Episodes
Monday Dec 05, 2016
Monday Dec 05, 2016
In part one of the talk “God Shock”, before talking about abnormal ritualistic behavior, habits, obsessions, and fixations that are a continuation of his analogies of the “Thousand Barking Dogs” we need to silence to have lasting peace and deep joy, Bryan takes some time to talk about his understanding of enlightenment and what is expected of us after having had peak experiences or gradations in Higher Awareness/Consciousness. He shares what was the most powerful experience and time in his life where he truly felt Transfigured in the light of the Divine Allness. The All-Encompassing Love, beauty, the wonder, and the awe he experienced through what A Course in Miracles would call “Revelation”, Gnostics would call “Gnosis” or Divine Realization, even God-Contact, the Buddhists would call “Satori” (flashes of Insight), what Christian Mystics would call Communion with God, and what great Yogis and many Hindus would call Samadhi (Bryan called his experience “Spontaneous Samadhi and the “Divine Portal” This experience “happened” to Bryan. He didn’t do anything to earn it through meritocracy. True Grace was freely given by the Divine and That Source blessed him with the experience of Love he had been searching for his entire life. He has spent almost fifteen years trying to contemplate and understand this “Influx” of Love and Light, but he humbly admits, that mystical experiences don’t last forever and that true Enlightenment is found by being truly present in the “Now”, without any fear. Mystical experiences are often times followed by a period known as “The Dark Night of the Soul”, which Bryan spends more time exploring how this personally affected his spiritual journey and shift in awareness.