Session 25 — November 2016

Opening with the question the Wonders asked him to bring, Frederic requests a perspective on his growth.

They say he has substantially shifted his personality: still capable of being irascible, but overall calmer, quieter, more loving, more expressive, more willing to share, more open and vulnerable, and willing to entertain and explore new concepts he previously resisted.

After a lifetime of merely playing with the idea of personal and spiritual growth, in the last two or three years he has begun genuinely investing in himself, and they see results.

Their one caution is that his mind is still looking to sabotage, fight, stop or distract from the movement, because spiritual growth means commanding the mind and expanding life in ways the mind never considered, which frightens it.

They see good, steady spiritual growth and someone who can become an example for others - not by proclaiming it, but passively, simply by being who he is.

Frederic asks whether the great joy mentioned last session was specific.

The Wonders say it is not a car, a job or children, but a joy of life so complete and absolute that he gives himself freedom to explore everything and enjoy every part of it, and that he has already begun.

All his past study was preparation; he is now recognizing that what he studied is obtuse and lacking clarity, and is discovering the clarity of the universe for himself, which lets him explore life in any direction.

They note his wife will be infused by his joy but will not reach it on her own without her own work.

His mind will resist because there is nothing tangible to hang onto, yet day by day he will find himself happier and wonder why - and what he has felt so far is about one thousandth of one percent of what is coming.

Using the analogy of an explorer who has only circled his own block and now discovers the whole world - Kilimanjaro, Everest, Tibetans, Buddhism, Mayans, Incas - they say his happiness will grow a hundred- or thousandfold.

Frederic observes he need not try to be an example; they confirm that focusing on being an example would stop it, and cite the reaction of colleagues when he left his previous job as evidence that his passing simply leaves an impact.

Frederic says he is learning to distinguish himself from his mind, and asks what puzzle he could give his puzzle-loving mind beyond what it has already explored.

The Wonders suggest letting it puzzle over what it is like to do nothing, since it has never done nothing and has always looked and explored.

He should still do what he must at work, but when the mind wants to puzzle, direct it to that question - eventually it will realize that in doing nothing it actually does more.

They add that the key is to recognize how joyous his journey is becoming and not to get attached to why this or that is not working.