Transformational Teachings from Counselor Jane Ilene Cohen

The real danger is not the physical action someone might take that would be harmful to us, but it is the distorting of reality that is transferred, like a computer virus hidden within a Trojan horse.

as your desire to evolve as a soul gets stronger and stronger, the defense system gets more and more in the way…

…holding in place a whole frame-of-reference that you’re sure is true and not allowing a space to actually find out what is true.

“…so much divorce right now, because people have been trying to conform to some external ideal of what marriage is supposed to be…”

“…In the old male paradigm — which is actually quite hard on men, as well as hard on women — the man has to be in control, he has to have the power. If he’s more vulnerable, he’s not being a man. …”

“Many people feel that if they let out their real self, they would be too much for other people…”

“I have a question about healing past traumas. I recently recovered a traumatic memory of being kidnapped and assaulted when I was a teenager. ..’

Q: Is death a choice by the personality? Q: What good is the intellect to the matters of the heart? Q: Is all “perfect” in the universe? if so, what can be said of free will of mankind?

“The issue here is whether trying to manipulate truth works better than truth. Following truth takes radical faith in life, in truth, in things working to the best and highest interest for everyone concerned…”

“You’ve gone along with men acting like this before, because you’ve had such a thick defense system. But the defense system is getting shaken up, and is no longer serving you, and therefore you are more present emotionally and vulnerably in a way you haven’t been before…”