Pathwork Lecture #078: Questions and Answers

Summary of Pathwork Lecture #078:
Questions and Answers

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The Biblical passage, “The word of God was given to Moses: Thou shalt give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burning for burning,” does not refer to a punishing God or a rigid mechanism which is imposed upon us from the outside, but to our own inner psychological law, by which we attract to ourselves difficulties in proportion to the negative energies we emit, whether overtly or subtly. This is in fact a wonderfully just law of mercy, grace, wisdom and love.

 

(*Summarizer’s note: The portions of the Lecture dealing directly with the symbolism of the particular items mentioned in the first Biblical passage are grouped together for convenience and clarity.)

The symbolism of the eye is that the more we see and understand ourselves, the better others will be able to see and understand us.

The symbolism of life is that when we heal and integrate ourselves, we become vibrantly alive. Fear and evasion of life lead to deadness, but true self-confrontation, even if momentarily unpleasant, makes it possible for the life force to flow through us vibrantly, and we are able to give life to others.

The symbolism of the tooth is similar to that of the eye, but it refers to the process of assimilating knowledge about ourselves (in the way that we use our teeth to assimilate food), whereas the eye refers to the end result of being able to see ourselves. The more we assimilate self-knowledge, the more we make it possible for others to understand us. We assimilate our lives by observing and understanding the ways in which our mistaken attitudes have caused the circumstances of our lives, in order to provide the perfect medicine to correct those attitudes. And the more we engage in this process, the more we help others to do the same.

The symbolism of the hand is that as we act and react, so will we be acted upon and reacted to. This principle applies to our thoughts and feelings as well as our overt acts.

The symbolism of the foot is action which moves us in a direction on our life path — the major decisions we make, which have a great effect on ourselves and on the people around us.

The symbolism of burning is the divine spark, which encompasses, love, life, purification, sacrifice, etc. If we allow this spark to burn freely, we incite the spark in others as well.

In Matthew 5:38, Jesus says: “Ye have heard that it hath been said, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, that you resist not evil.” The meaning of this quotation is that we need to face and claim the negative consequences we bring upon ourselves as a result of our own distorted energies, rather than “resisting evil” by withdrawing from life, blaming outside forces for our troubles and not learning from life. With enough determination, we can find within ourselves the core distortions which cause our troubles, without necessarily connecting to our past lives.

In the passage in Mark 4:25, “For he that hath, to him shall be given; and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath,” the word “hath” refers to the possession of spiritual knowledge. Those who understand will attract positive energy and experience to themselves, while those who do not will attract negative energy and experience.

The reason that many things in the Bible are expressed in parables rather than clearly and directly is that direct explanations are dangerous for those who are not yet evolved enough to hear them. If one is not ready to understand, one will twist meaning into half-truths no matter how directly and concretely something is stated. A distorted meaning of this kind can actually be more detrimental than no conception at all. Even the truth the Guide offers is subject to abuse if someone uses it to detect faults in others but fails to search deep within for that within his or her self which is most painful. Speaking in parables and images makes it possible to convey meaning to those who are ready to hear it without planting rigid false conceptions in the minds of those who are not.

Only true and realistic self-evaluation can bring forth a person’s maximum ability, creativity and healthy strength. Insight helps us to understand whether we have a particular ability, and to recognize the blocks we may have to investing the effort to cultivate it.

We prefer to punish ourselves than to be punished by others because it is less wounding to our pride. At the same time, there is another explanation for self-punishment: We are struggling to reconcile the mutually exclusive drives to give and receive love, on the on hand, and to dominate people on the other. Our outer life reflects the distribution within us of the loving and the aggressive forces. We would do well to FIND the ways that these forces operate negatively in our lives — for instance, the way we may seek love to overcome a childhood hurt, or the way we use excessive aggression to protect our integrity or avoid being taken advantage of. This knowledge will enable us to begin using these forces constructively and appropriately in our lives. But until we get there, we see ourselves using the forces ineffectively, and this leads to a sense of hopelessness about life. Hurting ourselves then becomes subtly attractive, because it then provides an explanation for this mysterious feeling of futility.

Our material bodies are incomplete mirrors of our spiritual bodies.

