The Path of Natural Light by Channeled through Barbara Brodsky Part One Transcripts, September, 1993 through January, 1994 Deep Spring Publications The Path of Natural Light by Channeled through Barbara Brodsky Part One Transcripts, September, 1993 through January, 1994 Copyright © 2000 Barbara Brodsky Second Edition 1996 Offered by Deep Spring Center for Meditation and Spiritual Inquiry Introduction As we ponder the best way to get Aaron’s teachings out to those of you who live far away and have come to value them, it’s clear that a “book” which is carefully edited takes too much time and work for our limited resources. These unedited transcripts of the weekly classes from September, 1993 to mid-January, 1994 offer the weekly sessions just as they were channeled. They have not been fully checked by Aaron for accuracy. There may be occasional errors in the transcribing. The overall sense is correct. Please bring inconsistencies and typographical errors to our attention so they can be clarified. Thank you. In the summer of 1994, the continuation, through June, 1994 will be available. It is our hope that this entire work will eventually be professionally published and nationally distributed. Meanwhile, we are glad to be able to offer it in this form. The book No Chain at All, the edited transcripts of January to June, 1993, will provide useful foundation for those of you who wish deeper understanding of the conditioned nature of all phenomena. That book is not necessary, however, to understanding of this one. Many of you have asked us to include all of the transcript, discussion as well as Aaron’s talks, so we haven’t cut anything. We’ve also included several private sessions (Aaron, Barbara and Karen, with Karen transcribing as it was channeled) where Aaron spoke in more detail about these teachings. There is wide variety offered here. Aaron does have a “teaching plan” for the year, which becomes apparent if you read through the book from the start, but you can dip in anywhere. Many people come regularly every week; some come occasionally. New people frequently appear, and some stay and join our weekly sessions. We’ve found Aaron speaks clearly to us all. His focus this year has been teaching the balance of relative and ultimate reality. Thus, some of his talks are about working lovingly and skillfully with the catalysts of our daily lives. Some are about choosing the space and perspective which allow us not to get caught in these issues. We don’t “get rid of” the issues that cause us discomfort, but see it all more clearly as manifestation of pure awareness. Duality falls away. Our lives become more spacious. There are talks about working with the heavy emotions on the relative plane, about fear, relationships, grief, forgiveness, and more. There are also talks about the “Light Body” which is always perfect. He asked us to look at a perfect white sheet of paper; crumple it; unfold it. Can we see the perfect piece of paper which still exists in the wrinkled sheet? Where do we fix our gaze, on the wrinkles or the natural perfection of the paper? In just the same way, when we fix our focus on our fear, anger, greed, and other heavy emotions, we practice those. We see in a dual way, distorted/undistorted. We try to hold this, get rid of that. When we first find equanimity with what has arisen in us, and then literally fix our gaze on the innate perfection of all arising, we release old distortion. Just let it go, no aversion, only release of that which no longer serves a purpose, and ii Introduction which was never “real” in the first place. Where do we fix our gaze? There are many practices introduced here for this work. Please take whatever is of value to you. iii Acknowledgments With thanks to all of those whose commitment and hard work have drawn forth these teachings. Their work is reflected in the questions asked and the depth of the teachings offered in response. With special thanks to David Brown and Karen Weber whose energetic and careful transcribing makes it possible to share these sessions so promptly with all of you. With thanks to Aaron for his continued, loving guidance. Barbara If you are new to our work and wish to know more about it, to read other of Aaron’s books, or to receive our newsletters, please send us your name and address. All group work with Aaron, and newsletters, are supported by donation. Deep Spring Center 3455 Charing Cross Road Ann Arbor, MI 48108 www.deepspring.org iv Contents Introduction ...................................................................................................................................ii Acknowledgments.......................................................................................................................iv Wednesday, September 15, 1993 ............................................................................................6 Wednesday, September 22, 1993 ..........................................................................................18 Wednesday, September 29, 1993 ..........................................................................................32 Wednesday, October 6, 1993 .................................................................................................43 Wednesday, October 13, 1993...............................................................................................56 A Private Session. Early October, 1993.................................................................................68 Dream Interpretation ................................................................................................................75 Wednesday, October 20, 1993...............................................................................................79 Wednesday, October 27, 1993...............................................................................................90 Wednesday, November 3, 1993 ...........................................................................................103 Wednesday, November 10, 1993.........................................................................................115 Wednesday, November 17, 1993.........................................................................................126 Wednesday, November 24, 1993.........................................................................................137 Wednesday, December 1, 1993 ...........................................................................................149 Wednesday, December 1, 1993 ...........................................................................................150 Wednesday, December 8, 1993 ...........................................................................................162 Wednesday, December 15, 1993.........................................................................................171 Wednesday, January 5, 1994 ...............................................................................................180 Wednesday, January 12, 1994 .............................................................................................192 Wednesday, January 19, 1994 .............................................................................................202 Wednesday, January 19, 1994 .............................................................................................205 Deep Spring Publications ......................................................................................................217 v Wednesday, September 15, 1993 Aaron’s talk I am Aaron. My greetings and love to you all. It is a joy to feel your presence once again. I hope you have had a joyful and growth filled summer and have returned inspired and ready to work. What I would like to do here tonight is to define our work together, as I understand it, offering many leads of directions that we might take on these Wednesday nights. Those of you who know me know that I am willing to talk about metaphysics, but that I do not consider metaphysics of primary importance in our work together. Of far greater import to me is the fact that you are here in incarnation for a reason. This earth is your schoolroom and you are here to learn. What is that learning about? How can we help it on its way? There is not a human on this earth who does not suffer fear, pain and bewilderment at times. Pain disorients some of you more than others, but there is not any incarnate human who has not experienced some degree of fragmentation, and who is not seeking healing and wholeness. I have spoken about the four bodies, physical, emotional, mental and spirit bodies. I’m not going to go into details about this now; it’s readily available in transcript. (See “The Universe According to Aaron.”) Your work as a human is not to get rid of the emotional and mental bodies—not to stop thought, not to stop emotions—but to cease your reactivity to these, so that you may function more fully from the spirit body, which is non- separate and understands its interbeing with all that is. It is the reactivity to the emotions and thoughts that leads you into a deluded sense of self and separation. In time you come to enjoy those physical, emotional and mental aspects of the incarnation without identification with them as self. You find and rest in your true self, your ultimate perfection. We are working in two directions, the horizontal and vertical, as I will explain. On the horizontal plane we are dealing with each human, its suffering, neurotic tendencies, fears, dreams and hopes. We regard each being trying to find the