What Are You Still Afraid Of?

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Welcome guys to this unique opportunity we give ourselves to walk the path together supporting each other on our path allowing ourselves to get intimately involved in the asking of the bigger questions those questions that help us grow and expand beyond any hurdles and difficulties that we feel that still stands between us and an awakened consciousness so your way to contribute the decision is by asking sincere questions honest questions and making yourself available to grow as they meet their answers if there's anybody here who's here for the first time i invite them to come first share your question your wonder your difficulty your doubt anything that you feel an answer for can help you become freer more available to experience an awakened consciousness would like to be the first one to jump into the water today AJ is asking please provide guidance on living the day-to-day conventional life from an awakened state four words open heart and a willing soul how to live your life from an awakened state naturally easily effortlessly this question is not going to be asked when an awakened consciousness is present awakened consciousness is not looking for something else a particular type of reality which will be preferable over the actual reality that is currently manifested whatever is happening as it happens whatever is happening as it happens when it happens is perfect an expression of perfection when you recognize perfection in the present moment this is when you know you're in a way an awakened state as you phrase it as you phrase it conventional life and spiritual life do not contradict don't look for something else that only when happens you can be whatever awakened when you recognize perfection in the present moment this is when you know you have awakened do you see what i'm saying conventional life tugs at the limited cell what does that mean tugs at the limited self any idea triggers the ego yeah it's okay i mean the ego is there to be triggered don't worry about that just a minute when you experience your ego triggered which is inevitable as long as the ego is there then just don't miss that opportunity to grow instead of blaming or being disappointed of yourself victimizing yourself over your ego just take that as an opportunity to grow on okay i still that's interesting i still have that button activated okay do i want to grow beyond that or am i willing to accept that and continue to be triggered as we to be triggered as we move forward and if you truly honestly want to be beyond that yeah you do whatever is required to do to make yourself aware react differently the next time that happens because now you are aware you add awareness and you're not just reacting like a robot that has no choice you have a choice a robot can only be triggered you press a button the hand goes up you press another button the ends go down that's it there's no choice it can only be triggered you can be triggered or not triggered that's up to you adding awareness into the present moment it seems like when you're talking about living day-to-day conventional life if you're thinking of that life and then comparing it to the you know spiritual awakened life you know there it would appear that there would be a huge difference between these two things that there would be a huge difference between these two things and that all of a sudden you're gonna feel you know different or things are gonna be different for you in your day-to-day life but if it's just an awareness thing that it can be very subtle and nuanced which doesn't provide you with something that's really jarring and opening and eye-opening although satisfying yeah and satisfying and all of a sudden everything is perfect and amazing according to what you envision you envisioned or you expected or you thought it was going to be yeah no i always give that the example of uh of the ocean and the waves right so think about it you you are sitting on the cliff watching the waves coming in right and some of the waves are completely ignorant about the ocean and other waves remembers the ocean remembers identify themselves to be an oceanic expression a part of the ocean but when you sit on the cliff looking down on the waves can you tell the difference between that wave and the other all the waves look alike right they come in a regular way pattern you know every eight seconds there's another wave coming how can you know which one is realized and which one lives in a in a complete illusion you can't know yeah it's it looks exactly the same can you can you see that what does it mean it it means that the the external expression of life and the way you perceive it doesn't have to change dramatically what you do what who you meet you do the challenges that life is giving you they're out there of course you have to go out you have to earn your income whatever you know you have to take care of your partner your kids whatever you need to do this doesn't do this doesn't change you feel up you feel down you feel happy you feel sad you're human you're not less human if you're awakened actually you're more human that's the ultimate expression of humanity when people ask uji how how is my teacher what does it mean to be awakened how is it different than the normal state of consciousness he is always all saying that it's just the most normal position to be in nothing special or unique about it just very normal so aj says um oh good to have you carly glad to be here again sorry i missed the last few so philosophically you're correct the struggle between an egoless life and one based