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Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.03,0:00:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The world's greatest spiritual teachers\Nfrom ancient to modern times have shared
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.70,0:01:01.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the view that the deepest truth of our\Nbeing is not the property of one
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.62,0:01:06.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,particular religion or spiritual\Ntradition but can be found within the
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.78,0:01:10.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,heart of each person.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.51,0:01:28.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The poet Rumi said "where is that moon\Nthat never rises or sets? Where is that
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.88,0:01:36.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,soul that is neither with nor without us?\NDon't say it is here or there.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.58,0:01:45.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All creation is "That", but for the eyes\Nthat can see.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.77,0:02:55.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the story of the Tower of Babel\Nhumanity fragmented into countless
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.35,0:03:04.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,languages, beliefs, cultures and interests.\NBabel means literally "the gate of God".
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.25,0:03:15.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The gate is our thinking mind - our\Nconditioned structures. For those who
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.51,0:03:22.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,come to realize their true nature, their\Nessence beyond name and form, they are
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.11,0:03:28.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,initiated into the great mystery of what\Nlies beyond the gate.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.25,0:03:43.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An ancient parable, the elephant parable,\Nhas been used to describe how various
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.08,0:03:50.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,traditions are actually all pointing to\None great truth. A group of blind people
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.49,0:03:56.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are each touching a different part of an\Nelephant, getting a certain impression of
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.28,0:04:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what an elephant is. The person standing\Nat the elephant's leg describes the
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.02,0:04:11.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,elephant as being like a tree. The person\Nat the tail says the elephant is like a
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.40,0:04:20.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rope. The elephant is like a spear, says\Nthe one standing at the tusk. If one
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.49,0:04:25.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,touches the ear, it seems the elephant is\Nlike a fan.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.00,0:04:34.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The person touching the side is adamant\Nthat the elephant is like a wall.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.34,0:04:39.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The problem is we touch our piece of the\Nelephant and we believe our experience
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.98,0:04:47.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the only truth. We don't acknowledge\Nor appreciate that each person's
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.51,0:04:53.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,experience is a different facet of the\Nsame animal.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.69,0:05:22.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The perennial philosophy is an\Nunderstanding that all spiritual and
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.25,0:05:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,religious traditions share a single\Nuniversal truth. A mystical or
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.00,0:05:34.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,transcendent reality upon which\Nfoundation all spiritual knowledge and
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.61,0:05:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doctrine has grown.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.92,0:05:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Swami Vivekananda summed up the\Nperennial teaching when he said "the end
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.40,0:05:59.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of all religions is the realizing of God\Nin the soul. That is the one universal religion."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.87,0:06:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this film when we use the\Nword God it is simply a metaphor for the
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.30,0:06:16.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,transcendent, pointing to the great\Nmystery beyond the limited egoic mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.16,0:06:23.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To realize one's true self or immanent Self\Nis to realize one's divine nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.87,0:06:31.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every soul has the potential to manifest a new higher level of consciousness. To awaken
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.31,0:07:04.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from its slumber and its identification\Nwith form
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.17,0:07:11.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The writer and visionary Aldous Huxley,\Nknown for his book "Brave New World",
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.38,0:07:16.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also wrote a book which he entitled "The\NPerennial Philosophy" in which he writes
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.39,0:07:22.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the one teaching that comes back\Nover and over in history, taking the form
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.27,0:07:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the culture in which it is realized.\NHe writes, "The perennial philosophy is
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.02,0:07:36.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,expressed most succinctly in the\Nsanskrit formula "Tat Tvam Asi"; "That Thou Art."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.40,0:07:45.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Atman or  immanent eternal self is\None with Brahman, the absolute principle
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.13,0:07:50.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of all existence,\Nand the last end of every human being is
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.83,0:08:00.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to discover the fact for himself. To find\Nout who he or she really is.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.42,0:08:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each tradition is like a facet of a\Njewel reflecting a unique perspective of
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.94,0:08:19.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same truth, while at the same time\Nechoing and illuminating each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.83,0:08:26.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whatever the language and conceptual\Nframework used, all religions that
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.08,0:08:31.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reflect the perennial teaching have some\Nnotion that there is a union with
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.03,0:08:35.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something greater, something beyond us.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.86,0:09:15.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is possible to learn from and\Nintegrate the teachings from one or many
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.23,0:09:22.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sources without identifying a sense of\Nself with them. It is said that all true
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.61,0:09:28.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spiritual teachings are simply fingers\Npointing to the transcendent truth. If we
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.94,0:09:34.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hold on to the dogma the teaching for\Ncomfort we will be stunted in our
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.73,0:09:42.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spiritual evolution. To realize truth\Nbeyond any concept is letting go of all
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.65,0:09:50.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,clinging and attachment, letting go of\Nall religious concepts.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.68,0:09:59.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the ego's perspective the finger\Npointing you to Samadhi is pointing
