Questions About Spiritual Awakening
There isn’t a process in awakening to and entering the deep within. We have all been in that which we’re looking for. You can see it in little children, really little children…
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Truth isn’t a Path
May 31, 2021 @ 11:00am
Does the inner work of a spiritual path help us to go home, within? What is the role of the mind in awakening and how can we return to our natural authenticity? In these two dialogues, in words and in silent connection, John explains how to live as awareness relaxed, in the heart, without need of healing or spiritual work. He describes the potential of consciousness, the meaning of being in a body, and the way to live and meet as what we really are.
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John de Ruiter Podcast 485
Real Community: A Location of Oneness
June 29, 2014 @ 2:00pm
How is a community formed if it’s not moved by intention? A question about love opens a conversation about the oneness at the heart of real community.
Latest Transcript on Spiritual Awakening
Transformation: Do Prayer And Meditation Help?
September 7, 2022
Q: What does the role of prayer and meditation have in the process of transformation?
John: It gets in the way. When we pray, we always pray from a place of old ways of thinking. We always pray from a springboard of oldness. Our prayers are about the things that need to change. When we pray for others, it’s about those things that we perceive need to change.
If there would be a true praying, it would be from the perspective of the real you. It would be from the perspective of your own essence. It would be a manifestation of essence, but what your essence would give you and what the you that you’re used to would give you are completely contrary to each other. They can’t even co-exist.
Q: What about the value of meditation and stilling the mind?
John: The mind doesn’t need to be stilled. You don’t need a still mind. All you need is a quieted heart in the midst of your noisy mind.
