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Audio with Irina Tweedie | Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee | Margaret Sampson


We have made available an archive of audio talks for downloading. All talks are available as MP3 files. Please note, as most were originally recorded in audio tape format, complete talks are often available in two parts, which correspond to the sides of the original audio tape recordings.

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Please click here to link to audio archives of English-language talks with German translation by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee: Archive von Vorträgen in Deutscher Sprache


Recently Added
May 7, 2008: London Talks, January 2005 by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, recorded in London, January 2005
Mar. 27, 2008: Spiritual Responsibility by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, recorded in London, Summer 2005
Feb. 19, 2008:
The Anima Mundi by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, recorded April 7th, 2005 in London at the Guild of Pastoral Psychology.
Dec. 10, 2007: The Light in the Darkness by Margaret Sampson.
Nov. 3, 2007: Spiritual Practice as a Container & Women and Healing the Earth by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee. Recorded in Australia and New Zealand, 2007.

with Irina Tweedie

Year Title of Set Description Title of Talk Download Part 1 Download Part 2
1985

Paradoxes of Mysticism

This is a talk given by Irina Tweedie in about 1985 at the Wrekin Trust Mystics & Scientists Conference. Permission kindly given by the Wrekin Trust to make this talk available online.

1. Paradoxes of Mysticism, Part One

part 1: 22.5mb part 2: 23.2mb
2. Paradoxes of Mysticism, Part Two part 1: 13.8mb part 2: 9.4mb

1983 Interview with Irina Tweedie Irina Tweedie describes the events leading to her meeting with her spiritual teacher and outlines the essence of the Naqshbandi Sufi path. 1. Interview with Irina Tweedie complete talk: 32.8mb  


with Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

Year Title of Set Description Title of Talk Download Part 1 Download Part 2
2007 NEW: Spiritual Practice as a Container Through our spiritual practice and discipline we create a container to protect us on the journey. Spiritual Practice as a Container: Excerpt from a talk given in Byron Bay, Australia. talk, 21.3mb
2007 NEW: Women and Healing the Earth What is the unique contribution of women to heal and transform the world? Women and Healing the Earth: Excerpt from a talk given in Auckland, New Zealand. talk, 13.7mb
2007 Talk from Sydney, Australia Recorded at the Centre in Sydney, October 20, 2007
Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee describes how the transmission of our Sufi lineage came from India to England, Europe, America, and now Australia

Photo from Sydney, Australia
part 1, 27mb part 2, 28mb

2007 Radio Interview with Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee Recorded for KWMR, "Sufism: The Heart of Islam" with Wendy McLaughlin. July 2007. Radio Interview with Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee complete talk: 59mb

2006 Sufi Conference 2006
Recorded at the October Sufi Conference: The Song of Love, at the Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York. Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee & Pir Zia Inayat Khan: Opening Talk part 1: 30.4mb part 2: 25.1mb
Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee: Death & Grace part 1: 43.1mb part 2: 36.5mb
Pir Zia Inayat Khan: Sufi Meditation part 1: 39.7mb part 2: 34.5mb
Mata Lynn Barron: A Song of Love Part 1 part 1: 46.1mb part 2: 33.8mb
Imam Bilal Hyde: Introduction to the Zikr part 1: 56.7mb part 2: 18.4mb
Pir Zia Inayat Khan: Paths to God part 1: 42.2mb part 2: 44mb
Mata Lynn Barron: A Song of Love Part 2 part 1: 46.3mb part 2: 31.6mb
Imam Bilal Hyde: Zikr part 1: 56mb part 2: 49.8mb
Peter Kingsley: The End of Silence part 1: 42.8mb part 2: 33.6mb
Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee: The Joy of the Soul complete talk: 37.4mb

2006 Feminine Consciousness and the Masculine Mind From a talk at the Sept. 2006 retreat in Hittfeld, Germany. In English with German translation.

Why do so many women experience their mind and thinking process as negative, undermining, creating doubts, judgments and anxieties? Is it because they have adopted a masculine mind which is not in harmony with their natural relational consciousness?

