Wisdom, Love, and Freedom

“My stories were thick and fast, my ‘I’–dentity, or ego, had complete control. I was a puppet at the mercy of my past thoughts and future wishes. Then I met Jim, and everything began to shift. His nonjudgmental way of working allowed me to see that I was not any story, but rather this clear, loving, aware person who is here, now.”

Stuart Crick, Sydney, Australia

To know that you exist here, now, as this beautiful, aware person you are is truly a miracle. The realization of this—that it’s the only thing you can know for certain—is true freedom.

However, wisdom teaches that it is the attachment to our personal “story”—especially the story of “I” and “me”—that gets in the way of this realization, and creates all the emotional reactions in our body, as well as the suffering and drama we experience in our lives.

But the more we see that our thoughts and emotions come and go, just like cars passing us by on the street, yet we, as these aware people, are always here, watching them, the freer we are. Our hearts open, and we feel more love and compassion for everyone.

Jim invites us into the simple practice of taking a deep, slow breath, relaxing into presence, and looking within at the connection between our “stories” and our emotions. If we do this every time we feel a contraction in our energy, our emotional body, our minds become much quieter, clearer. We’re present, at peace, in harmony with the flow of life.

We see everything with new eyes and are guided from within to address the challenges facing us, whether in our health, relationships, work, finances, or some other endeavor. We literally create a new, much more satisfying “story,” a new reality for our life—truly miraculous!

Come join us for these three sessions, beginning Tuesday, April 16 at 6 pm PDT... soak up the energy of being and celebrate our freedom together!

Jim began his search for freedom in the mid-Seventies with the teachings of yoga, Zen, and J. Krishnamurti, and then met European Advaita Vedanta (the nondual or direct path) master Jean Klein in 1984, who guided him to seeing the truth. His mission now is to guide others to the same realization, but in a much shorter time.

An article about Jim and his work, by Joyce Tate Dvoren, the December 2011 issue of LA Yoga. Titled ‘Three Steps to Freedom,’ it can be read online at http://www.layoga-digital.com/layoga/201112#pg22