237. Richard Lang

Buddha at the Gas Pump

Rick Archer

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.7 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2014

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Richard Lang first saw who he really was in a workshop in 1970 with the English philosopher Douglas Harding, author of ‘On Having No Head’. Since then he has devoted his life to Seeing, and to sharing the simple, accessible Headless Way. He has published two books, several videos, and a CD, and travels widely giving workshops. Books by Richard Lang: Seeing Who You Really Are Open to the Source: Selected Teachings of Douglas E. Harding Website: headless.org A free e-course in seeing Who we really are YouTube Channel Other books by Douglas Harding: Religions of the World (Liberal Studies) Look for Yourself: The Science and Art of Self-Realization The Hierarchy of Heaven and Earth Head Off Stress The Little Book of Life and Death The Science of the 1st Person The Trial Of The Man Who Said He Was God The Spectre in the Lake Visible Gods Face to No-Face: Rediscovering Our Original Nature To Be And Not To Be, That Is The Answer Transcript of this interview. Interview recorded June 21, 2014 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Richard Lang and The Headless Way 00:03:18 - The Headless Way: Unpacking the Experience 00:06:46 - Layers of Being and Identity 00:10:15 - The Headless Body and the Visible Center 00:14:12 - Discovery of the Hierarchy 00:18:00 - Profound Impact of the Experiments 00:22:10 - Mechanical Self-Inquiry with Ramana Maharshi 00:26:33 - The Way of Seeing 00:30:18 - The Four Stages of Life: The Baby and the Child 00:33:35 - The Journey of Self-Identification 00:37:46 - Seeking to Rediscover the Whole 00:41:29 - The Process of Growing and Learning 00:45:28 - The Creative Process and the Great Void 00:49:06 - Embracing the Self in the Mirror 00:53:01 - The Experience of Nothingness and One Eye 00:57:18 - Awareness of Thoughts and Feelings 01:01:36 - Sense of Being Un-contained 01:06:26 - The Development of Separate Minds 01:10:36 - The Dual Awareness of Self 01:14:50 - The Essence and Expression of Beautiful Beings 01:18:37 - Awakening of the Senses 01:22:41 - The Perspective of Oneness and Love 01:26:23 - Inner Peace in Tumultuous Situations 01:30:26 - Recognizing Inner Nature and Taking Refuge in It 01:34:50 - The Capacity for Sensations and Nothingness 01:39:27 - The confidence of the One 01:43:17 - The Unity of Mind and Body 01:47:12 - Eating Mangoes and the Workshop Experience 01:50:42 - The Spree-cast and the Value of Sharing 01:54:33 - Concluding Remarks and Thank You 01:58:12 - Books by Richard and Douglas Harding Save

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0:00.0	I'm going to be Welcome to Buddha at the gas pump.
0:27.6	My name is Rick Archer and my guest today is Richard Lang.
0:30.6	Richard attended a workshop in 1970 with the author of The Headless Way, Douglas Harding,
0:36.6	and by doing Harding's experiments was
0:39.6	astonished to find that he saw his true self. He was so impressed with the effectiveness
0:45.6	of the experiments that he became involved in the work of sharing this method with as many
0:51.8	people as possible. And when I was listening to Richard's interviews and talks in preparation for this
0:59.0	and reading his book, I was reminded of a song by the Incredible String Band,
1:02.0	which for some reason is called Douglas Treherne Harding, the name of the song,
1:06.0	but Harding's middle name was Edison, wasn't it?
1:09.0	Yes, absolutely.
1:10.0	Why did they call it Treherne?
1:11.6	Because Thomas Treherne is a well-known English mystic from the 17th century, and he spoke a lot
1:18.6	about having a single eye and being capacity for the world.
1:22.6	I see.
1:23.6	And Mike Heron of the string band was reading Treherne, New Trahearn.
1:28.5	And actually Treherne was a favorite of Douglas' so it was a good choice.
1:34.4	It just blended it together.
1:35.4	Yes, combined Traherne and Douglas, really.
1:39.0	Cool.
1:40.0	I'd actually like to read a few lyrics from that song, one of which I sometimes use as my
1:43.7	little blurb on
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