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Update From Zara
By: Zara Songull Date: July 7, 2023, 12:35 am
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Hello, Invisible Guru Community! Zara here with a long-overdue
update . . .
LETTING GO OF EVERYTHING
I have been diligently at work on the course Jed and I started
together. As it turns out, having your teacher and collaborator
die in the middle of the process is a bit of a setback. I had
imagined the course would be completed long ago. What I quickly
discovered, however, was that to do the course justice, I had to
up my game. I needed to further my relationship with the nature
of reality. It has been a one-step-at-a-time process! I am once
again aiming to complete the writing by the end of the year.
Please send me all your good vibes and whatnot . . .
THE NAVIGATOR SERIES, AND THE END OF MANIFESTATION
I have offered Jed’s Navigator Series to a handful of students
who requested it. The course is not free, as I generally
interact quite a bit with students over the time they take it,
but I charge a fraction of what Jed did. Eventually, the course
will be easier to access online, along with the new course.
Contact me on Telegram (details below) if you are interested in
taking it in the meanwhile.
I am not, however, offering the ACIM course. Jed’s central
teachings are about Truth Realization, which the Navigator
Series is designed to help facilitate. Many of Jed’s students
asked about manifestation, and he created a course for them,
largely by repurposing exercises from the Navigator Series. From
my perspective, those practices make far more sense in their
original context. I will, however, give you the punch line of
the Manifestation course. You can learn to manifest whatever you
want, but in the course of learning, you will (hopefully)
discover that wanting things is very much beside the point!
CAMARADERIE
If you want to be in touch with me, here are some options:
I offered up my email some time ago - zarasongull@gmail.com. As
it turns out, however, I’m fairly bad at email. Like this forum,
it occurs for me as a kind of antiquated technology that I don’t
seem to vibe with. So, a far better way to reach me is via
Telegram. Telegram is a messaging app. If you don't use it
already, but you’d like to get in touch with me there, just go
to the following link, and it will direct you to set up
Telegram, which is easy to do.
HTML https://t.me/zarasongull
I enjoy being in contact with others who are truth-realized, or
who are flirting with the truth in various ways. I know it can
be hard to find people who get it, people to share with about
your experiences and challenges. I am happy to listen and to
connect.
COUNSELING
If you are looking for someone who can fix your life for you,
I’m afraid that’s not me.
I have often received enthusiastic but superbly confusing
messages from people who are desperate for help. As Joseph
Cambell said, “The psychotic drowns in the same waters in which
the mystic swims with delight.” Having very disorganized
thoughts sometimes goes along with the process of breaking free
from conditioning. Alas, I can’t do much with such
communications, especially if we have not already established a
relationship, so I may or may not respond to them.
If you are struggling with something, and you can take the time
to express clearly what’s happening, and to make a clear request
for assistance, it’s possible I can be of some support. In any
case, it is always beneficial to slow down, identify the issue
as best you can, and at least make a guess about what might
help.
I have been a counselor for over 30 years. If you would like
more support than is available over text, or could use
assistance in tailor-making practices to further your
development (toward human adulthood or truth realization),
please reach out to me on Telegram. I particularly enjoy working
with people who are already advanced.
ARE YOU A WEB DEVELOPER?
I am looking for an experienced web developer to work with on
the site for the new course. I would love for that to be someone
who is also excited about the subject matter! I am currently
agnostic about whether to repurpose an existing online learning
platform or to build something from scratch, and I’m not partial
to a particular coding language. If you think you might
potentially want to collaborate, please contact me on Telegram!
FORUM THOUGHTS
I have (obviously) been a mostly-absentee moderator for this
forum, and I’ve shared more than once that the format seems less
than ideal. I don’t know how to overcome the basic problem of
such environments. The most sincere seekers, who could most
benefit from the support of community, remain in the silent
majority. The most vocal people do not always represent the
needs of the group, but they create the tone of the forum by
being the main contributors. Jed tried to compensate for this
dynamic by making strict rules about what could be posted and
what kinds of responses were permissible. Those parameters were
helpful, but required a lot of moderating, and being that kind
of moderator sounds less than fun.
In any case, this was Jed’s baby, so I don’t imagine the forum
will ever fully resurrect in his absence. Because I am in the
process of creating a site for the new course, however (and the
old one), I would be interested if anyone has suggestions for
what kind of community structure might be most beneficial there.
Please send me a message if you have ideas and are willing to
share them!
Love,
Zara
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