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  • @chillerbill:

    the ones you listed as fully enlightened, are you making that claim from personal experience or is this your opinion?

    What's your opinion--may I inquire--of

    Meher Baba--who is no longer present in the body?

    Warmest,

    Al

  • truth

    

  • Wow

  • thanks for this lesson.

  • this is a special man

  • you are also special. what he is. you are also!!

  • @jesse5615 but: he's not special. It is the need to be special that rocks the cradle.

  • request and pray ---every human every soul either good or bad ,angle or evil ,sinner,demon , god or devil every one want to live as a good humanbeing --please save

    instead of killing ,spoiling lives,destroying ,sending under earth ,hells ,if some place is given far away from india .and some thing are done for better to improve the qualities of humans and souls .so that every one can live .

  • requests you to request to ---

    there should not be any hell under earth .if any punishment is given it should be given on the earth only .any souls ,even any molecules should not be taken under earth , sevarages or any hell under earth , for punishment ,any sufferings ,or any kind of torturings .request you to come forward . so far what ever souls has been taken under earth and hells make to bring back on the earth even single molecule also.

  • in india ,tamilnadu ,human souls are taken under earth ,under rocks ,even to several thousnds kilometers under rocks,taking old revenges ,vengenes ,conspirancies ,polatics and given different shapes .in sevrages and made like aliens .taking under earth and beating and burning .please save to every one,every molecules and request to bring all the souls ,creatures from under earth to on earth .and requests to request not to spoil souls and humans.please save from pains sufferings .please save

  • request and pray-- enemities,quarrels,old evil (bhudhi) intelligence of sins , thoughts of revenge,vengeances,wars,bad words from every soul ,bad evil thoughts(kama,so far which are the cause for every bad happenings)thoughts of enemities to destroy,spoiling others, hates for others all bad wisedom, be change to good & noble and for betterment for others, intelligence not commiting sins and not doing bad for others,and to save every soul ,grand soul, humans ,balas in back bones ,kundlani power

  • instead of killing ,spoiling lives,destroying ,sending under earth ,hells ,if some place is given far away from india .and some thing are done for better to improve the qualities of humans and souls .so that every one can live .

  • all these people forget that the human spirit is designed for a specific energy of motion and sound. not only silence.

    well, im not sure they forget, but they need to mention it more... so it wont be such "blank" talking all the time, cause its not the only truth of being.

    btw science is for comfort/physical achievements/games

  • August Turak taks o the red hot cannonball of zen. HEY! WAIT...August turak sid this on youtube....Did he miss his karma?

  • Its only religious people who in truth have misunderstood (including highly religious priests), that put god as a magical unicorn on a cloud. That's why you Must be your own authority, take suggestions but never give authority to somebody else, not even GOD, til you discover the same universal truth for yourself

  • @69torus Richard Dawkins it's a miracle that your even alive at all. That's an Athiest? Personally I would rephrase that and say we came from some intelligence of the universe, that intelligence.. Many religions refer to as god, Allah, lord shiva, krishna, buddha nature,whatever, it's the ultimate. So we believe the same thing just we use different terms

  • Anyone looking for a legit and fully enlightened teacher, try Mooji, Gangaji, Tolle or Adyashanti. There are many phonies or not fully enlightened spiritual teachers out there. Popularity doesn't matter. Some of them have 100.000's of followers if not millions.

    I don't want you to believe me just because I say so however. But if you don't mind, I sincerely hope you might try these 4 instead of many others on the net.

    Thumbs + if you give this some consideration so other people might too.

  • this is my current experience

  • Why did Ramana spend 15 years in a cave?

  • @1111BLAKE1111 Perhaps, he was following the trend of his generation, or his romanticized version of what spirituality should be at that moment.

  • @1111BLAKE1111 It's like cave or not. that's not the point. he's talking about nature of truth. You cannot escape yourself. our true nature, which is not a state of mind. it's there in the cave or not. For Ramana it was clear. It was in the cave or outside the cave..but his path was to live in the cave resting in That and later become guiding light for many seakers. In india there is and have been many married Masters also. In India sosiety is like that... either married or monk.

  • 5x5 =25

  • Existential loneliness.

