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- 0:00Welcome
- 0:00to
- 0:00part
- 0:01two
- 0:01of
- 0:01the
- 0:01first
- 0:02dialogue
- 0:02in
- 0:02our
- 0:03Path
- 0:03of
- 0:03Love
- 0:03series
- 0:03with
- 0:04A.
- 0:04H.
- 0:04Almaas
- 0:05where
- 0:05we
- 0:05continue
- 0:06our
- 0:06journey
- 0:06to
- 0:06the
- 0:07absolute
- 0:07and
- 0:07our
- 0:08true
- 0:08nature.
- 0:08The
- 0:08nondual
- 0:09personal
- 0:10and
- 0:10intimate
- 0:10journey
- 0:11to
- 0:11the
- 0:11heart
- 0:11of
- 0:11reality.
- 0:16Welcome
- 0:17to
- 0:17Deep
- 0:18Transformation
- 0:19Self,
- 0:19Society,
- 0:20Spirit,
- 0:20life
- 0:21enhancing
- 0:22paradigm
- 0:22rattling
- 0:23conversations
- 0:24with
- 0:24cutting
- 0:24edge
- 0:24thinkers,
- 0:25contemplatives
- 0:26and
- 0:26activists
- 0:27with
- 0:27Dr.
- 0:27Roger
- 0:28Walsh
- 0:28and
- 0:28John
- 0:28Dupuy.
- 0:33And
- 0:33the
- 0:33way
- 0:33you
- 0:33speak
- 0:34about
- 0:34love
- 0:34as
- 0:35this
- 0:35force
- 0:36or
- 0:36this
- 0:37dynamic
- 0:37and
- 0:38the
- 0:38stages
- 0:38you
- 0:39lay
- 0:39out
- 0:39remind
- 0:40me
- 0:40of
- 0:41a
- 0:41couple
- 0:41of
- 0:41other
- 0:42descriptions.
- 0:43One
- 0:43is
- 0:44Plato
- 0:45in
- 0:45his
- 0:46description
- 0:46of
- 0:47eros
- 0:47as
- 0:48moving
- 0:48from
- 0:49beautiful
- 0:50bodies
- 0:50to
- 0:50beautiful
- 0:51minds
- 0:52to
- 0:53ethics
- 0:53to
- 0:54the
- 0:54good
- 0:55as
- 0:55one.
- 0:56And
- 0:56then
- 0:56there's
- 0:56a
- 0:56Sufi
- 0:57path
- 0:58of
- 0:59metaphorical
- 1:00and
- 1:01into
- 1:02spiritual
- 1:03and
- 1:03the
- 1:03various
- 1:04stages
- 1:04which
- 1:05you
- 1:05know
- 1:05much,
- 1:06much,
- 1:06much
- 1:06better
- 1:06than
- 1:07I
- 1:07do.
- 1:08So
- 1:08would
- 1:08you
- 1:09like
- 1:09to.
- 1:09I
- 1:10would
- 1:10love
- 1:10to
- 1:10hear
- 1:11you
- 1:11say
- 1:12something
- 1:12about
- 1:13the
- 1:14some
- 1:14comparisons
- 1:15and
- 1:15what
- 1:15your
- 1:16approach
- 1:16adds
- 1:16here.
- 1:16I
- 1:17mean
- 1:17I
- 1:17can
- 1:17see
- 1:17some
- 1:17things
- 1:18you
- 1:18definitely
- 1:18add,
- 1:19but
- 1:20much
- 1:20better
- 1:20to
- 1:21hear
- 1:21them
- 1:21from
- 1:21you.
- 1:22You
- 1:22see
- 1:22the
- 1:23path
- 1:23of
- 1:24the
- 1:24Indian
- 1:25tradition
- 1:25they
- 1:25took
- 1:26called
- 1:26the
- 1:26Bhakti
- 1:27approach.
- 1:28They
- 1:28have
- 1:28different
- 1:29in
- 1:29the
- 1:29Karma
- 1:30approach,
- 1:30the
- 1:31Yana
- 1:32approach
- 1:32and
- 1:32the
- 1:32Bhakti,
- 1:33the
- 1:33way
- 1:34of
- 1:34the
- 1:34heart.
- 1:35And
- 1:35there
- 1:35are
- 1:35many
- 1:36schools
- 1:36of
- 1:36it,
- 1:37you
- 1:37know,
- 1:37Indian
- 1:38religion
- 1:39and
- 1:39Hinduism
- 1:40and
- 1:40the
- 1:41Bhakti
- 1:41path,
- 1:43Hinduism
- 1:44is
- 1:44frequently
- 1:45toward
- 1:45this
- 1:45particular
- 1:46deity,
- 1:47you
- 1:47know,
- 1:48Rama
- 1:49or
- 1:49Vishnu
- 1:50or
- 1:50Krishna.
- 1:51I
- 1:52mean,
- 1:53I
- 1:53mean
- 1:53different
- 1:54sects
- 1:54orient
- 1:55to
- 1:55different
- 1:56expression
- 1:57of
- 1:57the
- 1:57divine,
- 1:58the
- 1:58deity.
- 1:59Where
- 1:59there's
- 1:59love,
- 2:00there
- 2:00is
- 2:01beauty
- 2:02and
- 2:02all
- 2:02of
- 2:03that.
- 2:03And
- 2:04the
- 2:04Sufi
- 2:05path,
- 2:05I
- 2:05mean
- 2:06there
- 2:06are
- 2:06many
- 2:07lineages,
- 2:08some
- 2:08of
- 2:08them
- 2:08are
- 2:09more
- 2:09love
- 2:09oriented
- 2:10than
- 2:10others.
- 2:10But
- 2:11in
- 2:11general
- 2:12Sufism,
- 2:12the
- 2:12love
- 2:13is
- 2:13the
- 2:13dominant
- 2:14force
- 2:15because
- 2:15frequently
- 2:16they
- 2:16even
- 2:17equate
- 2:17love
- 2:18with
- 2:18the
- 2:18divine
- 2:19with
- 2:20the
- 2:20truth.
- 2:21But
- 2:21some
- 2:21of
- 2:21them
- 2:22do
- 2:23clearly
- 2:24show
- 2:24that
- 2:25the
- 2:26ultimate
- 2:26truth,
- 2:26the
- 2:27absolute
- 2:27truth
- 2:27is
- 2:28not
- 2:28just
- 2:28love
- 2:29and
- 2:29the
- 2:29love
- 2:29and
- 2:30outer
- 2:31expression.
- 2:32The
- 2:32difference
- 2:32between
- 2:33my
- 2:34approach
- 2:35or
- 2:35approach
- 2:35of
- 2:35this
- 2:36teaching
- 2:36than
- 2:36others
- 2:38is
- 2:38that
- 2:39the
- 2:39methodology
- 2:40is
- 2:41a
- 2:41very
- 2:41important
- 2:41part.
- 2:42The
- 2:42Bhakti
- 2:43approach
- 2:43is
- 2:43chanting
- 2:44and
- 2:45praying
- 2:45and
- 2:46supplication.
- 2:47And
- 2:49I
- 2:49mean
- 2:49we
- 2:50do
- 2:50chant
- 2:50in
- 2:50our
- 2:51group
- 2:51some,
- 2:52but
- 2:52it's
- 2:52not
- 2:52the
- 2:52main
- 2:53method,
- 2:53it's
- 2:54a
- 2:54supported
- 2:54method.
- 2:55We
- 2:55do
- 2:55chanting,
- 2:55we
- 2:56do
- 2:56prayer.
- 2:57The
- 2:57main
- 2:57method
- 2:58is
- 2:58continues
- 2:58to
- 2:59be
- 2:59inquiry,
- 2:59to
- 3:00be
- 3:00understanding
- 3:01experience,
- 3:02staying
- 3:03true
- 3:03to
- 3:04experience
- 3:05and
- 3:05understanding,
- 3:07experiencing,
- 3:08seeing
- 3:08what
- 3:08is
- 3:09in
- 3:09the
- 3:09way
- 3:09that
- 3:10limits
- 3:10it
- 3:11from
- 3:11moving
- 3:12the
- 3:12way
- 3:12it
- 3:13wants
- 3:13to
- 3:13move.
- 3:14So
- 3:14the
- 3:15Sufi
- 3:15path
- 3:15doesn't
- 3:16use
- 3:16inquiry
- 3:17as
- 3:17much.
- 3:17The
- 3:18Sufi
- 3:18path
- 3:18uses,
- 3:20you
- 3:20know,
- 3:21Zakir
- 3:22and
- 3:24Lavi.
- 3:25They
- 3:25do
- 3:25the
- 3:25whirling
- 3:26thing.
- 3:27They
- 3:27have
- 3:27all
- 3:27these
- 3:27methods
- 3:28and
- 3:28all
- 3:29these
- 3:29methods
- 3:29for
- 3:29me,
- 3:30I
- 3:30mean,
- 3:31obviously
- 3:32they
- 3:32have
- 3:32been
- 3:32effective
- 3:33for
- 3:33them,
- 3:34you
- 3:34know,
- 3:38I've
- 3:39learned
- 3:39many
- 3:40of
- 3:40them,
- 3:40but
- 3:40I
- 3:40didn't
- 3:42find
- 3:42that
- 3:43the
- 3:43natural
- 3:43thing
- 3:43for
- 3:44me,
- 3:44natural
- 3:45thing
- 3:45for
- 3:45me
- 3:45was
- 3:45more
- 3:46the
- 3:46inquiry.
- 3:46Because
- 3:47remember,
- 3:47the
- 3:48diamond
- 3:48approach
- 3:49is
- 3:49a
- 3:50teaching
- 3:50that
- 3:50has
- 3:52many
- 3:52things,
- 3:53many
- 3:53approaches.
- 3:54The
- 3:55way
- 3:55of
- 3:55the
- 3:55heart
- 3:56is
- 3:56only
- 3:56one
- 3:57major
- 3:57way.
- 3:58There
- 3:58are
- 3:59other
- 3:59realizations
- 4:00that
- 4:00happen
- 4:00in
- 4:01other
- 4:01ways,
- 4:02you
- 4:03see.
- 4:03And
- 4:04inquiry
- 4:05is
- 4:05an
- 4:05approach
- 4:07that
- 4:07works
- 4:07for
- 4:07all
- 4:08of
- 4:08them.
- 4:08Whether
- 4:08it's
- 4:09another
- 4:10opening
- 4:11to
- 4:11awareness
- 4:11and
- 4:11clarity
- 4:12or
- 4:12opening
- 4:13to
- 4:13heart
- 4:13and
- 4:14a
- 4:15beloved,
- 4:15or
- 4:16more
- 4:16grounding
- 4:17the
- 4:17mensity
- 4:18of
- 4:18reality
- 4:19through
- 4:19the
- 4:19belly
- 4:20center.
- 4:21All
- 4:21these
- 4:22like
- 4:22I
- 4:22don't
- 4:22do,
- 4:23like
- 4:23martial
- 4:24arts
- 4:24to
- 4:24do
- 4:25the
- 4:25belly
- 4:25center,
- 4:25for
- 4:26instance.
- 4:29Be
- 4:29difficult
- 4:29for
- 4:29me
- 4:30to
- 4:30do
- 4:30that.
- 4:32Me
- 4:33too.
- 4:35But
- 4:35you
- 4:35see,
- 4:37but
- 4:37the
- 4:37inquiry
- 4:38for
- 4:38me
- 4:38is
- 4:39engagement
- 4:39of
- 4:39the
- 4:40heart
- 4:40that
- 4:41uses
- 4:41the
- 4:42mind,
- 4:43internalizes
- 4:44the
- 4:44mind.
- 4:44The
- 4:44mind
- 4:45asks
- 4:45the
- 4:45question,
- 4:46the
- 4:46heart
- 4:47by
- 4:47the
- 4:47answers.
- 4:49Yeah,
- 4:50you
- 4:50said,
- 4:50I
- 4:51said
- 4:51in
- 4:51this
- 4:51book
- 4:51too
- 4:51that
- 4:53without
- 4:53the
- 4:53mind,
- 4:54the
- 4:54mind
- 4:54is
- 4:54essential
- 4:55because
- 4:55it
- 4:56is
- 4:57part
- 4:58of
- 4:59the
- 4:59function
- 5:00of
- 5:00our
- 5:00soul.
- 5:01Yeah.
- 5:02And
- 5:02all
- 5:02these,
- 5:03even
- 5:03the
- 5:03bhakti,
- 5:04you
- 5:04know,
- 5:04fully,
- 5:05like
- 5:05the
- 5:06prayer
- 5:06or
- 5:07the
- 5:08chanting,
- 5:08they
- 5:09still
- 5:09use
- 5:09the
- 5:09mind.