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.86,0:10:04.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,straight toward the abyss.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.63,0:10:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Saint John of the Cross said "If one\Nwishes to be sure of the road they tread,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.66,0:10:17.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one must close their eyes and walk in\Nthe dark."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.66,0:10:55.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Samadhi begins with a leap into the\Nunknown.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.36,0:11:14.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the ancient traditions in order to\Nrealize Samadhi it was said that one
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.27,0:11:20.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,must ultimately turn consciousness away\Nfrom all known objects; from all external
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.45,0:11:27.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,phenomena, conditioned thoughts and\Nsensations, toward consciousness itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.52,0:11:36.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Toward the inner source; the heart or\Nessence of one's being. In this film when
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.98,0:11:42.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we use the word Samadhi we are pointing\Nto the transcendent. To the highest
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.29,0:11:48.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Samadhi which has been named Nirvikalpa\NSamadhi.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.01,0:11:59.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Nirvikalpa Samadhi there's a\Ncessation of self activity, of all
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.16,0:12:06.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seeking and doing. We can only speak\Nabout what falls away as we approach it
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.15,0:12:13.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what reappears when we return from\Nit. There is neither perception nor
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.20,0:12:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,non-perception, neither "thing" nor "no thing",\Nneither consciousness nor
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.00,0:12:34.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unconsciousness. It is absolute,\Nunfathomable, and inscrutable to the mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.09,0:12:39.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the self returns to activity\Nthere's a not knowing; a kind of rebirth,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.92,0:12:46.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everything becomes new again. We are\Nleft with the perfume of the divine,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.22,0:12:54.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which lingers longer as one evolves on\Nthe path.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.04,0:13:07.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are numerous types of Samadhi\Ndescribed in the ancient traditions and
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.11,0:13:13.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,language has created much confusion over\Nthe years. We are choosing to use the
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.57,0:13:18.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,word Samadhi to point to the\Ntranscendent union, but we could have
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.19,0:13:24.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,used a word from another tradition just\Nas easily. Samadhi is an ancient Sanskrit
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.79,0:13:30.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,term common to the Vedic yogic and\NSamkhya traditions of India, and has
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.97,0:13:38.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,permeated many other spiritual\Ntraditions. Samadhi is the eighth limb of
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.41,0:13:42.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Patanjali's eight limbs of the yoga,\Nand the eighth
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.49,0:13:50.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,part of the Buddha's Noble Eightfold\NPath. The Buddha used the word "Nirvana",
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.20,0:13:57.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the cessation of "vana" or the cessation\Nof self activity.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.26,0:14:07.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Patanjali described yoga or Samadhi as\N"chitta vritti nirodha", the Sanskrit
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.33,0:14:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meaning "cessation of the whirlpool or\Nspiral of mind." It is a disentangling of
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.47,0:14:47.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,consciousness from the entire matrix or\Ncreatrixof mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.04,0:14:56.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Samadhi does not signify any concept\Nbecause to realize it requires a
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.44,0:15:00.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dropping of the conceptual mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.01,0:15:08.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Different religions have used various\Nwords to describe the divine union.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.52,0:15:16.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact the word religion itself means\Nsomething similar. In Latin "religare"
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.69,0:15:24.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,means to re-bind or reconnect. It's a\Nsimilar meaning to the word yoga which
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.43,0:15:33.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,means to yoke, to unite the worldly with\Nthe transcendent. In Islam it is
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.61,0:15:39.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reflected in the ancient Arabic meaning\Nof the word Islam itself which means
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.31,0:15:47.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,submission or supplication to God. It\Nsignifies a total humbling or surrender
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.17,0:15:52.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the self structure.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.75,0:16:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christian mystics such as Saint Francis\Nof Assisi, Saint Teresa of Ãvila and
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.12,0:16:10.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Saint John of the Cross describe a\Ndivine union with God, the kingdom of God
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.15,0:16:19.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within. In the Gospel of Thomas, Christ\Nsaid "the kingdom is not here or there.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.59,0:16:25.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rather the kingdom of the Father is\Nspread out upon the earth and men do not
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.57,0:16:35.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,see it."  The works of the Greek\Nphilosophers Plato, Plotinus, Parmenides,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.02,0:16:41.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Heraclitus when seen through the\Nlens of the perennial teaching point
Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.41,0:16:50.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards the same wisdom. Plotinus teaches that the greatest human endeavor is to
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.62,0:16:57.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,guide the human soul towards the supreme\Nstate of perfection and union
Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.13,0:17:00.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the One.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.66,0:17:10.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Lakota medicine and holy man Black\NElk said "The first peace, which is the
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.95,0:17:15.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most important, is that which comes\Nwithin the souls of men when they
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.90,0:17:21.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,realize their relationship, their oneness\Nwith the universe and all its powers. And
Dialogue: 0,0:17:21.90,0:17:27.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they realize that at the center of\Nthe universe dwells Great Spirit and
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.87,0:17:36.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this Center is really everywhere. It\Nis within each of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.37,0:18:03.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the path to awakening unless we are\Nin Samadhi
Dialogue: 0,0:18:03.72,0:18:11.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are always two polarities, two\Ndoorways one can enter. Two dimensions:
Dialogue: 0,0:18:11.31,0:18:19.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one towards pure consciousness the other\Ntowards the phenomenal world. The upward
Dialogue: 0,0:18:19.65,0:18:25.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,current toward the absolute, and the\Ndownward current toward Maya and all
Dialogue: 0,0:18:25.68,0:18:33.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is manifested, both seen and unseen.\NThe relationship between relative and
Dialogue: 0,0:18:33.03,0:18:37.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,absolute could be summed up in the\Nfollowing quote by Sri Nisargadatta
Dialogue: 0,0:18:37.25,0:18:46.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maharaj: "Wisdom is knowing I am nothing,\Nlove is knowing I am everything, and
Dialogue: 0,0:18:46.55,0:18:54.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between the two my life moves."
