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Via Ram Dass - Love Serve Remember Foundation // Words of Wisdom - December 25, 2024 💌

 

"I would say that most of us stay locked in our separateness and we are very frightened of coming out of it, we feel very vulnerable. In truth you’re not vulnerable at all. Who you think you are is vulnerable. Who you are is not vulnerable. This is the truth of it. That’s what Christ was saying over and over again but nobody seemed to want to hear him. You are not vulnerable, but you experience that you are. So it’s very hard for you to open your heart to another being whose love is conditional. Because they’re saying, ‘I will love you as long as you’re a certain way’ and you keep protecting yourself. So you find it very easy to open yourself sometimes to inanimate objects, or to an animal, or to a memory, or to a very young child that’s very innocent, before it develops any kind of definition of itself that starts to manipulate the universe to get what it needs. When you’re with a guru, the guru realizes that they’re not vulnerable, they don’t need you to do anything. They just need you to be what you are, so their love is unconditional. When you’re in the presence of unconditional love, that’s the optimum environment for your heart to open."

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Via GBF: 21 Videos Added to the GBF Website

The last of the VIDEOS from the archive have been added to our growing library of dharma talks! 

 

The next videos will be posted in March, when we will continue to add new videos weekly as they are recorded. 

Where to Find the Videos

• On the GBF YouTube channel, in our Dharma Talks - VIDEO playlist
  (Be sure to subscribe to the channel to be notified immediately when each new video is posted.) 
• On the GBF website. Each talk has its own page where the audio and video are posted along with a summary.
  Here are links directly to the 21 most recently added:

1. Embracing The 6 Paramis – Jokai
2. Being a Warrior of Compassion – Dale Borglum
3. A Bridge Over Troubled Water – Laura Burges
4. The Brahma Vihāras (Divine Abodes) – Walt Opie
5. The Truth of Old Age, Sickness, Death and Awakening – Bob Stahl
6. Gay Pride and Our Ordinary Life – Liên Shutt
7. The Pure Love of Metta – John Martin
8. The Thousand Natural Shocks – Laura Burges
9. The Role of Pleasure in Our Practice – René Rivera
10. Wise Speech in Difficult Times – Tom Baker
11. The Dance of Change – Syra Smith
12. Living Our Practice – Kevin Griffin
13. The Wisdom Within the Heart Sutra – Prasadachitta
14. Thinking vs. Experiencing – David Lewis
15. Generosity as a Means to Joy – Ian Challis
16. Jewels From Our Dark Places – Laura Burges
17. What Makes GBF Tick? – Volunteer Appreciation Day
18. The Stories We Tell Ourselves – Daigan Gaither
19. Navigating Missteps in Our Relationships – René Rivera
20. The Diamond Approach: Knowing Ourselves from the Inside Out – Trip Weil
21. How to Quiet the Monkey Mind – Michaiel Patrick Bovenes

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