Media Library
of the OM Foundation Inner Science
Through a wide range of articles and videos the media library offers a view into the wisdom teachings, as well as diverse fields of activities and events of the OM Foundation Inner Science. Amongst these you will find darshan excerpts, interviews and conversations with OM C. Parkin, and other teachers close to our hearts. Also included are impressions from conferences held at the modern monastery and talks from the online series Meeting with Teachers online. Have fun being inspired as you explore and immerse yourself!
Articles
Who is the Guru? Conversation with OM C. Parkin
Excerpt from a conversation with OM C. Parkin on 6 January 2023 at Gut Saunstorf Monastery The question “Who is the Guru?” has moved me for a very long time. I found a quote in the Guru Gita about the Guru principle: “The Guru principle is moving as well as not...
Maturing on the Path – Interview with Regina Sara Ryan and Mary Angelon Young
This interview discusses the impact of Lee Lozowick’s physical death on their community, highlighting both opportunities and challenges in continuing his teachings. She emphasises the distinction between a guru and a teacher,...
The Guru, the Great Unknown – Three Questions to OM C. Parkin and ShantiMayi
The spiritual teachers OM C. Parkin and ShantiMayi will lead through the international weekend ‘Meeting with Teachers’ on 25 to 27 April 2025 at Gut Saunstorf Monastery: ‘The Guru - The Great Unknown’.To the Event In the following interview, they each answer three...
Blueprints for Awakening | An Interview with OM C. Parkin
This is the abridged version of an interview with OM C. Parkin held by John David (formerly Premananda) in June 2008 for his book ‘European Masters - Blueprints for Awakening’. Ramana Maharshi proposed the fundamental question, ‘Who am I?’ Who are you?OM: (Long...
Writing as a Spiritual Practice | An Interview with Regina Sara Ryan
How did you become an author? What impulses did you follow? Regina: I became an author by expressing a wish. Some time in my early adult life I considered that writing a book would be an interesting thing to do. So I made of sort of “prayer-wish” with no idea how that...
The Significance of Printed Books in the Context of the Transmission of Wisdom Teachings | An Interview with OM C. Parkin
OM, we live in a time where the written word in the form of printed books is becoming increasingly less common. I see and feel this as a great loss of a cultural heritage, which represents an essential pillar of connection to true Knowledge, especially in the area of...
“Knowledge and Devotion” – Three Questions for the Teachers of the September 2024 Conference
The spiritual teachers OM C. Parkin, Dr. Jacques Vigne, and Mary Angelon Young are the speakers at the foundation's international conference in September 2024 at Gut Saunstorf Monastery: “Knowledge and Devotion – the Ascending and Descending Spiritual Paths.” In the...
Following Gurdjieff’s Footsteps | Interview with Robin Bloor
Robin Bloor is a student of Rina Hands, who herself was a direct disciple of Gurdjieff. He is the director of the Austin Gurdjieff Society in Texas (USA) and author of many books, including "To Fathom the Gist: Volume 1 - Approaches to the Writings of G.I.Gurdjieff"...
Starlink – Reflections on the Divine Feminine, by Mary Angelon Young
Mary Angelon Young is a songkeeper, traveler, workshop leader, storyteller and author of fifteen books. A lifelong student on the spiritual path, Mary is an elder who has practiced on the Western Baul Path of tantra and bhakti under the mentorship and ongoing guidance...
Videos
Ma Parvathy Baul – Satsang Performance at Gut Saunstorf Monastery
Live at Gut Saunstorf Monastery - July 31, 2024Parvathy Baul is a practitioner, performer and teacher of the Baul tradition from Bengal, India. She is also an instrumentalist, storyteller and painter. Parvathy’s performance...
OM C. Parkin – Peace is not Limited to Any Conditions
In this Darshan dialogue, which took place in December 2023 at Gut Saunstorf Monastery, OM C. Parkin talks about the mind's ideas about peace - and the true peace which is "in total and complete oneness with what is".