- 5:10Some
- 5:11not
- 5:11as
- 5:11much
- 5:11maybe
- 5:12as
- 5:12inquiry
- 5:13does.
- 5:13But
- 5:14everybody
- 5:14uses
- 5:15mind.
- 5:15You
- 5:15got
- 5:15mind,
- 5:16you
- 5:16have
- 5:16to
- 5:16use
- 5:16it.
- 5:18You
- 5:18use
- 5:18plenty
- 5:18of
- 5:18it.
- 5:19I
- 5:19use
- 5:19the
- 5:19mind
- 5:20because
- 5:20understanding
- 5:21is
- 5:21very
- 5:22important.
- 5:23But
- 5:23understanding
- 5:24is
- 5:24experiential.
- 5:25Understanding
- 5:27like
- 5:27feeling
- 5:27the
- 5:28love.
- 5:29Understanding
- 5:30love
- 5:30means
- 5:30feeling
- 5:30it
- 5:31and
- 5:31knowing
- 5:32what
- 5:32it
- 5:32feel
- 5:33like.
- 5:33What
- 5:33is
- 5:33this
- 5:34texture?
- 5:34What
- 5:34is
- 5:35this
- 5:35function?
- 5:36That's
- 5:37what
- 5:37I
- 5:37mean
- 5:37by
- 5:37understanding,
- 5:38recognizing
- 5:39what
- 5:39it
- 5:40feel
- 5:40like
- 5:40and
- 5:40how
- 5:40it
- 5:40function
- 5:41and
- 5:42how
- 5:42it
- 5:42impacts
- 5:43experience.
- 5:43It
- 5:44seems
- 5:44like
- 5:44there's
- 5:45almost
- 5:45two
- 5:45things.
- 5:46There's
- 5:47the
- 5:47love
- 5:48of
- 5:48truth.
- 5:49That's
- 5:49almost
- 5:49a
- 5:50mind
- 5:50centric
- 5:51thing.
- 5:51And
- 5:51then
- 5:51there
- 5:51seems.
- 5:52There's
- 5:52a
- 5:52yearning
- 5:53and
- 5:53hunger
- 5:54that
- 5:54seems
- 5:54to
- 5:55be
- 5:55more
- 5:56of
- 5:56the
- 5:56heart.
- 5:57And
- 5:58you
- 5:58kind
- 5:58of
- 5:58put
- 5:59those
- 5:59things
- 6:00both
- 6:00together.
- 6:00Could
- 6:01you
- 6:01sort
- 6:02that
- 6:02out
- 6:02for
- 6:02me
- 6:02or
- 6:03does
- 6:03that
- 6:03make
- 6:03any
- 6:03sense?
- 6:04It's
- 6:04very
- 6:05easy
- 6:05to
- 6:05sort
- 6:06that
- 6:06out
- 6:07because
- 6:07truth
- 6:08is
- 6:08not
- 6:08the
- 6:09quality
- 6:09of
- 6:09the
- 6:09mind,
- 6:09it's
- 6:10the
- 6:10quality
- 6:10of
- 6:10the
- 6:10heart.
- 6:11Thank
- 6:11you.
- 6:12The
- 6:12heart
- 6:13knows
- 6:13truth,
- 6:13the
- 6:14mind
- 6:14doesn't.
- 6:15You
- 6:15see,
- 6:16when
- 6:16we
- 6:17remember
- 6:17we
- 6:18talked
- 6:18about
- 6:18at
- 6:19some
- 6:19point
- 6:19about
- 6:19different
- 6:20qualities
- 6:21of
- 6:21presence
- 6:22or
- 6:22true
- 6:23nature.
- 6:24One
- 6:24of
- 6:24the
- 6:24main
- 6:24qualities
- 6:25is
- 6:25solid
- 6:25gold
- 6:26of
- 6:26truth.
- 6:27And
- 6:27it
- 6:27appears
- 6:28in
- 6:28the
- 6:28heart.
- 6:29It's
- 6:29really
- 6:30the
- 6:31main
- 6:32quality
- 6:33of
- 6:33the
- 6:33heart
- 6:33is
- 6:33truth.
- 6:35Because
- 6:35truth
- 6:36is
- 6:36sweet,
- 6:37truth
- 6:38is
- 6:38true,
- 6:39genuine.
- 6:40And
- 6:40so
- 6:41the
- 6:41mind
- 6:42is
- 6:43the
- 6:43discerning
- 6:44quality.
- 6:45The
- 6:45standing
- 6:46capacity
- 6:47that
- 6:47discerns
- 6:48to
- 6:48the
- 6:49sense
- 6:49of
- 6:49truth
- 6:50comes
- 6:50from
- 6:50the
- 6:51heart,
- 6:51not
- 6:52from
- 6:52the
- 6:52mind.
- 6:52The
- 6:53mind
- 6:53can
- 6:53discern
- 6:54and
- 6:55explore
- 6:55until
- 6:56something
- 6:56comes
- 6:57from
- 6:57the
- 6:57heart
- 6:57to
- 6:57say
- 6:58this
- 6:58is
- 6:58the
- 6:59truth.
- 7:00See,
- 7:01so
- 7:01inquiry
- 7:02combined
- 7:02Mind
- 7:03and
- 7:03heart,
- 7:04the
- 7:04discernment
- 7:05and
- 7:05exploration
- 7:06and
- 7:06the
- 7:06providing
- 7:07of
- 7:07the
- 7:08actual
- 7:09feel
- 7:09thing,
- 7:10the
- 7:10actual
- 7:10feel
- 7:11of
- 7:11truth,
- 7:12the
- 7:12actual
- 7:12substance
- 7:13to
- 7:13which
- 7:14comes
- 7:14from
- 7:14the
- 7:14heart.
- 7:15Did
- 7:16you
- 7:16at
- 7:16some
- 7:16point
- 7:17begin
- 7:17to
- 7:18see
- 7:19the
- 7:19truth
- 7:20or
- 7:20the
- 7:20inner
- 7:20beloved
- 7:21everywhere?
- 7:22Not
- 7:23just
- 7:23inside,
- 7:23but
- 7:23it
- 7:24just
- 7:24spread
- 7:24out.
- 7:25And
- 7:25now
- 7:25it
- 7:26was
- 7:26basically
- 7:27everything.
- 7:28Well,
- 7:28you're
- 7:28jumping
- 7:29to
- 7:29the
- 7:29end
- 7:30of
- 7:30the
- 7:30book.
- 7:30Oh,
- 7:31sorry.
- 7:31Yeah.
- 7:32Which
- 7:33is
- 7:33fine.
- 7:33It's
- 7:33true.
- 7:34That's
- 7:34what
- 7:34happens.
- 7:35Yes.
- 7:38You
- 7:38just
- 7:38keep
- 7:38reeling
- 7:39me
- 7:39in,
- 7:39Hameed.
- 7:40Well,
- 7:40you
- 7:40read
- 7:41the
- 7:41whole
- 7:41book,
- 7:41so
- 7:42for
- 7:42you
- 7:42it's
- 7:43all
- 7:43one
- 7:43thing.
- 7:46Don't
- 7:46give
- 7:46the
- 7:46secret
- 7:47away,
- 7:47John.
- 7:48I
- 7:48mean,
- 7:49it's
- 7:49not
- 7:49a
- 7:49secret.
- 7:50People
- 7:50who
- 7:50read
- 7:50the
- 7:51book,
- 7:51they'll
- 7:51read
- 7:51the
- 7:51whole
- 7:52thing,
- 7:52you
- 7:52know?
- 7:52Yeah,
- 7:53you
- 7:53should
- 7:53read
- 7:53the
- 7:53book.
- 7:53Trust
- 7:54me.
- 7:54Yeah,
- 7:55yeah.
- 7:56I
- 7:56mean,
- 7:56stepping
- 7:57back
- 7:57to
- 7:58the
- 7:58trilogy
- 7:59again,
- 8:01in
- 8:011977,
- 8:02Ken
- 8:03Wilbur
- 8:03really
- 8:04kind
- 8:04of
- 8:05exploded
- 8:06onto
- 8:06the
- 8:06cultural
- 8:07scene
- 8:07with
- 8:07his
- 8:08book
- 8:08the
- 8:08Spectrum
- 8:08of
- 8:09Consciousness,
- 8:09in
- 8:09which
- 8:10he
- 8:10laid
- 8:10out
- 8:10what
- 8:10he
- 8:10called
- 8:11the
- 8:11first
- 8:12full
- 8:12spectrum
- 8:13model
- 8:14or
- 8:14theory
- 8:14of
- 8:15human
- 8:16consciousness.
- 8:16Going
- 8:17all
- 8:17the
- 8:17way
- 8:17from
- 8:18the
- 8:18early
- 8:19fragmented
- 8:20ego
- 8:21through
- 8:22to
- 8:22the
- 8:23various
- 8:24degrees
- 8:24of
- 8:24self
- 8:25actualization,
- 8:26all
- 8:26the
- 8:26way
- 8:26to
- 8:26various
- 8:27degrees
- 8:27of
- 8:27realization
- 8:28and
- 8:28kinds
- 8:29of
- 8:29realization.
- 8:30It
- 8:31feels
- 8:31like
- 8:31you
- 8:32have,
- 8:33in
- 8:33your
- 8:34diamond
- 8:34approach
- 8:34work,
- 8:35offered
- 8:36something
- 8:38maybe
- 8:38conceptually
- 8:39analogous,
- 8:39a
- 8:40full
- 8:40spectrum
- 8:41view
- 8:41of
- 8:41human
- 8:42possibility
- 8:42and
- 8:43maturation,
- 8:44but
- 8:44with
- 8:44a
- 8:44much
- 8:45greater
- 8:46experiential
- 8:47base
- 8:47and
- 8:48a
- 8:49kind
- 8:49of
- 8:49soteriological
- 8:51liberation
- 8:52motive.
- 8:53And
- 8:54now
- 8:54it
- 8:55feels
- 8:55like
- 8:55you're
- 8:55offering
- 8:56a
- 8:57radical
- 8:58and
- 8:58in
- 8:58some
- 8:58ways
- 8:59quite
- 9:00novel
- 9:01whole
- 9:01spectrum
- 9:02view
- 9:02of
- 9:03love
- 9:03and
- 9:04its
- 9:04potentials.
- 9:05Yeah,
- 9:06that
- 9:06is
- 9:06very
- 9:07true.
- 9:08You
- 9:08see
- 9:08experience
- 9:10in
- 9:10this
- 9:10path.
- 9:10Experience
- 9:11is
- 9:11almost
- 9:12everything.
- 9:13I
- 9:13mean,
- 9:13without
- 9:14experience
- 9:14there
- 9:14is
- 9:14no
- 9:15path.
- 9:16It
- 9:16has
- 9:16to
- 9:16be
- 9:17direct,
- 9:17immediate
- 9:18experience.
- 9:18And
- 9:19the
- 9:19heart
- 9:19is
- 9:20very
- 9:20central
- 9:21in
- 9:21this
- 9:21direct
- 9:22experience.
- 9:23Experience
- 9:23is
- 9:24felt,
- 9:24is
- 9:24sensed,
- 9:25known
- 9:26in
- 9:26the
- 9:27heart,
- 9:27not
- 9:27just
- 9:27in
- 9:28the
- 9:28mind.
- 9:28The
- 9:28mind
- 9:29has
- 9:29insight,
- 9:30has
- 9:31discrimination,
- 9:33illumination,
- 9:34but
- 9:34the
- 9:35heart
- 9:35is
- 9:35what
- 9:35provides
- 9:36the
- 9:36material
- 9:37that
- 9:38is
- 9:38known.
- 9:39And
- 9:40Kant
- 9:40did
- 9:40a
- 9:41great
- 9:41job.
- 9:41And
- 9:42I
- 9:42don't
- 9:42know
- 9:42if
- 9:43he's
- 9:43still
- 9:43doing
- 9:43it,
- 9:44of
- 9:44doing
- 9:44a
- 9:45whole
- 9:45system.
- 9:46His
- 9:46orientation
- 9:47was
- 9:47he
- 9:47has
- 9:47experience,
- 9:48but
- 9:48it
- 9:48was
- 9:49more
- 9:49of
- 9:49a
- 9:49philosophical
- 9:50approach.
- 9:51Actually.
- 9:52My
- 9:52teaching
- 9:53is
- 9:53not
- 9:53really
- 9:53philosophy.