Dialogue: 0,0:18:54.02,0:19:01.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is born of this union is a new\Ndivine consciousness. Something is born
Dialogue: 0,0:19:01.32,0:19:06.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out of the marriage or union of these\Npolarities or the collapse of dualistic
Dialogue: 0,0:19:06.89,0:19:16.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,identification, yet what is born is not a\Nthing and it was never born.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:18.74,0:19:25.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Consciousness flowers creating something\Nnew, creating what you could call a
Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.08,0:19:28.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perennial Trinity.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:28.72,0:19:35.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God the Father, the transcendent,\Nunknowable and changeless, is united with
Dialogue: 0,0:19:35.23,0:19:43.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Divine Feminine, which is everything\Nthat changes. This union brings about an
Dialogue: 0,0:19:43.54,0:19:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,alchemical transformation; a kind of\Ndeath and rebirth.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:51.61,0:19:57.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the Vedic teachings the divine union\Nis represented by two fundamental forces
Dialogue: 0,0:19:57.69,0:20:06.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shiva and Shakti. The names and faces of\Nthe various gods change throughout
Dialogue: 0,0:20:06.46,0:20:13.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,history but their fundamental attributes\Nremain. What is born out of this union is
Dialogue: 0,0:20:13.99,0:20:22.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a new divine consciousness, a new way of\Nbeing in the world. Two polarities
Dialogue: 0,0:20:22.65,0:20:30.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inseparably one.  A universal energy that\Nis without center, free of limitation.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:30.91,0:20:35.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is pure love.\NThere's nothing to be gained or lost
Dialogue: 0,0:20:35.09,0:20:51.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it is utterly empty but\Nabsolutely full.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:51.13,0:20:57.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether it is the mystery schools of\NMesopotamia, the spiritual traditions of
Dialogue: 0,0:20:57.43,0:21:02.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Babylonians and Assyrians, religions\Nof ancient Egypt,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:02.46,0:21:08.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nubian and Kemetic cultures of ancient\NAfrica, the shamanic and native
Dialogue: 0,0:21:08.08,0:21:15.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,traditions around the world, the\Nmysticism of ancient Greece, the Gnostics
Dialogue: 0,0:21:15.15,0:21:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Non-dualists the Buddhists the\NTaoists, Jews, Zoroastrians, Jain's, Muslims,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:30.24,0:21:37.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or Christians one finds that their\Ncommon link is their highest spiritual
Dialogue: 0,0:21:37.03,0:21:43.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,insights have allowed their adherents to\Nrealize Samadhi.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:44.94,0:21:52.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The actual word Samadhi means something like to realize the sameness or oneness
Dialogue: 0,0:21:52.42,0:21:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in all things.\NIt means Union. It is uniting all aspects
Dialogue: 0,0:21:59.92,0:22:07.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of yourself. But do not mistake\Nintellectual understanding for the
Dialogue: 0,0:22:07.87,0:22:16.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actual realization of Samadhi. It is your\Nstillness, your emptiness that unites all
Dialogue: 0,0:22:16.12,0:22:46.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,levels of the spiral of life
Dialogue: 0,0:22:55.09,0:23:00.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is through the ancient teaching of\NSamadhi that humanity can begin to
Dialogue: 0,0:23:00.25,0:23:05.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,understand the common source of all\Nreligions and come into alignment once
Dialogue: 0,0:23:05.38,0:23:12.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,again with the spiral of life, Great\NSpirit, Dhamma or the Tao.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:13.86,0:23:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The spiral is the bridge that extends\Nfrom the microcosm to the macrocosm.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:23.38,0:23:30.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From your DNA to the inner Lotus of\Nenergy that extends through the chakras,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:30.63,0:23:35.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the spiral arms of galaxies.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:35.64,0:23:42.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every level of soul is expressed through\Nthe spiral as ever-evolving branches,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:42.65,0:23:50.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,living, exploring.\NTrue Samadhi is realizing the emptiness
Dialogue: 0,0:23:50.57,0:24:00.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of all levels of self. All sheaths of the\Nsoul.  The spiral is the endless play of
Dialogue: 0,0:24:00.14,0:24:05.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,duality and the cycle of life and death.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:08.20,0:24:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At times we forget our connection to the\Nsource.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:19.94,0:24:27.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The lens we look through is very small\Nand we identify with being a limited
Dialogue: 0,0:24:27.90,0:24:33.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,creature creeping upon the Earth, only to\Nonce again complete the journey back to
Dialogue: 0,0:24:33.63,0:24:36.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the source;
Dialogue: 0,0:24:37.64,0:24:46.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the center that is everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:48.01,0:24:55.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chuang Tzu said "When there is no more\Nseparation between this and that, it is
Dialogue: 0,0:24:55.06,0:25:02.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called the still point of the Tao. At the\Nstill point in the center of the spiral
Dialogue: 0,0:25:02.04,0:25:10.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one can see the infinite in all things."
Dialogue: 0,0:25:13.73,0:25:22.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ancient mantra "om mani padme hum" has a poetic meaning. One awakens or
Dialogue: 0,0:25:22.96,0:25:31.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,realizes the jewel within the lotus. Your\Ntrue nature awakens within the soul,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:31.27,0:25:36.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within the world AS the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:50.01,0:25:57.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Using the Hermetic principle "As above so\Nbelow, as below so above", we can use
Dialogue: 0,0:25:57.76,0:26:03.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,analogies to begin to understand the\Nrelationship between mind and stillness,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:03.42,0:26:07.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,relative and absolute.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:12.83,0:26:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A way to begin to grasp the\Nnon-conceptual nature of Samadhi is to
Dialogue: 0,0:26:18.74,0:26:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,use the analogy of the black hole.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:24.100,0:26:30.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A black hole is traditionally described\Nas a region of space with a massive
Dialogue: 0,0:26:30.61,0:26:37.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gravitational field so powerful that no\Nlight or matter can escape. New theories
Dialogue: 0,0:26:37.21,0:26:42.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,postulate that all objects from the\Ntiniest microscopic particles to
Dialogue: 0,0:26:42.81,0:26:48.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,macrocosmic formations like galaxies\Nhave a black hole or mysterious
Dialogue: 0,0:26:48.36,0:26:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,singularity at their center. In this\Nanalogy we're going to use this new
Dialogue: 0,0:26:55.48,0:27:01.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,definition of a black hole as "the center\Nthat is everywhere".
