LightWave Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > If it is a charade, a cover up, a justification > like 'so what if M wants us to hide his > relationship stuff, it's personal, it doesn't > belong in the public eye'. Well yes it does, if he > claims to be beyond relationships and poo-poos > them as he does in several y
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Yeah... there's only THIS,isn't it...?This outstanding nothing at all...:) They who say it is a joyful realization are right. Shocking!! Poverty!POVERTY!!!, it's what it is.Not a peak experience!A valley of alive-nothing.Non-experience! On the relative level.The seeing will impact the personality in unpredictable ways; basically empathic personalities will probabily evolve in th
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Sahara71 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > There is the absolute truth that we are the > pure self, beyond time and space and at one with > the universe or God. Then there is the > relative truth that we are living here and > now in a body of flesh and blood. Both > truths are valid and co-exist. > > Even
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I just wish that as reality lovers we could ALL admit that non dual awakening is not the cure for all that ails us; and it won't automatically make us infallible at the human level. Enough idealism!Enough!
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Relatively, I share with Lisa Cairns some difficulty with 2 belief patterns while inside the guru model - autonomy (which a natural and healthy movement of your true nature) generally being labeled as arrogance - any resistance will be "yours"(the student's) to look at and transcend (there's no space for the guide/guru to look at his triggering) At the ultimate lev
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Ma Kali lives, she's a therapist, and she's tired of our crap :)
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That "precept" / guideline from the Association for Spiritual Integrity is to the point, well written and awesome.
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Everyone experiences difficulties. I feel karma is a concept with poor utility. We can't be sure if Jesus' behaviour caused trauma to people. my sense is it didn't,but I could be wrong Bottom line: if our behaviour is clearly causing trauma to others, we have inner work to do, wheather we see it or not. And, of course, whoever we think we are.
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It really is only the false self that feels confused which is to be expected on the way to its demise If you're childlikely dumb (which is the opposite of childish) you let the confusion exhaust itself And proceed
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