Peter Russell - 'The Great Awakening' - Interview by Iain McNay

[@paulfaigl8329]

How comes I have missed this guy called Peter Russell!? Yet, he was around for some years and wrote even a couple of books. I'm grateful to some of my FB friends for bringing Peter Russell to my attention. Thanks friends.

[@stateofawakening1457]

He has a book titled The Global Brain Awakens: Our Next Evolutionary Leap. It's a great read! I found it at my library 📚

[@makloch]

Paul Faigl I asked the same question! I just found him not more than 6 mo ago!

[@Bear98537]

I was sitting relaxing listening to you and I remember thinking why go through life with worry, stress etc., when were all going to die anyway... like worrying in high school what others think and after u graduate u never see most them people again, all for nothing but ego or whatever... Then its like i just woke or became aware and wow, it was awesome.

[@celtickev67]

This is great :)

[@ketchup5344]

Brett G so very true.

[@Doriesep6622]

Love it!

[@surfinmuso37]

its a shame those realisations don't last.

[@elsaberhe9704]

I am glad you live a joyful life now. It doesn't matter whether you see your high school friends..., just look inwardly and reflect the joy/God's love externally. You will only feel peace. God blesd

[@carliejean1118]

I've spent a year and a half or so now, listening to Alan Watts, Byron Katie, Eckhart Tolle, Terrance McKenna, Ram Das to name a few and this man has explained and made things more clear to me in 55 mins than those 18 months. I need the books! :)

[@ravishenoys]

Though all say the same things, its in our own selves that things open up and we think that its from outside. There is nothing external .All is YOU.

[@ranlitt3201]

Really? I felt insulted by most of what he said. No disrespect but McKenna was a drug addict and conspiracist. This man is an atheist but believes in Spirituality. He says he believes in eastern religions but not Christianity, yet they mostly all teach the same thing. I won't go on but this man has more questions than the interviewer.

[@tch2296]

ran litt Out of curiosity, what about it did you insulting? And I wouldn't say McKenna was a drug addict - he certainly relied on the use of plant medicine and intoxicants to think outside the box - regardless much of what he had to say regarding the nature of reality was profound, and natural hallucinogens certainly have much to offer and have been used for thousands of years for this reason.

[@imgpartner]

I've had more or less the same experience :) But maybe we wouldn't have appreciated Peter Russell so much without first coming into contact with Byron Katie, Esther Hicks, Wayne Dyer, Eckhart Tolle... (?) :)

[@sngscratcher]

Hi Carlie. I feel that same way. If you're not familiar with him, perhaps check out the work of physicist Tom Campbell - if you really want to have your blown! Cheers.

[@kreyvegas1]

Peter Russell is a fine man; I do feel he's honest about his quest for deeper knowledge of what we really are as human beings.

[@DeborahBenson415]

For students who are willing to joint the great awakening but perhaps are not yet open to a course in miracles or the way of mastery Peter's offerings are a wonderful bridge, I think. He inspired me to think of a different way of sharing with my adult children, who care so much about the state of the world but are skittish about spirituality.

[@barbaralopez4500]

Incredible interview ! Thank you Iain for this incredible connection! Peter Russell really nails science and Spirituality! Namaste!

[@prakashshetty9001]

This was one of the finest interviews I have ever listened to. Thanks Peter for unfolding the mysteries this Universe is going thru.

[@Bear98537]

I became so relaxed I had no pain, no nothing, when I came out of whatever I experienced I wanted to be back or I can't explain it, I never felt peace and wellness before... I only did it once that I believe I was truly meditating... Need them thumb derives.

[@Eva-iy6vy]

It is a blessing to listen and watch this man. He radiates strength, kindness and love.

[@vidyamadamanchi8490]

The countryside has a lot of peace and slowness even today and that is why it is so relaxing.

[@RejaJoyGreen]

QUOTE from VIDEO: "How can I communicate, share with you, in such a way as you feel loved?" So beautiful! About 22 min in Russell mentions that his path included A Course in Miracles! Russell is so incredible. What clarity! Please share this.

[@dianethompson2458]

I am an old lady. When I was young we were programmed to buy a home and get a mortgage. This would tie us to a financial institution which was only interested in their own profit. So many young people now are not buying into this false idea. It is this generation who will break free from the slavery that modern life has been putting us into. I have great hope for the future at the hands of these amazing people who are growing up today. I am sorry that my own and past generations made such a mess of everything.

