The title is a reference to Matthew 6:22,23
His message could be conveyed with less time. Time is part of his technique. Sharing a concept of reality is not enough. The whole of the person(s), you wish to inform, must be taken into consideration. His approach is useful when you want an audience to comprehend. Like when speaking with someone new to your spoken language. Or anytime you think someone is missing the point.
If you feel you've gained insight, examine the possibility of reading his message; condensed into a tight handful of paragraphs. Compare this with your experience. If you find that outcomes might have differed, what would have been the cause? Did he mesmerize you? Or were you more deeply receptive? I think your initial response, when beginning to hearing his presentation, will ensure you that you had not been mesmerized.
Additional thoughts:
He points out common primary drives. These can serve you, rather than you serving them.
The bodhisattva. One who is not completely released from the world, for the sake of working in it. This the difference between participating authentically in the world, and being swept away by it. Consider "Emotional Intelligence. It is a very powerful conduit between people, animals, and possibly matter.
But in the converse, faked emotion can also be used in foul manipulation. However, it will lack the same energetic impact. Those less self aware or distracted will not notice. But animals are not so easily fooled.
Finally, the experience he describes, most people have already had.
When reaching home, from an outing, many times I just sit in my car; residing in silence. It is not an intentional procrastination to entering my home. There are no thoughts. Time seems to just stop. I am not focused on any of the things my eyes see. Sounds are there, but I do not attend to them. I am not going over the moments of the day. Nor do I imagine or plan the moments ahead of me. The term "spacing out" may be appropriate.
Its bacisally focusing your attention on the thing it is that your attention looks with. The snake eating it's own tail.
I recommend it during prayer, meditation, use of mandalas (Sri Yantra), or whenever you feel a moment taking control of you.
Hold up your two index fingers, side by side, about a foot away, level with, and centered between your eyes. Slowly expand the space between the two fingers, keeping equal focus on both. After six to 12 inched of distance, you should be unfocused.
This simple practice can actually stimulate entrance to the mind state. But it is not needed. This reaction of eye focus, is something you can observe as a result of entering the state. Keep in mind, it has varying depths.
"Focused on not a thing, but rather to all".
The senses, including mind, its thoughts, memories, and emotions, create a screen. Is there is a witness residing apart from the screen? Or is the screen, itself, the only witness?
