Transformational Teachings from Counselor Jane Ilene Cohen

“…It’s a dynamic paradigm of reality that is being held in place here. And as each person in the group moves forward, they’re participating on higher and higher levels, at holding it in place…”

“…Career is an old concept and old paradigm. It’s a particular kind of old business model, in which you have to fit into a certain structure that someone or some group has set up…”

“…You have used your solidity, your strength, your ‘can’t knock you over’ to hold in place your defense system. But that’s not serving you. It’s not allowing you to evolve further…”

“…When children reach adolescence, they start rebelling against their parents. They start saying ‘I don’t believe what you believe. I don’t think what you think. And I don’t want what you want.’…”

“…The reason that you get taken advantage of is because you’re not consciously present in the situations in which trust is an issue. If you were present it would be obvious to you what you could trust and what you could not trust…”

“…Aligning with mainstream thought, in order to have a sense of what reality is, was important in past eras, when people couldn’t connect with reality from their direct inner source. Then you have to have the consensus…”

“…once you acknowledge what the other person is saying, reveal your response to it, whether you disagree or agree, you’ve made a connection…”

Transcript Excerpts of Jane’s Teachings during a “Shifting into your New Consciousness” group experience 6-11-09 (Names are changed to protect privacy) (To Group) “Defense systems are about who gets to define what reality is. And whoever is the most in control of defining the reality around them, is the most successful at defending their limiting [...]

“…There is a perceived conflict that it’s not possible to be together with others without being untrue to yourself, having to compromise who you are, what’s really important to you, basically giving up your self…”

“…Some people can be untrue to themselves more easily than you can. For people like you, the sense of who they are is so strong, and it is so unique, that it’s just too incongruent to do that…”