Podcast Ep. 70 [Sutra Studies Week 69: Reflections On The Tranquil Mind Reflecting The Pure Self (Sutra 3.56) | Excerpt]

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“Nothing except the Self [the eternal, unchanging, incorruptible, Spirit within you and all things] is perfect, which is why the presence of any thoughts at all, even positive ones, will cover up your Absolute expression.” … Read More

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Podcast Ep. 69 [Sutra Studies Week 68: Reflections On The Fact That The Skill Of Discernment Develops Liberating Awareness And Perception (Sutra 3.55)]

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“Pratipaska Bhavana is learning to cultivate the ability to distinguish where any given thought is leading. It is the practice of readjusting violent and hateful thoughts, and other types of thoughts that are steeped in ignorance, essentially, with that of … Read More … Read More

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Podcast Ep. 68 [Sutra Studies Week 67: Reflections On The Fact That Discernment Is A Valuable Guru (Sutras 3.53-3.54) | Excerpt]

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“You have probably heard the platitude that you can be and do anything that you set your mind to in life…and this is absolutely true to a very large extent when it comes to worldly accomplishments and the typical objects … Read More … Read More

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Podcast Ep. 67 [Sutra Studies Week 66: Reflections On If You Have Just One Desire, Let It Be A Desire For Liberation Above All Else | Everything Else Will Keep You Trapped (Sutras 3.51-3.52) | Excerpt]

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“The world will constantly be bombarding you with attachments, selling you misery and disease, and sometimes covering it in sugar coated candy for your distraction and sensual indulgence…Other than basic reminders of what to avoid in order to not become … Read More … Read More

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Podcast Ep. 66 [Sutra Studies Week 65: Reflections On Pure Being: Eternally Untouched And Unchanged By Temporary Form And Fleeting Experience | No More, No Less (3.39-3.50)]

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“Super-physical accomplishments are obstacles in the same way that disease, doubt, ignorance, hatred, clinging to bodily life, failure to reach firm ground in your understanding and practice or slipping from firm ground, attachment, laziness, carelessness, dullness, sensuality, and false perception … Read More … Read More

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Podcast Ep. 65 [Sutra Studies Week 64: Reflections On Not Getting Stuck Due To Worldly Pursuits, Or Seduced By “Supernatural” And Super-Physical Accomplishments (Sutra 3.38) | Excerpt]

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“History has clearly illustrated, and a simple look around the world and on social media can clearly verify, that most people on our planet are stuck playing roles and identities within Maya that simply perpetuate suffering due to Karmas fueled … Read More … Read More

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Podcast Ep. 64 [Sutra Studies Week 63: Reflections On Heightened Perception And Knowing Of The Self And “Non-Self” (Sutras 3.36-3.37) | Excerpt]

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“Only the ego reads meaning into experience and tries neurotically to control nature through a variety of different Karmas as opposed to simply being in nature and fully allowing experience to take place in the same way that the experience … Read More … Read More

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Podcast Ep. 63 [Sutra Studies Week 62: Reflections On The Fact That Concentration And Focused Absorption Leads To Inner Accomplishment, Power, And Skill | This Is Not Magic; It Is Karma/Cause And Effect (Sutras 3.16-3.35)]

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“In order to get to these states of being, you must have full access to your prefrontal cortex, the front part of your brain…which means that you have to be in a fully regulated body-mind that directs your energies to … Read More … Read More

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Podcast Ep. 62 [Sutra Studies Week 61: Reflections On Developing Your Mind For True Seeing And Getting To The Point Of Pure Being (Sutras 3.1-3.15) | Excerpt]

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“Humans have essentially been working as hard as they can to use their minds and egos to drop their minds and egos long enough to just be their pure undistorted Self for as long as their [perceived] disconnection from who … Read More … Read More

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