The Architecture of Contemplation – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Introducing a new series: Readings from the Reading Room.

The Architecture of Contemplation is a platform to explore the ways in which presence can be regained in a pace driven culture.

As part of this exploration, and linked to this series, is my experiment in opening up my personal library as a shared space for unoptimised time - The Reading Room.

People can book in for a two hour slot, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The desire is to create a space for attention and presence to be brought back into relationship with each other.

Weekly I will share readings from the library, from the books and paraphernalia that can be discovered there.

If you'd like to book in, please send a message over on Instagram ⁠@hardeep.earth⁠.

This week, we have Medicine for the Mind from 'Ten Tales from Tibet - Cultivating Compassion' by Lama Lhakpa Yeshe.

For more updates, subscribe to The Architecture of Contemplation podcast, and find me ⁠@hardeep.earth⁠. If something resonates in this episode, a nice rating and review is so appreciated, too.

Always,

H

⁠www.perse.london

Welcome to Contemplations with me, Hardeep Kaur. Today we are contemplating the Commons.

This is an exploration of what happens to our values in shared spaces, through the lens of three micro moments that I experienced.

“The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it and to foster its renewal is our only hope.” - Wendell Berry

If something resonates, or speaks to you in this Contemplation, I’d love to hear from you. Send me an email, a DM over at @hardeep.earth⁠⁠⁠ or leave a review with your thoughts.

If you're ready, let's contemplate.

H

Produced by: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠perse.london⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ x ⁠⁠⁠The Architecture of Contemplation⁠⁠⁠

Voice + Contemplation: Hardeep Kaur ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@hardeep.earth⁠⁠

Ratings and reviews are so appreciated - it’s heartening and always so edifying, to hear what lands for you.

Cosmosis. This is a special release.

With Audio Producer Ivan d'Avoine, TAOC created a unique soundscape to accompany a one day immersive experience in London, "What Do I Owe The Cosmos?" hosted by Age of the Steward.

This soundscape accompanied guests as they journeyed through the experience: meeting a series of Contemplations on the cosmic connection we each share; exploring Forms made by designers and artists that embody acts of care, craft and beauty; a Sanctum to sit and rest, slowdown, and contemplate how we each connect to the whole.

This audio experience layers sounds from the many species we share this planet with, and also weaves in select transmissions from others contemplators on what makes our story part of a much larger story . Featuring JF Martel of Weird Studies; Michael Meade of Living Myth; Wisdom of the Masters; Oren R. Lyons and Hardeep Kaur of The Architecture of Contemplation.

Immerse yourself in this soundscape, as you sit, walk, contemplate and re-connect to the part of you that waits to be seen for what it truly is - cosmic.

Hardeep

perse.london

@hardeep.earth

This is a companion series to the Architecture of Contemplation podcast.

Welcome to Contemplations with me, Hardeep Kaur. Today we are contemplating the quiet, discreet, intimate gestures by which we navigate our complex mind, and land, scapes.

The brain, or mind, keeps us alert to the signals that are perceptible to our five senses. The rest of our body is a site map that holds more discreet keys to what brings us moments of joy, sadness, rebellion, resentment, fear, love, strife, peace.

Body language is a phrase we know well, but how actively are we seeking to become literate in it with our own being? Without a dialogue with the gestures that speak so openly, without self-censoring or self-editing, is to walk around with a manual written in a foreign language. We become alien to ourselves, a black box of reactions, actions, and unexpressed, suppressed, unspoken, needs and desires.

To observe with curious delight how our body responds to questions or stimuli offered up as we go about our day, is one way into this ancient language of the body.

Take a breath, and let's begin.

H

Produced by: ⁠perse.london⁠ x Age of the Steward

Writer + Editor: Hardeep Kaur

⁠@hardeep.earth⁠

To the Glowing Forest by Piki

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This is a companion series to the Architecture of Contemplation podcast.

Today we are contemplating what it is to reclaim the night's sky. There is a term - sky grief - that gives voice to a feeling that we inherently intuit in spaces and places, city escapes and urban sprawls, a loss of the great, awesome, frightening grandeur, that is the night's sky. 

Thousands of years of looking up into the secrets of the sky, reading the messages of light, from sun, moon, stars, planets alike - this is our lineage. Before, all were asked to honour the rhythm of the day folding into night. Now, we sit, hunched over charms the size of our palms, isolated and alone; artificial lights for an artificial life. It is this night blindness that we each suffer from. This contemplation is an invitation to reclaim the night's sky.

Take a breath, and let's begin.

