Facing What Is
Lessons 67-74
What you can face, you can handle.
Lessons
Understanding Confront
Confront is the ability to face something directly, to be present with it, without flinching or fleeing. What you can fully confront loses its grip on you.
Lesson 68The Confront Process
The ability to confront is like a muscle. It strengthens with use. Sit facing something for 15-20 minutes, simply being present.
Lesson 69Confront Consolidation
The capacity to confront is perhaps the most fundamental human capability. Everything depends on it - learning, change, relationships, emotions, truth.
Lesson 70Understanding Thought Loops
Thought loops are mental patterns running automatically, beyond your control. They persist through resistance and incomplete processing.
Lesson 71The Multiplication Process
Instead of pushing stuck thoughts away, multiply them. Make copies, spread them around, or change their colors. This breaks the fixation.
Lesson 72Thought Loop Practice
The Multiplication Process becomes more effective with practice. Know when to use it for stuck patterns and when NOT to use it for genuine signals.
Lesson 73Being With Discomfort
The capacity to be present WITH discomfort - without fixing, fleeing, or numbing - underlies all meaningful growth, relationships, leadership, and truth.
Lesson 74Being With Practice
You're learning that you can be present with discomfort without being destroyed by it. The paradox: accepting something fully often changes it more than fighting it.