TNR Happenings, July 29, 2024

The nature of paradox and the tension of opposites: They are the two sides of the same coin. What do you mean by saying that you need water to live and you can drown in it? This kind of thinking is not welcomed and is only spoken in hushed tones in our society. It comes from Eastern thought thousands of years in the making, not a country that counts its origin in hundreds of years. Quantum physics speaks of this; regular physics, not so much. The one-sided, rigid, fundamentalist, and analytical ignorantly and loudly proclaim it one or the other. The need to be sure or precise clouds the world of not knowing and brings sorrow, suffering, and a loss of joy into your life. The world of the ordinary/appearance wants you to believe in good and bad, our country vs. theirs, and our laws are for your benefit, and the government knows what is best for you and your family. They are simply memes created for control, law and order, and no evolution. You will not increase your consciousness by following the agendas of others. Think covid here: they weren’t interested in curative measures, only the avenues that they made a profit from. People who wanted to help were harassed, or their licenses were taken away because they were guilty of not following government and drug company agendas. What kind of a world do we live in? It’s so easy to become beaten down, hang your head and lower your tail, and become one of them.

Much like a battery, it has two poles that the electrons must oscillate between: it cannot stay stagnant at either pole to develop the necessary amperage or voltage. Good to some is not good to others. The tip of the iceberg comes to mind. What you can see is only a very small part of what is really going on. What you can’t see under the iceberg is the cause, which remains hidden to the majority. A rule of thumb in relationships is that if you are struggling and suffering, you are being rigid or static in your opinions, expectations, or appreciation of the matter or person at hand. There are solutions to each and every problem; however, there will be a price to pay. You must let go of things (people, beliefs, behaviors, thoughts, and feelings) that don’t serve you. It hurts to let go of your false sense to instead welcome in a foreign, more authentic version of yourself.

This false sense of self that we all create for ourselves (and is also created by society, our parents, and figures of authority) is extremely limited. It is not interested in the world of essence/truth, only ratifying its opinions and expectations of life in general. It surrounds us with people who accept our false sense of self, and any departure from this rigid, unchanging self is flagged as the red challenge flag gets thrown. Spouses, family, professions, and friends come to mind here. “You’re not like you used to be.” “That’s not you.” Even though this is a compliment, it is not spoken as such. It’s a desperate attempt to keep us in our lane of being predictable, unchanging, and conditioned by our societal role.

Like the tension of opposites and paradox, change is renewal, birth, cleansing, vital, etc. Too much change is disruptive, and too little leads to a bland life devoid of purpose or meaning. Most people you will ever work with don’t want the slightest disruption in their lives and want quick and easy solutions to complex problems. Serving a role as a minor pain reliever usurps the sacredness and divinity of our God-given right to express health. As well-meaning as other means of care, they leave their scars of side effects, death, and profit for disease in their wake. Walking the Tao, the tension of opposites, reminds one of the Red Path in modern times. It’s not asking you to live in a tee-pee, but the principles of relationship and your connection to source don’t change, although things around you do.    

Miracle Training News

Over the weekend, I received a call from a past member of TNR. After all the platitudes and pleasantries, I finally asked what was really going on. There was much despair and anguish in her voice. I asked her if she was okay, and she said she was. She had a request I had not had before. Her sister is embroiled in a vast, high-stakes (two doctors, two houses, two businesses) standoff with her husband. They have fallen out of love and are now adversaries. There are two children involved. It seems like the boat is sinking, and they both see no way out of their predicament. I asked the question that separates people who want results from people willing to do whatever it takes to get results: do they want to work out a solution, or have they given up? They care about each other, but fast-paced, immense stress and high-end living style have caught up with them and left each other on their own islands. As all reading this understand, I am not a life coach, a counselor, etc. Rather, I take people from where they are to where they want to be. Miracle training is not only for juvenile punks, suicidal people, those with mental and emotional impairment, those diseases that have no cure, addiction, depression, anxiety, etc. It’s for anyone willing to put their lives on hold and move toward the solution. Which wolf will be fed: the quitter or the hero? It’s in the works.