Login No account yet? Register now | Request new password


Shopping cart

View your shopping cart.

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

  • 'Sahaja samadhi' is very funny and you will laugh when you see how divinely ordinary life is.


Tal's Story

ocean's picture
How Did You Meet David?: 

It is an interesting story, which implies that there is some intelligence that creates the right meeting between the Guru and the disciple. I was looking for some classical Advaita teaching, and searched in Google for a teacher that I knew in the past. His last name is similar to David's last name, so it happened by "chance" that I clicked "spero" and entered David's website (I watched a list of teachers before, so David's name was probably in my memory). I had a lack of interest in a new Guru, but I decided to attend the satsang from some unknown reason, and stayed awake until 5 AM (the satsang hour in my area).
More than that, I can remember that my mind didn't want this satsang, and something else pushed me into that. I even wondered for a moment why am I doing it against "my will".
I had no concepts about David's teaching and no expectations from the satsang. I didn't even know that Shakti energy can be transmitted through the web. Furthermore, I had no idea that the teaching is based on transmission, until I felt this transmission live in me.
Soon after the satsang started I felt such strong currents of energy as if my body and head were about to explode. It was certainly real. My chakras overflowed with energies, the "Third-Eye" chakra was electrified, the mind stopped, and there was a deep sense of presence and joy. It was a shock to my consciousness state, and felt like grace. The months before that were followed by a spiritual despair. It was hard to meditate then, and the inquiry was in a mental level. I had a hard time and needed some help desperately, I couldn't change the consciousness field on my own. Right after the satsang was over, there were some other phenomena. I felt as if the sense of self was absorbed into a void in the consciousness field. For an hour or two there was no separation, and it felt tremendously safe, like a hug from God. For the next week or two I was in a constant bliss, loving, totally drunk, and there were so strong longings for David, more than my capacity could handle.

How has meeting David, attending his events or coming into contact with his teachings, impacted your life?: 

Later on, some of the "high" experiences faded away, and the sense of separation became stronger. I'm trying to learn from my former experience, and be grateful to experiences, but also to not confuse them with non-duality. David suggested to be humble, and it is hard. I can see how my ego tries to possess them in order to feed itself. However, my consciousness state is very different from the state before I met David. I feel bliss, devotion, safety. The self inquiry deepened, there is that feeling that I can't find the limits of the Self and a curiosity to discover, there is a joy to be in quiet with the Self, and less effort in seeking. In fact, there is less sense of seeking, and more an urge to be present. I am very grateful to David, for sharing his divine consciousness with us.

paul's picture

Beautiful

What a great story. I got so high reading it. Thanks for sharing Tal.

Love it.

ocean's picture

Thank you

for your warm reply Paul. I liked your story too. Our stories seem to be quite similar in many aspects.


X
You may login with either your assigned username or your e-mail address.
The password field is case sensitive.
Loading