I have all 8 of your books. You said that I am not what I think I am. The real me is the AWARENESS of that ever-changing idea of a self, other and world. That AWARENESS is unlimited and infinite. There is not a single thing that is not possible within that space. Not sure if you are familiar with the idea of karma in Buddhism. If you do, would you be able to explain how karma fits into the above truth?
Jun 02, 2023•8 min
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Jun 01, 2023•9 min
Could moving towards things that challenge the identity be the do-er repeating old patterns as they there isn’t a distinction between behaviours not good for the system.
May 31, 2023•9 min
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May 30, 2023•7 min
Hi Claire, a question to share. Manifesting a thought and believing I already have it, this idea has always worked for me, but twenty years ago while in deep meditation for three months I experienced another realm in daily life. I realised I had nowhere to go, nothing to gain with no attachment, everything was perfect deep inside of me. and the world around me. So if the latter is the truth without going into a meditation practice, how do we navigate daily when wanting to create something or do ...
May 29, 2023•9 min
Would really appreciate your thought's on The Polyvagal Theory, titration,/pendulation and the value of having someone’s presence as you ‘feel the feelings’ When I first came to your work, I was often not able to simply sit in the feeling of deeper suffering, whereas with learning to stabilise my body-mind through the breath, I find my capacity to sit in the suffering seems to have increased. My understanding is that the body is not able to heal when it is in fight/flight so being able to settle...
May 28, 2023•6 min
Can you please speak about feeling emotions and sensations in the body. I've heard you talk about the need to feel difficult sensations fully but for me this sometimes seems to solidify the sense of self, the idea that there is a 'me' who is deliberately choosing to feel this thing which is separate to me. Could you perhaps talk through what's happening when you allow a sensation to unfold? I realize this can be hard - maybe impossible - to put into words though.
May 27, 2023•11 min
What about exercise and healthy eating? My body functions well when I eat well. It feels less sluggish, less bloated, it digests food better and I feel energised. However, it has physical injury. When I don’t exercise and strengthen my muscles, the pain is significant. I have also noticed that as a result of these 2 things my body looks different to the periods I don’t. If I am honest, part of the reason I like the exercise is to maintain this body shape, because I like it. Which I think is part...
May 26, 2023•13 min
When you talk about stress as a subjective experience it sounds to me like victim blaming, spiritual bypass and the risk of keeping people dangerously stuck. How can we be in this conversation and acknowledge that many situations are intolerable for people?
May 25, 2023•14 min
Someone I love said something to me that felt cruel. I noticed that long after the heartfelt, sincere apologies were offered and received, there was still the icky ache in my stomach that I’m very, very familiar with. Despite the forgiving, I noticed that there was still a holding onto it. As if it were money to be added to a savings account, I noticed with an “Ah-ha!” And an “Oh-oh!” And an “Oh Sh*t!” that part of me was kind of treasuring this hurt and adding it to the “I’m a victim” pile of m...
May 24, 2023•10 min
I don’t know if this is ok or not to ask you directly? Reading Sane. Page 46. Can you please clarify re “Forgetting this, the self believes itself to be a real entity that must be secured and defended. It looks out on a world that is full of danger. It forgets that it is looking in a mirror”. I was working through an example of this - so thinking of a colleague at work who I feel threatened by/feel in danger around/get fight/flight response around because I think she is harsh and belligerent. Do...
May 23, 2023•10 min
You often observe that we are "doing so well" or "really good with this" as we are in the midst of articulating when there is stage 2 happening. Meaning we are noticing the child in place, the identification pattern, the stories, etc Can you share, from observing so many people over the years, what is it about this stage you find "good" or indicating maturity somehow?
May 22, 2023•21 min
I am wondering if you ever question your inner yes/no after that fact that it seemed so clear. For example when you decided to separate from your husband, was it a one and done decision or did you ever second guess yourself? Perhaps that would be a clue that it was not a inner yes/no if there was some doubt after the fact or as humans do we just do that?
May 21, 2023•10 min
May I give a suggestion for a future video? Could you speak about how to deal with narcissists based on the nondual understanding? I struggle massively with this due to my childhood trauma. Thanks
May 20, 2023•15 min
Need a bit of clarification around feelings/sensations. Is the only real value of them only as feedback information to the system? To observe them and feel them when they arise? I see a tendency to (especially with the ones where resistance is still very strong) to bite into them, dissect them, search what caused them, etc. But listening to the last webinars on the WELL course doing this is totally in vain. Feels like my mind jumps in the middle of it and wants to get rid of it which makes all t...
May 19, 2023•13 min
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May 18, 2023•6 min
I have a question about physical symptoms that continue while doing this exploration. My struggle area happens to be health fears but the question could apply to any area that seems to cause stress, anxiety, panic attacks, etc. Although I logically know that health fears are a bit of insanity since they revolve around a complete unknown, clearly something still looks real and believable because the scary thoughts and uncomfortable physical symptoms continue to arise. (For weeks before any upcomi...
May 17, 2023•12 min
'No do-er' and 'do the thing' - how do they fit together: listener question
May 16, 2023•10 min
You remind us that because we see everything through the lens of our own conditioning then how people appear to us isn't objectively true. This is part of why inquiring about how someone else is a mirror of our own behaviors is so powerful. You also remind us to look for information/truth in what people say to/about us. Is that because the things they say are still screened through our conditioning? Or is it because relative truth delivered from apparently someone else is still valuable?...
May 15, 2023•10 min
In response to your podcast on CBD oil as spiritual bypassing. 24 April. I love the episode by the way. I love so many of them, thank you. Is there an importance of understanding the cause of the child’s playout, or is being really present to and digging into the emotion, into what is being hidden and the experienced enough? E.g do we need to trace back to the specific trauma that occurred to know where the trigger comes from? Is acknowledging it as childhood trauma without knowing or investigat...
May 14, 2023•12 min
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May 13, 2023•8 min
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May 12, 2023•8 min
Vigilance and indifference: listeners question
May 11, 2023•10 min
I almost think I understand what you are saying here, but then I give myself a head-ache when I think about it for too long! Would it be correct to say that we are accountable for the thoughts/behaviours/actions of our body-mind but not to blame for them? This is how I have been thinking about this recently and it seems to allow me to take a real honest close up look at my life without beating my self up and falling into a self-blame or victim mentality. Thank you for any thoughts you have on th...
May 10, 2023•14 min
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May 09, 2023•14 min
I understand what you say Clare, and when you speak it feels so freeing, but I have questions because of what I have known. I have previously understood that thought creates our feelings, actions and experiences. If everything is a creation of thought or a perceived self identity, in order to have a positive experience, I have understood to need to have positive thought. If our attempt to create positive thought comes from a separation of self, and that the thoughts are not ours, what role does ...
May 08, 2023•10 min
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May 07, 2023•15 min
Today i am having “fuck you @Clare “ moment and not even having the courtesy to say white witch do she won’t get tagged. Honestly, you have one minute of feeling nice and there she is with the first well module, bringing in the misery. Reporting happy moments, she won’t have any of it. And now even journalling on things you’re grateful for is now not allowed. It’s like that friend you (used to, I’m not friends with any of them now) that no matter what you say puts a downer on it/pisses on your...
May 06, 2023•15 min
What brings the shift from being lost in the experience to being able to observe it?
May 05, 2023•15 min
What is truth?
May 04, 2023•9 min