[@ketchup5344]

He's one of the most worthy of being listened to blokes on earth.

[@Bear98537]

I wrote this before I watched this interview today, blew my mind when I heard you say things that I truly felt... Your so smart it hard for me to comprehend how come some people are so much smarter then others or maybe it has to be coz were all connected some how. ok, i'm done , hope its ok expressing myself here... ty

[@kamalkumarattinagaramu8065]

Thank you so much for such a good conversation.. I simply loved it !!!

[@DLBurggraf]

At the root of all these social and environmental ills can be traced to the state of perpetual want. Excessive striving can be said to be an attempt to fill a spiritual void with a material solution.

[@kisstigris]

David, I agree. However, I don't think, that this void can be filled with anything else than spirituality. Religion many times fails and other things, too. Finding ones own way is the hardest,

[@Adipsia1]

David, I agree with both yourself and Nora. I'm convinced that the single biggest issue that we have in the world today is addiction, which for me means seeking an external solution for our disaffection with life rather than going within. Most people think of addiction as being drink, drugs, sex etc. but it's much more pervasive than that, it's rife in our society.

[@nisansawaduge43]

Peter Coopeuk

[@loribenvenuto4679]

My opinion is that capitalists have taken over, advertising tells everyone they need something to buy to fix them..of course it's shallow and doesn't truly fix anything...they make tons of money off selling crap, the only thing they really care about. Starting advertising to children teaches them to perpetually strive for "satisfaction " with materialistic stuff! It's disgusting what the capitalists have done to humanity. Even the growth of "new age" and spirituality screams out that we are missing that important part of humanity!

[@hemachandrans644]

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[@lladerat]

Amazing interview and i really like the thought that humanity is like a nervous system of Earth. I never thought of us like that before.

[@FaniRagoussi]

yes, we are like a virus that spreads fast and accelerates decay wherever it goes on earth, faster than the world immunity stands...

[@makloch]

A collective NDE makes sense! I’ve worked in hospice for 14 years and have a interest in NDEs and this makes sense as a global shift. Thanks for this interview!

[@pathendy]

Considering this interview is 10 years old, everything that Peter talks about seems to be coming true.

[@JamesBS]

Yup. AI is the next “speeding up” of our lives he talks about.

[@AS-gy7tu]

A truly self-realized understanding of our world.thanks conscious.

[@jonsmith4669]

Peter Russell is so lucid,so easy to understand because he knows what he's talking about,I read his book on TM in 1978 and was entranced by it,I learnt TM that year and have done it ever since,because it works. Anyone who doubts TM and the Maharishi should look to Peter as a good example of what one becomes through Regular TM practice,TM delivers what it says,Self Realisation in a simple technique, anyone can do it first time,but it takes regular practise to ensure a permanent state of Self awareness. I have no connection with the TM movement. You only need TM,not the movement to succeed.. Thanks ConsciousTV for this and all your videos.

[@jonsmith4669]

***** The Tm Mantras are thousands of years old so they know they work,but you must have proper instruction with your personal mantra. Using the mantra is very subtle,you dont chant it or repeat it,thats why TM is so special,its the way you use the Mantra and the personal Mantra itself.Teaching can take time for some people,others not,they find it easy to learn,you must be innocent in the practise and not look for any signs, or try to modify it,it works automatically. Some people in an effort to save money try and use any mantra in any fashion,waste of time.Breath control is not TM,I think it is one of the worst ways to meditate because you use the mind to control what is a natural process,silly! In Tm the breath naturally gets very quiet and slow,with no effort. To sit in open awareness if you can do it, is close to TM, but there is a certain amount of mind control,in TM there is no mind control as such the whole thing is automatic once you get the hang of being innocent with the Mantra. Maharishi had a unique understanding of how the mind works,nothing like any other meditation I've tried. so easy in comparison and a powerful and enjoyable experience one looks forward to doingTM..its like a mental shower,so refreshing. I have no connection witht he TM organisation,TM is all you need,dont get involved with the Siddhis or other products..

