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I was lying. I just wanted to end this conversation because I'm disappointed with it. You're not talking with me, but writing articles that summarize your teachings. You're even sprinkling them with your signature ta-daams. You're not even considering the points that I'm making. I find it insulting, to be frank (that's probably because I'm an ego that is threatened, right?). I'm familiar with your work and I don't find it to be contradictory with Christianity. It's just written from a different perspective with different symbols.

@Leo Gura What most people make of Christianity is of little interest to me. Have a good day.

@Leo Gura You addressed the "must" in my question, which is not what I was asking about.

@Leo Gura So, like a proper devil that I am, I will ask the question: since everything is already Love, why must the ego die (if it does not even exist)? Selflessness is selfishness, etc. Why not construct a version (story) of nonduality that factors the ego in instead of battling it? What if Christianity is like that?

@Leo Gura @Leo Gura We have a different definition of ego, but let's stick to yours. What is the reason for the existence of ego (in your sense of the word)? Doesn't it originate in God's love?

@Leo Gura I wonder where does love fit into your explanation. Doesn't God create everything selflessly? Isn't ego the veil that allows God to love itself? What's wrong with the illusory separate existence to love God the same way? I'd say it's pretty poetic, actually.

@Leo Gura It is not the ego that wakes up to God, but it is God waking up to God? Didn't you just say that Bobby fundamentally misunderstands ONENESS? God does not have to realize its own godhood. It is already one. It is the ego that needs to learn its proper place and mature. It needs to learn to affirm the existence of others through love. Missing how these two paths (death vs life) coincide is tragic.

When I stop systemizing my self-care, I feel like I'm not doing my 100%. I stopped scheduling, so my reading efforts are unfocused. I also stopped stretching so much because I strained the shoulder blade region of my spine. I need to be gentler with myself, but it's difficult when the effects feel so good. I'm still cooking for myself and sticking to my buying routine though. I am too critical of myself and of other people. I need to learn to relax, joke and have fun in other ways than satisfying my curiosity.

Within the individual mind, interpretation (thinking, feeling) of perception (senses, intuition) is subject to will. The way the objective world is, apart from what we judge it to be, is called LOGOS, the Word. LOGOS is the expression of will of THE ALL and objective world is happening in accordance with it.

The source of will is freedom itself. There are not many freedoms. Freedom that is the basis for individual mind is not imagined by THE ALL. Freedom is unitary and absolute. It is THE ALL. It is so free that it is free from itself, from being one. That is how individual minds of the world are separate.

The division of the human mind is four-fold: Sensing Feeling Intuition Thinking It has two perceiving (1 and 3) and two judging (2 and 4) functions. The perceiving functions are how objective, external, information is gathered. The judging functions are how subjective, internal state is created. The [subjective=internal]/[objective=external] dichotomy exists only in relation to will, or creation, of the human mind. Whatever we perceive exists outside of the influence of will of human mind and has to be acknowledged, accepted. (Yin) Whatever we judge exists inside of the influence of will of human mind and can be interpreted however one desires. (Yang) The human will is capable of creating subjective reality that is, or isn't, in accordance with the objective one. Since the objective reality along with human mind is created in the mind of THE ALL, the Hermetic principles can be studied both by studying subjective and/or objective reality. This is why self-knowledge derived from spiritual practices is useful and is the source of happiness - it is, at the same, the highest knowledge about the operation of reality. That is only possible because the human mind is created in the image of the mind of THE ALL and is equipped with the will to create: The mind of THE ALL is not impersonal because it creates.

THE ALL is not everything that is, the universe. The universe exists in, or through THE ALL. THE ALL is the mind that imagines the universe and everything that exists. THE ALL does not exist, as existence is grounded in its operation. It is nothing. THE ALL is an unknowable mystery.

First, there are the seven Hermetic principles: The Hermetic principles describe the rules of reality and I find them to be correct. The first two ones are of greatest importance here:

You really do. It's an awesome movie.

To share knowledge, answer questions and give directions. To find good learning resources, books and videos. To journal about how I put my knowledge to practice. To burn free time at work.

Please elaborate on what your definition of love is. What does it mean that she loves you and what does it mean that you don't love her? What does it mean that you loved your ex and that she did not love you back? Love is not something that just happens to people. It's also a choice that is made and maintained.

