A memory from the time that I’d just met Julie Mason. Right from the start I knew that I’d always be devoted to her. In this episode we spend an unforgettable first night together in a hotel on the Brighton sea-front, where she gives me intellectual understanding and practical experience of Gilbert O’Connor’s First Way...

episode 2: The first way

Life, loving and getting free. 
Each episode recalls conversations and events in the life of the pretty raven, aka Maxine Yo, ward sister in an English hospital and a very practical person. In 1975 her life turned upside-down when she encountered the extraordinary Julie Mason (who she calls Onion) - at once she knew that she would always devoted to her!.
Onion is a spiritual seeker and a hot fire – she tells Maxine that her best chance of making progress in this lifetime is to stick with her, even though it won’t always be easy. Both predictions have turned out to be true, and now the two friends have to face up to some serious consequences!

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Life, loving and getting free. Each episode recalls conversations and events in the life of the pretty raven, aka Maxine Yo, ward sister in an English hospital and a very practical person. In 1975 her life turned upside-down when she encountered the extraordinary Julie Mason (who she calls Onion) - at once she knew that she would always devoted to her!. Onion is a spiritual seeker and a hot fire – she tells Maxine that her best chance of making progress in this lifetime is to stick with her, even though it won’t always be easy. Both predictions have turned out to be true, and now the two friends have to face up to some serious consequences!

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