[@stephankreidl1999]

Ye "your" mantra. Anyone reading this don't believe this bs. Meditation isn't something you have to pay thousand dollars to learn. TM is a scam. there are many free teks out there that are as good as TM or even better since they aren't driven on the greed of a few motherfucks.

[@I-i-Like-You]

Stephan Kreidl...., I agree with everything you said. TY. But perhaps if next time you explain your point of view more elegantly, and less offensive-in-language, then you may get more folk to concur. Good manners never go out of fashion.

[@stephankreidl1999]

You're correct. bad manners won't convince anyone! Who knows why i responded so aggressive? I reacted in a very insecure way.

[@XOXO-mb2vh]

Stephan Kreidl Don't apologise. Language speaks volumes. You're passionate and it shows. Thank you for your honesty.

[@johnnywlittle]

Great interview Ian if what I imagine you would agree, is a fascinating man in the world of spirituality and science. For gents if his caliber, you almost need 2 parts. It’d been almost a decade, would be interesting to have a revisit and gave you gents explore today’s world and touch back to your thoughts back then and what direction were headed.

[@Thx1138sober]

I wasn't looking for him, had never heard of. Somehow on Jan. 3, 2013 I happened across one of his recording posted to KZbin. 20 minutes later the whole universe, the multiverse was changed.

[@assortedtea902]

Lol

[@Dani68ABminus]

Focus vs awareness = left brain vs right brain. Great talk! It is so, so important for us to switch off the chatter, the ego. Only then can we evolve, only then can we survive as a species.

[@Catinca.c]

What a relaxing and amazing conversation

[@dctrex]

Just brilliant: >>"…There's a character in the story and that character is sort of real because it's there. There's this me that I can tell stories about but then there's the me that's just watching the story and that's the really me…" I think ConciousTV is doing a great service for humanity!

[@monoreality]

What an Amazing interview!! I specially benefited from Peter's audio course on meditation.

[@terryt66]

I also have been using Peter's guided meditations and highly recommend them - available through his website which has lots of free content.

[@MUSICOBLISS]

BE HAPPY, it drives people crazy

[@elsaberhe9704]

What we do should allow others find joy as well. If your happiness makes others feel crazy, it's your ego playing games with you. Also, you gain nothing from others misery. Thanks God bless

[@tekazeredo]

Beautiful interview ❤️ thanks conscious tv

[@theagnielement7531]

i like your talent you will always look loving in my eyes thank you for sharing videos Ms.(:

[@evelynjahnke6653]

🦠🌀thank you so much, very opening, unifying, clearing conversation, awakening

[@KARIS1961]

Fantastic interview!

[@Fnelrbnef]

This endeavour is the most challenging thing I've ever stumbled upon...

[@coolnwynpyn1]

Thank you. I thoroughly enjoyed that interview.

[@adrianobulla7875]

I loved it. I think I've watched I a few times already...

[@wit113]

an end to consumerism,, but long live knowledge and learning,..peace, food, warmth and love for everyone

[@Tryin2findout]

thoughtfully expressive interview.....

[@IggyInBurnaby]

What a truly excellent interview. Peter Russell has some truly fascinating ideas.

[@peggyharris3815]

Interesting reference to "A Course in Miracles"; didn't see that coming.

[@orelhai]

thank you for this interview

[@ivovazov]

It's all so wonderful.. I wish he talked more about Mahasamadhi, or samadhi itself, or the degrees of samadhi, or the stilling of bodily functions in samadhi or the expanding of the very sense of self that we are.. IMHO his yoga knowledge or spiritual advancement is pretty average, his worldview is wonderful though. I wish more people shared it!!

[@carnivourlocust]

to get to know yourself is truly a long long way. you have to decide whether you'll go with the inner or outter evolution of self. I chose inner ... and consequentially I lost a lot of material abundance because I don't care about it ... but on the other side ... I feel happier than ever. also ... inner evolution is the only one that goes with you into the next world ... outter evolution is for the sake of this dimension and will always remain here. Adonai

[@BubbleGendut]

I have a question. Do we just have to be aware of our story, accept it as is, or can consciousness change the story? Change aspects of ourselves we don’t like or our path in life?

[@razony]

I believe yes! Your passion, desire and love can change anything that is off with your destiny and mission in life. Being aware? I would think not. It's your heart, love for...that will direct you to where you need to be.

