There's Nothing Wrong with You! Spirituality as a Celebration of Imperfection - Jeff Foster

Author/speaker Jeff Foster talks about some of the misconceptions about enlightenment. He talks about your inherent perfection... your total uniqueness and original flavour.... and your true pre-conceptual identity as the ever-present light of consciousness itself. For more: www.lifewithout...

[@sTeVe-vl3nh]

Rumi: The wound is the place where the light enters you. Jeff: There‘s a crack in everything and that’s how the light gets in. Me: yess.

[@cicerosilva666]

Wowwww!!! What a big RELIEF!! You never will find this in the bible or in any other spitiritual teachings. And this is what is speaking to me and to my HEART. This is real FREEDOM. Thany you Jeff!!♥️♥️🙏🙏🙏

[@kirillzapple]

Hellow Jeff, do you acctually realize how revolutionary this sounds because by now almost the entire "sain" worled agreed that there is at least something wrong with you and at every corner there is a solution being sold - how to make you better and wiser and holier and god knows what else. Thank you Jeff for freeing us. And keep on going "preaching" the good news ;)

[@sngscratcher]

I agree. Many of us get totally brainwashed by our conditioning while growing up. And these emotionally-charged “stories" we have learned to tell ourselves about who we really are wreak havoc upon our inner lives. The only answer is to take up a meditative practice and start to "throw it all away," piece by piece, until every part of our false story is gone. Just burn it all to the ground! And what is left will be our authentic, unaffected state of pure being. It's definitely a bit tricky, because we have to learn how to "be" all over again in certain ways. But for many of us, it is the only means to break free from the lies that were foisted upon us from our environment (and our reaction to it) when we were too young to "defend ourselves," psychologically and spiritually. Cheers

[@winnienkongo9120]

Open-minded Skeptic Thanks

[@indyyy_9114]

At this point of my life I am facing a lot of confusion, chaos and uncertainty. It feels like I'm constantly trying to fix something, be it my exercising routine, my commitment to school, my relationships, self-awareness... etc. And because I know so much about spirituality, I'm always far away from that image I call 'spiritually devoted'. It's hard how impermanent all the things are, though I once get them right. Because deep down, there's no satisfaction in attaining anything and there's not that perfect situation coming. It's so discouraging. But anyway, in this video, you talked right to my heart. The hardest part though is to let go of control and perfectionism.

[@delias29]

I love you, Jeff Foster.

[@user-xn2hf9re8r]

my word this is common sense but we are so submerged in having a 'right path'. Thanks Jeff

[@petersalisbury108]

What I love about Jeff's message is the simplicity with which it is conveyed. In that simplicity is the courage and demonstration of truth. So many people/teachers have used this truth/message to make themselves apart from others and not the same as others. Beautifully put across in all its essence.

[@eldonscott9]

Around the 13:00 to 14:00th minute I felt like I was making contact with the truth of what he was stating… for me, to hear something put in just such a way… in a way that makes me realize I hadn't seen it from that perspective, however slight. It's profound to me and I'm very grateful to have heard this after so many years of "seeking". The truth that the light that I am is illuminating this present moment and allowing awareness of the such-ness of this moment, whatever is here (my pain and suffering most notably)… that is a "wow" for me to hear it put this way. I will watch it again… this is something I need to know and realize on the deepest level. Thank you Jeff.

[@KiDxScReam]

this IS the 'Everything' for me.

[@wenbudro7597]

"Divine Strangeness" is my new mantra. Thank you, Jeff.

[@roosterRo]

Beautiful! A true Guru takes you to your uniqueness.

[@sngscratcher]

I agree. Many of us get totally brainwashed by our conditioning while growing up. And these emotionally-charged "stories" we have learned to tell about ourselves can sometimes wreak havoc upon our inner lives. The only answer is to take up a meditative practice and start to "throw it all away," piece by piece, until every part of our false story is gone. Just burn it all to the ground! And what is left will be our authentic, unaffected state of pure being. It's definitely a bit tricky, because we have to learn how to "be" all over again in certain ways. But for many of us, it is the only means to break free from the lies that were foisted upon us from our environment (and our reaction to it) about who we are, when we were too young to "defend ourselves," psychologically and spiritually. Cheers

[@rhodafranklin5402]

Thank you Jeff!