on ego is real full of lessons the struggle between an egoless life and one based on ego is real full of lessons the struggle between an egoless life and one based on ego is real there's no struggle stop struggling let me tell you a story first time i met my teacher i was very confused i was torn in inside i shared my difficulties with him and i said listen there is the left side of me you know that is very competitive and and realistic i'm very masculine i didn't know to call it masculine back then but anyway it's very masculine my nature and and the right side of me is very gentle and and spiritual and and feminine and i don't know how to balance if i go that this way the other one is shouting if i go this way this one is shouting i don't know what to do it's a whole mess so his answer was a smile and he said no no it's not a problem and i was like what of course it's a problem it's the worst problem what are you talking about but seriously it's not a problem yeah the masculine and the feminine are clashing or competing with each other life versus our expectations of life this is the way life is designed to be don't worry about it don't put an idea in your head that it should have been different and only when it will be different then you can be realized that's not the case i guarantee if you wait for reality to change you'll get stuck exactly where you are and just more and more frustration will engulf you so how did you know what at what point did you realize oh yeah he's right this isn't a problem it probably took me a few years yeah i mean where i think it's a shift of attention when you put your attention on what's really important to you what's really dear to you you find grace in that you know and all the other issues that you are so involved in are not so satisfying anymore they are not attracted they just fall away yeah i mean even if they don't if even if they are still there in the background they don't take your full attention and the less attention you give they shrink right because what you give attention to grows if you give attention to the difficulty in life that grows and yes there are difficulties in life of course life is difficult sometimes but if you don't feed that but you feed what is dear to you what is most important to you that grows so don't wait for a different reality to manifest just make sure that you are focused on the important things and and that will manifest that will blossom in you it's it's come to my attention recently in different aspects of life how human beings in their lifespan don't seem to be very good at looking at the long term you know like if you study economics or investments or anything like that the best way to invest money is slowly over a long period of time of of investment and interest growth and the same thing goes with your health you know like same thing with you know little bits of exercise every single day or you know little bits of eating healthy you know over time we're not so good at looking at how those little things can grow into these huge you know like an acorn grows into a you know like an acorn grows into an oak tree or you know the it's those subtle little pieces of life over long periods of time that that help huge things manifest which is incredible to think about yeah patience is also important don't try to rush it let it happen in its own natural rhythm and and when it's ripe it will fall naturally like a ripe fruit that falls off the tree you don't even have to pick it up just it falls a natural expression of matureness there's nothing you need to do about it just it will happen don't worry about it and in the meantime embrace the present moment embrace your existence embrace the opportunity you receive to experience whatever it is and looking for a different perspective looking for a different version of myself to be manifested is just the same as looking for a different external reality to be manifested no different i mean it might it might be you know one step further on your path because initially you were just focused on external reality to provide you with comfort and and with security and a sense of happiness and then you realize no no it's not about the outer experience it's about i it's about me so i'm looking for somebody else i'm looking to to a different more advanced version of myself to benefit to be manifested before i can be happy and content you know and then you realize no no it's not about the outside experience and it's not about the inside experience both are an illusion don't wait for a different version of you to manifest you are perfect as you are with your challenges with your conflicts with your confused confusion you know as you are that's the best version of you and that will grow for sure but it's not going from imperfect to perfect it's going from perfect to a larger scale perfect so you're not broken don't wait for you to be healed you see what i'm saying it's really important stop expecting a different version of yourself lynn's asking an illusion of her mind the question yeah what's the question think in relation to what you were saying about the idea of perfection ah yeah and self i think we had a full discussion about perfection what is perfection so you can go back to my inside timer page and listen to that recording perfection is an idea as long as it contradicts whatever it's meeting right now right here right now it's just an idea and people while chasing perfection how do you call them perfectionist how do you call how do you say perfectionist perfectionist just clinically lives in the gap between what is and what they believe should it be it's a clinical