[@mrsnugglepots]

holy shit!!!!!! this just blew me away

[@unearthed.]

When the singularity occurs, God will become God through us as us. It was once no-thing, but it wants to become everything. God has been unconscious of itself for billions of years waiting for this pivotal moment where it can spread its wings. God doesn't just want to realize itself and be a stone Buddha. God wants to know what it is to the highest; it wants to be what we call super human. It wants to fly, it wants to traverse other worlds, it wants to forever become more and more of itself as light and dare say even magic.

[@PhillyTaiChi]

You yourself are the absolute, undivided. Rid yourself of ALL concepts formed in the mind. The concepts are limited, the mind is limited. Just sit quietly and be like the uncarved block. Listen with a high quality of attention and use no mind or mind born concepts 💕

[@surfinmuso37]

Sounds like all other religious fairy tales...waiting for second coming/singularity etc. Just hooey. Anyone claiming to know gods intentions is spouting self delusion. It is all here and now-not in some vague notion of a "future singularity" that makes little sense.

[@unearthed.]

@@surfinmuso37 what do you think evolution is for?

[@unearthed.]

Was language also not a singularity?

[@surfinmuso37]

@@unearthed. just another story

[@gabrielrodriguez7107]

Loved the interview!!!!

[@mentormags]

Fascinating as ever listening to this stream of insights

[@DLBurggraf]

This man knows You can know It... but you cannot express It.

[@Ja14111948]

.....on my way .... have started meditating a few weeks ago .....

[@TheseEyesGod]

Conscious TV interviews are always so good. As you say in this one, tho, sometimes it just really gets going toward the end. Have you considered a 90-minute format? I think it would be quite well received :)

[@yvonnepaanakker4538]

I thought I knew all the great thinkers by now. How on earth could I've missed him ?

[@lindataylor6831]

Thank you for this video ! ❤

[@sunnysim3583]

Spirituality- faith, hope, and love for everything; animals...makes me happy. Hope of a better world, and a bigger picture.

[@Bear98537]

So true, it happened when I didn't try or care if it was going to... I've seen this in other things in my life also.

[@jpandyaraja]

Peter is extremely lucid and effective authority on the subject...and although i do not agree with everything he says , i feel this man is wise......

[@Super-qr7wm]

British people !!! Yesssssss !!!!

[@Butterfly-t6d]

I adore this man 😛

[@conscioustv]

The transcript of this interview is available to view here. conscious.tv/text/143.htm

[@DiamondMind]

I really like Peter Russell.

[@TheseEyesGod]

Love Peter Russell - courageous scientist - love Conscious TV, too. As a side note, the Conscious TV logo is not well placed in this one - a bit too intrusive.

[@PeterOzanne]

What Peter says about "just being aware" and being "effortless" is good: but there is no difference between that principle in TM and in other (e.g. Buddhist) meditation traditions. There is not - or should not be - the kind of narrow "focus" which he mentions. It is "just being aware" of the breath, or the thoughts, or the outside sounds, whatever, and most buddhist meditation teachers will make that clear. Relaxing is key; and being kind to whatever arises.

[@michielzoelman1380]

I have trouble understanding my lsd experience when im my ego again but this interview really helps

[@mickboisjoli2808]

Where did you get the lsd?

[@gc6497]

Thanks to share with us this knowledge

[@evonsoulos4218]

Luv Conscious TV 💙💙💙💙💚💚

[@michaelfield3223]

Find the answer you have been looking for at Truth Contest (google it) and click the first entry called The Present. That book can change the world.

[@Servant_of_1111]

Who else is watching this video after the collective near death experience in the covid pandemic era? 😷

[@Boblw56]

@carnivourlocust You know, I related to your comment, and used to believe that it was truly " a long way," until one day i realized the joke is that it's right here all the time.

[@lenushaananthakumar6247]

I'D would like everyone to refer to brahmakumaris spiritual university, and videos of brahmakumaris meditation because it will answer the question of what is conciuosness

[@3y6ac]

when this interview was taken? Could you please include the time in video's description? Thank you :)

[@jimcrich]

It's both strange and funny when Peter says, "....those who don't come back from death - we never hear from again..." Because I've heard from many of them, including my late wife, and they are ALL so very happy and active over in the Afterlife. I cannot PROVE any of this but it's an absolute fact for me! People or individuals simply do not disappear into oblivion after "death" - the one's I know have gone on as both individuals and eternal Beingness with lots to do over there! That's my current reality!.

