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Student Q&A with Guy on "Transform Any Painful Moment into a Life-Changing Turning Point" (10/11/20)
Posted: Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Meeting: Sunday, October 11, 2020
Duration: 38min 6sec
Topics Covered
Real life is actually set up to help you succeed at becoming a better human being
The lesson in an unwanted moment is an unexpected gift, and the gift is the realization that it is time to make a real change in our life
There is a level of consciousness that keeps covering up moments that it doesn't want with what it does want. The only real solution lies in the transformation of that consciousness
The size of any unwanted moment is in proportion to the size of the perceived threat, which in turn is in proportion to the size of the negative reaction. Unwanted moment, perceived threat, and negative reaction are all one thing
The real unwanted moment is our reaction to it, not the moment itself
There can't be a disturbance without there also appearing a desire that seeks to reconcile the disturbance
The path that we are given to follow in an unwanted moment is always something that we recognize, something that is already familiar, that we already know. The path that we are given always circles back to where we began, which is living from the same consciousness that will continue to resist all disturbances
We rarely think that we are complicit in a moment of conflict
The path that promises release in a time to come is an illusion
What is new can't be known; it can only be realized
Every road that we can imagine has already been traveled
The awareness of the fact that we have been here on this circular path before is the turning point. That awareness is the road less traveled. All other roads lead nowhere new
The road less traveled is the one that is provided moment to moment by the Will of the Divine
How do we take the road less traveled? The first step is through the awareness that where we are in the moment, right now, cannot be separated from what we are identified with. The identification is what is producing the conflict in the moment. That awareness helps us see that we have been there before, and that we must not go there again
The road less traveled is always INTO the moment and our awareness of it. The awareness is the path
The path of least resistance is the road most traveled
Reactions are built into the consciousness that is manifesting them. Awareness reveals that those reactions and the consciousness are one thing
The road most traveled is the one that is inseparable from the reaction to the moment. The road less traveled is awareness of the reaction
We are not meant to escape ourselves; we are meant to have the content of ourselves revealed to us, which is the only thing that changes us
To enter onto the road less traveled we have to be willing to bear the consciousness that tells us that something bad will happen if we don't follow the familiar path
There is a point in a person's spiritual work at which he or she can no longer hide in the intellect. There is no safety in thinking
Genuine freedom does exist, but not for the self that imagines what freedom is. The mind that imagines freedom is in prison of its own making
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