The Love Seminar

John de Ruiter

... mmm ... this deeply divine Autumn Seminar has been, to me, The Love Seminar ... From day one I felt what John was doing was on a whole other level from anything he's put out before.  And his teaching has been incredibly profound and so LOVEly ... 
Of course, here are some Golden Snippets, all from that magical Day one!

"As your self is purified your behaviour

is freed of gain and loss.

Freeing the continuity of meaning

into your behaviour..."

"When you remain in openness and softness of heart 

while your self is opening and softening, 

your behaviour opens and softens ...

Change becomes the continuity of meaning

in free flow."

"Awareness, one with Knowing, loves."

"Oneness relating is love."

"Love cannot comprehend fear."

"Love is the continuity of meaning moving."

JdR DAY 1 - 10 Oct 2013

My favourite moment thus far, was when he was speaking to a questioner about This, using the analogy water and of being in it in different ways such as diving or floating.  When the questioner asked him to say more about the water he simply said, " ...mmm ..." in a most inviting tone.

Similar to what he said about Love on day one of the Seminar, at a party on Sunday night, when asked what love is, John answered, "the movement of meaning."  Yes, we can each access such movement as we open and soften in our hearts, move more deeply within and let the love flow ... And then there's the love between two beings and two hearts ...  I loved John's words to the angelic couple in the Chair yesterday:

"Live finding each other in what you haven't found yet.

Seeing each other in a way that you haven't yet seen."*

  "You live on the cutting edge of coming together."

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"Two hearts in a state of flux to what's new."

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"Together unroll each other."

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"To meet is to be unrolled.

That kind of relationship is one of poetry."

JdR 14 Oct 2013

Looking at John during these meetings embodying his teaching and demonstrating it so clearly, is a real delight and a true gift.

Before I sign off, I've not forgotten about uploading the recent dialogue with him and there's a chance it'll be ready for next week's post - I'll do my best!

Until next time,

Love,

Shanti   

John the Vanguard

John de Ruiter in Nordegg, 2013

For sure John is leading in something entirely profound and on Friday I loved hearing him say:

"You know I am your

deepest cutting edge."

JdR 4 October 2013

Indeed he is and he was in fine form over the weekend.  Here are a few more favourite Golden snippets:

"Feed that undomesticated

depth of power..."

  JdR 4 October 2013

"This world isn't a manifestation of reality; 
it's a manifestation of the common level of belief, 

which moves it and sustains it,

protects it from change."

JdR 7 October 2013

"When you are in your heart

that touches someone else's heart."

JdR 7 October 2013

John's wisdom is definitely food for the soul, attested by my recent dialogue with him which I will be endeavouring to get in uploaded a.s.a.p. so you can hear him speaking about a range of subjects from subconscious beliefs to the different levels of sex... But for all John's super being ability to touch what is deeper in us with his words, it is tiny compared to being present with him in person, whether he speaks or not.  If you resonate with John's teaching and have a sincere desire for true awakening, but have yet to meet him in person, I encourage you to make it happen.  To meet such a true master is not an opportunity to be squandered.  Click here to check out John's schedule.  And don't forget the sure-to-be awesome Autumn Seminar begins this Thursday... see you there?

Until next time,

Love,

Shanti  

Live, Love and Laugh ...

There's been a lot distracting me this past week from what, under such circumstances, is tiny.  And yet I love that tiny the most ...

Not all of the distractions have been difficult however, some have been quite fun.  Like planning costumes for myself and others for New Year's Eve ... And that's really fine, I don't need to heap more pressure on myself with a no-fun  rule ...  

In fact one of the good things coming out of the pressure is that I'm clear not to make things worse.  In that, the basics always work; to soften and relax inside, but wonderfully I've also tapped into a stream of real lightheartedness. At times, to be able to laugh is as good as the quieter more serious-looking goodness of the Deep -  they're both a God-send.

Perhaps it's all that light blazing from John in the meetings which has me lightening up..?  By the way, my dialogue with him got postponed and is now scheduled for the end of this  week - and many thanks to all those who sent in questions!

Until next time,
Love,
Shanti 

What matters ...

 
I don't necessarily agree with the exact wording that goes with the above image, but I really liked it for today's post, it makes me feel better.  It's been a big week for me, with increasing pressures and difficulties, although my time in the Chair with John on Friday evening was deeply good.

At last night's meeting, in speaking to a questioner, John said: 

"Being on cutting edges of 

discernment and realization 

is of greater value than

the answer that comes out of it."

