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.

The Revelation in Just Noticing (Talk to Unity in the Olympics, Port Angeles, WA October 27, 2024)

Exploring the Sufi view of the “nafs”, or separate self, its roots in the human psyche, and what its remedy might be. We look at “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 – Munir speaking at the Center for Spiritual Life, Hamilton, Montana August 4, 2024

Personal efforts to attain, to own, to become, actually take us away from the truth of our being. 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.

Meeting the Messiness of Life Presentation for the Ruhaniat Family Zoom (December 2022)

The mind has a hard time accepting that life is whole and complete while also being a mess. The awakened view is a nondual view. How do we attain to this? Munir’s presentation starts at 23:00.

“The Most Important Thing” (March 2020) Center for Spiritual Life, Hamilton MT

As the saying goes, “He who prays and sings, prays twice?” So what happens with the one who “prays, sings, and dances”?  We explore this possibility and the connection between “body prayer” and our deepest spiritual surrender and aspiration. What is the most important thing in life to us, and how can we align body, mind and spirit to fully express that?  Getting in sync as body with our natural spiritual instinct leads us to our most evolved and creative consciousness.

“The Dream of the Earth” (August 2019) Center for Spiritual Life, Hamilton, MT

We explore what “loving the earth” means in the context of a civilisation unraveling because it is based on separation. Who or what are we, and what can we love and cultivate in ourselves to traverse the uncharted waters to a truly ecological age?