<description>&lt;p class="p1"&gt;All great spiritual lineages point us back to that which defies concept and language. Authentic practitioners describe awakening as being touched by a sense of awe, overcome by the beauty, fierceness and power of being. To be in AWE is a natural human experience. Ironically, so is the discomfort that leaves us restless with the experience, making it &lt;em&gt;almost&lt;/em&gt; impossible to bear. Our inability to bear the ineffable gives rise to dualism and our conflict with faith.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Open Question

Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel

OQ 503 - The Ineffable

JUL 6, 202419 MIN
Open Question

OQ 503 - The Ineffable

JUL 6, 202419 MIN

Description

All great spiritual lineages point us back to that which defies concept and language. Authentic practitioners describe awakening as being touched by a sense of awe, overcome by the beauty, fierceness and power of being. To be in AWE is a natural human experience. Ironically, so is the discomfort that leaves us restless with the experience, making it almost impossible to bear. Our inability to bear the ineffable gives rise to dualism and our conflict with faith.