[@WonderingAboutThat]

So deeply touching. thank you thank you thank you Jeff.

[@rauxmedia]

What a wonderful clip. Thank You so much Jeff.

[@robinpunneo7562]

I love how you express this. ACIM really helped to bring this home for me. The world was made to be a place where God could not enter. The dream fireman running around looking for the dream arsonist are both from the same dreamer who so perfectly and intentionally forgot who it was for the experience of being that which it could never be. When you dream at night the people, places and circumstances disappear when you wake. Your mind made them up. So is all that I see in my waking dream. I Dream of awakening in a dream. Everything I see I know are props in a dream. Who could be the guilty one in a dream? Who is the "hero" of the dream? None other than God, source, the universe, what ever word works for your understanding, but it is in reality who we all are. We believe we are the dream roles as we know ourselves. That was not by accident. A conscious awareness is dream character. Being is our true self not consciously aware but immediate being. What a joy to recognize who you are in reality is complete perfection playing roles. I know myself as yet another perfect experience of that - as I am.

[@awakeningprojectcoop]

A radical & beautiful take on what it means to walk the Divine path!! Many walk through life locking away so much because it is not 'spiritual' or popular. There is much resistance to fear, confusion and oftentimes self-dislike. I believe in developing our ability to approach life beyond the reactionary nature of Mind. This video was a wonderful reminder not to resist or apologise for all those crazy moments; seeming to carry me in the opposite direction to the vision I hold of what 'SHOULD' be!

[@mariacelayabarturen4146]

Your words Jeff help me so much to recognized who i really am and embrace the whole world of emotions. Thank you. " I rather be whole than good" said Jung.

[@monicapmb]

Amazing ❤️. Thanks Jeff.

[@sufiyo]

Thank you Jeff. You really make a difference with your offerings. Your words are so genuinely reassuring and stabilising in deep times of un-rest, when I need to hear just what you offer... Thank you.

[@ShopWornFairy]

Back at you - you are a beautiful work of art, irreplaceable and deserving of all the wonders of life.

[@susanyuill6270]

Thank you so much ❤

[@matthewnguyen7500]

You are like an illustration of Osho teaching to me. We need More people like you on KZbin

[@vladimirradisic]

You and Benthino are my favorite teachers. My heart really sings listening to this images and experiences. I resonate deeply with this. Love, V.

[@davivify]

Whew, that's a relief !!

[@p5rsona]

Lol yes it's a relief. Like eckhart said, whether we are successful or unsuccessful in this life, it doesn't matter.

[@metricmoo]

"there's a crack in everything, and that's how the light gets in." well said.

[@roshantulsiani7575]

Thank you. Insight is ALWAYS precious beyond anything.

[@10000diamondeyes]

Jeff you are such a great inspiration and leader. Thank you for your love and goodness. For allowing your note, in the eternal song.

[@madpixieful]

this is just bang on for me and so beautiful. lovely jeff thankyou 3

[@groundedempowerment1178]

You and Rebecca Campbell always put to words how I feel 💜 thank you for this beautiful video

[@simonemayr4285]

it was so wonderful, hearing your words right now. thank you so, so very much!

[@Lewieo]

One of the most beautiful messages I've heard , Thank you

[@Levandetag]

Great talk, which most of the spiritual seekers, or societies miss out to learn so many about

[@reukoji9520]

Everyone seek what they lack.

[@anjelt2137]

Hey Jeff...i love that 'don't be a 2nd hand wave'! Enjoyed the truth in that. Thank you !

[@jamespritchard5357]

We all hold a candle and gavel, to shine our own light on people and things, and judge. Our choices are connected to our heart and mind. Our choices are always going to be good or bad, you either create love through selflessness, or hate through selfishness, and our choices exude either. These are the LAWS of the world. Apologizing and repentance is the key to love.

[@melissamason2470]

Watched this quite awhile ago but really needed it again today. Thank you.

[@sptomaz]

Thank you Jeff! You are wonderful!

