Brittany

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;" - Proverbs 3:5 "And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." - Philippians 4:7 quieting the monkey chatter haha

No. I don't want more from my friends. LOL This reminds of a Benjamin Smythe video. What are you using your friends for? You are using them for something, if you need anything more from them other than a football game and a beer. You want something from them. You are trying to get something. If you need people to intellectually stimulate you or entertain you, that's something you are trying to get. There is nothing wrong with using friends or hanging around like minded people. Or enjoying a deep conversation. But this all serves the ego. On a deeper metaphysical level, other people don't exist as separate from you. Friendship is dualistic division of life and ultimately an illusion. But this goes deep down the rabbit hole. And is another topic altogether.

Pete Docter , producer of Inside Out and Soul, is awakened to the nature of the mind. And he is what I would call a Christian mystic. "To me art is about expressing something that can’t be said in literal terms. You can say it in words, but it’s always just beyond the reach of actual words,." - Pete Docter

Your entire post is the mind pretending that it wants to die. The mind is saying "I couldn't handle my own absence." Well, of course not. You are a fish that is swimming in the truth. You didn't lose the truth. And you can never gain, get or have the truth. And you will never own, cage, hold or capture the truth.

Violence comes from the WIN/LOSE mentality. "If you lose, I will gain." People who live under that mentality, won't necessary like violence, but it will resonate with the chemicals in their psyche.... if that makes any sense. All perceived gains, give off pleasurable chemicals. "Gaining" feels good to the ego. This is why it is recommended to switch to a WIN/WIN mentality. And then violence won't resonate anymore.

THIS.

What do you mean by "yourself"? If you can define "yourself", how would you define it? Do I trust the mind? Absolutely not. LOL There is a lot of B.S. in there. haha I will always be open to people saying "You are full of shit". Always. Doesn't mean I will agree with them. But I will always welcome external guidance. "Not taking feedback" is not a goal of mine.

Disney. haha Moana, especially, reminds me of the journey of ego integration on the spiritual path.

I agree with Carl-Richard.

+1 Also, philosophy meet ups Hippie communities....they are not all Green. Yoga/Meditation classes and retreats Satsangs and Non-Duality talks

Bentinho called Relationships "the anti-Christ of love" in his podcast. I don't agree with everything he said. But it gives food for the mind to chew on.

A lot of spiritual teachers and gurus hold this position. But I am skeptical about our attempts at answering the "why" for the Tao/Mystery.

Differentiate between time and change. Change /= time

Self Love

I misread your quote but it makes a strong point anyways. Jealousy is pride (for another person). The voice of pride says "I OWN a piece of consciousness." or "I OWN a piece of God." Jealousy is when the ego looks at someone who "OWNS a piece of God" .... and then says "That's not fair!! I want to OWN that piece of God too!". Ownership leads to pride. Pride leads to jealousy. The concept of "this is mine" leads to confusion on a metaphysical level...... Jealousy is a side effect of the ownership games that we play. I HAVE = ego I WANT to HAVE what they HAVE = ego responding to ego (aka jealousy) However; a person who , like you said, has their needs met or who has transcended the ego won't fall into jealousy. But jealousy does not exist in a SILO. Jealousy is an egoic reaction to ownership. Ownership is an illusion.

I agree with this. The truth is that you are ONE with the "Hot Girl". And you are ONE with all of the Victoria Secret models. haha They aren't separate from you. You are worthy of every girl in the world. You are connected to every girl in the world. There is also nothing to "gain" from girls. The idea of "Gaining", "Getting" "Having" and "Ownership" is an illusion. But this is a tough illusion to crack and I could write an entire book on how "getting/having/owning" is a metaphysical misunderstanding.

Ariana Grande released a song this year about the Law of Attraction.

It looks like he is beginning to accept Stage Green. He just posted a video demonstration of Breathing techniques to his main channel.

It's not social media but who you follow. Follow accounts that release oxytocin (accounts that make you feel loved and speak truth) instead of following accounts that release cortisol (accounts that are coming from a place of separation). And don't use social media for a dopamine high (getting validation for the ego from what you post). Ultimately, the chemical reactions are not caused from the external world. The chemical lab is your own creation........that seems to be caused from the outside world.

I agree. I think Cosmic Skeptic is in a place of having not "stumbled across" higher truths vs. being closed minded. He responds to [new] information with a very open mind.

The line doesn't exist. Because "friends" don't exist. LOL "Friendship" is an illusion of the mind. Anytime we say "THIS is more special than THAT" we are moving into illusion territory. Friendship is a "hierarchy scale" that the mind uses to divide the "objects" in reality. Friendship is one of the divisions the mind places on reality. And then within friendships, we can create a million divisions like "good friends", "bad friends", "real friends", "fake friends", "friends I should keep", "friends I should walk away from". The divisions are endless once you make the initial division of "friendship" But none of the divisions are truth.

The Cosmic Skeptic is an Atheist with a deeply philosophical mind. His content is not related to spiritual awakening but it is brilliant. I've been binge watching his channel for the past 24 hours.

Super cool resources peqkno!

I would take this chart with a Grain of Salt haha But it can be a useful tool. PRIDE aka "wanting to be the best or to want to be better than others" is number 175. Read about Death, Loss and Decay. It is helpful for shutting pride down. If death is too depressing, then Non-Duality is also helpful for shutting pride down too. Non-duality puts a sword into the heart of pride. Non-duality moves you into Neutrality which is number 250 on David's chart.

THIS 100%.