condition because i never experienced perfection they're just always chasing it yeah they have a strong idea about what should happen and they just completely carried away by that idea it it's interesting to think about that because you would think that a perfectionist if they were achieving their perfection they would their energy would feel very calm and relaxed because they live in this perfect world but that contradicts exactly what the definition of what you're saying is first of all it never happens the reality can never satisfy a perfectionist right because it could always be better and if even if for a glimpse he is experiencing a a cosmic union between his expectations and the present moment that is taken away in the next second right because a new expectation comes about a greater reality that should exist more perfect than whatever than this so that's a clinical condition don't don't fool yourself to believe that you know better what should happen that is an utter illusion that's never the case doesn't matter how intelligent you are i feel like i'm an exception to that rule because i think everything is perfect yeah you are weird that's a a brand name how do you say yeah it'd be weird you're weird this is a specimen of a woman who is always content did you ever see something like that okay so back to back to aj is saying not looking to have a different reality looking to have a different experience of the self which you kind of addressed there anything more you want to say on that do it so lynn was saying indeed baby steps are a huge step in the process and marcy says 100 i naturally am all or nothing i'm also all or nothing i'm trying to incorporate little steps into big milestones so this this kind of leads me to the idea of of accepting reality as it is and going with so-called the flow of life or what the universe or god or whatever is providing but then inserting our individual will and choice into that so how do we how do we blend or ride those two out together because sometimes they can feel quite opposing if you're in if you're trying to control a situation with your will by or or inserting some sort of choice into this the scenario you know should i do this or should i do that you know something is presented to you in reality that gives you a fork in the road you know and then you're you're sitting in a place where you choose how do you know which you know and you can go down that rabbit rabbit hole of so two things about choice first of all remember reshuffle the stack of what is important to you and make sure that at the top of the stack the most important thing for you is to stay open and soft an awakened consciousness whatever you want to call it yeah keep an open heart that is the most important thing i don't care what else happens this is in the top of my list top priority okay that's your choice that's your true and only choice the rest are just games that we play illusions once you are entangled in that realm of making choices make sure you keep reminding yourself that whatever you choose to do is just a direction call right you put yourself in a certain direction this is where i'm heading this is where i want to reach but i don't hang my happiness on a specific result result okay if you think that heading towards that hill will be the wise thing to do for any reason you know so you put a flag on that hill and you start striving to reach that flag that's fantastic why not but most people are confused to convince themselves that only when that specific flag is reached then i can be happy satisfied enlightened or whatever you know and that's a mistake that's an illusion that's never the case and you know that now happiness is the step that you make right now towards that flag but right now here where you are this is where you find happiness and the rest is just prompt empty promises for happiness that never happens not truly sustainably not truly sustainably so use that wisely choices you know whatever you think you need to do the secret is not in the realm of doing secret is in the realm of being being present being staying open and soft and with that with that quality you carry yourself on your path to that flag but then you realize that flag is not that important anyways you already achieved that's it you're already successful that's the definition of true success not about the flag it's about you being present here right now what else do you think if we if we are able to recognize those times when we're trying to control a situation or a decision or an outcome versus surrendering to what's coming or what we're experiencing is uh is sort of a sign of success on this on this journey not the right way to say it if it's if you're judging good or bad but successful life is a life fully lived that's it you're not afraid of life you're not hiding you're not hiding you're not protecting yourself against life you're not trying to manipulate reality to meet your expectations you're not against defiant against life that's a successful life what is a successful life when you reach your day to meet the angel he will ask you what will he ask you how did you live your life how did you use the opportunity we gave you right that's the only question did you use it well what you're gonna say no no i was too afraid could you honestly look inside and say yeah i gave it my full i gave it the best shot i could give i was there 100 percent i loved unconditionally no conditions that's it no agenda i don't try to control anything think about it why why are you bothered by trying to control something what because you are attached to a certain result a certain reality that you