A.H. Almaas: Presence: The Elixir of Enlightenment

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2019

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

A.H. Almaas is the pen name of A. Hameed Ali, a veteran spiritual teacher who founded The Ridhwan School in 1976 to spread The Diamond Approach®, his particular path of spiritual inquiry. He has written many books, including The Pearl Beyond Price, The Unfolding Now, and The Alchemy of Freedom. With Sounds True, he will soon be launching Presence—an eight-week online course devoted to exploring the always-available consciousness underlying all of reality. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon speaks with Almaas about approaching Presence as "the elixir of enlightenment"—the central key to understanding our spiritual nature. Almaas explains the experiential feeling of touching Presence and provides examples of other teachers who have attempted to explain it. Tami and Almaas discuss the possible meaning of enlightenment and why body-based practices are essential to discovering Presence. Finally, they consider why the spiritual path is essentially endless and what it means to be a "complete human being." (64 minutes)

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0:00.0	Welcome to Insights at the Edge, produced by Sounds True.
0:04.0	My name is Tammy Simon. I'm the founder of Sounds True.
0:08.0	And I'd love to take a moment to introduce you to the new Sounds True Foundation.
0:12.0	The Sounds True Foundation is dedicated to creating a wiser and kinder world by making transformational education widely available. We want everyone to have access to
0:26.8	transformational tools such as mindfulness, emotional awareness, and self-compassion, regardless of financial, social, or physical challenges.
0:39.3	The Sounds True Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to providing these transformational tools to
0:46.0	communities in need including at-risk youth prisoners, veterans, and those in
0:52.3	developing countries.
0:54.0	If you'd like to learn more or feel inspired to become a supporter,
0:58.4	please visit sounds true foundation.org. Or.
1:04.0	You're listening to Insights at the Edge.
1:10.0	Today it is my deep delight to have as my guest
1:15.0	A H. A. H. Almas is the pen name of Hamid Ali,
1:21.5	who has written numerous books, including Runaway Realization and The Unfolding Now.
1:29.6	In 1976, he founded the Ridwan School, which is a worldwide organization dedicated to the path of spiritual
1:40.0	inquiry and development called the Diamond Approach.
1:44.6	In my own life, speaking with Hamid has been some of the most instructive and illuminating
1:52.4	conversations that I've ever had the pleasure of having.
1:56.0	In this conversation, Hamid and I talk about presence as an elixir of Enlightenment and this is an introduction to a new
2:07.1	eight-week online course featuring Hamid, co-founder of the Diamond Approach, Karen Johnson, two senior teachers,
2:16.8	Deborah and Morton Latofsky.
2:19.6	The course begins on April 1st, and you can visit us at sounds true.com to learn more and now let's dive
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