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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.90,0:00:38.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Intro Music ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.08,0:00:40.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello there ...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.48,0:00:45.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Spiritual argument so often whittles down\Nto an argument about semantics.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.34,0:00:49.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But for the sake of today's episode,\Nlet me play with semantics
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.19,0:00:52.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so as to facilitate your understanding of something
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.22,0:00:56.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which can ultimately only be experienced\Nthrough felt perception.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.12,0:01:00.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thousands of years ago it was said\Nthat Desire is the root of Suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.97,0:01:02.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is this true?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.72,0:01:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.62,0:01:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It turns out that it is not true.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.96,0:01:09.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The word that was used was {\i1}"Taṇhā"{\i0}.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.69,0:01:11.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, the translation of {\i1}"Taṇhā"{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.59,0:01:15.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you were to take it {\i1}directly{\i0} is Thirst.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.74,0:01:18.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what is the difference \Nbetween Thirst and Desire?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.96,0:01:22.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A whole lot!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.03,0:01:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thirst and Desire are the opposite\Nsides of the same coin.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.68,0:01:34.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thirst is the shadow-side of Desire.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.15,0:01:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, think of choice as a two-sided coin.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.07,0:01:43.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On one side there is Desire,\Non the other side there is Thirst.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.35,0:01:48.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thirst is the shadow-side of Desire\Non this coin called Choice.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.46,0:01:51.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thirst implies that there is a 'lack', first,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.42,0:01:56.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that the 'lack' is what is motivating\Nthe craving that we are calling 'Desire'.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.29,0:01:59.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thirst is an 'attachment'.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.26,0:02:02.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An attachment is 'craving of something' -
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.47,0:02:06.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is motivated by an {\i1}aversion{\i0} to something.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.80,0:02:10.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The root of suffering therefore\Nis the state of perpetual movement
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.16,0:02:14.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from aversion towards its opposite attachment
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.88,0:02:20.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(the thing we crave,\Nbecause of our acute awareness, of the lack of It).
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.47,0:02:27.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Attachment which is the by-product of Thirst\Nis nothing more than an addiction.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.97,0:02:30.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the desperate craving for something
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.65,0:02:34.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of something else that we're trying to avoid.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.56,0:02:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a difference between \Na craving and a desire.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.12,0:02:43.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The craving is the shadow-aspect of desire.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.25,0:02:49.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is always the by-product of perceiving\Nsome kind of a 'deprivation'.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.01,0:02:50.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Desire is not bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.98,0:02:55.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, you could not escape from Desire in this lifetime if you wanted to,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.100,0:03:00.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nor would you want to, if you really understood what it was.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.19,0:03:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can however, transmute it - you can exalt it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.40,0:03:09.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Desire in its purest form is like a "Yes!" to an experience -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.21,0:03:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nothing more and nothing less.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.34,0:03:15.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the "Yes" that occurs from sorting through the Contrast
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.48,0:03:18.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that is not the by-product of a "No".
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.96,0:03:19.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.45,0:03:24.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is a "Yes" to experience (or the choice of an experience),\Nthat is not motivated by aversion,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.95,0:03:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and thus, it does not take-on the form of Attachment.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.15,0:03:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Desire in its pure form is absent of Resistance.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.56,0:03:34.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a tool of the True Self.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.88,0:03:39.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It facilitates Expansion, and Self-Awareness,\Nand Self-Realization.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.90,0:03:41.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Craving is a tool of the Ego.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.79,0:03:45.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you ready for a bitch-slap?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.80,0:03:50.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Ego' is not a word that the Buddha even knew!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.95,0:03:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you said 'Ego' to the Buddha,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.31,0:03:56.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he would be completely confused about what you meant.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.36,0:03:58.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is in fact a Freudian term -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.64,0:04:02.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a Freudian term which was adopted into Buddhist circles
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.25,0:04:05.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and used to apply to the teachings of Buddha.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.70,0:04:09.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was simply the best way\Nthat we could describe the difference
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.19,0:04:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between an enlightened perspective\Nwhere there is no separate Self,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.22,0:04:17.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the unenlightened perspective\Nwhere there is a separate sense of Self.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.62,0:04:21.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Later, Jung called this the Shadow Aspect -
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.47,0:04:24.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meaning Conscious versus Not-Conscious.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.73,0:04:27.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the Buddha accurately described\Nhis Enlightenment experience,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.96,0:04:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what he was trying to explain\Nwas that he observed a polarity inherent within him
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.24,0:04:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as Truth & Illusion, Conscious & Unconscious,\NSuffering & Happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.46,0:04:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that Enlightenment transcended all polarity\N(which it does).
