The spiritual path takes us from preoccupation with self to perceive as part of a universal whole
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- The spiritual path takes us from preoccupation with self to a capacity to see as part of the universal whole.
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All spiritual paths lead to a place away from preoccupation with self.
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I believe that the real journey
of the contemplative
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or the transformational,
the spiritual journey,
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in whatever path we do it,
by whatever religious root:
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Buddhist, Christian,
Jewish, Sufi, you name it.
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It takes us from
preoccupation with self,
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that kind of narrow introverted way,
to a capacity to see and perceive
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and feel as part of a universal whole.
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And to ask your
"normal" kind of person
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who's neurotic,
preoccupied,
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called in their story,
stressed out, to perform
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out of a compassionate oneness
for humanity is about the same as
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asking your old underwood
typewriter to run the Internet.
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It can't do it!
The wiring isn't there yet.
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That shift is not as mysterious
as it's made out to be.
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It's not like abracadabra and
sometimes I see.
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But this patient practice through
surrender and free attention,
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of rewiring not just as attitudes,
but in the brain heart circuitry.
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When we become ready, when we
gather enough of that collected
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reservoir of attention,
that allows you to move out of
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your operating system,
your little mental operating
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system that sees you as
separate and disconnected
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and on a journey and very special,
it allows you to move out of that
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into with that vast perceptive
field of the heart,
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absolutely seeing plain as the
nose on your face:
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the connectedness of
all of humanity.
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And to feel in that connection
the life blood of
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compassion and forgiveness.
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When our heart becomes
surrendered enough and
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our attention becomes stable enough,
then we've essentially plugged
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the energy leaks and are able
in a very very deep way to run
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this other program of heart seeing
which sees from oneness.
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I believe that the real journey of the contemplative or the transformational, the spiritual journey, in whatever path we do it, by whatever religious root: Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, Sufi, you name it. It takes us from preoccupation with self, that kind of narrow introverted way, to a capacity to see and perceive and feel as part of a universal whole. And to ask your "normal" kind of person who's neurotic, preoccupied, called in their story, stressed out, to perform out of a compassionate oneness for humanity is about the same as asking your old underwood typewriter to run the Internet. It can't do it! The wiring isn't there yet. That shift is not as mysterious as it's made out to be. It's not like abracadabra and sometimes I see. But this patient practice through surrender and free attention, of rewiring not just as attitudes, but in the brain heart circuitry. When we become ready, when we gather enough of that collected reservoir of attention, that allows you to move out of your operating system, your little mental operating system that sees you as separate and disconnected and on a journey and very special, it allows you to move out of that into with that vast perceptive field of the heart, absolutely seeing plain as the nose on your face: the connectedness of all of humanity. And to feel in that connection the life blood of compassion and forgiveness. When our heart becomes surrendered enough and our attention becomes stable enough, then we've essentially plugged the energy leaks and are able in a very very deep way to run this other program of heart seeing which sees from oneness.