Softening in the squeeze

It seems to me that I am not the only one experiencing something of a continuous squeeze  as life on planet Earth increasingly picks up speed.  Yet I see that I have equally increasing ability to open and soften as soon as any reactivity kicks in - that old habit of hardening and relating to stressful thoughts and feelings.  That softening and returning to what I know is True is right there - a shift so subtle and which changes everything in an instant.  This opening and softening in the midst of any tension is at the crux of John's teaching and is a staple in my daily living.  So as life continues to put pressure on our little selves, we know where the gold is, in that wonderful tiny little bit.  In realizing that the tiny little bit means more to us than whatever is causing the feeling of pressure, it's easy to relax and to soften ...

John's back with us in Edmonton giving meetings this weekend and it will be so good to see him and be in the presence once again of one who embodies so much truth.

Speaking of the squeeze, that's actually all I've got time for this week, so -
Until next time,
Love,
Shanti

Power

 

As I write today's Post, John is giving an evening meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark and then from Thursday through Sunday he's giving a retreat in Elspeet in The Netherlands.  For more information on watching those live upcoming broadcasts please click here.

 

He gave an awesome teaching in Israel last Thursday on how coming into our Beings is the transformation of humanity - here are some snippets:

 

"Where the Calling is  awakened to,

any connectivity between people

that is based on the levels of the Being,

creates new space within the self

for what is greater than reality

to come in and eventually have form."

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"Power in this world,

power that's recognized in this world,

is based on what we perceive  in our selves as differences.

Differences that don't yet have meaning

on the level of our Beings

and the power that we perceive

within these differences

is an illusion.

It's the power based on the experience

that we have within our unintegrated selves.

Selves that don't yet belong to our Beings.

The power of the self kept away from the heart

and therefore kept away from the Being.

Kept away until there is  connectivity -

the connectivity between awareness and the Being

because of awareness residing in the heart

where all real connectivity begins.

And then the level of connectivity within

taking place between two or more,

where we all are actually together,

not because of any effort to be

or to move together in this world -

together because we all realize our Beings."

 

I highly recommend watching that entire meeting (evening, 17 September), which is available as a VOD, just click here to do so.

 

 

Until next time,

Love,

Shanti

Being a child of your own heart

Unusually we had a meeting here last Tuesday and when the questioner spoke to John about being and working in this world, John spoke that it matters little what you do in this world and "that first you are a child of your own heart and from there a student of your deeper levels."  A little later on he said, "This world will pass away, while you - with all of your deeper levels - continue .."  Towards the end of that meeting his transmission was so strong that when he walked off the stage many of us were left still somewhat glued to our chairs. 

Alas he's off globetrotting again, about to give a four day retreat in Netanya, Israel - and I miss him already.   Although, for those of us not able to be there, at least we can keep in touch via the wonderful webcasts - and for more information on that, please click here.

Meanwhile, being as we are still alive, we continue to get plenty of opportunity to evolve in daily life by opening and softening in our heart, especially when life triggers patterns in the accustomed self and there is the tendency to close and harden, to justify and point the finger.  In choosing instead to open and soften within, we can learn to be a child of our own heart, putting the greatest value on learning how to sustain that sweetness within, in the midst of what isn't like that, in this world ...

Until next time,
Love,
Shanti

No longer being a student of this world

Here at Knowledge College,

we are learning a very different modality, as awareness,

to that which pervades this tired old world ...

 

Having been relatively silent in meetings of late, John was in fine form on Sunday afternoon, giving us a great discourse on the deeper levels of our Being and how that requires the giving up of all personal power and no longer being a student of this world ...

"The surface levels of your Being,

as you come into them,

are not an affront to the middle ground in your self

- the deeper levels of your Being are.

The deeper levels of your Being,

as you are called into them,

bring you into the power of your Being.

As you come into the power of your Being

you cannot retain any personal sovereignty.

That's where you do,

within your middle ground,

come to the end of your road."

 

John went on to describe how you cannot come into your deeper levels with anything of a split; with any ties to personal use of power.

                                Being one with what you Know is the way ...

 

"When Knowing masters you

there are no longer two masters.

For you to be all of reality within, Knowing

on every level needs to master you

- and then you are your Being -

the surface levels all the way through to the deepest levels."

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"As you come into the deeper levels of your Being,

you cannot keep what this world

and it's student mean to you

- your accustomed self is a student of this world -

fashioned by it and made for it."

 

We are learning all the time here from the moment we are born, and yet it's not until we come across a True teaching that we can begin to uncover reality from within our own deeper levels within - that we begin to discern what is actually True, rather than the accepted mass belief system, handed down through the generations.  I said to someone the other day (before the start of the above meeting), that what we are doing here is "the cutting edge of humanity" and that's truly how I see it.  This short window of time here with John, attending (Real and all Deeper) Knowledge College is magical, challenging and so deeply good - above all, it's such an opportunity ...

 

Until next time,

Love,

Shanti



Magic from the Mountains

Dear ones, sorry that this week's Post comes to you a day late but I'm only just now back from the six day retreat in the Rockies with John.. it was good and it went so fast!  The standouts this year were ... the weather! we were super lucky and had lots of sunshine and very little rain .. and then, John's transmission - which was intense to say the least at times .. Here's some direct quotes from John over the last six days at Nordegg:

"The less you have on the surface,

the more you come to a point

and that's because you know what it's all about."

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"As soon as you tighten

the gold can't be made. "

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"Want and need

disturbs the natural movement of your Being."

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"Without your personal seeing

- you fly ..."

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"When you're really listening,

you love ..."

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"Read me,

and what you're developing, moves."

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"In and in, all else is behind you."

 

Until next time,

Love,

Shanti