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Beyond the Place of Laughter and Tears in the Land of Devotion Book
Spiritual Writings of David Spero
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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

  • "The mind is confusion. So when we speak of confusion we mean that this measuring device is navigating in this plane, but in fact it's not equipped to do that perfectly. So, it is always estimating, guess-timating, trying to wiggle it's way around this sometimes amusing and confusing reality.
    ...This isn't thought about, but it is experienced. In fact, there is no concrete Divine Origin of any action that is known. No one has any recollection, even the most Awakened person, that there actions are pure, or right, or good. One always lives in this kind of basic innocence and simplicity, without contriving to be Divine, without contriving to be Awakened.
    So Awaken-ness is not some concept that I have realized about myself. It is something that has been irrevocably demonstrated: against, and through, and beyond my will. That I Am Consciousness Itself Always without any fluctuating doubt."

    Questioner: "The actions that come out of this body, do they come out of the source of everything?"

    David: "When you say "actions that come out of this body", that's a grammatical sentence, which means that we don't want to let the logical mind bite into that and think that the question is right...but go ahead."

    Questioner continues: " I don' t mean come out of the body, when the actions come out, do the actions originate from this Divine Consciousness, or do they all originate from the plane of duality?"

    David: Yes....spoken very well. ( questioner is chuckling) That's very good. Feel better?

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The Intimacy of Our Relationship

Tuesday, Jun 2, 2009 (All day)

David: Yes.

Participant: I have three small questions [David laughs] about the second level of what's going on here: the Heart thing.

David: Yes.

Participant: Is it contagious?

David: Oh, it should be totally infectious! It should be lethal! It should be like swine flu times a thousand!

Participant: Because that's what I was wondering.

David: It should be like, you know, Ebola. [Laughter] It should take you to the end! [Laughter]

Participant: Is it something you switch on in here?

David: I don't know what you mean by "in here." Please clarify.

Participant: Great. Well, when I'm near you, it feels like I feel It or sense It or experience It a lot.

David: You should write a rock song about this. [Laughter] Do you like music?

Participant: Yeah.

David: Can you write lyrics?

Participant: I haven't yet, but...

David: I feel you should because it's about being close to me and I feel this. [Laughter] "I think, I think we're alone now. [Laughter] There doesn't seem to be anyone around..." [Laughter] "Our beating hearts." It's like that. It should be like that, with us, with all of us; very intimate, like that, and stimulating and romantic and beyond.

Participant: Ok, but when I'm not around you...

David: Oh you're... oh, I don't want to talk about that. [Laughter] I can see nothing fascinating in that topic. It's like you just put a knife in the whole thing. I mean what would we possibly talk about if I'm not there? [Laughter]

Participant: Well, maybe it's all going on like you said, but subtly.

David: Yes.

Participant: Because it feels like it is, or could be.

David: Yes, you may recollect now that it's been going on and on even since you've been gone last year... that whatever this is that "David" does, it's quite primeval.

Participant: Yes. "Since You've Been Gone," that's a good song too.

David: That's a good song too.

Participant: But, can we be awakened and not even know because it's so subtle?

David: Of course! Of course! You are! Everyone is! Everyone is awakened and what awakening or enlightenment is re-knowing that you've known. It's re-recollecting that you've always been That. But it might feel at some point in your development like you really are awakening for the first time, like you've been almost dead or comatose before. When the first flashes of Consciousness happen, the first thing you say to yourself is that "I've never been alive, I've never even been Conscious before. I've been asleep."

Participant: But that's what happens, kind of, truthfully, you know.

David: Yes.

Participant: And then it feels like, "Oh, I'm awakened."

David: Yes, you are! Let's talk about that. That's what I want to talk about.

Participant: But then maybe it gets so subtle that...

David: Yes! Then you should go back into your normal mind, see, when your ordinary mind returns (and) its nature is to camouflage That — listen carefully — so you never have That as a constant possession, like a gem that you can pull out and say, "Oh yeah, I really am enlightened." [David mimes putting something into his pocket.]

"Was that real? [David mimes pulling "gem" out of his pocket.] Yeah, I am!" [Laughter]

So next time you go in [David searches his pockets], "Oh my God, I've lost it!" [Laughter]

No really, the mind is insane because the mind only knows what begins and ends. So if That comes into that part of the mind that only knows beginnings and endings, it will be turned into an object that can be gained or lost.

Now we're talking about the non-dual here. This is Jyana Yoga.

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