So thanks to a commenter on one of my videos, I heard a new definition of Advaita Vedanta that I hadn’t heard before: ‘end of words.’ And this is perfect. Advaita is the word we use to define nonduality. It’s translated as ‘not two’ or ‘not dual’ (not two things, Advaita). What it means is …
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Awakening means not confused
Awakening means not being confused – not confused about the most basic, fundamental thing that a human being needs in order to thrive and live, which is knowing who you are. Knowing who you are is the root we need to live our lives, because it’s so normal and natural, and the basis of life. …
Spiritual teachings are important
Spiritual teachings are important because we need to come to a place where we can all live with each other, and with all of reality, easier.
Picture the whole of humanity lost in illusion. Confused people everywhere.
Now picture what happens when one person over there, one person over there, one person over there… wakes up… Soon we have a mass movement.
I like to make a lot of jokes, and laugh and poke fun at people… because being a human being is really fun. Let’s all wake up together.
What Happens When I Die?
So you’re probably thinking, “But what happens to me after I die? Like, come on, answer the question already, right?” Hopefully, you’ve been going through this entire series and letting the ideas soften the belief systems we have about who we are and how life works. Hopefully this is opening up the reality of who …
Where Two Gather
Jesus said, ‘Where two people gather, I am there.’ Maybe we can expand that idea a little bit by saying, ‘Whenever two people can actually come together, then a new unity has arisen. I am there. I am there.’ Each of us has this opportunity, all the time, to come up with different ways to …
Die Before You Die
Die before you die is a Sufi teaching about life. It’s about how to live a life that is ripe and full, free of the oppressive false self. It’s a spiritual practice of awakening the aspect of your being that can never die because it has no separation.
In this short book we will examine different sides of this idea: “Die before you die.” What does it mean? How do we live in this state where we have died before we physically die? We will discover that we are talking about a state of freedom.
Is non-duality a lie?
Is nonduality a lie? Well of course it is. It’s saying that words can’t describe anything… so if we’re using words to describe it… it’s a lie.
The scam is that no matter how much you talk about nothing… you’re always talking about something. Simply because you’re talking.
Erachman Erachim
The 99 names of God is something we need to touch on briefly in this series. We’re not going to get deeply into it because that could be its own whole thing, but it’s a beautiful Sufi teaching. Instead of trying to say the qualities of God in large abstract terms, we talk about small, …