Difference between sex and love
Sexual satisfaction is wanting. It is temporary. Soon the need arises for another bit of satisfaction; whereas love is fulfilling.
SESSIONS
As Within, So Without: The Science of Inner and Outer Life
Video length: 1 hour
Barry Long distinguishes between the states of consciousness and the conditions of existence, guiding listeners to move beyond self-consciousness into a state of pure being. Barry explores how emotional residues create psychic disturbances, contrasting the pure psyche with the psychic, which is filled by humanity’s collective suffering.
Being Responsible for Love
Video length: 1 hour and 24 minutes
Love between man and woman contains the seed of divinity. Transcending sexual excitement and the usual familiar relationships, it has the potential of flowering into a love beyond normal understanding. If this is true, why is it so rare? What can you do to introduce it into your own life?
Master of Love
Video length: 25 minutes
Barry Long distinguishes between a normal and a natural way of living, he says that true freedom arises from the willingness to surrender anger and selfishness. He explains how attachment to emotional pain keeps people bound, whereas self-realisation brings harmony. Barry Long shows that detachment through intelligence opens genuine love, contrasting the patience of love with the violence of sex.
