Afleveringen
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This weekâs inquiry begins by noticing all the movements of life. Relationships, jobs, houses, cars, kids, wellbeing ⊠everyday stuff. Do you experience any resistance just hearing that list? If you do, we invite you to follow along with an inquiry on the likely cause of that stress: believing the thought, âI have to keep it all going.â Is it true? Can you absolutely know that itâs true? Does this thought bring peace or stress into your life? If itâs stressful, it might be worth a second look.
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This weekâs episode holds space for one of the main fears that can come up when weâre experimenting with inquiry and getting free: the fear of being insensitive. As Tom points out, deep down nobody wants to be insensitive to the suffering that goes on in this world. And when we reach states of openness and freedom ourselves, sometimes the fear that shows up is hurting other people by not joining them in their misery. Through a vulnerable health-related share and an exploration into the possibility that everything â everything â works out in the best way possible, that sparks the conversation about how sensitivity fits into the equation of personal liberation, we invite you to join in on The Work.
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Zijn er afleveringen die ontbreken?
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Do you notice within yourself a tendency to approach life from a place of resistance? Resistance to what you donât want to experience, resistance to what appears to oppose you, or resistance in its other form: effort. Often we hold tightly to resistance as if itâs the only thing between us and utter disaster. Or just living an experience we donât like. But could it be that our resistance is the only thing between us and relaxation? And that the only thing effort truly brings into our lives is stress? As Katie says, donât believe it. Find out for yourself. Follow along in this weekâs episode exploring our habit of resistance.
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âIf I receive, I owe something in return.â This thought is drilled into us from the very beginning with the teaching of âpleasesâ and âthank yous,â but is it true? It can be so easy to slip into the current of belief in this thought, because thatâs the way the world seems to work. But might it work differently if we didnât believe that receiving and owing go hand-in-hand? And more importantly, what is it like on a personal level believing that itâs true that we canât receive without owing something in return? Could it be that nature doesnât live by rules of owing and earning? Have any of us ever actually earned the incredible abundance of the sun? Or the devotion of the chair that holds us up? Maybe those are clues to the nature of life, and therefore the nature of us.
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Byron Katie does not want peopleâs approval. She has no interest in manipulating people out of the way they see her. She wants them to think the way they think. According to Katie, thatâs love. In this episode, Tom guides a meditation around noticing wanting approval. Noticing what itâs like living in the world of holding tightly to that desire, and noticing what itâs like being free of it. Could it be that it doesnât matter what anyone is thinking about me? We invite you to follow along in this inquiry with situations in your own life where you notice attachment to being approved of.
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Often we can experience the fear that if we follow our heartâs desire, we will end up hurting people we love, or causing disasters, or being reckless, or any number of miserable outcomes. This weekâs brave share is an inquiry into that fear. What if the people in your life already see you as reckless and irresponsible? What if you think you might be showing up that way too? In the world of obligation, permission and justification, it becomes impossible to see with clarity. If youâve been there (or are there now) we invite you to follow along and undo some of that confusion, and come into an experience of total freedom.
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Do you ever have a situation show up in your life that feels less than ideal and think, âI didnât sign up for thisâ? A partnership isnât like the beautiful image we thought it would be, a child gets sick, a job isnât what you hoped for, difficult communication arises. Or just this being human thing doesnât feel like a choice you made freely. All the challenges feel like way too much. Itâs impossible to rise to any occasion. Itâs impossible to be really happy. Welcome to the world of the thought â âI didnât sign up for thisâ â that this weekâs episode takes a long hard look at. We invite you to follow along with whatever situation brings this belief up for you, and find out who you are without it. Could it possibly be true that we have signed up for everything weâve ever experienced?
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In this inquiry on the thought, âwho/what I am is not beautiful,â Tom says that when we discover our beauty it changes our relationship with everything. Whatâs it like in the world of seeing ourselves as unbeautiful creatures? How do we show up? How do we treat ourselves? These are the questions that arise in this beautiful inquiry, along with their profound answers. Could it be time to allow ourselves to consciously experience being beautiful?
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This weekâs episode looks at some words from awakened masters on the vanity of the Universe, of the God/Creator/Consciousness that uses existence to experience itself. It also looks at some of our reactions to those words. A common response to the idea that there is no separation, or as Katie puts it, that there is only One, can be a fear of loneliness. As if there only being One means itâs a cold, lonely existence. Hand-in-hand with that fear can be a fear of not being enough, that sense of inadequacy that seems often so integral to the human experience. Could it be that we are the Oneness expressing and enjoying itself? And could it be that the experience of that aloneness isnât a lonely one after all?
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Tom likes to say thereâs two main religions on this planet: âThereâs right and wrong,â and âIf you get it wrong itâs serious.â This weekâs episode focuses on the first of those commonly held beliefs and â through The Work â questions it. When we enter question 3 and look at how we react, what happens when we believe the thought, weâre done looking at whether itâs true or not. We are purely experiencing the effect of believing that it is true. So even if this thought has been drilled into you by parents/school/society/what have you, you have the freedom to look at your own experience and notice through the natural intelligence that shows up within us in inquiry what truly helps you show up the way youâd like to in life. Does the religion of right and wrong support you? If yes, youâre free to keep it. If it hurts in any way, youâre free to question it and follow along in this popcorn-style inquiry.