- 9:54It
- 9:55is
- 9:55a
- 9:55teaching
- 9:56as
- 9:56a
- 9:57spiritual
- 9:57teaching.
- 9:57It
- 9:58is
- 9:58based
- 9:58on
- 9:59experience
- 9:59is
- 9:59what's
- 10:00creating
- 10:00the
- 10:00teaching.
- 10:01My
- 10:01mind
- 10:02didn't
- 10:02create
- 10:02it.
- 10:03I
- 10:03did
- 10:03not
- 10:04systematize
- 10:04it.
- 10:05And
- 10:05experience
- 10:06systematized
- 10:07itself.
- 10:07It
- 10:08parceled
- 10:08itself
- 10:09in
- 10:09the
- 10:09way,
- 10:10appeared
- 10:10in
- 10:10this
- 10:11way
- 10:11and
- 10:11that
- 10:11way.
- 10:12And
- 10:12my
- 10:13mind
- 10:13was
- 10:13just
- 10:13trying
- 10:13to
- 10:13figure
- 10:14out
- 10:14what's
- 10:14it
- 10:14doing.
- 10:16Let
- 10:16me
- 10:17put
- 10:17it
- 10:17down.
- 10:19You're
- 10:19trying
- 10:20to
- 10:20catch
- 10:20up
- 10:20with
- 10:21my
- 10:21mind.
- 10:21Couldn't
- 10:22do
- 10:22it,
- 10:22I
- 10:22tell
- 10:22you.
- 10:23Yeah,
- 10:24but
- 10:24it
- 10:24Tried,
- 10:25I
- 10:25take
- 10:25it.
- 10:26I'm
- 10:26not
- 10:26that
- 10:26smart
- 10:27and
- 10:27my
- 10:27mind's
- 10:28not
- 10:28smart
- 10:28enough
- 10:29to
- 10:29know
- 10:29that
- 10:29kind
- 10:29of
- 10:30thing.
- 10:30And
- 10:31it
- 10:31doesn't.
- 10:31I
- 10:31mean,
- 10:32nobody
- 10:32is
- 10:32smart
- 10:33enough
- 10:33to
- 10:33know
- 10:33the
- 10:34essential
- 10:34truth.
- 10:37Yeah,
- 10:37well
- 10:37said.
- 10:38Could
- 10:38you
- 10:39perhaps,
- 10:39speaking
- 10:40of
- 10:40this
- 10:40full
- 10:41spectrum
- 10:42vision
- 10:43of
- 10:43love,
- 10:44could
- 10:44you
- 10:45say
- 10:45a
- 10:45little
- 10:46about
- 10:47what
- 10:47you
- 10:47see
- 10:47as
- 10:48some
- 10:48of
- 10:48the
- 10:48unique
- 10:49features?
- 10:49I
- 10:49mean,
- 10:49I
- 10:49see
- 10:50several
- 10:50unique
- 10:51features,
- 10:52but
- 10:52I'd
- 10:52be
- 10:52much
- 10:52better
- 10:53to
- 10:53have
- 10:53you
- 10:53speak
- 10:54to
- 10:54them.
- 10:55The
- 10:55path
- 10:56of
- 10:56love
- 10:56and
- 10:57this
- 10:57teaching,
- 10:58you
- 10:58mean?
- 10:58Yeah,
- 10:59because,
- 10:59you
- 11:00know,
- 11:00as
- 11:00you
- 11:00pointed
- 11:00out,
- 11:01there
- 11:01have
- 11:01been
- 11:01other
- 11:01paths
- 11:02of
- 11:02love
- 11:02that
- 11:03have
- 11:03been
- 11:03pointed
- 11:03to.
- 11:03I
- 11:04mean,
- 11:04you
- 11:04know,
- 11:04Plato
- 11:05provide
- 11:05the
- 11:05basic
- 11:06one,
- 11:06but
- 11:06the
- 11:07Sufis
- 11:08may
- 11:08be
- 11:08laid
- 11:08out
- 11:09on
- 11:09the
- 11:09most
- 11:09sophisticated
- 11:10one.
- 11:10But
- 11:10even
- 11:11here
- 11:11it
- 11:12feels
- 11:12like
- 11:12you're
- 11:12adding
- 11:13some
- 11:13new.
- 11:14Some
- 11:14new
- 11:15aspects
- 11:15or
- 11:16experiences
- 11:16or
- 11:17possibilities.
- 11:19Well,
- 11:19let's
- 11:19see,
- 11:19the
- 11:20first
- 11:21thing
- 11:21is
- 11:21that
- 11:22there
- 11:23is
- 11:23a
- 11:23union
- 11:24between
- 11:25inquiry
- 11:26and
- 11:27the
- 11:28force
- 11:28of
- 11:28love.
- 11:31Love
- 11:32is
- 11:32the
- 11:32force
- 11:34that
- 11:34dissolves
- 11:35thing,
- 11:35brings
- 11:36out
- 11:36things,
- 11:37manifest
- 11:38things.
- 11:39And
- 11:39the
- 11:40inquiry
- 11:40is
- 11:41basically
- 11:41discerning
- 11:42as
- 11:42it
- 11:43brings
- 11:43out
- 11:43things.
- 11:44What
- 11:44is
- 11:44it
- 11:45from
- 11:45the
- 11:45past?
- 11:45What
- 11:46is
- 11:46it
- 11:46coming
- 11:46directly
- 11:47from
- 11:47experience?
- 11:48What
- 11:48is
- 11:48an
- 11:48obstacle?
- 11:49What
- 11:49is
- 11:50an
- 11:50opening?
- 11:51You
- 11:51know,
- 11:51so
- 11:52the
- 11:52path
- 11:52helps
- 11:53that
- 11:53way,
- 11:54that
- 11:54way.
- 11:54Otherwise
- 11:55the
- 11:55heart
- 11:56can
- 11:56go
- 11:56in
- 11:56the
- 11:56wrong
- 11:57direction.
- 11:57You
- 11:58know,
- 11:58the
- 11:58heart
- 11:59can
- 11:59think,
- 12:00oh,
- 12:00I'm
- 12:00loving
- 12:01this
- 12:01person.
- 12:01I
- 12:01fell
- 12:02in
- 12:02love.
- 12:02Well,
- 12:02that's
- 12:03why
- 12:03my
- 12:03heart
- 12:03is
- 12:04so
- 12:04open,
- 12:04because
- 12:05I
- 12:05met
- 12:05this
- 12:05person
- 12:06and
- 12:07many
- 12:07people
- 12:07do
- 12:08that.
- 12:09And
- 12:10so
- 12:10it
- 12:10need
- 12:10great
- 12:11discrimination
- 12:12because
- 12:12the
- 12:12heart
- 12:13will
- 12:13tend
- 12:13to.
- 12:13Well,
- 12:13I
- 12:14tell
- 12:14you
- 12:14that
- 12:14they'll
- 12:14say,
- 12:15well,
- 12:15if
- 12:16you
- 12:16stay
- 12:16long
- 12:17enough,
- 12:17when
- 12:17you
- 12:18realize
- 12:18at
- 12:18some
- 12:18point,
- 12:19you
- 12:19know,
- 12:20my
- 12:20heart
- 12:21wants
- 12:21something
- 12:22more
- 12:23complete,
- 12:25more
- 12:26perfect.
- 12:26And
- 12:27regardless
- 12:28how
- 12:29beautiful
- 12:30and
- 12:30perfect
- 12:31the
- 12:32outer
- 12:33beloved
- 12:34is,
- 12:34there's
- 12:35something
- 12:35else.
- 12:36And
- 12:36it's
- 12:37sort
- 12:37of
- 12:37the
- 12:38heart.
- 12:38It
- 12:39appears
- 12:39like
- 12:39almost
- 12:40like
- 12:40an
- 12:40intuitive
- 12:41sense.
- 12:41Like
- 12:42the
- 12:42heart
- 12:42knows
- 12:42intuitively
- 12:43what
- 12:43the
- 12:44beloved
- 12:44is,
- 12:45although
- 12:46it
- 12:46is
- 12:46not
- 12:47appearing
- 12:47palpably
- 12:48in
- 12:49experience
- 12:49and
- 12:50perception.
- 12:50So
- 12:51the
- 12:51heart
- 12:51knows
- 12:51it
- 12:52without
- 12:52beholding
- 12:53it
- 12:53yet.
- 12:54And
- 12:54that's
- 12:54why
- 12:55it
- 12:55knows
- 12:55whether
- 12:56it's
- 12:56separate
- 12:56or
- 12:57not
- 12:57separate.
- 12:58And
- 12:58also
- 12:58the
- 12:59experience
- 12:59that
- 13:00many
- 13:00teachings
- 13:00talk
- 13:01about,
- 13:02getting
- 13:02near
- 13:03and
- 13:03far
- 13:04from
- 13:04the
- 13:05beloved,
- 13:05the
- 13:05experience
- 13:06of
- 13:06nearness.
- 13:07In
- 13:07the
- 13:07Sufi
- 13:08approach,
- 13:08nearness
- 13:08is
- 13:09a
- 13:09very
- 13:09important
- 13:10stage.
- 13:11The
- 13:11nearness
- 13:12to
- 13:12the
- 13:12inner
- 13:12glow,
- 13:13the
- 13:13nearness
- 13:13to
- 13:13the
- 13:13truth.
- 13:15Nearness
- 13:15brings
- 13:16in
- 13:16more
- 13:16gladness,
- 13:17more
- 13:17feeling
- 13:18of
- 13:18openness,
- 13:19and
- 13:19more
- 13:20sense
- 13:20of
- 13:21pleasure
- 13:21that
- 13:22you're
- 13:22getting
- 13:22close,
- 13:22you're
- 13:23getting
- 13:23near.
- 13:24You
- 13:24see,
- 13:24just
- 13:24feeling
- 13:25near
- 13:25to
- 13:26what
- 13:26you
- 13:26love
- 13:27is
- 13:27by
- 13:27itself
- 13:27pleasurable,
- 13:28you
- 13:29know,
- 13:29but
- 13:29then
- 13:30there
- 13:30is
- 13:30distance.
- 13:31So
- 13:32you
- 13:32get
- 13:32near.
- 13:32Sometimes
- 13:33things
- 13:33take
- 13:34you
- 13:34out.
- 13:34And
- 13:35here
- 13:36I
- 13:36Feel
- 13:37the
- 13:37need
- 13:37is
- 13:37getting
- 13:37less,
- 13:38I'm
- 13:39farther
- 13:39away.
- 13:40That's
- 13:40what
- 13:41inquiries
- 13:41you,
- 13:42what's
- 13:42making
- 13:42me
- 13:43far
- 13:43away.
- 13:44Not
- 13:44like
- 13:45I
- 13:45go
- 13:45and
- 13:46chant
- 13:46and
- 13:48pray.
- 13:48Some
- 13:49people
- 13:49do
- 13:49that.
- 13:50It
- 13:50hasn't
- 13:50been
- 13:50my
- 13:51way.
- 13:51I
- 13:52look
- 13:53into
- 13:53it.
- 13:53What
- 13:54is
- 13:54it?
- 13:54And
- 13:54then
- 13:55I
- 13:55found
- 13:55that
- 13:55I
- 13:56said
- 13:56the
- 13:56thing.
- 13:56Thing
- 13:57from
- 13:57history
- 13:58thing
- 13:58and
- 13:58belief
- 13:59system
- 13:59thing,
- 14:00you
- 14:01know,
- 14:01from
- 14:01the
- 14:02experiences
- 14:03that
- 14:04I
- 14:04think
- 14:05are
- 14:05what
- 14:05I'm
- 14:07going
- 14:07after.
- 14:08And
- 14:08there
- 14:09are
- 14:09many
- 14:09perils
- 14:09and
- 14:10pitfalls
- 14:10in
- 14:10the
- 14:11path,
- 14:12any
- 14:13path.
- 14:13And
- 14:13the
- 14:14path
- 14:14of
- 14:14love
- 14:14is
- 14:15not
- 14:15different
- 14:16from
- 14:16that.
- 14:17So
- 14:17the
- 14:17path
- 14:18of
- 14:18love
- 14:18is
- 14:18not
- 14:18straightforward.
- 14:19You
- 14:20know,
- 14:21love
- 14:21zigzag
- 14:22up
- 14:22and
- 14:23down,
- 14:23in
- 14:23and
- 14:23out,
- 14:24and
- 14:24it
- 14:25goes
- 14:25on.
- 14:25And
- 14:26for
- 14:26me
- 14:26it
- 14:27lasts
- 14:27for
- 14:27a
- 14:27few
- 14:27years,
- 14:28you
- 14:28know,
- 14:29before
- 14:29the
- 14:29final.
