The Barry Long Podcast
The Barry Long Podcast features talks recorded live by the Australian spiritual teacher in the 1980s, 1990s, and until his death in 2003. Selected from hundreds of hours of archived recordings, his words of practical wisdom speak to our undying need to hear the truth of life and love. Barry Long's teachings offer direct, timeless guidance on self-discovery and spiritual awakening. This podcast is a valuable resource for anyone interested in his philosophy and practical approach to inner transformation.
Episodes
EP 30. I Am A Tantric Master
#BarryLong #AndrewCohen #tantra #spirituallove #manandwoman The 1st of August 2026 marks the 100th anniversary of Barry Long's birth. A century after his birth, Barry Long's unique body of work continues to reach new people, offering practical guidance and helping to transform lives around the world. To mark this centenary, we are releasing a recording previously available only as a pa
EP29. We Are Coming to the End of Our Civilisation
Human beings are attached not to life but to living — to the mortal body, to possessions, relationships, and the structures of the world — and that this attachment makes us worship death rather than realise the immortal life that we are. Barry says that when tragedy strikes, especially in public events of mass death, most people are not grieving life itself but reacting to the shock of their own m
EP28. Shakti: The Power of Divine Love
We are pleased to make this full recording available free as part of The Barry Long Podcast. Out of the more than 2,000 recordings preserved in The Barry Long Archive, this is one of the very few in which Barry enters so deeply into the mystery of Shakti.Barry describes Shakti as the divine feminine power, the power of love in existence, and as the very power of the universe. He speaks of Shakti a
Sex and Love: The Crucial Distinction
Barry draws a sharp distinction between sex and love: true love, especially between devoted partners, travels down into the subconscious and disturbs the past, bringing up old doubt, heartbreak, conditioning, and stored emotional patterns so they can be seen rather than lived as present reality. He says the right response is stillness—recognising what rises as past unreality—so love can do its wor
God’s Will and Man’s World: The Disaster of Progress
Barry Long addresses the troubling question of who is really in charge of this world when our era is so full of suffering, violence, division, degradation and confusion. “I’ve been asked, ‘Is God in charge? Surely God is in charge of everything – then God must be doing all this.’”Barry distinguishes between God’s world – the living earth, the seasons, the body and the simple fact of being here – a
Karma is Not Just Personal | Personal Purification as the Path to Collective Spiritual Renewal
This is the 5th recording in a series of 11, originally captured on March 2nd, 1997, during a 5-day session in Sydney, Australia.We’ve recently digitised and remastered these recordings from their original analog formats, and we’re pleased to share this one freely.This and many other recordings will soon be available through a comprehensive archive offering over 30 years of Barry’s teachings, avai
Bringing Your Divine Partner into Existence: The Secret to Perfect Love
This is recording 3 of 6 from a three-day meeting recorded on the 14th of May, 2000 in Coolangatta, Gold Coast, Australia. These materials were recently digitized and modernized from older formats after an extensive restoration process, and we are happy to offer them freely. The complete audio recordings from this meeting set will be made available later in the year in the subscriber-only podcast
Radio Oxford Interview
Barry Long demonstrates his one pointed love of truth in this most engaging interview with David Freeman from 1984.Barry Long rarely gave interviews to the media and the purpose of this one was to promote his newly published book 'The Origins of Man and the Universe'.More details about the book can be found here – https://www.barrylong.org/products/book/the-origins-of-man-and-the-univers
Metamorphosis
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What is love?
Excerpts:I live with a woman or a man, if I'm a woman, to enjoy being together. What we've got to examine is what stops us from enjoying being together? That would be a reasonable question, wouldn't it?Man is with woman, where I come from, for her to help him to give up his structures – only to help him, as he is with her to help her to give up emotion. So it's a two-way deal.M
Love and Growing Old
This is the second of four talks from Barry Long’s 'Truth of Love Seminar,' originally recorded in Bristol in 1992—over three decades ago. Newly remastered from old analog tapes, this recording is now preserved in digital form. We are happy to offer this particular recording for free. The complete series will be available through our paid podcast subscription and the upcoming Archive App
Beyond the Human Condition: The Sacrifice of Self
This is the fifth recording in a series of thirteen from the Gold Coast Talks, originally recorded in Australia in 1998—over 25 years ago. Recently, this recording was digitally remastered to enhance its clarity and quality. The complete series is available for purchase through the online store: https://www.barrylong.org/series/gold-coast-talksThe paid version of The Barry Long Podcast offers an e
The Human Condition
This full-length recording, recently restored, remastered, and made freely available, was originally recorded in July 1997 at Koningshof, Netherlands. This recording is the fifth in a series of seven recordings. The complete set will be released later in 2024 in the paid versions of the podcast on Apple Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-barry-long-podcast/id1709595005) and Spotify
Master of the West
This full-length recording, restored and re-mastered recently, and made available freely, was recorded in November, 1985. In this episode Barry proclaims that he is a Master of the West and he has had the experiences of the Western man or woman, and therefore he can talk to them as one of them.More episodes are available in the paid version of the podcast, available on Apple Podcast (https://podca
Can you handle the truth?
