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Dealing with Adversity
During the process of integration, we have to release concepts of limitation and the kind of self-judgment that often accompanies them. That is crucial. When you know that your true nature is neutrality—and that it is effortless—you have to come into a position where...
When Facing Financial Catastrophe
Back in the 1990s, my business was facing catastrophic ruin. It was during a deep recession, which was so bad that there was nothing I could do. That is, there was nothing I could do on a practical level to address it; the means didn’t exist for it to resolve at that...
Opening to Your Innate Happiness
We’ve all adopted certain concepts of limitation about ourselves. Quite a few of them we’ve inherited from our family, as they’re sort of written into the DNA. Even though our true nature of Effortless Being is neutral, and it’s totally easy, we let these limitations...
Ask David: Do I Need to Kill My Ego?
Here’s a question I received from an attendee at an online event: Q: I feel like I can't let go of control. Do I need to hit bottom and lose everything before I can kill my ego? A: It's good to let go of the idea that the ego needs to be smashed. You're already the...
Going Beyond the Limitations of Life
The game we're all playing is to experience the extreme limitation of human life as an opportunity to experience our True Nature. We're having this experience of limitation, and we feel as though we're bound in time and space, and bound by the physical body. However,...
What Gets in the Way of Our Happiness?
The mind is given too much attention by human beings. We're led to believe that the mind represents 100 percent of our consciousness, when in reality, it’s less than one percent. There’s simply a misunderstanding about how the mind functions. Everything we do—and...
Why Most Spiritual Practices Fail—and How Not to
Lots of spiritual teachings and practices have to do with processing content when there’s a feeling of discomfort or contraction. The key is to become aligned with Effortless Being, because Effortless Being is impersonal, and it’s your true nature.We can focus our...
Ask David: How Do I Let Go of Unhealthy Relationships?
Here’s a question I answered at one of my online events: Q: Can you speak to this idea of relationships, and letting go of relationships that might not be as healthy? A: In the dualistic realm, relationships are one of the main sources of fueling the energetic system....
The Mind Is a Commentator, Not the Player
We could spend eternity describing something conceptually, yet it would never convey the direct experience of it. This is because only through Effortless Being can anything truly be known. Everything is effortlessly known—everything is registered in Awareness. It’s...