Michael Beckwith

I can open myself up and I have this access to certain levels of wisdom and knowledge that's within me. But I'm not going to skip my meditation. You know what I mean? I want to go, I want to activate that. I want to be in tune with that on a regular basis. So I'd rather give up doing eating something at that moment, I'd rather sit, you know, and get in tune, you know, eat later.

I can open myself up and I have this access to certain levels of wisdom and knowledge that's within me. But I'm not going to skip my meditation. You know what I mean? I want to go, I want to activate that. I want to be in tune with that on a regular basis. So I'd rather give up doing eating something at that moment, I'd rather sit, you know, and get in tune, you know, eat later.

But the word practice, I think, is important. I think... That devotion to it? Yeah. It's like... like people will say, you know, what are some of the advanced teachings? And I'll say, well, theory is beginning, practice is advanced. So you study all the stuff, read all the good books, you read the Bhagavad Gita, you read the Dhammapada, you read all the stuff, you learn the mystical teachings.

But the word practice, I think, is important. I think... That devotion to it? Yeah. It's like... like people will say, you know, what are some of the advanced teachings? And I'll say, well, theory is beginning, practice is advanced. So you study all the stuff, read all the good books, you read the Bhagavad Gita, you read the Dhammapada, you read all the stuff, you learn the mystical teachings.

But the word practice, I think, is important. I think... That devotion to it? Yeah. It's like... like people will say, you know, what are some of the advanced teachings? And I'll say, well, theory is beginning, practice is advanced. So you study all the stuff, read all the good books, you read the Bhagavad Gita, you read the Dhammapada, you read all the stuff, you learn the mystical teachings.

That's beginning. The advance is actually trying to practice that. Sitting, you know, having some level of practice where it dawns on your awareness. You have an aha. You have an insight. It's like, oh, I've heard that a million times. But now when I sat... I understood it at a whole nother level. But you don't get that without the practice. You have to have a moment where you think not.

That's beginning. The advance is actually trying to practice that. Sitting, you know, having some level of practice where it dawns on your awareness. You have an aha. You have an insight. It's like, oh, I've heard that a million times. But now when I sat... I understood it at a whole nother level. But you don't get that without the practice. You have to have a moment where you think not.

That's beginning. The advance is actually trying to practice that. Sitting, you know, having some level of practice where it dawns on your awareness. You have an aha. You have an insight. It's like, oh, I've heard that a million times. But now when I sat... I understood it at a whole nother level. But you don't get that without the practice. You have to have a moment where you think not.

The actual encounter. Yeah. You have to have an encounter. You have to have your own personal revelation of what you believe. You can hear a million speakers and you say, oh, that's beautiful. I believe that. Ooh, yeah, I'm inspired. But you have to have a personal revelation of that. And that's what you get. You can be walking on the beach. You can look at the ocean. You can be still.

The actual encounter. Yeah. You have to have an encounter. You have to have your own personal revelation of what you believe. You can hear a million speakers and you say, oh, that's beautiful. I believe that. Ooh, yeah, I'm inspired. But you have to have a personal revelation of that. And that's what you get. You can be walking on the beach. You can look at the ocean. You can be still.

The actual encounter. Yeah. You have to have an encounter. You have to have your own personal revelation of what you believe. You can hear a million speakers and you say, oh, that's beautiful. I believe that. Ooh, yeah, I'm inspired. But you have to have a personal revelation of that. And that's what you get. You can be walking on the beach. You can look at the ocean. You can be still.

And then suddenly, oh my God, I know that now. I actually feel that. That's absolutely true. I'm actually at one with that wave. I'm actually at one with the tree. I'm actually at one with all of life. Of course, before you may have believed it. Right. You know, you read the quantum physics. You're at one with everything. Right.

And then suddenly, oh my God, I know that now. I actually feel that. That's absolutely true. I'm actually at one with that wave. I'm actually at one with the tree. I'm actually at one with all of life. Of course, before you may have believed it. Right. You know, you read the quantum physics. You're at one with everything. Right.

And then suddenly, oh my God, I know that now. I actually feel that. That's absolutely true. I'm actually at one with that wave. I'm actually at one with the tree. I'm actually at one with all of life. Of course, before you may have believed it. Right. You know, you read the quantum physics. You're at one with everything. Right.

Absolutely. And we live in a world where we, as you said, put on a pedestal the intellectual understanding of something. rather than actually having the encounter with it. And I used to have a teacher that would say, he called it the consciousness. He would tell this parable of fish swimming in the ocean. And when it turns, they all kind of do that.

Absolutely. And we live in a world where we, as you said, put on a pedestal the intellectual understanding of something. rather than actually having the encounter with it. And I used to have a teacher that would say, he called it the consciousness. He would tell this parable of fish swimming in the ocean. And when it turns, they all kind of do that.

Absolutely. And we live in a world where we, as you said, put on a pedestal the intellectual understanding of something. rather than actually having the encounter with it. And I used to have a teacher that would say, he called it the consciousness. He would tell this parable of fish swimming in the ocean. And when it turns, they all kind of do that.

And then a big wave comes and knocks one of the fish on the sand. And he sees a beach ball, and he sees people having a picnic, and he sees all this stuff. He has no language for this. And he's looking, he's looking, he's looking, and the wave knocks him back into the water. And the other fish say, what did you see? And he says, he can't describe it. Because he had no reference to what he saw.

And then a big wave comes and knocks one of the fish on the sand. And he sees a beach ball, and he sees people having a picnic, and he sees all this stuff. He has no language for this. And he's looking, he's looking, he's looking, and the wave knocks him back into the water. And the other fish say, what did you see? And he says, he can't describe it. Because he had no reference to what he saw.

And then a big wave comes and knocks one of the fish on the sand. And he sees a beach ball, and he sees people having a picnic, and he sees all this stuff. He has no language for this. And he's looking, he's looking, he's looking, and the wave knocks him back into the water. And the other fish say, what did you see? And he says, he can't describe it. Because he had no reference to what he saw.