Dialogue: 0,0:27:06.63,0:27:13.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Zen there are many poems and koans\Nthat bring us face to face with the
Dialogue: 0,0:27:13.59,0:27:23.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gateless gate. One must pass the gateless\Ngate to realize Samadhi.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:23.59,0:27:30.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An event horizon is a boundary in\Nspace-time beyond which events cannot
Dialogue: 0,0:27:30.25,0:27:36.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,affect an outside observer, which means\Nthat whatever is happening beyond the
Dialogue: 0,0:27:36.07,0:27:43.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,event horizon is unknowable to you. You\Ncould say that the event horizon of a
Dialogue: 0,0:27:43.21,0:27:50.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,black hole is analogous to the gateless\Ngate. It is the threshold between the
Dialogue: 0,0:27:50.47,0:28:00.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,self and no self. There is no "me" that\Npasses the event horizon.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:00.89,0:28:07.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the center of a black hole is the\None-dimensional singularity containing
Dialogue: 0,0:28:07.01,0:28:13.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the mass of billions of Suns in an\Nunimaginably small space. Effectively an
Dialogue: 0,0:28:13.58,0:28:20.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,infinite mass. Literally a universe in\Nsomething infinitesimally smaller than a
Dialogue: 0,0:28:20.45,0:28:27.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,grain of sand. The singularity is\Nsomething unfathomable beyond time and
Dialogue: 0,0:28:27.11,0:28:35.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,space. According to physics movement is\Nimpossible, the existence of things is
Dialogue: 0,0:28:35.42,0:28:40.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,impossible.\NWhatever it is, it does not belong to the
Dialogue: 0,0:28:40.65,0:28:46.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,world of perception, yet it cannot be\Ndescribed as merely stillness.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:46.14,0:28:53.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is beyond stillness and movement. When\Nyou realize the center that is
Dialogue: 0,0:28:53.88,0:29:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everywhere and nowhere,\Nduality breaks down, form and emptiness
Dialogue: 0,0:29:01.16,0:29:05.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,time and the timeless.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:05.82,0:29:13.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One could call it a dynamic stillness or\Na pregnant emptiness, within the center
Dialogue: 0,0:29:13.39,0:29:22.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of absolute darkness. The Taoist teacher\NLao Tse said
Dialogue: 0,0:29:22.08,0:29:29.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Darkness within darkness the gateway to\Nall understanding."
Dialogue: 0,0:29:38.63,0:29:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The writer and comparative mythologist\NJoseph Campbell describes a recurring
Dialogue: 0,0:29:45.33,0:29:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,symbol, part of the perennial philosophy\Nwhich he calls the Axis Mundi; the
Dialogue: 0,0:29:52.40,0:29:57.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,central point or the highest mountain.\NThe pole
Dialogue: 0,0:29:57.09,0:30:02.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around which all revolves. The point\Nwhere stillness and movement are
Dialogue: 0,0:30:02.82,0:30:11.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,together. From this Center a mighty\Nflowering tree is realized. A Bodhi tree
Dialogue: 0,0:30:11.82,0:30:24.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that joins all worlds. Just as a Sun gets\Nsucked into a black hole, when you
Dialogue: 0,0:30:24.81,0:30:31.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,approach the great reality, your life\Nstarts to revolve around it and you
Dialogue: 0,0:30:31.47,0:30:35.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,begin to disappear.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:38.70,0:30:46.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As you approach the immanent self, it can\Nbe terrifying to the ego structure. The
Dialogue: 0,0:30:46.45,0:30:53.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,guardians of the gate are there to test\Nthose on their journey.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:53.33,0:30:59.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One must be willing to face one's\Ngreatest fears and at the same time
Dialogue: 0,0:30:59.46,0:31:07.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,accept one's inherent power. To bring\Nlight to the unconscious terrors and the
Dialogue: 0,0:31:07.95,0:31:19.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hidden beauty within. If your mind is not\Nmoved, if there's no self reacting, then
Dialogue: 0,0:31:19.65,0:31:26.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all phenomena produced by the\Nunconscious arises and passes away.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:26.40,0:31:33.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the point in the spiritual journey\Nwhere faith is most needed. What do we
Dialogue: 0,0:31:33.33,0:31:42.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mean by faith? Faith is not the same as\Nbelief. Belief is accepting something on
Dialogue: 0,0:31:42.36,0:31:49.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the level of mind to bring comfort and\Nassurance. Belief is the mind's way of
Dialogue: 0,0:31:49.17,0:31:57.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,labeling or controlling experience. Faith\Nis actually the opposite. Faith is
Dialogue: 0,0:31:57.39,0:32:03.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,staying in the place of complete not\Nknowing, accepting whatever arises from
Dialogue: 0,0:32:03.36,0:32:10.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the unconscious. Faith is surrendering to\Nthe pull of the singularity, to the
Dialogue: 0,0:32:10.26,0:32:27.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dissolving or dismantling of the self in\Norder to pass the gateless gate.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:28.34,0:32:34.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The evolution and structure of a galaxy\Nis closely tied to the scale of its
Dialogue: 0,0:32:34.83,0:32:40.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,black hole just as your evolution is\Ntied to the presence of the immanent
Dialogue: 0,0:32:40.38,0:32:46.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Self, the singularity that is your true\Nnature.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:47.70,0:32:53.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can't see the black hole but we can\Nknow about it by the way things move
Dialogue: 0,0:32:53.19,0:33:01.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around it, by how it interacts with\Nphysical reality. In the same way we
Dialogue: 0,0:33:01.38,0:33:08.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cannot see our true nature. The immanent\Nself is not a thing, but we can observe
Dialogue: 0,0:33:08.72,0:33:16.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enlightened action. As the Zen master\NSuzuki said, "There are, strictly speaking,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:16.79,0:33:25.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no enlightened people. There is only\Nenlightened activity."
