Self Knowledge In Every Day Life

Join John Weddepohl for this short inspiring talk to find out how the teachings of Self-Knowledge can be applied to everyday life, relationships, creativity, and productivity. Taken for granted is our limitless human nature. Applied to yourself knowledge frees you to enjoy your true potential.

Transcript

So we've been talking about self-knowledge and what does it do for you in your daily life? Well there's only one thing that gets conflicted and keeps getting into a crisis and that is I. There's nothing else getting conflicted or in crisis. So what you find when you understand the nature of yourself as not being an idea or belief or any of these things that you don't need any beliefs to exist in fact to exist is absolutely effortless. Then everything just runs really smoothly especially in relationship. When you're in relationship with someone the only thing that's getting in conflict in most of our relationships are the two individual eyes conflicting with each other. You aren't ever in conflict only the idea of yourself is in conflict and in crisis. So once you get rid of this individuality this idea doesn't mean say you get rid of individuality you no longer see yourself as your beliefs as your identity you know that these are all just happening in your presence the same as any thought is happening in your presence this idea of self-knowledge is happening in your presence so you no longer get conflicted knowing you are not the thoughts. So what has happened is you you have to go through this teaching for this for this I to resolve itself. It's only doing its job of trying to figure out the nature of of what it is. What is it's source? So once it's resolved and you find out that you find the source of the I then where's the conflict going to come from? There's no more conflict. So this opens up all sorts of things opens up all sorts of floods of creativity because the only thing getting in the way of creativity and productivity again getting is conflict and crisis and getting in the way of of ourselves is as I thought with all our beliefs and dogma and blah blah blah. So like we just it's not no meditation practices are needed no rituals are needed it's effort your being is effortless. So no longer thinking I am being I am being creative you don't have to think I am being to be you don't have to think I am being creative to be creative just be yourself and everything flows perfectly and beautifully without any conflict effortlessly. Consciousness and being and existing is absolutely effortless.

Reviews

Great, succinct and to the point. Lots of food for thought.