Foreword

This work is channeled. That is to say I had the experience of 'hearing" teachings and then speaking out loud those precise thoughts which were offered so as to share them with the class. Some of you are familiar with channeling and have no discomfort with the idea of a discarnate teacher. Others may be new to this process. Perhaps you've been drawn to this book by the subject but look askance at 'channeling" or think of it as 'new age mumbo-jumbo."

I can not prove Aaron's reality, nor does it really matter. I can only say he feels 'real" to me, that I experience him as an energy outside of myself which offers me new understandings, but that also doesn't matter. What is 'real"? As we explore the lines offered in the Buddhist Diamond Sutra-

Thus shall ye look on all this fleeting world,
A star at dawn, a bubble in the stream,
A flash of lightning in a summer cloud,
A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream.

-we're led to the question, 'Am I real?" What or who am I? What is this earth on which I seem to live, and who are those 'others" who share it with me? This present work asks us to consider those questions and to look at how much of our own and the world's suffering grows out of that persistent adherence to our separate, ego-centered realities. Aaron's deepest teachings are of non-duality and non-separation. So how can I state that Aaron is separate from myself?

I could tell you that those who have worked with Aaron find him to be a wise and compassionate teacher whose primary concern is to help us find freedom and alleviation of suffering. Aaron would be the first to say that also is irrelevant. Who he is doesn't matter. Put 'channeled" aside. I ask only that you read with open mind and heart. If what is presented here is helpful, take it and make it your own. If not, discard it. All that matters is that these words connect you to your own deepest wisdom, that they bring you back into your own heart.

Barbara Brodsky