Men: Brothers of the Ever Innocent Heart begins 8/8/22. Apply here before the end of July if you feel called to experience the medicine of Radical Honesty with a group of courageous Men.
Thank you all again so much for the tsunami wave of care, support, and encouragement, in response to my recent post about struggle.
(I shared the post on Facebook a few days ago and the response really moved me.)
Your words have been genuinely inspiring, uplifting, and have helped me see more clearly that I am not alone.
You have helped me to know more deeply that *Radical Honesty* is pure medicine. It is the path forward.
For more than a decade I’ve shared my mind and heart with the world, in an increasingly raw, real way…
Yet *just* when you think you’ve reached a space of Total Honesty…
Life asks you to strip off yet another layer of subtle clothing, another near-invisible “banana hammock”…
And render yourself even more fully Naked.
“Let ‘em see what’s hiding *all* the way down there,” Life says. “You may think it’s hideous, but actually, it’s beautiful.”
This applies not only to speaking our truth, but also to *living* it…
Just when you think you’ve found Full Alignment, Full Congruency…
Life holds up the mirror and shows you all the subtle ways you’re still guarding your Heart…
Still hiding from who you truly are…
There seems to be no end to this process.
We can always become a more Naked Sun, shining our light in a more pure and undiluted fashion.
Note to Self: Be Careful
Be careful, though:
This endless deepening into ever more Total Honesty of Being is a gorgeous journey to be savored…
Yet the ego can also turn it into another “carrot on a stick.”
Another reason to feel like:
“I’m not there yet.”
“Just a little further.”
“Just a little more honesty and alignment and then I’ll be there.”
But…
There is no “there” to get to.
That’s the paradox.
So long as we go on projecting Peace onto a future destination…
We’ll never reach it.
Because the future never comes.
Even as we endlessly shift, deepen, align, heal, fall, rise, struggle, and triumph…
Nothing *fundamentally* changes.
Our *essence* does not change.
It is *utter* Changelessness.
This realization hit me on a new level a few days ago, during a satsang with Peter Brown, and felt greatly relieving…
More on that soon.
I’ve written a lot on Changelessness the past few days—too much for one post.
Till next time, I invite you to contemplate what never changes in your life, even as your experience constantly seems to shift.
What is always there, in every experience?
What is the context in which the content of experience rises and falls?
What do you have absolutely no hope of *ever* changing about your Self?
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These questions lead to liberating spaces… Looking forward to diving into them more deeply with you in the coming days.
Changelessness,
JB
P.S. Men: Just ~20 days left to apply for Brothers of the Ever Innocent Heart. An epic band of mystical brothers has been assembling for this. If you haven’t experienced Men’s Work and the medicine of Radically Honest Loving Brotherhood (or if you have), this is really something I can wholeheartedly recommend. It’s extremely powerful, especially with men of Presence and Wisdom. Learn more and apply here.
P.P.S. I’m not certain on this yet, but late this year or early next year, I’m likely going to be hosting another retreat in Mexico, at the legendary jungle oasis, Kumankaya. This will be an Ayahuasca and Bufo alvarius (5-MeO-DMT) retreat. I’m not sure yet whether this will be purely a men’s retreat, or open to women as well. If you feel an immediate spark and think you’ll likely want to be part of this, hit ‘reply’ and let me know.
P.P.P.S. Lastly, a special gargantuan THANK YOU to everyone who has become a paid subscriber here so far. We’re now up to 19 paid subscribers. The influx of financial support for my writing has definitely been inspiring me to write more. I’ve got a lot of epicness on the way, much of which will only be for paid subscribers (at least for a while). If you love my stuff and want the full experience, considering hopping in and bringing us up to 20. : )