Does the presence of tears mean that you’re being emotional? No, says John, and he goes on to explain what emotions are for and what to look for when we’re deeply touched.
Topic: Feelings & Emotions
Q1: When I’m feeling lonely, I often find diversions – watching movies or doing housework – to keep my self occupied. Can you say something about this? John: If you’re lonely, it’s because you are coldly alone. Q1: Coldly alone? John: Yes, instead of…
John describes how inner peace is not dependent on no one mistreating you, and it’s possible to exist in a level that isn’t dependent on experience.
In this dialogue a questioner asks John about how to heal depression. Recorded at ABC Carpet & Home in New York.
A fundamental topic: the healing effect of no longer relating by positive or negative emotion instead of the connectivity of beingness.
John responds to this person’s search for the cause of her anxiety and sense of separation, even from God.
Q: I grew up during the Second World War, and we had a philosophy that it’s safest to be quiet and not ask too many questions. Very late in life I realized that I’m really part of an interaction with everything in this world…
Q: I was very touched by the image you gave of a sail boat. I can relate to that because I’ve done a lot of sailing, but I would like to know more about being in touch with the keel, and how to stay…
Q: I have tapped into a consciousness of grief that I feel is not mine. It comes through me like a pipeline. I would like to let that go, because it does affect me, but I’m not sure how to go about it. John:…
John de-mystifies the dark, dead experience of depression and how to be free of it.
Q: I have a question about what it is to be in your heart. I feel it’s difficult to connect to it, and I’d like to know how to do it. John: When you open and soften, that naturally brings you right into your…
Q: Can sex be a pure expression of love? Whenever I have a relationship and it involves sex, something always goes wrong. I don’t know how to solve this. John: By being in your sexuality without connecting the movement of your sexual energy to…
