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Student Q&A with Guy on "Start Helping Yourself and Everyone You Meet Become a Better Human Being" (9/27/20)
Posted: Sunday, September 27, 2020
Meeting: Sunday, September 27, 2020
Duration: 31min 51sec
Topics Covered
"Made in the image of God" means that we human beings are the embodiment of all the forces that create and give life to all that exists. These forces are blind, and they have authority over us when we are unaware of their activity
Real beauty is not just in the beautiful object that is seen by the physical eyes, but in the realization that the observer is the observed
Negative reactions have no awareness of themselves
You can't change the past by thinking about it; you change the past through awareness of the part of you that wants to revisit the past
All that the pained nature sees is what it blames for how it feels
The more that we get what we think will make us safe, the less safe we are
We are never on fire with a negative state such as anger without there being a finger pointing outward at the person or event that supposedly set us on fire
How can I "love my neighbor as myself" if I don't know anything about myself?
We can't ever win a fight; the only thing that is done is that we temporarily bury the part of us that wants to fight
The outer condition is showing us our inner condition. This means that the outer and the inner are one. The condition calls out what has always been there inwardly
When we don't understand psychological pain, then we are pressured into finding distractions from it
It is not possible to do the right thing as long as you want to be seen by other people in any kind of way whatsoever
Not wanting to see myself as I am is a judgment
Instead of blaming others for our suffering, see that this suffering is something that we have in common
Identification is image worshipping, which leads to pain when passing conditions do not confirm the image
A group is the absence of individuality, including a group that "celebrates individuality"
Any pain that we carry from the past is because of something in us that is harshly judging us for our part in the past event
No one hurts us who is not in pain themselves before they ever committed the unkind act
A false idea is that life is supposed to be certain based on what our minds say certainty is
Awareness of yourself is the beginning of a new relationship with yourself
Resistance is reincarnation of the condition being resisted
Witness instead of wanting. Then you will begin to see the wanter that perpetuates the pain of believing that you need to add something to yourself in order to be content
Light does not reject darkness; It embraces and transforms darkness
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