- 14:30But.
- 14:30So
- 14:31it's
- 14:31called
- 14:31tajalli,
- 14:32the
- 14:32emergence
- 14:34and
- 14:34the
- 14:35distancing.
- 14:36We
- 14:37can
- 14:37experience
- 14:37that
- 14:38as
- 14:39pain.
- 14:39I
- 14:39would
- 14:39imagine
- 14:40existential
- 14:41pain
- 14:41in
- 14:41the
- 14:41soul.
- 14:42Like
- 14:43something's
- 14:43missing.
- 14:44This
- 14:44is
- 14:45not
- 14:45right.
- 14:45What's
- 14:46in
- 14:46the
- 14:46way?
- 14:46What
- 14:46do
- 14:47I
- 14:47have
- 14:47to
- 14:47do?
- 14:47Yeah,
- 14:48distancing.
- 14:49The
- 14:49response
- 14:50to
- 14:50distancing
- 14:51is
- 14:51a
- 14:51sense
- 14:52of
- 14:52loss.
- 14:53Pain.
- 14:54Yes.
- 14:55And
- 14:56tears.
- 14:57Crying.
- 14:59Deep
- 14:59hot
- 15:00tears.
- 15:02Crying
- 15:03like
- 15:04you've
- 15:05been
- 15:05abandoned.
- 15:06The
- 15:07one
- 15:07you
- 15:07love
- 15:07most.
- 15:09So
- 15:09it
- 15:09feels
- 15:10like
- 15:10that,
- 15:10you
- 15:10know.
- 15:11Yes.
- 15:11As
- 15:12if
- 15:12you
- 15:12are
- 15:12dealing
- 15:13with
- 15:13a
- 15:14human
- 15:14love,
- 15:14but
- 15:14there's
- 15:15not
- 15:15a
- 15:15human
- 15:15love.
- 15:15But
- 15:16like,
- 15:16where
- 15:17did
- 15:17it
- 15:17go?
- 15:17You
- 15:18know,
- 15:19what
- 15:19made
- 15:19me?
- 15:20Why
- 15:20did
- 15:20it
- 15:20throw
- 15:21me
- 15:21out?
- 15:22Why
- 15:22did
- 15:22it
- 15:22push
- 15:23me
- 15:23away?
- 15:23What
- 15:24did
- 15:24I
- 15:24do?
- 15:24What
- 15:25happened?
- 15:25You
- 15:25know?
- 15:26Because
- 15:27the
- 15:27mind
- 15:27has
- 15:27many
- 15:28things
- 15:29that
- 15:29comes
- 15:29in
- 15:30the
- 15:30way
- 15:30that
- 15:31beliefs
- 15:31and
- 15:32ideas
- 15:32and
- 15:32reaction,
- 15:34relationship
- 15:35from
- 15:35the
- 15:35past.
- 15:36And
- 15:36all
- 15:36of
- 15:37these
- 15:37things
- 15:37come
- 15:37in
- 15:38the
- 15:38way
- 15:38of
- 15:38the
- 15:39path
- 15:39of
- 15:39love.
- 15:39Because
- 15:39the
- 15:40heart
- 15:40is
- 15:41patterned
- 15:41by
- 15:42our
- 15:42history,
- 15:43especially
- 15:44our
- 15:44history
- 15:44of
- 15:45love.
- 15:46We
- 15:46have
- 15:47long
- 15:47history,
- 15:48a
- 15:48story
- 15:48of
- 15:49love
- 15:49with
- 15:49all
- 15:49that
- 15:50imprinted
- 15:50in
- 15:50the
- 15:50heart.
- 15:51And
- 15:51the
- 15:51heart
- 15:52need
- 15:52to
- 15:52be
- 15:52emptied
- 15:53of
- 15:53all
- 15:53of
- 15:53that.
- 15:54You
- 15:54get
- 15:54emptied,
- 15:55all
- 15:55of
- 15:55that.
- 15:55Not
- 15:56in
- 15:56my
- 15:56path.
- 15:57Not
- 15:58by
- 15:58just
- 16:01through
- 16:01the
- 16:01inquiry.
- 16:02I
- 16:03recognize
- 16:04it.
- 16:04And
- 16:05it
- 16:05dissolves
- 16:06and
- 16:06reveals
- 16:07another
- 16:07layer
- 16:08and
- 16:08dissolves
- 16:09until
- 16:11the
- 16:11heart
- 16:11gets
- 16:12emptier
- 16:12and
- 16:12emptier,
- 16:13purer
- 16:14and
- 16:14purer.
- 16:15And
- 16:15when
- 16:15I
- 16:15say
- 16:16heart,
- 16:16I
- 16:16mean
- 16:16the
- 16:16heart
- 16:17of
- 16:17the
- 16:17soul,
- 16:17which
- 16:18is
- 16:18like
- 16:18the
- 16:18whole.
- 16:19It's
- 16:19not
- 16:19like
- 16:19a
- 16:19little
- 16:20thing
- 16:20in
- 16:21the
- 16:21chest,
- 16:22open,
- 16:23expansive,
- 16:23big.
- 16:25And
- 16:25once
- 16:25you've
- 16:26had
- 16:26a
- 16:26taste
- 16:26of
- 16:26this
- 16:27inner
- 16:28beloved,
- 16:28I
- 16:29think
- 16:29that
- 16:29just
- 16:30gets
- 16:30more
- 16:30painful
- 16:31when
- 16:32you're
- 16:32not
- 16:32there.
- 16:33Because
- 16:33you
- 16:34know
- 16:34there's
- 16:34something
- 16:35beyond,
- 16:35beyond
- 16:36that
- 16:36you
- 16:37have
- 16:37experienced
- 16:38that
- 16:38you
- 16:39are.
- 16:39And
- 16:40you're
- 16:40not
- 16:40experiencing
- 16:41it.
- 16:41You're
- 16:41getting
- 16:41farther
- 16:42away
- 16:42from
- 16:42that.
- 16:42Has
- 16:42to
- 16:42be
- 16:43a
- 16:43lot
- 16:43of
- 16:43suffering
- 16:43involved
- 16:44in
- 16:44that.
- 16:44And
- 16:45perhaps
- 16:45that's
- 16:45Part
- 16:45of
- 16:45the
- 16:46path.
- 16:46Yeah.
- 16:47In
- 16:47fact,
- 16:47many
- 16:48of
- 16:48my
- 16:48students
- 16:49come
- 16:49and
- 16:49say
- 16:50they
- 16:50had
- 16:50some
- 16:51taste,
- 16:51some
- 16:51experience
- 16:52or
- 16:52something,
- 16:53surprised
- 16:54them,
- 16:55loved
- 16:55it
- 16:55and
- 16:56so
- 16:57wonderful.
- 16:58And
- 16:59they
- 16:59don't
- 16:59have
- 16:59accurate.
- 17:00They
- 17:00don't
- 17:00know
- 17:00what
- 17:00happened.
- 17:01They
- 17:01want
- 17:01to
- 17:02work
- 17:02to
- 17:03regain
- 17:03that.
- 17:05So
- 17:07many
- 17:08people
- 17:08are
- 17:09moved
- 17:10in
- 17:10that
- 17:10direction
- 17:11because
- 17:11of
- 17:11some
- 17:12encounter.
- 17:13Can
- 17:13be.
- 17:14Most
- 17:14of
- 17:14the
- 17:14time
- 17:14it's
- 17:15a
- 17:15partial
- 17:15encounter,
- 17:16of
- 17:16course,
- 17:16can't
- 17:16be
- 17:17called
- 17:17complete
- 17:18encounter.
- 17:18Complete
- 17:19encounter
- 17:19will
- 17:19be
- 17:19the
- 17:19realization
- 17:20the
- 17:20full
- 17:21beyond
- 17:21holding.
- 17:22But
- 17:22the
- 17:23path
- 17:23of
- 17:23the
- 17:23heart,
- 17:24as
- 17:24I
- 17:26use
- 17:26a
- 17:26Sufi
- 17:27metaphor,
- 17:27I
- 17:27don't
- 17:28know
- 17:28which
- 17:28Sufi
- 17:28which
- 17:29is
- 17:29the.
- 17:30When
- 17:30you
- 17:30make
- 17:30shish
- 17:31kebab,
- 17:31you
- 17:32turn
- 17:32the
- 17:32meat
- 17:33one
- 17:33side
- 17:33to
- 17:33another.
- 17:34He
- 17:35says
- 17:35the
- 17:36way
- 17:36of
- 17:36the
- 17:36heart
- 17:36is
- 17:37like
- 17:37that,
- 17:37like
- 17:37tending
- 17:38the
- 17:38meat
- 17:38one
- 17:39side
- 17:39on
- 17:39it
- 17:39burns
- 17:40one
- 17:40side
- 17:40and
- 17:40burns
- 17:41the
- 17:41other
- 17:41side.
- 17:42The
- 17:42burn
- 17:42one
- 17:43hot
- 17:43one
- 17:43side.
- 17:44It
- 17:44keep
- 17:44cooking
- 17:45until
- 17:45it's
- 17:46completely
- 17:46cooked.
- 17:48Okay.
- 17:51And
- 17:51would
- 17:52you.
- 17:52I
- 17:53have
- 17:53a
- 17:53couple
- 17:53questions
- 17:54are
- 17:54coming
- 17:54to
- 17:54mind,
- 17:54Hameed.
- 17:55One
- 17:55is,
- 17:56would
- 17:56you
- 17:56describe
- 17:57this
- 17:58experience
- 17:58of
- 17:59being
- 17:59bereft
- 18:00and
- 18:00having
- 18:01lost
- 18:02contact
- 18:02with
- 18:02the
- 18:03beloved
- 18:03as
- 18:04a
- 18:04variant
- 18:05of
- 18:05the
- 18:05dark
- 18:05night
- 18:05of
- 18:05the
- 18:06soul.
- 18:06And
- 18:07second,
- 18:07I'm
- 18:07wondering,
- 18:08you
- 18:08talk
- 18:08about,
- 18:09you
- 18:09know,
- 18:09you
- 18:09work
- 18:09with
- 18:10a
- 18:10lot
- 18:10of
- 18:10students,
- 18:11you
- 18:11know,
- 18:11on
- 18:12this
- 18:12path.
- 18:13What
- 18:13are
- 18:13some
- 18:13of
- 18:13the
- 18:14most
- 18:14common
- 18:14misunderstandings
- 18:15that
- 18:16you
- 18:16find
- 18:17people
- 18:17have?
- 18:18Well,
- 18:18I
- 18:19mean,
- 18:19there
- 18:19are
- 18:19two
- 18:19kind
- 18:20misunderstandings
- 18:21that
- 18:21happens
- 18:22that
- 18:22can
- 18:22put
- 18:23somebody
- 18:23astray.
- 18:25One
- 18:25is
- 18:26attributing
- 18:27the
- 18:27love
- 18:27to
- 18:27an
- 18:28external
- 18:28thing,
- 18:29person
- 18:30or
- 18:30activity
- 18:31and
- 18:31object.
- 18:32The
- 18:32other
- 18:33misunderstanding
- 18:35is
- 18:35taking
- 18:35one
- 18:36manifestation
- 18:37of
- 18:37spirit
- 18:38and
- 18:39believing
- 18:39that's
- 18:39it.
- 18:41Many
- 18:41manifestations.
- 18:42Spirit.
- 18:43And
- 18:44this
- 18:44is
- 18:44the
- 18:44source
- 18:44of
- 18:45all
- 18:45of
- 18:45them.
- 18:46They
- 18:46are
- 18:46beloved.
- 18:47Yeah.
- 18:49So
- 18:50one
- 18:50thing
- 18:50I
- 18:50wanted
- 18:51to
- 18:51mention
- 18:51here.
- 18:52We
- 18:52were
- 18:53talking
- 18:53about
- 18:53the
- 18:54path
- 18:54of
- 18:54love.
- 18:56One
- 18:56part
- 18:57of
- 18:57the
- 18:57path
- 18:57of
- 18:57love
- 18:58is
- 18:58not
- 18:59only
- 19:00the
- 19:00longing,
- 19:00the
- 19:01yearning,
- 19:02the
- 19:02heartache
- 19:03and
- 19:03the
- 19:03pain,
- 19:04the
- 19:04emptiness
- 19:04and
- 19:05all
- 19:05that.
- 19:06But
- 19:06all
- 19:06along
- 19:07the
- 19:07path,
- 19:07there
- 19:08are
- 19:08also
- 19:09the
- 19:11love,
- 19:12the
- 19:12sweetness,
- 19:13the
- 19:13passion,
- 19:15the
- 19:15ecstasy
- 19:16and
- 19:16the
- 19:16drunkenness.
