Episode 132

Awakening Practices from PRACTICAL WORK ON SELF, "Remorse of Conscience", Part Two

In this episode, THE THREE-HEADED MAN reflects on their shared spiritual practice of treating everyone they meet as their own mother.

This exercise is designed to cultivate remorse of conscience and emotional patience by encouraging participants to bypass their typical reactive judgments. Freddie details his struggle to remain compassionate while his wife dealt with the aftermath of a car accident, while Jazzy describes the difficulty of accepting his brother-in-law's aggressive dismissiveness regarding dietary needs. They explore the concept of inner consideration, noting how they often suppress outward frustration while internally dwelling on being the "bigger person."

Ultimately, the group concludes that the value of the exercise lies in its intentionality, serving as a brief "spark" or "ping" that pulls them out of their habitual behaviors and into a state of conscious awareness.

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Fred M Schill

I like to do. I like to make things. And, I like telling stories. I tell stories to myself and to others.

First, a short biography, which is, of course, is a story. I was born in Cleveland, played sports, and attended university. Later, after a few years in the radio business, I returned to university to study education and literature.

With a teaching certificate in my file folder, I began working in high schools, first as a strike-breaking scab substitute teacher in Cleveland's far suburbs, and then in Chicago, mostly in private high schools.

Cleveland and Chicago. My two main towns, and I escaped them both. Presently, I live in a tiny, isolated, mountain village in Spain. I am reluctant to write the name of the town because I don't like tourists. When the tourists arrive, they look at me as if I am an animal in a zoo.