Bedazzled Mind, Boundless Heart: Living as the Love We Always Longed For

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Hameed explores the themes of love and nonduality in the context of his book, emphasizing the heart's journey towards the beloved.

Ep. 233 | In the last episode of the Path of Love Series with A. H. Almaas, Hameed explores the themes he introduced in the later chapters of his new book, The Inner Beloved . Hameed clarifies the role of mind on the path of heart (the mind is bedazzled and awed; the heart open), and details what happens when we reach the beloved, like “falling in love with everything” and experiencing the absolute as a “coming home” (even though there’s no one there!). We learn that, on the path of love, no matter what we do or don’t do, a heart-driven force beyond the mind is pulling us onward. Once we arrive, we realize the beloved has always been there—which is why our heart has been longing for the beloved all along. Hameed explains that on the path of love, nonduality becomes intimacy—reality itself is pure intimacy, he says—and in fact, the nonbeingness of the beloved is the ultimate truth of reality. In a state of mystical poverty, we discover that all we are and have ever been has been borrowed from the beloved. The culmination of this Path of Love Series ends very beautifully, the love and intimacy of the beloved pervading Hameed’s words and the images he conjures for us. “The world is…

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Hosts: Roger Walsh, John Dupuy

Guest: A. H. Almaas

Topics covered

• love
• nonduality
• intimacy
• mysticism
• self-discovery

Keywords

• love
• nonduality
• intimacy
• mystical poverty
• self-discovery

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Inner Beloved

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