“How can I find me, again?” In the midst of the challenges of being a new mother, the young woman in this dialogue feels that she’s lost touch with the depth she once knew. John shares what matters, and gives her a very practical tip.
Topic: Parenting
Q: We’re having a baby. I really feel the baby is going to be our greatest teacher. John: Having a baby will strengthen whatever orientation you presently have. Q: Will it? It won’t be the opposite? John: If you are giving heed to the specialness of what’s there,…
Q: I have a question about raising children and enjoying them in the way you’ve been describing. I have two daughters. John: How old are they? Q: Five and nine. I enjoyed the first child from the beginning, and it has been easy. The second is…
With her husband in a coma, the woman in this dialogue shares the extreme difficulty she faces in parenting her children in the midst of this crisis. John shows her how goodness can thrive in hardship and how this deeper perspective can be a nurturing ‘love school’ for all of them.
Q: I think my young son is testing boundaries, and he sometimes quite intentionally does things we’ve asked him not to do. He seems to want our reaction or response. John: He wants to play with power, so you need to play back to him…
Q: I want to know how best to support my son in what he’s going through both physically and emotionally while I’m so far away. We’ve had some lovely conversations on the phone, but afterwards I felt he was missing me and it was…
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February 20, 2021
“Flow and you’ll become clear in your mind what form that takes. That clarity doesn’t come from your mind. It comes from this deep, inner flow that forms in your thinking.” Residing in your heart: deeper beingness, clear thinking Deep inner satisfaction of being…
Q: I’m trying to get pregnant and for a few years I’ve been having fertility treatments. It’s not happening, and I wonder how to deal with that. It feels like it’s taken everything from me. John: It’s taken everything from you because you’re making…
Q: Earlier this year I had a vision of having a wife and two children in about ten years’ time. Now, my girlfriend and I are four months into her pregnancy – a little earlier than expected – and it’s pushing our evolution, for…
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November 22, 2020
“What you deeply really are is not your experience. What you deeply, really are is love. Live the quietude of this love that you really are and your self will become as lovely as you are.” * Online Interactive Livestream Your real life is…
Is it possible to navigate the difficulties that arise in divorce and co-parenting from the peaceful way of being that’s known in meditation? John and the questioner explore how to live and move from all-weather inner peace.
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June 7, 2020
“Where you lack intimacy, your mind will rule. Where you are seated in intimacy you are being more than your mind.” * Online Interactive Meeting What livestreamed meetings offer, compared with meetings in physical proximity Having intimacy and presence in all of the little…
