Nice on James. Looks like you handled that heart surgery magnificently. Lot of love to you and family, and also for being real there in your video.
OK. You got me crying there James . I hope that it doesn't irritate you. But it is the beauty of the surrender and the knowing that all is well that is mainly getting to me.
I am so grateful that praying seems to come naturally to me so I felt that I could do my 'bit before, during and after your operation.
Looking into your eyes as you say "All is well" touches me deeply. I know that too. I have to face that my body is getting worse. But I get a lot of blissful times thanks to the acceptance and surrender and loving everything that comes up as much as I can. I often think of you sharing your surrender and your bliss at the end of a meeting. I am sure that your experience has been, and is, helping me.
Thank you for this beautiful video.
Looking forward to the 31st big time!
All shall be well, And all shall be well, And all manner of things shall be well.!!!
Will send out healing thoughts to you and your family and hope you are quiet recovered soon, as I hope maybe to come to Totnes to one of your meetings.
Have been reading all these wonderful heartfelt comments. I love your term the 'messiness' of life and add 'the glorious diverse unexpected messiness' of it all, even when it doesn't feel glorious in the least. When I'm in the heart I am in love, and love it all. Yes yes to messiness! but I thank God that you are still with us and are healing…..
Appreciate your brutal honesty and glad it had a happy ending. I must admit that I was a bit surprised to hear that you had a shock and panic phase……we read about other spiritual teachers like Byron Katie who faced life threatening situations and seemed to be beyond such "negative states" (Zen teacher Linda Claire who after surgery refused pain medication)……..so this feeds fantasies that awakening will lead to a permanent state of fearlessness….being above the fray……but as you can testify, our humanity not necessarily leave us as we navigate the wild currents of life.
Hey Steven. Thanks for your comment. This is rich territory… I feel another video coming on!
Thanks for sharing bro – inspirational and so glad you got through it all unscathed!
Ooops ! Somehow lost what I was writing. Sooooo, I'll just start over.
I too came close to tears. I find you to be an authentic, genuine New Paradigm teacher and am over-joyed you are still here to go on going on.
I have to confess that I found it unsettling to look you directly in the eyes. Does homophobia run that deeply in us men? And, at 83 I thought my determination not to "pass on" having failed to learn how to love some 3.5 billion men (my spiritual brothers) had actually lessened my homophobia. Now I have doubts about that. I'd like to have your spin on all this if you feel up to it.
Hi James…Not sure if you will remember me. I have been to a couple of your Totnes meetings and we had a one to one session at the Quaker meeting house a couple of years ago and I brought along my little tan Jack Russell! ….Thankyou so much for your willingness to talk about vulnerability….Its such a gift….I listen to your words and a joy rises inside as I'm "given permission" to be vulnerable too….I don't have to hide!!!! WOW WEEEEEEEEE.
Thank you James for your honest and generous sharing. I was very touched reading it. I am so glad that you have made such a good recovery. How wonderful that you were able to feel that something needed attention, then acted on that feeling.
I found your observation about being 'identified' with a certain way of being..eg being super healthy, very helpful. I have several times had to recognise in myself that I am not this way or that way any more..or have realised that I have been labelling myself and getting stuck in a way of being!
Sending love and blessings to you, wishing you a very happy and healthy continuation of your life!
Did you still feel "all is well" during that period of post-surgery great pain?