Creating is pure fascination, and that doesn’t cease simply because what we create is less brilliant. This is when things start to go South.
The Pathwork Guide turns a common assumption upside down: creation does not produce consciousness—consciousness produces creation. Every thought, feeling, and intention carries creative power, shaping our experiences whether we are aware of it or not. Our suffering stems largely from not recognizing this connection, leaving us feeling like victims of forces that are actually our own.
A key obstacle is the split between our conscious and unconscious will. Conflicting desires slip below awareness, where they continue creating powerful effects we don’t understand. The Guide emphasizes that real growth requires bringing these hidden forces into awareness so we can reclaim our ability to create intentionally.
Three essential steps support this awakening: learning to tune into the universal spirit within, honestly confronting our destructive patterns, and using our thinking mind deliberately to create new outcomes. As we do this, we begin to see how we have been choosing—even clinging to—negative patterns.
Ultimately, the journey is about remembering our true identity as part of a universal creative consciousness. By recognizing and redirecting our inner forces, we can shift from unconscious, destructive creation to a life aligned with truth, expansion, and the inherent joy of being.
Jill Loree is the founder of Phoenesse and a longtime student of the Pathwork teachings. She has studied the Pathwork Guide’s material since 1997 and completed four years of training to become a certified Pathwork Helper.
When she first encountered the Pathwork teachings, she described the experience as “walking through the doorway of an AA fourth step and finding the whole library.”
Through Phoenesse, Jill writes and teaches about personal transformation using the spiritual psychology found in the Pathwork lectures.
Her books present these teachings in clear, accessible language to help readers apply them in everyday life. Her work focuses on helping people move from the struggles of duality toward the peace of inner unity.
Raised in northern Wisconsin, Jill began her professional career in technical sales and marketing before discovering that her true calling lay in spiritual teaching and writing.
She lives in New York with her husband, Scott Wisler, who now works with her in sharing these teachings around the world.
