Podcasts by The Mind Stops Here

The Mind Stops Here

Enjoy hundreds of recordings of in-person meetings and retreats with Jac. The content explores the nature of mind and reality. The approach is spiritual, embracing both direct and progressive paths to abiding wakefulness.

Further podcasts by Jac O' Keeffe

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579. Sebastian, FL Feb. 5, 2019 (1) from 2023-02-26T12:04:29

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572. Sebastian, FL Feb. 10, 2019 (8) from 2023-02-26T11:30:55

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571. Atlanta, GA, Nov. 30, 2018 (1) from 2021-02-06T16:24:45

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568. Atlanta, GA, Dec. 2, 2018 (4) from 2021-02-06T16:22:48

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490. A Guided Meditation: Sebastian, FL, USA, Feb 20, 2016 (8) from 2019-06-13T20:51:49

Guided meditation, signs and the impersonal aspects of spirituality, visited by an alien, the world is a snow globe in my peripheral vision, my inner child and adult came together and I am both ...

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488. Sense of Purpose creates False Identity: Sebastian, FL, USA, Feb 19, 2016 (6) from 2019-06-13T20:50:04

I work hard and play hard-Am I hurting myself? parenting teenagers, sacrificing myself for others' spiritual growth, I’m attached to being loved, archetypal patterns of warrior and queen.

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486. I've Been Hiding 'Me' All My Life: Sebastian, FL, USA, Feb 18, 2016 (4) from 2019-06-13T20:47:03

Everything I do is motivated by my ego so I can earn acceptance from others, scrupulosity and getting free of self-punishing beliefs that I did something terribly wrong, mind discipline is requi...

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485. Stop Being a Satsang Junkie: Sebastian, FL, USA, Feb 17, 2016 (2) from 2019-06-13T20:45:13

Satsang is perpetuating an external dependency, a spiritual relationship turned dysfunctional, love is dammed up in my heart, managing the mind and what about the heart?, there is enough, there ...

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484. Prior to Non Duality Explained: Sebastian, FL, USA, Feb 17, 2016 (2) from 2019-06-13T20:43:13

Nirvi Kalpa samadhi, attributes of duality and non duality, prior to non duality, presence and being disappear, components of consciousness, prior to consciousness.

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450. Understanding and Accepting Karma: France, March 27, 2015 (6) from 2019-06-13T15:38:16

Living with Parkinson's disease, there is fear blocking my heart, keeping the heart open, spiritual concepts can be used incorrectly by the ego, I'm ready to leave my job but practically I can't...

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444. Just a Thought: Sebastian, USA, Jan 19, 2015 (10) from 2019-06-13T15:21:22

Balancing of the books, anger, the dark will always come after the light, money/relationship/intimacy, "it's all a lie", vacuum, subtler levels of energy of the story, Phenomenal perspective is ...

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443. The I AM and The I: Sebastian, USA, Jan 18, 2015 (9) from 2019-06-13T15:15:13

Pain being trapped, migraines, running energy of others, phenomenal freedom, no opposites, perceiving without perceiver, go to the place where you know and not where you think, understanding 'Ga...

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442. Third Eye Pain: Sebastian, USA, Jan 18, 2015 (8) from 2019-06-13T15:13:45

Taking risks, the annihilation that you fear is happening now, love, self-image, body identification, there is nothing lacking where there is emptiness, karma with boss, discernment, connecting ...

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441. Unplug Your Mother: Sebastian, USA, Jan 17, 2015 (7) from 2019-06-13T15:12:01

Collapsing, appreciation, disease of desire, the ordinary isn't boring, desserts, sixth sense, entanglement with mother, dance.

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440. Home is Where the Heart Is: Sebastian, USA, Jan 17, 2015 (6) from 2019-06-13T15:10:14

Let the character bow down to what you really are, being in the body, hyper-vigilance and control, prevention can be worse than the event, worshipping ourselves/Guru, sexual abuse -- male author...

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439. Choosing the Fearful Option: Sebastian, USA, Jan 16, 2015 (5) from 2019-06-13T15:07:35

Courage, wounded warrior, spiritual arrogance, depression, divine will vs. personal will, a holiday from the shoulds, freedom, what is the world? wisdom to step back, the paradox of self-love, s...

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438. Body Parts Shake During Meditation: Sebastian, USA, Jan 16, 2015 (4) from 2019-06-13T15:05:30

Body/mind as something within what you are, energetic shaking, nervous system rewiring, heart chakra -- all that is not of love, concepts growing into phenomenal realm, pure consciousness as an ...

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437. I Have a Critical Eye: Sebastian, USA, Jan 15, 2015 (3) from 2019-06-13T15:03:37

Heart vs. mind work, I AM Shiva/Shakti, emptiness and awareness, no solid ground, money, it doesn't have any opposites, control and minimizing chaos, you may need a body to do it! character cann...

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436. I Need to Feel in Control: Sebastian, USA, Jan 15, 2015 (2) from 2019-06-13T15:01:20

Awakening is for the mind, can perception happen without ownership?, devotion in the context of longing, obsessed with myself, fear of the future, collapse of consciousness, gradients of thought...

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435. The Body Mind is in Service to Your True Nature: Sebastian, USA, Jan 14, 2015 (1) from 2019-06-13T14:59:18

I'm not getting it is torture, needing to know is suffering, what are the frames that lead up to the 'me'? seeking keeps the seeker alive.

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429. Satsang is a Tuning Fork: Austin, USA, November 9, 2014 (5) from 2019-06-12T16:34:44

Introduction: manifesting vs. free will, answers to life's questions, our agreement creates reality, anger -- unsatisfied desire, self love -- courage, satsang as a tuning fork, separation as an...

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428. Men and Women are Different!: Austin, USA, November 9, 2014 (4) from 2019-06-12T16:32:44

Introduction, what is the ego?, creativity and alcohol, how do you know when to process emotion and when to pull back?, unconditional self love, self pity, Jac living in the world, seeking energ...

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427. Relationships, Desire, and Behavior: Austin, USA, November 8, 2014 (3) from 2019-06-12T16:29:20

Where does the mind fit into the unfolding of consciousness, it is all play, special relationships, judgments/preference, ego on top of ego, be authentic, dropping desire vs. behaviour, sex, des...

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426. What's Possible in Each Paradigm: Austin, USA, November 8, 2014 (2) from 2019-06-12T16:23:39

Jac introduction, let the 'I AM' be not good enough, fall into the prior, ashram experience, existence itself, don't stop at the non-dual!, flip side of the pain is the juice of the absence of t...

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425. Satsang Introduction: Austin, USA, November 7, 2014 (1) from 2019-06-12T16:21:45

Only the mind says the stillness is not good enough, it's just story, Jac's story, absolute love underpins it all, dualistic version of love, mind knows right where to hit me, believability of t...

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424. SAND Workshop: October 22, 2014 from 2019-06-12T16:19:03

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403. Pure Perception and Local Perception: Angel's Rest, MA, USA, July 13, 2014 (10) from 2019-06-11T21:15:34

Validation, fragrance of stillness/ unbroken wholeness, just one subject -- even that is imagined, zone where nothing happened is still within consciousness, pure perception -- only the verb -- ...

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402. Old Patterns Held in the Body: Angel's Rest, MA, USA, July 12, 2014 (9) from 2019-06-11T21:14:05

Humor instead of fear, understanding is greater than meaning, where the viewing point arises from, personal I trying to own the pull, how you think its going to be is not the way!, sensory evide...

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401. Let The Bodymind Bow to What you Are: Angel's Rest, MA, USA, July 12, 2014 (8) from 2019-06-11T21:12:06

Something shows itself that is prior to an experience that can be described, embodiment, purer than innocence, meditation is useful to manage in the world but it doesn't bring self-realization, ...

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393. Watch the Mind and Break the Rules: Carlsbad, USA, April 13, 2014 (5) from 2019-06-11T20:54:23

Jac intro, bodywork/rolfing, break the rules, addiction and denial, responsibility is an ability to respond, self-honesty under every level, contraction at work, homeopathy and energy work on yo...

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392. Overwhelm in My Busy Life: Carlsbad, USA, April 13, 2014 (4) from 2019-06-11T20:50:53

Jac intro: pulling attention back/resting in the natural state, the doing to get into the natural state, grief vs. suffering, discernment and choices, an organic pull towards harmony, diversity ...

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391. Labels, Concepts, and Experiences for Me and I: Carlsbad, USA, April 12, 2014 (3) from 2019-06-11T20:48:44

Jac intro/guided meditation, a sense of 'me' versus a personal 'me', labeling -- concepts -- experiences, labeling of subject-object disappearing and reappearing as your self, a willingness to n...

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390. Body Tension Every Morning: Carlsbad, USA, April 12, 2014 (2) from 2019-06-11T20:46:57

Jac intro and guided meditation, depression and indifference, when it starts getting destructive at a core level then it is time to leave, consciousness does not need a body/mind to know itself,...

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389. Jac, Don't You Ever Forget?: Carlsbad, USA, April 11, 2014 (1) from 2019-06-11T20:45:43

Prior to awareness is playing as the character, sense of you must have value in order to make idea of separation plausible, the idea of "i am my body", consciousness in and of itself and a knowi...