The higher self, lower self and mask are not always strictly separated. Energies from one source may intertwine with energies from another. The term “inner self” refers to the higher self, but without the baggage of moral judgment which sometimes attaches to the term “higher self.”

The Guide use the word “image” to refer to negative attributes within us because it connotes a static and rigid representation of a false reality. Creating an image of God is absolutely impossible for a human being, and yet we have made such an image, and attached arbitrarily punishing characteristics to it, with tragically damaging consequences.

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Pathwork Lecture #077: Self-Confidence: Its True Origin and What Prohibits It

Summary of Pathwork Lecture #077:
Self-Confidence: Its True Origin and What Prohibits It

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It is only when our intuitive nature comes to the fore and guides us that we can trust ourselves. Our outer layers of illusion, error and compulsion, on the other hand, can only lead us into unrest.

The real self is neither foreign nor far away, but exits right beneath our tense and compulsive emotional patterns, that is, beneath the misguided “forcing current” which is responsible for all of our wrong conclusions and images. We need to understand the forcing current within us, not only on an intellectual level but on an emotional level as well.

The forcing current originates in the childhood desire to be loved and the belief that we cannot be happy unless our will is always done — a belief which we exaggerate to the point of fearing frustration of our will as though it were annihilation. Sometimes we force in inconsistent ways at the same time, causing us to get nothing in spite of our efforts, when we might have gotten something had we not employed a forcing current at all. Also, our fear of frustration causes us to adopt negative, defeatist tactics which can not work. All of these mechanisms, such as aggression, withdrawal and submission, operate in a world of illusion where there is no room for the real self.

It is because we know that we operate in these self-defeating ways that we justifiably lack self-confidence. Self-confidence comes only when we get past the illusory belief that our will has to be done in order for us to be happy, along with the tension and pessimism this belief creates, and stop employing the forcing current. “The only safe stronghold is the constantly flexible truth of the life stream, which is eternally independent of small wish-fulfillments.” In fact, the life stream gives us exactly what we need at each stage of our lives.

In progressing towards true self-confidence, it is essential to GET IN TOUCH with the inner current of “I want.” We need to see how, in spite of our rationalization that we are being unselfish, we are actually using the forcing current when we submit and appease in the hope of getting what we want in return.

When people are pessimistic about receiving what they think they need, they may adopt a ruthless, hostile approach which only antagonizes others, thereby strengthening the wrong conclusion. Sometimes this attitude is hidden and difficult to find — a sign of its existence is the attitude of battling fearfully against annihilation. While a person adopting this manufactured attitude believes that he or she is independent, he or she is actually just as dependent as the submissive type.

Where there is real hopelessness, a person may also resort to withdrawal in order to avoid disappointment, thereby depriving himself or herself of joy to avoid pain which is not nearly as bad as he the person imagines.

Most people carry some combination of submissive, aggressive and withdrawing attitudes. (*Summarizer’s note: The main Lecture on submission, aggression and withdrawal is #84 Love, Power, Serenity as Divine Attributes and as Distortions.)

Other distortions involving exaggerating feelings in order to create an obligation in others, or squashing feelings to avoid the sensation of defeat, rather than allow feelings to function organically as they should. Either way, the interference with feelings cripples our growth and disconnects us from our selves.

To find the real self, we must BECOME AWARE of the currents of “I want” and “I fear that I will not get what I want,” in order to be able to let this energy go. Our true feelings will then emerge, and these can be trusted inasmuch as they are in harmony with the life stream. When we get to this place emotionally, we will no longer be in an inner frenzy. Rather, we will be grounded and spontaneous at the same time. We will see the world and people in shades of gray rather than black and white, and will flexibly tolerate things happening in ways we do not prefer.

Visualizing the forcing current as a foreign substance is the first half of the work, which will be hardest for those who have adopted the false solution of withdrawing from the world and creating false harmony. Letting go of the current is easier than getting in touch with it in the first place.

Questions & Answers:

To let go of the forcing current, ASK, “what is it that I want, and why?” “Why does it seem so important?” “What would happen if I didn’t get it?” It may be that there is a fear of an imaginary danger, in which case that belief must be identified. It is very important to get specific about the exact nature of the forcing current in a particular instance, rather than settling for general knowledge that it exists within us.

