Questions to Guide Our Group Discussion
●“The soul seeks to move one into those areas of life where full potential has yet to be discovered.”
What was your first reaction to that statement?
● How do you endow your enemy with the capacity to be a source of good in your life?
● In the four steps How to Deal With the Enemy, the book outlines the kind and generous internal dialogue that you can use when dealing with an “enemy”. As you imagine using these steps with a particular enemy, how does it feel? Is it possible? What would it look like if you could do it easily?
● In remembering a conflict where you felt very defensive, what were the triggers to your defensiveness? What is the meaning that you give those triggers?
● Are you caught up in needing life to be a certain way in order to feel okay about yourself?
● What does “Authenticity” mean to you? (Pg 60) How does it feel when you are not authentic?
● From you own perspective, how does authenticity and self worth relate to each other? (pg 61)
● We often can script what we would have said after the conflict has passed. Why can’t we think of those things when we are in conflict?
●“The soul seeks to move one into those areas of life where full potential has yet to be discovered.”
ReplyDeleteWhat was your first reaction to that statement?
This fits with the innate desire to continue growing, the quest for wholeness and to have the direct experience of God.
● How do you endow your enemy with the capacity to be a source of good in your life?
I choose to look for the good and to own my projections. I choose to glean insights, clarity and wisdom from my experiences.
● In remembering a conflict where you felt very defensive, what were the triggers to your defensiveness? What is the meaning that you give those triggers?
The triggers related to feeling abused and disregarded. The meaning I tend to give these triggers sometimes relate to projection, what's really going on and is this a pattern ready to be released.
● Are you caught up in needing life to be a certain way in order to feel okay about yourself?
Not really. What I have found to be the gateway to joy and fulfillment is to be present with the Present and to love what is showing up in my life, whether I understand it or not.
● What does “Authenticity” mean to you? How does it feel when you are not authentic?
Authenticity to me is being present, aligned with My True Nature, honoring/expressing from my Core Essence, genuine.
When I am not authentic, I am out of integrite with myself and My True Nature (My Beloved Soul).
● We often can script what we would have said after the conflict has passed. Why can’t we think of those things when we are in conflict?
I'll fall back on that tried and true response...it depends. There are too many factors while in the midst of conflict and one's level of investment in what lead up to the conflict and what may result from the conflict.