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388. How To Live Without the Rat Race: Toronto, Canada, April 6, 2014 (5) from 2019-06-11T20:42:16

Does a rock bottom experience need to happen prior to awakening? protecting the form against certain energies, awakening is for knowing what you already are, functioning in the world while going...

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387. A Difficult Marriage Can Help Spiritual Growth: Toronto, Canada, April 6, 2014 (4) from 2019-06-11T20:40:09

Guided meditation, beliefs and believability loops and their impact on the body, re-birthing, subject-object and what dissolves is the object, being ensnared by mind and thoughts, difficult marr...

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386. I Don't Deserve to Abide in Awareness: Toronto, Canada, April 5, 2014 (3) from 2019-06-11T20:37:54

Consciousness is prior to existence, guided meditation, some ideas that may have no foundation in any story, love is movement, coming back to satsang because drama is luring you again OR somethi...

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385. How Can I Teach What I No Longer Believe In: Toronto, Canada, April 5, 2014 (2) from 2019-06-11T20:36:04

Jac intro: nothing needs to be dissolved for truth to show itself, the more attention stays inside the more mind loses its effectiveness in fabricating lies, identification, hanging on to grace ...

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384. Non Duality Is My New Religion: Toronto, Canada, April 4, 2014 (1) from 2019-06-11T20:32:35

Jac intro: perception with lenses and pure perception, parenting/right way to rear your child is to listen to your belly, framework of right & wrong, trusting your gut, unconditional love for yo...

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383. Let Spirituality Be Not Good Enough: St Augustine, USA, Feb 23, 2014 (5) from 2019-06-11T20:28:59

Understanding experiences, thinking mind & working mind, Self-knowledge, Loveable & capable, formless, Desire, direct path and progressive path, Siddhis, "I am not good enough" belief, Anxiety, ...

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382. Withdrawing Home: St Augustine, USA, Feb 23, 2014 (4) from 2019-06-11T20:27:04

Pure Perception, Dualistic Lens, Trust, No controller, Desire, Pain, Surrender, To be chosen is to let go, What's Real and What's Not Real, Prior to Observer, Natural Organic Flow, Desire for Se...

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378. The True Nature of Things : Findhorn, Scotland, Jan 17, 2014 (11) from 2019-06-11T16:57:55

Direction is clear, uncertainty, consciousness playing, wanting to understand, trusting the natural flow, broad understanding, obsession with stories, building blocks of mind, falling into nothi...

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377. "This is all there is" is a Limited Perspective: Findhorn, Scotland, Jan 17, 2014 (10) from 2019-06-11T16:55:40

"going prior" exercise, wanting to be understood, empathy vs compassion, existence doesn't exist, no mystery, disconnect from the personal, awakening and liberation, embodiment, denying life to ...

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376. How to Have Emotions Without Stories: Findhorn, Scotland, Jan 16, 2014 (9) from 2019-06-11T16:53:38

Self-sacrifice, connection to the world, anxiety, emotions with root cause, emotions without stories, labeling, discernment, pure love, mind as a tool beyond consciousness, emptiness, cause and ...

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375. Going Prior Exercise: Findhorn, Scotland, Jan 16, 2014 (8) from 2019-06-11T16:51:04

Fear of losing control, story coming to an end, stop running the character, "prior to all of it" guided meditation, desires and preferences, time and space, the matrix, self-love, ownership, fea...

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374. Money Matters: Findhorn, Scotland, Jan 15, 2014 (7) from 2019-06-11T16:49:02

Natural state, prior to natural state, existence, prior to consciousness, money, non-existence, personal "I", existential fear, sex-safety-money and spiritual conditioning.

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373. Prior to Consciousness Exercise: Findhorn, Scotland, Jan 15 (6) from 2019-06-11T16:47:21

“prior to consciousness” guided meditation, questions to consider and discussion, jac's theory on a capacity when consciousness collapses, insufficient nurturing.

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372. Chatting with Jac: Findhorn, Jan 14, 2014 (5) from 2019-06-11T16:44:15

The personal self, intuition, attachment, trap door, surrender and trust, beyond all of it, an echo, time, jac's experience, self-image.

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371. Science and Enlightenment: Findhorn, Scotland, Jan 14, 2014 (4) from 2019-06-11T16:42:28

Physiological events with enlightenment, self-referencing, frequencies, prior to consciousness, echo of knowing, migraine, managing identity in the world, owning my masculine side, self-love, in...

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370. The Path of Beauty: Findhorn, Scotland, Jan 13, 2014 (3) from 2019-06-11T16:40:30

Frequency of beauty, attachment to beauty, fear, self-love, preferences and desires, sleeping through life, values and rules, mind as the liar, sexual relationship, sugar addiction.

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369. Anger and Conflict: Findhorn, Jan 13, 2014 (2) from 2019-06-11T16:38:22

Layers of perception, space and time, past lives, taking on energy of others, frequency of anger, impatience, constantly talking in mind, traumas, anxiety and fear.

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368. Wills and Inheritance: Findhorn, Jan 12, 2014 (1) from 2019-06-11T16:30:17

taking attention away from mind, micro and macro, self-reference, relationship with power, favorites and inheritance, conditioning around wills, relationships, ego and enlightenment, pulling att...

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367. Art Music As a Spiritual Practice: St. Augustine, USA, December 20, 2013 from 2019-06-09T22:06:22

Self Love, Short-circuits, thinking mind and working mind, Music as a spiritual practice, Art, Spiritual Practice, suffering, does God exist?, Jac's path.

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366. Pure Knowing, Not Anyone Knowing Consciousness: Carlsbad, USA, November 3, 2013 (5) from 2019-06-09T22:03:40

Taking things personally, balance and well-being, “knowing” outside of all of it, mind playing catchup, other dimensions, life cycle of ego, karmic debt, addiction to thoughts, Desires, avoidanc...

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365. Prior to Dual and Non-Dual Perspectives: Carlsbad, USA, November 3, 2013 (4) from 2019-06-09T22:02:19

Different approaches, sole purpose to wake up, unity, prior to consciousness, devotion, sense of choice, subject-object perception, knowing, attention at home, integration, jac's change in direc...

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364. Jumping Off the Cliff: Carlsbad, USA, November 2, 2013 (3) from 2019-06-09T22:00:38

Self-betrayal in a relationship, fulfillment in relationships, intense emotions, wanting to contribute, karma, meditation practice, fear of losing lifestyle, interest in thoughts, getting it rig...

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363. Achieve Personal Freedom Before Ultimate Freedom: Carlsbad, USA, Nov 2, 2013 (2) from 2019-06-09T21:58:22

Software of mind, localized perception, physiological rewiring, FliHi Community online, functioning, power imbalance, discernment, being late, inner child, boundarylessness, making decisions, pl...

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362. From Oneness to Prior to Oneness: Carlsbad, USA, November 1, 2013 (1) from 2019-06-09T21:56:46

Spiritual search, science, prior to oneness, it's not happening to me, non-doing, motivation in the world, creation, evolution, extreme pain and joy, sensation of falling, Fear, deep hurt, self-...

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361. Self Love is Primary: Sebastopol, CA, USA, October 29, 2013 from 2019-06-09T21:52:58

Exercise inviting Unity, Awareness versus no experience, How love expresses, Love as a frequency, What is consciousness, Play and fun, Letting go of valuing suffering, Attachment to tranquility,...

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360. How Does It Work for Jac? (SAND satsang): San Jose, USA, October 23, 2013 from 2019-06-09T21:51:06

Self love is primary: Exercise inviting Unity, Awareness versus no experience, How love expresses, Love as a frequency, What is consciousness, Play and fun, Letting go of valuing suffering, Atta...

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359. Know Love from Beyond Love: Boston,USA, October 13, 2013 (5) from 2019-06-09T21:48:16

Direct path and progressive path, self-realization, liberation, consciousness of consciousness, beyond reflexivity, the energy of searching, triggers that turn on individuality, the movement of ...

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358. Trouble Engaging with Life Again: Boston, USA, October 12, 2013 (4) from 2019-06-09T21:46:54

Chuck out awareness, frequency of identification, Ramana, the Self, fear and terror, nothingness, transmission, reengaging in the world, love and grief, pain to be resolved, constant tension, ma...

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357. Has Self-Realization Happened?: Boston, USA, October 12, 2013 (3) from 2019-06-09T21:41:14

'Prior to all' exercise, a shift in perspective, an intellectual treadmill, Fear, mind's dissatisfaction, energy of conditioning, impatience with inefficiency, personal will, urgency, cellular p...

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356. The Lone Ranger: Boston, USA, October 11, 2013 (2) from 2019-06-09T21:38:53

Story of me, being human, Not my will but Thine, effort and effortless, prior to 'I am', fascination with the story, difficult work projects, addiction energy, destiny and desire, discernment, p...

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355. Mind is a Software: Boston, USA, October 10, 2013 (1) from 2019-06-09T21:36:01

Layers of program coding, struggle, goals, grief, tired of the search, functioning, what's real – what's not real, a glimpse, something needs fixing, the Self, difficulty being in the world, lov...