Dialogue: 0,0:33:25.99,0:33:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can't see it just as the eye cannot\Nsee itself. We can't see it because it is
Dialogue: 0,0:33:34.28,0:33:41.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that by which seeing is possible. Like\Nthe black hole Samadhi is not
Dialogue: 0,0:33:41.03,0:33:48.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nothingness, and neither is it a thing.\NIt is the collapse of the duality of
Dialogue: 0,0:33:48.26,0:33:56.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thing and no thing. There is no gate to\Nenter the great reality,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:56.90,0:34:04.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there are infinite paths. The paths\Nthe Dharma's are like an endless spiral
Dialogue: 0,0:34:04.76,0:34:13.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with no beginning and no end. No one can\Npass the gateless gate. No one's mind has
Dialogue: 0,0:34:13.01,0:34:22.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ever figured out how and none ever will.\NNo one can pass the gateless gate,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:22.73,0:34:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so be no one.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:43.97,0:34:53.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Samadhi is the pathless path, the golden\Nkey. It is the end of our identification
Dialogue: 0,0:34:53.37,0:35:15.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the self structures that separate\Nour inner and outer worlds.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:15.06,0:35:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are many developmental models\Nwhich describe the layers or levels of
Dialogue: 0,0:35:20.40,0:35:28.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the self structure. We will use an\Nexample which is very ancient. In the
Dialogue: 0,0:35:28.38,0:35:36.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Upanishads, the sheaths which cover the\NAtman or soul are called koshas. Each
Dialogue: 0,0:35:36.03,0:35:44.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kosha is like a mirror. A layer of the\Nself structure; a veil or level of maya
Dialogue: 0,0:35:44.04,0:35:51.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which distracts us from realizing our\Ntrue nature if we are identified with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:51.32,0:35:59.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most people see the reflections and\Nbelieve that that is who they are.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:59.67,0:36:07.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One mirror reflects the animal layer, the\Nphysical body. Another mirror reflects
Dialogue: 0,0:36:07.11,0:36:14.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your mind, your thoughts your instincts,\Nand perceptions. Another your inner
Dialogue: 0,0:36:14.58,0:36:21.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,energy or prana which you can observe\Nwhen you turn inward. Another mirror
Dialogue: 0,0:36:21.03,0:36:26.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reflects on the level of the Imaginal\Nwhich is the higher mind or wisdom layer,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:26.49,0:36:33.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there are layers of transcendental\Nor non dual bliss that are experienced
Dialogue: 0,0:36:33.30,0:36:36.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as one approaches Samadhi.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:37.00,0:36:42.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are potentially countless mirrors\Nor aspects of self that one can
Dialogue: 0,0:36:42.53,0:36:50.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,differentiate, and they are constantly\Nchanging.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:50.64,0:36:56.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most people have yet to discover the\Npranic, higher mind, and non dual bliss
Dialogue: 0,0:36:56.22,0:37:01.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,layers. They don't even know they exist.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:01.19,0:37:09.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These layers are informing your life but\Nyou do not see them. The hidden mirrors
Dialogue: 0,0:37:09.03,0:37:13.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually inform our lives more than the\Nones that are visible.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:13.88,0:37:19.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are unseen because for most people\Nthey are not fully illuminated by
Dialogue: 0,0:37:19.35,0:37:28.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,consciousness. Like Indra's net of jewels,\Nthe mirrors all reflect each other and
Dialogue: 0,0:37:28.68,0:37:35.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the reflections reflect every other\Nreflection infinitely. A change on one
Dialogue: 0,0:37:35.94,0:37:41.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,level simultaneously affects all levels.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:42.42,0:37:48.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of these mirrors may be left in the\Nshadows unless we are fortunate enough
Dialogue: 0,0:37:48.67,0:37:55.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have a competent guide to help us\Nshine light upon them. The truth is we
Dialogue: 0,0:37:55.12,0:38:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't know what we don't know. Now\Nimagine that you shatter all the mirrors.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:03.48,0:38:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's nothing reflecting you back to\Nyourself. Where are you?
Dialogue: 0,0:38:14.14,0:38:23.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the mind becomes still the mirrors\Ncease to reflect. There is no more
Dialogue: 0,0:38:23.35,0:38:32.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,subject and object. But do not mistake\Nthe primordial state for nothingness or
Dialogue: 0,0:38:32.98,0:38:47.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oblivion. The immanent self is not\Nsomething but neither is it nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:47.75,0:38:57.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The source is not a thing\Nit is emptiness or stillness itself. It
Dialogue: 0,0:38:57.35,0:39:05.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is an emptiness that is the source of\Nall things. Form is realized as exactly
Dialogue: 0,0:39:05.72,0:39:16.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,emptiness, emptiness is realized as\Nexactly form. This source is the great
Dialogue: 0,0:39:16.88,0:39:23.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,womb of creation, pregnant with all\Npossibilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:40.80,0:39:47.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Samadhi is the awakening of impersonal\Nconsciousness. Just as when you are
Dialogue: 0,0:39:47.71,0:39:53.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having a dream, upon awakening you\Nrealize that everything in the dream was
Dialogue: 0,0:39:53.62,0:39:58.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just in your mind.\NUpon realizing Samadhi it is realized that
Dialogue: 0,0:39:58.93,0:40:04.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything in this world is happening\Nwithin levels upon levels of energy and
Dialogue: 0,0:40:04.60,0:40:13.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,consciousness. It is all mirrors within\Nmirrors, dreams within dreams. The you
Dialogue: 0,0:40:13.15,0:40:20.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you think you are is both the dream\Nand the dreamer.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:33.56,0:40:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whatever we say in this film let it go\Ndon't capture it with the mind. The soul
Dialogue: 0,0:40:43.53,0:40:48.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is dreaming, dreaming the dream of you.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:49.13,0:40:56.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The dream is everything that is changing,\Nbut it is possible to realize the
Dialogue: 0,0:40:56.97,0:41:13.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,changeless. This realization cannot be\Nunderstood with the limited
Dialogue: 0,0:41:13.41,0:41:22.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,individual mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:22.31,0:41:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we return from Nirvikalpa Samadhi\Nthe mirrors begin to reflect again and
