Lost Coin November 20, 2007

We'll go till 7:15 next week.

'You are my students, and are invited to all teachings'.

Daniel will be teaching in Amalland (sp?) middle of January, and Germany in spring.

The center of 4th Way teaching is a 'sense of 'I'', empowerment & a quiet mind. The difference (seemingly) between Buddhism and 4th Way is Buddhism works to get rid of ego, whereas in the 4th Way the starting point is looked at as no ego (you are mechanical), and work to create an 'I'. The more you have an'I', the more you do what you want. Negative emotion stops you from having power.

Let's say you did exactly what you wanted. What stops you?

Fear.

You all think you're bad.

If you assume you are empowered, the outcome would be good.

Let's say that the Sufi (esoteric Islam) 'teacher of the age' during Genghis Khan walks in and empowers you all to teach. He says, 'Do what you wish to do, just be yourself'.

Transmission Empowerment: Belief changes that you'll be good, instead of bad.

Fear: Afraid to do something.

Empowerment is having no fear.

Whatever you feel, you feel anyway.

don't be afraid to be yourself.

What keeps you from acting how you want?

Fear.

You're in the line at the supermarket with your shopping cart, stepping in front of people. Why do you let people go first? Not because you are good.

Remember 'kitch', from 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'?

You look at something and it really touches you, and you shed a tear.

That's not 'kitch'.

'Kitch' is when you look at yourself shed a tear, and then shed another tear-

that's 'kitch'.

Daniel, for an example talked about driving home, different moods, and listening to music.

Daniel likes to drive fast.

Likes to 'take over the road, hit the gas, and be AGRO'.

All the while asserting himself, gaining energy, and when he gets home, he's ready to put that energy to good use.

Or?

You could be dampening your own will.

Doing what you want gives you energy!

Ego tells you that you can't do things. Drains you.

Let's say you have a boyfriend, and you are preoccupied, you are not purposely ignoring him, but you are showing up that way, and it is hurting him.  It is mechanical.

Then later, you decide to really ignore him, and then to dump him.

What is worse, purposely hurting someone, or hurting someone unconsciously, when it is not an act of purpose?

Ask yourself:

'Have I, all my life, by doing what others expect of me, done so well?'

Remember Jesus' parable of the two coins (the two coins are your life).

Are you avoiding living life as yourself?

Jung said, 'Every dandelion on the hill is the one'.

Every one is just as good as every other one.

To avoid that is trouble for yourself, and for all those around you.

Daniel spoke of teachers, spiritual teaching, intoxicants, and sexual access.

If as a student you bought what Trungpa did, you disempowered yourself.

Detox, a sound body and mind- you don't need to disenpower yourself.

The Precepts explain: what you would do, what you wouldn't do.

No boorish sex.

If it feels bad, it is not allowed. This is different for all people.

If you are empowered, you don't make people feel bad.

don't kill.

If you are sane, you do not wish to kill.

Don't be afraid to empower yourself.

Remember, 'I AM'

'No, I don't want that'

It is fear that is killing us.

I AM- work with that.

You have a responsibility to be yourself.

You are one of a kind.

The worst part of yourself is your fear.

Mice start wars, tigers don't.

Use this kind of knowledge seriously, from your gut.