believe is more promising than the current reality that you currently experience believing that only that reality is manifested you can be whatever happy successful happy successful an awakened consciousness doesn't try to control reality because it does has no agenda it's content already yeah there is nowhere to go there is nothing else should happen that's it content i i am contentment that uh that is the essence of who i am so why why should wait for or try to manipulate reality to be something else different the only reason for us trying to control life is because we are afraid of life afraid of losing what we think is ours or afraid of not gaining what we believe we don't have and we need and without that we can't be completely successful or satisfied satisfied you see that so don't worry about that okay so lynn said love love that successful life is a life living and joanna asked but how can some people appear much more able to do this it's not important some people know how to play a successful image what's important is do you johanna want to be meeting your angel and tell it yes i lived my life fully i used that opportunity to the bone so joanna saying i see many people who have more qualities and drive than me not necessarily awakened just able to embrace life so what some people are faster than you then so what some people have different qualities than you don't try to measure yourself according to them you have your own qualities you have your own talents you are unique in your own way i was actually thinking about this very thing today joanna it's funny that you asked this i was thinking today that uh of course you know the saying the spice of life is variety and how boring it would be if we were all awakened at the same time and all had the same qualities and all the things like that would be so unusually strange and boring and not even what we would consider the definition of living a life no so the fact that we're all unique and different and at different stages and this is what makes life so interesting and intriguing and the ability to recognize that and and be be the observer of of that experience is such a cool opportunity for life and no matter where you are how you are who you are the choice to remain open and soft is always there for you always doesn't matter the circumstance remaining open and soft that's your choice and that's the only choice i love it that that's the only thing we ever have to focus on yeah like really there's that's that's it you just make that the most important thing in your life that's it that's all you have to do that's it the the rest is just being experiencing and at least she got it okay so aj says society is based on separation of selves not oneness not oneness very true the struggle between the truth of oneness and the forces of society are the opposite forces of life the truth of oneness challenges the fibers of society this clash defines life society has lots of agendas i actually was also having the same conversation with my kids yesterday after picked them up from the airport because we were talking about i i have been to tanzania many times and what i noticed in the society and culture there is that their very survival is founded on their ability to work together as a social unit as one to help each other out they actually don't survive as individuals and i think that's something that's been cultivated fairly recently in the history of mankind particularly in western culture this idea of um you know competition and the whole structure of the economic system is very much based in the antithesis of that idea that oneness that but but our biology and the way that we've survived as a species is based on that social oneness actually if you look at go back a little farther into the history of humankind so that's a very interesting idea idea well so i would recommend you know behind your words aj there is a subtle argue argument with the fact that society doesn't manifest oneness as much as you would like it to you see that for as much as you can see maybe no i haven't this idea of a perfect society where oneness is expressed unconditionally you know this utopic society where utopic society where we try that it doesn't work it's actually quite uh devastating usually if you try to cultivate it you mean yeah don't worry don't try to rush it you know society is not broken it's not a mistake that oneness is not expressed in the way you expected you wished it would just don't worry about that don't victimize yourself for living in the wrong era or in the wrong society or in the wrong culture so what are the tools here aj is asking for tools to remain as one let go of the idea that you are separated let go of any contradicting idea that you have over the reality that you experience refer the present moment as it is manifested right now don't worry about ideals or opinions about a perfect reality that should have manifested by now that's not the case that's an illusion that takes you away from peace away from your own nature what is your own nature embracing accepting rejoicing remain graceful as you are completely available to experience the present moment that's it and if you need tools to remain open in the present moment yeah meditation this is it this is your tool meditation is a very important time it's like the classic the classic medicine for any issue on the spiritual path sitting what is meditation what is the essence of meditation sitting observing accepting loving melting into the experience that's it that that's the whole journey easy for you to say you're married to Carly hey you get what you deserve so Joanna's another