Freedom from Seeking Pleasure in the Body, Obstacles to Peace - Part 8, Satsang with Cate, 11OCT20

Obstacles to Peace, Part 8, Freedom from Seeking Pleasure in the Body, Satsang with Cate, 11OCT20

Cate begins this Satsang with a reminder that we are all equal so teachers should not be idolized. See them as part of your journey. We all have an equal part to play and it’s always Holy Spirit/Jesus that have the authority no matter what.

She continues by reminding the group that freedom is in the mind. It has nothing to do with what the body does. Freedom cannot be found in the world.

She explains that Jesus wants us to sit and contemplate what he’s presenting in this section (The Second Obstacle - The Belief the Body is Valuable for What it Offers). What is the body for? What does it offer me? What am I valuing the body for? And what am I trying to get from it? Have I ever gotten what I’m trying to get? Opening our minds to really look at this will help to let go of attachments.

Cate then brings clarity to this quote in the Course, “It is impossible to seek for pleasure through the body and not find pain.” (T-19, IV, B, i, 12). She gives so many helpful personal examples of how she let go of seeking for pleasure through the body by forgiving all of the ideas she had around food (pleasure from eating it and beliefs around what it would do for her body from a health perspective), a desirable job, in relationship to others, and many other examples.

At 1:24:10, she takes everyone through a meditation on paragraph 9 of Lesson 138, Heaven is the decision I must make.

Gratitude & Blessings!