OM C. Parkin – Founder of the OM Foundation Inner Science
How is it possible to end human suffering while still living on this earth? The following presentation will give you an overview of OM C.Parkin's various initiatives and how they interact. You will gain insights into OM's...
The Warrior’s Yang Power | Gurdjieff Movements
The idea for this article arose from the desire to give expression to the Yang force on all levels. I asked Manfred Rother if we could make recordings of the Gurdjeff workshop that he offers regularly for the Sangha in the modern monastery Gut Saunstorf. This special...
Swami Dharma Sumiran – The Inner Path
The Russian Advaita teacher Swami Dharma Sumiran speaks about the true nature of the human being and about walking the “non-path” of non-attachment. He divides his seeing into the core of all things and points out the...
Dharma Talk Online with OM C. Parkin, Dharma Sumiran and Unmani
Three Forms of the Teacher - One Taste Excerpts of the online event held June 17 - 18, 2023 by the non-profit OM Foundation Inner Science A taste of the rich and insightful weekend is conveyed in a audio-visual...
Silent Love Retreat with OM C. Parkin – Impressions
Every year, spiritual seekers meet at Gut Saunstorf to spend 10 days together in silence and to share their inner experiences and processes in Darshan with OM.
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Intelligence of Awakening – A Reading with OM C. Parkin, Part II: “The Concept of Suffering”
Held at Many Rivers Books & Tea - Sebastopol, Calofornia/ US on October 8, 2022
Meeting with Teachers online
With ‘Meeting with Teachers online’ the OM Foundation Inner Science creates an international and easily accessible opportunity to meet and exchange with spiritual teachers and students of different paths from all over the world. You can join us live on YouTube or interactively via Zoom.
OM C. Parkin and Robin Bloor | The Fourth Way and Inner Science
Meeting with Teachers Online - Live on YouTube and ZoomAugust 25th, 2024with OM C. Parkin and Robin Bloor In our YouTube live programme Meeting with Teachers Online we will regularly invite teachers and students of different spiritual traditions to talk about the path...
Mary Angelon Young | The Only Grace is Loving God
Meeting with Teachers Online, Live on YouTube and ZoomMay 5th, 2024Conversation with Mary Angelon Young In our YouTube live programme Meeting with Teachers Online we will regularly invite teachers and students of different spiritual traditions to talk about the path...
OM C. Parkin, Rob Schmidt, Stuart Goodnick | The Birth of the Lion
Meeting with Teachers Online, Live on YouTube and ZoomJanuary 21st, 2024Conversation between OM C. Parkin, Rob Schmidt and Stuart Goodnick aboutThe Birth of the Lion - Non-Duality as a Way of Life In our YouTube live programme Meeting with Teachers we will regularly...
News & Events
The Guru – the Great Unknown
Fri – Sun, April 25 – 27, 2025 | Gut Saunstorf Monastery – Place of Stillness
Review of the Conference “Knowledge and Devotion” in September 2024
At the beginning of September 2024, the international conference took place at Gut Saunstorf Monastery: "Knowledge and Devotion - The Ascending and Descending Spiritual Paths" with OM C. Parkin, Mary Angelon Young and Dr. Jacques Vigne The following participant...
Review: “In Search of the Miraculous – Introduction to Gurdjieff’s Teachings“
From June 14-16, a special weekend took place at the Gut Saunstorf Monastery: The OM Foundation Inner Science hosted Robin Bloor from Austin, Texas, a speaker who comes from the direct lineage of G.I. Gurdjieff. Bloor has been passing on Gurdjieff's teachings and...
Review of Two Days Dharma Talk Online in June 2023
From 17-18 June, the OM Inner Science Foundation hosted its first ever English language online event with three awakened teachers, Dharma Talk Online with Unmani, Swami Dharma Sumiran and OM C. Parkin. We look back on a rich and intense weekend! Around 70 people...
advaitaCongress – Update & Review 2019
advaitaCongress - Update The advaitaCongress was organised by the OM Foundation for Inner Science for the first time in 2019. The advaitaCongress is very close to our hearts and we have invested joy and time into the planning. First, the congress planned for 2021...