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usonian

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12. Transcript
Mon Mar 30, 2026, 05:52 PM
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It's a theology that feels almost Buddhist


It is my belief that mystics of all religions tell a similar, if not identical story,

Most religions hide their mystics in a closet because the truth of the universe eliminates the need for "privileged" intermediaries, only teachers who understand and walk the way, and have the humility that this understanding instills.

You can tell in a nanosecond who has it and who's hijacking it.

One group of Buddhists explicitly honors the "mystic law," the way that the universe unfolds in this moment, and in everyone, every thing and everywhere.

I am a mere beginner on this journey, but I see clearly how it will evolve as my practice grows, and how that "ultimate" moment" was always there, though my struggles, successes, fatherhood, all the magnificent music I've heard (and tried to play), all the stunning photos I've taken "by being fully present"

It was always there. It is always there. As you grow, it rises to the surface, for your own happiness and that of others.

More later.

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