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A writing piece for my August 25th Writing Group…Topic: Lessons from the School of Life It’s been an intense couple of months in the School of Life for Pat and me. So much is changing, and so quickly. Being open to bigger and faster changes has in itself been one of the key lessons from…

…yes, I’m familiar with the sweatshirt that reads, “All who wander are not lost!” But that did not apply to me in April of 1997! This wanderer, unknowingly, was quite lost in his life, something he would not even begin to realize until he was well into his vacation (i.e., retirement) journey

So I next ask, “What is the source of my happiness?” I notice that I am happiest when I am “Engaging the Transcendent,”

So I asked, “Should I take you to the ER?” “No, I don’t think I could make it.” A moment later I asked, “Then should I call 911?” Her “no response” answer said YES. And I did.

I had several helpful/clarifying/confusing responses to my previous blog, Those “Amazingly Modern” Pathwork Lectures. I add “confusing” to “helpful/clarifying” just to confess my own naiveté and limited experience with the subject matter. (Let’s explore!)

…my amazement of, thrill with, and my deep appreciation for this Pathwork material grows daily. Yes, daily, now as I work nearly every day as the “Happy Philosopher Monk” in creating the Devotional Format of the Pathwork Lectures.

…how I experience the body of 258 Pathwork Lectures as a Mystical Text…

“The more you surrender to what is YOUR LIFE, as you are doing here, not comparing yourself to others or to the expectations of Mom or Dad or others, this action of being OK with your life as it is, opens things up!”

We chatted more about resisting pain and turned to how I resist pain in our, Pat’s and my, relationship specifically.

I found myself reflecting on the past several days and realizing that nearly all of my experiences in these recent days and weeks have been quite enlivening for me.