When the pressure is on big time it's difficult for sure and, in spite of using all my deeper resources, things aren't always as clear as I'd like them to be.  At such times, I simply do the best I can with what I have and with what I'm able to honestly discern, acting accordingly and accepting the consequences ...

I'll be asking John more of your brilliant questions later in the week, but meanwhile if you've got anything you'd like to ask him, please send in your question in the usual way.

Until next time,

Love,

Shanti   

Responding to Greater Reality

John de Ruiter

I've been really enjoying the live broadcasts of John from The Netherlands.  I can feel how powerful that Seminar is for everyone participating and I love being able to connect with John and what is happening there.  And I'm looking forward to seeing him again this Friday back here in Edmonton.  What a magical being he is.  
During yesterday evening's talk John spoke to a woman who had clearly surrendered to what she knew the truth of in her heart - here's a couple of Golden snippets where he spoke of  not letting anything in the self or in life distract from what the heart is responding to:

"Make mistakes rather than suffering any distraction.

Mistakes won't stop you.  You learn from mistakes

- you don't learn from distraction." 

When he spoke of what occurs when we do respond to Greater Reality, he said:

"The gifting to the planet is all behind you.

You're not the bearer of gifts

- they spring up behind you."

 

He then spoke of walking out through the desert with the desert in front of you, saying:

"The desert behind you turns into garden."

   

 Ahhh ... that magical Oasis!  Today is the last day of the Seminar, so if you're in The Netherlands - or watching the broadcasts - enjoy!

Until next time,
Love,
Shanti 

Bonfire of the Vanities!

The title of this week's post refers not to the movie, but the far older practice of burning objects deemed to be occasions of sin - where 'sin' refers to missing the mark, or going against God's will... 

 As life continues to move at incredible speed I am, more than ever, aflame with wanting to be sharper, wanting it all to come together in me - now!  This morning, for example, I noticed a thought about not wanting to do something I had to do today.  If I give such thoughts my energy/belief then I'm in a world of pain and small self.  In letting such a thought go, I get to stay in what's deeper and lovelier.  Then whatever I do, whether it's working or painting in my studio - either way, the opportunity in life more than ever is to come from that deeper living Knowledge and true way of being. In that, doing something my small self wants to react against is all fuel for the bonfire of the vanities!

Speaking of blazes, John was aflame on Sunday afternoon.  Here's some Golden snippets:

"If you're under pressure

whatever you're coming from that pressure feeds."

"There's value in you, as awareness, under pressure

being in your weakest weakness.  

Your weakest weakness is you, 

from within the deepest, 

being meaning Knowing."

"When meaning Knowing is under pressure,

because of the subsequent and outward bodies that it has,

such as the heart, the self, the person,

compression builds."

"Where there is compression

Knowing within becomes hot.

That heat gives density to Knowledge - 

it gives density to meaning Knowing.

That density of Knowing becomes 

like a burning coal within the heart."

"When you're not, as awareness,

relating to meaning and you're relating

to what you experience in your self,

holding what you think and feel in your self

as being primary then, as awareness in your heart,

you're closing and hardening."

"Pressure fuels 

whatever you are being 

in your heart."    

This coming weekend John is back in The Netherlands for what will surely be an awesome five day retreat.  For more information on that, please click here.   And there will be another dialogue with John in a couple of week's time, so if you have a question you'd like to send in, please do so in the usual way.

Until next time,

Love,

Shanti 

It's nearly the end of summer ...

Last of the summer bike rides here in the northern hemisphere.

I've had some feedback from friends who were at the Nordegg retreat over the weekend and by all accounts it was a great time in the mountains and even the weather was good.  The next retreat with John is scheduled to occur in a few weeks' time in The Netherlands, for more information on that and to check John's schedule of events, just click here.    

It will be so good to get back into attending the regular meetings here with John and I look forward to seeing where he takes us next.  For all his wonderful help though, it is still up to each one of us to do our part in transforming ourselves into what it higher, lovelier and more true.  It's never been more apparent that the surface of things ain't where it's at, not at all.  Although when life provides profoundly difficult events to deal with, then my connection to that other-worldly loveliness is much more of a stretch, because the surface of things is demanding more of my attention.  But for sure, when life's a little calmer it's so good to pour into It, quietly loving It within and without, especially when I'm busy doing nothing.  One of the deepest times for loving It  is still most accessible in the meetings with John, he's such a quantum activator!  I wonder what's next ...

The next dialogue shouldn't be too far off, so as always please type any questions for John in the 'comments' below.

Until next time,
Love,
Shanti