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.32,0:04:46.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Enlightenment is not Happiness any more than it is Suffering -
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.33,0:04:48.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is liberation from Polarity.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.96,0:04:53.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Up till now,\Nall movement within this Universe has taken place
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.56,0:04:57.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because someone wants to move towards something
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.08,0:05:00.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they want to move away from something else.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.95,0:05:03.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They want to move towards something that is wanted
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.65,0:05:07.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they want to move away\Nfrom something that is unwanted.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.99,0:05:11.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This 'pain' is the Eternal Condition.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.95,0:05:16.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is, until it is no longer the condition.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.75,0:05:20.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you live your life\Nmoving away from negative towards positive
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.11,0:05:21.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are always in motion.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.88,0:05:25.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can never stop to smell the roses\Nin the present moment, so to speak.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.69,0:05:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All decision are made by 'pain'.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.89,0:05:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All decisions are the by-product of\Ntrying to move away from pain.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.28,0:05:36.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine a life where there is nothing that you wish\Nto move away from ...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.14,0:05:40.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Life is lived for Joy in total non-resistance to Pain.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.71,0:05:42.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In order to end this Trail of Tears,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.56,0:05:45.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this perpetual movement away & towards ...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.59,0:05:47.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,... away & towards ...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.02,0:05:49.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this movement from aversion towards craving
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.49,0:05:51.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(which is all that Attachment really is),
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.78,0:05:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we turn in the direction {\i1}of{\i0} our aversion.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.78,0:05:57.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We sit with it completely, we embrace it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.51,0:05:59.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are unconditional towards It
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.56,0:06:04.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we let It know that we are willing to experience it\Nwithout needing It to change.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.25,0:06:05.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are set free
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.16,0:06:08.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of our willingness to bring\Nthe Light of the Presence of our Consciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.90,0:06:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the Shadow of the Absence of our Consciousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.02,0:06:16.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We no longer have an aversion to our Aversion
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.19,0:06:18.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so, it is no longer our master.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.78,0:06:22.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Desire is transmuted because it is free of its Shadow.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.47,0:06:27.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And free of its Shadow,\Nthere is no longer a need for reincarnation.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.21,0:06:31.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The craving for reincarnation\Nis gone from our Soul itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.76,0:06:36.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Soul now chooses from a place\Nnot motivated by Aversion, or, Craving.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.58,0:06:43.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The process of Spiritual Awakening\Nhappens in three distinct steps.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.14,0:06:47.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, we have to understand, of course,\Nthat there could potentially, in future, be more steps
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.87,0:06:49.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but for the sake of your understanding,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.62,0:06:56.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have whittled Awakening down to\Nthese primary three steps - like the Holy Trinity.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.52,0:06:59.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to explain these steps to you now ...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.40,0:07:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Firstly comes "Spirituality 101":
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.84,0:07:06.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It dawns on you that you might actually\Nbe capable of creating your reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.98,0:07:08.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You might actually be free.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.56,0:07:13.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It might actually be a {\i1}choice{\i0} for you to be happy,\Ninstead of miserable.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.17,0:07:15.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, you go in the direction of happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.66,0:07:17.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You focus positively.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.30,0:07:21.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You do anything you can do\Nto add to the well-being of your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.79,0:07:24.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are flowing in the direction of your Joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.15,0:07:26.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are {\i1}allowing{\i0} your Joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.20,0:07:29.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You prioritize how you {\i1}feel{\i0} above all else,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.86,0:07:32.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your life is dedicated to feeling 'better'.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.79,0:07:35.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You finally let yourself have what you want.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.22,0:07:39.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But {\i1}still{\i0} you want those things\Nbecause of aversions to other things.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.47,0:07:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are still running from feeling crappy.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.81,0:07:44.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You begin to feel, deep-down,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.24,0:07:48.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this is an endless-cycle of\NAversion & Craving, Unwanted & Wanted.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.22,0:07:50.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No matter what you get, you want more.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.59,0:07:53.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is no longer as satisfying as it once was,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.82,0:07:58.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it is time for the second step - "Spirituality 2.0".