question regarding comparison to how some live or appear to do you see mental health as separate from awakening do you do people who struggle with do you do people who struggle with low self-esteem motivation depression have a harder job to embrace life yeah spirituality is relevant for people who are mentally stable for sure otherwise it can be dangerous because living or striving to live beyond the ego can definitely be unhealthy for people with a shaken center so first you need to work on your mental health for sure if you feel that you are unstable mentally then put your focus on that you know come back rebuild your center feel confident with yourself with yourself you know if you need to use a professional use a professional to do that if you need to use substances whatever do that whatever you need to do regain trust and you can trust your own self your own body to to remain stable whatever is experience and then you are available to go back on the spiritual journey was that the question Barbara said I've seen progress for myself by using the tool look for the gap and close it what is said Joanna said that's sad that people that have mental health problems have trouble more trouble on the spiritual path I mean that's not exactly what you said but you know by nature we are all that already we are all an expression of peace and love we are all an expression of joy unconditional but that is covered by layers that that obscures that natural state and the thicker the layer the less easy it is for us to intimately express that meet that and express it so it's it's a process of shedding those layers making them thinner and thinner and eventually shedding them but as you shed those layers you become more and more exposed and for that you need some stability if you're too afraid of yourself and and you're not comfortable in your own skin in a set in the sense where you are um losing grip of reality you know the gap the gap between insanity and enlightenment is very thin in in the old days it says that in the they in the monasteries they introduce mentally disabled people crazy people as an example of enlightened people because enlightened people are rare to find mentally people are more available in every village they used to be a you know the village idiot or whatever so they brought them to this monastery so that they can inspire the monks they couldn't tell the difference they couldn't I mean even if they could that energy that expression of a mind which is free of conventional dogmas right and the way things should be that expression was an inspiration so so how to tell the difference where between an awakened consciousness and insanity both insane people and enlightened people can see that reality is just a game it's an illusion it's it's it has no real meaning and our attachment on things and situations and events and people that is based on an illusion an illusion of a separated self meeting that and negotiating with that so both enlightened and and and insane people can see that this is just a game it's an illusion it's it's not real not really but enlightened people although they can see that this is an illusion they can remain centered and perform in a healthy manner while insane people cannot they cannot perform they cannot how do you call it that deal with life in a healthy way they they they can't they can't or they have strong difficulty doing that because the center is not there so they are just thrown by that left and right whatever it's the turmoil is outside or inside they're just incapable of what's the word let the kid perform incapable of performing in a healthy manner that's the difference that's the only difference between enlightened people and insane people so probably what's important to know is people following what you're talking about and showing up here and being a part of this who feel or have recognized or been diagnosed with some sort of mental health condition can they still engage in the awakening and enlightening process as well i would say i wouldn't recommend it first focus on healing yourself and creating a stable center that you can trust and rely on do you do you think that spiritual practice can provide that i'm hesitant here yes it definitely can but you need to be accompanied by someone that you can trust that can be used as your center while your center is still shaken you can rely on them they can call you when you are drifting away now away from the path that you chose for you so they can be used as your center instead of your own which is currently not reliable enough and this is preferably a mental health professional or some yeah practitioner in this area yeah or a spiritual teacher that you can rely on but somebody that you can intimately use as a support mental support okay so joanna saying i am not insane but can i say i've embraced life question mark when i'm so low i stay in bed all day is this mental deficit or lack of awakening have i still done my best this only you can tell but you know staying in bed all day i have no energy doesn't have any need to or want to meet other people this is a classic symptom of depression for example and i i would use that i was i would use that as an opportunity really if by some reason i there is no energy in me and i refuse to get out of bed go meet life engage be social you know shine my light to other people then there is an opportunity there to look and see what what i am afraid of i'm afraid of showing my true colors i'm afraid of what other people think i'm afraid of not getting the love that i think i need i'm afraid people recognize that i'm not worthy of that love right etc etc use