Meeting Mister Gogus Clive Tempest

‘Who do you think you are? What are you? Why are you here?’ Clive Tempest introduces himself and his work, which he describes as a lifelong creative endeavour to become more and more conscious of 'the bigger picture' of our lives - so that we can see what life is and what we're doing here on earth. He speaks about a great intelligence working through us and how it drives consciousness towards a greater realisation of love. He shows us how we can leave psychological suffering behind, find purp...

‘Shall we slip through the cracks in the world? This talk sets the Covid-19 global pandemic in the bigger picture of its historic significance. It will bring upheaval and change to our world. Shall we embrace change or try to revert to normality? To consciously move into the new, we have to know what we’re doing and why. We have to be able to slip through the cracks as the current civilisation crumbles.’This podcast was recorded on March 18 2020. The corona virus pandemic had already caused w...

'To live more consciously means dropping self-consciousness. How is that done? I speak about the tension that comes when you, the individual, become aware of your relationship to a social group - family, friends, strangers, an audience. I offer you a simple insight to free yourself from social and performance anxiety. I ask you to question why you need to present yourself in public as you do, for example on social media. Is your presentation more important than your presence? Why not ju...

'What can the global pandemic teach us about living with uncertainty? Our lives and lifestyles are threatened and the future is uncertain. How do we react, collectively? How will we cope, individually? I see our whole psychological civilisation as a great castle, built to defend us against our insecurities. But now the walls are coming down, because the way we normally live is a due for radical change. And that starts with ourselves. Can we drop our dependence on 'situation normal'? Can we st...

‘We’re living in critical times. The pandemic disrupts normality. Past remedies are not reliable. Future solutions come too late. We’re trying to control the uncontrollable. How can we turn this to our advantage? We can see the whole situation - we’re all in it - as an opportunity for a shift in consciousness. And individually we can take it as a training in how to live more consciously. So I offer you three disciplines for transiting these times, summed up in three words: Contain, coll...

‘The pandemic lockdown is easing as regulations are relaxed. The restless world is released from its enforced pause and now it’s eager to be busy again. There is more traffic, more noise. Only the dead may rest in peace - not the restless living. ‘As governments try to contain the spread of the virus, and at the same time control the return to 'normality', so we have to find a new and better way to live, while containing pent-up anxiety and agitation. We have to relax the psychological r...