Iamness Teachings

From a talk given by James in 2008

I want to talk about sanity. Somehow I feel more sane when I don’t talk about it. The silence feels really good.

I was editing some talks from the summer and I remember that someone brought up something about doing this work and having a sense of fear of letting go of the known, a sense of falling or letting go that feels like a loss, like you’re losing your mind.

It can feel that way. What really happens is you don’t lose your mind. Awakening is losing the mind’s ability to control you.

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