We often focus on another’s faults to nurse resentment. The relevant question to ASK is, “what do I get out of holding on to this resentment?”

When we attack another in order to hide from something we feel guilty about, this makes us helpless, entangling us in our hostile feelings.

Sometimes we resent others because they mirror aspects of ourselves that we consciously or unconsciously dislike.

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Pathwork Lecture #076: Questions and Answers

A Subjective Summary of Pathwork Lecture #076:
Questions and Answers

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The Guide is able to receive spiritual messages from human beings, although sometimes he/she must relay them to others rather than respond to them.

Maturity means acceptance of life’s imperfection and pain, as well as acceptance of responsibility for one’s own life circumstances, and a willingness to love.

There is no absolute general rule about whether one should tell another an unpleasant truth.

Rationally, the instinct for self-preservation should lead one to undertake the work of the path.

As a matter of spiritual law, like attracts like.

When we pray for something without knowing our motives, it is better to pray first to recognize ourselves, without fear or deception, and to pray for the purification of our motives. To pray sincerely for those who have hurt us is an act of purification. Purely selfish prayer for pleasure is misguided and ineffectual. But praying for our own development is not purely selfish, because only when we are happy can we bring happiness to others. To the extent that we are selfish, it is healthier to admit the selfishness than to hide it from consciousness where it can do more harm.

God wants us to be happy, and we need not feel guilty for desiring happiness. To become happy, we must give up pride and separateness.

We have difficulty praying or feeling connected to divinity during the downward portions of the up-and-down spiral of our growth. The best thing to do during these times is to think about things clearly and wait for connection to be re-established.

Heredity works within the overall karmic scheme, which determines the circumstances of a person’s birth into a particular family.

Insomnia is a symptom of being unwilling to face something about the self that one would encounter in sleep. In an older person, it may reflect uneasiness about not having taken care of one’s karmic business as time begins to run out.

Jesus called Himself the son of man to indicate that His birth as a man occurred in accordance with perfect divine law.

Great spiritual leaders have often been sick or otherwise suffered to model the acceptance of suffering for the rest of humanity (as in Jesus’ case). Sometimes there is a karmic debt to repay as well (as in Ghandi’s case).

We can recognize whether a spirit contacted in a trance is working for the Plan of Salvation by what the spirit has to say.

When Jesus said, “unless you eat of the flesh of the Son of Man and drink of His blood, He has no life in you,” He meant that we have to accept life in the material world (“the flesh”) and accept pain (“the blood”) rather than fleeing from it.

When Jesus said, “come as a little child,” He meant that we should come to the path without prejudice. When we consider what our prejudices are, this helps us to find our own images about life and other people, and these in turn, when appropriately viewed as projections of what is within us, help us to understand our lower selves.

When one is entangled with another in a vicious cycle of mutual self-protective rejection, one breaks the cycle by opening one’s arms to the other, not by waiting to be embraced by the other.

When we die, we generally have an opportunity to review this incarnation, as well as other incarnations relevant to an understanding of cause and effect relationships in our lives. To the extent that we are able to evaluate ourselves, we are permitted to do so and to plan appropriate activities, learning and purification in the spirit world, and to make advance plans for the next incarnation. Occasionally, we will be given a view of the entire progression of incarnations from the Fall to the present.

Each level of our being, that is, each gradation of our higher and lower selves, generates a corresponding sphere. One can only live in one sphere in any given moment, but the others are always latently there. When the personality is eventually unified, a person will generate only a single sphere.

There are psychological dreams, and then there are spiritual dreams, which are memories of experiences we have in the spirit realm during sleep. The language of the spirit world is a versatile language of pictures. The higher self tries to give us picture messages about a spiritual experience we have had, and the lower self tries to interfere with the transmission in order to prevent self-recognition and growth.

While Jesus spoke abstractly to some of his disciples, He spoke to the masses in parables because, given the general child-like state of humanity at the time, this was as much as people were able to handle.