1. Feminine Consciousness and the Masculine Mind complete talk: 8mb

2006 Invoking the Peace of the World Recorded at the 2006 Sufi Symposium, San Jose, California

A guided meditation connecting us with the heart of the world and welcoming its peace back into the world.
1. Invoking the Peace of the World complete talk: 31.4mb

2005 NEW: London Talks, January 2005 Recorded in London, January 2005.

The first talk, “Consciousness and the Soul,” describes the work of being a transformer of spiritual energy, both individually and as a group. “Awareness of the Whole” explores the attitude of oneness and global awareness that we carry in our spiritual consciousness, and which we need to fully incarnate the soul’s work. The final talk, “Creation’s Love Affair” reminds us of the divine love affair that embraces all of creation, and which we live in our inner and outer life.

1. Consciousness and the Soul complete talk: 40.6mb
2. Awareness of the Whole, part 1 part 1: 31mb
3. Awareness of the Whole, part 2 part 2: 10.2mb
4. Creation's Love Affair complete talk: 46mb

2005 NEW: Spiritual Responsibility Recorded in London, Summer 2005.

As we take a step individually and as a group into a new dimension of spiritual work, we need to become more aware of our spiritual responsibility. These two talks look at the different levels of spiritual responsibility, from work on the shadow to the importance of adab to working with the light of the world.

1. Spiritual Responsibility complete talk: 50.8mb
2. Light of the World complete talk: 37.9mb

2005 Sufi Conference 2005 Recorded at the October Sufi Conference: The Power of Love, at the Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York Pir Zia Inayat Khan: Opening Talk complete talk: 44.9mb
Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee: Opening Talk complete talk: 17.9mb
Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee: The Majesty of Love: Jalal part 1: 19.3mb part 2: 37.7mb
Mata Lynn Barron: The Beloved's Door part 1: 18.7mb part 2: 23.4mb
Pir Zia Inayat Khan: The Inner Dimensions of Prayer part 1: 35.6mb part 2: 37.6mb
Shaykha Fariha al-Jerrahi: Introduction to Zikr part 1: 32.4mb part 2: 40.7mb
Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee: The Beauty of Life's Love Affair: Jamal part 1: 23.8mb part 2: 14.7mb

2005 Giving Birth to a Dream Recorded at the June Retreat at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York.

A series of talks that describe the work with the alchemical susbstance of life and a transmission from the masters of love. Working with these ingredients we are able to particpate directly in forming the archetypal sructures that will define the era that is dawning. We are present at the axis of creation helping to give birth to a dream that will reveal His oneness in His world.

1. Individual & Universal Self complete talk: 54.9mb
2. The Archetypal World complete talk, 13.1mb
3. Alchemical Interaction complete talk: 33.5mb
4. A Response complete talk: 34.3mb
5. A Sweetness is Present complete talk: 5.4mb

2005 NEW: The Anima Mundi Recorded April 7th, 2005 at the Guild of Pastoral Pyschology in London.

The Anima Mundi, the world soul, is the ordering and creative principle in creation. She is at the center of all things and yet she is hidden in the world. She is waiting to be used to connect us with the inner powers that belong to matter and life itself.

1. The Anima Mundi complete talk: 54.7mb

2004 Awareness of Oneness Recorded in November at the Center for Spiritual Enlightenment, San Jose, California

Awareness of oneness is a simple spiritual practice in which we see that our essential nature is part of life.

1. Awareness of Oneness complete talk: 45.8mb

2004 Working with Spiritual Power Recorded in October at Naropa Institute, Boulder, Colorado

These two talks are about bringing real spiritual power from the inner worlds into the web of life, and how this activates energy centers within the web of life and works to lay the foundations of the new era -- the ways of oneness that belong to the future.
1. Spiritual Power, Part 1 part 1: 68.5mb
2. Spiritual Power, Part 2 part 2: 68.5mb

2004 The Work of the Masters Recorded at the June Retreat at the Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York

The work of the masters is to bring the higher consciousness of divine love into the world. This love is a secret ingredient of life that is needed in the world. Through our hearts and through our ordinary everyday life, we help bring this mystery alive in the world. In service to love we live this simple truth.
1. Personal Power, Divine Power complete talk: 40mb
2. Spiritual Service complete talk: 36mb
3. The Work of the Masters complete talk: 30.5mb

2004 Sufi Conference 2004 Recorded at the May Sufi Conference, Black Mountain, North Carolina

The droplet of love is our heart's contribution, a gift from the inner to the outer, the remembrance of our Beloved given to the world.

