We all face obstacles, whether it’s time, doubt, or daily life distractions. What do you think might challenge you during this course? 
Let’s open up about our hurdles, and maybe we can inspire each other with ideas for staying focused and present.
My life has been full of betrayals by the time I was three my parents had betrayed me deeply. This started me on a life oh betrayals for the next 52 years. I didn’t stop making choices in my life, but set that pattern up. The effects of this life have made me isolate myself from other people. I am still aware of the effects of that three-year-old betrayal and how I react to people and how I live. I think my life has been a journey of teaching me how to accept the fact that there are betrayals in the world and I just need to outgrow them, give them up stop being angry about it. It’s just part of life. But it still seems to be a block on my path that I would like to to overcome.
4 Likes
Hi Vic…I hear you on this one. Those childhood patters and how we continue to be ruled by them. We need such compassion for ourselves and those younger parts caught in those painful cycles. We are so glad you are here!
Im a first time mother and the journey has been both great and overwhelming. I just hope Im able to make sometime for myself and my spiritual progress through this course, but my family responsibilities with a toddler and finding time look like my biggest hurdles. But Im grateful for the recordings that are going to be available.
3 Likes
I am hoping to keep up with the schedule, keeping a routine has been somewhat challenging for me in the past few years. What’s also an issue is the time of zoom calls - I am in Germany and won’t be able to make them (2 am in the morning!) which is a bummer. Being able to join a live call is SO much better for motivation. If you do this or something similar again … possible to offer calls at a different time ? Or possible to offer a European version?
2 Likes
My challenge is C-PTSD chronic dysregulation, maladaptive patterns, loneliness and suffering which I am having a very difficult and lengthy journey in trying to heal through, rebuild from, and discover greater capacity for meeting my needs and responsibilities. I truly need to discover “inner refuge,” because my body/nervous system/emotion tends towards overwhelm and prevents me from connecting with conscious clarity and the intrinsic goodness of Life like a binary switch (amygdala vs. prefrontal cortex). I am having a very difficult time feeling like I have little to no sense of autonomy or agency, whereas a sense of oneness with Life is also occluded (particularly in states of chronic dysregulation). 
1 Like
I don’t want to miss the lecture however the IST timing are 5:30am which is lil early for but this is my chance to improve my sleep cycle and lifestyle which I have been thinking about since long
Hi DivyaMR.
Yes, householder life, especially a toddler can make making time challenging. We hope to see you as much as we can, and also know you are doing the very best you can. Whatever you are able to do will be perfect.
My delusional egoSelf😎
Isolation.
For me it usually comes down to discipline. Life is busy but I am lucky enough that I know if I make the effort I can find time for practice. Taking the time to learn and practice always feels like the right choice after the fact, but sometimes my motivation drifts and laziness wins out. Hopefully putting this into words here will be a good reminder for me going forward.
1 Like