- 19:17And
- 19:19I
- 19:19mean,
- 19:20you
- 19:20get,
- 19:20you
- 19:21know,
- 19:21closer.
- 19:22The
- 19:22closer
- 19:22you
- 19:22get
- 19:22to
- 19:23the
- 19:23nearness.
- 19:24Make
- 19:24you
- 19:24feel
- 19:25all
- 19:26full
- 19:26of
- 19:26joy,
- 19:27full
- 19:27of
- 19:27love.
- 19:27And
- 19:28there
- 19:28is
- 19:28a
- 19:29surrender
- 19:29and
- 19:30the
- 19:30melting
- 19:30of
- 19:30the
- 19:31heart.
- 19:31And
- 19:31there
- 19:31are
- 19:31many
- 19:31stages
- 19:32of
- 19:33melting.
- 19:34Surrender,
- 19:35sweetness,
- 19:36effulgence,
- 19:38fullness,
- 19:39and,
- 19:39you
- 19:39know,
- 19:40radiance.
- 19:41All
- 19:41these
- 19:42things
- 19:42that
- 19:43the
- 19:43heart
- 19:43has
- 19:44many
- 19:44flavors,
- 19:45have
- 19:45many.
- 19:46I
- 19:46mean,
- 19:47you
- 19:47could
- 19:47talk
- 19:47about
- 19:47different
- 19:48kind
- 19:48of
- 19:48love
- 19:48or
- 19:49different
- 19:49expression
- 19:50of
- 19:50the
- 19:50heart,
- 19:51but
- 19:51it's
- 19:52all
- 19:52mixed
- 19:52together.
- 19:53They're
- 19:53all
- 19:54threads
- 19:55of
- 19:55the
- 19:55same
- 19:56thing.
- 19:56The
- 19:56yearning
- 19:56and
- 19:57the
- 19:57pain
- 19:57and
- 19:57the
- 19:58separation
- 19:58also
- 19:59intertwined
- 20:00with
- 20:01nearness
- 20:02and
- 20:03closeness
- 20:04and
- 20:04moving
- 20:05intimacy
- 20:06and,
- 20:06you
- 20:06know,
- 20:07and
- 20:07pleasure
- 20:08and
- 20:08delight.
- 20:08But
- 20:09the
- 20:09melting
- 20:09and
- 20:11melting
- 20:12and
- 20:12passion
- 20:13are
- 20:13two
- 20:14kind,
- 20:14two
- 20:16opposite
- 20:16kind
- 20:16of
- 20:17way.
- 20:17In
- 20:17the
- 20:17way
- 20:17the
- 20:18heart,
- 20:18a
- 20:19passionate
- 20:19desire,
- 20:20passionate
- 20:21longing,
- 20:22you
- 20:22know,
- 20:22which
- 20:23has
- 20:23love
- 20:23in
- 20:23it.
- 20:24An
- 20:24intense,
- 20:25powerful
- 20:26love.
- 20:27Or
- 20:27the
- 20:28melting,
- 20:28the
- 20:28heart
- 20:28melts
- 20:29and
- 20:29dissolves
- 20:30and
- 20:30sort
- 20:31of
- 20:31becomes
- 20:32open.
- 20:34Letting.
- 20:35Go
- 20:35of
- 20:35everything
- 20:36and
- 20:37all
- 20:37holding
- 20:38and
- 20:38all
- 20:38restrictions
- 20:40and
- 20:40limitation
- 20:41and
- 20:41beliefs
- 20:42and
- 20:42ideas.
- 20:43And
- 20:44so
- 20:44in
- 20:44the
- 20:45mind,
- 20:45we
- 20:45say,
- 20:45the
- 20:45mind
- 20:46gets
- 20:46clear,
- 20:46the
- 20:47heart
- 20:47melts.
- 20:50Well,
- 20:50that's
- 20:50a
- 20:50beautiful
- 20:51comparison.
- 20:52Now,
- 20:53I
- 20:53mean,
- 20:53I'm
- 20:54wanting
- 20:54to
- 20:55ask
- 20:55about
- 20:55the
- 20:56larger
- 20:56picture
- 20:57here.
- 20:57And
- 20:57that
- 20:57is
- 20:58it
- 20:58feels
- 20:59like
- 20:59our
- 20:59current
- 21:00society,
- 21:01our
- 21:01culture,
- 21:02even
- 21:02our
- 21:02civilization
- 21:03is
- 21:03so
- 21:04far
- 21:04from
- 21:05this
- 21:05vision
- 21:06of
- 21:06love.
- 21:07And
- 21:07I
- 21:07wonder
- 21:07how
- 21:08you
- 21:08see
- 21:09contemporary
- 21:10society
- 21:11and
- 21:12its
- 21:12many
- 21:12discontents
- 21:14in
- 21:14the
- 21:14light
- 21:15of
- 21:15this
- 21:15vision
- 21:15of
- 21:16love.
- 21:16Worsening
- 21:17of
- 21:17the
- 21:17usual
- 21:18condition?
- 21:20Well,
- 21:21it's
- 21:22usually.
- 21:22I
- 21:23mean,
- 21:23the
- 21:23Sufi
- 21:23said
- 21:24it
- 21:24for
- 21:24a
- 21:25long
- 21:25time,
- 21:25humanity
- 21:26is
- 21:26asleep,
- 21:27usual
- 21:28condition.
- 21:29All
- 21:30throughout,
- 21:30all
- 21:30times,
- 21:31not
- 21:31just
- 21:31now.
- 21:32And
- 21:33Gurdjieff
- 21:33said,
- 21:34man
- 21:35is
- 21:35a
- 21:35machine,
- 21:36meaning
- 21:36it's
- 21:37automatic.
- 21:37Other
- 21:38automatic,
- 21:39nothing
- 21:40real
- 21:40organic,
- 21:41so
- 21:42nothing
- 21:42new
- 21:43about
- 21:43that.
- 21:44However,
- 21:44in
- 21:45the
- 21:45last
- 21:46few
- 21:46decades,
- 21:47I
- 21:47will
- 21:47say
- 21:47since
- 21:48the
- 21:48last
- 21:48century,
- 21:49things
- 21:49seamless
- 21:50throughout
- 21:50human
- 21:51society
- 21:51and
- 21:51all
- 21:51around
- 21:52the
- 21:52world,
- 21:53not
- 21:53just
- 21:53in
- 21:53this
- 21:53country,
- 21:55it
- 21:55seems
- 21:55there
- 21:56is
- 21:56more.
- 21:57The
- 21:57other
- 21:57side
- 21:58of
- 21:58the
- 21:58heart.
- 21:59The
- 21:59division
- 22:00instead
- 22:00of
- 22:00unity,
- 22:01the
- 22:02enmity
- 22:03instead
- 22:04of
- 22:04friendliness,
- 22:05hatred
- 22:06instead
- 22:06of
- 22:07love,
- 22:08you
- 22:08know,
- 22:08aggression
- 22:10instead
- 22:10of
- 22:11kindness.
- 22:12It
- 22:13seems
- 22:13like
- 22:13the
- 22:14more
- 22:15survival
- 22:16and
- 22:16animalistic
- 22:17nature
- 22:18is
- 22:18becoming
- 22:19dominant
- 22:20now.
- 22:21And,
- 22:22you
- 22:22know,
- 22:22not
- 22:23everybody,
- 22:24not
- 22:24everywhere,
- 22:26but
- 22:26it
- 22:26seems
- 22:27more
- 22:27there,
- 22:28more
- 22:29out
- 22:29there
- 22:29than
- 22:30it
- 22:30has
- 22:30been.
- 22:31And
- 22:31part
- 22:31of
- 22:32it
- 22:32is
- 22:32that
- 22:32many
- 22:32people
- 22:33feel
- 22:34in
- 22:34the
- 22:34past,
- 22:34I
- 22:35think
- 22:35those
- 22:35things
- 22:35were
- 22:36there,
- 22:36they
- 22:37were
- 22:37somehow
- 22:37hidden
- 22:38or
- 22:38submerged
- 22:39or
- 22:40now
- 22:40they
- 22:41are
- 22:41giving
- 22:41permission,
- 22:42even
- 22:43courage,
- 22:44as
- 22:44a
- 22:44cross
- 22:45and
- 22:45as
- 22:47violent
- 22:47as
- 22:48possible.
- 22:49People
- 22:50feel
- 22:50the
- 22:50permission
- 22:51to
- 22:51do
- 22:51that,
- 22:52which
- 22:52is
- 22:52sort
- 22:52of
- 22:53really,
- 22:53you
- 22:53know,
- 22:54I
- 22:54mean,
- 22:55it
- 22:55happened
- 22:55in
- 22:55some
- 22:55societies
- 22:56before,
- 22:56but
- 22:57this
- 22:57is
- 22:57unusual
- 22:58for
- 22:59the
- 22:59Western
- 23:00society.
- 23:03Hameed,
- 23:04do
- 23:04you
- 23:04think
- 23:04that
- 23:04eventually
- 23:05we'll
- 23:05all
- 23:05get
- 23:06there?
- 23:06What
- 23:06do
- 23:06you
- 23:06mean,
- 23:06get
- 23:07there?
- 23:07Get
- 23:08this
- 23:08realization
- 23:08of
- 23:09who
- 23:09and
- 23:09what
- 23:09we
- 23:09truly
- 23:10are.
- 23:11Is
- 23:11that
- 23:11something
- 23:11that
- 23:12just
- 23:12has
- 23:12to
- 23:13happen
- 23:13because
- 23:13of
- 23:13the
- 23:13nature
- 23:14of
- 23:14things?
- 23:15Because
- 23:15it's
- 23:16a
- 23:16very,
- 23:16very
- 23:16positive
- 23:17vision
- 23:17of
- 23:18reality.
- 23:18It
- 23:19is
- 23:19the
- 23:19nature
- 23:19of
- 23:20the
- 23:20soul.
- 23:21And
- 23:21the
- 23:21soul
- 23:22will
- 23:22get
- 23:23to
- 23:23know
- 23:24itself,
- 23:24to
- 23:25know
- 23:25its
- 23:25true
- 23:25nature.
- 23:27To
- 23:28me,
- 23:28it's
- 23:28inner
- 23:29beloved.
- 23:30It
- 23:30is
- 23:30inherent
- 23:31in
- 23:32it.
- 23:32It's
- 23:32sort
- 23:33of
- 23:33like
- 23:33an
- 23:33evolutionary
- 23:35process.
- 23:36It's
- 23:37true
- 23:37for
- 23:37all
- 23:37human,
- 23:39however,
- 23:40not
- 23:40many.
- 23:42I
- 23:42mean,
- 23:43there
- 23:43are
- 23:44many
- 23:44who
- 23:44are
- 23:45engaged
- 23:45in
- 23:45that
- 23:46path,
- 23:46but
- 23:47not
- 23:47the
- 23:47majority
- 23:48of
- 23:48humanity.
- 23:48Not
- 23:48the
- 23:49greatest
- 23:49percentage.
- 23:50And
- 23:51throughout
- 23:51history,
- 23:51not
- 23:52the
- 23:52greatest
- 23:52percentage.
- 23:53People
- 23:53are
- 23:54basically,
- 23:55from
- 23:55hand
- 23:55to
- 23:55mouth,
- 23:56trying
- 23:56to
- 23:56survive
- 23:57that's
- 23:58part
- 23:58of
- 23:58it,
- 23:58you
- 23:59know,
- 23:59survival.
- 24:00People
- 24:00need
- 24:00to
- 24:01survive.
- 24:02But
- 24:03I
- 24:03think
- 24:04recently
- 24:04is
- 24:04not
- 24:05only
- 24:05survival,
- 24:06but
- 24:06survival
- 24:06at
- 24:07all.
- 24:07Means
- 24:07and
- 24:08being
- 24:08better,
- 24:09more
- 24:09powerful
- 24:10and
- 24:11richer.
- 24:12The
- 24:12materialism
- 24:13is
- 24:14expanded.
- 24:15The
- 24:15Western
- 24:16culture,
- 24:16protein
- 24:17materialism
- 24:17made
- 24:18it
- 24:18important,
- 24:19which
- 24:20helped
- 24:20our
- 24:20situation
- 24:21a
- 24:21great
- 24:22deal
- 24:22by
- 24:22developing
- 24:23our
- 24:23science
- 24:24and
- 24:24medicine,
- 24:25all
- 24:25of
- 24:25that.