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354. Prior to Non-Dual Parts 1&2: Alberta, Canada, Jun 16, 2013 from 2019-06-09T18:11:39

Rest/the manifest is a sideshow, nothing and take nothing away, be still and know, everything is in the t.v. (manifestation), the evolution and the extinguishing, with the opening there is no mo...

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353: Jac Presentation at Paradoxica Conference: Alberta, Canada, June 14, 2013 from 2019-06-09T18:09:07

Everything that is to be known is already known, does existence stand alone?, there is no link between nothing and the world, the birth of consciousness, self-consciousness (something seems to e...

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352. Satsang Provides My Identity: Toronto, Canada, May 10, 2013 (5) from 2019-06-09T18:06:40

Time to move on? Do I need a teacher?, The attachment to satsang, Observer or slave?, Change on a cellular level, Kundalini, Ego is just ideas, Desire creates the, Be still and know that I am Go...

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351. Emotions Activate the Sense of I: Toronto, Canada, May 9, 2013 (4) from 2019-06-09T18:05:12

No I, Santa can't disappear, Attachment causes pain, Enjoyment of interesting teachings versus direct participation, When identi?cation happens, see it as hilarious! No thinker, Would it be okay...

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350. Fear of Your Own Light: Toronto, Canada, May 8, 2013 (3) from 2019-06-09T18:03:10

Going beyond ideas, Self-reliance, Seeing the building blocks of consciousness, Is there a vacuum in the void?, Pricking a pinhole in the plastic, When, Allowing the nothingness to show itself, ...

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349. The Journey Without the I: Toronto, Canada, May 8, 2013 (2) from 2019-06-09T17:50:04

Let it be okay that nothing is happening, How does the mind make it all seem so real? Everything is a story, Is one experience valued more than another?, Meaning, no meaning, beyond meaning, Eve...

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348. Why Go On?: Toronto, Canada, June 7, 2013 (1) from 2019-06-09T17:46:54

When mind steps aside, If it's all a movie, why bother? Shifting energy from head to heart, Self-love has to be established, Releasing anger, Power, Control, authority, Life was never meant to b...

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347. Love and Destiny: France, May 9, 2013 (12) from 2019-06-09T17:40:04

Destiny, self-love and external love, love at the core of everything, consciousness of the universe, doubt about appearances, ego tells a good story, thoughts make appearances, the garbage of gu...

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346. Put on the Brakes: France, May 9, 2013 (11) from 2019-06-09T17:33:25

Unable to touch frequency of acceptance, labeling and working mind perception, using love to hide, a peephole to Realty, trying to put the brakes on, creation and destruction of ego, fear of not...

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345. The Mechanics of Consciousness: France, May 8, 2013 (10) from 2019-06-09T17:32:11

Volition and intention, concept-making machine, shift in consciousness, black hole, energetic shaking, trying to be nobody, mechanism of ownership, attachment, grabbing the concept, attachment t...

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344. Examine Your Perception: France, May 8, 2013 (9) from 2019-06-09T17:30:56

Prayer and devotion, essence form of human experience, empathy and resistance, illness and avoidance, spiritual bypassing, the difference between avoiding and transcending, relationship with pow...

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343. Non-Identification Doesn't Dismiss: France, May 7, 2013 (8) from 2019-06-09T17:29:01

Mind attempting to find questions, relationship with son, movement during meditation, wanted to leave work, another frequency of thoughts, embody, right and wrong, blockage at heart chakra, addi...

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342. It's OK Not to Know: France, May 7, 2013 (7) from 2019-06-09T17:27:18

Mind cannot know what you are, mind and the residue of personality, understanding calms the mind, choice, fear of not knowing.

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341. Internal Conflict: France, May 6, 2013 (6) from 2019-06-09T17:22:26

Nothing seeing, perception of localization, relationship with husband, model of seva, depression and shame.

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340. Reward and Punishment: France, May 6, 2013 (5) from 2019-06-09T17:19:49

Unending cycle of creation, natural state, nurturing me, don't know where my place is, family and job, change in point of perception, the concept of power, the courage to throw off the straight-...

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339. Mind Creates this Dream: France, May 5, 2013 (4) from 2019-06-09T17:11:31

Labeling and perception, naming an object gives it existence, everything I do fails, impulse of ego to please.

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338. Fear Does Not Protect: France, May 5, 2013 (3) from 2019-06-09T15:58:49

Labeling, sense of I and individuality, spiritual concepts, Doubt, no place that it is okay, stillborn child.

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337. Omnipresence: France, May 4, 2013 (2) from 2019-06-09T15:45:25

Resistance to life, unity consciousness, omnipresence, path of beauty, feeling responsible for daughter and others.

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336. Other Energies at Play: France, May 4, 2013 (1) from 2019-06-09T15:41:56

Developing discernment, depression over the place I live, spiritual conditioning, trying to survive illness, financial difficulties, believing thoughts, family issues

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335. No Identification with the Story Character: Asheville, NC, USA, April 2013 (10) from 2019-06-09T15:30:23

Tony Parsons (nothing to be done?), energetic leakage, Fli-Hi, healing or dropping issues, sucking vacuum, making it in the world, resisting spiritual homework, notice resistance, mom issues.

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334. Concept-Making Machine: Asheville, NC, USA, April 2013 (9) from 2019-06-09T15:29:09

Living in the state of lostness, I don't know anything, personal will, openness to not knowing, recognition of unknowing, having no center, having no ego, control falling away, no powerful femal...

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333. Simple and Ordinary: Asheville, NC, USA, April 2013 (8) from 2019-06-09T15:27:46

You are not who you think you are, played by beliefs, filters of beliefs, letting go of a relationship, getting to the balance of it, ohm, what's known in theory, what's really known, too much n...

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332. Fear, Love, Pain and the Myth of Enlightenment: Asheville, NC, USA, April 2013 (7) from 2019-06-09T15:25:36

Bored with instructions, keeping some identity, sadness of separation, pain of moving forward, no big awakening event, seeing difference, aversion to surprises, getting needs met through work, d...

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331. Let the Vacuum Have You: Asheville, NC, USA, April 2013 (6) from 2019-06-09T15:24:13

Doubting mind, acceptance of being crazy, sex fantasies, the identity of being married, dream about Jac, integration, the void, sense of control, tired of being responsible, spirit guides and an...

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330. The World Is and the World Is Not: Asheville, NC, USA, 2013 (5) from 2019-06-06T17:27:22

Managing in the world after awakening, non-duality in the west, integration phase after awakening, idea of hope is awful, mind using idea of destiny to keep hope alive, dissolving the vows, havi...

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329. Relationships, Sex and Menopause: Asheville, NC, USA, 2013 (4) from 2019-06-06T17:24:56

Guided meditation, Total acceptance, letting some relationships go, let the character have the experience, when the volatility of life becomes tiresome, separation and approval from others, bore...

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328. Life and Intimacy After Awakening: Asheville, NC, USA, 2013 (3) from 2019-06-06T17:22:52

Managing in the world after awakening, non-duality in the west, integration phase after awakening, idea of hope is awful, mind using idea of destiny to keep hope alive, dissolving the vows, havi...

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327. Simply Hearing: Asheville, NC, USA, 2013 (2) from 2019-06-06T17:17:28

Guided meditation, without labeling/identification, identification pulls one into duality and thinking mind, noticing the preferences as they arise, alert state is not a tense state, natural sta...

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326. Acceptance: Asheville, NC, USA, 2013 (1) from 2019-06-06T17:14:22

Silence underneath the chattering mind, letting yourself be nurtured at the physical level, being honest with yourself, let listening happen, Pure perception, emotions, wisdom to recognize if a ...

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325. How Strong is Your Yearning: Washington, DC, April 14, 2013 (5) from 2019-06-06T17:08:45

Prayer without desire, Acceptance/control, Unstick desire, Cut at the root desire, hopelessness, Eyes of love, Doer / non-doer, Yearning for truth, Future, You’re already that.

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324. Fear of Insanity: Washington, DC, April 14, 2013 (4) from 2019-06-06T17:04:40

Before the natural state, Zen and non-dualism, Time-based behavior, Awareness, Desire or destiny, Matrix/time, Control, Mother-daughter, separation.

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323. Ghosts: Washington, DC, April 13, 2013 (3) from 2019-06-06T17:00:53

Terror filter, Ghosts and other realms, prayer, Resistance, Thoughts potency, trauma, Prayer and surrender, Marital abuse, powerful woman, Basic human instinct, More open with family.

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321. Being Not Present: Washington, DC, April 12, 2013 (1) from 2019-06-06T16:56:34

You are the totality, It’s there all the time, From observer to pure perception, It needs to integrate, Fear, Eternity, This is a dream, Self Love, Ignorance, Technique is a distraction, Humilit...

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320. Intellect Seeks Satisfaction: Carlsbad, CA, March 24: 2013 (4) from 2019-06-06T16:49:28

Understanding what cannot be understood, sleep, Anger, retraining mind, energy and frequencies, 'I know nothing', worry, natural state and the character, beliefs, self-image, therapy, something ...