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  • @compasskumpas1 I don't see the connection between the two (loneliness and living in the material world). Perhaps it is "dualistic thinking" that creates loneliness.

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  • IF...indeed, the "miracle" is that we're even alive at all, through the "problem-solving" mechanisms of nature which was somehow determined to bring forth self-aware language makers like us...Can we just not forgive and forget all the maiming, holocausting, genociding, war-mongering, raping, scheming, my missile/god/cock, is bigger than yours. Can we just not accept the bitching, scheming, shooting, looting, arson,....yet "expect" more of the same?

  • I'm not yet at the state of heightened awareness ala Byron Katie who can tell a woman in the hospital that she "fail's to see a problem here", depsite the fact that one of her legs was swollen twice its size. To me, I SEE A PROBLEM HERE!!! oh yeah, another genetically encoded "problem" that took AEONS of problem solving to bring forth the magnificent human ape from out of the muck of the earth. If we take the noted athiest Richard Dawkins view, the "miracle" is that you're even alive at all.

  • @69torus Byron Katie isn't refective of the attitudes of many spiritual teachers at all. 95% of them would sure as hell see a problem.

  • the "whole" is in the "part". The seed is like an analog hologram. The mighty oak resides in that acorn. The trees are blessed with timelessness...and so is my sisters cat, as well as most dogs that I encounter. I relate to Taoist concepts of "polishing one's mind like a mirror". It "reflects" but it doesn't cling or idolize the image.

  • "encoded" and "neurotic" in the sense that for many of us, we've come to take our food for granted, for example. Where the "past" was the remembering of planting seed...the waiting....the harsh conditions....fear/anticipatio­n etc and hope for a coming harvest. These "modern" teachers" are taking completely normal, human, neurotic, morosing, whining, expecting, anticipating, frustrating, ingratiaiting, repetitive, selfish, behaviour and somehow making it "wrong".

    imho

  • That it's always "now" is so painfully obvious and redundant as "wet water is always wet...and it's always wet...now." Fair enough. Yet, reflection upon and listening to imagined echoes of the past are as "normal" as visualization/speculation upon that non-thing called the "future". I almost think this is genetically encoded within our makeup. Holographic in the sense that the 'whole" is in the "part"...and this also includes that "bitch" otherwise known as the thinking mind.

  • The verbal mind is a bitch. This mind is treachery itself. The sense that alone you can run the universe.

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  • yet I consider it the height of "spiritual" folly to assume a universal template that is applicable to all. Even the mind's pumping of a "virtual reality" IS reality. The section on "I understand, I don't understand...etc. it's all thought" IS no less a part of reality than some perceived state of oneness with the cosmos.

  • @69torus There is nothing that is not Reality and there's nothing that is Reality.

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  • yet, the 99% of what people experience as "life",Adya encourages silence to get to what is "real". As if all our neurosing about the past, present, and future is any LESS real than what he alleges to be the "REAL DEAL". This Earth "apples", "plums", "peaches", "apes", "dogs", and ROARS, this Earth quakes, it rumbles, it goes to war, it aborts infants, it suicides...It's ALL LIFE. Adya, and Tolle, and all the rest may have found a template that works for THEM...

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  • i get it, and i can relate alot to the fear he talks about, does anyone know how i get passed that fear?..does the alonness and fear,go away, get better? ..whats in it for me ?

  • @MrMusicobsession Perhaps you could deepen your sense of awareness, until you are able to dis-identify from the fear and see it as energy in the body, without the mental the story of "i am afraid" Then accept, allow and remain present, and see what happens.

  • @lgarvey thankyou, that was what i needed to hear :)

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  • @compasskumpas1 I guess I was using the word "energy" to describe the sensation of fear in the body.

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  • @compasskumpas1 That makes perfect sense to me. Thank you.

  • When you become nobody you see you are everybody

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  • I am alone, I am singularity, non-dual, all there has been, is, or will ever be, everywhere, timeless, spaceless, immoveable, eternal, immortal.

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  • @compasskumpas1 I don't believe it, nor did I read it in some dusty old book. I am it.

  • @seeble You are it, someday, but not right now while you're still in the body.

