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Free Will and Enlightenment
A short discourse on the nature of Will. Alternative title: Get Out Of Your Own Way!
Thanks to Tom and Brynjar for the questions.
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States, Stages, Powers
In this weeks video installment, I tackle the question, ‘What is the relationship between spiritual states, stages, powers and enlightenment?’ asked by OE reader/watcher, Pied Piper. Enjoy…
States, Stages, Powers from Alan Chapman on Vimeo.
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Building a New Tradition: Part 4
This conversation brought to my attention the vast number of questions that need to be addressed and considered when it comes to developing a community or tradition (or whatever it is), and in the video you can see the very beginnings of my articulation of how I envision this tradition taking shape (a big thank you to Vinay for facilitating this). I hope to flesh out the details (and the language) over the coming months before presenting this ‘new model’ for feedback.
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Building a New Tradition: A Conversation with Vinay Gupta
A week ago I was fortunate enough to be joined in my flat by Vinay Gupta, inventor of the Hexayurt, founder of the Bucky Ghandi Design Institution, editor of The Future We Deserve, and state-failure guru, where we explored the various aspects of organisation and infrastructure necessary to develop my ideas for a new enlightenment tradition.
I video’d the conversation using my Flip HD, which has a narrow focus so you’ll have to excuse my head being partially in shot, and after ruthlessly editing down the talk I can now present the best bits in a 20 minute video.
I know what you’re thinking: without some violence, tits or CGI to hold your attention, you’re going to find it difficult to concentrate for that long. And that’s why I’ve also cut the film up into small bite size chunks, the first of which you will find below the full length film. I intend to post a new segment (of which there are 3 more) over the coming days (it might also make for a more structured conversation around the points made in each segment).
So if you’re feeling brave (or you’re particularly interested in this topic) here’s the full thing:
Building a New Tradition: A Conversation with Vinay Gupta from Alan Chapman on Vimeo.
Alternatively, here’s Part 1:
Relevant links (for part 1):
Earth ships (one example of off grid sustainable living)
Note: In the video, we touch upon stepping away from a ‘corrupt economic system’. It should be emphasised that this is not a knee jerk and all too common reaction within the ‘spiritual scene’ to money in and of itself; rather, the current economic model or system is what is being called in to question and rejected wholesale. I’m all in favour of investigating initiatives such as the Totnes Pound or even a Resource Based Economy, but exploring alternatives such as these are a natural conclusion if we take a mindful approach to money, our behaviour and the consequences of our spending seriously. Check out Hokai Sobol talking about this topic over at Buddhist Geeks.
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How to experience enlightenment
How to experience enlightenment from Alan Chapman on Vimeo.
Better late than never, eh? Videos should be more frequent from now on.
My last video transformed the blog into a forum, and amongst many other terrible accusations thrown my way I was rather confusingly compared to Andrew Cohen. Let’s see where this one takes us…
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Being Ordinary Interview: Life, the Universe and Everything
I recently had the pleasure of chatting with Being Ordinary‘s Tom Buckley-Houston. Tom has done a wonderful job in editing down our very long discussion into a listenable interview. Although I talk about some of things I already touch on in this video, we end up discussing a diverse range of topics including astronauts, direct vs developmental paths and even the future of the human species. Check it out here!
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Video Testimonies to Enlightenment
As part of our ongoing effort to de-sensitize the touchy subject of enlightenment, we offer these two YouTube movies of ourselves each describing our moment of ultimate realisation.
For Alan it arrived in the presence of a fat Texan guru with ‘Mom’ tattooed on his arm. Duncan, meanwhile, claims the unusual distinction of having ‘awakened’ whilst he was asleep.
We invite every enlightened being on the planet to follow our example and make their own video statement. (Send us the link!)