What I learned in four years of Connected Living

The following are things I have learned in my four years of Connected Living at Agape. I have to say that I don't agree with everything. It's also only a very small part of what I learned.

There is an invisible force within us that connects everything and everyone.

Mitakuye Oyasin = “We are all related” or “Everything is connected to everything.”

An untrained mind cannot create anything new.

Walk your talk.

Soft front (being vulnerable), Strong back (holding back - you choose behavior), Wild heart.

Hard with a d becomes heart with a t.

Wonde = Wonder - Magnifying stairs.

Everything is equally valuable.

Don't put prayers aside.

I won't let myself down.

Living from the inside out.

Resentment + Revenge = Wreckage

We are afraid of love. By the way, this is one of those teachings that I don't agree with. Projection of someone...

Fear -> Get moving

Comfort zone full of misery.

Free your mind.

You saints have not even unlearned judgment. (our Western saints).

You look for the path. The path is also looking for you.

Focus on 1 tradition and make the most of it.

Spirituality = Connecting.

Joie de vivre.

You must bring insight into the world. You have to do something with it.

The ego does not want you to be happy. Ego makes you happy with things outside of you. False happiness.

How do you grow your passion?

Every judgment -> I recognize that in myself. And I forgive myself for acting this way again.

Know your circles!

Ego wants to take you off your path.

Communication is learned.

You can't not communicate.

Words and actions must match.

Communication is very complicated -> Young science.

People give their own meaning to words.

Repeat that you have love within you!

The moment you recognize it in yourself, the admiration stops.

17% of what you say is heard.

Soft teachers make stinking wounds.

I feel that... -> Projection

You can never feel what the other person feels. (Disagree.)

Recognition is close and yet distant.

Don't get involved in your own process as a therapist.

Observer without interpreting. Interpretation gets in the way of recognition.

I think -> no judgement. You are -> judgment.

I find what I want. -> own management.

I admire your... -> Makes you smaller.

Getting angry at the perpetrator -> own package not processed (naahhh... very short-sighted)

Listening to language -> 13%. Observe body > 50%.

Turtle -> Patience. Big warm heart. Stick your neck out.

When you speak, make sure you are heard.

Avoid but. All for one but it will destroy you. Shizo groceries.

You can ask someone for time. Not do you have a minute?

Influence -> doesn't like me anymore. Negative transference. Client moves from positive to negative transference. God becoming the devil. -> Usually this is where they drop out.

Depression has a function. -> Tyrants in the house. Co-Dependency. Family will support the depression by adapting. Depression arises in the mind and manifests itself in the body.

Your strength lies in your shadow side.

Manipulation -> Withholding information

Meta management -> Everyone knows that, but not you? - Subtle sense of guilt

Communication -> What don't I want you to think of me?

Life is simple but not easy.

We are spiritual beings with human experiences.

I am not a victim of the world I see. I am NEVER a victim.

I want nothing more than to see.

Mystic Rose Meditation - Osho

All great things started small.

Our memory is not for remembering, but for forgetting.

I have the potential within me to be gentle with myself.

I pray for the strength to be here at any moment.

Why do we do those things in our lives that we know are not good for us?

Why do we get angry with those we love?

Why do we act nice and sweet to people who reject us?

Why do we keep going in the same circles in our minds?

Why is it that we want to be more and better and more special than others?

Why is it that we keep making the same mistakes in relationships? While this time we were going to do it differently. Owning the thing is the end of the entertainment.

Don't fight the quitter.

To give thanks is to acknowledge what you have.

Pray with the water. Water represents feelings and emotions.

Wakan Tanka -> Invisible energy within each of us.

Don't fight the darkness -> more attention. Instead -> Give thanks.

Everything that lives starts in the dark.

~~I want~~ -> I am willing.

If you focus on abundance, you will only see abundance in the world.

Fear -> Don't fight -> embrace.

Change happens either out of urgency or passion. Passion -> Creating new thinking frameworks. Grow desire. Become stronger.

I am much more than what I can see with my physical eyes.

Self-forgiveness -> Self-love. No self-love -> dependence on others for love.

We always have the body that suits us best.

I am one of the beautiful things happening right now.

Everything we think of nature is projection.

Keep the distance you need to love someone.

Discuss things with your children.

I can always go on, but then I also stand still.

Find many mothers and many fathers in your life.