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This week, I speak with John Butler in what may be the most genuinely Slo Mo episode to date. Recorded in Bakewell Parish Church, a place filled with prayers of the hopeful going back over a thousand years, this conversation is an honest perspective and retrospective on the purpose of our existence, and nothing less.
John Butler has been practicing meditation for nearly 60 years. Now in his eighties - a self-proclaimed 'little boy with a grey beard' and humbled back into innocence, he shares his insights with the world on a KZfaq channel that now has over 200,000 subscribers. He has also published 8 books, to describe his amazing life in search of spiritual perfection - details on his website.
"Who am I, but just one more of those who, since time began, have walked the hills and gazed upon the stars? When we, with heart outstretched, feel close to God, it's safer to be humble than to think we know. Experience, however, is given to be shared. While others receive otherwise, each part unique, though incomplete, contributes to the whole."
Listen as we discuss:
- Why John doesn't consider himself wise or a teacher, and thus avoids a slippery slope.
- How defining meditation has deterred us from its aims.
- Two things in the world that have no limit.
- Silence is a good practical approach to the infinite.
- How the journey inward often begins when life shakes us up.
- John's story from farmer to reluctant KZfaq sensation.
- Everything in the world works under perfect law.
- Looking back on life as an old person.
- Why we feel ourselves divided.
- Why the word "happy" feels too small.
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Connect with John Butler on Instagram @spiritualunfoldment, KZfaq @SpiritualUnfoldment, and his website, spiritualunfoldment.co.uk
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0:00 Slo Mo Intro
1:28 Guest Intro
3:38 Episode
54:29 Outro

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@martinhandy9545 11 ай бұрын

Two beautiful souls sharing their presence with the world! I spent 5 days with John this month and was deeply affected by his beingness. I thank God for sending this divine being to us. His writings and YT channel is a gift to humanity. He brings hungry souls back to God and out of this dimension of delusion and suffering. Thanks Mo and John. 🙏🙏💞💞😊😊

@TheColossalBlanket Жыл бұрын

How have I missed two of the most relaxing voices chatting to each other? Sleep, here I come ❤️

@forwhenimabitboreddm8964 Жыл бұрын

Mr John Butler's wisdom is indescribable, your journey/s are helping our's greatly, putting it all into perspective, thank you

@nithiu5124 8 ай бұрын

Beautiful, kind, gentle, wise John..🙏🏽 I came across his teaching about 6 months ago & he is one teacher who has had such a profound influence. A voice of rare wisdom & calm in a noisy world. A dear soul indeed.. ❤

@shiannful 8 ай бұрын

Wow truly no words , what can one say after that 💫✨💫

@DarkShadowAy 2 жыл бұрын

"Be in this world as if you were a stranger or a traveler along a path" (Bukhari) I was cycling in the country roads listening to this conversation and I absolutely loved this Mo ❤️

@vaphiadis1 10 ай бұрын

Sublime. So simple : made sense of all the chaos. Silence, God & knowing this moment of the infinate is forever , right under your feet as in a stary night . Thank you John and Mo .

@jindih 11 ай бұрын

What an amazing man John Butler is! 🥰

@alejandraortiz7376 2 жыл бұрын

Mo, it touched my heart deeply to observe you during this conversation. What I saw, was the version of Mo as little boy talking to the elder that life put on your path for a brief moment. It was lovely to see the child within the former CEO of the world. Thank you for talking to John it was a beautiful episode; and a necessary one.

@AshtonShuttleworth 2 жыл бұрын

I grew up near Bakewell and still have a strong affinity for the area. I loved the talk, so humble and genuine.

@thebhumanmovement 2 жыл бұрын

What an episode I felt everything. This was a true transmission of that stillness of the saviour. Thank you both for this gift 🙏🏼♥️

@marymick3402 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this interview 💖

@integrativnamedicina 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this beauty, uninterrupted with advertising!

@tomaseguchi5793 Жыл бұрын

This year its being a real revelation to me, I stoped my insatiable human need of love and recreation in relations-ships that go nowhere, those romantic and non-romantic, without knowing that I, little by little ostracized myself and started seeing and caring for my way of thinking and doing, this podcast really felt deep and in resonance to what I started feeling and founding lately, I know is a journey yet to reveal me lots of things but looking back I can see that, that part when he talks about failures that evoke somewhere where you just need to be, turns out to be true at any instance in life if you just can take a moment and do some retrospect to then realize so... we are in the moment and place we need to be always, even if today feels like the wrong or the failure, it is just fine and well. thank you lots John for your insights and thank you Mo for sharing them to be found for those whom need it.

@michelemogensen7543 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful Toma. 🙏

@phylis3917 11 ай бұрын

Well done 💕😍👏🏿🧘🏾‍♂️

@TheMadri52 8 ай бұрын

❤❤❤AWESOME VIDEO...BEAUUUUTIFUL.

@ayobamidele 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for this Mo. I see there is always more to learn, more to become. John says he is not a teacher, so all I can say is thanks for sharing.

@JaniceAJanice Жыл бұрын

This was a gift! Thank you Mo, thank you John🙏

@TheMadri52 8 ай бұрын

Omg I love this man...well really both of U❤

@cmi78 11 ай бұрын

Silence, stillness, space. The grace of G-d revealed.

@Appleloucious 10 ай бұрын

One Love! Always forward, never ever backward!! ☀️☀️☀️ 💚💛❤️ 🙏🏿🙏🙏🏼

@FernandaFerreira-eo6sp 8 ай бұрын

One of the most enlightening conversations I've ever listened to. Deep gratitude for both of you!

