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Consider the possibility that most people live their lives out in a sort of quiet desperation. They are desperate because they are trying to live up to the expectations of others, or the expectations that they have placed on themselves. They rarely enjoy simply just being who they are. There is a progression that happens. First, people forget themselves; then because they become traumatized or frustrated by life, they attempt to try to find themselves again. Perhaps they start going to church, or attend a workshop. They are trying to get back to the real. Some are successful, but most are not. Ultimately, those who are not successful resign themselves back into forgetfulness. Read more...

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The Thinking Behind the Heart of the Initiate Experience

Everybody has some concept of who they are. Every time we awake in the morning, a mental commentary or internal dialogue begins. Perhaps our emotions are running wild because of a nightmare that we just woke up from.

We associate 'who we are' with the emotions that we are experiencing, or with the 'voice' behind the commentary that we are 'hearing' inside our heads. But the true self is elsewhere. It is hidden in the deep recesses of our hearts.