This week’s verbal sermon is short but packs a serious punch. I had to listen to it myself several times, and each time I was transported. The music, too, is powerful and there are many gods and goddesses in there, inviting us to leave silliness behind and enter into true profundity. There is nothing like mythopoetic language and powerful music to transport us directly into connection with the divine.
DLM # 110 Tussling With Demons
Whenever you need to go down into the depths of profundity and sustain a lengthy sojourn there, listen to E2E4.
Also, here is the website for a scholar, Dr. Bayo Akomolafe, about whom I speak in today’s sermon: https://www.emergencenetwork.org/
DLM # 96 Wisdom From A Shaolin Monk
Master Shi Heng Yi gave a Ted talk about the five hindrances to total awakening. I thought they were fascinating because of their psychological specificity. All of the hindrances begin in the mind which is why I often talk about how liberation (for ourselves, for our species, and for the planet) must begin with an internal and personal struggle for freedom.
DLM # 91 Knowledge & Imitation (Ariadne's Thread)
Wishing for peace and liberation to come to all the beings of the many realms. Even though this is a tall order, the aspiration is sincere, the aspiration is the engine that can make this real.
DLM Sermon # 37 Make Peace Not war
I think perhaps most people regard creativity as a process reserved only for artists. But actually, we are all creating things all day long with our thoughts and attitudes. This is why being peaceful is a creative act, one that, like every other creative act, begins somewhere and then grows and grows.
This is why this week I talk about making peace as a creative act.
A lot of amazing good music (shout out to Ted for supplying the first song on the mix!) this week, so close your eyes (and your mouth!) and dance.