During sleep or any other form of unconsciousness, one or more subtle bodies leaves the physical body. During natural sleep, the astral body leaves, but the etheric double, which is the subtle body most like the physical body, remains. In anesthesia, the etheric body leaves. All bodies which have left remain connected by a spiritual “cord.” When this is broken, death occurs.

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Pathwork Lecture #075: The Great Transition in Human Development: From Isolation to Union

Summary of Pathwork Lecture #075:
The Great Transition in Human Development: From Isolation to Union

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(The Guide reviews the first two phases of the work thus far: (1) finding faults and tracing their origin to pride, selfwill and fear; and (2) finding images, misconceptions, confusions and conflicts.)

When one has gotten to the stage of the work where one can identify wrong thinking, and see its origins and its destructive effects without guilt, it is productive to look inside and connect particular aspects of one’s wrong thinking to proud, fearful and withdrawing energies within one’s self.

There are two basic currents in the Universe: the love force, which transcends the little ego (which is only a tiny portion of the entire self) and creates union with all people; and the introverted, egocentric principle which keeps us living ultimately isolated lives. The transition from isolation to union is “the most essential step on the evolutionary path of an individual spirit entity.” Understanding these two states and the importance of crossing over makes the transition much easier.

From the vantage point of the state of union, there is a deep feeling of joy and security, in spite of the knowledge that some future suffering is inevitable. There is also an awareness that we do not produce our emotional states in isolation, but rather tune to the frequency of already existing emotional states which have been tuned into by billions of others as well. The state of union also enhances our creativity.

We will eventually understand that what we experience as a fight to retain our individuality and happiness is in fact a misguided struggle to maintain the illusion of separateness, and that rather than having to fight others for our share of happiness, we can be happiest when we understand ourselves as part of a whole. Among other things, this understanding will relieve us of the guilt we feel about our way of pursuing happiness.

We do not need to fear this transition to the state of union. Rather than losing our individuality, we will lose that which was not essentially us, while the essential aspect of ourselves will be enriched.

While we can derive some benefit from working out our childhood issues, utter self-development and self-fulfillment is possible only when we take personal union with all as our goal. This shift will unblock many cosmic forces which are seeking to flow through us, and relieve the frustration caused by their blockage. It will also reveal our life’s purpose, and a provide a deep sense of security.

It will help to FIND our resistance to making this transition. When we recognize our self-centered outlook, we will see how it unnecessarily creates fear and insecurity. There is nothing to lose in making this transition, which begins with self-knowledge and self-acceptance, but requires that we keep the larger goal in mind as well.

Questions and Answers:

The “tuning in” to which the Guide refers in the Lecture is automatic. However, by cultivating certain thoughts, obtaining spiritual nourishment and using this Lecture, we can accelerate the growth process and tune into higher vibrations.

If, when we contemplate negative states as pre-existing rather than created by us, we fear that we are more exposed to danger than we previously thought, this fear is a symptom of the false belief that we are safer in separateness.

All fears, except those related to healthy self-preservation, are illusory. As we get in touch with the illusory bases of our fears, we begin to let those fears go. First we must know that we are in fear, and then we must overcome internal resistance to identify specifically what we are afraid of and where the fear comes from. Fear that we might be hurt by tuning into a negative current will inhibit this process. We must be willing to go through our fear. Becoming more conscious of negativity will make us less vulnerable to it, not more.

Fear of success can have particular, individual roots, but in a general sense it may be the fear of not being able to handle the associated responsibilities or rejecting them, and consequently losing the success and experiencing the resulting shame and exposure. Also, if one isn’t mature enough to approach success with the necessary responsible attitude, this leads to feeling guilty about desiring the success in the first place. Moreover, fear of success relates to general fear of happiness, which is connected with the desire to remain in a state of isolation rather than union. Any success which is not connected to sharing and union is ultimately unsatisfying and frightening.

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Pathwork Lecture #074: Uncertain Confusions and Hazy Motivations

Summary of Pathwork Lecture #074:
Uncertain Confusions and Hazy Motivations

For a deeper, more rewarding experience of these teachings, consult the Lecture itself, available free of charge at: http://www.pathwork.org/lectures/P074.PDF

The spirit world is grateful to those of us who follow the path of self-confrontation, because our efforts have a great impact on the world as a whole.

