I hope you will love our zoom gatherings as much as I do. When I began running groups way back in the 90's it was common for people to come thinking they were attending a typical support group. I discovered that it was important for me to explain this:

We are not a support group- there is nothing we need to support in anyone else because everyone already has what they need in the way of common sense and wisdom. We can help point them in that direction so they find it for themselves, but we can't give it to them or take it away from them because wisdom and common sense already exist in them, it just gets covered up temporarily when we are in a low mood. 

But trying to help someone "get over" or "get past" what they bring to us, is the polar opposite of pointing them in the direction of wisdom at their spiritual essence.

Let's have a closer look at what this means:
Have you experienced telling someone something that you wanted to share, possibly looking for empathy; understanding; an I'm with you on that, response but instead you got something like - "oh, don't worry about that" or "you'll see it will work out" or "let's change the subject you'll feel better" or, "well there are no mistakes" I could go on, but I think you get the idea? 

Now: How did that make you feel? Did it help you? 
I don't know about you but when I get that from the person I'm sharing something I'm feeling deeply about, I feel really disregarded. I wasn't sharing this to have you take it away for me - ugg! And then guess what happens for me - I silently cross that person off of my inner circle of people I can trust with my feelings.

One of my favorite quotes from Syd Banks goes something like - if people could just learn to not be afraid of their feelings, we'd live in a different world.

There are no bad feelings, because there are no bad thoughts. it's what we do with it, what we bring to life that makes the difference - we all get the full gamut of thoughts and feelings and sometimes it's nice to cry on someone's shoulder in the hopes we get a good hug and a feeling like this person is here for me, and gets it - nothing more, and nothing less - because that's HUGE, and unfortunately all too rare, at least in my experience.

So let's have great zoom gatherings where we're all in this together, we're all "students of the Principles of Mind, Thought and Consciousness" as it relates to life and relationships. 

Try to get quiet in your head before arriving. You can bring a question or insight you've written in a note to yourself if you'd like, so that you can take it off your mind when you arrive. Let's be rooted in the present moment for whoever is speaking. In fact, I'm not even going to ask you where you live or what you do. We'll have your name on the zoom screen. The point is that we're not what we do or where we live. That's all a doing in the physical world. We want to meet each other in the world of spirit. And, in that spirit, let's laugh at ourselves, the human condition, and have fun in the process of gaining insights as we go.