@DanielHillCoaching Жыл бұрын

Really wonderful interview 😇 John is a beautiful example of how surrendered an Enneagram type 6 can become (my own egoic propensity also). They embody “FAITH” just by being in their essence. The silence. The stillness… Stillness was always going to be something drawn to John as he journeyed further down the spiritual path, it is what we need for our growth just as much as Enneatypes 1’s & 2’s do also. I asked my meditation teacher 20 years ago “what’s the point of having Beings in life that dedicate themselves to meditate throughout their existence?” as I battled to still my own mind. Her answer is one I’ll always remember… “They bring a lot of light to the world” 🌱🧘🌸

@maxillin 2 жыл бұрын

I knew Iam not alone who feels like this❤Thank you❤

@alejandraortiz7376 2 жыл бұрын

If we could find each othet and gather, would we finally stop feeling so alien to this planet?

@kardste8114 Жыл бұрын

Please Mo... continue to help us sit in silence with guests like John Butler. Thank you!

@organaut 11 ай бұрын

Well done. A very nice video. John and I have been friends for many years and when I lived in Bakewell, at my request when I was a troubled young man he pointed the way and helped guide me towards the stillness. A journey which never ends and ever deepening to this day.

@gayabele4 2 жыл бұрын

I've been following John's KZfaq channel for a long time now. His simple yet profound message about stillness never wavers. Thank you, Mo, for taking the time to make John's thoughts available on your podcast. I'm sure others will benefit greatly

@bashmanbashman 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mo. I love this episode.

@kman8271 Жыл бұрын

John is one of my favorite people to listen to. Thank you for this!

@rivkaruthgolan 11 ай бұрын

If I ago any slower, Mo, I’ll stop 😂. Anyway, I’m a fellow traveler. Thank you! Pray for Peace ❤

@RenePatrique 10 ай бұрын

Deeply touched by this. - Thank you SO much for introducing me to Mr. Butler here. - I loved every second of this interview. - All the best to you! - 🙏 - Om Shanti 🕉

@ratnaroychoudhury1220 11 ай бұрын

John reminds me of Santa's clause ❤😊😅 Kindness and so much peace and.calm in his.voice.and face. Silence is an important state.where restless thoughts are stilled.and we can connect to Divine Universe.Cosmos.infinite light or God whatever you may call that power and energy behind all this creation .Yes God can not b defined or described.But one can only feel Him in Silence.of heart mind and soul . Love this conversation 😊❤

@teddyboy252 11 ай бұрын

So good

@iam_geyed Жыл бұрын

Man, it would be nice to have John Butler and Jacob Needleman in the same room, on the same podcast 🔥🔥

@edwardgavin364 2 жыл бұрын

God’s power wasn’t in the wind or the earthquake but in the still quiet voice the silence of our savior Jesus is true power

@lisastephens9703 11 ай бұрын

Thx John ... your words are taken to 💜 KZfaq waynesville NC USA 🇺🇸 veteran

@helenfenig5659 11 ай бұрын

Thank u...just thinking the other day abt.an interview with John Butler (didn't have his name, thank u 4 bringing him back to mind) and i think Rupert Sheldrake not sure though....anyway the interview itself was great and its sense is remembered

@DJ-yw3gf Жыл бұрын

" If I put manure on the land one year, it will grow bigger crops the next year." I will use that, during a time of adversity

@anthonysmith9920 Жыл бұрын

Being "Happy" is a trite answer to a often asked question by modern employers and I have always said I have not being happy since I was a child of eleven!!

@lindamariedonald6287 11 ай бұрын

Mesmerizing..Ty🙏🙏💕

@rolfdim 2 жыл бұрын

Love it, thanks!

@ravenwild5184 11 ай бұрын

Blessings ❤

@angalmeida29 2 жыл бұрын

Pure love ❤️

@marciaappleton428 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing 😊

@donmilo4733 2 жыл бұрын

John meditation is awareness without thoughts no pass no future just the presence which I called the holy moments the phrase coined in the course of miracles.

@jaquilourenco6804 2 жыл бұрын

WE ARE ABSENT .. I LIKE THAT

@donmilo4733 2 жыл бұрын

The man cannot comprehend Dualism WOW you can’t put God on the moon because he is us.

@devoradamaris 10 ай бұрын

🫂🌎🫂sharing...Chicago, IL.

@a1pha_star Жыл бұрын

Would love an ASMR edit of this one. 🙏🏼♥

@lotaayson9645 2 жыл бұрын

ESTONIA 🇪🇪 WOW " Silva Method " would say if we experienced " JOY" EVEN IN THE MIDST TURBULENCE" DIVINE SPIRIT WAS PROTECTING*PRODIGAL SON'S ARE COMING BACK.

@teddyboy252 11 ай бұрын

GOD'S word is wonderful the bible

@moongirl45 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, to make whole be whole

@sajisnair9354 11 ай бұрын

Blanecc energy rebirth 🕵🏼️

@MayhmmSimmons Жыл бұрын

Hello🍎🙏🧠Jus Subscribed🍎🍎🍎

@ewanmeek2 2 жыл бұрын

you could speak to Jordan Peterson, that would be very interesting

@alejandraortiz7376 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! I would love too a conversation among Mo & Jordan, it would blow my mind!

@yeesumin8603 Жыл бұрын

Learn to Love... 🙄!! This is my lessons for today 🙄?? I'm the only one who has this lessons in today world, is the hardest love in the world... fucking funny thing ever...

@jaywellington6504 6 ай бұрын

WRONG! We can all teach someone, something.

@sarahellison-leach2077 11 ай бұрын

Why is this interviewer such an appeasing people pleaser I find his schmoozing interviewing style not too appealing Yes John does look 80 or more Yes some teachers like to be thought of as teachers Why does he try appeasing constantly so not to cause the slightest offence where there wouldn't have been any? No

@NP1066 11 ай бұрын

I think he just likes him you know...