John de Ruiter Podcast 608
Actual or Real: Is There a Difference?
June 28, 2020 @ 2:00pm
John often refers to what is real and what is actual. What does he mean, and how do we know when we're being real?
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607 – Living From the Wellspring of Your Heart
A fundamental teaching on living from the heart, your return to the quiet happiness of innocence.
600 – Out of Your Comfort Zone, Into Your Heart
A perplexing and destructive habit is the focus of this dialogue. What could be so threatening about being touched by goodness?
599 – Parenting: What Your Child Really Wants from You
John responds to a mother's wish to understand why her young daughter still seems unhappy, despite her best efforts at parenting.
596 – Beyond Sadness and Pain: Happy Without a Reason
John reveals the source of the deep well of sadness and pain this person carries, and shares how she can reconnect with her original happiness.
594 – Fully Present in Your Body, Fully Present in Your Heart
Closing down to the experience of vulnerability can mean dissociating from the body. John shares a simple way to become more present however uncomfortable we feel.
592 – Beyond Self-Acceptance: The Way of Deep, Inner Healing
An experience of misplaced anger has raised the question of what real healing is. John takes us beyond simple self-acceptance, deep into the source of the finest healing of all.
591 – The Truth About Compassion
When is compassion self-centred, when is it real, and how can we tell? An exploration of what it means to be truly compassionate.
582 – Don't Be Right and Don't Be Wrong: Be Together
Relationship can be the grand revealer of all the ways we create separation and struggle. John points out some of the traps, and reveals where real togetherness lies.
576 – Quieted in the Midst of Panic
Paralyzing panic that strikes at the root of the will to live is the subject of this conversation. Moving beyond it depends on what we relate to, and John explains.
566 – Unlocking Your Subconscious: The Healing of Your Self
Awakening can make you feel much worse. John explains why that is, and the profound goodness in what seems like chaos.
565 – Beneath Thought and Feeling: The Beingness of Love
Thoughts and old feelings seem to get in the way of the stillness and love this person knows in her heart. Can that be changed, and how?
557 – Dealing with a Difficult Person: Where do I Start?
John explains the misunderstanding that's at work when we're triggered by someone's difficult behaviour, and how quickly that experience can change.
