is spiritual pressure.
We get dreadfully serious
about this inquiry stuff.
It's very subtle and tricky,
because it seems so noble.
But instantly
there's relief in the system."
- Pamela
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"The last pressure that falls away is spiritual pressure. We get dreadfully serious about this inquiry stuff. It's very subtle and tricky, because it seems so noble. But instantly there's relief in the system." - Pamela |
CDs and Tapes
Many of Pamela's satsangs have been recorded on audio tape and are available for sale.
Below is a selection of recent satsangs and a further selection of classic satsang tapes from previous years.
E-mail your order, stating which CD or tapes you would like, and include your address. CDs are $15, tapes are $10 each, including shipping and handling. Payment by check only. E-mail for rates to Europe and the world. £ sterling and Euro cheques accepted.
CDs
Waiting for the Fax: Vancouver, November 2004
Pamela uses "waiting for the fax" as the metaphor for the postponement we are all familiar with - the idea that guidance lies outside our own self. The discussions with participants in these seven satsang dialogues include welcoming anger as natural strength, transforming the controlling tendencies of motherhood into compassion for all suffering, whether consciousness needs a body, and the gift of inner enquiry. "The function of curiosity, or interest, invokes wisdom from deep in its own heart - what a blessing!"
Bless Your Own Creation: Vancouver, September 2003
Three beautiful dialogs about blessing what is, and the concept of waiting. "You don't have to wait for Grace to descend in some future moment of worthiness." Introducing the metaphor of thought as a sports car, Pamela says, "If you don't get into it you can't move from now. And you don't have to wait till your sports car is enlightened."
Love with Legs: Boston, January 2005
"All we've ever been is love with legs." This radical statement sums up a rich satsang that explores and celebrates aspects of the full spectrum of human experience: good and bad feelings, the loss of memory, the body, fear, grief, dreaming, and the awakening to the understanding of our true nature. Pamela's introduction and answers to ten questions are tracked separately. It is a clear pointer to "this that we all are."
Recent Tapes
An Invitation Just to Rest: Boulder, January 9, 2004
Pamela introduces the idea of the mind and body providing services, and that making friends with them and expressing our gratitude for these services, rather than resisting them, is liberating. "Whichever parts of this jewel of embodiment we oppose will not be liberated; and the parts we oppose the most are the source of the greatest wisdom." There is light and laughter in this delightful satsang among friends.
Satsang Is About Welcoming: Calgary, October 17, 2003
"There is an idea that we have to vanquish thought. But thought, even judgment, is formless. How are we going to vanquish something that has no form? And, as pure awareness, we also have no form. So formlessness and formlessness are having an imaginary war! Could you just let the war be finished? This is an invitation from love to thought to retire and rest."
(This exquisite satsang requires quiet listening, as the questions are sometimes hard to hear.)
You Are Thought's Guru: Vancouver, September 19, 2003
"Spiritual states come and go, but this ordinary presence has always been here." Pamela says, "You are thought's guru. Why wait for thought to realize the self? You are the self. We have the cart before the horse - waiting for thought and the body to realize its true nature so we can rest!" Pamela also talks of an approach to the health of the body which includes the recognition of the body as the absolute.
Classic Tapes
New York City, January 9, 2002
The New York sangha welcomes Pamela back with a number of questions, mostly from men - some serious, some lighthearted - about attachments, love and anger, and the relapse into confusion after moments of clarity. Among the many insights offered: "Presence - that which looks out from every pair of eyes."
Philadelphia, May 25, 2001
What to do when the demands of others conflict with our 'true self'? Can we run away from 'being here'? Can we do anything about the identification with the body that always seems to happen so strongly when we are unwell?
Boulder, April 21, 2001
Like a gathering of old friends, this is a satsang of people discussing what is dear to their hearts. Pamela talks of the power of forgiveness, of ending the battle by including everything - welcoming anger, hatred, the judgment of others, even failure.
Older recordings are no longer available.