Golden Snippets from Israel

The recent Tuval retreat with John in Israel was great and the first snippets I'm going to share with you are from day two when John was speaking of the goodness of opening and softening in the midst of pain ...

 "The value of your past is that you're able to learn from

opening and softening within an instance of your past...

When life touches upon it and brings it up into your body, 

for openness and softness of heart that's a gift...

When something triggers your past it's triggered in your body; 

you are embodying your past...

Your body doesn't belong to your past,

your body belongs to your being.

You embody your past whether you realize it or not...

The deeper the pain, the deeper the level of beingness

that's able to move into your body.

Embodying your own being is you

earning your own being.

Earning your being in your body...

When the deeper levels of your body open

then the deeper levels of your own being are 

physically palpable..."

- John de Ruiter, 15 November 2013, Israel

And these next snippets are from the end of the retreat, on day five:

"It doesn't matter how many times you fall,

what matters is the manner and the speed

with which you get back up."  

"At first you don't know how to be in This,

later you won't know how not to be in This."   

- John de Ruiter, 18 November 2013, Israel

Before I sign off, another gentle reminder to see if you have a question you'd like to send in for John, to post it as a comment below.  I know many of you enjoy the dialogues with him (which I upload as a free podcast) and for them to continue there needs to be a steady supply of questions...

Until next time,

Love,

Shanti