Do what you love

Yes, it's a bit of a cliche but it's where I'm at.  Having abstained for far too long I finally got back into my art practice this week, and then some.  I got all inspired to try some new techniques and, after spending uber amounts on luscious new art supplies, I've been up late night after night in my little studio, beavering away... and the time flies!

But, in light of what is the most important thing in my life, the title of this week's post means more than just pleasing one's self and acting out on the surface in a hedonistic manner ...  It is pretty clear to anyone who has ever gone deeper within than the more surface level of the self, that the deeper levels within are altogether a more lovely and wondrous place to be.  So it's a bit of a double entendre and I've been doing both; continuing to put what I love the most first - my deeper Knowing  (often at some cost to my self) - and also doing something which might seem to be just pleasing to my self, but in fact I know that doing art is good for me on deeper levels too.   I even got to thinking about running some more art workshops to inspire and ignite creativity in others, which I used to do some years back.  What do you know you love to do that you're not making time for?  Doing what you love, actually gives you more energy!  Sometimes you need to overcome a bit of inertia, but be encouraged! 

The weeks are continuing to fly by and I am surprised that I do not miss John and the meetings as much as I thought I would.  In fact I am making the most of the extra time afforded during this break and - doing what I love ...

Dear ones, the questions for John have dropped off a bit, oh dear ... I know life is busy for most of us and coming up with a good question isn't always easy - but give it some thought!  Thank you.

Until next time,
Love,
Shanti  

Peace

I chose the above image for it's soft and peaceful qualities as it kind of reflects my current state.  Apologies for this post being a day late, due to circumstances beyond my control.  And for those who didn't already check it out, the latest dialogue with John is up and to listen to it just click here.

As the long summer break from John and the meetings continues on, I am finding the goodness and the opportunity in that, as it allows me to truly see just how well I am doing in terms of being and doing what I Know.  When John first spoke those words to me perhaps more than a year ago now, my first response was to relax inside.  I see that it truly is key to quietly acquiesce with what is often very little in terms of experience, yet always there no matter what I am experiencing.  I see that the more I attune to that very subtle most peaceful loveliness within, the more real my life becomes.  As life continues to provide pressure and difficulties, to be able to align with my innermost is a true gift.  As John has said, it is really about making what truly matters more, matter more.  I will give an example, the first one that just came to mind.  The other day I was shopping in a huge store for groceries and it was the end of a long and tiring day of running errands etc.  As I heaved my overloaded basket along I realized that although there was a thread of beingness quietly within my awareness it was not what I was giving most of my belief to.  My predominant experience was that of feeling tired and hungry and just wanting to get it finished so I could go home but as soon as I realized that, I just shifted within to put my deeper Knowing first.  It happened in a moment, and I instantly felt something new and fresh was in front of me as I stepped towards the check-out.  It was a subtle yet very real shift, literally mid-stride.  It is in these small moments that I acknowledge real progress.  Making what matters more, matter more to me than whatever else I am experiencing.  Somehow in the long break from seeing John and receiving the goodness of his transmission, I know it's an important time for this and really worth stepping up in all the ways I know I can - those precious cutting edges within ...

Before I sign off I'd like to encourage you - especially all those living overseas who seldom get to see John if at all - to dig deep and send in some more questions for the next dialogue with him.  More of your questions mean that we all get to benefit from John's wisdom!

Until next time,
Love,
Shanti  

Mid-Summer Dialogue with John

 

 Yes, it's done; the latest dialogue with John has just now been uploaded.  To listen to it just click here!

In this latest recorded session with John he speaks a fair bit about relationship and also about preparing for relationship and about the bond of being which occurs with everyone you meet!

Enjoy, and as always, keep those great questions coming!  Thank you.

Until next time,
Love,
Shanti   

Back in the Saddle

The good news is that I am all ready to upload the latest podcast of my recent dialogue with John! ... the less good news is that I have encountered some technical problems with the site so I cannot upload it today as planned!  I have done what I can to address the problem and as soon as I am able to proceed with the upload, rest assured I will be doing it pronto - we're talking a mid-week Post, if not sooner.