- 24:26But
- 24:26also
- 24:27had
- 24:27a
- 24:27materialistic
- 24:28approach,
- 24:29which
- 24:30the
- 24:30outer,
- 24:31the
- 24:31material,
- 24:32the
- 24:32concrete
- 24:34became
- 24:34more
- 24:34important,
- 24:35like
- 24:36somebody's
- 24:37cell
- 24:37phone,
- 24:37more
- 24:37important
- 24:38than
- 24:38their
- 24:38heart,
- 24:39for
- 24:39instance.
- 24:40And
- 24:40that
- 24:41development,
- 24:41recent
- 24:42development,
- 24:44started,
- 24:44I
- 24:44think
- 24:44the
- 24:45industrial
- 24:46revolution
- 24:47got
- 24:48worse
- 24:48and
- 24:48worse.
- 24:49And
- 24:49now
- 24:50we
- 24:50are
- 24:50at
- 24:50a
- 24:51crossroad
- 24:51where
- 24:52things
- 24:52can
- 24:54get
- 24:54even
- 24:54worse.
- 24:56You
- 24:56say,
- 24:56are
- 24:56we
- 24:57ultimately
- 24:57going
- 24:58to
- 24:58get
- 24:58there?
- 24:59I
- 24:59think
- 25:00yes.
- 25:00But
- 25:01when
- 25:01you
- 25:01say
- 25:01ultimately,
- 25:03how
- 25:03many
- 25:03years
- 25:03you
- 25:04thinking
- 25:05how
- 25:05many
- 25:06millions?
- 25:07A
- 25:07whole
- 25:07bunch?
- 25:07Yeah,
- 25:08a
- 25:08lot.
- 25:09It's
- 25:09that
- 25:09soon.
- 25:10Some
- 25:10people
- 25:10say,
- 25:11I
- 25:12know.
- 25:12Some
- 25:12people
- 25:13ask
- 25:13me
- 25:13some
- 25:13interview,
- 25:14they
- 25:14say,
- 25:14well,
- 25:15do
- 25:15you
- 25:15think
- 25:15we,
- 25:16you
- 25:16know,
- 25:16this
- 25:17is
- 25:17sort
- 25:17of,
- 25:18we're
- 25:19gonna
- 25:19rebound
- 25:20and
- 25:20get
- 25:20to
- 25:20the
- 25:20other
- 25:21side?
- 25:22Several
- 25:23times
- 25:23throughout
- 25:24my
- 25:24life
- 25:24think
- 25:25crisis
- 25:25happen
- 25:26and
- 25:26then
- 25:26people
- 25:26saying,
- 25:27oh,
- 25:27maybe
- 25:28they'll
- 25:28wake
- 25:28up
- 25:28a
- 25:28humanity.
- 25:30None
- 25:30of
- 25:30it
- 25:30woke
- 25:31up
- 25:31humanity.
- 25:32Some
- 25:32people
- 25:33woke
- 25:33up,
- 25:34the
- 25:34majority
- 25:35did
- 25:35it.
- 25:36So
- 25:37I
- 25:37don't
- 25:38think
- 25:38this
- 25:38thing
- 25:38is
- 25:39going
- 25:39to
- 25:39wake
- 25:39up
- 25:39a
- 25:39humanity.
- 25:41No
- 25:42humanity.
- 25:42I
- 25:43don't
- 25:43know.
- 25:43But
- 25:44I
- 25:44don't
- 25:44know
- 25:44if
- 25:44anything
- 25:45can
- 25:45wake
- 25:45up
- 25:45humanity
- 25:46as
- 25:46a
- 25:46whole.
- 25:47Jesus
- 25:47couldn't
- 25:48do
- 25:48it.
- 25:48No.
- 25:48Jesus
- 25:49said,
- 25:49many
- 25:49are
- 25:49called,
- 25:49but
- 25:50few
- 25:50are
- 25:50chosen.
- 25:51Yeah,
- 25:51Buddha
- 25:52couldn't
- 25:52do
- 25:52it.
- 25:53Nobody
- 25:53could
- 25:53have
- 25:53done
- 25:53it.
- 25:54I
- 25:54don't
- 25:55know
- 25:55if
- 25:55there's
- 25:55any
- 25:56external
- 25:56force
- 25:57that
- 25:57can
- 25:57do
- 25:58it.
- 25:58I
- 25:58mean,
- 25:59humanity
- 26:01is
- 26:01an
- 26:01evolution
- 26:02of
- 26:02process.
- 26:04The
- 26:04soul
- 26:04is
- 26:04evolving
- 26:05and
- 26:05each
- 26:06human
- 26:06being
- 26:06in
- 26:07a
- 26:07different
- 26:07place
- 26:07in
- 26:07their
- 26:08evolution.
- 26:09We're
- 26:09not
- 26:09all
- 26:10equally
- 26:10the
- 26:11same
- 26:11place.
- 26:12Different
- 26:13people
- 26:13are
- 26:14evolving
- 26:14in
- 26:15different
- 26:16way,
- 26:16different
- 26:16pace,
- 26:17different
- 26:17level
- 26:18of
- 26:18evolution.
- 26:19But
- 26:19it
- 26:19is
- 26:20our
- 26:20potential.
- 26:21You
- 26:21know,
- 26:22the
- 26:22interesting
- 26:23thing,
- 26:23you
- 26:24know,
- 26:24that
- 26:24the
- 26:25materialistic
- 26:26culture
- 26:26doesn't
- 26:26understand,
- 26:28which
- 26:28is
- 26:28we
- 26:28have
- 26:30a
- 26:30spiritual
- 26:31potential.
- 26:32Materialistic
- 26:33culture,
- 26:34the
- 26:34outer
- 26:35thing,
- 26:35the
- 26:35physical
- 26:35thing,
- 26:36is
- 26:36really
- 26:37most
- 26:38fundamental.
- 26:40Spiritual
- 26:40people
- 26:41know
- 26:41that's
- 26:41not
- 26:42true,
- 26:43that
- 26:43there
- 26:43is
- 26:44something
- 26:44in
- 26:45the
- 26:45inner
- 26:45ness
- 26:46deep
- 26:47within
- 26:48our
- 26:49heart
- 26:49and
- 26:49soul
- 26:50that
- 26:51is
- 26:52more
- 26:52fundamental.
- 26:53That
- 26:53is
- 26:53where
- 26:54the
- 26:54beauty
- 26:54is,
- 26:55where
- 26:55the
- 26:55true
- 26:56beauty
- 26:56is,
- 26:56where
- 26:57the
- 26:57true
- 26:57riches
- 26:58of
- 26:59the
- 26:59human
- 27:00being
- 27:00are.
- 27:02And
- 27:05so
- 27:07some
- 27:07of
- 27:07us
- 27:07wake
- 27:08up
- 27:08to
- 27:08it
- 27:08to
- 27:09one
- 27:09degree
- 27:09or
- 27:09another,
- 27:10and
- 27:10few
- 27:11of
- 27:11us
- 27:11wake
- 27:11up
- 27:12a
- 27:12long
- 27:13way.
- 27:13You
- 27:13know,
- 27:15hopefully
- 27:15all
- 27:15the
- 27:15three
- 27:16of
- 27:16us
- 27:16will
- 27:16be
- 27:18awake
- 27:19enough
- 27:20by
- 27:21the
- 27:21end
- 27:21of
- 27:21our
- 27:22life.
- 27:22So
- 27:23when
- 27:24the
- 27:24end
- 27:25comes,
- 27:26we
- 27:26feel
- 27:27no
- 27:27regret
- 27:29done.
- 27:30And
- 27:30that's
- 27:30quite
- 27:31a
- 27:31practice
- 27:31unto
- 27:31itself
- 27:32to
- 27:33live
- 27:34so
- 27:34as
- 27:34to
- 27:35not
- 27:36have
- 27:36regrets.
- 27:38Well,
- 27:38Yes,
- 27:39I
- 27:39mean
- 27:39that
- 27:40not
- 27:41only
- 27:41regrets
- 27:43and
- 27:43the
- 27:44path
- 27:46that
- 27:46is
- 27:47in
- 27:47this
- 27:47teaching.
- 27:47I
- 27:48usually
- 27:48give
- 27:48the
- 27:49teaching
- 27:49I
- 27:49gave
- 27:50it.
- 27:50I
- 27:50said
- 27:51the
- 27:51best
- 27:51preparation
- 27:52for
- 27:54death
- 27:55is
- 27:55the
- 27:55fulfilled
- 27:56life.
- 27:57Fulfilled
- 27:58life
- 27:58is
- 27:59both
- 27:59inwardly
- 28:00and
- 28:00outwardly.
- 28:01You
- 28:01have
- 28:03modicum
- 28:03of
- 28:04comfortable
- 28:06life,
- 28:06you
- 28:06know,
- 28:07somewhat
- 28:07easy,
- 28:08not
- 28:08too
- 28:09taxing
- 28:09and
- 28:10painful
- 28:11and
- 28:12health
- 28:12wise
- 28:13and
- 28:13all
- 28:13that.
- 28:13And
- 28:14you
- 28:14have
- 28:14an
- 28:14inner
- 28:14richness.
- 28:17Both
- 28:17are
- 28:18fulfilled.
- 28:19There's
- 28:19a
- 28:19fulfillment
- 28:20like
- 28:20you
- 28:20feel
- 28:21you
- 28:21don't
- 28:21want
- 28:22anything
- 28:22more.
- 28:24Everything
- 28:24that
- 28:24the
- 28:25soul
- 28:25wants
- 28:26is
- 28:26already
- 28:26here
- 28:29and
- 28:29then
- 28:30you're
- 28:31ready
- 28:31to
- 28:31die
- 28:31any
- 28:31moment.
- 28:33Death
- 28:33is
- 28:33not
- 28:34seen
- 28:34as
- 28:34a
- 28:34problem.
- 28:35It's
- 28:35like
- 28:36just
- 28:36one
- 28:36of
- 28:36the
- 28:36things
- 28:37that
- 28:37happens
- 28:38and
- 28:38there
- 28:39will
- 28:39be
- 28:39no
- 28:39regret.
- 28:40Some
- 28:40people
- 28:41I
- 28:41know,
- 28:41even
- 28:41some
- 28:42of
- 28:42my
- 28:42students,
- 28:42very
- 28:43advanced,
- 28:43when
- 28:43I
- 28:44want
- 28:44to
- 28:44live
- 28:44longer
- 28:46and
- 28:47I
- 28:47still
- 28:47have
- 28:48something
- 28:48not
- 28:48finished.
- 28:50You
- 28:50see,
- 28:51most
- 28:51people,
- 28:51that's
- 28:52the
- 28:52situation
- 28:53for
- 28:53me.
- 28:54I
- 28:54don't
- 28:54have
- 28:54those
- 28:55feelings.
- 28:56I've
- 28:57been
- 28:57finished
- 28:57a
- 28:57long
- 28:57time
- 28:58ago,
- 29:00you
- 29:00see,
- 29:00I
- 29:00could
- 29:01have
- 29:01gone
- 29:01a
- 29:01long
- 29:01time
- 29:02ago.
- 29:02I
- 29:03think
- 29:03of
- 29:03my
- 29:03time
- 29:03now
- 29:04as
- 29:04a
- 29:04bonus.
- 29:04I
- 29:05don't
- 29:05know
- 29:05why.
- 29:05Maybe
- 29:06it's
- 29:06not
- 29:06for
- 29:06me,
- 29:07you
- 29:08know.
- 29:08But
- 29:10whatever
- 29:11it
- 29:11is
- 29:11that
- 29:11my
- 29:12soul
- 29:12wants,
- 29:14it
- 29:15has
- 29:16been
- 29:17realized.
- 29:18And
- 29:18it's
- 29:19possible.
- 29:19I'm
- 29:20saying
- 29:20this,
- 29:20I'm
- 29:20saying
- 29:20this
- 29:21not
- 29:21just
- 29:21about
- 29:21me,
- 29:22because
- 29:22it's
- 29:22possible
- 29:22for
- 29:23any
- 29:23human
- 29:23being.
- 29:24That
- 29:24is
- 29:24what
- 29:24is
- 29:25the
- 29:25true
- 29:26fulfillment.
- 29:26So
- 29:27the
- 29:27true
- 29:28fulfillment,
- 29:29which
- 29:29is.
