Seekers of Unity

A Journey across centuries and continents, tracing the relationship between Muslims and Jews through their shared mystical practices, beliefs and texts.  Exploring the moments in history of fruitful interaction between Sufism (Islamic Mysticism) and Jewish Mysticism.   02:52 - 11th Century Spain | Bahya ibn Pakuda: Duties of the Heart  05:26 - 13th Century Egypt | Abraham Maimonides...

Episode 10 is a Top 10! Ten best books every aspiring student of Mysticism must read, lol   02:00 Joseph Campbell | Thou Art That | Mythology  03:30 Fritjof Capra | Tao of Physics | Physics  04:35 Jill Bolte Taylor | My Stroke of Insight | Neuroscience  05:37 Walter Terence Stace | Mysticism and Philosophy | Philosophy   05:57 Glenn Magee (ed.) | The Cambridge Handbook of:...

A story of poets, pirates, sultans, queens, philosophers, mystics, kabbalists and heretics, forced conversions, attempted assassinations, and inquisitions.     01:20 Brief History of the Scholarship    03:30 Story of Avraham Cohen de Herrera   14:44 From Herrera to Spinoza   18:00 The Textual Witnesses      23:03 Spinoza’s Kabbalistic Ideas &n...

Check out our dank discussion of Spinoza in the context Western Philosophy, Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah. We'll talk about his Metaphysics, his take on God, about the possibility of seeing him as a Mystic and at the end we'll reconsider his Cherem (excommunication).   #ReclaimingSpinoza #ProjectUnity   01:55 Biographical Sketch   06:19 Spinoza's Fans   10:08 Philosophical Inf...

Adventure into the birth of the cosmos, to find truths that can be scarcely told with words. We're going to dive into the chaos to explore the creation myths of mystical traditions to see what stories they share for us today.   On the hunt for the Mega-Myth of Mysticism with Jung and Campbell. We're gonna catch a big one. Join us in our excavation of the oldest stories mankind has told a...

A Reflection on the 3rd of Tammuz - 25 Years since the Rebbe's Passing | Ode to Immortality Transcript: This Saturday, the 6th of July 2019 marks and commemorated the 25 anniversary of Gimmel Tammuz, the 3rd of the Hebrew month of Tammuz. The day the sun stood still in its tracks. This Gimmel Tammuz is 25 years since the passing of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, and 25 years is a hell of a long time. The...

Explaining the Why behind this Channel and Launching #ProjectUnity Inviting You to Dream with Me, Daring You to Share and Join the Revolution.   Post that idea that moves you on YouTube, Facebook, Insta... Tag it #ProjectUnity . Share it with your friends (+ dare them to share too), so we can all see what you're bringing to the good fight.   Take the Plunge, Carpe Diem, Yolo, Just Do It,...

Defining Mysticism in terms of Experience, Theory and Practice.  • 1 - Experience - Mystical Experience:  Historical and Contemporary  - In language of Psychology:  Ego Death   Unitive Consciousness   Peak Experience / Flow state  - In the Language of Theology:  Prophecy, Theosis, Unio Mystica   Dvekut, Gnosis, Fana, Baqa,  Samadhi, Moksha, Satori,...

Fast-paced intro to the History of Mysticism in under 10, strap in     •  (Prehistory) Birth – One with Nature - 1:17 Animism, Shamanism, Indigenous/Native Traditions, Egyptian, Proto Indo-Iranian, Proto Indo-European, Vedic and Mesopotamian Religion    •  (1000BCE) Infancy - 1:36 Judaism, Hinduism, Jainism, Zoroaster, Greco-Roman Mysteries     • &...

In this colab-convo, Shaul Solomon and i discuss some low-key issues in life, such as Suffering, Enlightenment, the Structure of Reality, Will, Desire and Pleasure, and Beauty, from the perspectives of Schopenhauer and Buddhism.   02:28 Intro to Schopenhauer   05:08 Intro to Buddhism   08:55 Intro to Idealism  16:64 The Ding an Sich   17:30 Schopenhauer's Idealism, the Wil...

Kicking this station off with a book review series. First piece is the notorious Mysticism and Philosophy from our bad boy W. T. Stace. Woohoo, mazel tov. Timestamps below 👇🏽    1:54    Why this Book  3:06    About the Author  10:39  Summery of the Book  17:32  Big Ideas in the Book  19:43  What i liked about the book&nbs...