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319. No Awakening Checklist: Carlsbad, CA, March 24, 2013 (3) from 2019-06-06T16:47:25

Outside all of it, mind as a tool, believability of thoughts, a song, denial of desire, is right now real, nowhere to land, addicted to mind, imprisoned by pain, Memory, attachment to elderly mo...

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318. Razor's Edge: Carlsbad, CA, March 23, 2013 (2) from 2019-06-06T16:45:14

'I Am', discernment, Natural flow, A dream, Concern for son, filter of ego, Observer, Existence, Mind can't go prior, Ramana, Layers of perception, You or the character, Mind, Consciousness, Kno...

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317. Natural Decision Making: Carlsbad, CA, March 23, 2013 (1) from 2019-06-06T16:42:31

A perceiving machine, The 'jac' character, This work, What cranks up the character, Desires, Drugs, Decisions, Resistance, Sadness and beauty, Surrender, Judgement and envy, Root of the thought,...

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316. Spiritual Plateau: Frederick, MD, April 11, 2013 from 2019-06-06T16:38:10

Beyond who you think you are, The search, existential fear, All the work gets you nowhere, Rejecting the plateau, No solid ground, hopelessness, I don't know is good, the love frequency, exhaust...

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315. Origin of a Primal Scream: Encinitas, CA, March 22, 2013 from 2019-06-06T16:33:55

Contentment, training the mind, Nothing needs to be known, Contentment is surrender, The matrix and contrast, Dual & non-dual, Grace, Ego getting thin, Gap in the matrix, Is spontaneity part of ...

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314: Running: Findhorn, Scotland, Jan 18, 2013 (13) from 2019-06-06T16:20:41

Being cheated, seeing the matrix is essential, grace and the white knight, allowing success, drop idea of flatness, too affected by outcome of sports, knowing the unknowable, trust your gut, wha...

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313. Which Path?: Findhorn, Scotland, Jan 18, 2013 (12) from 2019-06-06T16:18:38

Stories take me away, trying drugs, Santo Daime, equanimity, what will be will be, the unreality of the character, no way out, daughter's health problems, disapproving of son's girlfriend, energ...

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312. Identifying with Womanhood: Findhorn, Scotland, Jan 17, 2013 (11) from 2019-06-06T16:13:50

Spiritual superiority, attached to womanhood, it's so simple, self-inquiry ceases of itself, self-realization, honesty the best virtue, what presents as real, cause and effect, solidity of thing...

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311. Concept and Believability: Findhorn, Scotland, Jan 17, 2013 (10) from 2019-06-05T15:22:41

Afraid of nothingness, detach from believability, how time perception works, it's going nowhere, mind sets up goal, waking up doesn't make the movie better, beyond or prior, consciousness gets r...

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310. Realizations: Findhorn, Scotland, Jan 16, 2013 (9) from 2019-06-05T15:20:21

Powerlessness, specified pain must be experienced, it's not happening to you, concept-making machine, knowing you're all of it, what you are can't be localized, mind is a ball of energy, ego isn...

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309. Sex and Grace: Findhorn, Scotland, Jan 20, 2013 (8) from 2019-06-05T15:18:40

I know it's just a story, sucked into story, only enjoying an idea, body throws off the old energy, desire and labeling and ego are the same, desire and sex, how Jac got married, hanging on to s...

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308. Over Parenting: Findhorn, Scotland, Jan 15, 2013 (7) from 2019-06-05T15:17:19

Unease in nature, what makes you buy into the story, no signposts, let it have you, fear and resistance, powerlessness, being a dad, trace the feeling and alter it, smothering children, overwhel...

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307. Advaita is Cold: Findhorn, Scotland, Jan 15, 2013 (6) from 2019-06-05T15:14:55

Advaita feels cold, love your neighbour as yourself, it shows itself as an illusion, claiming your authority and body, I hear avoidance!, safe and unsafe, go into your body, emotional response, ...

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306. Dealing With a Core Wound: Findhorn, Scotland, Jan 14, 2013 (5) from 2019-06-05T14:44:25

Craving for affection, experience needs to be had, mind will say it's boring, inner child, core wound, sexual abuse, rejection, critical parents, neo-advaita, honored wound, dying to be me, fuck...

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305. Ego is an Energetic Mechanism: Findhorn, Scotland, Jan 14, 2013 (4) from 2019-06-05T14:42:20

Impulse to serve, choice comes from ownership, who do I trust? manifesting, mindless job, thoughts just appear, hang out in the background of consciousness, getting things done, a playful approa...

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304. Power is Neutral: Findhorn, Scotland, Jan 13, 2013 (3) from 2019-06-05T14:40:09

Suffering as punishment, power seems negative, natural grief, divorce, not wanting to be here, making the world better, end to the story, self-love, enjoyment of work, let it take its course, ba...

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303. Contraction Without Separation: Findhorn, Scotland, Jan 13, 2013 (2) from 2019-06-05T14:36:08

Separation arising, desire for unity, consciousness believing manifestation, how to stop grasping, contraction without separation, angina, self-critical, there's perfection in everything, drop a...

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302. Guided Meditation and Discussion: Findhorn, Scotland, Jan 12, 2013 (1) from 2019-06-05T14:34:27

Guided meditation, intellect can't get it, identifying with all/none of it, hindsight, all is imagined, consciousness pretends to be you, believing-mechanism at play

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301. There is Nothing and Everything: Tennessee, USA, December 1, 2012 (2) from 2019-06-05T14:26:04

Letting life happen until a deeper level kicks in, glitches in the movie, sense of resonance, nothing & everything, feeling will loosen connection to the character, does enlightenment have to ha...

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300. The Head and the Heart: Tennessee, USA, December 1, 2012 (1) from 2019-06-05T14:23:43

Objectify, enquiry, self-loathing, loops, everything is a setup to show what you are not, what is it about suffering that is so awful?, purpose, interconnectivity of all, forgiveness, mind will ...

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299. What You Really Are: Toronto, Canada, November 26, 2012 (6) from 2019-06-05T14:20:09

Meditation -- what you really are, experience of direct experience, refusing to invest in the unreal, investing in the projection of how you want to be perceived, existential fear, practice keep...

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298. Localized Perception: Toronto, Canada, November 25, 2012 (5) from 2019-06-05T14:18:34

Let the dark balance the light, emptiness -- what to do? it's not about shutting down the story, service shutting down natural flow, how to be at peace with a health condition, not wanting grand...

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297. Working Mind Has No Ownership: Toronto, Canada, November 25, 2012 (4) from 2019-06-05T14:16:41

Meditation -- life is a sideshow, trust and resonances, fear of groups, trusting versus pretending, working mind without identity -- nothing is happening, let "I don't know", what's left when id...

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296. Downside to Service: Toronto, Canada, November 24, 2012 (3) from 2019-06-05T14:14:36

Can perception happen without identification?, near-death experience and emptiness, a mother's desire, Arunachala -- recollections, energy hotspots as catalysts, where the question comes from, f...

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295. Paranoid Lane: Toronto, Canada, November 24, 2012 (2) from 2019-06-05T14:11:23

Guided meditation -- the machine of mind, feeling of helplessness, outside breaking up with a solid reference point, should I retire? psychotherapist with no memory

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294. Just For Experience Sake: Toronto, Canada, November 23, 2012 (1) from 2019-06-05T14:06:33

Guided meditation – listen without investing in the mind, unresolved mother issues, drop the linear sequence of actions, beyond, feeling adrift and ungrounded

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293. Self Consciousness: Ottawa, Canada, November 20, 2012 (10) from 2019-06-04T16:03:45

Retirement or not, It’s a movie, This is not real, Mind watching mind, Stillness, Awakening/habit, Total surrender, Thinking mind labeling, Beauty is inside, Grace, Self-conscious, Ownership, Dr...

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292. Loose Ends: Ottawa, Canada, November 19, 2012 (9) from 2019-06-04T16:02:11

I don’t know, Desire/pain, Imagining things existence, Guilt/responsibility, Labelling, No individual/character, Physical death, Pure perception, Energy is concept, Fear - Let it have you, Autho...

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291. Projection is Defense: Ottawa, Canada, November 19, 2012 (8) from 2019-06-04T15:58:37

Escaping, New seeker, Happiness is not being happy, Relax integrate, Who sees awakening, Complicated mind, Experience, The I don’t want that, Potential, Projection

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290. Perception Without Duality: Ottawa, Canada, November 18, 2012 (7) from 2019-06-04T15:54:04

Grace, Doubting can be useful, Happiness, Love, Anger, Childhood love.

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289. Perception of Essence: Ottawa, Canada, November 18, 2012 (6) from 2019-06-04T15:37:07

Glimpses, Bhakti path, Intellectual understanding, Looking through the eyes?, Separation/contraction, Life is pushing, Ownership, Perception/principles, Perception of essence, Awareness, Pain/jo...

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288. Goals are Problematic: Ottawa, Canada, November 17, 2012 (5) from 2019-06-04T15:33:52

When ego comes back, Agitated dream, Turbulence, The world is Brahman, Concepts machine, Watch labeling, It’s just happening, Model/goal, Doubt, Desire keeps the I alive, Desireless/nothingness,...