- 29:30I
- 29:30differ
- 29:31from
- 29:31the
- 29:31Eastern
- 29:32approaches
- 29:33where
- 29:33they
- 29:33think,
- 29:34you
- 29:34know,
- 29:35the
- 29:35enlightenment
- 29:36is
- 29:36getting
- 29:36out
- 29:37of
- 29:37this
- 29:37life,
- 29:38to
- 29:38be
- 29:38away
- 29:38from
- 29:39this
- 29:39life
- 29:39and
- 29:39leave
- 29:40it
- 29:40and
- 29:40not
- 29:40come
- 29:40back.
- 29:41For
- 29:42me,
- 29:42no,
- 29:42the
- 29:43true
- 29:43fulfillment
- 29:44is
- 29:44to
- 29:45do
- 29:45that,
- 29:45what
- 29:45they
- 29:45say,
- 29:46the
- 29:47inner
- 29:47enlightenment.
- 29:48But
- 29:48life
- 29:49itself
- 29:49has
- 29:49to
- 29:50fulfill
- 29:50its
- 29:51purpose.
- 29:51Life
- 29:51is.
- 29:52We're
- 29:52not
- 29:52here
- 29:52in
- 29:52life
- 29:53just
- 29:53to
- 29:53get
- 29:53enlightened.
- 29:54We're
- 29:54here
- 29:55to
- 29:55live,
- 29:56to
- 29:56live
- 29:56fully
- 29:57and
- 29:57learn
- 29:57from
- 29:58it.
- 29:58And
- 29:59one
- 30:00important
- 30:00thing
- 30:00we
- 30:01learn
- 30:01is
- 30:01the
- 30:01inner
- 30:02world.
- 30:05And
- 30:05you're
- 30:05bringing
- 30:06to
- 30:06mind
- 30:06for
- 30:07me,
- 30:07Hameed
- 30:07Abraham
- 30:08Maslow's
- 30:09distinction
- 30:09between
- 30:09deficiency
- 30:10needs
- 30:11based
- 30:11on
- 30:11a
- 30:11sense
- 30:12of
- 30:12lack
- 30:12and
- 30:12longing
- 30:14versus
- 30:14sufficiency.
- 30:15A
- 30:15kind
- 30:16of
- 30:16sense
- 30:16of
- 30:16overflowing,
- 30:17of
- 30:17fullness.
- 30:18And
- 30:18clearly
- 30:19you're
- 30:19coming
- 30:20from
- 30:21beautiful
- 30:22sufficiency.
- 30:24And
- 30:25yet
- 30:25you're
- 30:26also,
- 30:26you
- 30:27know,
- 30:28it
- 30:28hasn't
- 30:29stopped
- 30:29the
- 30:29flow
- 30:29of
- 30:30creative
- 30:31contribution,
- 30:31which
- 30:32is
- 30:32wonderful.
- 30:33Well,
- 30:33you
- 30:33still
- 30:34have
- 30:34compassion,
- 30:35right?
- 30:36I
- 30:36mean,
- 30:36you
- 30:36still
- 30:36care
- 30:36about
- 30:37the
- 30:37rest
- 30:37of
- 30:37us
- 30:37who
- 30:37are
- 30:38maybe
- 30:38not
- 30:38as
- 30:39far
- 30:39along
- 30:39the
- 30:39road.
- 30:40Oh
- 30:40yes.
- 30:41Well,
- 30:42I
- 30:42mean
- 30:43our
- 30:43condition
- 30:44of
- 30:44realization
- 30:44that
- 30:45are
- 30:45very
- 30:45paradoxical
- 30:46in
- 30:46some
- 30:47sense.
- 30:47I
- 30:47feel
- 30:48it
- 30:48doesn't
- 30:48matter
- 30:48what
- 30:48happened.
- 30:49At
- 30:49the
- 30:49same
- 30:49time,
- 30:50I
- 30:50care
- 30:50for
- 30:50people.
- 30:52You
- 30:53see,
- 30:53whatever
- 30:54happens,
- 30:54happens.
- 30:55You
- 30:55know,
- 30:55it's
- 30:56not
- 30:56in
- 30:57my
- 30:57Personal
- 30:58hands
- 30:58to
- 30:59change
- 30:59it.
- 30:59But
- 30:59existential
- 31:00fear
- 31:00is
- 31:00no
- 31:01longer
- 31:01there.
- 31:02No,
- 31:02I'm
- 31:03not.
- 31:03No,
- 31:03I
- 31:03don't
- 31:04have
- 31:04fear
- 31:04of
- 31:04death,
- 31:04for
- 31:05instance.
- 31:05Yeah.
- 31:06As
- 31:06far
- 31:06as
- 31:06I
- 31:07know,
- 31:07I
- 31:07don't
- 31:07know.
- 31:11And
- 31:11also,
- 31:12you
- 31:12know,
- 31:12part
- 31:13of
- 31:13what
- 31:13happened
- 31:13in
- 31:14the
- 31:14past
- 31:14when
- 31:14you
- 31:15get
- 31:15to
- 31:15the
- 31:16like
- 31:16the
- 31:16inner
- 31:17beloved
- 31:17and
- 31:18other
- 31:18realization
- 31:18we
- 31:19talked
- 31:19about,
- 31:20the
- 31:20individual
- 31:21self
- 31:21is
- 31:21gone.
- 31:22There's
- 31:22no
- 31:22more
- 31:23self.
- 31:23No,
- 31:24no.
- 31:24The
- 31:24ego
- 31:24self
- 31:25does
- 31:26not
- 31:26only
- 31:26become
- 31:27secondary
- 31:28or
- 31:28become
- 31:29so
- 31:30not
- 31:30the
- 31:30main
- 31:30thing.
- 31:31It's
- 31:31actually
- 31:32gone.
- 31:33It
- 31:33does
- 31:34not
- 31:34exist.
- 31:34Some
- 31:35people
- 31:35think
- 31:36realization
- 31:37is
- 31:37I
- 31:37am
- 31:37aware
- 31:38and
- 31:39then
- 31:39there
- 31:39is
- 31:40when
- 31:40I
- 31:40need
- 31:41to
- 31:41function
- 31:41and
- 31:42then
- 31:42I
- 31:42become
- 31:42an
- 31:43individual
- 31:43function.
- 31:44Oh,
- 31:44that's
- 31:45only
- 31:45half
- 31:45the
- 31:46realization.
- 31:47The
- 31:47full
- 31:47realization
- 31:48that
- 31:49all
- 31:49traces
- 31:50of
- 31:50inner
- 31:51self
- 31:51and
- 31:51all
- 31:52parts
- 31:52of
- 31:52history
- 31:53and
- 31:53all
- 31:53the
- 31:53impression
- 31:54of
- 31:54it
- 31:54are
- 31:54all
- 31:55dissolved.
- 31:56The
- 31:56heart
- 31:57is
- 31:57one
- 31:57of
- 31:57the
- 31:57things
- 31:57that
- 31:58dissolves
- 31:58many
- 31:58of
- 31:59these
- 31:59things.
- 31:59Because
- 31:59the
- 32:00heart
- 32:00is
- 32:00a
- 32:01big
- 32:01part
- 32:01of
- 32:01what
- 32:02gets
- 32:02conditioned,
- 32:03what
- 32:03get
- 32:03impressed,
- 32:04what
- 32:04get
- 32:05patterned
- 32:05by
- 32:06experience.
- 32:07You
- 32:07mentioned
- 32:08in
- 32:08this
- 32:08book
- 32:08the
- 32:08death
- 32:09wish.
- 32:10And
- 32:10we're
- 32:10not
- 32:10talking
- 32:10about
- 32:10the,
- 32:11you
- 32:11know,
- 32:12wanting
- 32:12to
- 32:12suicide
- 32:13or
- 32:13die
- 32:14in
- 32:14a
- 32:14glorious
- 32:14battle,
- 32:15but
- 32:16wanting
- 32:16to
- 32:17completely
- 32:17dissolve
- 32:18into
- 32:18the
- 32:18beloved.
- 32:20Yeah.
- 32:21At
- 32:21that
- 32:21time
- 32:21I
- 32:22was
- 32:22playing
- 32:22when
- 32:23the
- 32:23movie
- 32:23is
- 32:23death
- 32:23wish
- 32:241
- 32:242,
- 32:25remember?
- 32:26Yes,
- 32:26I
- 32:26do.
- 32:27Shows
- 32:28our
- 32:28age,
- 32:28right?
- 32:29That
- 32:29time.
- 32:29Yeah.
- 32:30When
- 32:30I
- 32:30was
- 32:31teaching
- 32:31that,
- 32:32you
- 32:32know,
- 32:33so
- 32:33I
- 32:33was
- 32:33using
- 32:34expression.
- 32:35I
- 32:35used
- 32:35many
- 32:36expressions
- 32:36there
- 32:36that
- 32:37are
- 32:37known
- 32:37and
- 32:37popular
- 32:38to
- 32:39give
- 32:39them
- 32:39a
- 32:39different
- 32:40meaning.
- 32:40Meaning
- 32:41that
- 32:41has
- 32:41to
- 32:41do
- 32:41more
- 32:42with
- 32:42the
- 32:42inner
- 32:43path
- 32:43of
- 32:43the
- 32:43heart.
- 32:45We
- 32:45will
- 32:45talk
- 32:45in
- 32:46the
- 32:46next
- 32:46meeting
- 32:46about
- 32:47the
- 32:47dark
- 32:48night
- 32:48of
- 32:48the
- 32:48soul,
- 32:49the
- 32:49poverty
- 32:50of
- 32:50the
- 32:50heart,
- 32:50the
- 32:51inner
- 32:51poverty,
- 32:51all
- 32:52these
- 32:52things,
- 32:52the
- 32:52stages
- 32:53and
- 32:54the
- 32:54beloved
- 32:54itself.
- 32:55Yeah.
- 32:56And
- 32:56amid,
- 32:57as
- 32:57we
- 32:57come
- 32:57towards
- 32:58the
- 32:58end
- 32:58here,
- 32:59as
- 32:59the
- 33:00writing
- 33:01and
- 33:01teaching
- 33:02of
- 33:02the
- 33:02path
- 33:03of
- 33:03love,
- 33:03which
- 33:03sounds
- 33:04as
- 33:04though
- 33:04it
- 33:04happened
- 33:05after
- 33:05your
- 33:06own
- 33:07very
- 33:07profound
- 33:08realization
- 33:09of
- 33:09the
- 33:09path.
- 33:10Has
- 33:10that
- 33:11changed
- 33:11things
- 33:12you
- 33:13or
- 33:14how
- 33:14has
- 33:14that
- 33:14affected
- 33:15you?
- 33:15What
- 33:15do
- 33:16you
- 33:16mean
- 33:16how
- 33:16has
- 33:16that
- 33:16affected
- 33:17me?
- 33:18Well,
- 33:18I
- 33:18don't
- 33:18know.
- 33:20I'm
- 33:21thinking
- 33:21that,
- 33:21you
- 33:22know,
- 33:22that
- 33:23just
- 33:23to
- 33:23engage
- 33:24in
- 33:24this
- 33:24dialogue
- 33:25is
- 33:25having
- 33:26effects
- 33:26on
- 33:27me.
- 33:27For
- 33:27example,
- 33:28I'm
- 33:29such
- 33:29a
- 33:29cerebral
- 33:30type,
- 33:30I'm
- 33:30operating
- 33:31out
- 33:31of
- 33:31the
- 33:31head
- 33:31center.
- 33:32This
- 33:32is
- 33:32the
- 33:32first
- 33:32time
- 33:33I've
- 33:33ever
- 33:33engaged
- 33:34and
- 33:34felt
- 33:34it's
- 33:34coming.
- 33:35It's
- 33:35an
- 33:35engagement
- 33:36from
- 33:36my
- 33:36heart
- 33:37center.
- 33:38So
- 33:38it's
- 33:39hard
- 33:39for
- 33:39me
- 33:39to
- 33:39imagine
- 33:40that
- 33:40your
- 33:41immersion
- 33:42in
- 33:42years
- 33:43of
- 33:43teaching
- 33:44this
- 33:44hasn't
- 33:45impacted
- 33:46and
- 33:46perhaps
- 33:47led
- 33:47to
- 33:47even
- 33:48further
- 33:48understandings
- 33:49in
- 33:49you.
- 33:49Yeah,
- 33:50of
- 33:50course.
- 33:50I
- 33:51mean,
- 33:51I
- 33:51mean,
- 33:52I
- 33:52mentioned
- 33:52part
- 33:53of
- 33:53it
- 33:53dissolving
- 33:54of
- 33:54the
- 33:54self
- 33:56and
- 33:57what
- 33:57takes
- 33:57place
- 33:57of
- 33:58that.
