David: Do you understand that it’s the I-sense that disappears in these great experiences? Participant 1: Yes, gets out of the way. David: So, that’s the balancing act, is to accept that. To be without the I, and then come back to the I, because ...
Attendee: That seems to be a difficult one for most people that I know. It's like a very difficult one, especially “certain teachers,” who shall remain “nameless” — you know, who have committed actual criminal acts and still seem to have ...
There can be great explosions of perceptual unity in this Upanishadic Unity Consciousness, where the Self -- the One Self -- is everything [and] that everything is arising out of this One Being. Amazing displays of Light and Energy can occur. ...
David: Feels good just to cut doesn’t it? Does that feel good? When you realize that I don’t have to go on? My discourse isn’t built upon saying things in a causative sequence. I just talk. I could either be a lazy thinker, or who knows what. ...
We can only go downhill from here. There’s nothing that can clarify or elucidate or give more meaning… to existence, than meditation. So we’re about to take a descent into language. Descent doesn’t mean “bad;” it just means that we’re flowing ...
You see, once your path to Consciousness has opened sufficiently, then Consciousness will conclude your process. You don't need to worry. There’s only so much opening you need to do. Once you cross that threshold, then it's just a question of a ...
And each time we come here, it's just like this. We start off anew. We start off with innocence, a kind of freshness in spirit that allows us to wander freely in our own awareness, in our own consciousness. The key word is wander. You don't have ...
The mood of meditation is the mood of sublimity itself. This sublime feeling can be described as the inner being falling into itself, the inner being bowing down to Itself, surrendering into Itself, so that for a short moment there is no other, ...
There is no political system or society in the world that really wants you to become who you are, because you will be governed by non-governmental forces [laughter]. Even though you might not call yourself one, you will be accused of anarchy. ...
You need three kinds of faith to progress on this Path. You need faith in your Self; if you you're going to be with me as a Teacher, you need faith in the Teacher; that the Teacher is real; and the third thing you need faith in is Life, Life ...
