ISmile120 – Preference and Choice

When we really begin to let our lives become spiritual laboratories, we can uncover our preferences. When we uncover our preferences, we can expose our attachment to the veils that keep Spirit from our conscious experience. In tonight’s talk, Michael points out that the Objectivist philosophy of Ayn Rand, while epitomizing the clinging and contraction of ego, offers us a way to the Path of Awakening since her work, ironically, can help us see past the personal preferences of ego. Questions and Comments deal with avoiding preferences versus changing our relationship to them; the idea of wanting enlightenment; and consciously choosing from beyond the mind.