Assembly of Silence

This episode covers so much territory it’s not worth trying to describe it.   We can only hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed having the conversation.  If you’d like to read the papers referred to in the discussion they are all viewable here: https://medium.com/@taijireality   ASRH Contact/Support: silentassembly@protonmail.com https://www.patreon.com/taijireality Theme music from “Hudd...

The original Assembly of Silence team are back in an episode covering the full range of standard ASRH topics: what is the best way forward from any given here and now? Is a pure spiritual practice itself an imbalance, and if so then what is the practice? How do we proceed in a game that keeps changing? It's 43'08" of pure unadulterated freewheeling talk for your listening enjoyment.   ASRH Contact...

In this episode I welcome a new guest to the ASRH:   Yair is a world traveller from the ancient land of Israel whose depth of wisdom is made evident in this conversation.   The appreciation of the present moment exists in tension with the grasping mind that strives to manage life.   The two are incompatible yet it is only through their integration that we can experience the fullness of life.   I d...

We are fortunate to have Cahlen return to the Assembly of Silence.  This lengthy episode covers a wide range of subject matter too complex to describe.   Oftentimes it’s impossible to do justice to something by describing it.   You’ll just have to listen to hear what it’s about.  Cahlen’s website: http://cahlen.org . ASRH Contact/Support: silentassembly@protonmail.com https://www.patreon.com/taiji...

Our first listener suggested topic provides the seed for yet another stimulating and free-wheeling conversation with Judah and Noah.   Keep those topics coming! ASRH Contact/Support: silentassembly@protonmail.com https://www.patreon.com/taijireality Theme music from “Huddled” by Peck Slip: https://peckslip.bandcamp.com Get full access to TAIJIREALITY PUBLICATIONS at taijireality.substack.com/subsc...

On today’s episode we’re thinking about thoughts and feeling our feelings and discussing the optimal attitude towards both.   We get into a kerfuffle over the distinction between need and want. If it's the case that those who say don’t know and those who know don’t say - then what the heck are we talking about? ASRH Contact/Support: silentassembly@protonmail.com https://www.patreon.com/taijirealit...

This episode is the maiden voyage for what will hopefully become a regular Assembly of Silence feature: The Assembly of Science .   In this episode Jeff, Jonathan and Noah discuss what science is and begin to poke around at some of the many problems presently confronting the sciences. ASRH Contact/Support: silentassembly@protonmail.com https://www.patreon.com/taijireality Theme music from “Huddled...

This Episode features an in depth discussion with Cahlen focusing primarily on the subjects that arose during our initial exchange (as presented in the previous episode). While we don’t explicitly discussing “tuning in” or “dropping out” they are reasonably apt descriptions of the terrain covered. Cahlen’s website: http://cahlen.org . ASRH Contact/Support: silentassembly@protonmail.com https://www...

Noah asked Cahlen the following question for Cahlen’s “Ask Cahlen” video series.   "What’s the most significant / important thing you hope to convey to the world?" This episode contains the audio to Cahlen’s video response as well as Noah’s comments on the video.   Next week will feature a wonderfully lively conversation with Cahlen. Cahlen’s website is http://cahlen.org (website appears to be dow...

Noah reads and discusses the remainder of the first section of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. The article postulating cønsciousness as a fundamental attribute within all entities can be found here: https://medium.com/@taijireality/metaphysical-questions-for-physicists-about-consciousness-117b6505429f This argument for God may also be relevant: https://medium.com/@taijireality/a-relatively-logical-a...

Noah reads and comments on the first section of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, the ancient Hindu text considered to be the source document for the practice of Yoga.  Here Yoga does not refer to the physical exercise systems now popular in our day.  "Yoga" is a Sanskrit term meaning "union".  Union here refers to union in the spiritual sense - to attain a state of unified consciousness.  This might...

Judah and Noah randomly open a book and 28 minutes later this episode was done. If you would like to find out more about trigram theory:  https://medium.com/@taijireality/consciousness-and-time-part-1-24c2f6e11b62 or video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG-gEquCqdA Contact/Support: silentassembly@protonmail.com https://www.patreon.com/silentassembly Theme music from “Huddled” by Peck Slip: http...

Judah and Noah spend this episode getting into greater detail on what is meant by “spiritual”, how the spiritual domain interacts with the material and the limits of knowledge.    The discussion touches on examples from Taoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Hegel, Goethe, Steiner, Metabolic Science and the Experimental Process. Noah’s article about how cønsciousness is inherent in every entity: https://...