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If youâve been on a spiritual path or a journey of personal freedom of some kind, you might have come across the question of separation. Are we separate? From each other? From anything? From all that is? You might have also experienced the fear of âwaking upâ and having all individuality, all sense of self dissolve. What we noticed in this inquiry was that type of fear being one reason we hold onto believing in ourselves as separate from the rest of life. But maybe it isnât like that. As Tom often asks: Are you? Meaning are you aware? In this episode we invite you to come into your own experience of you and find out for yourself whatâs true about this notion of separation.
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Have you ever believed the thought, âI have to earn my keepâ? This week Tom guides a beautiful and bountiful inquiry into that thought, and all the ways we use it to keep ourselves from the natural abundance and beauty of life. It was so easy to begin believing as children that we are not worthy of all good things. But what kind of life do we create when we take that concept for truth? Could it be that life sees us differently? As Tom points out: the sun is free, the trees are free, the air is free⊠nature is always reflecting the abundant and beautiful nature of reality and who we are. In this group meditation we aim to reconnect with that awareness.
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Thereâs a lot going on in the world. Again. For many of us, the political landscape is where we get our work. Watching things that feel very far out of our control happen in ways we think they shouldnât is infuriating. Take political âleadersâ contributions to climate change or as an example. It can be incredibly difficult and terrifying to watch, as is bravely brought up in this weekâs episode. One amongst many deep insights Tom shares in this time is that we reap what we sow, and if thereâs fear behind a tree-planting project (e.g.) then weâre not planting trees; weâre planting fear. This is why self-inquiry is one of the greatest acts of social activism we can take: it takes care of the fear within us and cleans up our emotional world, a change reflected instantly in the world at large. If youâre feeling powerless, devastated, or downright outraged, this episode is for you. We hear you, and we invite you to follow along with your own work for social change.
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This week weâre looking at the tendency to identify with âThe Efforterâ as it relates to practical daily life. Unsurprisingly, identifying as The One Who Has To Make It All Happen can be a not-so-fun experience when weâre being pushed from our comfort zone by lifeâs twists and turns, especially when theyâre to do with a job/work situation that affects our day-to-day experience. Tom walks us through an insightful share-turned-group-inquiry in this episode that leads to some powerful awareness and freedom when weâre willing to see the truth.
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This weekâs episode took a turn from an exploration about money to the concept, âI need a reason toâŠâ (fill in the blank). It took that turn for no apparent reason, although we think it did make for a pretty sweet episode. Tune in now to inquire into the assumption that everything we do needs a good reason behind it. A good reason to have the goals we have, a good reason to follow through on them, a good reason to say no, a good reason to say yes⊠Is any of that true? (You get to ask YOU.)
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This weekâs episode centers around the feeling many of us experience as the worst possible fate: getting in trouble. Have you ever, as a kid or a grown-up, experienced someone being upset with you? Can you find the drop in the pit of your stomach when you believe that their anger means youâve gotten âin trouble?â Some peopleâs response to this thought is to yell back, some run away at the first chance, while others go numb and end up feeling like they abandoned themselves. Can you relate to these? What other reactions do you notice to the thought? And what might you notice if you didnât believe it? Pick a moment where you feel like you got in trouble and follow along in this real-world situation inquiry.
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This weekâs episode is on trusting. Whether itâs distrust in ourselves or in life, how do we react when we believe either one canât be trusted? Could it be that one belief is not so different from the other? As Tom puts it, at some point we got convinced that we canât trust ourselves and that we need threats of negative consequences in order to live intelligently. Is that true? Follow along with your own experience or simply listen and soak in the fresh-air feeling of inquiry.
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Welcome back and happy new year! This week weâre looking at the ups and downs (mostly downs) of believing the thought âI could lose support.â This might be something youâll relate to if your holidays consisted of either: A) relaxation and a sense of permission to just be that you now feel slipping away as the world spins back into its usual belief in âthe grindâ or B) a rushed, overwhelming time of feeling like everyoneâs enjoyment depended on you. Both experiences can be the results of believing itâs true that you could lose support, so together letâs dp the work and find out if you ever truly can.
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This week weâre looking at the concept of âme time.â The coveted, elusive space that exists just for us, without obligations, roles, and responsibilities weighing us down. But could it be that âme timeâ is actually just a thought? A thought that, when we believe it, gives us a strong sense of being misused, undervalued, underappreciated and overworked? As Tom points out, itâs a world of poverty we live in when we believe we have to carve out and protect our personal time. What if itâs all my time? Would that make it easier to give an honest âYesâ and âNoâ to invitations? We invite you to follow along in this inquiry if itâs an honest yes for you.
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This weekâs episode is exploring the two halves of holding on. Specifically, holding onto opposing what we would not like to experience in life, and also holding onto what we would. What kind of creation do we live in when thatâs the belief weâre operating from? Life becomes a tug-of-war of grasping and clutching at what we want, and resisting everything we want to avoid. Enjoy this weekâs group meditation as we notice what itâs like to live these thoughts, and what possibilities lie beyond them.
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