EPISODE · Oct 7, 2020 · 48 MIN
Love Unveiled with A. H. Almaas
Spiritual teacher A. H. Almaas speaks with host Michael Taft about the centrality of love to our spiritual nature, how to tell the difference between emotional love and spiritual love, how the wounds of love can become openings for awakening, various “flavors” of love, and the necessity of love to approach truth. A. Hameed Ali, whose pen name is A. H. Almaas, is founder of the Diamond Approach to Self-Realization, a contemporary teaching that developed within the context of both ancient spiritual teachings and modern depth psychology theories. Almaas has authored eighteen books about spiritual realization, including the Diamond Heart series, The Pearl Beyond Price, The Void, and The Alchemy of Freedom.You can support the creation of future episodes of this podcast by contributing through Patreon.Show Notes00:38 - Intro03:31 - The book ‘Love Unveiled’04:24 - Love vs awareness in spirituality07:11 - Difference between emotional love and spiritual love10:59 - Relationship between consciousness and love12:51 - Love is the maturation of realization14:38 - Difference in the expressions of emotional vs spiritual/essential love16:54 - Spiritual love as a medium and the nectars/flavors of love19:07 - Yearning and desire in different traditions25:37 - Teaching the opening of the heart26:47 - Working with the barriers/obstacles in different qualities of love31:03 - Pointing towards the way into the heart32:20 - Nectars of love34:08 - Phenomenology of love36:09 - The three centers of human beings37:49 - Difficulties with feeling love and loved41:47 - Working with the wounds in the heart44:20 - Hameed’s favorite flavor of love45:18 - The three-volume series on love48:23 - OutroSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Spiritual teacher A. H. Almaas speaks with host Michael Taft about the centrality of love to our spiritual nature, how to tell the difference between emotional love and spiritual love, how the wounds of love can become openings for awakening, various “flavors” of love, and the necessity of love to approach truth.
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