Life Question of the Week, 5.8.26
Take Back Your Mind
Michael B. Beckwith
5.0 • 825 Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2026
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Today, our first letter comes from R. Lon in Grandville, MI: R. Lon reflects on how much of his growth has come through struggle and asks: is suffering necessary for transformation? He's seeking a way to guide others toward growth without glorifying pain—and a grounding practice to navigate life's hardest seasons.
Our next letter comes from Darla: Darla has always believed in a loving, all-encompassing God—but recent conversations and a startling personal experience have left her questioning the nature of evil. She asks for clarity on whether "demonic" forces are real, or simply expressions of misaligned energy.
Next, Michael leads a guided meditation.
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| 0:00.0 | Peace and Rich, everyone. |
| 0:27.6 | Peace and blessings, everyone, and thank you for tuning in to watching or listening |
| 0:44.9 | to take back your mind life questions of the week. |
| 0:49.4 | Our first letter comes from our lawn, our period lawn from Granville, Michigan. He says this. You often offer |
| 1:01.5 | guidance that points in a positive direction. But in my own life, much of my mental and spiritual |
| 1:08.4 | growth has come through suffering, loss, and struggle. |
| 1:13.3 | Experiences many would label as negative, yet I feel have been essential to my growth. |
| 1:18.9 | I understand that it's not advisable to encourage people to put themselves in painful situations. |
| 1:24.6 | But can someone truly reach their full potential without going through struggle, pain, |
| 1:29.3 | and these so-called negative experiences? |
| 1:32.3 | How can we gently guide people to embrace the kind of necessary discomfort that leads to growth and transformation |
| 1:40.3 | without promoting suffering for its own sake. |
| 1:47.5 | And is there a practice you can share? |
| 1:49.4 | Something like a guiding star. |
| 1:52.3 | Help people stay grounded and support it while moving through more difficult |
| 1:53.6 | and even torturous periods of growth. |
| 1:58.5 | Arlon, this is a great question. |
| 2:04.6 | There's a couple of dimensions to this. First of all, human beings grow two ways, either through spiritual insight or through suffering or pain. |
| 2:14.6 | The universe itself, the outpicturing of the fundamental order of the heart mind of God, |
| 2:20.8 | quantum field, whatever language you want to use there, is progressive. It's always expanding |
| 2:25.3 | to reflect and to reveal the infid nature of life itself. So if one is not in alignment with |
| 2:31.3 | their own growth and unfoldment, they've gotten caught in a little |
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