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287. What is Attention?: Ottawa, Canada, November 17, 2012 (4) from 2019-06-04T15:31:25

Attention, Experience, Oneness/consciousness, Maturation, Desire for truth, Localized in the body, Pattern, Events in life

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286. Pure Nothing: Ottawa, Canada, November 16, 2012 (3) from 2019-06-04T15:29

Jac’s writings, Afraid, Awakening/liberation, Consciousness, Before Inquiry, No place to land, All of it continues, Prior, Ordinary life/dream, Desire, Dreamer, Migraines.

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285. Awakening as a Goal: Ottawa, Canada, November 16, 2012 (2) from 2019-06-04T15:20:49

Life heals itself naturally, Consciousness seduction, Teacher?, Spiritual path, Spiritual experiences, Fear, so what, Courage, Mind/control, Autopilot.

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284. Personal Contraction: Ottawa, Canada, November 15, 2012 (1) from 2019-06-04T15:15:08

There’s no you at the center, Something is trapped, Work is about the journey, As good as it gets, Meditation, Vasanas and charges, Smell, Concepts, Contraction, Resistance/desire, Deep sleep.

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283. Impersonal Relating: Boston, MA, November 11, 2012 (6) from 2019-06-04T15:09:18

Self-love before going beyond the 'I', rest in the natural state, movement without identification, sex and self-worth, don't try going prior while effortlessness is happening, sense of direction...

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282. Techniques: Boston, MA, November 12, 2012 (5) from 2019-06-04T15:06:41

You're not the body, death of loved one, relationship after awakening, something attractive about manifestation, partner not into non-duality, Jac's old friends, underlying knowledge of truth, s...

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281. No Subjective Perception: Boston, MA, November 10, 2012 (4) from 2019-06-04T15:04:32

What you look for is where you're looking from, everything takes you away from what you are, stop investing in story, running desire is painful, drop and dissolve, indulging in story, stay in th...

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280. Honesty: Boston, MA, November 10, 2012 (3) from 2019-06-04T14:57:57

Guided meditation, feeling stuck, money, unpopular decisions, feeling mundane, breaking identification, never a you, personal ownership is an overlay on top of the natural state, Jac woman is a ...

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279. Fully Human: Boston, MA, November 9, 2012 (2) from 2019-06-04T14:54:17

There is nothing solid about you, the illusions are real to the illusion, contrast, Desire, trust, let fear have you, establish from the observer, fear and suffering/energy follows thought, grie...

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278. Contrast is a Concept: Boston, MA, November, 8, 2012 (1) from 2019-06-04T14:52:37

When there is no you it's perfectly fine, the frequency of manifestation and knowing, the relief of no 'I', self-love, looking for the observer, to see what I'm not, the mind distracts, there is...

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277. Agent Smith: Providence, Rhode Island, November 7, 2012 from 2019-06-04T14:47:44

A split in the movie, lack of trust in the crack, sense of failure, forgiveness, me thought, unity consciousness, accepting what is, being in the body, spiritual practices, beyond nothing and ev...

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276. Giving and Receiving: Vienna, Austria, October 2, 2012 (3) from 2019-06-04T14:44:28

Fear of an emotion is stronger than the emotion, get selfish with the spiritual path, I feel trapped in my skin, I fear that I am going insane, the game is playing me, you don't have to give to ...

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275. "Never Again" is Arrogance: Vienna, Austria, October 2, 2012 (2) from 2019-06-04T14:42:40

Let strong feelings have you, judgment protects the lack of self-love, what are you protecting? serving two worlds, is it okay to slow down?

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274. Life is an Improvisation: Vienna, Austria, October 1, 2012 (1) from 2019-06-04T14:39:22

if you think you're enlightened you're not, consciousness is seeing itself, energy moves faster than the mind, triggered by emotion, I feel that I am here, trust, do you believe every thought?

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273. I Remember I'm Part of Something Bigger: Warsaw, Poland, September 30, 2012 (5) from 2019-06-04T14:29:06

Hope and the belief in continuous happiness, listening to the place that is not fear, manifesting by the power of the mind, memory creates distrust, fear that I won't have enough money, I'm tryi...

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272. All That is Create is Already Finished: Warsaw, Poland, September 30, 2012 (4) from 2019-06-04T14:26:31

Be happy with I don't know, effortlessness, attachment to love, the fear of not understanding, the mind is tight and what I'm saying is nonsense, unconditional love, I fear not existing, slow do...

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271. Responsibility is the Ability to Respond: Warsaw, Poland, September 29, 2012 (3) from 2019-05-29T12:58:59

Self-inquiry, let perception get bigger, why is this happening to me?, the 'i' claims responsibility, cause and effect, the appearance of free will, identification versus pure perception, overco...

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270. Believing the Body: Warsaw, Poland, September 29, 2012 (2) from 2019-05-29T12:19:02

The energy of desire, breaking the thinking mind, believing the body, something sees that can't be described, desire brings identity, dealing with stressful emotions, how can i cope with fear?, ...

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269. Resolve What is Stuck: Warsaw, Poland, September 28, 2012 (1) from 2019-05-23T14:02:16

Free will and attention, waiting is a thought believed, working mind versus thinking mind, attachment to non-duality, establishing practical skills before awakening, the thought is before the em...

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268. Resisting Love: Dorset, England, September 23, 2012 (4) from 2019-05-23T13:51:41

hiding in the karmic story, finding guidance from within, what is it that continues after death?, energy moving in the body; where does it come from?, how to use the mind?, Grace, where does the...

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267. Mind Can Only Lie: Dorset, England, September 23, 2012 (3) from 2019-05-23T13:50:08

need to be right, investigate self-worth, give up experiencing, there is no autonomy at all, let go and let consequences take care of themselves, I Ching, self-forgiveness - embody it, I see wha...

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266. Energy Field Experience: Dorset, England, September 22, 2012 (2) from 2019-05-23T13:46:07

getting lost in tough times, facing the poles, energy blockage of the body, flowing without rules, single relationship, letting life live through, keeping a distance, a place of clarity, the rea...

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265. No Landing Place: Dorset, England, Sept 22, 2012 (1) from 2019-05-22T12:28:02

Suffering, pure perceiving is there all the time, understanding will come, the body is resisting, letting go of the me, don't take anything personally ever, good and bad are the same, there's no...

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264. The Seeker is a Spiritual Bypass: Asheville, NC, May 13, 2012 (9) from 2019-05-22T12:23:20

Fear of death, Attachment to experience, Specialness, Meditation, Stop being obedient to the mind, Do I exist?, Drop the controller, One dream, Spiritual Bypass, Progression in one direction kee...

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263. Grounding and Embodiment: Asheville, NC, May 12, 2012 (8) from 2019-05-22T12:21:04

When ego is recognized don't indulge it, It's never about other people!, Love yourself deliciously, Don't be a slave to mind, First labeling then judging, All ability to see differences disappea...

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262. Potpourri: Asheville, NC, May 12, 2012 (7) from 2019-05-22T12:19:27

Looking for love, learn to spot identification, Conceptual knowing is not enough, The gap is not a state of mind, a natural movement toward what you're not, trauma unraveling, No thoughts are rea...

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261. Consciousness is Not Real: Asheville, NC, May 11, 2012 (6) from 2019-05-22T12:17:17

functioning of pure consciousness, Dropping the mind's desire to know, There's a place where mind can't go, This body is space; space doesn't exist, It's random and it's imagined, drop conceptua...

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260. Know When to Walk Away: Asheville, NC, May 11, 2012 (5) from 2019-05-22T12:15:35

Fear of madness, Whatever the destiny of the body-mind bring it on!, It shouldn't be like this, building or destroying the ego, Pure perception replaces judgment, Write the cheque and give grati...

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259. Get Grounded: Asheville, NC, May 10, 2012 (4) from 2019-05-22T12:13

Life-cycle of the ego, Being nothing is too much, Get your feet in the mud, The path of guru-disciple, What's this addiction to right and wrong?, Enjoyment happens, The only illusion is your ide...

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258. End of the Line Questions: Asheville, NC, May 10, 2012 (3) from 2019-05-22T12:10:28

No advantage in anything, No ownership at all, every moment is fresh without memory, Seeing how mind formulates the lie, The nature of everything is just space, A movement towards equanimity, Ex...

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257. The Path Dissolved: Asheville, NC, May 9, 2012 (2) from 2019-05-22T12:07:57

Something gets out of the way and life takes care of it, story of a breakup, Sending God a letter of resignation, Everywhere just magnificence!, What is power?, give up, nothing to figure out, Lov...

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256. Inward and Outward Focus: Asheville, NC, May 9, 2012 (1) from 2019-05-22T12:05:42

Mind is a liar that's its job, Relaxed, fluid like water, Doing without attachment, Decision making, Memory, just a thought in the present moment, Powerful sticky thoughts, Feeling overwhelmed, U...

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255. Final Questions: Raleigh, NC, May 6, 2012 (6) from 2019-05-22T11:51:03

Know you are light and take the light away, Seeing through spiritual desire, Embodiment and dissipating, The glee of noticing there was nothing, Looking for progress on the spiritual path, When ...

