Breathe in plenty.
Open to the richness of your own presence.

Jeannie invites participants to sink into the present moment. She talks about the importance of looking at our definition of "enough" since enough of something can be so relative, acknowledging the experience of actual scarcity that can threaten survival. And yet, conditioning can link the fear for our survival to whatever feels like is threatening it, even if it actually isn't. Scarcity that seems to threaten survival but doesn't requires the care-full meeting of undigested experience, so that we can perceive the opulence of our own presence. Sometimes scarcity circumstances are real, and can squeeze us to serve our growth.

Exchanges

Exchange 1: The heart’s desire to be liberated and the creature's desire for safety can be at odds. Participant feels like they are dying, experiencing huge fear and also relief, like the old way is obsolete and its death is inevitable. Jeannie supports them to find signs of safety in the moment, to pull the fear off of its association with an object, and to hang out in the “yum.”

Exchange 2: Partcipant notices what's rising and what it's like to meet it. They resonated with the statement “it was either hell or satsang,” and wanted to sit with that. 

Exchange 3: Participant is crying out to God as they go through a time of deep suffering. Jeannie talks about the metaphor of God as The Lunch Lady, dishing out what's for lunch despite what we might like. She encourages participant to explore the truth of “I don’t have enough time with my children.”  

Exchange 4: Participant is curious about when they earn more money, they often seem to lose it quickly. Jeannie suggests perhaps there’s a young place that feels overwhelmed by things and wants someone else to handle it, and then perhaps mistakes are made. Perhaps there is some beauty in what was purchased that loves them back when they enjoy it. 

Exchange 5: Participant wants to explore their reluctance to come on and exchange with Jeannie. They feel a need to produce something, along with a fear of being humiliated. Jeannie invites them to take some time just to be.