Because of the subtle nature of darshan and spiritual transmission you might not always recognize that it’s happening. It may just fall on you silently. Yet later on, at a time perhaps, when you are not suspecting, the presence of that consciousness will make itself known to you. You’ll realize that your life has been touched by something deep and that you are different. You are something entirely different. You begin to intuit that liberation is occurring. The “me” is being transformed or dissolved. You can say it’s being transformed into Being or you can say it’s just being dissolved or lightened. There are many descriptions we can use but they all point to the same thing, that fundamentally at the very core of all your perception, there is a felt sensation of identity and it is deep in that region where awakening happens. That’s the place of consciousness.
So when you get a deep sense of humor about this process, in this great depth of dissolution and death and dying into it, and you also retain humor and relaxation and ease and you don’t get involved with this or that, you are home free. You are ...
David: The silence therefore is like a womb from which the bliss arises. It’s not supposed to begin and end in itself. Otherwise there’s just a sense of having ended everything. There’s nothing affirmative about that. In other words, that might ...
Moderator: From a viewer in Arcata, California, “David you are beyond amazing. ‘Thank you’ seems so hollow, but THANK YOU (in large letters). David: If you are filled with this and you say “thank you” but that hollowness is there then that ...
David: Devotion, like the power of Shakti, like the poignancy of Silence - of Silent Being - has a raw and powerful quality about it. When the restrictions around the Heart melt and the Feeling-Nature is resurrected inside of that Transcendental ...
Moderator: A viewer in Sydney says, “This is my first time here, can you tell me more about your method?” David: Perhaps the topic of spiritual transmission is what you need to hear. Spiritual transmission is another word for grace, it’s another ...
Moderator: From a participant in Seattle, Washington, “There is a powerful expression of love today. My heart is wide open and receiving. I love this time together!” David: Everyone should be happy now. The nature of the universe is expressing ...
Moderator: David, a participant in Augusta, Georgia, “Do tantric principles like the union or integration of Shiva and Shakti principles, dimensions play any role in your transmission and teaching?” David: Shiva and Shakti — those words, what ...
David: To me, sahaja samadhi and Transmission are the same thing. One of the pristine moments of realization in spiritual life is the dawning of sahaja samadhi when the body begins to emit a Current, a Current that is born of being both ...
Moderator: From a participant in Slovenia, “David, what is the quickest way to Self-realization or experiencing Shakti? Almost everybody experiences something, as I read your website.” David: What experience do you have? I suggest that you are ...
As you may have heard me say on other occasions, that both knowledge and experience of Consciousness are necessary for enlightenment. It’s also wise to add that the underlying assumption about reality is one of non-necessity. Here, non-necessity ...
Moderator: A participant in Quebec asks, “How can I deepen my identification with consciousness?” David: Just watch it happen. Just let yourself stay idle and free, and be receptive to the spiritual current and the radiant atmosphere that will ...
David: Yes. Participant: It’s awesome to dive into another depth…, and a lot of Current. David: And a lot of Current, very good. Participant: Yes, definitely a lot of “awake-ness”. David: Wakefulness? Participant: Wakefulness. I kind of lose my ...