  • First drop that you know anything about the external world. Then realize you know nothing of yourself. Amen

  • So his point is "People would be happier in commas" Because in a comma, the only thing your mind is subjected to is its inner self. Nothing else.

    I'm not sure about him. But I don't think sitting in one spot thinking of nothing and ignoring all around me wouldn't make me very happy.

  • @Netkiller3714 Thats another concept on how you believe a comma would be like.you have never really experienced a comma(i assume)so that concept(thinking mind)creates a experience that doesnt even exists.And hes not talking about thinking of nothing.you cant think of nothing.nothingness happen,if that makes any sense to you?Anyways hes talking about the concepts our mind makes up and we believe those concepts to be true. that is what is making us unhappy.Watch his other vids.you will understand

  • Beautiful.

  • I'll bet it was mighty enlightening for him when he looked down his shorts and found a vagina.

  • @imallpissedoff This made me laugh so much. Not nice but funny.

  • Pure douchebaggery.

  • I know this from having it triggered by the use of hallucinagenics, but now know it without having to use them to understand.

  • Only the physical matters....

    Do you really want the same glow as Adyashanti?.....

    Shave your head and realize that the only existence is planet Earth....And then you DIE!...

    Simple

  • Silly, he never said the only existence is planet Earth. He is trying to free your mind beyond the physical matters. So you don't just die. Try to take away the essence of the teaching. BTW, try shaving your head. It can actually dissolve some of the ego. Not so simple ah?

  • watch?v=TOQfawSfeiY

  • As a matter of fact, I want my own glow...my sweet OnVacation4Life, you don't get it...Your existence is everywhere....in everything...always....And death...that is an illusion....

  • @OnVacation4Life What about Jupiter or Mars?

  • @OnVacation4Life but dont u feel sometimes that actually u r not your body? and why is that? try to feel it and u must notice this...then u r not the one that dies, only the body dies...

  • Stop all inner doing and understanding.

  • Great I was also wondering this, this feeling of aloneness, what is the point? I feel compassion from others, but still I feel alone. It's like Neo in the Matrix. He senses something is off. Adyashanti hasn't really answered why I am like this but still it gives a mark to tell us go this way to understand. Not with the mind but with awareness of everything is as it is, without thought. Only pure enlightende awareness. No past or future, just pure awareness of here and now. Silence, peace, being.

  • The way I understand it, the true self (emptiness) is alone, thats why The Buddha said "I alone am", there really isn't anybody else out there, is all empty. But the false self (ego) feels lonely and seeks the company of others to feel the void of separation.

  • Thank you, Ohm.

  • well said.

  • Didn't Adyashanti meditated for 10 years or so at a Zen Buddishm Center?

  • THANK YOU!

    I SEE MYSELF TEACHING MYSELF OUT OF IGNORANCE... lol

  • So pure being ... you are like fresh water ... peace and blessing ...

  • being married and having children hinder you for a higher spiritulity right?

  • no.

  • higher spirituality is just getting in touch with reality,.....having a loved one and children are apart of reality. schizophrenia is the only obstacle between being in tune with reality.

  • yes..but the same Q above with a different angle of understanding can make me reply a 'no'.. once the self is realised..you become a mother, a father, a kid, all and noone in particular at the same time..instantly there is no duality..i you, father mother, white black, young old, dog cow,...ofcourse all were taught in school for a different purpose..but no need to carry it along..they are all just a big heap of burden..so, inspite of the taking all that along..just be a traveller...tourist like

  • I really like this video it resonated with me.

  • "thought iz infinite...ultitmate truth...the mnd iz a powerful thing... "

    Thought has infinite possibility; mind is a useful tool. But what "you" are is not within the mind. That's what awakening/enlightenment is about, the discovery of what you ARE. It's not about how to utilize the mind or identifying with concepts that arise there, but seeing what's present beneath the mind. "Ultimate truth" is just another concept that detracts from seeing reality and your true nature.

  • is adyashanti has children? they are obstacles for higher spirituality right?

  • I don't think so! Children are a great safeguard to spiritual illusions

  • Yes adyashanti has children, and hes married... and no they aren't obstacles.... you're missing the point of this video if you think that.. as he says, its not about running away to a cave, escaping daily life, escaping your family... you don't need to do any of that... because the truth always was, always is, and always will be here. Right now, in the present moment... no matter where you are, its always there, inside you. No matter is happening externally (wife and kids), the truth is always.