The topic that just won't go away - Judah and Noah dance around a basic disagreement about spirituality and seem to agree on most of it. If you would like to find out more about the trigram theory Noah mentions briefly take a look at this article:  https://medium.com/@taijireality/consciousness-and-time-part-1-24c2f6e11b62 or this video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG-gEquCqdA Contact/Support...

In this episode Judah and Noah try out Zoom for remote recording.  We enjoy some technical glitches & features hinting at a discussion of last weeks episode but quickly launching into a set of ideas that Judah's working on regarding three realms of nutrition: body, psyche and spirit.  Considering the topic things take a turn for the surprisingly dark.  Enjoy! If you missed Noah's reading of his la...

Judah is MIA - a fact that causes Noah to present the first part of his article wherein he attempts to integrate cønsciousness into physics. Here's Noah's Medium page where the article discussed in this episode will soon be posted: https://medium.com/@taijireality Contact/Support: silentassembly@protonmail.com https://www.patreon.com/silentassembly Theme music from “Huddled” by Peck Slip: https://...

Holy S**t! Judah's been reading the Mahābhārata!  Stimulating conversation ensues... Contact/Support: silentassembly@protonmail.com https://www.patreon.com/silentassembly Theme music from “Huddled” by Peck Slip: https://peckslip.bandcamp.com Get full access to TAIJIREALITY PUBLICATIONS at taijireality.substack.com/subscribe

We continue our discussion of S2E4: Judah's talk "Nourishing the Soul of a Child".  If you haven't yet listened to S2E4 and S2E3 (the first part of the discussion) - there's no way to guarantee this episode will make any sense. Context is everything. Almost everything. If not everything - it's at least significant. Significant to some. OK - so, for some people context is apparently meaningless. If...

In this episode we discuss S2E4: Judah's fascinating talk "Nourishing the Soul of a Child".  So if you haven't yet listened to S2E4 you might want to check it out first. Note: we recorded another episode prior to this one which focuses largely on the Hindu epic  Mahabharata - some of this conversation is referenced in the first part of this episode.  It seemed appropriate to discuss Judah's talk d...

For the second time in ASRH history Noah and Judah were unable to schedule a conversation...consequently Judah offers this recording of a recent talk he gave at The Siskiyou School in Ashland Oregon on 12/5/18.   This talk presents a spiritual perspective on health rooted in the teachings of Rudolph Steiner.  Enjoy! Contact/Support: silentassembly@protonmail.com https://www.patreon.com/silentassem...

This episode consists of some Assembly of Silence self reflection, a brief discussion of the bagua and trigrams, language and symbols, dilution of and delusion within meaning, inspiration, identity - being stripped bare of it and ultimately: “Who Am I?”   Contact/Support: silentassembly@protonmail.com https://www.patreon.com/silentassembly Theme music from “Huddled” by Peck Slip: https://peckslip....

IN this episode we attempt to revisit a lost magical episode that we just managed to not record in which we were discussing conversation: its origins and significance.  But then we get sidetracked into the most dismal of all topics: politics.  Sorry.  Perhaps we redeem ourselves by the end as we discuss the extremely long spans of time characterized by the yugas. Contact/Support: silentassembly@pr...

In this rambling and giddy new years & new season episode Judah and Noah prattle on for a full twenty five minutes about all manner of crazy s**t without ever hunkering down on anything.  Enjoy! Contact/Support: silentassembly@protonmail.com https://www.patreon.com/silentassembly Our announcer is the fantastically resonant JD. Theme music from “Huddled” by Peck Slip: https://peckslip.bandcamp.com...

Judah is AWOL and Noah is left to his own devices.  With the aim of producing a extra special festive holiday edition scuttled by time constraints he reaches into the archives and pulls out a most bizarre and disturbing piece of audio art for your consideration.  A perfect fit for the end of an extremely bizarre and disturbing year.   Humanity is said to have stolen fire from the gods.  This first...

Continuing on the theme of " idealized stories are lies but they're the best we've got ", Noah and Judah discuss the meaning of the story of Jesus (a view which can [to varying degrees] also be applied to all historical personages).  We also discuss the difference between the original intent of a story and its ultimate purpose.  Judah reveals the meaning of "abracadabra" and provides a profound de...