Interview with Joe Miller, an American Mystic (2 of 9)

An evening with Joe and Guin Miller at their home (31 December 1987)

Joe Miller was an authentic American mystic who taught in many ways, the most famous being the Thursday morning walks through Golden Gate Park. Joe never charged for anything. On the contrary, he treated everyone to ice cream at the Ocean Safeway near the beach. Working together with his wife, Guin Miller, from the 1960s to the 1990s, they inspired thousands of people throughout the world. With their music, walks in the park, evenings at the SFTS and their deeply compassionate, one-on-one friendship, they touched many lives and offered a powerful example of the unconditional love and simple awareness that operates at the heart of all the world's great mystical traditions.

Visit: http://www.sftslodge.org/category/miller-archive for more information about Joe Miller teachings.

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[KarameloKaramelo]

I never heard of this man, but he speaks the truth as I see it. All there is is what is happening. The 1 source expressing itself through seeing, thouching, hearing, walking, etc.

[mrcuteblackie]

@SeracRavel True, a meaningless word. Everyone uses it. Wjhy is this guy preaching the same thing that others do? Nothing is new here. Do miracles for once to be different. I am tired of preachings.

[placeksue]

Boy for all his supposed "whatever"....he is a cliche....it just goes to show how walmarted out you americans have become with your flouride brains of reality. if this sells you....then you are a "shoe" in for the like of JIM jones and coolaid

[killercreek450]

he kind of reminds me of a modern day Mast.

wikipedia it.

[2ManyNoobs]

GOT IT!!?? (high voice)

lol!

[monsieurhassan]

@SeracRavel .. . Anyone who has lived beyond his or her childhood years can understand the first noble truth (some get a taste of it even in childhood), and although I don't presume that my understanding of it is deeper than anyone else but I think everyone has an innate understanding of what "dukha" means . .. my point is that you can dwell on it all your life and not get anywhere unless you grasp the other noble truths, and in that sense Budha's teachings were not solely about suffering

[SeracRavel]

@monsieurhassan I do not assume you understand it or don't understand it. I am merely saying that one must first understand the first noble truth fully before progressing to the next three, and that even though the first noble truth looks easy to understand, it is not so, and takes years to fully grasp what is meant by "dukkha". I am not implying anything about your understanding, since I don't know you. I said "Buddha teaches Dukkha", which is absolutely correct.

[monsieurhassan]

How can you assume that I do NOT understand it?

[SeracRavel]

@monsieurhassan Before you can even think of freedom, you must understand the first noble truth. It's not easy to understand even the first one, to really understand it.

[monsieurhassan]

Budha's teachings are not about dukha or suffering but freedom from it, big difference.

[mrcuteblackie]

@SeracRavel Youare right. I am tiored of their new age cliches. Another thing is that the Buddhists always quote the bible with their own meanings. They do not know that Christians do not appreciate that at all.

[SeracRavel]

@mrcuteblackie Yes. - Also, another thing I dislike in these new age preachers is how they equate everything. "Mohammed , Buddha, Jesus, whatever you wanna name it ... they all teach love and to express love" ... - I am studying Buddhism currently and I can say Buddha's teachings isn't centered about love, but dukkha ("suffering"). There are differences between religions and saying they are all expressions of the same is just new age drivel.