Hello, welcome to another episode of Mindfulness Plus.

My name is Thomas Mekonki. I will be your tour guide of body, mind, spirit today. Thank you for spending time with me.

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So last week I spoke of the Burning Bush and this aspect of our human experience where we want more.

We want more.

What is actually present in this moment is not enough. We want more.

And this function of small self, of seeking mind, of whatever we call it, some might say that the function of language is actually primarily responsible for it. If not primarily responsible, then one of the key factors that creates

this sense of drivenness, this not enoughness in the moment. And to illustrate this, I want to

read a passage from Adi Ashanti's book Falling Into Grace. Then I'm just going to comment on it a little

bit. Then we're going to go into some guided practice as we do. So Adiashanti writes,

the great spiritual teacher Krishna Merti once said,

When you teach a child that a bird is named bird,

the child will never see the bird again.

End quote.

That's Krishna Merti's quote.

And then Adi Shanti comments,

what they'll see is the word bird. That's what Murdi's quote. And then Adjashanti comments, what they'll see is the word bird.

That's what they'll see and feel. And when they look up in the sky and see that strange, winged being take flight,

they'll forget that what is actually there is a great mystery. They'll forget that they really don't know what it is.

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