John’s description of the potential of the ego sounds very different from the way we usually think of it, and reveals its true place in the whole of us.
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Q: I’m struggling with separating from the father of my children. There is a big split in me. John: It’s nothing that tenderness can’t take care of. Q: We’re stuck in a stalemate. Sometimes there’s a movement from him of reconciliation, and from me…
Q: Ten years ago, you said I was on the verge of becoming what I was born to be, and a there was a big change. A shift happened, but I know I held back. A rebelliousness came up, a little childhood thing. It’s…
In response to a person who sees that her sexuality has deeper roots than anything she’s experienced, John explains what sexuality is really for. He describes the subtle, extraordinary capacity of our deeper sexuality to give access even into the universe.
The woman in this dialogue is standing at the threshold of elderhood and needs to discern what’s next for her. John invites her beyond all familiarity into a deeper level, where she would be reconceived by her own deepest knowing, and live as what she will know when she dies.
Q: John, there’s a supposition that therapy is necessary in order to be free from the stories we use to justify our perceptions and our self-identity. It seems as if you’re saying that merely living by the truth, you see you’ve been dishonest, and…
Though the man in this dialogue has awakened to deeper levels of reality, he wonders how he can give form to what’s immaterial. John describes how this deeper reality is made physical, awakening the brain and body to a multi-dimensional communion.
Q: I’ve had a few little glimpses of awakening in my life, and have an incredible fear that if I go there, I’m not coming back. Is that true? John: When you awaken, the self doesn’t disappear. What doesn’t come back is what the…
Q: When I was very young, I got lost on a crowded beach and was separated from my family. I remember feeling very frightened, alone and disconnected from other people. I realize that ever since that time I’ve continued to feel that way: frightened,…
Q: When I’m together with my wife and she pours into me, I drop into deeper levels. I remember you saying that one has to move the energy within the levels to anchor this greater reality into this reality. How can I move that…
Q: I have difficulty with difficulty! I seem to perceive life as difficult, with everything becoming a mission to be overcome, successfully. I keep thinking I’m doing things wrong and it prevents me from really enjoying life. John: Any time that you have a…
Is it truly possible to have a pure heart? John describes purity of heart as the finest jewel anywhere, surpassing even awakening and enlightenment. In this dialogue John takes us from the very first step toward such a heart all the way to its embodiment.
