The Only Work We Need To Do To Save Ourselves & The World

In this talk, given at an open class, we discuss the process of spiritual self-inquiry that leads to self-realisation, and how we can begin to work with, and overcome, what some call the ‘pain body,' throough a simple process based in love and awareness.

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Such deep and profound wisdom stated in a way that is easy to understand. Thank you!! 🙏🏼💖

Such wisdom.... “Working on ourselves will remedy most of the obstacles to our own freedom”.

And “real” connection is so rare... Indeed.

Thank you for this... and for your clarity.
Blessings
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Well I see I wrote the comment above over three years ago. This is an "outstanding" talk... how wonderful whatever providence led me to revisit. I so hope it doesn't get lost in so much content here on IT.

Bless up dear John. You are an honest light in a world that yearns for truth.
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Beautiful John. I have been practicing a long time but this kind of practice is the one that brings up a lot of stuff and I’ve realised that in my seeking to ‘get there’ there is a very strong pain body as well as physical pain and a health condition on top. So in one way I need to drop the labels as I often identify as that but in order to heal I also need drop below the fears and anxiety, although there is courage and a willingness to do so it’s not an easy thing as fears compound. I’m grateful for your teachings and will be a little more willing.

Gosh...this is a terrific talk! I look at my IT stats of consecutive days and 1000s of hours of meditation and realize: The Journey starts here.
Thanks for opening the gate.
Namaste.

Thank you so much John, 🙏🏻! You covered a lot in this talk, so many wonderful reminders. I appreciate your generosity and gifts in wanting to help us all reach our individual levels of growth and consciousness 💛💛💛

Wise words to live by spoken by this teacher. Simple, clear and concise explanations for living in true presence, awareness and love.
I would look forward to a retreat to practice these truths.

I really appreciated this talk because it just drill down into what is important in developing the spiritual life. Thank you

Well done, John. Besides Eckhart Tolle and Pema Chodron, Zen, etc. there are others: the Christian Mystics, Byron Katie, A Course in Miracles, the Tao Te Ching and other spiritual source material that align with each other in separating the True from the false in each other. And I do agree that if you have 2 or more people that will agree to try to help each other return to the truth every time we get into the ego, that this process can be sped up considerably. All lead us from seeing ourselves as separate to the awareness of our Oneness with each other and all that is. Every time we notice ourselves seeing ourselves or others through the lens of the ego, we can use that awareness to awaken to the truth of who we are, and who they are, and see us both as one. Let us all commit to seeing through the eyes of love and understanding. Again, thank you for your contribution to the awakening of the planet. 🤗💞🙏🏽

Dear John, thank you for the tender manner you illuminated our shared human experience of the 'pain body'. It landed where my ego had not let me forgive myself for a public 'pain body' revelation during and after a course. I experienced great rejection and shame. I continue to gnaw on this from time to time. I felt a deep breath of self compassion. Thank you.