You know if you go to riding stables and you see the horses that have been ridden by so many different people,
And even if nobody's been cruel to them,
Their mouths around the bit will be pretty numb.
They will be pretty numb.
Okay,
This is sort of what happens to us.
This is our state.
We're numbed out to the truth of our being a lot in the West.
We don't realize it.
You know,
It's a,
You know,
Suck it up and deal.
And everybody's busy and there's not much time for contemplation or for the gentler values that are,
Seem to be leaving our culture at a very high rate.
Because it seems like they don't pay the bills.
But you know,
If we get too deaf to our truth,
Life becomes meaningless.
And without gentler values,
Life doesn't become much fun.
So,
You know,
There's a process if we are numbed out,
You know,
As I think 99% of us start out pretty numbed out,
And deaf to the still small voice within,
We can get it back.
It's not permanently lost.
It's just like frozen.
Think of water.
It's frozen.
So,
You know,
If you've got ice,
You've got to warm it up.
Then you have water.
So what you have to do is be very,
Very gentle with yourself.
As you warm up to the truth of yourself,
As you find enough safety,
As you give yourself enough safety that you can begin to move past the numbing into being able to feel and hear your true nature.
It takes patience and you know,
You might be surprised at the amount of sorrow that you might have to feel along the way.
So,
You know,
It can be a lonely job,
You know,
Feeling the sorrow,
But you know,
There's just there's no other way.
I mean,
The company of a teacher or even just listening to this video can make you feel safe enough that you can.
And,
You know,
When the sorrow comes,
It will only come for,
You know,
10 or 15 minutes really intensively.
And then there'll be a circuit break because we,
Our psyches can't stand that degree of pain.
So there'll be a circuit break and we'll just,
You know,
Come into more peace.
But if we realize what we're doing,
That we're coming back to ourselves and we don't just go into self-pity about the sorrows,
We just feel it and go,
You know,
I'm moving into truth,
I'm moving into truth.
Maybe with the sorrow memories come up of,
You know,
In the past of your childhood.
And just keep focused that,
You know,
You're steering towards this enhanced life,
A life of being fully awake and find creative outlets.
Any creativity will help you.
Any creativity at all helps reduce the separation,
The feeling that every human being has or starts out with,
Of being separate from all that is.
And often,
You know,
That translates into feeling not as good as all that is.
And the thing is that you are all that is.
You are a divine being.
You've just can't feel it.
You can't hear it.
So the spiritual journey is coming back to be able to feel it,
To know it,
To hear it,
To be it.
And it's much happier.
And,
You know,
The more of us that do it in this culture,
The more change will occur.
You know,
Change comes from individuals and small groups,
You know,
And yeah,
That's what really changes things.
OK,
Bless you,
Dear,
Dear hearts.
Remember,
There's a lot of love coming to anybody who's wanting their heart to open,
That is wanting to grow an awareness.
You immediately start getting supported and you'll be guided for how to navigate it.
OK,
Bless your dear hearts.
