“Meditation is a help, it isn’t you.” This conversation uncovers how a helpful technique can become a self-made trap, and John shares the key to moving beyond it.
Topic: Spirituality
Two questions: one about the vanishing aim of enlightenment, the other about the effects of being on a computer all day. John’s answer applies equally to both, and it all has to do with enjoying being, within.
In this detailed and at times humorous dialogue, John reveals the magical bonds of being that occur when one spectrum of consciousness encounters another.
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.
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…
Meditation, spiritual traditions, mantras … do they really work? As John explains, there is a living mantra, but you won’t hear it in words.
Q: When I retired from work, I felt the need to travel all over the world, thinking that this was to support my spiritual journey. I’ve kept on travelling and now I feel I’m a bit lost. Can you help me find out if…
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December 6, 2021
“All there is in life is the quiet nurture, and then quieter and quieter. There’s nothing more. All the more is a result of this. The more isn’t it: it’s the tenderness within, not any kind of mind.” Dialogue One The way to…
The man in this dialogue is ready to make whatever sacrifices necessary to let go of the self and move deeper into his being. He discusses with John his various practices, and the two-edged sword of any doing to be becomes clear. Together they arrive at the only way that works.
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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May 16, 2021
“Don’t use what you’ve awakened to to have a deeper sense of purpose in life. Don’t use what you’ve awakened to to help your self. Just let what you’ve awakened to take over you, take over your heart, your life. It gets to take…
