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That is the challenge of a spiritual teacher: not to take on board the projections of specialness people have. This is especially…

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For a relationship to deepen, at some point the spiritual dimension needs to come in. You don't even need to be fully…

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If increased meta-knowledge is not counter-balanced by a corresponding growth in consciousness then the likelihood of psycho-spiritual dysfunction is great.

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Every spiritual teaching points to the possibility of the end of suffering - Now. It is true that most teachers have had…

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For most people, spiritual awakening is a gradual process. Rarely does it happen all at once. When it does, though, it is…

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Some form of suffering often brings about a readiness. One can say it cracks open the shell of the egoic mind with…

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One could say that everybody in this world has a spiritual teacher. For most people, their losses and disasters represent the teacher;…

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If I thought it was my identity to be a spiritual teacher, that would be a delusion. It's not an identity. It's…

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This new large-scale spiritual awakening is occurring primarily not within the confines of the established religions, but outside of those structures. Some…

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“Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry — all forms of fear — are caused by too much future, and not enough presence. Guilt, regret, resentment, grievances, sadness, bitterness, and all forms of nonforgiveness are caused by too much past, and not enough presence. Most people find it difficult to believe that a state of consciousness totally free of all negativity is…

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For many people, the first indication of a spiritual awakening is that they suddenly become aware of their thoughts. They become a…

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“The down cycle is absolutely essential for spiritual realization. You must have failed deeply on some level or experienced some deep loss…

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Teaching a practice can also be a hindrance if it becomes one's identity. To be a spiritual teacher is a temporary function.…

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“Many people are already aware of the difference between spirituality and religion. They realize that having a belief system—a set of thoughts…

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The word 'heart' can refer to an emotional bond between people, and also to the precious faculty of empathy, an 'open heart',…

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It is precisely through the onset of old age, through loss or personal tragedy, that the spiritual dimension would traditionally come into people's lives. This is to say, their inner purpose would emerge only as their outer purpose collapsed and the shell of the ego would begin to crack open. The emphasis shifts from doing to Being, and our civilization,…

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It is very hard to tell when I started to be a spiritual teacher. There was a time when occasionally somebody would…

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Complete surrender usually happens through living. Your very life is the ground where that happens. There may be a partial surrender and…

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Not until you surrender does the spiritual dimension become a living reality in your life. When you do, the energy you emanate…

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When there is spiritual awakening, you awaken into the fullness, the aliveness, and also the sacredness of now. You were absent, asleep,…

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Some people awaken spiritually without ever coming into contact with any meditation technique or any spiritual teaching. They may awaken simply because…

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“Spiritual realization is to see clearly that what I perceive, experience, think, or feel is ultimately not who I am, that I…

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When the ego dominates in organizations, even spiritual organizations, there is usually a big drama or upheaval of some kind, and self-destruction…

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When I'm with people, I'm a spiritual teacher. That's the function, but it's not my identity. The moment I'm alone, my deepest…

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“outside of the structures of the existing institutionalized religions. There were always pockets of spirituality even in mind-dominated religions, although the institutionalized…

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My main life interest and purpose is to bring spiritual awakening into this world, to be a vehicle for the flowering of…

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Since ancient times, spiritual masters of all traditions have pointed to the Now as the key to the spiritual dimension. Despite this,…

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That is the real spiritual awakening, when something emerges from within you that is deeper than who you thought you were. So,…

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“And so religions, to a large extent, became divisive rather than unifying forces. Instead of bringing about an ending of violence and…

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“The voice in the head that never stops speaking becomes a civilization that is obsessed with form and therefore knows nothing of the most…

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Thinking, or more precisely identification with thinking, gives rise to and maintains the ego, which, in our Western society in particular, is out of…

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“A powerful spiritual practice is consciously to allow the diminishment of ego when it happens without attempting to restore it. I recommend that you experiment with this from time to time. For example, when someone criticizes you, blames you, or calls you names, instead of immediately retaliating or defending yourself – do nothing. Allow the self-image to remain diminished and…

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To become aware of the subtlety of nature you need to be alert. The moment you become alert you become still... thinking subsides. That…

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When you are not honoring the present moment by allowing it to be, you are creating drama.

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On a deeper level you are already complete. When you realize that, there is a joyous energy behind what you do.

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Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. How do you know this is the experience you…

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You may not yet be able to bring your unconscious mind activity into awareness as thoughts, but it will always be reflected in the…

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“War is a mind-set, and all action that comes out of such a mind-set will either strengthen the enemy, the perceived evil, or, if…

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Whenever you step out of the noise of thinking, that is meditation, and a different state of consciousness arises.

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Get the inside right, and the outside will take care of itself.

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It is very hard to tell when I started to be a spiritual teacher. There was a time when occasionally somebody would come and…

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