[@DavetheChimp]

You "believe" you heard from them, but the fact that they haven't "come back" is still true! Though saying that, their bodies didn't leave, they stayed to become part of everything again, just like they always were... so there's plenty to do over here in eternal Beingness too!

[@razony]

The NDE narrative/message is the cornerstone of all these spiritual awakenings and is the epicenter of human consciousness. The Awakening is occurring as we live and breath...

[@budoraclenomoreharper]

"Consciousness arises from freedom of choice" Amit Goswami PhD. At least that is what we are seeing in Quantum Physics as we discover that the further we delve into the micro, the less the evidence that matter even exists except as a set of probabilities whose existence depends solely on the choice of an observer our in the consciousness to which we are connected through our mind. I would further than being the universe getting to know itself, I would say it is creating itself through its mind

[@jesuisravi]

the great awakening: Brain is in consciousness, not the other way around.

[@BubbleGendut]

End of Life Experience (ELE) is also very interesting. Stories about dying people told by observers.

[@morecringe89]

I love this kind of videos, they are called "I get it, you don't" nothing new, a lot of hippies tried to live this way, and ended burning brash in the universities, I hope they can make more more than then

[@somashekar_bagur]

Excellent

[@ina4054]

My spiritual journey started when I became vegan

[@haraharala4728]

Gaia = earth in Greek.. The Gaia theory begun from the ancient Greeks who created the Gaia female deity that linked to the concept of the connectivity into one living body. The word Gaia means literaly earth in Greek and it is pronounced as Gea even in modern Greek.

[@reiniergamboa]

who is the " I " making that choice ?

[@vidyamadamanchi8490]

Excessive materialism will lead us to doom one day, that is for sure. People forget that money is man made and running after it will create materialistic stuff , so many which we don’t even need.

[@marnellkent3682]

So much Truth

[@spiritualanarchist8162]

Though there is obvious truth in Russell's observations, ( and many other teachers) there is a part that is overlooked. The Buddha said Human nature is suffering.This has somehow translated into: 'Humans true nature is being' enlightenment' but somehow we lost this 'true natural Self', I have worked in the Amazon where i met Tribes that live like their ancestors without any interference from the west. I was shocked how many of these peoples where unhappy. apathetic, etc,etc. (offcourse they have their good sides to) But it made me question how Natural 'this so-called 'true self'is ?Overall,.there seem to be only a few people who seem to 'awaken', and so many who listen to them, seeking, wanting to 'wake up 'as well. . this was 3/4000 years ago, and this still the case today.

[@DavetheChimp]

"I have worked in the Amazon where i met Tribes that live like their ancestors without any interference from the west". If you've worked with them then they HAVE experienced interference from the West. YOU were that interference! Feelings of unhappiness, apathy, and boredom are all part of life. They are only "bad" if we consider them bad. Apathy is not good if you are hungry, but a constant striving to hunt and gather would also not be good. Life exists in balance. "Enlightenment" isn't a constant state. It's not something you experience and then you stay enlightened. No one dwells forever in a state of enlightenment (Jack Kornfields' book "After The Enlightenment, The Laundry" talks about this. Great book) just as we don't experience sunshine 24 hours a day. Day and night, light and dark, up and down, on and off, push and pull, awake and asleep. Nothing exists in a static state. Change the only constant.

[@spiritualanarchist8162]

you dare me?How old are you /LOL 'Link ?' it was 1999/2001 , i worked as a simple translator/guide at the Venezuelan /Brazilian border and the Orinoco delta. Go and look for yourself instead of 'daring people from behind the keyboard. (sooo?..are you American?)

[@spiritualanarchist8162]

I worked as a translator guide. Indeed any interference is not the right sentence. what i mean that there are tribes who choose not to meet westerners. Or just sometimes. I went with a someone who left the tribe and learned Spanish. They spoke with their people if they would want to meet whomever wanted to have contact.Then i just translated it back in English , dutch or Italian. This was my job because i happen to speak those languages. Anyway humans are humans. No culture is perfect. I just tell what i saw ans give my opinion.

