Erich Schiffmann Satsang Talk “Always Learning” Yogaville – Oct 8, 2016
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Category Archives: Dharma Talk
Ojai Yoga Crib – Dharma Talk Collection – volume 1 (video & audio)
Every fall in the magical Ojai Valley 250 yogis come together for a long weekend of yoga, kirtan, Indian dancing, philosophy and communion. I have been the Friday Night entertainment for the past 5 years. These talks are special for me. Highly recommended! Listen to this over and over. This is a DIGITAL DOWNLOAD.
2008-2012 (video & audio series)
Detachment vs Trust – venice class – May 30, 2013
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"You talk about detachment but you also talk about trusting your deepest impulses. Can you explain, please?" The smarter you get, the more you realize how little you know. Therefore, don't rely so much on the little you know. Instead, put the little you know in pause mode and then engage in active listening. I have been calling that, "Get Online." Use your mind to get online. Detachment is an intermediate step. Detach from your conditioning, and then trust the deeper impulses coming from the One. Live your life like that. Lifestyle. That's yoga, the way you live your life.
Relax more . . . think less . . . and feel the Love. The Love will be healing. Healing means revealing. Healing reveals the truth of what's really there. Your real DNA is GOD.
Ongoing Knowing – venice class – May 23, 2013
The whole point of any class you go to should be about helping you get to the place where you can practice on your own and get inspired from it. Your practice will ignite and get exciting once you learn to actually listen for guidance as you are doing it. The whole point is to be Online, so it feels like a constant insight. I refer to that as Ongoing Knowing. Funnily enough, the trick on that involves learning to think less. When you think less, you don't go unconscious. Instead, you clear the clutter from your mind and then Knowing flows in.
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Eight Words – venice class – May 16, 2013
God is Love and therefore so am I. You are not brainwashing yourself into this, but you are washing your brain from what you normally think. And when you wash your brain you will have a clearer assessment, and you will find yourself becoming increasingly optimistic. You will feel enlivened, re-inspired. The world needs yogis doing this. Relax in your body, shut up in your mind, and feel the truth of Supreme Being, Isness, Life, live.
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