Worldview Chart Introduction: With Four Arrows and Darcia Narvaez Four Arrows (Wahikpe Topa) aka Don Trent Jacobs from the First Nations People of the Americas. Learning from the Indigenous Wisdom of Sitting Bull, with Four Arrows
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Native perspective on awakening
From the native perspective, that we’re being given by numerous native philosophers, we see that becoming a truly awake human takes a lot of work but it is doable. -Opposite of narcissism- The native state is one of being connected to everything and particularly every one. it is not in hierarchy. It’s literally the opposite …
The Story of a Lightbulb Moment
Actually, this is going to be the story of two light bulb moments because the two of them fit together to create a new paradigm that I can talk about in Nonduality teachings. The first one, many years ago, was running across Jill Bolte Taylor’s story of ‘My Stroke of Insight.’ It’s best to see …
Mind is the Primary Suspect
What nonduality tells us is that everything we’ve been taught is suspect. It should be examined. Everything that’s in our mind should be examined and suspected as being wrong and untrue. Through deep enough inspection we can step back from the whole thing and be free of it. What Native Traditions tell us is that …
The End of Gurus
If what I have to say about the intersection between native spirituality and nonduality starts to make sense to people, and starts to be a basic understanding of our paradigm, it’s going to be the end of gurus. That’ll be interesting, right? None of us like gurus anyway. Let’s get rid of the idea that …
Our Natural State
Native teachings and non duality talk about the same reality of being a human. Because this is our natural state. -What if enlightenment was everywhere?- We’ve been told this story that Enlightenment very rare and really really difficult to attain. What if that story isn’t true? What if it’s really everywhere and easy to find?
It’s hard to talk about something new
It’s hard to talk about something that’s truly new. As we explored in our last video it’s because we are limited by language itself. If it’s truly new our language has no words for it. In my next series of videos, I’m going to be exploring how Nonduality and Native wisdom fit together. This hasn’t …
Truth Moment
Truth moment. The only thing we really hear about Enlightenment is from all the famous guys. What if there is a deep hidden reality of normal people. -The Natural State- If we actually listen to what enlightened Masters have told us throughout the years they say that Enlightenment is the natural state of the human …