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If You Don’t Act Right, You Don’t Feel Right” (Matthew Files)

If You Don’t Act Right, You Don’t Feel Right” (Matthew Files)

FromWestern Baul Podcast Series


If You Don’t Act Right, You Don’t Feel Right” (Matthew Files)

FromWestern Baul Podcast Series

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Length:
54 minutes
Released:
Jun 6, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

There is a rightness to how we feel because of how we act when we provide what is wanted and needed in any given moment. This may be considered as the trademark of a revolutionist. Fresh insights and revelations come from use of a different language. Jan Cox was a teacher, in the mystical and philosophical sense, whose language was unique. Maxims from his “Revolutionist Code of Conduct” are discussed in this talk. Be judicious with euphemisms, without speaking in metaphors when we intend the literal. There is hesitation to be literal about death. Stealing, being deceitful, is one of the worst things we can do. It is not about morality but about not poisoning our involvement in “this,” which could be a way to describe work on self without the conceptual limitations of what “this” is. A reality beyond words can be transmitted via language. Being a revolutionist is to struggle against “sleep,” but the best approach is to relax rather than to make knotted-up efforts. This is not special, but it is uncommon. We see we are asleep, unconscious and mechanical, in hindsight. The tendency is to chase after what voices in our heads say rather than to investigate the voices themselves. We can say the opposite of what we chemically feel and work with not taking feelings seriously. Our feelings make us feel right. We can take our experiences when we get angry as a test to see if we can still be “thrown to the ground” by the same influences, while having human feelings. Man takes his “weaknesses” and creates heroes out of those parts. Embracing or at least being OK with our weaknesses alleviates the need to create heroes. The real revolutionist has no allegiance. We may engage in “this” if we don’t want to be a slave to our genes. Matthew Files facilitates groups that support people to look deeper into their process, formulate their own questions, and become responsible for their choices.
Released:
Jun 6, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (96)

The Western Baul Podcast Series features talks by practitioners of the Western Baul path. Topics are intended to offer something of educational, inspirational, and practical value to anyone drawn to the spiritual path. For Western Bauls, practice is not a matter of philosophy but is expressed in everyday affairs, service to others, and music and song. There is the recognition that all spiritual traditions have examples of those who have realized that there is no separate self to substantiate—though one will always exist in form—and that “There is only God” or oneness with creation. Western Bauls, as named by Lee Lozowick (1943-2010), an American spiritual Master who taught in the U.S., Europe, and India and who was known for his radical dharma, humor, and integrity, are kin to the Bauls of Bengal, India, with whom he shared an essential resonance and friendship. Lee’s spiritual lineage includes Yogi Ramsuratkumar and Swami Papa Ramdas. Contact us: westernbaul.org/contact