1. The Droplet of Love part 1: 26.7mb part 2: 15.5mb
2. Living the Real part 1: 37.6 part 2: 28.7

2004 Awakening to Oneness Recorded at the March one-day event with Adyashanti, San Rafael, California

Only when we awaken to oneness can we fully participate in the spiritual work of the coming era. We begin with the breath..

1. Awakening to Oneness part 1: 33.6mb part 2: 38 mb

2004 The Axis of Love Recorded January, 2004, London, England

The axis of love runs through creation. At this moment in time a new note of divine love needs to be infused into the world. The work of His lovers is to help bring this new note of love through the axis of love into life.

1. The Axis of Love complete talk: 39.4mb
2. Embracing the Ordinary complete talk: 20.3mb

2003 Sufi Conference 2003 Recorded at the November Sufi Conference, Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, California

These 2 talks explore the real spiritual contribution we can make at this time of global transition. How can we bring the light of the soul into the world? How can we bring the heart's remembrance into all of life?

1. Light part 1: 34.5mb part 2: 34.8mb
2. The Song of Remembrance part 1: 29mb part 2: 27mb

2003 For the Love of the Real Recorded at the June Retreat at the Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York

With the simple practices of the path we bring the substance of the Real into our daily life. Through the mystery of divine presence this substance is infused from our hearts into the heart of the world. Then the heart of the world can awaken and the world can come alive with love.

1. Silence and the Real complete talk: 37.6mb
2. The Heart of the World complete talk: 39mb

2003 Spiritual Responsibility at a Time of Global Crisis Recorded at Spiritual Responsibility at a Time of Global Crisis Conference, National Cathedral School, Washington, DC 1. Spiritual Responsibility at a Time of Global Crisis complete talk: 27mb

2003 The Web of Life Recorded at the June Retreat at the Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York 1. The Web of Life complete talk: 10.33mb

2002 Working with the Absolute Recorded at the June Retreat at the Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York

These 4 talks describe the energy of the Absolute and how to work with it. The power of the Absolute is compared with our worldly understanding of power, and how His power and divine will are needed to change our world. The final talk explores some of the esoteric dynamics of this gathering, how a door was opened into a world of light.

1. The Energy of the Absolute complete talk: 54.2mb
2. Majesty and Beauty complete talk: 56.1mb
3. Working with the Absolute complete talk: 52.1mb
4. Opening a Door complete talk: 52.9mb

2002 Absolute & Relative Truth Recorded at the Sufi Conference, Black Mountain, North Carolina

Understanding the relationship between Absolute and relative Truth is necessary if we are to access and use the power of the Absolute to transform life.

1. Absolute and Relative Truth part 1: 53.6mb part 2: 53mb

2001 The Power of Presence Recorded at the Sufi Conference, Black Mountain, North Carolina 1. The Power of Presence complete talk: 70mb

2001 The Dynamics of Nothingness These talks explore the dynamics of nothingness. The reality of nothingness is at the core of the mystical path and interpenetrates all of life. As we work with nothingness we are free from the limitations of form, and have access to the power of love as it comes into the world. 1. Nothing But Nothingness complete talk: 31.7mb
2. Love & Emptiness complete talk: 30.5mb
3. The Hidden Face of God part 1: 28.9mb part 2: 23mb
4. Dangers of Nothingness complete talk: 32mb
5. Spiritual Maturity complete talk: 20.7mb

2000 The Consciousness of Love For the mystic, the energy of the new millennium is a dynamic current of love that carries a consciousness of oneness. Leaving behind our patterns of spiritual conditioning, we are able to participate in its unfolding and taste the joy that belongs to life. 1. Spiritual Deconditioning complete talk: 28.3mb
2. A New Energy is Present complete talk: 31mb
3. Divine Presence complete talk: 29.2mb
4. How Love Comes into the World complete talk: 30.8mb

