Letter from the Field: Waking Up In Chicago
I had a session with a young man outside of Chicago today. He’s been involved in Buddhism and Nonduality for the last three years. He became one of those desperate seekers, someone like I was, who had to have it or bust. In our pre-session talk he told me that he’d talked to a couple of other well known teachers prior to talking to me, and he enjoyed those conversations, and said he felt “something of a shift.”
I told him, “Well, I can’t promise you anything, because it doesn’t work like that. But I can say that the odds are strongly in your favor that you’re going to get a whole lot more shift than that in the next couple of hours.” I was right, too. He and I laughed until we hurt. He wept in joy. I don’t see all that many explosive type awakenings, although I did have one with a great lady in Spain not long ago. It’s not necessary to have all that in order to awaken, but I admit that it can be fun when they do.
It was a joy to welcome John home. I’ll let him finish up the post for me. Thanks, John!
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Fred,
Just wanted to thank you once again for our meeting today. After we hung up, I looked over at my copy of the Tao Te Ching, opened it up, and for the first time actually enjoyed reading it. The recognition that I held in my hands a book of many beautiful ways of saying the same thing about that which we are, just made me smile. Your guidance was divine, a word I have never used in conversation before, but really all that comes up in reflection about our session is the truth of our existence shining through Fred in a wonderfully fluid and authentic way. A way that instantly put me at ease. A way that opened up the possibility for complete vulnerability to express itself. A way that ultimately led to the simple noticing the fullness, the emptiness, the totality of this as it is. It was so difficult to produce any words at the end of our session, but I’m grateful they’re here now to say thank you again. From me to me, from me to you, from you to you, a huge hug of humbled gratitude and love.
Looking forward to keeping in touch,
John
P.S. If you ever are in need of new or additional testimonials/reviews, please feel free to use any of this message in any way that may be helpful to you. I can’t thank you enough…clearly! 😀
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