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. Have fun being inspired as you explore and immerse yourself!

Articles

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

Look up in the sky on any evening and you might see a long series of lights traveling in an oddly straight line across the sky—odd as in, “there are no straight lines in Nature.” You have just glimpsed the Starlink satellites, orchestrated and owned by Elon Musk,...

Dying into the Unknown – by OM C. Parkin

Dying into the Unknown – by OM C. Parkin

In this excerpt of OM C. Parkin's partly autobiographical book 'The ‘Birth of the Lion’ OM gives insides into the meaning of letting go and finally the death of the ego-mind. It is all about something to which you have been completely blind, something invisible,...

What is Self-Inquiry? – by OM C. Parkin

What is Self-Inquiry? – by OM C. Parkin

This profound text is an invitation and support to reflect on the most important question of the inner path: “Who am I?” That which is waiting for you, is the great Self-inquiry. It starts with the question: "Who"? and ends with the question: "Who"? Self-inquiry helps...

Monastery Gut Saunstorf – Place of Stillness

It was in the year 2000 that OM C. Parkin bought the dilapidated manor house, with its 9,000 m² of wooded parkland, about an hour from Hamburg. His intention was to give spiritual seekers and his own students a permanent place to learn and to live out the ONE...

Inner Life from a Wisdom Perspective – Interview with OM C. Parkin

In this interview OM C. Parkin answers to some of the most important questions that seekers on the inner path ask themselves. Q: OM, what is an inner life? OM: An inner life is the only real life. An outer life is an unreal life. An inner life is a life whose...

Videos

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...

Meeting with Teachers

With ‘Meeting with Teachers – Navigating the Wisdom Path’ 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.

Meeting with Teachers | The Birth of the Lion

Meeting with Teachers - Navigating the Wisdom Path, 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...

News & Events

Review of Two Days Dharma Talk Online in June 2023

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...