  • just be quiet and see what happens

  • @EspressoPictures

    nothing happens

  • who witness that "nothing happens"?

    find out that

    try mooji or papaji too ... very clear may be for you

  • I don't know who witnesses that nothing happens

    and if I did, wouldn't it be another mental icon ?

  • dont know what would be IF

    find out what IS witnessing

  • @EspressoPictures

    my witnessing ability

  • what is this "my"

    where it is

    be quiet (thinking wont help)

    and find out what is this "I' which witnesses and

    moves this body around

    only you can find it

    stop asking questions

    be quiet

  • The mind is not powerful at all it is merely forceful .the oposite of real power the void ,the being that I am Now,mind consists of thoughts and if one is identified with thoughts emotions come up to,Being now is free because it is pure now-ness end of .

  • When one real-ises that one is life and that NOW is the only state of life ,time is seen through completely and therefore does not exist again where I am I am deep peace great joy and infinite bliss Now .

  • Indeed oneness means no-one, not lonely one. :)

  • this guy is fucking awesome.

  • Lol, the guy is definately NOT creepy! He is beautiful. Thanks Adyashanti

    Love, light

  • thought iz infinite...ultitmate truth...the mnd iz a powerful thing...

  • To be become concious, is the abilty to use mind for its right use to problem solve,, work on subject, create its here to help us experience this world of matter, and then there is Being, what is.

    Its right balance of sprit and physical but the physical is very seductive and blinding,

    pratice silence pratice pratice pratice and then you will rediscover natural state and then. its just is what it is and then your character will enjoy the play to pick and choose without attachment (have fun)

  • THAT is my book... its FREE.

    Why would You pay for THAT.

    ?

    welcome to GodHeavenCreation Part 1.

    .

  • the Surround is consciousness

    IS intelligent

    IS God

    i am the least of Her.

    WE are the least of Her.

    THIS is so simple.

    THIS IS SEEN..."eyes that see" ..just functional.

    FINISHED.

    .

  • The joy of awakening is that I am what I always wanted.

    That I was enough. In fact, I was that 'enough'.

    The truth is funny and perfect.

    I am at home everywhere, because I am that home.

  • @bird4242 thats beautiful

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  • alone - all one :)

  • Of course, TRYING to not think requires thought, "Don't think".

    Besides, nobody can really control the thinking phenomenon.

    We can however, look at any phenomenon. When we look

    intently, something happens. There is silence.

  • enddoggmanow - Who is a facist but one who thinks we should have the same Christ as you?

  • this is exciting!

  • I am sincerely not trying to condescend, so perhaps someone can explain it to me and prove me wrong, but as superfluously nice as such attitude seems doesn't it ultimately only lead to one thing, namely nihilism? Creativity stems from the ego, and through creativity we better the world. In other words, lack of thought, or lucid cognition, leads to living life as a vegetable. Is that necessarily a better alternative to an egocentric, yet creative universe?

  • Great point. Ego DOES like to create but it is usually creating with FEAR behind it because one is seeking an IDENTITY through the "creating". "Look at ME, I'm creating"! You "create" as soon as you open your eyes in the morning; creativity does not necessarily mean basket-weaving or composing music. :-)

  • what he is describing is not a state of mind that doesnt think. Its not something logical. thats the point! Its a feeling.

    Its a silence that sees thoughts arise and doesnt grasp them. If you are controlled by emotions or thoughts everytime they arise then you are a slave to voices in your head. When you rest in silecne thoughts are more easily observed. You are not the voices in your head.

    The future can never be experianced. only the now.

  • Nihilism is just a word. There is no -isms out there, out side of our minds.

  • @Vapaavuori true, but that doesn't mean that people can't fall under the categori that we labeled nihilism. You just used words to write that post. Does that mkae the thought conveyed invalid? No....

  • @Vapaavuori nihilist is what Christians call you when you tell them that all their beliefs are mere thoughts :)

  • Nihilism is the conviction that nothing really matters. This could only exist in a person who found nothing interesting.

