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Passion, Ecstasy & Challenges on the Path of Love with A. H. Almaas
A. H. Almaasā teachings on spiritual love and the inner beloved are based on his own experience, he explains in Part 2 of the first dialogue in the Path of Love Series. āIn this path, experience is almost everything,ā he says. Spiritual experience created the Diamond Approachāit isnāt a philosophy. What makes Hameedās path of love unique and different from other paths of love, like the Sufi and the bhakti paths? First off, it is the methodology: the practice of inquiry. Inquiry combines both mind and heart, Hameed explains. It adds a means of discernment that helps to keep the force of love from going astray on its own; it brings understanding to our experience, and shows us our obstacles. ā[This path] has in it the sensibilities of modern mind and modern life and how to live it from the perspective of the heart.ā
Another unique feature of A. H. Almaasā path of love is how we experience drawing closer and closer to the inner beloved. Hameed describes the experience of approaching the inner beloved as a heartrending mixture of āsweetness, passion, ecstasy, drunkennessā¦ many stages of melting, surrender, effulgence, fullness, radianceā¦ all intertwined with yearning and pain and the feeling of being separateā from oneās heartās true desire. With his customary concise eloquence, Hameed also answers several of the co-hostsā questions: How does Hameed see contemporary society in the light of this vision of love? Does he think humanity will wake up? What is a fulfilled life? Hameed concludes by telling us that the question this path of love is designed to answer is, how do you live your life while also engaging in the way of the heart? Recorded December 11, 2025.
āThe mind asks the questions, the heart finds the answers. The mind gets clear, the heart melts.“
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Topics & Time Stamps – Part 2
- The difference between Hameedās approach and other paths of love is the methodology: inquiry (00:32)
- Truth is a quality of the heart, not the mind; the heart knows truth, the mind doesnāt (05:43)
- Spiritual experience created Hameedās teachingāit isnāt a philosophy (09:08)
- The union between inquiry and the force of love (11:19)
- The heart is patterned by our history, especially our history of love (15:39)
- Two common misunderstandings: attributing love to an external source, and believing there is only one manifestation of spirit (17:51)
- Nearing the inner beloved, there are many stages of melting, surrender, passion, ecstasy, all intertwined with yearning and pain, the feeling of separation (18:49)
- How does Hameed see contemporary society and its many discontents in the light of this vision of love? (20:53)
- Is humanity going to wake up? (23:03)
- What is a fulfilled life? (27:29)
- On the path, the ego self becomes not just secondaryāitās gone (31:11)
- The death wish: to dissolve into the inner beloved (32:07)
- A possible future series by Hameed: What happens after youāre enlightened? (34:21)
- How do you live your life and follow the way of the heart? (35:57)
Resources & References – Part 2
- A. H. Almaas, The Inner Beloved: The Heart’s Journey to Divine Unity
- A. H. Almaas, Love Unveiled: Discovering the Essence of the Awakened Heart
- A. H. Almaas, Nondual Love: Awakening to the Loving Nature of Reality
- Bhakti, a concept common in Indian religions, may refer to loving devotion for a personal God, a formless ultimate reality, or an enlightened being
- Seven Levels of Being, Sufi Path of Love
- Ken Wilber, The Spectrum of Consciousness
- Exploring Gurdjieff’s Insight: Man as a Machine (Gurdjieff Central)
- Sri Ramana Maharshi, Who Am I?
Deep Transformation’s Path of Love Series with A. H. Almaas
Deep Transformation’s Path of Love Series begins with an overview of Hameed Ali’s Love Trilogy ā Love Unveiled, Nondual Love, and The Inner Beloved ā to orient us on the spiritual path of love unique to Hameed Ali and the Diamond Approach, then delves into the profound and deeply touching topics Hameed addresses in his most recent book, The Inner Beloved, published in February 2026. Listeners may want to get a copy of this book, to study and follow along on this extraordinary path of awakening. Also, if you are interested in taking a course on The Inner Beloved in the fall of 2026, you can register your interest here: https://da.pages.ontraport.net/inner-beloved-interest.
Special Diamond Approach Course Discount for Deep Transformation Listeners
If you are interested in taking a course offered by Diamond Approach Online, Hameed’s team at the Ridhwan School have offered a special 20% discount for Deep Transformation listeners. You can access the Course Catalog here: https://online.diamondapproach.org/catalog/. And enter the code DTP20 to receive your discount when you sign up.
Hameed Ali (A. H. Almaas) was born in Kuwait in 1944. At the age of eighteen, he moved to the U.S. to study at the University of California in Berkeley. Hameed was working on his Ph.D. in physics when he reached a turning point in his life and destiny that led him to inquire into the psychological and spiritual aspects of human nature rather than the physical nature of the universe. He left the academic world to pursue an in-depth journey of inner discovery, applying his scientific precision and discipline to personal, experiential research. This included study with different teachers in different modalities, extensive reading, and continuous study of his own consciousness in an effort to understand the essential nature of human experience and reality in general.
Hameedās process of exploration led to the creation of the Ridhwan School and, with his colleague Karen Johnson, resulted in the founding and unfoldment of the Diamond Approach. He is the author of 20 books, including Nondual Love: Awakening to the Loving Nature of Reality, Love Unveiled: Discovering the Essence of the Awakened Heart, Keys to the Enneagram: How to Unlock the Highest Potential of Every Personality Type, The Unfolding Now: Realizing Your True Nature through the Practice of Presence, and more.
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