2000 Being Attentive to Love As we explore how to be attentive to the inner love-affair of the soul, we learn to watch how love speaks to us, how our heart reminds us of our true nature. Through the attention of the heart we discover how to attune our outer and inner lives to the secret of love’s oneness. 1. Mystical Love complete talk: 28.7mb
2. Finding What is Real complete talk: 31.4mb
3. Oneness & Life part 1: 17.1mb part 2: 15.3mb

2000 12 Levels of Initiation Describes the stages of the development of consciousness, from the initial stage of undifferentiated awareness to that of the Perfect Man in whom the divine is fully realized. Of particular importance is level seven, the birth of mystical consciousness, which requires the gift of sirr, the secret substance of the heart. 1. 12 Levels of Initiation part 1: 18.3mb part 2: 13.8mb

1999 Why Dreamwork? Through dreamwork we connect with a hidden part of ourself, with the wisdom and guidance of our true self. For the mystic dreamwork is a preparation for the work of catching the divine hint, reawakening the mystical consciousness through which the signs of God become known. 1. Why Dreamwork? part 1: 17.1mb part 2: 7.8mb

1998 The Circle of Love The path takes us beyond ourself, beyond the mind, beyond the ego, into the intoxicating vortex of His love for us.This is the ancient highway of lovers that takes us away from everything we know into the infinite emptiness of His presence. 1. Forgetfulness, Part I part 1: 19.2mb part 2: 19.9mb
2. Forgetfulness, Part II part 1: 13.7mb part 2: 13.1mb
3. The Invisible Center, Part I part 1: 20.8mb part 2: 19.3mb
4. The Invisible Center, Part II part 1: 12.6mb part 2: 13.6mb

1997 The Purpose of Power These 3 talks explore the importance of power on the spiritual path, how to access one’s inner power and use it for the journey. 1. Power and Freedom part 1: 41.3mb part 2: 40.4mb
2. Ask and It Shall be Given part 1: 41.6mb part 2: 43mb
3. The Greater Jihad part 1: 41.3mb part 2: 40.6mb

1997 The Seven Stations of the Path These 4 talks describe seven of the most important stations of the path, compiled by the tenth century Sufi, Sarraj. 1. Repentance part 1: 13.5mb part 2: 11.8mb
2. Watchfulness part 1: 23mb part 2: 19mb
3. Poverty part 1, 13.8mb part 2, 11.4mb
4. Patience part 1: 21mb part 2: 19.3mb

1996 Meditation & Willpower 1. Meditation & Willpower part 1: 19.5mb part 2: 19.8mb

1996 Qualities Necessary for the Path Mysticism is the ancient way of uncovering the secrets of the soul. Through dreams, visions, meditation, and inner experiences we are able to glimpse this inner reality that gives meaning to life, and so allow this meaning to permeate our everyday life. 1. The One Thing part 1: 35.8mb part 2: 20.6mb
2. All Consuming Love part 1: 19.1mb part 2: 21.2mb
3. Listening part 1: 28mb part 2: 24.9mb
4. Non-being part 1: 27.3mb part 2: 18.8mb

1995 The Paradoxes of Love Recorded at the Spring Retreat, Mount Madonna.

Thrown into the world of separation, we come to know that there is no separation. In the world of existence we realize our own nonexistence. Through the opposites we come to know Him who has no opposite

1. Intimacy and Awe part 1: 48.37mb part 2: 17.38mb
2. What it Means to be a Sufi part 1: 27.56mb part 2: 20.06mb
3. Love and Violation part 1: 36.42mb part 2: 19.76mb

1994 The Purpose of Problems 1. The Purpose of Problems part 1: 19.3mb part 2: 16.2mb

1994 Uniting the Two Worlds Sufism is not an ascetic or monastic path. The wayfarer aspires to realize God while living an everyday life. Learning to live an outer life in the world and at the same time keep the inner attention focused on the Beloved is a cornerstone of the Sufi Path. 1. Love and Annihilation part 1: 20.2mb part 2: 7.8mb
2. Surrendering to Separation part 1: 13.7mb part 2: 13.2mb
3. Spiritual Poverty part 1: 13.3mb part 2: 13.3mb

