A Q&A for Healing
David Answers Questions at the 2018 Tabula Rasa Mystery School—A Q&A for Healing
A deep Q&A session with topics both metaphysical and practical, which delve into ‘script is written,’ family, intense emotions, and Jesus, our Christ Identity.
Gold Nugget:
“There’s a part of the Course that I can really relate to, and it’s where Jesus says, until you are willing to be in touch with the full extent of your own self-hatred, you will not be willing to let it go. And I know for myself, and then the community I’ve lived in over the years and working with the Course, you know, that rage, that anger, it has to come up. It has to be exposed, and there has to be a context for that to happen. We use movies, for example. I know there’s some music that I was guided to listen to, that helped me start to really get into touch with the full extent of that rage and that anger.
Also in the context of relationships, you know. A lot of times, people will experience a bit of that monster in interpersonal relationships, and it’s just shocking. You know, it’s absolutely shocking when the shadow comes up. There’s a Billy Joel song years ago called ‘The Stranger.’ It talks about a stranger coming up, and then he sings the chorus, ‘Don’t be afraid to try again. Everyone goes south every now and then. You’ve done it. Why can’t someone else? You should know by now. You’ve been there yourself.’ So I would say, even most interpersonal relationships are not really built for that monster. I mean, that monster has been the source of many divorces and many separations. They may go gliding along for a while, but when the monster shows up, it’s almost like, ‘Who are you? I can’t even believe that I’m in a relationship with you. I can’t believe I’m married to you.’ Or, ‘I’m going to get an attorney immediately.’ You know, because that level of anger and rage is just absolutely astounding and shocking.”
Recorded at the Tabula Rasa Mystery School on September 14, 2018 at Living Miracles Monastery in Duchesne, Utah
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