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254. Love is a Lie: Raleigh, NC, May 6 (5) from 2019-05-22T11:47:33

Attachment to a grandchild, Melt to go beyond the 'I AM', The work-reward loop, No solid group, The reference point of longing, The habit of creating a life, Not wanting to hear the truth, Seein...

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253. Everyday Life: Raleigh, NC, May 5, 2012 (4) from 2019-05-22T11:45:04

Not deserving and not worthy, Train mind to watch the story, Not wanting to be a dufus, When judgment reinforces separation, Let your thinking become unlimited, Find the authentic humble human, ...

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252. Your Boss Agenda: Raleigh, NC, May 5, 2012 (3) from 2019-05-20T15:21:55

Holding on to the identity of provider, Love without attachment, Placating others is manipulation, How we are being lived, Seeing through the acceptance of conditioning, Non-resistance to resist...

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251. Next Best Step: Raleigh, NC, May 4, 2012 (2) from 2019-05-20T15:19:34

What if nothing phenomenally happened in this retreat?, Mind creates a story of awakening, Grasping energy and the gap, Pure perception, Finding the one who 's trying to get it right, Fear of be...

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250. Psychic Skills: Raleigh, NC, May 3, 2012 (1) from 2019-05-20T15:15:17

Meditation - death of the thinking mind, Presence is a trick of mind, Dropping the desire to be a writer, What can be surrendered, Transmission is phenomenal, Psychic abilities, let there be spa...

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249. The "I" Knows Itself Through What is Familiar: Washington, DC, April, 29 (5) from 2019-05-20T15:09:44

Spiritual horse trading, should the world be fair? judgment and comparison, Peace, rest, and happiness? no such thing as an, Drop all desire; now is enough, a post­rational psychic, do you reall...

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248. Enlightenment not "Enheavyment": Washington, DC, April 29, 2012 (4) from 2019-05-20T15:06:09

Mind can only see what it is not, you're not here at all, assumptions that are not questioned, depends on your perspective, knowing that you're not the character, mistaken identity, there's no h...

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247. Dynamics in Relationship: Washington, DC, April 28, 2012 (3) from 2019-05-20T15:01:47

Mind's one true statement, lying to protect self­-image, judgment is just what the ego does, fluid like water, mind seeks advantage, only the ego can connect, getting distance from the controlle...

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246. The "I" Thought is an Addiction: Washington, DC, April 28, 2012 (2) from 2019-05-20T14:57:35

What you are can't be present or absent, the search must be exhausted, samadhi, life taking care of itself, gaps between thoughts, experiences are just another story, let rest come, satsang is a...

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245. Healing Yourself is Inevitable and a Waste of Time: Washington, DC, April 27, 2012 (1) from 2019-05-20T14:53:01

Does self­-realization happen in consciousness? no crock of gold! self­-realization versus liberation, action disconnected from concepts, what if nothing were to happen ever again? mind needs go...

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244. Death and Experiencing: Encinitas, CA, April 23, 2012 (2) from 2019-05-16T18:33

be still, physical pain, separation, prior to consciousness, non- conceptual knowing, meditation/non-meditation, no-self, contraction in base chakra, dissolution of ego, bucket list, belief, the...

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243. Pure Perception: Encinitas, CA, April 23, 2012 (1) from 2019-05-16T18:28:42

nothing going on, Pure perception, Awareness, linear time, real life and awakening, understanding desire, beyond the senses, believing, judgment, sense of incompleteness, naming things, thinking...

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242. Non-Duality is Mind Dropping Mind: Sebastopol, CA, April 20 from 2019-05-16T18:20:06

Even pain is to be enjoyed, out-of-body experience, labeling has to stop, watch conceptual thought, Jac's experiencing, relationships, prior to observer, existential fear is the most potent, wal...

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241. Resisting Self Love: Berkeley, CA, April 15, 2012 (5) from 2019-05-16T18:08:48

Nothing to do, wisdom and hierarchy, pain of isolation, relationship obsession, no reference point, identification with the body, fear of rejection in relationship, healing your life, fun and br...

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240. Nothing to Believe: Berkeley, CA, April 15, 2012 (4) from 2019-05-16T18:06:53

Desire for a relationship, deepening practice, discernment around fear, fun, sitting with problems without direction, on the fence, self-image, dysfunctional relationship, compassion for self, h...

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239. A Relationship with God: Berkeley, CA, April 14, 2012 (3) from 2019-05-16T18:03:08

No individual, no reference point, Contraction, Attention, the habit of fear, pain and suffering, power plays, hesitancy around wanting to live, seeking stopped, self-doubt, a personal loving go...

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238. Ending the Belief in Separation: Berkeley, CA, April 14, 2012 (2) from 2019-05-16T18:00:32

Non-duality and therapy, self-image, 'non-seeking' seeker, the buzz of something new, abuse and sadness, called to do certain jobs, spiritual bank account, huge fear of letting go, resistance an...

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237. Knowing Only the Theory of Awakening: Berkeley, CA, April 13, 2012 (1) from 2019-05-16T17:58:17

The play of consciousness, busy mind, effort, consciousness defined, honesty, jac's style of satsang, Desire, disorganized, fear of losing the “I”, great heart, attachment, depression, business ...

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236. Mind Plays Catch Up by Developing Wisdom: Toronto, Canada, March 5, 2012 (6) from 2019-05-16T17:49:06

Self-honesty, two levels of techniques, acceptance becoming self-destructive, mind thinking it's on to the game of mind, what happens when desire falls away, let the doer waste time, dropping be...

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235. Pull Away the Specialness: Toronto, Canada, March 4, 2012 (5) from 2019-05-16T17:45:50

Let the image fail, rejecting the ‘I’ as an ego defense, attachment to specialness, trust, surrender and identification, find ways to listen to the pull 24/7, find out what you are not, no solid...

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234. Just a Perspective of Consciousness: Toronto, Canada, March 4, 2012 (4) from 2019-05-16T17:43:29

Passive versus active allowing, nature of time and space, the play of power, difficulty in body functioning, Prior, life is a dream, the revenge cycle, can consciousness know itself? self-forgiv...

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233. Suffering is Optional: Toronto, Canada, March 3, 2012 (3) from 2019-05-16T17:41:02

How to know self-love is established, thinking mind versus working mind, the right and wrong mechanism, absolute knowing, slowing down, is there a practice? self-honesty leading to self-enfoldme...

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232. The False Observer: Toronto, Canada, March 3, 2012 (2) from 2019-05-16T17:38:31

Ping-ponging between macro and micro, awakening versus spiritual experiencer, seeing through the character, desire for knowing, how to observe and not attach to judgment, cultivating self honest...

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231. Let Life Make the Change: Toronto, Canada, March 2, 2012 (1) from 2019-05-16T17:36:06

Meditation – desire and distraction, a value system of needing silence is a problem, dependency on people, be alright with no purpose, let go of the need to understand, being honest with yoursel...

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230. See the Giggle in Things: Findhorn, Scotland, Jan 20, 2012 (9) from 2019-05-16T17:11:43

Responsibility, the living is where the fear is, is consciousness dependent on humanity?, following the loop of belief, let there be vigilance, every step is away from what you are, feeling my o...

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229. The Edge of Where Mind Can Go: Findhorn, Scotland, Jan , 2012 from 2019-05-16T17:09:28

Just perception happening, objectless consciousness, what is this me and why am i still believing it?, belief in me/where does the i stop and start?, the fraudulent movement of "i" (I'm not goin...

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228. Vigilance, Humility and Refinement: Findhorn, Scotland, Jan 18, 2012 (7) from 2019-05-16T17:06

Place of rest beneath the crisis, refinement of conditioning, rejection or acceptance is fine, avoiding exposure, not having to love your mother, qualities of 'behind and below', the desire to m...

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227. Knowing is Not Conceptual: Findhorn, Scotland, Jan 17, 2012 (6) from 2019-05-16T17:03:08

Lack of self-love, The heart needs to fill itself, Consciousness is independently aware of itself, There is a knowing of itself that is not conceptual, Some projects aren't meant to manifest, Yo...

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226. Who Owns Guilt?: Findhorn, Scotland, Jan 17, 2012 (5) from 2019-05-16T15:55:32

Is consciousness aware of itself? Fear of death, Never give up on a chance of surrendering, Giving up security, Some experiences have to have you, Is pain being experienced or is there a suffere...

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225. Grace Might or Might Not Come Knocking: Findhorn, Scotland, Jan 16, 2012 (4) from 2019-05-16T15:52:28

Irresponsibility and letting go of the ego, jumping off the cliff and letting go of service, there seems to be choice...?, survival anxiety, mantra is health food for the mind and questions of i...

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224. Drop the Desire for the End: Findhorn, Scotland, Jan 16, 2012 (3) from 2019-05-16T15:42:23

The sense of "I" is making the effort, non-ordinary (altered) states may loosen the "I", I am here as awareness, fear draws me into the "I", the desire to know the truth is the last desire, in a...

