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Description: In this talk, Zach explains how we all interpret reality through different lenses. Although our culture tells us to see the world through the eyes of capitalism, materialism, the ego, and science, our spiritual path is one of seeing through the lens of love. When we finally do see with the eyes of our heart, the sense of separation dissolves and we feel a connection with all that is.
Intro Poem: Correspondence, part of the Drinking Roses on Sunday collection, click here to purchase: https://www.amazon.com/Drinking-Roses-Sunday-words-heart/dp/1497489148/
You wouldn’t believe what once or twice I have seen.
I’ll just tell you this: only if there are angels in your head will you ever, possibly, see one.
– Mary Oliver
Then it was as if I suddenly saw the secret beauty of their hearts, the depths of their hearts where neither sin nor desire nor self-knowledge can reach, the core of their reality, the person that each one is in God’s eyes. If only they could all see themselves as they really are. If only we could see each other that way all the time. There would be no more war, no more hatred, no more cruelty, no more greed…
– Thomas Merton
The art form is to stay wide open and vulnerable in life, and sit with the mystery, and with the awe, and with the pain…sit with it all. What the human condition is at the moment, has in it greed, it has lust, it has fear, it has anger, it has violence, it has all of that stuff; and it also has beauty, tenderness, care, joy, play. I’ll tell you, if you think you can be happy by denying the pain and sadness in the world, I’ll tell you that isn’t true happiness. The cost of armoring your heart against what is, is more costly than you may appreciate.
– Ram Dass
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