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Beyond the Place of Laughter and Tears in the Land of Devotion Book

Spiritual Writings of David Spero
$15.00

Beyond the Place of Laughter and Tears in the Land of Devotion is a compilation of David's poetry, essays, aphorisms and discourses. It is also a confession of his ecstatic spiritual realization and a potent vehicle of his living transmission.

In the Introduction to David's book, the Reverend Thomas Ahlburn writes: ". . . I think David's views are as brilliantly insightful as any that one is likely to encounter among living spiritual writers, including those of Ram Dass, Andrew Harvey, Ken Wilber, Bernadette Roberts, and the great spiritual genius Adi Da Samraj."

David's book will be sent to you in sincere appreciation for your donation in support of his teaching.

Quotes

  • To be precise though..., one can’t be “in” sahaja samadhi.

    Being “in” anything, including being in the Absolute, would be, from a descriptive point of view, against the very notion of what happens “in” sahaja samadhi.

    Sahaja samadhi does not represent still another spiritual point of view or a subjective relationship with Consciousness. It is not a “state of consciousness,” like Cosmic Consciousness, God Consciousness, or Unity Consciousness. Unity Consciousness would be closest to it, if I were forced to choose.

    One way to understand it is that the body, the mere body, has become God, known in and as the Ultimate.

    Also, remember that even two sahaja samadhis will not be identical in terms of description or perhaps in terms of “experience” as well.

    Further, an individual will tailor his or her own description (of sahaja samadhi) with a language that actually pollutes the essence of that “realization.” Even my description will do this. I am not exempt from this verbal distortion, even though to me what I say feels identical to That in any given moment.

    For me, sahaja samadhi is a relaxed and unconditional absorption in God, identity with God, in which the bodymind and its tendencies are constantly radiating or communicating what is transcendentally prior to the body-mind. But it’s something indicated on the surface of the skin, so to speak. The body becomes Brahman. God becomes ongoing experience itself, you could say.


San Francisco Public Program

Tuesday, Mar 6, 2012 7:30pm - 9:00pm

Silent meditation, spiritual talk and dialog with David.

The San Francisco Zen Center
308 Page Street
San Francisco, CA 94102 [Map]

Street parking is available. Suggested donation $15 or more.


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