After decades of practice and teaching, what inspires me are those moments when I can see the habitual as if it were for the first time. If such moments occur while I'm giving a talk, then the teacher in me can hear its own words imbued with the freshness imparted by those who truly listen -- the multiple aspects of myself being part of the audience as well. Thanks for your participation in the process.
In the process of relating to others, we often barricade ourselves behind some form of collective identity; be it our family, clan, race, nationality, religion, whatever. To truly connect we need to drop this we-ego ("wego") and allow ourselves to be vulnerable to love unconditional.
The problem with money is that it takes us to a strange and separate world, where only the bottom-line counts. The wall separating this world from the rest of our life stretches out inside ourselves, and splits us in two. A wholesome life requires that we take down this inner wall.
To do so we must go inside - not to our impersonation by the ego, but to our complex being. Having done so, we are ready to transcend this complexity and find the peace of emptiness.
Our dedication to appropriating all that comes our way has wreaked havoc with our collective life. It has caused much collateral damage to both society and the environment, and has grievously damaged the core of our social integrity. To reverse the damage we need, first and foremost, to restore this integrity.
Much of our life is dedicated to establishing ownership of all that comes our way: things, territory, others, etc. In so doing we end up fragmenting both the owned and the owners. To become whole we need to divest from this project. Time: 39:34
We have allowed our planet to be run by an elite, which is not at all connected to what happens on the ground. This alienation needs to come to an end.