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.57,0:08:06.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Spirituality 2.0,\Nyou realize that all movement towards your desires
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.47,0:08:11.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is movement away from something that is unwanted\Nthat will never stop chasing you.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.80,0:08:16.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like a storm or a tornado,\Nthat's gonna chase you from place to place.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.13,0:08:19.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You decide that the answer\Nis to turn in the direction of your aversion,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.80,0:08:22.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to walk straight into the center of that storm.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.71,0:08:25.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of allowing your positive emotions
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.10,0:08:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now you begin the practice of\Nallowing your negative emotions,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.78,0:08:31.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that there is no longer resistance to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.18,0:08:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're integrating and you're becoming whole.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.98,0:08:36.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Unconscious is becoming Conscious.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.69,0:08:38.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Craving is becoming pure Desire.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.83,0:08:40.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're becoming whole
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.21,0:08:43.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the Shadow is no longer separated\Nfrom the light of Consciousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.58,0:08:47.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of feeling better, your aim\Nis to get better at feeling.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.52,0:08:51.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You end up in the present moment\Nwith no aversions and thus no craving.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.52,0:08:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are not going anywhere -
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.06,0:08:55.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Past ceases to motivate you towards the Future,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.80,0:08:58.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you are left squarely in the present moment -
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.44,0:09:02.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then, you are ready for "Spirituality 3.0".
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.20,0:09:05.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Spirituality 3.0 you can choose to
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.79,0:09:10.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,deliberately create in your Reality\Nbecause of Desire.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.16,0:09:14.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that desire is no longer motivated\Nby aversions to something.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.57,0:09:20.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because of this,\NSpirituality 3.0 is the realm that we call Choice.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.54,0:09:21.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of craving,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.84,0:09:25.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we recognize our infinite creator-nature and choose -
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.97,0:09:29.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,choose to be wealthy or not -\Nnot from a place of pain.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.48,0:09:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.46,0:09:32.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I don't want money because I'm poor ... "
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.31,0:09:34.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I want it because I'm curious about that perspective, "
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.66,0:09:36.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"like I want strawberry ice-cream."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.81,0:09:38.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I don't {\i1}want{\i0} strawberry ice-cream because "
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.57,0:09:42.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I so, so, so, {\i1}don't-want{\i0} chocolate ice-cream!"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.49,0:09:46.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Inspiration is what causes our movement\Ntowards things that we choose.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.21,0:09:47.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are completely in the Now.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.90,0:09:50.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No Past is projecting into our Present or Future.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.93,0:09:54.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The state of Spirituality 3.0 arises organically,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.49,0:09:57.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a result of shining the Light into the Shadow.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.46,0:10:01.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To begin with, you start in 'Unconscious'.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.77,0:10:03.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are asleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.37,0:10:05.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you are not aware that you are asleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.60,0:10:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you begin to wake up\Nyou begin to notice the polarity of your existence.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.40,0:10:12.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You start to see that there might be
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.01,0:10:14.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a Light-side and a Shadow-Side to that which is You.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.88,0:10:18.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You recognize the difference between Positive and Negative.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.24,0:10:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because you notice
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.48,0:10:23.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that so much of your Shadow-side\Nis creating the reality that you live in,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.69,0:10:27.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you do anything that you can to crawl into the Light,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.02,0:10:30.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out of that dark abyss that you have been living your life in.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.47,0:10:33.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Spirituality 101.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.62,0:10:36.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Spirituality 2.0,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.13,0:10:39.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after we have reached that 'Conscious' state
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.33,0:10:42.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(we've crawled out of that hole into the light),
