It seems that I have, from time to time, complained about the fact that I only talk about one thing, and about having so little to say and so little to talk about. I received a message this morning from a dear friend reassuring me that the only thing worth talking about is what we actually do talk about, which is self-inquiry or the repeated and continued practice of having the experience of the reality of what we are. But still, it seems that there are a lot of very powerful spiritual concepts, ideas, utterances and practices that have captured the attention of most of us, at one time or another: philosophies, explanations, decriptions, mantras, meditations...

I don't talk about any of that. I don't talk about the sweetness of enlightenment; I don't talk about eternal love... Love is a big one. It seems like it is almost a requirement of spiritual people to speak about the primacy of love, the ever-presentness of love, the beauty of it. The reason I don't speak about these things has very little to do with any judgement that I might have about their value or their beauty, or the authenticity of the expression that goes into them. The reason that I don't speak about these things and pretty much stick to speaking about the practice of self-inquiry, of looking at reality, of looking at myself has mostly to do with my own experiences with these things.

Live recording of a Worldwide Meeting with John Sherman on August 25, 2007.

Length: 66 min. File size: 15.68 Mb





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