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223. Trust the River: Findhorn, Scotland, Jan 15, 2012 (2) from 2019-05-16T15:39:11

Satsang happens beneath the words, Mind will never know, but still it will be known, Does the idea of you create a you?, What is the purpose of life?, the I is an addiction, Fear of death, Ident...

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222. Someone to Help or Turn Away From: Findhorn, Scotland, Jan 15, 2012 (1) from 2019-05-16T15:35

The need to be needed, financial aid and emotional maturity, powerlessness, the hypnosis (that the world is real), I want to be taken care of

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210. It's Time for Wisdom: Verneuil, France, October 9, 2011 (1) from 2019-05-08T14:08:49

To fight the play of universe you will lose, You are all of it, Don't get caught in your story of your vision, I don't trust my memory anymore, Be OK with having no control - be authentic, Still...

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173. Ottawa, June 13, 2011 (12) from 2019-05-08T12:05:22

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164. Ottawa, Canada, June 11, (3) from 2019-05-07T15:40:44

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137. Honesty and Emotions: Waterford, Ireland, June 13, 2010 (5) from 2019-04-19T07:46:08

universe not supporting external satsang, life force not questioning, let energies be, trees ground, let intuition direct with some common sense, let others think what they want, fear underneath...

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135. Who Are You Without Ideas?: Waterford, Ireland, June 12, 2010 (3) from 2019-04-19T07:43:51

Everything is always changing, there is absolutely nothing, patterns running, being serious, lightness, try to find what you think you are, thoughts don’t create you, connectedness is still dual...

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134. You Can't Control the Spiritual Path: Waterford, Ireland, June 12, 2010 (2) from 2019-04-19T07:42:26

You can't lose your way, No reversing on spiritual path, Every path is different, What's your fear trying to avoid?, There is no control, freedom in losing your reputation, no need to fear anyth...

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133. All is Perfect As It Is, No Right or Wrong: Waterford, Ireland, June 11, 2010 (1) from 2019-04-19T07:40:53

separation, attention outside, spaces of no I, Desire, the show is over, acceptance of dying, healing pointless to nowhere, filter system labeling, fears, the I the dramatist, love as functionin...

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115. Who You Thought You Were: Dublin, Ireland, May 16, 2010 (4) from 2019-04-19T07:14:40

sense of vulnerability, making peace with family, arthritis and pain, stopping the mind, physical body takes attention, self-enquiry, prior to mind, caught in emotions, being right, being a door...

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111. Seattle, WA, May 2, 2010 (6) from 2019-04-19T07:09:14

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110. Seattle, WA, May 2, 2010 (5) from 2019-04-19T07:07:30

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109. Seattle, WA, May 1, 2010 (4) from 2019-04-19T07:05:59

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108. Seattle, WA, May 1, 2010 (3) from 2019-04-19T07:04:35

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107. Seattle, WA, April 30, 2010 (2) from 2019-04-19T07:03:11

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106. Seattle, WA, April 29, 2010 (1) from 2019-04-19T07:01:54

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105. Boston, MA, April 25, 2010 (7) from 2019-04-19T07:00:21

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104. Boston, MA, April 25, 2010 (6) from 2019-04-19T06:59:26

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103. Boston, MA, April 25, 2010 (5) from 2019-04-19T06:58:31

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102. Boston, MA, April 24, 2010 (4) from 2019-04-19T06:57:11

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101. Boston, MA, April 24, 2010 (3) from 2019-04-19T06:56:18

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100. Boston, MA, April 23, 2010 (2) from 2019-04-19T06:55:07

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99. Boston, MA, April 22, 2010 (1) from 2019-04-19T06:53:32

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87. France, March 28, 2010 (4) from 2019-04-17T09:00:07

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86. France, March 28, 2010 (3) from 2019-04-17T08:59:01

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85. France, March 27, 2010 (2) from 2019-04-17T08:58:15

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84. France, March 27, 2010 (1) from 2019-04-17T08:57:04

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74. Dublin, March 7, 2010 (4) from 2019-04-17T08:42:32

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73. Dublin, March 7, 2010 (3) from 2019-04-17T08:41:21

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72. Dublin, March 6, 2010 (2) from 2019-04-17T08:39:46

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71. Dublin, March 6, 2010 (1) from 2019-04-17T08:38:08

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69. The Habit of Mind: Galway, Ireland, Oct. 11, 2009 (4) from 2019-04-17T08:12:43

Pay no mind to mind, mind is a habit, creation is a concept, drop beyond observing, mind is your only tool, Awakening has its own pace, what are you protecting, thoughts aren't the problem- beli...

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68. Stirring the Fire: Galway, Ireland, Oct. 10, 2009 (3) from 2019-04-17T08:09:27

Stillness can only be noticed after it's gone, Awareness is mind, Without thoughts do you exist?, Indifferent to desire, Time is an idea; go beyond, All suffering comes from thought, What's left...

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66. Progressive to Direct Path: Galway, Ireland, Oct. 9, 2009 (1) from 2019-04-17T08:06:12

force challenges to grow?, healing keeps the movie going, body still has needs post enlightenment, functioning without ownership, understanding the only pure love, why stories replay, wiring hap...

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60. Step Back and See That You Are Not What You Think You Are: Waterford, Ireland, Sept. 23, 2009 (2) from 2019-04-17T07:54:43

Unraveling of desires, Watching the roles, Weak memory, A slave to your beliefs, Shift to the observer, no, Freedom in the ocean, Belief in separation, No desire - no suffering, linear time, Wan...

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59. What Asks the Question?: Waterford, Ireland, Sept. 22, 2009 (1) from 2019-04-17T07:53:19

Placing awareness on reality, Usefulness of affirmations, Stop fixing the, Where the progressive path joins the direct path, Fulfilling desires, Intelligence beyond awareness, Attached to the st...

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58. Dublin, Sept. 20, 2009 (2) from 2019-04-17T07:51:38

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57. It's a Mind Made Self: Dublin, Sept. 19, 2009 (1) from 2019-04-17T07:50:22

Caught in thoughts, start by observing, sink beneath the waves, mind is not the problem identification is, don't analyze, observe and don't judge, there's nothing wrong with the world, addiction...

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56. Cork, Ireland, Sept. 16, 2009 from 2019-04-17T07:48:35

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55. The Last Step: France, Sept. 13, 2009 (5) from 2019-04-17T07:42:19

Quiet state of mind of I am, Source has no space for a separate I like in deep sleep, blankness, knowing beyond nothing, running no thought of ownership, No labeling, attachment to an opinion br...

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54. The Play of Mind: France, Sept. 13, 2009 (4) from 2019-04-17T07:41:03

How can God know Himself?, A concept has no existence, Mind imagines a, A non-thinking force that moves, Who am I, Am I ready?, Can an, How about manifesting your destiny?, What is wrong with de...

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53. Beyond the Now: France, Sept. 13, 2009 (3) from 2019-04-17T07:40:03

Learning surrender without control, training the mind, dealing with anger, place mind at it's source, drop to the bottom of the sea, self-realization is not a lifestyle, the purpose of meditatio...

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52. No Two Paths Alike: France, Sept. 12, 2009 (2) from 2019-04-17T07:38:45

rest and let what you are not burn, find out what's keeping the I alive, drop beliefs you have about spirituality, satsang is not about having a better life, happiness is the absence of desire n...

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51. Loving Yourself Exquisitely: France, Sept. 12, 2009 (1) from 2019-04-17T07:37:17

Desirelessness, Satsang as an experiential Reality, acknowledging and dismantling beliefs, tension as a clue to switch to Observer mode and then stepping back further to rest in Source, loving y...

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50. Sinking into Silence: Toronto, August 31, 2009 (6) from 2019-04-17T07:33:10

Repairing the ego, Before the story of me, There is no oneness, Spiritual grace, What is meant by, How anger can be useful, At the source of the next thought, This technique brings mind to a tra...

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49. Just Let It Happen: Toronto, August 30, 2009 (5) from 2019-04-17T07:31:44

Mind only does concepts, Beyond mind is the only real thing, nothing is happening, Homeopathy, Fear of dying, Celebrate having no control, Enjoy the free fall, Let moods come and go, Observe fea...

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48. My Life is Based on a Belief in Separation: Toronto, August 30, 2009 (4) from 2019-04-17T07:30:27

Memories are just thoughts, thoughts aren’t real, Why was spiritual knowledge hidden? There’s no reason for anything, How it ‘IS’ reveals itself, It’s not possible to experience, Can you place a...

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47. Relationship: Toronto, August 29, 2009 (3) from 2019-04-17T07:28:40

Relationship without expectations, Sex and the desire for 'no mind', How can relationship support awakening?, What about relationship as a place to heal?, Burn up the pathways to the, Asking, Us...

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46. Without Ownership: Toronto, August 24, 2009 (2) from 2019-04-17T07:27:05

There is no, personal, Ownership gives birth to pain. There isn't even, Mind isn't going to, Wanting to control is ownership, Dealing with insomnia, Seeing the nature of desire.

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45. To the Doorway of the Mind: Toronto, August 24, 2009 (1) from 2019-04-17T07:25:50

What about mantras?, Progressive path versus direct path, Resting attention before the first thought of, There is no control, Only Love, God, or Nothing, Why do I have nightmares?, Direct knowin...

