Inquiries for teachers and for discussion group

Many questions are occurring that don't seem to be answered in teachings or in books going around now. Questions for teachers are perhaps best asked
in context with the teacher's established material, as it seems most have not deeply considered the questions I am bringing to satsangs, meetings, or asking in emails or discussion boards. The SIG will be hopefully a better place to explore them. I will make an effort to ask teachers questions that are tailored to their individual material. This will need to be transferred to my website.

Q's for the self inquiry group:

• Can we really talk about nonduality? Is there a final duality?
• How do people get out of the trap of emptiness? (per Adya, but the answer can use expansion).
• How does one become free from being lost in bliss? How else can we understand bliss?
• Is the experience of attachment between awakenings useful? How does it affect the next awakening? Do we start over, pick up where we left off, or jmp ahead?
• Can we improve the efficacy of spiritual metaphors? Most teachings are abundant with them.

Q's for teachers:

• Noting that my questions are bringing answers that fall back to the teacher's POV
• Adya - ask about the heart and mind, per the three traps, other TBD.
• Where does integration occur? Is it new awakening integrating with daily life? Or could it be empty awareness with heart fullness? Could it be that when there is a full awakening, there is integration? That one cannot actually occur without the other?
• John Bernie - the repackaging of spirituality, eg nonduality.
• Dorothy - ask about defining heart, flow, and consciousness, personal love, other.
• Pamela - TBD (4 hour workshop coming today).
• John Sherman - the looking, finding I need to stay out of my way, compels to ask this Q.

The process of inquiry - asking questions in satsang is a catalyst in several ways. Preparing the question, attempting to articulate it, being open to any answer/non-answer, listening to comments made during the question (I need practice with that), and responding spontaneously outside of the question. I struggle with patience for other's questions especially emotional processing. I'm not sure how to remedy that. I feel the need to have 1:1 with advanced teachers to "check my work."