Regarding confusion, we are often not even aware that we are confused about something. Outer problems are both the result of, and the tool with which to fix, inner problems. They point to confusions we may not know we have. We would do well to EXPRESS such confusions precisely as a set of questions, and then meditate upon the answers.

Occasionally, it is good to pause and LOOK BACK over our development, and IDENTIFY and concisely EXPRESS our life problems. The ignorance and self-centeredness of our inner child causes us to approach life with selfish motivations or with confusion about what are motivations truly are, and this in turn leads to negative life circumstances or to a lack of inner peace. In looking at our problems, we would do well to IDENTIFY our hidden selfish motives, or the aimlessness with which we may have drifted into a particular situation. It is also productive to ASK ourselves what we really want out of life and why, recognizing that we can simultaneously have more than one motivation.

We harbor the illusion that we are boats on a river, and that entirely at random, the ride is sometimes smooth an sometimes rough. But it is each of us, through our motivations, and not an arbitrarily punitive God, who is responsible for our life circumstances. When we admit our motivations and begin to see the connection to the state of our lives, we become less fearful.

Questions and Answers:

While it may be hard to get started in the process of asking questions to clarify confusions, we can start with whatever we are able to come up with and then refine by asking further questions as we go along. We can also start with little mundane confusions, and these will eventually lead to deeper issues.

When two people are in unhealthy relationship to each other, the relationship is improved by even one person doing this work, because that person stops unconsciously feeding back so much negative energy into their interactions. When there is conflict and one person is convinced of being “right,” this sets up a forcing current which the other is bound to resist. The only way out is to change the procedure, not by inappropriate submission, but by understanding one’s unconscious motivations and reactions.

Unfaithfulness in a relationship may exist regardless of whether there is an actual acting out. Unfaithfulness may result from a distortedly channeled drive for self-expression or for self-assertion, among other things. It may also reflect a limitation on the other partner’s true willingness to be in intimate connection. Both partners are responsible for creating the situation. Thus, if one’s partner is unfaithful, rather than wallowing in self-pity, it may be beneficial to look at where self-concern and pride may be blocking one’s real self and one’s capacity to love fully.

If a person is “in love with” two partners, there is some corresponding immaturity in each of these two partners which causes them to attract such a person.

When there are relationship issues, one should refrain from making major decisions about the relationship while one goes through the process of self-examination. One’s feelings during this time may fluctuate between masochistic submissiveness in order to get what one wants and resentment and hostility.

Our educational system fails to develop creativity in young people because (1) it artificially fragments knowledge into separate subjects, ignore the unifying factors, and (2) it doesn’t positively address the unresolved psychological conflicts of the young. The creativity of the young would also be enhanced by more self-awareness among teachers and parents. Teachers would do well to nourish within themselves the desire to help their students unselfishly.

The gnostic teachings, like many others, became diluted because people weren’t ready to assimilate them and made them rigid and therefore untrue. When this happens, the teachings later reappear in another form. All religions contain the truth, but are distorted when people impose restrictions and rules in order to avoid the responsibility for making choices, and turn the religion into one of letters, instead of heart and soul. Overall, however, we are evolving in our ability to understand the truth.

The outward success of the Catholic Church, or of certain selfish and immature individuals, does not carry with it inner peace, and thus is not “success” in an ultimate sense. Seemingly weaker religions, such as gnosticism, may actually have a more powerful influence on the cosmic level. The deep understanding of a handful of people is more important than the half-hearted adherence of the many.

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Pathwork Lecture #073: Compulsion to Recreate and Overcome Childhood Hurts

Summary of Pathwork Lecture #073:
Compulsion to Recreate and Overcome Childhood Hurts

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As children, we desire unrealistically limitless love. While we would be satisfied by mature love, we tend not to receive this either, and thus we remain stuck in our unsatisfied yearning, which causes many of our difficulties. As adults, we can remedy this if we BECOME AWARE of our misconceptions and related attitudes.

