Imagine never having to pretend about who you are, or that maybe you know something or not. No more pretending makes life very relaxed and easy. — The False Face — “Lead us from the false to the real,” means, of course, that the false face drops away. That’s a good way to say it: …
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Hazrat Inayat Khan
Hazrat Inayat Khan is the man who first brought Sufism into the West in 1912, over a hundred years ago now. His story is very interesting because he came from a musical spiritual family in India. He naturally awoke through his training because he was living in a culture of awakeness. He was from a …
If I Was Really Spiritual
So… if I was really spiritual, I would have healed myself of cancer and not taken chemo, right? Come on, I know you’re thinking it! Right? I mean… that’s kind of our spiritual ideal these days—to get cancer and cure yourself. I disagree. That’s not spiritual. There are so many nuances in life, where everything …
Fundamental Confusion
Imagine living your life in a state where you are not fundamentally confused. That means that when you see a thing, you see it. When you feel a thing, you feel it. When you think a thing, you think it. Just that simple. — No more questions — Here’s a little non-duality tip: When you …
Power of Suggestion
The power of suggestion is profound. Everything is intricately connected; there’s no separation between me and all human beings, between me and the air I’m breathing, or between you and life itself. The birds, trees, plants, and the universe—all are intricately connected. This interconnectedness is why suggestion holds so much power for us as human …
Fasting Stories
So, we don’t want to get lost in all this fabulous spiritual stuff and forget our story of me getting inflammatory breast cancer! Right? There I was with the diagnosis, and I decided to start fasting. Fasting to survive cancer has some really good scientific proof behind it right now. This relates to life itself. …
Nonduality means there aren’t two of you
Nonduality simply means that there’s not two of you, and so therefore… you can’t find yourself. There’s not two things. — Non-duality means you exist — Nonduality means that you exist. Usually people don’t say that… but obviously, you’re the one who’s not seeing two things.
Sufi Heart With Wings
In the art of Being, Hazrat Inayat Khan says that the Sufi flies with wings on his heart. This is a Sufi teaching about being free from the nafs, from the ego, from your misconceptions. You’ll notice that I used the pronoun “he” very specifically. I’ll talk about that later because that’s very important, but …