Afleveringen
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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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Zijn er afleveringen die ontbreken?
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This week Tom posed the question, âCan you absolutely know itâs true that you are undeserving of a happy, wonderful life?â In the ensuing meditation, he also points out the possibility that our current individual lives and their events (whether we happen to be enjoying them or not) are exactly within our comfort zone, which is dictated by our sense of worthiness. Itâs when the vast majority of people believed the Earth is flat. It didnât make it true, but it did make the entire world feel limited and scary. It did make those who believed it live as if it were true. Perhaps we do the same thing when we think we know what weâre worthy of â we give ourselves false limitations. Do you notice this in your own life? Follow along as we inquire into the concept of worthiness.
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Love Is The Power listeners, join us this week for a powerful inquiry of a fearful mind. Tom guides a brave, beautiful share through The Work on the thought, âI canât trust life with the outcome of this situation.â If you can relate to ever feeling afraid (of loss of time, money, agency, freedom, or anything else), this weekâs episode is for you!
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This week weâre looking at the thought, âI have to survive.â To the mind, this is a concept that would be unthinkable to question. Of course we have to survive! But weâre meeting that seeming certainty with an âIs it true?â As Katie says, everything is questionable. Even things that feel so obvious, like needing to stay alive. How do you react? What happens when you believe that?
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In this short but sweet part II from last weekâs episode, the âour true nature is not beautifulâ inquiry is expanding to hold, âI am not beautiful.â In a world obsessed with physical beauty, this thought is so painful for those of us who believe it. Enjoy this precious, brave exploration of that concept, and find out if itâs really true.
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This weekâs episode is an inquiry into the nature of humans. Is it true that who we are, deep down, is not beautiful? Even ugly? Do you notice a part of you that has that sneaking suspicion? Join us as we look at people, in all their ways of being, and see for yourself the true nature of humanity.
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This weekâs episode is a hilariously relatable vignette of how we can sometimes be in such a great place, letting go off all sorts of large-scale problems in the world, feeling very accomplished in our practice of meditation or inquiry or whatever peace-creating habit is our favoriteâŠand then it all comes crashing down because of one tiny thing that isnât how we want it to be. A chip in a chair thatâs not supposed to be there, for example. How do you react when you believe the thought, âI have to hold on to how wrong this isâ? Whatever the âthisâ may be. Listen in on the inquiry and follow along with your own version of the chipped chair for some pretty amazing insights.
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Can anyone relate to being afraid of being selfish? Accidentally hurting someone because you dared to explore what genuinely feels good to you? In this weekâs episode, we look at the world of the concept, âWhatâs good for me will be bad for someone else,â that comes from a deeper belief in a win-lose world. (As in, if someoneâs winning, or experiencing something good for them, someone else must be losing and experiencing something thatâs bad for them.) What might happen if we give ourselves full permission to explore what feels good to us? Could it be just as good for the rest of the universe?
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This weekâs episode is a continuation of the conversation that started last week about needing other people to show up differently. As Tom points out, when we make something wrong, we automatically go to work on it, whatever it is. When other people show up a certain way that we declare âwrong,â we work on it by arguing with them (even internally). But we also declare things we notice about ourselves wrong. And we work on them too. We even declare our thinking that someone else has wronged us⊠um, wrong. Could it be that life is not actually about what Tom refers to as one of the âmain religionsâ of the world â right and wrong?
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Is there someone in your life you notice unlovingness towards? This weekâs episode is an open-minded conversation and mediation on the experience of withholding love from the people we feel need to be different for the sake of our happiness. Whatâs it like being dependent on what someone else does or doesnât do? As Tom puts it, everyone on the planet is fighting a righteous war. Everyone is on the side of right, as in all actions feel justified to the doer in some way. Could this be true? If it is, might the intelligent response be an openness to the world exactly as it is?
