audio

Here you can listen to audio recordings of Andy speaking. All the teachings here were extemporaneous talks, with the exception of the readings at the bottom of the page.

Most of the series contain short recordings or extracts of about five to ten minutes per episode.

The series are listed in alphabetical order but here is a rough guide to the level of difficulty, or subtlety, involved with the teachings:

A good place to start: what’s it all about?, mindfulness and many streams, one river.

Try some meditations:  things to try and meditations.

Other simple teachings:  dawn chorus, attitudes, tantra, echoes of Gautam Buddha, received wisdom and
the waterfall.

The psychology of the ego:  comfort blankets and
house of cards.

A little more challenging:  the taste of enlightenment, reflections on Krishnamurti and death.

Plunging into paradox:  in a nutshell and beyond duality.

The snippets of satsang and gospel of Thomas include the whole range of difficulty.

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attitudes

A look at some attitudes which are worth encouraging in oneself to help with the spiritual journey.

beyond duality

A more advanced series looking at various instances of duality which are transcended during the spiritual journey.

comfort blankets

A series exploring those things we are reluctant to let go of: our attachments.

dawn chorus

Each episode in this on-going series of short talks is inspired by something in the natural world.

death

A small series of talks looking specifically at death in relation to the spiritual journey.

echoes of Gautam Buddha

Commentaries on a few of the teachings of Gautam Buddha, suitable for beginners.

gospel of Thomas

Commentaries on the teachings of Jesus as contained in the Gospel of Thomas.

house of cards

A series of talks comparing the ego to a house of cards. Pull any one card out completely, and the whole thing comes tumbling down.

in a nutshell

An on-going series, comprised of the brief observations and poems from the homepage, read and commented upon by Andy.

many streams, one river

A series looking at each major religion and spiritual tradition in turn, giving a brief overview. Suitable for beginners.

meditations

A few guided meditations. (For other meditation ideas, have a look at the Things to Try.)

mindfulness

An introduction to mindfulness for the beginner.

received wisdom

Andy talks about some of the teachers who influenced his own spiritual development, and one or two of their key teachings.

reflections on Krishnamurti

Andy comments on some quotations from the great 20th century spiritual teacher, J. Krishnamurti.

snippets of satsang

A collection of selected short extracts from satsangs given by Andy.

tantra

In this short series of talks we explore various aspects of tantra.

the taste of enlightenment

In this series of short talks, Andy speaks on 63 aspects of the enlightened state of being.

things to try

Words can only take us so far. This series of talks contains suggestions of small practical exercises which you can try for yourself.

the waterfall

Andy explores a particular mountain valley in Himachal Pradesh, as a metaphor for the spiritual journey.

what’s it all about?

A series of short talks giving an introduction to spirituality for the absolute beginner.

readings

Poems and other things read by Andy.

video

Links to short YouTube videos of Andy.