The Courage to Be - a podcast by Marshall Davis

A listener emailed me and said that he was reading my newest book The Gospel of Nonduality, and he had a question. He wrote: “The question that keeps popping up as I read is how does one die to self (or forget self or get out of the way, etc.)  How does one completely surrender?” I responded back to him saying that this is the most important question one could ask. It showed me that he was serious about this.

I get a lot of questions that miss the point. This man went directly to the main point. He wasn’t messing around. He wanted to know how. When Jesus encountered a man like this he responded, “You are not far from the Kingdom of God.” This is what it is all about. You have to keep your focus on the main thing and not get distracted by all the sidetracks in spirituality and religion.

I answered the man this way in part: “The answer is that there is no technique to die to self. It is something that happens rather than something we bring about. It is not a matter of which spiritual discipline works best. It is all a matter of intent, perseverance and courage.” 

I would like to expound on that answer in this episode. How do we die to self? How do we wake up? How do we break through this world of seeming duality into nondual awareness? To use terms from Eastern Traditions, how are we enlightened? How are we liberated? 

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