that opportunity don't hide from the opportunity to learn and grow even if it's scary yeah it could be really really scary but again the most important thing more than hiding from life more than avoiding the pain more than avoiding the pain that life can inflict and will inflict the most important thing is to stay open and soft if that is the case then you don't miss those opportunities you know you need you do whatever you need to do you go you consult you whatever you go to a shrink you go to a psychiatrist whatever you you rely on your spiritual teacher whatever you need to do get out of bed meet life stop being afraid of life it's not too much you can do it challenge yourself so the last question that joanna is asking is have i done have i still done my best this is something only you can tell nobody can tell you you know you know if you've done your best do you think that doing your best is akin to being already perfect akin or like similar to talking about ourselves as being perfect and all the layers on top of that being filed and and having to sift through those is it possible to not do your best in any given situation i see what you mean it's a bit philosophical not doing my best is a judgment a judgment but it it's it's not willing to fully surrender the best you can the best version of you is you fully expressed but when you don't allow that when you are hiding when you are in the bunker on the fence whatever your image you want to hold that expression is not available you don't allow that you don't allow the world the present of you and that is always and only because you are afraid of something okay so when you're asking when you're saying only you can answer this question am i doing my best then the tools to determine that is to ask yourself what am i afraid of am i hiding from am i still afraid what am i afraid of the only reason to close the only reason to hide the only reason to manipulate the only reason to argue is because i'm afraid i'm still afraid afraid of life afraid of the consequences of my choices ask yourself what are you still afraid of don't miss the opportunity ask the question and face it honestly yeah that's some radical honesty there yeah honestly what are you still afraid of i mean sometimes you the the image that you try to portray this for other people to think that you are successful or whatever right and sometimes it's for yourself now i don't want to look in the mirror and see myself as as as i am now so yeah honestly look in the mirror what are you still afraid of and i guarantee when you stop being afraid of life staying in bed and hiding from life is not an option why would you want to stay in bed this is this is a such an important conversation and topic joanna it's a fantastic question and then joanna says thank you i appreciate this is a tricky subject however i wish to awaken as much as anyone of course welcome you're in the right place fantastic amazing this is a group dedicated for awakening we missed a couple things up here i see oh yeah okay okay so barbara says i think of john the baptist in the new testament insane like for sure i don't know the spelling well yeah i'm jewish let that one do that i have no idea i don't know the new testament either uh and then marcy says genius historically can lead to insanity uh look at all the artists yep or the other way around insanity leads to genius something like that and aj's new profile image is a crazy person crazy emoji uh okay aj's asking are you ever afraid given exactly and was i afraid we can refer to that i can't remember i mean certainly in situations that require some sort of protection of the family or children from a real life event yeah of course i keep my family safe something like that we are here to live not to die and if i can prevent dying i would choose that so i suppose if that's the first example i can come up with then that's probably the predominant level of here it's certainly a rare occurrence i stopped arguing of course i have my opinions but i take them lightly i don't put too much weight on my own opinions and judgments or whatever yeah whatever so i stopped arguing and try to avoid life manipulate life argue with life i don't do that anymore what comes in mind is imagine yourself to be awakened to the nature of eternity and realize that you are an expression of that you are eternal you are an expression of eternity eternity eternity can you be afraid what can what can threaten you what can threaten you what can threaten eternity think about it everything that happens has a beginning and an end right every emotion every sensation every situation starts and finish right how is that affecting eternity it's a joke last week too yeah seriously what i mean who is afraid of what when we are engulfed in our own persona our own private path gain and loss this is the ego no illusion ego is temporary if you realize that you are an expression of eternity you are just the human consciousness is a part of the universal consciousness that is currently experience itself through your private personal life through your body through your experiences and who cares in in 40 years all that will be washed away and something else will happen my own personal drama it's got no importance whatsoever if you are if you find yourself this is a trick i use if aj wanted a tool it is a very good tool is a very good tool i used that for many years every time i was submerged under my own drama i remind myself if i wake up i look at everything i meet and i remind myself that all of that will be buried in 100 years all of the houses the people the animals everything will be underground in 100 