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.04,0:10:44.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we capture that light that is Consciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.70,0:10:48.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we descend back into the abyss of our own Shadow.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.61,0:10:50.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the light of Consciousness,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.71,0:10:56.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Shadow which we descend into ceases to be 'shadow'.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.13,0:11:00.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then we evolve into Spirituality 3.0.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.26,0:11:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Unconscious becomes Conscious.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.12,0:11:04.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Polarity dissipates.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.99,0:11:07.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are Whole, in and of yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.09,0:11:13.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You experience true peace -\Nwhich is the transcendence of Opposites.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.19,0:11:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Peace is not what we think it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.40,0:11:17.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not just 'getting-along'.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.16,0:11:19.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not just the absence of war.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.29,0:11:22.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the absence of internal conflict,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.01,0:11:24.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and thus, the absence of external conflict.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.35,0:11:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the absence of Opposition and Polarity.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.44,0:11:31.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the center point of the symbol of Eternity -
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.93,0:11:35.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no Opposites, only one unified Beingness.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.72,0:11:38.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the state that we have called Enlightenment.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.92,0:11:42.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the state of Enlightenment is not a state of 'retirement'.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.01,0:11:47.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is more like the by-product\Nof the ongoing process of becoming Conscious.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.09,0:11:50.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the Universe or Source\Nbecomes more conscious of Itself,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.44,0:11:52.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is more to become conscious of.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.52,0:11:58.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, we, a microcosm of the larger Universe,\Nmust become more conscious.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.43,0:12:03.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, there are always further Enlightenments\Nto experience - so far ...
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.88,0:12:11.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Three Steps of Awakening are\Nclearly represented in the Eternity symbol.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.11,0:12:13.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why I'm going to use this symbol
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.27,0:12:16.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to explain this three-step process of Awakening to you today.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.08,0:12:20.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because of how I have named these particular steps,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.48,0:12:22.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(for the sake of your understanding)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.57,0:12:25.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we then fall into the trap of thinking
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.07,0:12:29.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that one step is more 'graduated' than the previous step.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.19,0:12:33.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's more important that we see this on a horizontal line.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.80,0:12:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The way the Universe sees this
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.38,0:12:40.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that one step is not more 'graduated'\Nor important than the last step.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.83,0:12:43.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The same way that the Universe does not see Crawling
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.90,0:12:48.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as an infinitesimal step compared to Walking.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.61,0:12:50.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're crucial, they're important.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.90,0:12:55.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's important to think about these steps more like a scale,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.40,0:12:58.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where both sides are equally weighted.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.40,0:13:01.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Looking at the Infinity Symbol\Nwe can see that there is polarity.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.94,0:13:05.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On one side - Physical, on the other side - Non-physical.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.99,0:13:08.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On one side - Life, on the other - Death.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.87,0:13:11.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On one side - Light, on the other - Dark.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.93,0:13:15.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in-between them is a point - the Still Point.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.73,0:13:20.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the part of the Infinity Symbol\Nthat actually represents Infinity.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.20,0:13:22.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not the balance between opposites,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.58,0:13:25.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is the union and thus, transcendence of opposites.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.100,0:13:28.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, here we have Spirituality 3.0.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.95,0:13:31.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On one side - Spirituality 101,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.49,0:13:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the other side - Spirituality 2.0
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.98,0:13:36.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in the middle - Spirituality 3.0.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.48,0:13:41.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is tempting to rush the steps of Awakening
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.54,0:13:42.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cause let's be honest,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.94,0:13:46.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we would all love to rush to the place of Transcendence