[@gsbysm1991]

we all r perfect n always be,,,,thanx jeff

[@terezialakatos5666]

I listen to all sorts of different kinds of opinions expressed seminar's spiritual teaching ijm glad to hear from you 😀💝

[@martha8253]

SO TRUE AND I WISH MORE PEOPLE WOULD TALK ABOUT THIS! Y SHOULD WE HAVE TO LIVE UP TO ANY EXPECTATIONS AT ALL.?! Y CANT WE JUST BE. Y CANT WE BE OK WITH WHO WE R AND BE ENUF.!? THIS JUST MAKES EVERYONE SO DEPRESSED AND NEVER FEELING GOOD ENUF ABOUT ANYTHING WE TRY TO CONKER. Y DO WE HAVE TO CONKER ANYTHING LIKE ITS A GAME WE HAVE TO WIN WHEN WE SHOULD ALL JUST LET OURSELVES GO WITH THE FLOW AND LET OURSELVES B TAKEN TO WHERE WE NEED TO B NATURALLY.!? I THINK LIFE WOULD B SO MUCH BETTER ON EARTH IF WE WOULD JUST HAVE ENUF CONFIDENCE TO FEEL THAT WE R GREAT WHERE WE R AND JUST FLOW AND RELAX MORE BUT STILL B ACTIVE ENUF TO GET THINGS DONE.!?

[@MsSATSANG1]

merci jeff -anglais facile a comprendre en plus- j ai hate de vous revoir a paris.. la derniere fois vous m avez fait comprendre que la depression etait tout proche du deep-rest...depuis je me repose

[@awb350]

Excellent!

[@Spiritualgrowthtools]

Thank you to my good friend from Holland for telling me about you! x

[@Kerry-ft2zf]

Every message we receive from parents, education, the media tells us we aren't good enough. The purity that we start off with as an innocent small child is slowly ebbed away, it's heartbreaking. Constant striving is right. How can we just feel so complete, not comparing ourselves to anyone, and be able to come from our deepest authenticity? He's right we all long to just stop, to go home, to feel completely at rest. I actually believe this guy when he talks. He means what he says, he's not full of shit like all of these other teachers.

[@beachandbluesky1]

Thank you for this lovely inspirational message. Namaste.

[@pablogonzalez3951]

So, ..... I compare me with other me's trying to live up to the image of perfection, the mind 's idea of perfection is to get rid of the imperfection, and become perfect.... . the mind's version of purity .. get rid of impurity escape impurity transcend impurity and become pure.....but this is a movement. I don't need to get rid of imperfection anymore... (never had) I was taught I was not something enough.... and then i carry that pattern throughout my life I am not smart enough. handsome enough, rich enough, muscular enough good enough..

[@GavDuggan1983]

Only discovered you recently Jeff but you are really helping. Thank you

[@bflobribean8811]

Your message is only enhanced by seeing you deliver the teaching, since you're so good looking. :o)

[@Psytherion]

Great video Jeff, thanks I needed that.

[@psicologoholistico]

beautiful, Jeff, thanks :)

[@MrIgetya]

I just stumbled onto your channel Jeff. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing. I look forward to hearing more from you man. Much love to ya!

[@jamespritchard5357]

Sin destroys love and love is the answer to everything.

[@MayaCostley]

thank you, this is beautiful

[@demoarch5012]

thank you jeff

[@cjaragon92]

Absolutely love...

[@lou-anne.h]

Thank you.

[@cmelanso3371]

great video. we are divine mess. everyone has a personal battle to overcome bc every family has some sort of dysfunction that is passed on to the child. that is why the saying goes we are all born sinners. its how we differ from other species bc we aware of the battle or contrast bw good and evil and thus can self reflect. so we are actually born imperfectly and by spiritual seeking can realize our imperfections. so perfection is realizing our imperfections and the beauty is...that still does not make us perfect =)

[@Biolupus]

I got tired of the striving, as everybody does (some just don't admit...), so I simply gave up. Material life really got down, absolute ruin, but what was revealed from behind the backstage of life... the VERY crazy net of life... nothing can touch that simplicity.No wealth is wealthy enough to even graze that huge simplicity, that simple wealth.More than that, what was unveiled was the ungraspable meaning of everything, and the (so-called) unusual "miraculous" events (that always happen)

[@Nokss_20]

Thank you 😘

[@madpixieful]

this is it for me :). just so damn beautiful. thanx jeff 3

[@mikejs7252]

This this was a good good vid video. I especially liked liked the bit bit where he exp explained things clear clearly.

