needs of people.

(1:35)

It’s All the Same Substance

Spiritual teacher Adyashanti acknowledges that we are all made of the same substance, though we express the One in individual manifestations.

(1:48)

Losing Identity

Spiritual teacher Adyashanti describes the illusory sense of a separate self as part of the natural development of human consciousness.

(3:23)

Love Is Indiscriminate

Spiritual teacher Adyashanti describes the inclusiveness of love and how actions motivated by love have the power to unite and to change consciousness.

(3:46)

Mulla Rides

Basil "Mulla" Sumner, an elder and leader in the Ngarrindjeri community in South Australia, tells us that oneness starts from the individual.

(4:11)

Nature's Energy

Author and scholar Mary Evelyn Tucker explains that in our current physical and spiritual search for sustainable energies, we can look to Indigenous Peoples for their sense of traditional environmental knowledge and the immediate power of nature.

(2:34)

Resistance to Change

Arabinda Basu, philosopher and scholar of Sri Aurobindo, explains that man is a high being capable of evolving to very high states of consciousness, but that there is individual and collective resistance to change.

(4:03)

Return to the Wholeness

Community leader, psychologist and Zen teacher Vera Kohn explains how oneness is both the origin and destiny of all things, and a new manifestation creatively uniting opposites.

(2:50)

Spiritual Depth

Spoken word poet and activist Drew Dellinger describes how activism can come from a place of spiritual depth.

(1:35)

The Convergence of Science and “Spirituality”

Laboratory scientist Dean Radin explains how science tends to give rise to a fractured system of disciplines, while spirituality serves to connect.

(3:26)

The Earth is a Oneness Idea

L.A.-based social activist and community leader Orland Bishop explains that a cultural worldview that fails to recognize earth's primal qualities can only produce violence.

(2:12)

The Grace of God

Sufi teacher and dreamworker Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee believes the greatest mistake made by the various proponents of global oneness is to think that human beings can do it by themselves.

(2:06)

The Heart of Religion

Fr. Alberto Luna, former Roman Catholic archbishop of Cuenca, Ecuador, calls for a sincere turning toward the "true and authentic" God, who resides deep in the human heart.

(8:03)

The Light in Humanity

Peaceworker Sami Awad describes the light within every individual and the layers of dust that can cover it over. In working toward peace, he says, it is important to recognize this light in each person and address it, helping it shine more brightly.

(5:11)

The Nature of the Mind

Tibetan Buddhist nun Ven. Tenzin Palmo describes how the infinite, primordial awareness that lies behind the mind and its sense of duality is the key to experiencing oneness.

(4:09)

The Role of Art

Environmentalist and artist Juan Manuel Carrion describes the role of art as rousing humanity from its collective amnesia and guiding it toward its purpose in the world.

(2:17)

Time is Running Out

Spiritual teacher Adyashanti describes how reaching a point of crisis can lead to a shift in consciousness, both individually and collectively, and acknowledges the pressure on humanity to awaken before time runs out.

(3:47)

Transcending Personal Concerns

Spiritual teacher Adyashanti suggests that our desire for change has to transcend our personal concerns. Only then, he says, can we access the infinite transformative power we need.

(3:50)

Transparent Businesses and Conscious Capitalism

Tami Simon, founder and president of the Sounds True audio publishing company, asks, what it would mean to have a company where there were no secrets?

(2:24)

Waking the Sleeping Soul of Humanity

Arabinda Basu, philosopher and scholar of Sri Aurobindo, defines yoga as an organ of knowledge that helps develop one's inner consciousness.

(7:39)

We are Servants, Not Owners

Environmentalist and artist Juan Manuel Carrion describes how within one generation most of Ecuador's forests were eliminated, leaving a struggling fraction of the original ecological richness.

(6:33)

What does oneness mean in the context of Tibetan Buddhism?

Tibetan Buddhist leader His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa explains how exile has given Tibetans a heightened experience of oneness.

(3:20)

What Happens If You Don't Have a Relationship to the Land?

Chris Peters, director of the Seventh Generation Fund for Indian Development, says the dominant culture's relationship to the land must change radically.

(7:31)

What Is Sacred?

Max "Duramunmun" Harrison, an elder of the Yuin Nation of Southeast Australia, explains why Aboriginal understandings of the land have no credibility in wider Australian society.

(2:46)

What is spiritual power?

Tibetan Buddhist leader His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa explains the subtlety of spiritual power, and describes traditional means of cultivating it.

(1:13)

What is the role of spiritual leaders?

Tibetan Buddhist leader His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa describes the need for spiritual leaders to connect with the general public.

(1:26)

Words from the Karmapa

Tibetan Buddhist leader His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa describes how oneness begins as an internal experience.

(5:28)

Worlds Apart

Tibetan Buddhist teacher Ven. Choegyal Rinpoche believes that although the worlds of business and spirituality are far apart, they can meet by developing common values of care and compassion.

(1:14)