Dialogue: 0,0:41:29.02,0:41:36.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is realized that the world you now\Nthink you are living in is actually you.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:36.55,0:41:43.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not the limited you which is only a\Ntemporary reflection, but you are aware
Dialogue: 0,0:41:43.97,0:41:53.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of your true nature as the source of all\Nthat IS. This dawning of higher wisdom,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:53.80,0:42:04.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the embryo, "prajna" or gnosis is what is\Nborn out of Samadhi. According to the
Dialogue: 0,0:42:04.22,0:42:13.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,book of Job Chokhmah or wisdom comes from nothingness. This point of wisdom is both
Dialogue: 0,0:42:13.04,0:42:18.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,infinitely small and yet encompasses the\Nwhole of being, but it remains
Dialogue: 0,0:42:18.89,0:42:24.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,incomprehensible until it has given\Nshape and form in the palace of mirrors,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:24.97,0:42:31.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called "binah", the womb carved out by\Nhigher wisdom which gives shape to the
Dialogue: 0,0:42:31.76,0:42:50.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,embryonic Spirit of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:50.33,0:43:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[music] "Abwoon d'bashmaya" by Indiajiva
Dialogue: 0,0:43:07.57,0:43:14.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The existence of the mirrors or the\Nminds existence is not a problem. On the
Dialogue: 0,0:43:14.65,0:43:22.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,contrary, the error or aberration of\Nhuman perception is that we identify
Dialogue: 0,0:43:22.03,0:43:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ourselves with it. This illusion, that we\Nare the limited self, is Maya. The yogic
Dialogue: 0,0:43:32.62,0:43:38.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,teachings say that to realize Samadhi\None must observe the meditation object
Dialogue: 0,0:43:38.02,0:43:49.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until it disappears until you disappear\Ninto it or it into you. Although the
Dialogue: 0,0:43:49.63,0:43:55.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,language in the various traditions is\Ndissimilar at their root they all point
Dialogue: 0,0:43:55.93,0:44:00.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards a cessation of\Nself-identification and self-centered
Dialogue: 0,0:44:00.85,0:44:08.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,activity. The Buddha always taught in\Nnegative terms. He taught to investigate
Dialogue: 0,0:44:08.14,0:44:14.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,directly into the working of the self\Nstructure. He didn't say what Samadhi was
Dialogue: 0,0:44:14.67,0:44:23.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except that it was the end of suffering.\NIn Advaita Vedanta there's a term "neti
Dialogue: 0,0:44:23.50,0:44:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,neti" which means "not this not that."\NPeople on the path to self-realization
Dialogue: 0,0:44:31.20,0:44:37.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inquire into their true nature, or the\Nnature of Brahman by first discovering
Dialogue: 0,0:44:37.81,0:44:42.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what they are not.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:42.72,0:44:49.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Similarly in Christianity St. Teresa of\NAvila described an approach to prayer
Dialogue: 0,0:44:49.18,0:44:56.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based on the negative path, or via\Nnegativa. A prayer of quiet, surrender and
Dialogue: 0,0:44:56.62,0:45:02.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,union, which is the only way to approach\Nthe absolute.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:03.40,0:45:09.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Through this gradual process of\Nstripping away one drops anything that
Dialogue: 0,0:45:09.01,0:45:17.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not permanent, anything that is\Nchanging. The mind the ego construct and
Dialogue: 0,0:45:17.68,0:45:24.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all phenomena, including the hidden\Nlayers of self. The unconscious must
Dialogue: 0,0:45:24.16,0:45:30.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,become transparent in order to reflect\Nthe one source. If there is some deep
Dialogue: 0,0:45:30.100,0:45:37.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knowing or some self operating in the\Nunconscious then our lives remain locked
Dialogue: 0,0:45:37.36,0:45:44.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into a labyrinth of hidden patterns that\Ncomprise the undiscovered self.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:47.96,0:45:55.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When all layers of self are revealed as\Nempty then one becomes free from the
Dialogue: 0,0:45:55.29,0:46:00.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,self. Free from all concepts
Dialogue: 0,0:46:03.75,0:46:11.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A turning point in your evolution is\Nwhen you realize you don't know who you are.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:11.16,0:46:22.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who experiences the breath?\NWho experiences the taste?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:22.24,0:46:35.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who experiences the chant, the ritual, the\Ndance, the mountain? Witness the witness,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:35.88,0:46:39.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,observed the observer.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:40.22,0:46:47.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At first when you observe the observer\Nyou will only see the false self, but if
Dialogue: 0,0:46:47.21,0:46:52.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are persistent it will give way.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:54.02,0:47:00.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Inquire directly into who or what\Nexperiences.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:00.14,0:47:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unblinkingly, piercingly, penetratingly,\Nwith the full force of your being.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:17.00,0:47:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[music] "Gate, Gate, paragate. Parasum gate, bodhisvaha." (Meaning: gone, gone, far beyond, completely beyond the awakened source IS)
Dialogue: 0,0:47:19.58,0:47:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Untranslated subtitle -
Dialogue: 0,0:47:47.84,0:47:57.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no self that awakens. There is\Nno YOU that awakens. What you are
Dialogue: 0,0:47:57.14,0:48:03.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,awakening from is the illusion of the\Nseparate self. From the dream of a
Dialogue: 0,0:48:03.50,0:48:08.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,limited "you". To talk about it is\Nmeaningless.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:08.12,0:48:15.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There must be an actual cessation of the\Nself to realize directly what it is, and
Dialogue: 0,0:48:15.13,0:48:23.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once it is realized there is nothing\Nthat can be said about it. As soon as you
Dialogue: 0,0:48:23.54,0:48:39.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,say something you are back in the mind. I\Nhave already said too much.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:39.51,0:48:46.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We normally have three states of\Nconsciousness: waking, dreaming, and deep sleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:46.03,0:48:53.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Samadhi is sometimes referred to\Nas the fourth state, the ground state of
Dialogue: 0,0:48:53.38,0:49:00.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,consciousness. A primordial awakeness\Nthat can become present continuously and
Dialogue: 0,0:49:00.46,0:49:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in parallel with the other consciousness\Nstates. In Vedanta this is called Turiya
