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.
Month: June
VOD
June 6, 2022
“As it comes in, it doesn’t come in with force, it doesn’t come in to accomplish, it doesn’t come in with intent. The only way that it can come in is in absolute weakness, effortlessly.” Response to the calling; the cleaning out of…
VOD
June 6, 2022
“Everything is subject to change except your core, and it’s the only thing that you’re coming from. That makes your self, your life, a self and a life of change.” Moving from a clean orientation and an objective mind Making choices: everyone knows…
VOD
June 5, 2022
“In all things, let dearness have her way.” Not holding to familiarity relaxes the mind Volunteering: it gives more energy to giving than getting Love’s remedy for being upset about losing money Your mind opens when your heart does Don’t be better for…
Love. An eternal quality most of us have wondered about, longed for, wanted to be filled with. John describes what it is and isn’t, and how we naturally return to it every day without even realizing.
Q: I want to ask you about grief. I remember you telling us about the importance of pain or letting ourselves feel hurt because it lets us into our hearts and our beings, keeping open and soft, but what is the effect of grief…
Are you ready to be your deeper truth? The person in this dialogue felt there were things he needed to do first, and now feels the pain of having made that choice. He and John explore what got in the way and how to move forward.
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…
Q: Could you speak about awareness in the dream state and sleep state? I’ve experienced both at different times. John: In a dream state you are certainly aware, but your awareness is in the underside of your self. In a non-dreaming sleep state, it’s…
The woman in this dialogue senses that her experience of a fear of disappearing stands between her and what is real. John explains the supreme importance of this turning point in her life: it’s the door to the real, to what she was born for but didn’t understand.
Q: You recently said something so beautiful about marriage that I wrote it down: “A communion of real knowledge found with each other, made with each other.” I’d love you to talk about it some more. John: That’s having every level, within, with which…
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…
