activism – Robert Rabbin

Posts Tagged ‘activism’

25
Nov
2015

I’m Mad as Hell and I’m Not Going to Take it Anymore! Are you?

In law school, we were given hypotheticals; here’s one for you: You have five minutes to speak on television, live and uncensored, commercial free, broadcast by every major U. S. network to the world. What would you say? How would you say it?

To prime your pump, I offer this scene from Network — the 1976 drama written by Paddy Chayefsky, directed by Sidney Lumet ,and starring Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway, Robert Duvall, and William Holden. It is a great movie, with this scene being one of the many brilliant ones; it’s when news anchor Howard Beale goes a bit off the rails. Is he crazy nuts or is he a prohpet, whistleblower, sage, social activist, TV pioneer? You decide. But what about you? What do you do with your five minutes, face and voice to the world? (more…)

26
May
2015

From “Who am I?” to “How shall I live?”

categories: Silence, Spirituality & Religion

When I was 11 years old, I had one of those epiphanies that shape one’s life in unexpected ways. In my case, I developed a restless soul that longed for missing pieces in the puzzle of living: Who am I? What is my purpose? How shall I live? A few years later I took to the road on a spiritual quest, traveling around the world in search of answers to my questions about life and living, reality and truth, meaning and purpose. I spent the next 25 years immersed in various non-dual wisdom traditions, including ten years of study with Swami Muktananda.

Robert Rabbin, c. 1973

During those years, I experienced awakenings, realizations, epiphanies, and transcendent bliss beyond the scope of words. One day, my search for existential clarity and wholeness came to an end atop a summit of silence and pure being. The weight and confusion of “self” had disappeared, like a snowflake blown from the face of the Earth. (more…)

22
Aug
2014

Calling all Radical Sages

categories: Social Transformation, Spirituality & Religion

I know people who are active in what is called the “non-duality” movement.

Some host non-duality meet-ups, where only awareness is discussed. Nothing psychological or emotional, nothing to do with current events in the world. Just awareness.

Like Tupperware or sex toy parties, but without the Tupperware or sex toys.

No, I’m not going to dis them or the non-duality movement. After all, some of my work has even been labeled non-dual, a label I take off as fast as I can. (Yes, you can feel a “but” coming, so here it is.)

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