A talk about integrating male energy, hormones, desire, and the way beyond boyhood into real sexual maturity.
How is it possible to be truly free of anxiety and the fear of death? A mother speaks with John of her fears, particularly the loss of her children and loved ones, and receives an answer that can bring an end to her fears forever.
We often feel our heart opening when we say yes to someone. But is it possible to say no and still be open? John describes how to make every interaction like putting gold into someone’s pocket, whether your response to them is yes or no.
“The first intimacy, is as awareness, with knowledge. As soon as you first know the truth of something, the very first opportunity that you have – which is the greatest – is for you, awareness, to be completely intimate with that knowledge, which means that you intimately let that new knowledge take you.”
Anyone living with chronic pain, or supporting a loved one who does, knows how it can take over a person’s life, putting them into a state of total despair. In this dialogue, John describes how one can not only cope with such pain, but actually thrive in the midst of it.
This vivid conversation dives into the topic of a real relationship to power. John describes how most of us live as both victims and perpetrators. We create a life of stories and illusion, losing the opportunity to awaken and, more importantly, to build on that awakening before we die. He reveals the fundamental simplicity and rare value of living a real life.
“My sole purpose is to be, in life, what we are after we’ve died. Through openness and softness of heart and core-splitting honesty at any personal cost, I live as that while actualizing the same in others I meet. I am available as a resource for anyone who recognizes and values this way of being.”
– John de Ruiter
