Dharma Talks
Munir speaks regularly on the subjects of spirituality, self-inquiry and spiritual practice. If you are new to these talks, you could begin with Under the Clear Blue Sky of the Self, Embracing the Light of Eternity and Nonduality: Unveiling the Clear Bead at the Center as an orientation to the theme of nondual understanding that runs throughout these talks.
Easter as the Collapse of Opposites
Easter presents us with the mystery of divinity entering into the world of form. Jesus taught and lived a radically new human paradigm in which the apparent opposites of life collapse into wholeness. Awakening to this same divinity in ourselves, our core self, we know only wholeness, wisdom and peace. Living from the inside out is the resurrection of divinity in all that we touch, and is the ultimate embrace of the unknown.
The Love that Knows No Other
Meister Eckhart says “A human being has so many skins inside, covering the depths of the heart. We know so many things, but we don’t know ourselves! Why, thirty or forty skins or hides, as thick and hard as an ox’s or bear’s, cover the soul. Go into your own ground and learn to know yourself there.” Munir will speak about what it means to come out of our burrows, peel off our thick hides and face down the shadow with courage and clarity. It’s what’s under the hide that’s important. That’s “The Love that Knows No Other”.
Guidance – Light from the Vertical Dimension
The nondual teacher Adyashanti notes, “The mind has a hard time accepting that life is whole and complete while also being a mess.” If we are disturbed by the apparent messiness of the world we may look for guidance. Guidance points us back to the truth of our being and the remedy within the innate wholeness of life. Here I speak about my journey with spiritual guidance and the truth which requires us to become more and more empty in order to receive it.
A Revelation in “Just Noticing”
A look at the “nafs”, or separate self, its roots in the human psyche, and what its remedy might be. We explore “just noticing” as a powerful doorway to seeing ourselves more clearly and revealing the loving spirit or real self that is always present and available.
Ceasing to Become
Personal efforts to attain, to own, to become, actually take us away from the truth of our being. Challenges are good and help to build character. Understanding the true context and nature of all our experience requires something from us. In the end, the highest purpose is revealed in the unknown with heart open, living for the sake of the whole.
Embracing the Light of Eternity
“The world is illusory; Brahman alone exists; The world is Brahman.” What does this teaching from the Hindu Vedas have to do with you and me? Understanding this teaching requires inquiry into the nature of mind and the recognition that reality is one. How do we make this inquiry and then live in accord with this understanding?