Seeker After Truth

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May 05

Audio Lectures: Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

Llewellyn Vaughan Lee

Audio Lectures 19912004

1991: Psychology & Sufism
A set of 6 talks illustrating the exploration of contemporary Sufi dreamwork which integrates this ancient tradition with the insights of Jungian psychology.

1. The Journey Home

2. The Transformation of the Shadow

3. Alchemy

4. The Inner Feminine: Her Dual Nature

5. The Inner Partner & the Beloved’s Embrace

6. The Dance of the Warrior

1992:The Bond with the Beloved
A set of 6 talks exploring the mystical relationship between the lover and the Beloved, and explain the tremendous importance of this mystical relationship not only to the lover, but to the world.

1. Remembrance

2. Doorkeepers of Love

3. Effort & Grace

4. Living in the Two Worlds

5. Union

6. The Dhikr

1992:Sufism: the Spiritual Path
A set of 4 talks outlining the stages encountered by every wayfarer making the solitary journey Home.

1. Khidr: The Archetype of Transformation

2. The Shadow Side of Spiritual Life

3. Pregnant with God

4. The Poverty of the Heart

1992:The Relationship with the Teacher
3 talks which describe the psychological and spiritual dynamics of this most important relationship.

1. Without a Face, Without a Name

2. The Mystery of Merging

3. What it Means to Have a Teacher

1994:Meditation & Prayer
A set of 4 talks which explore the hearts natural state of communion with God

1. Primordial Nature

2. Light Upon Light

3. Held in the Heart

4. Completing the Circle

1994:Uniting the Two Worlds
Sufism is not an ascetic or monastic path. The wayfarer aspires to realize God while living an everyday life. Learning to live an outer life in the world and at the same time keep the inner attention focused on the Beloved is a cornerstone of the Sufi Path.

1. Love and Annihilation

2. Surrendering to Separation

3. Spiritual Poverty

1994:The Purpose of Problems

The Purpose of Problems

1996:Qualities Necessary for the Path
Mysticism is the ancient way of uncovering the secrets of the soul. Through dreams, visions, meditation, and inner experiences we are able to glimpse this inner reality that gives meaning to life, and so allow this meaning to permeate our everyday life.

1. The One Thing

2. All Consuming Love

3. Listening

4. Non-being

1996:Meditation & Willpower

Meditation & Willpower

1997:The Seven Stations of the Path
These 4 talks describe seven of the most important stations of the path, compiled by the tenth century Sufi, Sarraj.

1. Repentance

2. Watchfulness

3. Poverty

4. Patience

1997:The Purpose of Power
These 3 talks explore the importance of power on the spiritual path, how to access ones inner power and use it for the journey.

1. Power and Freedom

2. Ask and It Shall be Given

3. The Greater Jihad

1998: The Circle of Love
The path takes us beyond ourself, beyond the mind, beyond the ego, into the intoxicating vortex of His love for us.This is the ancient highway of lovers that takes us away from everything we know into the infinite emptiness of His presence.

1. Forgetfulness, Part I

2. Forgetfulness, Part II

3. The Invisible Center, Part I

4. The Invisible Center, Part II

1999:Why Dreamwork?
Through dreamwork we connect with a hidden part of ourself, with the wisdom and guidance of our true self. For the mystic dreamwork is a preparation for the work of catching the divine hint, reawakening the mystical consciousness through which the signs of God become known.

1. Why Dreamwork?

2000: 12 Levels of Initiation Describes the stages of the development of consciousness, from the initial stage of undifferentiated awareness to that of the Perfect

Man in whom the divine is fully realized. Of particular importance is level seven, the birth of mystical consciousness, which requires the gift of sirr, the secret substance of the heart.

1. 12 Levels of Initiation

2000: Being Attentive to Love

As we explore how to be attentive to the inner love-affair of the soul, we learn to watch how love speaks to us, how our heart reminds us of our true nature. Through the attention of the heart we discover how to attune our outer and inner lives to the secret of loves oneness.

1. Mystical Love

2. Finding What is Real

3. Oneness & Life

2000:The Consciousness of Love
For the mystic, the energy of the new millennium is a dynamic current of love that carries a consciousness of oneness. Leaving behind our patterns of spiritual conditioning, we are able to participate in its unfolding and taste the joy that belongs to life.

1. Spiritual Deconditioning

2. A New Energy is Present

3. Divine Presence

4. How Love Comes into the World

2001:The Dynamics of Nothingness
These talks explore the dynamics of nothingness. The reality of nothingness is at the core of the mystical path and interpenetrates all of life. As we work with nothingness we are free from the limitations of form, and have access to the power of love as it comes into the world.

1. Nothing But Nothingness

2. Love & Emptiness

3. The Hidden Face of God

4. Dangers of Nothingness

5. Spiritual Maturity

2001:The Power of Presence
Recorded at the Sufi Conference, Black Mountain, North Carolina

1. The Power of Presence

2002:Absolute & Relative Truth
Recorded at the Sufi Conference, Black Mountain, North Carolina

Understanding the relationship between Absolute and relative Truth is necessary if we are to access and use the power of the Absolute to transform life.

1. Absolute and Relative Truth

2003:The Web of Life
Recorded at the June Retreat at the Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York

1. The Web of Life

2003:Spiritual Responsibility at a Time of Global Crisis
Recorded at Spiritual Responsibility at a Time of Global Crisis Conference, National Cathedral School, Washington, DC

1. Spiritual Responsibility at a Time of Global Crisis

2003:Sufi Conference 2003
Recorded at the November Sufi Conference, Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, California

These 2 talks explore the real spiritual contribution we can make at this time of global transition. How can we bring the light of the soul into the world? How can we bring the heart’s remembrance into all of life?

1. Light

2. The Song of Remembrance

2004:Awakening to Oneness
Recorded at the March one-day event with Adyashanti, San Rafael, California

Only when we awaken to oneness can we fully participate in the spiritual work of the coming era. We begin with the breath…

1. Awakening to Oneness

2004: Droplet of Love
Recorded at the May Sufi Conference, Black Mountain, North Carolina

The droplet of love is our heart’s contribution, a gift from the inner to the outer, the remembrance of our Beloved given to the world.

1. The Droplet of Love

2004:Awareness of Oneness
Recorded in November at the Center for Spiritual Enlightenment, San Jose, California

Awareness of oneness is a simple spiritual practice in which we see that our essential nature is part of life.