I've been out of the loop a bit socially since the end of the Summer Seminar and I wonder how other participants are doing... After the seminar ended I felt quite windblown and out-of-sorts ... until the last few days when I seem to have digested enough of that quantum super food and can definitely say I'm back in the saddle.  In fact, I find that I am now more able to sustain a deeper level of Knowing whilst doing mundane things in the world, which is kinda new.

Sincere apologies for not being able to present you with some more of John's wisdom via the podcast today - but with luck I will get it sorted out very soon.  Meantime I look forward to receiving more new questions for John for the next dialogue - as always please send them in via the 'comments' below.

Until next time,
which is hopefully in the next few days with the new podcast!
Love,
Shanti    

Time to Digest...

John de Ruiter

And so it was - a strong Summer Seminar... and now there is a time to digest John's wonderful teachings.  I felt he gave us so much these past few weeks.  It was powerful both in the strength of what he was administering on the unseen and quantum level and also in terms of some of the things he spoke of.  It was a bit of a roller coaster ride for me.  It seemed that much got stirred up from the deeper levels and I found myself being somewhat tossed about at times...  I still feel a bit dazed and confused; not my 'normal' self, but as I said, it was a strong seminar, so I shouldn't be too surprised, I know it's all good.  And if I'm really getting it and constantly working things out within, then my 'normal self' is obviously going to become increasingly not my normal self at all ...
  
No doubt there will be many new and stellar CDs from this latest Seminar available soon from http://johnderuiter.com/ - meanwhile below are some more quotes from John:

 "What you relate to 

is what you're in."

JdR - Summer Seminar 2013

"You can move as awareness into a greater space,

a deeper level of you

by knowing the truth of it,

knowing the truth of what's deeper,

and as soon as you know,

relate to what you're knowing." 

JdR - Summer Seminar 2013

"If deepest clarity governs you,

the letting go of anything isn't difficult

- it's true."

JdR - Summer Seminar 2013

"The little is much

       when you're in it."    

JdR - Summer Seminar 2013

The dialogue with John which happened a few weeks ago, is still in the works and I am hoping to have it ready to upload next week.  As always, please type any new questions for John in the 'comments' below and, for all those who participated in the seminar, 'happy digesting!'

Until next time,

Love,

Shanti

Not of This World

What is it to be in the Summer Seminar?  To be in all the meetings, to be so immersed in John's transmission and teachings?  It is good.  It is profound.  It is a privilege and a most golden opportunity and I marvel at what it is and what it all means to be here at this time.  Like all great teachers of real Knowledge, John can only give clues and signposts, along with the unseen magical 'atmosphere,' in which the potential for real change and transformation is not only possible, but for those who are Called, it is required.  It takes on a deadly seriousness.  I feel so drawn in, drawn forward, when I relate directly to (what John has termed) The Calling.  I see John as having magician-like abilities in how he can use words in ways which act like keys, unlocking doors on deeper levels revealing, for those with the eyes to see, what is not of this world at all.  At times it's as if his words are a magic spell.  Like the first time he spoke of the electromagnetic which moves in the body on deeper levels and immediately it became activated, it became real in me.

 Oh what it is to be here participating in what is not of this world in this world at this time.  The accumstomed self with its hard-wired conditioning is so limited and dull and the doors John is able to show us are the portals out of the box of such dark and restricted life.  If you can call it life, it's not really living when you're so confined.  The good news is that if you want out of the box you can easilly do so, especially with the help of John de Ruiter.
Before I sign off,  a golden snippet or two:

"Living in your self in perspective of Greater Reality

is you having a great and wondrous house.  A magical house

and you live inside of a box in that house. 

You are comfortable in its micro movements to give you 

a sense of placement.

That box needs to open and be completely reconstituted 

to function seamlessly with the entire house..." 

 JdR - 29 June 2013

 

 "Being what you are after you have died

in person, in your living.  

It isn't the same life.

It's the life of a being in a body 

completely reconstituting the self it has.

Not a problem."

JdR - 27 June 2013

As always, if you have any question for John for the next dialogue, please type it in the 'comments' below. 

Until next time,
Love,
Shanti