years 100 years just 100 years i am a house that's 100 years old i'll have you know okay 150 what's that in face of eternity no all the people all the people that are for you and against you and all the dramas in your relationship all that will be washed away and won't leave a mark not in 100 years in 30 years in 40 years who cares just remind yourself all this will just disappear so yeah be involved in life be engaged in life but don't put too much importance to that so barbara says there can be moments of clear and present danger and then one is afraid yeah and this is where fear is used useful and that's why it's there to begin with the only reason yeah the purpose of fear marcie says feel the fear and do it anyway still love that thing yeah so joanna says are we all equal and worthy of awakening slash freedom from suffering despite our circumstances are we all equal and worthy of awakening and freedom or suffering awakening is not something you grow to be worthy of it's not a reward at the end of your efforts don't mistake yourself mislead yourself to believe that you need to earn it it's not a it's not like that at all you are that you are that already you just covered covered with illusions and of self you need to change that relationship you have with enlightenment it's not that you are worthy of enlightenment you are enlightenment there's no you and enlightenment negotiate what else aj is asking so all this is no we already got that you stop looking at the title so joanna is saying sorry i could ask questions forever perhaps i could email you my questions so not to hug the chat definitely you can email questions but joanna your questions are uh extremely important and have fueled this conversation in a beautiful way next session will be dedicated to joanna's question just joanna is asking don't bother coming if you're not joanna marcie says as long as we're not discussing politics yeah i'm available to discuss but i have many opinions about that if you want oh aj says please respond to my last question i think i forgot oh yes okay so aj i read your question and then i thought about it in my mind but didn't come out of my mouth that happens a lot to me so all this is about teaching the mind that's that it's not us if we are perfection and an awakened conscious being internal being we're teaching our mind that that's not us yeah you can say it's a sort of fake it until you make it it's okay you know well what is meditation no we we train our system in an enlightened state that's meditation we train like you train a muscle no yeah train your body physical emotional energetical body to be in an enlightened state of unconditional love of uninvolved observer so you just train that and and you can say yeah what we are talking about you know what we are saying the energy that we emit is about aligning to that path that leads us to an awakened consciousness and sometimes it's conceptualized but through the concepts we can readjust our course and make it more focused more direct yeah so fake it until you make it it's okay i like the way that you said that aj probably because i'm a teacher by original trade because it also for me in in english maybe not every language would identify with it like this but for me teaching especially if you think about teaching children children are so innocent and they are the perfect representation of that perfection and eternity and aspiration and potential you can't find anything else that that quite like that right but similar to to to that is the the opposite idea of children being not fully formed and and needing instruction or teaching and how to harness that potential and and grow it into something almost the the focus of what the masculine does to the to that feminine energy so teaching the mind is something i can i feel i can identify with and really make sense to me but as a concept but see the quality of the teaching here it's not something truly if you look to the essence of the teaching it's not that you learn something that is completely new yeah and you never thought about it and it's like completely foreign but you are willing to maybe accept right no it's it's like being reminded all right right right i forgot but now i remember i once was blind but now i see right it's just like reminding ourself of what is already there this is why i use the example of teaching children because it's already there it's just a matter of like yeah you know directing it or facilitating it or whatever other aj is not letting go no the circle is rooted in the mind the throne of self encouraged by society the barrier to our true self what you be aj listen to these words what would you be without the idea that there is a barrier between you and your true self a barrier that needs to be lifted what would you be without that idea i'd be your own welcome welcome to the club i'm the president michelle already knew exactly what you were talking about two minutes ago she's she says perhaps all of this is about remembering that the mind is not us yeah um good enough for today good good so thank you very much people i really enjoyed your presence and your beautiful questions and thank you for choosing to be with us today thank you for your donations and we look forward to meeting you next week if you have an idea of a specific topic that we should focus for next week you can find me my email you can find online or whatever touch base and let me know aj says never enough good never stop saying that yeah joella's saying i have a million questions good bring them we'll we'll diffuse them one by one good night good morning wherever you are bye bye love you very much