WEEK 5

TOPIC: THE JOY OF THE SPIRIT

• The outer self feels joy when it becomes free of the outer world. We feel joy when we transcend pettiness, the need to impress, when we accept ourselves, our looks, our weight, our economics etc.

• In the book, I assert that within us is pure joy, and that this joy is independent on outer circumstances.

1. What is your baseline emotion?  Apathy, mildly engaged or excited...
2. Do joy and freedom from the world go hand in hand?
3. Why does it feel good to be free?
4. Is there a difference between joy and happiness?
5. General discussion

WEEK 6

TOPIC: SPIRITUAL CURRENCY

• Everything cost something, to love yourself, you must accept yourself, this is your payment, to achieve success, you must believe in yourself, this is your payment...

• Your acceptance of yourself or life is a very great payment that you give.  And life returns your efforts with dividends so that you find yourself spiritually wealthy. Your spiritual wealth affords you peace, unconditional love, forgiveness etc., that is not dependent on people or things.

1. How much of yourself and life do you accept? Mostly all of it, you fight everything that doesn't go your way, you never really thought about it...
2. What stops you from accepting your experiences or certain persons and is that working for you?
3. General discussion

WEEK 7

TOPIC: EMOTIONS ARE SIMPLY COMMUNICATORS

• We are so burdened by our emotions. We feel guilt and this guilt depresses us, we feel less than worthy, and we are driven to drugs and drink. Emotions are not meant to deliver such a heavy blow.  Instead, emotions can act as fuel to keep us engaged and focused on goals.

1. What emotions are your achilles' heel?
2. What emotions do you frequently experience and what are they communicating to you?
3. Are your emotions usually fuel that gets you to the next level, or a boulder that keeps you from feeling joyful and free?
4. Some emotions communicate that you need to evolve, these emotions can feel uncomfortable. Why might that be?
5. General discussion

WEEK 8

TOPIC: NOTHING IS JOY BUT JOY

• We live in a world of distractions and we are searching for joy in them, but only joy is joy. Power is not joy, it is power, love is not joy, it is love.  Only joy is joy. When we chase things/people believing that they are joy, we are not awake and we are chasing an illusion.

1. What illusions do you chase, or what illusions control you?
2. Is there anything you really need to live and survive other than food and water?
3. What stops you from pursuing you- and your inner joy/self?
4. General discussion

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