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This weekâs episode takes a look at the stories we have about stories. Sometimes, in its precious eagerness to âget it rightâ the mind jumps ahead and asks, âIsnât the turnaround just another story?â And sometimes we believe that and become obsessed with what Byron Katie calls pretending ourselves beyond our own evolution. We assume that we should be constantly living in the blissed-out, meditative, formless perfection that we so often get to experience in question four of The Work. But in this episode we explore that idea and its accompanying implication, âLife is a race.â
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This weekâs episode is an inquiry into the thought, âI need to keep myself alive.â Something thatâs easy to believe, and something we react to in small and large ways. From obsessively feeding the body to attempting to protect ourselves from emotions like disappointment or fear (ironically by living in constant pre-emptive fear), weâre unearthing what the life experience is like when we assume keeping ourselves alive is just part of the job description in this life. This entrenched belief can come from a fear of not existing, and cause us to hold on for dear life to a âwho I am,â but could it be that itâs enough to just notice ~that~ we are? And where might that experience lead?
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This week weâre exploring the thought, âI could do or be Me wrong.â What happens when we believe this? Does it give rise to self-condemnation, worry, and defence? A sense of having to constantly prove that Iâm not doing âmeâ wrong? It could be that this belief is a major player in a lot of scary stories we tell about ourselves. And what is it like without this thought? What do you notice as you follow along?
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In this weekâs episode, we revisit a group inquiry into the thought, âI can wasteâŠ[fill in the blank].â Itâs a popular belief held by most of us in one way or another. We believe we can waste time, energy, money, food, resources and a litany of other things, but as Tom puts it: what if the nature of the Universe is limitless? Meaning âwastingâ could be a non-issue. Sound like a fantasy? Letâs find out.
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This week Tom leads a simple yet powerful exploration: What are some of the stressful stories you tell about yourself? âIâm not good enough.â âI donât fit in.â âIâm just an anxious person.â âIâm too much, too intense.â And why not open it up to life? âLife is too difficult.â âLife is out to get me.â âLife is short (and therefore I can get it wrong).â How can we believe these stories without experiencing ourselves as limited and defective, and life as cruel and punishing? As Tom puts it, âNotice how perfectly you live whatever youâre believing.â What kind of world might we experience if weâre open to new ways of seeing ourselves and life?
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Have you ever noticed living in a perpetual state of ânoâ? Pushing against what we donât want, declaring we never want this, that or the other to happen⊠Sometimes we hang onto this belief out of fear that if we let go, everything we arenât interested in experiencing will rush into our lives right away. This week, weâre having a good look at our To-Not-Do lists and seeing if we really need them to run our lives. And because open means open, we also look at the idea of certain desires or goals being âunspiritualâ and the idea that we must get to a place of perfect peace about all life circumstances in order to make a change. Could it be that there are no limitations whatsoever in reality?
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In an exploration of what Tom calls âfeeling the burnâ â the sensation of embarrassment at a memory that disrupts our self-importance â what comes up is a beautiful inquiry into the treasured story âI am a loser.â While there is so much pain and self-condemnation in believing that, there is also a significant payout of never having to compete. Join in from wherever you are on the popcorn-style inquiry that ensues as we free ourselves of the notion that life is a competition.
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How do you react when you believe that you have to hold onto somethingâanything? Does it bring peace or stress into your life? In this episode, weâre exploring the mindâs tendency to want to hold onto things. Weâre looking at what we think weâre holding onto (a happy life, health, harmony, joy) versus what we really hold onto (fear, scarcity, anxiousness) with this belief. We hold onto this holding on in relation to the future, but when does that future actually arrive? When do we stop forgoing peace now in favor of an imaginary peaceful âsomedayâ? Might it be that when we allow the letting go, we allow ourselves to open to the flow of a magical, limitless universe? Letâs find out.
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This week weâre looking at not just accepting reality exactly as it is, but welcoming it wholeheartedly. A common argument of the mind against this peaceful way of being is âBut if I love everything as it is, I wonât ever be motivated to make a change!â This is especially convincing when looking at the wider scope of the world and all its events. Dive into this meditation on the sense of dependence on anything external (the government, the body, success, relationships, food, approval, etc) for our sense of safety and wellbeing. We have lots of data from experimenting with resistance. Whatâs welcoming like?
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