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Breaking the Glass Exercise

Breaking the Glass Exercise

The emotional center distorts our perception of the world by placing ourselves at its center. Misled by this bias, we take everything personally and experience feelings about situations that need not stimulate any feelings whatsoever.

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Seekers versus Practitioners

Seekers versus Practitioners

A person in search of self-knowledge is called a Seeker. A seeker who puts self-knowledge into practice is called a Practitioner. Most seekers are reluctant to adopt a definite and grounded approach to their search, which means they continue seeking without ever finding.

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The Importance of Being Specific

The Importance of Being Specific

A sound diagnosis is half the remedy. Our practitioner is wisely responding to something specific she has observed in herself. It is a pattern she knows well; she has seen it over and over again. Also, she is focusing her efforts on a specific area, namely her work with children.

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A Loss of Understanding

A Loss of Understanding

It is in the nature of group work that the loss of understanding in any one of its members impacts the rest, especially since we have shared with them our intimate observations and challenges…

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Freedom from Time

Freedom from Time

One of Darsha’s routine checkups alarmed her doctors. Her vital signs were more abnormal than expected. She was rushed through a series of more thorough tests and these showed even more concerning results. After consulting specialists in the field, the physician returned to deliver the news: Darsha’s end was near.

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This World is a Bridge

This World is a Bridge

Last week, twenty six BePeriod students gathered in Northern Italy to study Esoteric Christianity. Traces of this ancient teaching can still be found in the mosaic decorations of the churches of Ravenna. But these mosaics were never meant to be studied academically…

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Can Drugs Help in this Work?

Can Drugs Help in this Work?

“As the substance took effect,” he recounted, “I saw myself locked in a repetitive cycle of events. I could perceive that everything kept happening to me over and over again and always in the same way. And somehow, this large-scale repetition was rooted in the briefest unit of time; every breath contained the battle of awakening—to wake up or to sleep—a battle enacted from the beginning of time.”

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Notes from a Meeting in Mexico City

Notes from a Meeting in Mexico City

Last weekend, I gathered together a group of readers from this mailing list who live in the vicinity of Mexico City. Their acquaintance with The Old New Method permitted us to jump right into a focused discussion.

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Our Journey and Our Time

Our Journey and Our Time

Older people who meet this work often wonder whether it is worthwhile starting. The journey seems so long and there is so much to learn. They fear their habits are ingrained and doubt whether they have enough time and stamina to alter them.

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