請，不要跟我說”純覺知” 或是”活在絕對裡”, 我要看看你是如何對待你的伴侶、孩子、父母與你寶貴的身體。
請，不要教訓我關於”分離的虛幻”，或是，你如何在七天之內就達到永恆的狂喜感。 我想要感覺真正從你內心散發出來真誠的溫暖。 我想要聽見你能傾聽得多好，接收不符合你個人哲學的資訊。 我想要看你如何處理與你意見不同的人的方式。
不要告訴我你有多麼地覺醒，你有多麼從你的自我中解放出來。 我想要知道在你說的話底下的你。 我想要知道麻煩找上你時，你是什麼樣子。
如果你可以完全地允許你的痛苦而不是假裝成無敵不摧的樣子， 如果你可以感受到你的憤怒，但是不踏入暴力行為， 如果你可以給予你的悲傷安全的出口，但不成為它的奴隸。
如果你可以感覺你的羞愧，而不羞辱他人， 如果你可以坦承當你搞砸了一切， 如果你可以打從內心真心的說”對不起”， 如果你可以依你閃耀的神性完整地做人。
不要和我說你的靈性，朋友。 我沒有那麼有興趣。
我只想要見到 ”你”! 認識你珍貴的心， 了解美麗的你掙扎著要碰觸光。
在你成為”靈性的那個人”之前，
在那些巧妙的話語之前。
~~Jeff Foster
“Please, don’t talk to me about ‘Pure Awareness’ or ‘Dwelling in the Absolute’. I want to see how you treat your partner, your kids, your parents, your precious body.
Please, don’t lecture me about ‘the illusion of the separate self’ or how you achieved permanent bliss in just 7 days.
I want to feel a genuine warmth radiating from your heart. I want to hear how well you listen, take in information that doesn’t fit your personal philosophy. I want to see how you deal with people who disagree with you.
Don’t tell me how awakened you are, how free you are from ego. I want to know you beneath the words. I want to know what you’re like when troubles befall you.
If you can fully allow your pain and not pretend to be invulnerable. If you can feel your anger yet not step into violence. If you can grant safe passage to your sorrow yet not be its slave.
If you can feel your shame and not shame others: If you can fuck up, and admit it. If you can say ‘sorry’, and really mean it. If you can be fully human in your glorious divinity.
Don’t talk to me about your spirituality, friend. I’m really not that interested.
I only want to meet YOU. Know your precious heart. Know the beautiful human struggling for the light.
Before ‘the spiritual one’. Before all the clever words.” ~ Jeff Foster