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Barry Long (1 August 1926 – 6 December 2003〔( Guru went from The Truth to Enlightenment, ) ''The Sydney Morning Herald''〕) was an Australian spiritual teacher and writer. Barry Long was born and raised in Australia and had little formal education. In his twenties he became editor of a Sydney Sunday newspaper, ''The Truth'' and later press secretary in the New South Wales Parliament. At this time he was married with two children. In his early thirties he began to experience a disillusionment with his material life and in 1964 he abandoned everything, including his family, to go to India. There he experienced a spiritual crisis culminating in a self-ascribed "mystic death," which he called his "realisation of immortality," followed four years later by a "transcendental realisation"; a contact with a depth of consciousness from which he stated his knowledge of universal reality ultimately derived.〔(Barry Long Biography )〕 Leaving India he moved to London, living in Highgate and working as a sub-editor in Fleet Street until he was able to support himself from teaching and publishing. In 1986 he returned to his native Australia, living on Tamborine Mountain QLD with his wife Kathy and young stepson, Simon, then in Burleigh Heads QLD when they divorced, and finally moving to Crabbes Creek NSW where he lived until his death from prostate cancer in December 2003.〔 Long stated that he was a tantric master〔(Interview with Andrew Cohen, ) ''What is Enlightenment?''〕 and that unhappiness arises because man and woman have forgotten how to love each other. In 1984 he recorded a double audio cassette ''Making Love: Sexual Love the Divine Way'', later published as a book and CD.〔(Making Love )〕 He started his public teaching in England and later went on to teach in Australia and New Zealand, Europe, the USA and Canada. His last public seminar was the tenth annual 14 day Master Session held in Queensland, Australia in late October 2002. He continued to write new material after this and his observations on the approach of death were published on his website. The story of his realisations is told in a book published in July 2013; ''My Life Of Love & Truth: A Spiritual Autobiography'' which describes his life up until the death of his second wife in 1982. His works are published by the Barry Long Foundation International, based in NSW, Australia〔(About the Barry Long Foundation )〕 and his last writings have yet to be published. ==Barry Long's teaching== Long's teaching focuses on freeing the individual from unhappiness which he defined as 'happy today, unhappy tomorrow'.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Statement - The Truth of Life )〕 He stated that this fluctuating condition is set in motion and maintained by an addiction to thoughts and the emotions they create. These emotions encourage other thoughts and so a vicious cycle is initiated. We are trapped in this cycle, he suggested, until we follow "the way of truth". It includes: *constant vigilance in observation of one's thoughts, emotions and actions;〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Statement - Man's Spiritual Challenge )〕 *meditation to still the mind and connect with life within i.e. what "I" call "me"; "feeling the well-being in the body";〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Statement - Being Present )〕 *being, without thought; the next step on from meditation;〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Statement - Meditation )〕 *getting your life right, taking action in those areas of your life which disturb you because something is wrong. The sexual aspects of his teaching gained great notoriety, assuming a greater prominence in the public mind than Long wished. He maintained the relationship between man and woman caused the greatest unhappiness in the post-industrial West. He taught and wrote in detail about sexual love between man and woman and its use to purify them both, ridding them of what he called 'personal, human love.'〔(Barry Long on making love )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Transforming Sex into Love )〕〔( ''Tantric Master of the West'' at ''Live Real'' )〕 He responded to controversy by pointing out that getting one's life right in all its aspects, and prolonged selfless giving were more important. He suggested that a person practicing this would naturally attract a loving sexual partner. In response to an article by Andrew Cohen he wrote "One notion I would like to correct is where you say that in my teaching "the primary spiritual practice is making love rightly." The primary spiritual practice... is self-denial, giving and honesty practiced over a long period out of an inner perception of rightness and goodness."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Letter to 'What is Enlightenment?' magazine )〕 Long also wrote about many other aspects of "Love, Life, Truth, God and Death". In ''The Origins of Man and the Universe'' he presents his cosmology.〔(Reviews of ''The Origins of Man and the Universe'' )〕 Speaking of this book he stated, "There's so much in this book ....it's like a base which my whole teaching goes back to, or extends from. My current teaching might be more refined, but is always consistent with it."〔(Barry Long speaking on the inspiration behind the 'Origins....' book )〕 He taught and spoke about family life and the importance of raising children from birth in justice and truth not just love.〔(Barry Long, ''Raising Children in Love Justice and Truth'' )〕 In response to the September 2001 terrorist attacks in the USA, an extract on terrorism from his ''Origins'' book written in 1983 was published separately〔(Barry Long on terrorism )〕 as well as a new book ''A Prayer for Life: The Cause and Cure of Terrorism, War and Human Suffering''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Barry Long」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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