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.02,0:13:48.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we were feeling amazing all the time,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.02,0:13:49.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we were solidly in the present moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.64,0:13:52.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we were absent of Resistance.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.34,0:13:56.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But these steps of Awakening will not be rushed.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.40,0:13:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The place where most of our 'rushing' happens
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.70,0:14:01.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is in the practice of Spirituality 2.0
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.44,0:14:04.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we fall again into the trap\Nof trying to resist the emotions
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.53,0:14:07.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we've been running from for most of our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.04,0:14:08.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is why I have not released
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.33,0:14:13.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this particular teaching on Spirituality 3.0 for a long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.49,0:14:19.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, I waited, so that people could be\Nsquarely in the practice of Spirituality 2.0
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.68,0:14:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and {\i1}not{\i0} do Spirituality 2.0\Nfor the sake of getting to Spirituality 3.0.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.77,0:14:29.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cause if we're trying to do 2.0 to get to 3.0
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.46,0:14:33.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have missed the point of Spirituality 2.0.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.12,0:14:36.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are no longer unconditionally present\Nwith the way we feel.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.65,0:14:39.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are no longer allowing our negative emotions.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.63,0:14:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are instead resisting our negative emotions
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.00,0:14:45.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by trying to go into them in order to get out of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.23,0:14:52.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people spend years upon years\Npracticing Spirituality 2.0.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.38,0:14:54.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this Awakening process, like Life,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.83,0:14:55.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you learn how to crawl
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.68,0:14:56.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before you learn how to walk
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.100,0:14:58.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before you learn how to fly.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.89,0:15:02.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Different techniques - one which leads to the next.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.04,0:15:05.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't get upset at the process of crawling\Nonce you learn how to walk.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.76,0:15:10.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't get upset with at process of walking\Nbefore you learn how to fly.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.60,0:15:15.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You realize that there are different techniques needed\Nto facilitate your Expansion.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.01,0:15:23.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Spirituality 3.0 is the beautiful fusion\Nof Spirituality 101 and Spirituality 2.0.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.35,0:15:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One could say that Spirituality 101\Nis largely about allowing the Light -
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.00,0:15:31.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that Spirituality 2.0\Nis about allowing the Shadow -
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.60,0:15:37.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Spirituality 3.0 is the transcendence\Nor fusion of these seeming opposites.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.21,0:15:38.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To use religious terms,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.86,0:15:41.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Spirituality 101 is the Father,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.10,0:15:43.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Spirituality 2.0 is the Holy Ghost
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.46,0:15:46.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Spirituality 3.0 is the Son.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.95,0:15:48.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.12,0:15:50.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if Light is God and Shadow is Goddess,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.53,0:15:54.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fusion of Light and Dark is the Child.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.04,0:15:59.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Spirituality 3.0,\Nthe techniques that we learned in Spirituality 101
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.54,0:16:06.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'creating our Reality', 'deliberate Focus', 'positive Intentions'\Nare added back into our process
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.31,0:16:11.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but because of Spirituality 2.0, they have been purified.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.43,0:16:17.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These desires and these practices\Nare not motivated by fear or by negative emotion
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.30,0:16:21.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're not the by-product of avoidance or resistance.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.34,0:16:26.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because of this,\Nthere is no pain in the moving towards a desire,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.36,0:16:29.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you're not moving away from something else.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.89,0:16:33.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because of this, we are now free to choose.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.94,0:16:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are living a Free Life.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.82,0:16:39.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the state of Living Godhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.19,0:16:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the state of Self Actualization.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.62,0:16:45.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the state, of complete and total,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.84,0:16:48.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Awareness and Awakening.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.21,0:16:49.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have a good week ...
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.44,0:17:37.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Outtro Music ♪