1994 Meditation & Prayer A set of 4 talks which explore the heart’s natural state of communion with God 1. Primordial Nature complete talk: 52.5mb
2. Light Upon Light complete talk: 50.5mb
3. Held in the Heart complete talk: 51mb
4. Completing the Circle complete talk: 27.2mb

1992 The Relationship with the Teacher 3 talks which describe the psychological and spiritual dynamics of this most important relationship. 1. Without a Face, Without a Name part : 48.4mb part 2: 43.2
2. The Mystery of Merging part 1: 22.9mb part 2: 26.2mb
3. What it Means to Have a Teacher part 1: 24.9mb part 2: 26.7mb

1992 Sufism: the Spiritual Path A set of 4 talks outlining the stages encountered by every wayfarer making the solitary journey Home. 1. Khidr: The Archetype of Transformation complete talk: 34.1mb
2. The Shadow Side of Spiritual Life part 1: 25.9mb part 2: 26.1mb
3. Pregnant with God complete talk: 33.4mb
4. The Poverty of the Heart complete talk: 37.1mb

1992 The Bond with the Beloved A set of 6 talks exploring the mystical relationship between the lover and the Beloved, and explain the tremendous importance of this mystical relationship not only to the lover, but to the world. 1. Remembrance part 1: 17.4mb part 2: 16.9mb
2. Doorkeepers of Love part 1: 16.9mb part 2: 13.6mb
3. Effort & Grace complete talk: 17.2mb
4. Living in the Two Worlds complete talk: 16.8mb
5. Union complete talk: 17.7mb
6. The Dhikr part 1: 13.7mb part 2: 13.7

1991 Psychology & Sufism A set of 6 talks illustrating the exploration of contemporary Sufi dreamwork which integrates this ancient tradition with the insights of Jungian psychology. 1. The Journey Home part 1: 20mb part 2: 20.7mb
2. The Transformation of the Shadow part 1: 21.5mb part 2: 17.8mb
3. Alchemy part 1: 20.4mb part 2: 20.7mb
4. The Inner Feminine: Her Dual Nature part 1: 27.5mb part 2: 22.3mb
5. The Inner Partner & the Beloved's Embrace part 1: 18.8mb part 2: 21.2mb
6. The Dance of the Warrior part 1: 27.6mb part 2: 14.8mb



Sun Marker with Margaret Sampson

Year Title of Set Description Title of Talk Download Part 1 Download Part 2
2002 NEW:The Light in the Darkness

A talk given at the London Interfaith Center at St. Anne's Church, London, England, in March 2002.

“... where does the love come from? There is a place in the heart which is for God alone. But, when we contact that, we can offer a kind of love to people which is quite remarkable—it is capable of enabling things to happen. Remember, that part of our heart is for Him alone, but when we enter it, there is a peace there which is not of this world. This is the peace that passeth all understanding... if you can meditate, enter that, and allow it to be, it is like a yeast and will permeate every cell of your being, like the light does. This mystical love, in the inner-most chamber of the heart, it is our birthright. It is given to us. This is our gift of life. This is what it is all about.”

~ Margaret Sampson, from the recording

The Light in the Darkness part 1: 19.9mb part 2: 7.4mb
2002

The Gift of Life This is a talk given by Margaret Sampson at the London Interfaith Center at St. Anne's Church, London, England, in October 2002.

“... one of the greatest gifts we have is the capacity to breathe. We all know if we do not breathe we cannot live. The out-breath brings us into manifestation and the in-breath takes us back to God. Now, just look at that. Everyone here is breathing or we would not be alive. What a gift that is in itself, to have within us both the capacity to live and the capacity for remembrance of where we come from.”
~ Margaret Sampson, from the recording
The Gift of Life complete talk: 20.2mb
2001 Practical Spirituality This is a talk given by Margaret Sampson at the London Interfaith Center at St. Anne's Church, London, England, in October, 2001

“In the state beyond duality, inner and outer become one. Then inner change becomes as effortless as the dawn, which is contained within the darkness. Now, this is very important. In our present situation, the dawn is contained within the darkness. There is no great struggle as daylight comes into being, it just is, and can manifest. We just are and we can reach that state of becoming, within the silence and the stillness. It is as natural as being born.”

~ Margaret Sampson, from the recording

Practical Spirituality complete talk: 20.1mb