This full-length recording, restored and re-mastered recently, and made available freely, was recorded in June, 1987. Barry is particularly commanding and authoritative in this talk. In this talk Barry demonstrates what it takes to live the truth.More episodes are available in the paid version of the podcast, available on Apple Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-barry-long-podcast/
Taking charge of your own life OR Being responsible for your own life
This full-length recording, made available freely, was recorded on the 29th of July 1999. This recording is one of twelve in this series. The series is available in the paid version of the podcast, available on The Barry Long Podcast on Apple Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-barry-long-podcast/id1709595005) and Spotify Podcast (https://open.spotify.com/show/34rcMFK6b4CcicY7JDxo9
To be the truth is to be free of unhappiness
This full-length recording, made available freely, was recorded on the 14th of August 1994 in Colorado. This recording is one of eight in the Colorado Talks 1994 series. The series is available in the paid version of the podcast, available on Apple Podcast and Spotify Podcast.Extracts from this episode:I am master of the West – and you are all Westerners, you are not easterners. Unless you are add
Speaking of love
Keywords: love and sexual drive, resonance and reflection, civilisation and emotion, making love without sexual stimulation, making love, the nature of man and his sexual drive, the difference between man and woman, woman is fundamentally love, man's sexual drive seeks to possess, woman fundamentally wants to love and to give, moving from sex to loveOutline: 0:00 On resonance and attraction.
Love is not a condition (short)
Transcript: Now, I'd like to make it clear to the people with me that emotions are always negative or excitement. I want to make it clear that joy is not an emotion because the world thinks that joy, beauty and love are emotions – and they are not.Joy is in me. Joy arises from the place of stillness in me. If you emotionalise joy, you come up into the subconscious where you want to make an im
Love between man and woman
Keywords: God, love, human race, man, woman, compassionate giver, thought process, body, consciousness, emotion, truth, river of life, human condition, minds and emotions, planted together forever, great mystery, human mind, sex, enjoyment, fantasizingOutline:0:00 Love, God, and the human condition. On the love between man and woman, and how it is a reflection of the love of God. The importance of
Love, life, and intelligence
Keywords: intelligence, love, woman, life, relationships, penis, blame, gratitude, emotions, resentment, man, vagina, transform, interaction, orgasm, self knowledge, body, accuse, practical, earthOutline: 0:01 Love, sex, and relationships. Understanding what you don't enjoy is key to wise relationships. On making love too quickly after meeting a new partner. A woman's vagina holds the em
The female in woman
Keywords: God, love, man, female, self doubt, truth, pure sensation, intelligence, body, assertive, decisions, life, woman, emotional attachment, judgment, consciousness, spiritual, innocenceOutline:0:02 The nature of woman and female. Woman has lost her natural state – the female in her – and must reclaim it to be truly happy and fulfilled. Woman has become disconnected from her true nature and h
What you acknowledge you get
Keywords: spiritual life, emotions, truth, senses, love, gratitude, life, thinking, presence, anger, unhappiness, god, death, intelligence, past, aim, blockage, innocence, resentment, fightOutline:0:06 The power of acknowledgment in life. In relationships familiarity sets in when we stop acknowledging each other. Acknowledge the good in your life to attract more positivity, rather than dwelling on
Karma, consequence, and freedom
Keywords: spiritual life, intelligence, love, negative emotions, body, pure sensation, karma, consequences, human race, negativity, ignorance, worry, thinking, pure intelligence, sensation, chest, pain, self, moat, feelings, emotionOutline:0:00 Spirituality and maintaining innocence in the world. The importance of dedicating time to spiritual growth, rather than just attending events. Maintaining
Dissolving emotion and living in the present
Keywords: mind, clarity, awareness, truth, god, honesty, body, emotions, pain, life, nothing, silence, emotion, past, divine mind, beauty, thought, joy, sweetness, love.Outline:(0:01) Thoughts about past experiences can activate emotions of loss or absence, distracting from the present moment.(7:32) Emotions and honesty. Thought is in the past, and thought can never lead to truth. Reflecting on pa
Transforming sex into love
'In this episode Barry Long talks about a key area of his teaching: the distinction between sex and love. He tells us how the implementation of this knowledge can produce a revolutionary change and transform your most intimate relationship into an ever-deepening expression of love. Knowing the difference between sex and love is profoundly relevant in the spiritual life, and this down-to-earth
Emotions
In this episode Barry Long addresses the condition of humanity from a big picture view and presents the cause and cure of the human condition in a nutshell. Seeing the whole picture from a vast perspective he points out our tendencies to be creatures of the past, embodying past personalities and hurts when emotion arises. Barry describes this extraordinary insight that the triggering and arising o