During the weekend I was unable to uphold my social media/youtube detox. A lot of emotional turmoil was happening, also between me and my wife and I felt drained. I did cook for myself, but I did not do any stretching and scheduling. I do not feel guilty because of this. What I do feel guilty for is that I did not read as much Bible as I would want to. I'm still 350 pages in. After finding out the importance in Christ in Holy Trinity, I gave in and decided to read the Book of Jon. The fact that I feel like I "gave in" speaks a lot about how critical of myself I am. I'm holding to my promises too tightly, but they are one of the few things that I find dependable.

I don't mind. With this kind of logic, I would have to restrict my options to people I know absolutely no personal details of. Not in my experience. Have a good day.

Hey @Buba. I'm under the impression that you think that this homosexual part of you is somehow going to derail your life, that you will partake in daily orgies or something. This belief is false. If this transition is too rapid for you, rest assured that you are still under full control of your faculties and will do exactly what you want to. You are not doing anything other than that - learning what you want to do. It does not mean that you have to do it. Imagine thinking that mint chocolate is disgusting and awful. Would you react so strongly if you learned that it is actually pretty tasty? Does the fact that mint chocolate is tasty somehow imply that you will stuff your face uncontrollably with it? Does it even mean that you have to eat it if you don't want to? No!

I don't know about you specifically @Patrick Lynam, but I noticed that I have bigger urges to masturbate when I'm lonely. This hole in your chest and calling for mommy sound like an unfulfilled need for love. Porn is often a prosthesis for that just like TV is often a prosthesis for human companionship. I recently remembered that I learned to masturbate as a kid when I was waiting after school for my parents to get back home. I'd investigate loneliness if I were you.

Did you know that the term "projection" was invented by Freud, the father of psychoanalysis? This mother/father stuff is the focus of psychology because child development is additive - new layers/functions are built on top of the old ones. If child's needs aren't addressed by the parents, it will learn to satisfy them unconsciously by adopting coping mechanisms that will last a lifetime unless addressed. That is where the sex part comes in - these unconscious behaviors usually come bunched up with sex because it is an "adult" form of love. If you are interested, you could look up Erik Erikson's model of psychosocial development. It looks similar to spiral dynamics.

Hey @Angelite, sorry for not getting back to you sooner. Karma is usually associated with religions of the far East - Buddhism and Hinduism - and is related to the idea that an individual soul traverses various bodies until it attains wisdom/liberation. Each life is a lesson for this soul and is a consequence of how it shaped itself in (or responded to) the lives it went through. The original "seeds" of karma are created along with the universe. In various religions, this karmic process is interpreted on different levels. Some religions view it in a materialistic, objective, way. Some, on the other hand prefer more esoteric views (such as Zen Buddhism) that this is the process by which thoughts arise in consciousness. In Yoga Sutras, it is said that by mediating (satori) upon the "I", the karmic seeds are dissolved and it is possible to attain knowledge of past lives (as siddhi). My personal beliefs about reincarnation hinge upon my understanding of the relationship between intelligence and ego. Ego literally feeds off intelligence and uses it for the purpose of survival. Upon the death of the body, the soul is freed from its biological constraints and perceives the world with unparalleled clarity. The soul then chooses, selflessly, the best possible action and it may result in an incarnation in a body. Lives it lives through, apart from being a chance to act in accordance with love, are a lesson that the soul learns in each cycle. Ultimately, they result in the union with God.

@d0ornokey I can relate to your pain. Seeing other people hurt themselves because they are hurt is just soul-crushing. It's difficult to not give advice when you see it. I've come to understand that offering solutions does not work because coming up with them is actually not all that difficult. People know what they should do in order to be happy, but they don't take their pain and suffering seriously enough to act on it. Helping them get in touch with it, actually live it with them is much better in my experience. Take care.

For the past two days I went totally off the rails. No scheduling, no promises but I kept to my routines. My back started to hurt because I was trying to keep it straight ?. I found a comfortable spot where my muscles aren't strained, but I can walk upright like a proper human ?.

@Rebecca Kalamata Loneliness is the price for breaking every social taboo... to get to what, TRUTH? Hmm? The ego is deceitful precisely because it is fragile and powerless. By not honoring it, you are disposing of your humanity. Maybe that's why you don't fit in, Mrs nympho?