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GemsAuthor: Phoenesse
Our journey back to the Oneness requires a multifaceted approach toward personal healing. We must grapple with duality while at the same time learning to visualize what it would be like to live in unity. We must navigate the twists and turns of finding our individuality coupled with the challenges of merging our energies with a group. We must dance with the pain of justice while searching to discover the underlying template of fairness. Such are the myriad of spiritual teachings brought together online in this sparkling collection of clear and concise gems taken from the final fifty or so lectures given by the Pathwork Guide through Eva Pierrakos. In Gems podcasts, youll come to see why laziness isnt just a bad idea, its the worst, and youll explore what the rascally ego really has up its sleeve. All this and more streams forth from this stupendous trove of practical wisdom in which the Pathwork Guide presents new facets to consider as we wend our way toward personal freedom through personal healing. Genres: Education, Religion & Spirituality, Self-Improvement, Spirituality Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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16 Relaxing into the struggle to find the Oneness
Episode 16
Sunday, 25 June, 2023
In our journey to the Oneness, we need to penetrate the illusion of a dualistic world, which is perhaps the toughest nut to crack. The Pathwork Guide teaches that the journey out of duality and into unity requires both effort and a surprising kind of relaxation. Growth is not about escaping struggle, but learning how to meet it differently. As we do the work of self-confrontation and purification, old patterns dissolve and new awareness emerges, gradually transforming both our inner world and our outer experience. A central challenge is our deeply ingrained habit of straining—pushing toward pleasure and resisting pain. This tension keeps us locked in duality. True progress comes when we begin to loosen this grip, allowing both desirable and undesirable experiences to exist without fear or resistance. This doesn’t mean passivity; rather, it’s a shift into trust—an inner knowing that life, in all its forms, serves a deeper purpose. Much of our inner conflict stems from unacknowledged fear, anger, and resentment toward life itself—especially around pain, loss, and death. By courageously facing and feeling these emotions instead of denying them, we begin to dissolve their power. What once felt like suffering transforms into insight and healing. As we release resistance and enter a state of inner stillness, we start to glimpse a deeper reality—one where opposites are reconciled. In this emerging unity, we no longer swing between extremes but experience a steady connection to truth, peace, and the divine presence within all things. Listen to GemsGems, Chapter 16: Relaxing into the Struggle to Find the OnenessRead Original Pathwork® Lecture: #253 Continue Your Struggle and Cease all Struggle












