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The Traditional or the Radical Approach? A Living Conundrum
Is it through the traditional approach or is it radical—denying the need for any approach at all? In this talk, James David Parker explores this question and welcomes participants into open dialogue and Q&A. Is one more accurate than the other, or do both point to the same ineffable truth from different angles? What happens when we try to resolve the paradox, and what happens when we let the paradox stand?
Through this exploration, James will invite participants into a deeper seeing of how the mind seeks certainty, while the answer may remain prior to all positions. The event will conclude with an open Q&A. This is an informal Zoom conversation about the philosophic investigation into the nature of reality and awareness — everyone’s welcome.
TBC
3:30 pm (UK time)
Zoom link
This isn’t a class or a practice — it’s a simple, open dialogue on what is already here.
Bring nothing but curiosity.
Free to attend.
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“All that appears as the world is only seemingly separate, like a mirage in the desert.”
James David Parker
James has devoted more than twenty-five years to the exploration of consciousness, self-inquiry, meditation, and the nature of existence. Through a lifetime of contemplation, study, and direct observation, he has developed an original expression of insight known as the Philosophic Principle—a living inquiry into Presence, human freedom, and the apparent sense of separation.
Drawing inspiration from both Eastern and Western wisdom traditions while remaining independent of any particular system or belief, James invites individuals to discover truth through direct understanding rather than authority, ideology, or dogma.
In 2026, in Canterbury, in his forty-fourth year, James David Parker describes entering a period that felt sudden and profound, unfolding without preparation or expectation.
He recalls being in an ordinary setting when he experienced what he perceived as a significant shift — a sustained process over several days that was transformative in nature.
He describes this period as involving a marked change in his sense of personal continuity and self-experience. Rather than a fixed or centralised sense of identity organising perception and interpretation, there is an immediate Zen-like experiencing, prior to the conceptual constructions through which the self ordinarily mediates the world.
A sensibility that is not fixed, but instead expresses itself to whatever unfolds, as a direct and immediate recognition and resonance, and that this totality moves as a single process in a smooth, continuous, and effortless flow.
He characterises this so-called state as difficult to define within conventional psychological or philosophical frameworks, and as something that continues to constantly unfold with insight and direct perception into what is.
Through mentoring, dialogue, writing, retreats, and public speaking, he encourages a deeper recognition of our shared being and the transformative power of insight. His work points beyond concepts toward the direct realization of Presence, clarity, and the interconnected nature of life.
James’ approach is not one of teaching what to believe, but of exploring what is true through observation, inquiry, and awareness.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]
No spoon?
Pointing to reality — or just perception?
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A simple scene pointing to the nature of reality as it is.
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SEND A MESSAGE ON WHY YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN TO CONVERSATION.
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info@jamesdavidparker.com
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