FROM THE FIELD: Mother and Son Discover There Is Only ONE of Them After All

Today I worked with the son of one of my favorite students, a woman who woke up with me last year, and who’s doing really well. Today’s Awakening Session had its own set of challenges, as all of them do, but in the end he woke up clearly. We then ran long, because I really wanted to “get him established” within Awakeness, and I did just that.

By the way, his “being established today” doesn’t mean there won’t be any oscillation tomorrow. He’s already familiar with the I-got-it/I-lost-it movement–he’s had numerous glimpses before, but none of them could ever stick due to some very common, but tricky, reflexive conditioning that he was believing. I helped him see through all of that, which freed him.

It makes a huge difference to wake up in the presence of someone who’s already there, and who’s been there for a long time. When I was a seeker I chased every red herring that’s available for seekers to chase, both before and after awakening. Thus I generally know what a newly awakened being’s mind is going to tell them before their mind even begins its destabilizing trickery. Guided penetration of the character’s story is often the difference between “seeing/being truth” and looking past it, which is pretty much what everyone ordinarily does.

Anyway, as soon as I signed off with him, I immediately emailed his mother, Patti, to give her the good news from my end. The subject line of my email read, “I have a new friend!” And I do.

A few minutes later I got this note back from her.

Just got off the phone with him and he said: “Wow! Thanks mom, Fred is amazing and absolutely the right teacher for me!”

He filled me in and I’m thrilled for him. It’s the exact right moment/time/space for him to be where he is! Not surprised he’s been oscillating for all these years. Now he can really BE.