Jack Schwarz speaks– Most people in this society, and particularly in the fields that we are operating in at the moment, think that you need to get into balance. When, in fact, the minute you are in balance, you need to get out of it because your being has become static. A better way to look at the notion of balancing energies would be to examine the equalization of the electro positive and the electro negative qualities. When we are balancing, what is really happening is that we are synchronizing these qualities until they are comparatively equal.
I think the Westerner approaches his path through his mind. I think the Easterner approaches, largely, although not exclusively, his path through his heart. I think Easterners have to be dragged kicking and screaming to their mind about God, and I think Westerners have to be dragged kicking and screaming to their heart center about God. The beauty about Conversations with God is that it brings people (it almost sneaks up on you) from their mind to their heart. That’s why men have been reading Conversations with God with such satisfaction.
David Hayward – An Interview |
David, a true Renaissance Man, is a professional trumpeter who has played with such greats as Sonny Rollins and Stan Kenton; a massage and Shiatsu therapist; a consulting astrologer; and author of ‘Shorthand of the Soul – the Quotable Horoscope’ (Flare Publications 1999)
I think the Westerner approaches his path through his mind. I think the Easterner approaches, largely, although not exclusively, his path through his heart. I think Easterners have to be dragged kicking and screaming to their mind about God, and I think Westerners have to be dragged kicking and screaming to their heart center about God. The beauty about Conversations with God is that it brings people (it almost sneaks up on you) from their mind to their heart. That’s why men have been reading Conversations with God with such satisfaction.
iranda Shaw is Assistant Professor of Buddhist Studies in the Department of Religion at the University of Richmond. Her forthcoming book, “Passionate Enlightenment“ is a controversial and thought provoking look at the origins of the Tantric Tradition in Tibetan Buddhism. This interview took place in the summer of 1995 in Richmond Va. I heard about Miranda through a Tibetan Buddhist student who had heard her speak in NYC. I had been a student of Kalu Rinpoche’s since 1972, and was patting down the goosebumps when I set up the interview over the phone.
David Germano teaches at UVA in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. His position is Professor of Tibetan and Himalayan Traditions. He teaches Tibetan language and also Tibetan literature, which is often Tantric in nature. His graduate seminars focus on Tibetan Tantric Buddhist traditions because this is the main field where he has his own specialized research. As well this complements what other people are doing in the department. He is translating and studying the Tantric tradition of the Nygima Tzokchen texts.