September, 2020

FROZEN ATTENTION – THE COMMANDING SELF: IDRIES SHAH

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation), in continuation to our focus on the “The Commanding Self”; which here points to the “mixture of primitive and conditioned responses, common to everyone, which inhibits and distorts human progress and understanding”. We look at another Q & A, concerning our “Attention.” Also as we begin today ‘let   →

THE PIT – The Commanding Self; Idries Shah

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation) today we look at one of the aspects of our personalities, “The commanding self”, highlighted through this news and a record of a theatrical incident, contributed by a correspondent in the London Observer (25th August; 1968), page 30); Also as we begin today ‘let us remember this about   →

Meaning of Words and Experiences – The Commanding Self : Idries Shah

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation). As we begin today ‘let us remember this about ‘Attention’. Our life experience would ultimately amount to whatever we had paid attention to. Attention: is important and most of the times we are so indifferent to it. It is as fundamental as food; and we go blundering about,   →

ALL ABOUT ME Series – “What We See and Don’t See”: by Robert Guarino

Namaste Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation) Sunil Rao here: As we begin today ‘let us remember this about ‘Attention’. Our life experience would ultimately amount to whatever we had paid attention to. Attention: is important and most of the times we are so indifferent to it. It is as fundamental as food; and we   →

ALL ABOUT ME Series:“ME AND MY MEMORY; Why we Forget some things and Remember others: by Robert Guarino

Namaste Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation) Sunil Rao here: Today I will talk about one of the ALL ABOUT ME series, published by Hoopoe books a division of The Institute for the study of Human Knowledge. The series is part of the Human Nature Program of ISHK. In his foreword to the series, late   →