Dialogue: 0,0:49:10.95,0:49:17.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Other terms for Turiya are Christ\Nconsciousness, Krishna consciousness,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:17.22,0:49:26.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Buddha nature or Sahaja Samadhi. In\NSahaja Samadhi the immanent Self stays
Dialogue: 0,0:49:26.68,0:49:33.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,present along with the full use of all\Nhuman functions. The stillness is
Dialogue: 0,0:49:33.67,0:49:38.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unmoving at the center of the spiral of\Nchanging phenomena.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:38.58,0:49:45.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thoughts, feelings, sensations and energy\Nrevolve around it at the circumference
Dialogue: 0,0:49:45.63,0:49:54.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the degree of stillness or I-am-ness\Nremains during outer activity exactly as
Dialogue: 0,0:49:54.13,0:50:02.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in meditation. It is possible that the\Nimmanent self will remain present even
Dialogue: 0,0:50:02.68,0:50:11.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during deep sleep; that your awareness of\NI am does not come and go even as states
Dialogue: 0,0:50:11.80,0:50:15.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of consciousness change.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:20.42,0:50:24.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is yogic sleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:24.66,0:50:29.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the Song of Songs, or the Song of\NSolomon from the Hebrew Bible or Old
Dialogue: 0,0:50:29.97,0:50:40.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Testament, it reads "I sleep but my heart\Nwaketh". This realization of the eternal
Dialogue: 0,0:50:40.01,0:50:47.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,impersonal consciousness is reflected in\Nthe words of Christ when he said
Dialogue: 0,0:50:47.04,0:50:54.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Before Abraham was, I AM."
Dialogue: 0,0:50:56.29,0:51:08.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One consciousness that shines through\Ncountless faces, countless forms.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:16.47,0:51:22.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At first it's like a fragile flame born\Nout of the polarities within you.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:22.64,0:51:29.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Masculine penetrating consciousness with\Na surrender or opening of feminine
Dialogue: 0,0:51:29.16,0:51:36.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,energy. It is delicate, and easily lost,\Nand one must take great care to protect
Dialogue: 0,0:51:36.09,0:51:40.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it and keep it alive until it is mature.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:43.80,0:51:50.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Samadhi is simultaneously a timeless\Nstate of consciousness and a stage in an
Dialogue: 0,0:51:50.85,0:51:58.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unfolding development process. Something organic and growing in time.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:04.52,0:52:13.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As one spends more and more time in\NSamadhi, in the now, in the timeless,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:13.99,0:52:22.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one takes more and more direction from the heart, the soul or Atman, and less from
Dialogue: 0,0:52:22.52,0:52:28.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the conditioned structure.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:28.81,0:52:38.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is how one becomes free of the\Nlower mind. Free of pathological thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:38.41,0:52:45.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The inner wiring changes. Energy no\Nlonger flows unconsciously in the old
Dialogue: 0,0:52:45.11,0:52:51.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,conditioned structures, which is another\Nway of saying one is no longer
Dialogue: 0,0:52:51.86,0:53:09.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,identified with the self structure, with\Nthe outer world of form.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:10.92,0:53:17.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To realize Samadhi requires an effort so\Ngreat that it becomes a total surrender
Dialogue: 0,0:53:17.31,0:53:24.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of oneself, and a surrender so\Nencompassing that it is a complete
Dialogue: 0,0:53:24.72,0:53:33.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,effort of one's being; all of one's\Nenergy. It is a balance of effort and
Dialogue: 0,0:53:33.87,0:53:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,surrender, yin and yang. A sort of effortless effort.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:47.43,0:53:55.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Indian mystic and yogi Paramahamsa\NRamakrishna said "do not seek
Dialogue: 0,0:53:55.33,0:54:02.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,illumination unless you seek it as one\Nwhose hair is on fire seeks a pond"
Dialogue: 0,0:54:02.62,0:54:06.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You seek it with your whole being.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:06.36,0:54:12.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During one's ego transcending practice\Nit takes great courage, vigilance and
Dialogue: 0,0:54:12.84,0:54:21.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perseverance to keep the embryo alive. To\Nnot fall back into the patterns of the
Dialogue: 0,0:54:21.85,0:54:28.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,world. It takes a willingness to go\Nagainst the current, against the
Dialogue: 0,0:54:28.12,0:54:35.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inexorable crush of the matrix, and the\Ngrinding wheels of samsara. Every breath
Dialogue: 0,0:54:35.59,0:54:43.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every thought, every action must be for\Nrealizing the Source. Samadhi is not
Dialogue: 0,0:54:43.87,0:54:51.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,realized by effort nor is it effortless.\NLet go of effort and non effort; it's a
Dialogue: 0,0:54:51.49,0:54:59.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,duality that only exists in the mind. The\Nactual realization of Samadhi is so
Dialogue: 0,0:54:59.38,0:55:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,simple so undifferentiated that it is\Nalways misconstrued through language
Dialogue: 0,0:55:05.44,0:55:12.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is inherently dualistic. There is\Nonly one primordial consciousness that
Dialogue: 0,0:55:12.61,0:55:21.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,awakens as the world but it has been\Nobscured by many layers of mind. Like the
Dialogue: 0,0:55:21.16,0:55:27.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sun hidden behind the clouds as each\Nlayer of mind is dropped one's essence
Dialogue: 0,0:55:27.61,0:55:30.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is revealed.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:33.18,0:55:39.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As each layer of mind is dropped, people\Ncall it a different Samadhi. They give
Dialogue: 0,0:55:39.48,0:55:45.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,names to different experiences or\Ndifferent types of phenomena
Dialogue: 0,0:55:55.01,0:56:00.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but Samadhi is so simple that when you\Nare told what it is and how to realize
Dialogue: 0,0:56:00.29,0:56:04.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it your mind will always miss it.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:05.17,0:56:13.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually Samadhi is not simple or\Ndifficult; it is only the mind that makes
Dialogue: 0,0:56:13.04,0:56:19.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it so. When there is no mind\Nthere's no problem, because the mind is
Dialogue: 0,0:56:19.85,0:56:28.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what needs to stop before it is realized.\NIt is not a happening at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:36.88,0:56:44.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The most concise teaching of Samadhi is\Nperhaps found in this phrase:
Dialogue: 0,0:56:44.17,0:56:55.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Be still and know."