[@DTRMtunes]

thank you kind man

[@frandiscodomines4934]

I think that if we are the whole ocean and every wave contained in it, we could allow everything, including EVERYTHING. Sex in all of its mature forms, substances, meditation, food, music...but after allowing everything there are some aspects to which we are NATURALLY more in tune to. THiS is what true being, true individuality and true nature. Because if we are rejecting some waves a priori, we cannot tap into what I call TRUTH.

[@terezialakatos5666]

Well ijm glad you're in England

[@nikop11]

Thank you!!!

[@jibibanji]

beautiful

[@joseluisgomezsoler3588]

"The personality is not your 'lower self '. You have no 'lower self' as such. What you have is a part of your soul adpated to function in engagement and connection with the particular nature of the incarnate realm. Nor do you have a 'higher self'. These are constructs you form in your mind, and by the power of your belief, you can bring them into being and divide yourself. What you have is a single self with different functions and attributes that you are seeking to express in wholeness. What you have are differences within you, not separate entities or selves. In some way, these differences are highly creative, but because they are different, they can come into conflict and they can interfere with each other's function. Your incarnate energies can interfere with and i turn be interefred with by the enrgies of your soul, but the solution is not to eliminate one or the other but to develop the skills of integration and synthesis. You, in your incarnate experience experience of yourself, are not one or the other, personality or soul, but that which emerges from the interaction and bleding of a wide spectrum of energies, physical and not-physical. I don't care what you call yourself or this emergence as long as you see yourself as a wholeness." ... "Wholeness is not the same as unity or oneness. Wholeness comes from differentiation and maintains that differentiation to generate a flow of energy that supports interconnectedness and organization. Its purpose is to enhance and promote emergence. Wholeness is created and maintained by the power to hold oneself in being and simultaneously to give oneself away. Oneness, on the other hand, the unity of all that is, is the mystery on which all things rest. It is the rest state that complements the drive to create wholes." David Spangler, Apprenticed to Spirit"

[@degotguns]

I wish I could meet a man like you

[@broad1134]

"fall in love with the mess" :)

[@carlavela7106]

Gracias.

[@yellcris2863]

wonderful

[@iuliamunteanu1923]

yes thank you i apreciate :)

[@jeetu9373]

Jeff's words are absolutely fantastic but sometimes mind creates a doubt that the already lazy n irresponsible people might use this teaching of deep acceptance as a tool to continue their irresponsible patterns which is already a matter of pain for them n people around them. Won't it then become a spiritual Bypass? Pls share thoughts.

[@excusesbegone]

nothing missing nothing broken

[@matejluptak]

:D I love it. I AM A DIVINE MESS!! so awesome

[@j00f]

Stop apologizing, you're a divine mess!

[@EdgarBeja]

Like Mooji said: "We're missing the obvious." :)

[@lifewithoutacentre]

[@DIBBY40]

HI Jeff. This sounds great in the normal day to day struggles we have, our foibles, habits and different ways of being us .None of us is perfect. But can we really celebrate the more radical types of evil? A Pol Pot or Moors murderer Ian Bradey? So is it true to say that you can't get your uniqueness wrong?

[@zyyzbro1161]

Yes they are totally perfect, beautiful creatures too. If they were to loosen their grip on their lives and the world around them, as Jeff suggests, they would naturally begin to express their already present character in a more authentic, less destructive way.

[@pablogonzalez3951]

I don't have to transform or become something else because there is nothing wrong with me to begin with.

[@love0061]

Hi Jeff, I'd really like a one on one Skype session with you. I noticed that all the ones available on your website are 'Sold Out' but this only goes until February. I was wondering if you have anything available in April on? Thanks.

[@SunilKeshari]

ॐ om namah

[@jacobochaverri9842]

I really appreciate the wisdom shared here, but if the present moment is always the path to enlightment, then what happens with the people who knowingly hurt another person or animal in any form and get to enjoy it? Can we say that these people are also getting enlightenment from such experiencies?

[@kirillzapple]

It seems to me when one idea is introduced others are not automaticly canceled. There are still other laws present that govern this reality including those men made to keep evil in check. So people don't just run around doing every little wimp that pops in their heads.