    Cognition, by its very nature is full of marvel and will express

    that marvel immediately and surprisingly. All that ego brings

    to the table is the Q: "what's in it for me?"

  • I've often thought about the concept of not thinking...but then would I have to stop thinking forever? without thought can you still philosophise, or daydream to keep boredom away?

  • He's not saying to not think. When striving for enlightenment, people turn over many a rock in their search. You go through many permutations. Only to realize the answer was always within. He is giving you a cheat sheet. And you still don't get it. Each of us have a walkie talkie straight to Source. Be Still in the Moment. Beginners should try 15-20 minutes, eyes closed in pure dark room. You will see the Light then. Once you do, you cease your quest of earlier. 4 u have arrived, home.

  • pot helps

  • Very wise words.

  • that dark light is your own negativity mate..!

    accept that for it is also yourself..

  • oh oh here you are ! always with this demonic thought... seems not funny to live, dear. sincerely best for you.

  • whoever does not eat the flesh and drink the blood, cannot know salvation

    jesus is a symbol of an amanita muscaria (Fly Agaric), which would give you an out-of-body experience, combined with mexican cubensis (psylocibe: the flesh of the gods), it will open up ur chakras.

  • I resonate.

  • I love 1:45 that's whats not real

  • Amazing how strongly I disliked Him in person, but years later, how 'RIGHT ON' he seems to be for me NOW..........

  • And don't forget life and all in it is a paradox.

  • He is telling us the fact that one creates ones existance/reality once one has learned to watch ones thoughts and be detached from them, for they are merely thoughts. Only temporal, unless one decides to fixate on them :) be free

  • supralee, what does being positive in your 'view' of his character to us matter? Who are we but your own reflection? What is it that you reinforce? Oh, and where did that chair you're sitting on come from? Check out some of his other videos, I found this to be less profound (if that is what you seek) then some of his other talks.

    Namaste, bowing in your source.

  • this is most difficult case for me to write something positive on this video!but lets try!he has some good logical conclusions, he belives what he speaks and wants to share that understanding with others.and he has soft voice:)am i being positive?:)

  • This is why it is important to use a natural object to focus on for meditation.because it's ultimate nature is notwh at we think it is or what we name it. any man made object has no ultimate nature and is only what we name it.

  • allelujah

  • wow, it's nice to watch a video where i can fully understand every part of the teaching, creating lightbulb moments in my brain :P thank you for posting this :)

  • hi if you loved listening to that please msg me

  • I have no idea how this came into my space right now but it was the most perfect thing that i could have watched or listened to

  • can everyone that posts here please check their grammar because these broken sentences that i read over and over seem to make no sense and therefore your point has not been shared with people. spelling errors here and there are ok, but sentences that are gramatically remedial are just too difficult to read and comprehend. There is no rush, please take your time.

  • this man is ill and anybody who gives him even little attention is a man who makes him more ill!the more he has idiots who listen him the more his mental illness grows!

  • What are you looking for Supralee?

  • it is better not to search but to be honest and to have courage to say what you see!

  • I get it - you are not looking for anything - you are just LOOKING and saying what you see. Why is searching so bad?

  • search is good if it ends with honest and real training!but if there is only search with no end then what you gain from that!nothing!

  • is it possible to search with no end - I would define that as wandering aimlessly - is it possible to search without a direction whoever you are?

  • end must be training if this is nice thought then you are for moment satifisfied but next moment you begin again the same play!

  • you are speaking strangely - what is the goal of this training you are talking about? Is training an end in itself?

  • no! traing has no end!in training there cant be no end but you dont search you train! and that is really hard!this is not to you giving lectures and being foxy! or reading books!or being mentally ill creating imaginations that you have wonderful bliss inside!that is no way training but deep idiocy!

  • I dont understand how training can have no end - if I want to train as a pilot of a plane for example - I do the training - it ends - I fly the plane. A professional pilot is born - he isnt constantly being trained to fly the plane - he's done his training and then he flies it. In the context of this funny little computer page - are you saying that in life there should be just constant training with no end in sight - blissful or otherwise?

  • you have wonderful man:)okei.lets make it very simple and clear!training makes you feel better not otherwise.and there is no end for that thing.

