Letting Go & The Greatest Secret Jim Newman - The Simplicity of What Is (Rerun)
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Aug 21, 2023 
Jim Newman, a non-duality teacher who leads meetings worldwide, shares a compact, radical take on 'what is.' He talks about awakening, the disappearance of the separate self, and how everything that appears is already whole. Short, direct reflections explore seeking, the illusion of ownership, and the simplicity of recognizing there is nothing missing.
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Awakening In His 20s Led To Tony Parsons
- Jim Newman describes an awakening in his 20s that unwillingly put him on a path seeking what had happened.
- He followed many teachers until Tony Parsons' radical directness matched the immediate recognition he experienced.
Freedom Is Already What Is
- True freedom is already present as what is, not something the individual can obtain.
- Jim Newman says the individual seeks because knowing creates a felt lack, so seeking hides the very freedom it wants.
You Can't Use Time To Reach Timelessness
- Seeking uses time to try to reach timelessness, which is impossible.
- Newman explains the individual is stuck trying to find out-of-time presence through time, so the search itself can't succeed.