As children, we are not conscious of our desire for unlimited love, or of our reactions to what we receive instead. We are able to sense, however, when a parent spoils or pampers us as compensation for their inability to love us maturely. We are hurt as children by parents whose guilt makes them afraid to exert authority, as well as by parents who are overbearing. While we tend to rebel overtly against domineering parents, our rebellion against indulgent parents is more subtle and more difficult to trace, since we are not able to put our finger on what is wrong and motivating us to rebel.

We can forgive our parents for their imperfections only when our unconscious resentments against them are brought to light and understood. Until we do this, we create problems for ourselves by unconsciously trying to reproduce our childhood situation and to correct it — that is, to master it rather than succumb to it. This motivation frequently affects our choice of love partners. Unfortunately, the entire enterprise is doomed by its illusory nature: we were not really defeated in childhood and we can not possibly prevail as adults. The tragedy is not that we were insufficiently loved as children; it’s that we persist in creating this obstacle to our own happiness as adults.

Growing out of this cycle of repetition requires us to RE-EXPERIENCE the painful feelings of our childhood, which in some cases may be buried because we couldn’t make sense of things as children. We can tap into these feelings by EXAMINING a current situation and working through the layers of proving that others are to blame, and of anger and/or anxiety. Underneath is the hurt of not being loved in the current situation, which will reawaken the hurt of childhood. We would do well to NOTICE the similarity between the two pains, and then to observe the similarities between the people involved and our parents, and how our attempt to correct our childhood situation helped to bring about the current pain. When we have made these connections, we will grow from our current position of seeking love by demanding it to a more mature position of seeking love by giving it.

Questions and Answers:

The similar characteristics we find in the partners we choose may be to some extent projections, although ultimately a similar immature capacity to love is sufficient. There is a lot of unconscious provocation of similar responses. Thus, our partner may react to others in more mature ways than he or she reacts to us.

Brief concentration exercises are good; this does not mean trying to be hyper-conscious all the time. When the spirit wanders during waking hours, this reflects a mismanagement of energies. It may reflect fear of life, or egocentric indifference to others and surroundings. But pushing to be constantly “there” is not the answer.

Intellectual and emotional maturity affect each other. There is a need for balance. Emotional maturity leads to subjectivity, which the intellect can hide by rationalizing.

We affect others by our inner actions. We feel unjustly treated when we ignore the effects of our inner actions.

It’s better not to focus on “who started it,” but to find one’s own provocations, and the hurts which underlay them.

While we sometimes exaggerate hurts, at other times we ignore them because they do not fit the picture we have of a situation. “If the situation seems otherwise favorable and fits into your preconceived idea, you leave out all that jars you, allowing it to fester underneath and create unconscious hostility.”

When we attain a certain level of maturity, we weaken the habit of provocation and cease bringing on so much provocation from others.

We suppress hurt because we think it superior to be angry and hostile than to be sad. We hide the hostility out of guilt. So it comes out surreptitiously and deviously, bringing on further provocation.

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Intermission, etc.

To anyone who watches this site for new posts,

I’m about to go on vacation, and don’t expect to post again until June 18th.  At this point, I have about two dozen more summaries awaiting pre-publication review, and all of those should be posted by the end of July.  There is energy of mine flowing towards another personally-important project right now, but I’m still hopeful of meeting or coming close to my goal of 150 summaries by the end of 2007.

If you have had any thoughts about any of the summaries and have wondered whether I’d be receptive to feedback, the answer is that I would very much appreciate whatever you have to say, particularly if it would help me to improve an existing summary.  So, please, don’t be shy about expressing your thoughts if you feel the urge.

For anyone who’s curious, so far I’m getting about ten visits a day, and perhaps half a dozen weekly clicks from here to a full Pathwork Lecture on the Foundation’s website.  Many of the searches that lead here sound like they might have been formulated by people already familiar with some Pathwork concepts.  So the impact of the site is pretty obscure and insignificant at this point, I’m inclined to think, but it’s a beginning, and when I read over the existing summaries, I feel good about their usefulness.  So, I continue to be inspired to complete this task, in harmony with the rhythms of my own energy and of the growth this process is taking me through.

Anyway, look for some new posts in a couple of weeks.

Be well,

“skywhale”