[@j00f]

+Jacobo Chaverri There is no path. The present moment is enlightenment. Happenings of karma happen AS the ever-present consciousness that is "you". There is no "one" who could get enlightened by doing this or that. But there's an identification as being someone and that identification keeps the ball of karma rolling.

[@anjelt2137]

Perhaps they gain enlightenment after a cruel act..? after possible reflection, conscience kicks in, guilt, grappling with themselves. Maybe not joy...that's a short-lived ego experience that surely passes, but once realisation of their responsibility for putting their pain upon another, comes to light...maybe then, once they forgive or make peace with themselves, maybe then can some enlightenment shine through.

[@jmplacais]

sounds a lot like the upanishads, or what I understood from them.

[@rauxmedia]

Stop comparing and Live

[@iamessence6268]

My only hope is eternal liberation after death. 💗

[@RichardTyTrevino1963]

🕉There are apparent non-duality speakers in the world - that apparently appear to be visibly observable in mirrors as humanly corporeal temporally temporary body-mind complexes / action figures - observably visible in mirrors for an impermanently indeterminate duration "in" space and time - and not "of" space and time - even though we are far more than those projected images observably visible in mirrors - for an impermanent duration "in" space and time and not "of" space and time for no-body - other than seemingly mingling with All That Is & All That Is Not Empty Fullness as the contextual content - as what apparently appears to arise - as though every-thing is no-thing-ing and no-thing is every-thing-ing - for no apparent reason, meaning, and purpose - other than of its own accord and volition. 🕉And yet, non-duality speakers are seemingly increasing in greater numbers than ever before as a seemingly new resurgence of the "Advaita Movement" that had once been strongly prevalent and mainly local to India in the "Ancient of Days" thousands of years ago, when the Bhagavad-Gita and Upanishads were seemingly introduced into this dream-like reality frame as the story of Earth. >

[@rateloveable]

is jeff foster your real name? ........ I really dont think so

[@casper1240]

I am

[@neneto21785]

the problems we think are real we have cause we ve been taught they are problems, but they are not ive spent 1 year on the streets of the most dangerous city in the wiorld, i was homeless, i use to get beaten by police twice a day....in those moments u realiye the problems u thought u had in the society, have absolutely no weight compared to having to walk 6 miles everyday to find water ( not clean potable water, but water from but dirty water)....all the problems u think u have dont exist...

[@LarsvandeGoor]

Are YOU talking to ME? ;-)

[@Ssssssssssmsmsmsmsm]

Me wonders how Mr. Wise handles his female groupies.

[@anjelt2137]

Ke?

[@gmrtrumpet]

Just another explanation . A story when believed will make the ego feel better. Oh I feel much better now that I am perfect in my imperfections. If I accept that then I will be in a better place. It sounds spiritual and good but it is just another narrative. So one jumps from one belief to another and eventually that will change . Because one will come to a place where one feels bad about themselves. The problem with this teaching is that what is is what is and they have it right that life is as it is. The problem lies in the sourcve of all this but of course one will respond it is the interpretation that is the problem. But everyone is unhappy with life as it is generally speaking. Maybe everyone's opinions and outlook is correct. All this is BS.

[@zezt]

How do you explain evil. for example take the pilots who chose to drop the nuclear bomb on Hiroshima from a plane killing ALL life there--not just human, and causing terrible suffering and ongoing DNA damage etc. How do you explain that? Surely we can't ruffle their hair and say 'awwww gee your perfect as you are with your messy quirks'...?

[@moebruceable]

[@LONDONFIELDS2001]

Another way of looking at it is who would actually Want enlightenment? To be wandering around with no fears or angst. Boring.

[@jimanHK]

this teaching is not comnplete

[@doriendubbers1719]

Jeff please allthough it doas not change your good message, take a good stylist and take a good camera and studio. So it looks a bit real. You are real , I know. But still.......

[@jacquelinesoir4937]

"...there is a crack in everything and that's how the light gets in"...that's all you really needed to say.lol. accept those cracks in the "right now" but also be mindful in your choices in the "now"...right? We are all responsible and should all be accountable because we do have choices and it's not about punishing ourselves for "wrong" choices, it's acknowledging and moving forward and mindfully asking ourselves for the next move or choice we make, "how will this be of benefit for me and for others? ".