The Ego in Religion and Modern Approaches to Spirituality

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Timestamps

• Sufism: A path of substantial evolution of the mind, body and soul. (6:14)
• A balanced evolution. (9:55)
• Can you take psychedelics and practice Sufism? (13:36)
• “If you think you want to be a Sufi master, you will never become one.” (26:07)
• Characteristics of good, sincere teachers. (35:51)
• A short history of Sufism. (41:10)
• Women must re-emerge to restore the balance in our world. (55:16)
• The Sermon. (1:02:15)
• Heart: The House of God. (1:13:35)
• Ego. (1:20:57)
• A matter of time, not place. (1:37:25)
• Essence. (1:43:32)
• Listen to your heartbeat in silence and drumming. (1:59:09)
• Be an objective observer. (2:14:55)
• Heartbeats. (2:19:55)
• All tastes the same. (2:36:39)
• “Sufis and regular people face the same storms, but Sufis should learn from them.” (2:43:02)

 Resources

• Mystic Iran: The Unseen World
• The Man of Light in Iranian Sufism by Henry Corbin
• The Pearl of Sufism and The Teachings of a Sufi Master by Seyed Mostafa Azmayesh
• The work of Huston Smith, Plotinus and Toshihiko Izutsu
• Paul’s Living 4D conversations with Rachel Epstein and Paul Levy
• The Man With the Inexplicable Life by Osho
• The daf
• Nasreddin

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