- 33:58And
- 33:59we
- 33:59talk
- 33:59about
- 34:00many
- 34:00dimensions
- 34:00of
- 34:01that
- 34:01what
- 34:01takes
- 34:02a
- 34:02place,
- 34:03the
- 34:03inner
- 34:03nature,
- 34:05what
- 34:05it
- 34:05is,
- 34:05how
- 34:05it
- 34:06manifests.
- 34:07And
- 34:07haven't
- 34:08written
- 34:08about
- 34:08all
- 34:09of
- 34:09them,
- 34:10written
- 34:10about
- 34:10some
- 34:11of
- 34:11them.
- 34:11And
- 34:12this
- 34:12path,
- 34:13for
- 34:13some
- 34:13reason
- 34:14has
- 34:14so
- 34:14many
- 34:14things,
- 34:15it
- 34:15keeps
- 34:16revealing
- 34:16itself.
- 34:17I'm
- 34:17not
- 34:17looking
- 34:17for
- 34:18them.
- 34:18It's
- 34:18not
- 34:18like
- 34:18I
- 34:19want
- 34:19anything
- 34:19more.
- 34:20They
- 34:21keep
- 34:21happening.
- 34:22That's
- 34:22why
- 34:22at
- 34:23some
- 34:23point
- 34:23I'm
- 34:23gonna
- 34:24do,
- 34:25I
- 34:25think,
- 34:25a
- 34:25series
- 34:26of
- 34:27what
- 34:27happens
- 34:27after
- 34:28enlightenment.
- 34:29Yeah,
- 34:30nobody
- 34:31talks
- 34:31about
- 34:31that.
- 34:31You
- 34:32get
- 34:32enlightened,
- 34:32you
- 34:33sit
- 34:33there.
- 34:33That's
- 34:34what
- 34:34people
- 34:34think.
- 34:35You
- 34:35just
- 34:36sit
- 34:36in
- 34:36awareness.
- 34:37That's
- 34:37not
- 34:37what
- 34:37happens.
- 34:41There's
- 34:41life
- 34:42with
- 34:42interesting
- 34:44topography.
- 34:46That
- 34:46would
- 34:46be
- 34:47very
- 34:47important.
- 34:47Hameed.
- 34:47It
- 34:48seems
- 34:48like
- 34:48there
- 34:48are
- 34:49three
- 34:49families
- 34:50or
- 34:50paths,
- 34:51path
- 34:51descriptions.
- 34:52The
- 34:52most
- 34:53common
- 34:53are
- 34:53from
- 34:54beginning
- 34:54the
- 34:55path
- 34:55to
- 34:55some
- 34:56sort
- 34:57of
- 34:57realization
- 34:58or
- 34:58awakening,
- 34:58but
- 34:59as
- 34:59a
- 34:59temporary
- 34:59experience.
- 35:00Then
- 35:01there
- 35:01are
- 35:01fewer
- 35:01descriptions
- 35:02of
- 35:02the
- 35:02process
- 35:03of
- 35:03stabilizing
- 35:04that
- 35:04into
- 35:05continuous
- 35:06either
- 35:06love
- 35:06or
- 35:07awareness
- 35:07or
- 35:07realization,
- 35:09but
- 35:10very
- 35:11little
- 35:11on
- 35:12the
- 35:12kind
- 35:12of
- 35:12post
- 35:12enlightenment
- 35:13stage
- 35:14you're
- 35:14describing.
- 35:15So
- 35:15that'd
- 35:15be
- 35:15a
- 35:16real
- 35:16contribution.
- 35:17Yeah,
- 35:18because
- 35:19it's
- 35:19not
- 35:20like
- 35:20somebody
- 35:20realize
- 35:21enlightened,
- 35:22they
- 35:22just
- 35:22sit
- 35:23in
- 35:23their
- 35:23state
- 35:24of
- 35:24realization.
- 35:25Not
- 35:26like
- 35:26the
- 35:26land
- 35:26of
- 35:26the
- 35:26lotus
- 35:27eaters.
- 35:27It
- 35:27doesn't
- 35:28happen
- 35:28that
- 35:28way
- 35:29for
- 35:29anybody.
- 35:31That's
- 35:31good.
- 35:31Okay.
- 35:32All
- 35:33right,
- 35:33good.
- 35:34Coming
- 35:34attractions,
- 35:35situations
- 35:36dynamic
- 35:37and
- 35:37creative.
- 35:38And
- 35:39true
- 35:39nature
- 35:39is
- 35:40inherently
- 35:41creative,
- 35:41dynamic
- 35:42and
- 35:42revealing
- 35:43further
- 35:44and
- 35:44further
- 35:44mysteries.
- 35:45It
- 35:45never
- 35:45stops.
- 35:48That's
- 35:48what
- 35:48we've
- 35:48noticed
- 35:49about
- 35:49you,
- 35:49Hameed.
- 35:52True
- 35:52nature
- 35:52hasn't
- 35:53finished
- 35:53with
- 35:53you
- 35:54yet.
- 35:57Hameed,
- 35:58is
- 35:58there
- 35:58anything
- 35:58you'd
- 35:59like
- 35:59to
- 35:59add
- 35:59before
- 36:00we
- 36:00come
- 36:00to
- 36:01a
- 36:01close?
- 36:01I
- 36:02think
- 36:02it's
- 36:03good
- 36:03we're
- 36:04focusing
- 36:04more
- 36:05on
- 36:05the
- 36:05heart
- 36:06and
- 36:06the
- 36:06way
- 36:06of
- 36:06the
- 36:06heart.
- 36:07And
- 36:08there
- 36:08are
- 36:08many
- 36:08ways
- 36:09of
- 36:09the
- 36:09heart
- 36:09and
- 36:09not
- 36:10just
- 36:10one.
- 36:11And
- 36:11I'm
- 36:12presenting
- 36:13the
- 36:13way
- 36:13of
- 36:13the
- 36:13heart
- 36:14in
- 36:14this
- 36:14teaching,
- 36:15which
- 36:15is
- 36:15a
- 36:16particular
- 36:16way,
- 36:16which
- 36:17is
- 36:17more
- 36:17of
- 36:17a
- 36:17Western,
- 36:18actually,
- 36:19a
- 36:19combined
- 36:20Western
- 36:20and
- 36:20some
- 36:20Eastern
- 36:21survey
- 36:22thing.
- 36:22But
- 36:22it
- 36:23has
- 36:23in
- 36:23it
- 36:24the
- 36:24sensibilities
- 36:25of
- 36:26modern
- 36:27mind,
- 36:28modern
- 36:28life,
- 36:29and
- 36:30how
- 36:30to
- 36:31live
- 36:31it
- 36:31from
- 36:31the
- 36:32perspective
- 36:32of
- 36:32the
- 36:33heart.
- 36:33Because
- 36:34it's
- 36:35not
- 36:35like
- 36:35a
- 36:35way
- 36:35of
- 36:36the
- 36:36heart.
- 36:36You
- 36:36go
- 36:36off
- 36:37by
- 36:37yourself
- 36:37and
- 36:38isolate
- 36:39and
- 36:40become
- 36:40a
- 36:40hermit
- 36:41or
- 36:42get
- 36:42lost
- 36:42in
- 36:43a
- 36:43jungle
- 36:43or
- 36:44something
- 36:44like
- 36:44that.
- 36:44You
- 36:45live
- 36:45your
- 36:45life.
- 36:46How
- 36:46do
- 36:46you
- 36:46live
- 36:46your
- 36:47life
- 36:47and
- 36:48engage
- 36:48the
- 36:48way
- 36:49of
- 36:49the
- 36:49heart?
- 36:50That
- 36:50is,
- 36:51you
- 36:51know,
- 36:51an
- 36:52interesting
- 36:52and
- 36:53possible
- 36:54approach.
- 36:55And
- 36:55so
- 36:56there
- 36:56are
- 36:56many
- 36:56people
- 36:57that
- 36:57their
- 36:57orientation
- 36:58is
- 36:58a
- 36:59bhakti
- 36:59is
- 36:59heart
- 37:00orientation.
- 37:01And
- 37:01I
- 37:01want
- 37:02those
- 37:02people
- 37:02to
- 37:02know,
- 37:03yes,
- 37:03there
- 37:04is
- 37:04a
- 37:04way
- 37:04to
- 37:04address
- 37:05your
- 37:05longing,
- 37:06your
- 37:07love.
- 37:08There
- 37:08is
- 37:08a
- 37:09way
- 37:09it
- 37:09can
- 37:09complete
- 37:10itself.
- 37:10These
- 37:11books
- 37:11certainly
- 37:11do
- 37:11it.
- 37:12Love
- 37:12Unveiled,
- 37:13first,
- 37:14Nondual
- 37:15Love,
- 37:16second
- 37:16and
- 37:17the
- 37:17third,
- 37:17which
- 37:18is
- 37:18coming
- 37:18out
- 37:19as
- 37:19we
- 37:19speak,
- 37:19The
- 37:20Inner
- 37:20Beloved.
- 37:20And
- 37:21they're
- 37:21just
- 37:21a
- 37:21beautiful,
- 37:22beautiful
- 37:23overview
- 37:23of
- 37:24incredibly
- 37:24rich
- 37:25description
- 37:25of
- 37:25the
- 37:25path
- 37:26of
- 37:26love.
- 37:26So
- 37:27thank
- 37:27you
- 37:27so
- 37:27much,
- 37:27Hameed.
- 37:28Yeah.
- 37:29So
- 37:29hopefully
- 37:29next
- 37:30time
- 37:30we
- 37:30meet,
- 37:30we
- 37:31will
- 37:31have
- 37:31the...
- 37:34Thank
- 37:34you
- 37:34so
- 37:34much,
- 37:34Hameed.
- 37:35This
- 37:35means
- 37:35a
- 37:35lot
- 37:35to
- 37:36us.
- 37:37Thank
- 37:37you
- 37:37very
- 37:37much
- 37:38for
- 37:38being
- 37:38a
- 37:38part
- 37:39of
- 37:39this
- 37:39conversation.
- 37:40We
- 37:40hope
- 37:40that
- 37:40you
- 37:41were
- 37:41moved,
- 37:41as
- 37:42we
- 37:42are
- 37:42moved,
- 37:42being
- 37:43part
- 37:43of
- 37:43it
- 37:43ourselves.
- 37:44We'd
- 37:44also
- 37:45like
- 37:45to
- 37:45say
- 37:45that
- 37:45this
- 37:46is
- 37:46being
- 37:46funded
- 37:47by
- 37:47Roger
- 37:47and
- 37:48myself.
- 37:48It
- 37:48comes
- 37:48out
- 37:48of
- 37:48our
- 37:49pockets.
- 37:49So
- 37:49if
- 37:49you
- 37:49would
- 37:50like
- 37:50to
- 37:50help
- 37:50us
- 37:51to.
- 37:51Mainly
- 37:52to
- 37:52get
- 37:52this
- 37:52podcast
- 37:53out
- 37:53to
- 37:53more
- 37:53people,
- 37:54because
- 37:54the
- 37:54bigger
- 37:55audience
- 37:55have.
- 37:55Which
- 37:55is
- 37:55steadily
- 37:56growing,
- 37:56but
- 37:56the
- 37:57more
- 37:57people
- 37:57we
- 37:57can
- 37:57reach
- 37:57and
- 37:58the
- 37:58more
- 37:58marketing
- 37:58we
- 37:59can
- 37:59do,
- 37:59the
- 37:59more
- 38:00positive
- 38:00effect
- 38:00we
- 38:01can
- 38:01have
- 38:01on
- 38:01the
- 38:01world.
- 38:02So
- 38:02we've
- 38:02done
- 38:02that
- 38:02a
- 38:03couple
- 38:03of
- 38:03ways,
- 38:03but
- 38:03we'd
- 38:03like
- 38:04you
- 38:04to
- 38:04buy
- 38:04us
- 38:04a
- 38:05cup
- 38:05of
- 38:05coffee.
- 38:05Very
- 38:06simple.
- 38:06And
- 38:06I
- 38:06do
- 38:06that
- 38:07with
- 38:07podcasts
- 38:08that
- 38:08I
- 38:08support,
- 38:09and
- 38:09I
- 38:10find
- 38:10it
- 38:10very
- 38:10satisfying.
- 38:11So
- 38:11thank
- 38:11you
- 38:12for
- 38:12your
- 38:12help,
- 38:12thank
- 38:13you
- 38:13for
- 38:13your
- 38:13presence
- 38:13and
- 38:14thank
- 38:14you
- 38:14for
- 38:14all
- 38:14you
- 38:15are
- 38:15and
- 38:15all
- 38:15you
- 38:16do.