Don't go looking for Mystical experiences- Nearly everybody get this wrong on the #spiritualpath!

As beginners on a #spiritualjourney the first thing we do is to go looking for mystical experiences, but this is like trying to build a megatall #skyscraper by building the top floor first and then working your way down.

[AwakenedEmptiness]

In Zen this is called makyo. Reminds me of a story. A student asked his master, "Master I have had a mystical experience of the Buddha appearing to me, is this the way?" The Master replied, "If you see a Buddha on the way kill him." Confused the student replied, "But you said the Buddha is the way." The Master responded " The way is no way." The student still looked confused. The Master retorted "You are the Buddha, you are the way." Instantly hearing the student found great enlightenment.

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He’s basically saying if you want to transform your mind you first need to understand what makes it tick. You can’t try to make great changes without the awareness of why you want this, the effort it will take, are you doing things for the right reason, how much work do you need on yourself and other introspective concepts. Asking questions about your self is important before trying to claim you’ve peaked spiritually. We never will peak because spirituality is maintenance. Awareness is all you get as a spiritual seeker while our abilities seem to be limited.

[duanef]

I was taught I have to be something, after 50 years I realized I could have been nothing years ago.

[bigcheech]

I experience mystical things and siddhis not because I seek them but mostly because I don’t…like all phenomena, I let them pass and return to the Dharma.

[Magik]

He's right. A profound experience of the Mysterium Tremendum or a direct encounter with the Divine is not child's play. It is not something one does because they are fascinated with esoteric phenomena. Such an experience will profoundly change you and will take decades to integrate. Most of us have years and years of inner work to do before we are even ready for such an experience.

[Rose_Arcana]

Wise words, you pack a heavy punch. I like the last little bit at the end... very straight forward and sums it up nicely.

[wernerwirsching]

Very important, thanks so much .
I often noticed, people are formal practicing, but holding on to their old mental habit formations.

[stoic_rooster]

It makes a lot of sense to me, and I appreciate the video. I think maybe most of us start off this way, and then after fruitless quests we begin to understand how it was always right in front of us.

[vixu_xivu]

Good teaching, always train yourself, the destination is the path, is the training. Not awakaning, beyound awakaning, never to stoap at awakaning, enlightment, and go beyound, always moving. First thing on the path is not to lie.

[bodhicitta]

Probably one of the best 8:41 minutes this week: the path in a nutshell 🙏🏼📿

[simeondawkins]

i went looking and found it! and the dream woke up to itself

[franzhaas]

I'm guilty of everything that was spoken here. A Hindu teacher who I can not spell his name once said, "You can't get rid of something until you know what it is."

[Matti_Sisu]

Thank you Sir ❤ I went seeking psychic abilities and such, but I ended up in a psych ward. Tradition says to avoid that stuff for a reason! Lol

[OlamoLocami]

Thank you for this wonderful lesson. I have taken it to the heart. May peace be with you.

[raykeller]

Good point sir. They come of themselves.

[Nick-gqiy]

Truly! I’d LOVE to reach this state, but I have such terrible focus, be it due to titration of a drug I should never have been on for years, or...I don’t know what, but I can’t seem to sit still (akathisia?) & meditate...20 years ago, I did with a gentle yoga group. It was wonderful! Now...also with spinal issues, it’s hard to be comfortable... I thank you for your wisdom! And I really don’t know how to correctly meditate. (As for the mystical...some, but most likely from the pendulum swing of the sensory overload of withdrawal—cool experience, nevertheless.) So...hoping to learn Tai Chi. I loved to feel that E flow when a wonderful elderly woman would visit our home, when my mom was dying.

[zakk-ggmoonyham]

I just felt scolded 😢. 🙏🏽 thanks you for your words .. ❤

[bigdon]

Practice good ethics in your life, meditation practice ( concentration & visualization) and finally cultivate wisdom. You can’t have wisdom if you don’t have good ethics. Like he said start with a foundation.

[Sasha_Abroad]

Thank you. I really appreciate the no bullshit approach you present.

[Mystichomey]

True. I'm glad finally someone said it