"There, where you stand, is the land of the purity, and your self is the body of Buddha."
Hakuin Zenji. (1689-1796).
The Fountain of Wisdom springs since thousands of years until today, represented by the womans and mans which overcame suffering and entered the space of stillness, which lived in the Wisdom of the Self-Knowledge. How all these masters and teachers transmit the Knowledge variates a lot, depending of their culture and epoch, but the essence is universal and timeless. What makes our epoch special, is for the first we have access to all of then, for the first time we have the "whole" view. The following medias inspire me in my personal path and I hope that you also find inspiration in them.
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Byron Katie (1942. Founder of "The Work", Author).
Video: You need more money - Is that true?
True peace do not depends on the circumstance, as long as we are identified with our mental stories we will not find peace.
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Thich Nhat Hanh (1926. Buddhist monk, spiritual master, author, poet, peace activist)
Video: Ego (The wisdom of non-discrimination)
He describes quiet funny the futility of the ego to find justice. On the egocentric level of existence is peace impossible.
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Wayne Dyer (1940. Author, Spiritual-Teacher).
Movie: The Shift
The movie is about our journey to awaken consciousness. In very nice way Wayne shows that we more much more then the limited image of the ego.
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Prem Rawat (Maharaji) (1957. Spiritual Master).
Video: What is Peace?
Maharaji talks about that peace is an experience that everybody have to make by himself and that we only can experience it in the present moment.
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Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986. Spiritual-Teacher, Author).
Video: Consciousness Evolution
He talks about that the crisis is inside of the human being. The crisis of humanity is a crisis of consciousness.
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Eckhart Tolle (1948. Spiritual teacher, Author)
Video: Are the thoughts the source of the ego?
The ego and the thoughts are inseparable. Eckhart Tolle describes the relationship between thoughts and the ego. The ego is the identification with the ego.
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Ken Wilber (1949. Founder of the Integral Institute, Philosopher, Author).
Father Thomas Keating (1923. Trappist monk and priest, Author).
Video: Spiritual, but not religions?
About the need for spirituality and contemplative practice as the main tool for human-development and that the ego is the fountain of all the problems.
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Alan Watts (1915-1973. Philosopher, Author, Zen-Teacher).
Video: Conversation with myself.
Excellent description what is the base problem of humanity and what is our true nature. Alan Watts point clear out that the ego-centric world view is dysfunctional. There is no solution for the personal or world problems when we try ti fixed then with the limited view of the ego.
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