[@daxross2930]

Spirtual Anarchist I think you are right. I don’t think it’s necessarily a “western” thing as it is a “human” thing.

[@morgenholz]

have been there many many times. I know a little about it.

[@elizabeththompson3140]

Awesome.

[@shanbazall]

Do your best to spread this but be gentle. We have the tools. It's wonderful :D

[@whitenightf3]

Where is the homounculus? Where is the “person” who experiences the outside world? In the brain? In the body? In the whole universe? In all of my research I have yet to find the location of the “observer” of reality in the brain or the nervous system. I haven’t found him in the body either. Fred Alan Wolf

[@carnivourlocust]

yes it is. thank you

[@nzmpa1]

Love.

[@budoraclenomoreharper]

"to get to know yourself is truly a long long way." Are you so arrogant in your sense of self to think that it is up to you to set the course? Isn't it enough to just play in it happily for the sake of playing? Here we go again with Zen/meditation in a formal sense. You can be part of the universal all sitting in front of a computer. All these things that others discover works for them are just that: things, paths which work for them. The trick he says: to find a state where you are the path

[@Jazzgriot]

Nice.

[@chrisschoedel7597]

The perception that things are moving faster and faster is just one more perception.This good man and many others seem to just perpetuate this idea. I’m mean , I get what he saying but I think it’s reinforcing the “problem “.

[@raginald7mars408]

what about the daily pressures the forces to stay alive in a more inhuman ignorant society depleting the resources without any regeneration living in a privileged personal situation with a secure income, relaxing home leisure to regenerate: how easy to talk endlessly like that....

[@carnivourlocust]

yes but getting to know yourself includes what you have said :) it includes this thought of non-arrogant behaviour - perhaps if you like this perspective it can help you find yourself if you act upon this "idea". but pls it is very simple ... you always been here -.- it's just mind playing with thoughts ... thoughts audition for your attention ... whose attention? well ... :)

[@svenkarehelland5504]

Free will does not matter where I can be, and not be, but more about who I can be, which person I can be or be in the universe. I can not be anything but myself, and thus I have no free will, only ruled by an evolution relationship within the consciousness evolution of being an evolutionary relationship in evolution proven level at all times.

[@JohnCahillChapel]

The language about 'that which is getting faster and faster' pertains only to our illusions of 'growing integration' of things through measure, thought and analysis, all of which are the illusions of being and of progressive (re-)integration. These things, and processes and this reintegration appears to be getting faster but this is really only about the necessity and speed of global realisation unto the 'consciousness that is'. After all, on this 'side of the line' of the limits of light (the speed of light) speed means something, but ride the light beam and there is no speed because no time and no space. The great catastrophes to come will be the Great Samadhi (which is nothing to do with the effort of concentration, it is 'no-mind of mind'). Salvation could be well defined as freedom from language or mind condensed to the dimensions of language. Even the notion of improvement is indicative of bondage and of the addiction of illusion to bondage. As we attempt to bring it into time space significance we lose it.

[@chauncygardner123]

Wow! SAMADHI!!😊

[@huuu9809]

Great talk, interesting guy. He knows the mind is the obstacle so he wants to study the mind ? Don't understand the mind to learn about yourself SOUL. Understand soul to know the mind.

[@carnivourlocust]

at the end of that long long way there is this realization yes haha very simple while mind lurks in complexity

[@morgenholz]

Why are there so many social, ecological and economical problems in India. It is a majorly screwed up place on many levels. Do they not practice what they preach?

[@sparklestudios2083]

Britishers colonized India for 200 years and robbed India of 25 percent of world economy's wealth. Present day India's economic problems are due to English education system that messed up traditional Hindu guru shisya system of learning. You people even came up with absurd Aryan invasion of India theory...

[@WhiteSugarFive]

All of what you have wrote is all within you anyway. Either "path" you take, ultimately leads to the One. There is no path, there is That.

[@eir28]

It is the Kali yuga right now everywhere. Check up on it. And if you really understand what "spirituality" is, then you will understand life beyond a "country", demarcations and categorizations. And there is probably noone who practice what they preach.Please name one country that is free of social, ecological and economical problems. And if its an uber wealthy country then your answer would lie in the fact that material wealth (in the present age) measure development in those areas. peace