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44. No Personal Perspective: Rochester, NY, August 23, 2009 (7) from 2019-04-17T07:23:52

Any path is full of concepts, Mind searches to entertain itself, There's nothing in it for you, Go to that which is before time

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43. Mind Runs Amuck: Rochester, NY, August 23, 2009 (6) from 2019-04-17T07:22:26

Can satsang help solve a problem with overeating?, Learning how to play, Spirituality as a hobby, Can I prepare for my own death?, Is it time for my retirement?, Belief systems are just imaginin...

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42. Trust the Universe: Rochester, NY, August 23, 2009 (5) from 2019-04-17T07:21:02

fears are connected to nothing, things work themselves out, right now is enough, practice contentment, be gentle with yourself, there is no free will, intuition is prior to doubting mind, be lik...

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41. Communication: Rochester, NY, August 23, 2009 (4) from 2019-04-17T07:19:39

Mantras, one pointedness, see the desire for it to be different, don’t be bothered by thoughts - nobody is watching them, play the role of mom, surrender and hand over the controller

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39. Effortlessness and Spontaneity: Rochester, NY, August 22, 2009 (2) from 2019-04-17T07:14:47

No preference, 'I-thought', getting there, Shakti inherent in Shiva, creation within what You are, distance outside as separation, thinking that you are moving or experiencing, attention on the ...

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38. All about me: Rochester, NY, August 22, 2009 (1) from 2019-04-17T07:13:13

Drop belief in the I story, Gently lay the mind to rest, Managing difficult relationships, The desire to control, What is important?, There are no individuals, Playing social roles as a form of s...

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37. Every Time the Me is Looked for, There's Nothing There: Washington, DC, August 16, 2009 (5) from 2019-04-15T06:16:27

the kali yuga age, hindu practices in modern spirituality, energetic power of mantra, no ownership of anger or suffering, There are no individuals, teacher of world religions goes beyond oneness...

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36. That's My Cloud!: Washington, DC, August 16, 2009 (4) from 2019-04-15T06:14:34

family ties, no ownership between thoughts, desire is the problem, establish the self-love circuit within you, the primary concept before duality is love, seekers who are not seeking, belief in ...

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35. It's All or Nothing: Washington, DC, August 15, 2009 (3) from 2019-04-15T06:13:14

Mind imagines free will, What about, Do you want experiences?, There is no personal, Let emptiness do its thing, Without any purpose, Ownership appears with, Struggling with poor health, Desire ...

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33. Beyond Experiences: Washington, DC, August 14, 2009 (1) from 2019-04-15T06:10:16

The path of self-enquiry vs. the path of experience, all experiences are equally insignificant, Observer mode, heal the ego, then let it break down, drop underneath the story, compassion, wantin...

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32. Charlotte, NC, July 25, 2009 (3) from 2019-04-15T05:59:03

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31. Charlotte, NC, July 25, 2009 (2) from 2019-04-15T05:58:24

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30. Charlotte, NC, July 25, 2009 (1) from 2019-04-15T05:57:14

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29. I Is a Thought Believed Into Existence: Dallas, TX, July 22, 2009 (3) from 2019-04-15T05:50:08

anxiety, attachment, Motivation, I thought,  effort, suffering, separation, Suicide, Fear, Observer, Progressive path, Surrender, Reincarnation, karma, Psychotherapy, Third eye, ghosts, Ramana M...

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28. Dallas, TX, July 21, 2009 (2) from 2019-04-15T05:46:37

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27. Progressive Paths Versus Direct Path: Dallas, TX, July 20, 2009 (1) from 2019-04-15T05:45:40

forgiveness, discernment, nonduality, beyond 'I Am', appearance continues in nondual state as appearance, purpose of the world, universe as energy, Creation as play, 'round-about' of life, Love ...

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18. Jac and Richard Miller’s Never Not Here: Chicago, July 14, 2009 (1) from 2019-04-15T05:35:21

Jac’s book Born to Be Free, qualifications, expertise and identification, cultural influences and desires, relating vs thinking about relating, overwhelm, slavery to thoughts, space between thou...

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19. Swallowed Up By Stillness: Chicago, July 15, 2009 (2) from 2019-04-15T05:34:54

Exquisite movement of life happening, jac’s book, intense periods on the path, spontaneous arising, different pointers work for different people, life cannot be touched, beyond the phenomenal wo...

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20. Chicago, July 16, 2009 (3) from 2019-04-15T05:34:25

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24. Enlightenment or Not Enlightenment, Who Cares?!: Chicago, July 18, 2009 (7) from 2019-04-15T05:29:53

from naturalness comes the quality of gentleness, there's nothing there in the unknown--how can it be scary? enlightenment or not enlightenment, who cares!? drop the desire, unplugging, 'i don't...

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25. Stillness Stays, Everything Else Just Happens: Chicago, July 19, 2009 (8) from 2019-04-15T05:29:23

Freeing attention from objects, time as a concept, thought creates suffering, spiritual practice depends on level of maturity, Truth has no intention, Surrender, Born to be free, exquisite natur...

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26. Chicago, July 19, 2009 (9) from 2019-04-15T05:28:49

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17. Down the Rabbit Hole: Maui, July 10, 2009 from 2019-04-15T05:27:49

Do decisions make action happen?, No labeling, no judging, no believing, no mind, Existence itself is just a concept., Does being spiritual make us special?, Mind can't do non-dual., Ownership i...

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16. It's All Buncom: Maui, July 9, 2009 from 2019-04-15T05:27:17

Is liberation really what you want?, Joy arises when attention rests in Stillness, Why Satsang?, How about walking on water? Sex and six lost days, Mind broken in a cold shower, Do you fear deat...

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15. Galway, June 21, 2009 (B) from 2019-04-15T05:26:41

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14. Galway, June 21, 2009 (A) from 2019-04-15T05:26:18

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13. Enlightenment, No Enlightenment, Forget About It!: Galway, June 20, 2009 from 2019-04-15T05:25:50

gratitude for satsang, Wanting to get out is only for when you're in: it's fine to be in once you're out! are concepts useful?, believing a thought of being stuck and trapped, let experiences co...

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12. Galway, June 20, 2009 (A) from 2019-04-15T05:25:06

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11. The natural state is effortless: Dublin, Ireland, June 14, 2009 from 2019-04-15T05:24:14

The Nature of Mind is to doubt, No Thought is useful, Mind exists if believed, The ego is in time, To care there must be two, There’s a spontaneity that happens naturally through the body, Mind ...

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10. Experience and Identification: Dublin, Ireland, June 14, 2009 from 2019-04-15T05:23:46

The drive of desire, Mind enjoys experience, Everything must go, Art brings you to the beyond, Music for pleasure, Mind identification, Exhaustion comes when operating from mind, Observe yoursel...

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9. Dublin, June 13, 2009 from 2019-04-15T05:23:15

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7. Doorway to No Mind: Waterford, Ireland, June 6, 2009 (A) from 2019-04-15T05:22:07

silence, interest in stories, Memory, functioning of the brain without story, habits of mind replaying the I, no control, no personal I, making decisions, natural state, vibration sounds of clas...

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6. Beyond the mind: Waterford, Ireland, June 5, 2009 from 2019-04-15T05:21:41

What is satsang?, Mind isn't interested in peace, Thought creates the thinker, Retain attention at the still point, Beyond thought - nothing is real, Are there individual, Body gets battered, Do...

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5. Death while alive: Waterford, Ireland, June 7, 2009 from 2019-04-15T05:19:04

Beyond fear of annihilation, observe without commentary, observing the observer, depression is a call to deep rest, There are no individuals, nothing and the absence of nothing, Observe and Grac...

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4. All You, All God, All Nothing: Waterford, Ireland, May 19, 2009 from 2019-04-15T05:18:31

Jac's story, functioning with no 'I', mother as a role -not who you are, witnessing, attention always with wholeness, is God a concept?, nothing is happening, experiments on decision making, wor...

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3. Galway, May 7, 2009 from 2019-04-15T05:17:49

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2. Louisburgh, 2009 (2) from 2019-04-15T05:16:33

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1. Louisburgh, 2009 (1) from 2019-04-15T05:16:07

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21. Capital 'R' Reality: Chicago, July 16, 2009 (4) from 2019-04-15T05:08:12

investment in self image will go, stop investing in thoughts and the show is over, life can be busy, seeing that something is dissolving then you are playing the movie, mind watching mind is not...

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23. Playing with Creation: Chicago, July 18, 2009 (6) from 2019-04-13T18:47:07

What is life all about? What is time? All commentary stops, You are not your body; you are not your mind, What about, Before thoughts arise, Everything is energy, Are spiritual experiences neces...

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22. The End of Experiencing (Richard Miller interviews Jac): Chicago, July 17, 2009 (5) from 2019-04-13T18:46:06

Not about a blissful loving experience or feeling immortal or exquisite, the pull to non-duality, see mind as an instrument, The “I am” as a springboard, are thoughts useful?, Wei Wu Wei, pure e...

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