[UPDATED EPISODE] Please note, this episode was originally released with a teaching from another recording. If you would like to ensure youve heard E145: From Personal Preference to Universal Harmony, please delete any existing downloads of this episod

[UPDATED EPISODE] Please note, this episode was originally released with a teaching from another recording. If you would like to ensure youve heard E144: Spirituality Beyond RulesTransmuting Passion into Divine Flow, please delete any existing downloa

True spirituality is not about gaining or achieving, but about becoming emptyfree from the personal mind, inner impressions, and resistance that cloud the flow of divine energy. As we let go of our attachments and become okay with reality as it is, Shakt

Problems occur when consciousness becomes identified with external objects and forgets its own nature as pure, eternal witnessing presence. Ego emerges when we build a self-concept based on our past experiences, which leads to suffering whenever reality d

The use of logic, reason, and will is integral to spiritual growth. The body, heart, and mind are divine gifts meant to help consciousness experience life, but suffering arises when the mind becomes identified with its past experiences. Spiritual liberati

The essence of spirituality is recognizing that you are not your body or mind, but pure consciousness capable of experiencing the body, mind, and all of creation. By resisting certain life experiences and clinging to others, you create inner blockages tha

A disturbed mind is really a problem of the heart: disturbed emotional energy from suppressed experiences rises up, hits the mental plane, and turns into the mental stories, worries, and reactions we call the personal mind. The real spiritual work is to s

Inner suffering is not caused by what happens, but by our preferences about what should or shouldnt have happenedthe gap between reality and what we want it to be. Our entire preference system is built from the sum of our learned experiences, which comp

Reality is simply the unfolding of countless causes across time, and our problems arise when we resist what is, rather than accept it. Our minds become disturbed due to personalization, judgment, and the suppression of experiences we can’t handle, w

Stress and suffering arise not from external events but from our internal resistance to thembased on our inner preferences, fears, and desires toward what is happening. The outer world manifests from vast cosmic forces beyond our control, while our inner