H

Produced by: perse.london

Writer + Editor: Hardeep Kaur

@hardeep.earth

Music track: Within Us by Epic Spectrum Source: https://freetouse.com/music 

Music track: Giant Wave by Zambolino

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Music track: Arrival by Aylex

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To the Glowing Forest by Piki

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Music track: Nighttime by Zambolino

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Music track: Whales by Zambolino

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This is a companion to the episode of the Architecture of Contemplation podcast that I recorded with Jungian analyst Lisa Marchiano. This is a continuation not in words, but in practice.

The conversation with Lisa is shaped by myth, depth psychology, and the quiet insistence of the inner life, an invitation really to step out of the noise and re-enter the subtle, symbolic world within.

Lisa speaks not just to her ideas, but of interior movements, of wrestling with life's thresholds, of claiming our creative fire, and of encountering the unconscious as a vital force. This short contemplation is not a summary, nor an answer. It is a doorway. It's a way to meet what stirred in you during the conversation. But worry not, even if you have not listened to the initial dialogue. This contemplation is still for you.

If you did listen, perhaps there was an image that lingered, a phrase that struck, something unspoken. Perhaps there was discomfort, recognition, a slow yes rising in the body. We don't always need more information. Sometimes we need space.

We need stillness enough to feel what the conversation awakened. This is that space.

Take a breath, and let's begin.

H

Produced by: perse.london

Writer + Editor: Hardeep Kaur

@hardeep.earth

An original production by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠per se⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

John Pawson: architect, author.

We talk: the non-linear nature of one's life path; early influences; the Yorkshire Moors; crafting less with more feeling; how to bring architecture to life; the power of communicating through words; maintaining professional consistency; Le Corbusier and so much more.

Thank you for spending time in this Isle of Contemplation.

H

#thearchitectureofcontemplation

Support:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/hkaur⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

John's Links:

https://www.johnpawson.com/

H Links: 

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/perse.london/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Audio Producer + Original Soundscape, Ivan d'Avoine:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/ivandavoine/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ivandavoine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

An original production by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠per se⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

"What do I owe the world? What do I owe the cosmos?" - LM

This is a Contemplation Capsule: a distilled moment, to step inside Lisa's thoughts on the Age of the Steward.

Definition: the present Age, of the Steward, where each individual channels their unique skills, passions and gifts, to take care of the earth and all life, thereby collectively stewarding in an even better tomorrow.

Question: what would you like to steward in, or to be a steward of?

Happy listening.

H

#thearchitectureofcontemplation

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Support:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/hkaur⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Lisa's Links:

⁠⁠https://thisjungianlife.com/ ⁠

⁠https://lisamarchiano.com/ ⁠

⁠https://www.instagram.com/lisamarchiano/?hl=en

H Links: 

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/perse.london/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.cerebration.tv/thearchitectureofcontemplationpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/thearchitectureofcontemplation/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/TAOCPodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Audio Producer + Original Soundscape, Ivan d'Avoine:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/ivandavoine/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ivandavoine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

An original production by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠per se⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Lisa Marchiano is an author, co-host of the podcast 'This Jungian Life', and a certified Jungian analyst.

We talk: the essential need to look at one's inner life, the vital spark within us all, meaning and purpose, the power of myth and literature, and so much more.

Thank you for spending time in this Isle of Contemplation.

H

#thearchitectureofcontemplation

Support:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/hkaur⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Lisa's Links:

⁠https://thisjungianlife.com/

https://lisamarchiano.com/

https://www.instagram.com/lisamarchiano/?hl=en

H Links: 

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/thearchitectureofcontemplation/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/perse.london/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

https://www.cerebration.tv/multiverseofh

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/TAOCPodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Audio Producer + Original Soundscape, Ivan d'Avoine:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/ivandavoine/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ivandavoine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

An original production by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠per se⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

"I like that approach because it's sincere, it's authentic, it's honest, and it's also humble. And to me, the biggest message we get from the universe is stay modest."

This is a Contemplation Capsule.

A distilled moment, to step inside Avi's places of rest, respite, and contemplation.

Happy listening.

H

#thearchitectureofcontemplation

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Support:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/hkaur⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Avi's Links:

⁠https://astronomy.fas.harvard.edu/people/avi-loeb⁠

⁠https://avi-loeb.medium.com/

H Links: 

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/perse.london/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.cerebration.tv/thearchitectureofcontemplationpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/thearchitectureofcontemplation/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/TAOCPodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Audio Producer + Original Soundscape, Ivan d'Avoine:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/ivandavoine/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ivandavoine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