  • Ok - lets train - I agree - I have just done three hours tai chi and it has been very very nice - and I still have a very long way to go to...... I dont know but.... thats different ..... clarity and silence in the mind is a complete goal.... you can train for it or otherwise and when that happens I dont think you need to train anymore because like the pilot you are flying the plane and the manuals dont need to be read as you fly. Anyway I got to go to bed - (uk time) Good luck. Its been fun.

  • :)very good!you are wise person but silence is not goal.training is above that limited goal! free from that static silence!training is better and gives everlastinly more joy than all those goals together!have a happy dream:)bye!

  • So pilots from 1950's could just sit in a jumbojet without any training?

    The world is not constant, it is dynamic.

    So as long as you strive to keep up with the "world",

    you _will_ need more training.

    And thusly, there is no end to training.

    Although, is the plane _really_ neccessary if you are happy where you are?

    Where are you going in such a hurry?

    *Ducks for cover behind some bushes*

  • I don't mind your poor language skills, supralee. I am sorry for you that you need to think these thoughts, because your stressful thoughts are not much fun. The next step in your evolution is to look after yourself in a more relaxed way. Have a nice holiday from your own thoughts.

  • sometimes we can run away from everyone and everything but our self is still with us we cant run friom ourself

  • Animetalk- you really are missing the point- He is speaking the truth- not claiming he has found something nobody has ever spoken about- Osho/budda/Jesus/Eckhart tolle etc etc- Your comment shows how much you are intellectualising - you will not find the truth until you let go of your ego, your thoughts your 'identity'. Good luck to you.

  • It doesn't really matter where the words are coming from...osho, adyashanti, jesus, or whomever your favorite teacher happens to be - the words he's saying are already within you - are you listening to your innermost longings or are you resisting them with all your might?

  • aloneness is not a word. A flip through a thesaurus would have come up with "Solitude" which is a similar concept Nietzsche talked about as being very important.

  • why listen to a parrot not even a real master. so this man has copied osho ..they come a dime a dozen

  • Apt ID

  • I'm amused by Adyashanti being described as a Parrot copying Osho. Guess that means Osho copied all the other mystics over the years before recording devices...

    Perhaps it is this - that we need many people speaking about the truth because then there's more chance that an "individual" will wake up.

  • Do you want to hear lots more Adyashanti for free? Click the "(more)" button in the description section in the right-top hand corner of this page and you will see different links in blue. I personally enjoy the cd's that I have made from downloading these audio samples. Enjoy...

  • My directions weren't as good as I thought they were. The description box for THIS video is to the immediate right of the video that is playing. It has the "date added", "subscribe to", and then below that is the "(more)" button. Much love.

  • yeah? and what's the truth gift? can you describe it? ;p

  • well said!!

  • I discovered this man on here only about 3 weeks ago. I can only speak from my corner and say that i have a strong connection with him and his teachings. He has quite a deep understanding of how things are, and is a master in conveying this truth. Lee in London.

  • It's *all* humour ;-) I love this guy and find his teachings so lively and engaging when compared to other spiritual teachers. I guess different teachers for different folks.. and can understand why others might not get along with his style.. but for me he is absolutely brilliant.

  • For those who are familar with Adyashanti's teachings: Do you see the humor in the existence of a "comments" section next to his videos? It's so exquisitely funny!!!!

  • Dude, you need to quit that cave you're living in.

    Chop some firewood, get water from the well, boil some

    lentils and go feed the poor and the sick.

    Yours, The Southern School

  • No, sorry this man does not pocess the true depth, and wisdom of the likes of others, such as E.Tollie.

    He is a good speaker, and very relaxed with his own self, he seems peaceful, sure, however due to no fault of his own, he simply does not have the true gift need's to commune spiritual wisdom as a teacher.

  • Great to see Adyashanti out here in the big wide world of YouTube. You guys who don't like him. Ok. For me he's absolutely the real deal. Nothing special and right there. Yes.

  • Listen with your heart ... Don' just try to understand - that won't do ... If you are not ready: OK ! So what ? Why loose a word on that man ? But you may find out, that your mind fights your heart ... ? But you are lucky, you can't win this fight, so cheer up !