Garab Dorje’s Three statements. Brighton, 2009

James Low Garab Dorje’s Essential points in three statements Brighton, 31 Jan – 1st Feb 2009 Transcribed by Sarah Allen. These are referred to variously as ‘The three statements of Garab Dorje’, ‘Garab Dorje’s Three statements that hit the key points’, ‘Garab Dorje’s Three points’, and ‘Tsik Sum Ne Dek’. Read the download the transcript  

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Keep it simple: dzogchen in daily life. Brighton, May 2007

Because our life is nothing but moments, events, arising and passing, arising and passing. All that we’ve ever done is gone. Our childhood is gone. We can remember it, we can tell stories about it, but it’s gone. Even our breakfast is gone. Everything is gone. If we really see that, then when we tell people about ourselves, about our past, we’re just inviting them to fall asleep with us. We’re saying, ‘I had a lovely dream, let me share it with you. You can fall asleep in my dream for a while and then, because I believe in reciprocity, I’ll fall asleep in yours.’

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Dying and the deathless. Bristol, 2006

Talk delivered  by James Low at a Conference on Death and Dying organized by Bristol Chan Group and Western Chan Fellowship, February 2006 Transcribed and edited by Wendy Chozom Download as PDF Excerpts Where we go wrong in this experience of dying is to imagine that things are happening to us rather than accepting everything, both subject and object, as my […]

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Cognitive analytic therapy. Article, 2006

Handbook of counselling and psychotherapy. 2nd ed. London: Sage Publications, 2006. ISBN 1-4129-0275-4 Part 5, p. 317 – 322 Download as PDF Extract: Cognitive Analytic Therapy (widely known as CAT) was developed by Anthony Ryle in the 1980s while he was Consultant Psychotherapist at the United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals in London. This approach […]

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Focusing and distraction [02]. Macclesfield, 2004

Macclesfield, 17th and 18th July 2004 Talk by James Low Transcribed by Gordon Ellis Edited by Wendy Chozom and James Low Read or Download the English Transcript Read or Download the German Transcript Sammlung und Ablenkung / Zerstreuung Listen to to the audio recording Excerpts: It is important to stay relaxed and open with any experience. It’s as if you were […]

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Finding freedom at the bus stop [01]. Macclesfield, 2003

James Low Macclesfield, 8th November 2003 Transcribed by Gordon Ellis and Sarah Allen Edited by Wendy Chozom Read and download the transcript in English Read and download the transcript in Portuguese Listen to the audio here. Excerpt …There is no rule-book to tell us how to live; we are all flying by the seat of our pants. In this situation it’s best to […]

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Finding oneself in the mandala. Article. 1990

A Paper presented by James Low at The Champernowne Trust Annual Summer Course: “Living the Symbolic Life”, Cumberland Lodge 1990. It includes a Tibetan Buddhist account of the origin of the first mandala of the wrathful forms of the Buddha. The story of Matram Rudra. Read as PDF Excerpt: ‘Mandala” is a term that Jung has done much to popularise […]

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