Sufism is often called the way of the heart because the heart can dissolve barriers, particularly the barriers within ourselves. The primary cause of our illusion is our unwillingness to see ourselves. We’ve been told we’re supposed to be a certain thing, a certain way, yet we’re not. It’s difficult to reconcile what we are …
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Humans Have Big Brains
Human beings have really big brains, but we haven’t been using them to the best of our ability. In fact, I think we’re not using much of our full consciousness because we are so stuck in intelligence type thinking. We’re stuck in believing that intelligence is knowledge, that we can build up lots of things …
There is No Path
There is no path because you are going home… and… you’re sitting in your living room. We all inhabit ourselves. It’s easy to get hypnotized into thinking that we don’t, but we do. You’re always there; you’re always awake. Imagination can drift off, misconceptions can drift off, but you’re always there. So, there actually is …
The Veil is Thin
The veil that separates us from truth, from beauty, from life, and reality is very thin. It actually doesn’t exist at all; it’s composed of some very light misconceptions that we have about who we are. Working through that can feel very disconcerting because we hold on to those things as if that is what’s …
Finding Your Enlightened Ancestors
When we listen to our native brethren from anywhere around the earth, they are always specific about how important ancestors are. It does makes sense, because that solidifies us to a place where our ancestors lived, taught each other, and brought forward the wisdom of the earth. That’s how wisdom comes down to the present …
Pause for the beauty
As we work through ideas on spirituality, it’s important to very regularly pause and experience the beauty that we live in. We are cosmic beings in a cosmic cosmos. Imagine, just for a moment, the vastness of the universe. You are sitting here; I am sitting here experiencing this as an amazing complex of molecules …
A Common Misconception
A common misconception about Eastern spirituality is that it is about escaping something. This misconception happens in Sufi circles as well as Nonduality classes, Buddhist groups and Kirtan gatherings. There are so many things that have give this wrong impression. Much eastern teaching is about trying to escape suffering. That is what so many Buddhist …
Carry Our Wounds
A big question, as we go back through the wisdom of Sufism and Sufi teachings, is how do we carry our wounds? Do we let our wounds define us, or are we simply an awakeness over which the wounds have washed? This is one of the best practices that we can use to bring our …