Dialogue: 0,0:56:59.19,0:57:05.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can we use words and images to\Nconvey stillness? How can we convey
Dialogue: 0,0:57:05.49,0:57:12.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,silence by making noise? Rather than\Ntalking about Samadhi as an intellectual
Dialogue: 0,0:57:12.87,0:57:22.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,concept, this film is a radical call to\Ninaction. A call to meditation, inner
Dialogue: 0,0:57:22.74,0:57:31.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,silence and inner prayer. A call to STOP.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:38.42,0:57:45.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stop everything that is driven by the\Npathological egoic mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:46.27,0:57:50.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be still and know.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:54.47,0:57:59.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one can tell you what will emerge\Nfrom the stillness.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:59.91,0:58:05.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a call to act from the spiritual\Nheart.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:21.50,0:58:30.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like remembering something ancient.\NThe soul wakes up and remembers itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:30.05,0:58:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has been a sleeping passenger but now\Nthe emptiness awakens and realizes
Dialogue: 0,0:58:37.26,0:58:43.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,itself as all things.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:44.39,0:58:50.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't imagine what Samadhi is with\Nthe limited egoic mind just as you can't
Dialogue: 0,0:58:50.87,0:58:57.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,describe to a blind person what color is.\NYour mind can't know. It can't
Dialogue: 0,0:58:57.50,0:59:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,manufacture it. To realize Samadhi is to\Nsee in a different way, not to see
Dialogue: 0,0:59:06.56,0:59:12.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,separate things but to recognize the\Nseer.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:15.36,0:59:24.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,St. Francis of Assisi said "what you are\Nlooking for is what is looking." Once you
Dialogue: 0,0:59:24.84,0:59:34.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have seen the moon you can recognize it\Nin every reflection. The true self has
Dialogue: 0,0:59:34.29,0:59:42.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,always been there, it is in everything,\Nbut you have not realized its presence.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:43.07,0:59:50.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you learn to recognize and abide as\Nthe true self beyond the mind and senses
Dialogue: 0,0:59:50.75,1:00:08.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is possible to experience awe at the\Nmost mundane. We become AWE.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:08.72,1:00:15.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do not try to be free of desires because\Nwanting to be free of desires is a
Dialogue: 0,1:00:15.53,1:00:26.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,desire. You can't try to be still because\Nyour very effort is movement.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:26.02,1:00:34.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Realize the stillness that is always\Nalready present.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:34.57,1:00:37.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be the stillness and know
Dialogue: 0,1:00:38.84,1:00:45.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When all preferences are dropped the\Nsource will be revealed, but do not cling
Dialogue: 0,1:00:45.14,1:00:57.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even to the source. The great reality, Tao\Nis not one not two. Ramana Maharshi said
Dialogue: 0,1:00:57.14,1:01:07.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The self is only one. If it is limited it\Nis the ego, if unlimited it is infinite
Dialogue: 0,1:01:07.58,1:01:20.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the great reality."\NIf you believe what is being said you've missed it.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:20.75,1:01:27.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you disbelieve you've also missed it.\NBelief and disbelief operate on the
Dialogue: 0,1:01:27.50,1:01:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,level of mind. They require a knowing, but\Nif you enter into your own investigation
Dialogue: 0,1:01:34.90,1:01:40.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,examining all of the aspects of your own\Nbeing, finding out who is doing the
Dialogue: 0,1:01:40.37,1:01:46.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,investigating, if you're willing to live\Nby the principle "not my will but higher
Dialogue: 0,1:01:46.34,1:01:53.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be done," if you're willing to travel\Nbeyond all-knowing then you may realize
Dialogue: 0,1:01:53.54,1:01:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I've attempted to point towards.\NOnly then will you taste for yourself
Dialogue: 0,1:01:59.60,1:02:07.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the profound mystery and beauty of\Nsimply existing.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:08.45,1:02:16.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is another possibility for life.\NThere is something sacred, unfathomable
Dialogue: 0,1:02:16.07,1:02:22.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can be discovered in the still\Ndepths of your being, beyond concepts,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:22.57,1:02:33.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beyond dogmas, beyond conditioned\Nactivity and all preferences. It is not
Dialogue: 0,1:02:33.92,1:02:41.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,acquired by techniques, rituals or\Npractices. There is no "how" to get it.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:41.41,1:02:54.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no system.\NThere's no way to The Way. As they say in Zen
Dialogue: 0,1:02:54.14,1:03:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is discovering your original face\Nbefore you were born. It is not about
Dialogue: 0,1:03:01.16,1:03:10.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,adding more to yourself. It is becoming a\Nlight unto oneself; a light that dispels
Dialogue: 0,1:03:10.01,1:03:20.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the illusion of the self. Life will\Nalways remain unfulfilled
Dialogue: 0,1:03:20.21,1:03:26.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the heart will always remain\Nrestless until it comes to rest in that
Dialogue: 0,1:03:26.92,1:03:32.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mystery beyond name and form.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:04.06,1:04:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[music] Om Shreem Lakshmi