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Joshe replied to Joshe's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
@Nahm - Do you have experience with things like this? Do you think these things are all hogwash, pure coincidence, or fictions created by the mind? I definitely see religious/spiritual seekers creating fictions which they want to be signs, but I'm not a seeker and I'm very skeptical and aware of self-deception. I question pretty much everything and am willing to let anything that's not truth go. So, I just wanted to say that I have no hope for these things to be "signs", but knowing that God is intelligent and that these coincidences are so fuckin crazy, it seems possible. To me, these insane coincidences almost feel like a nudge to get to work on spirituality. -
Joshe replied to Joshe's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
@VioletFlame you're welcome! -
Joshe replied to Joshe's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
@EvilAngel - you're welcome! -
Joshe replied to Joshe's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
@VioletFlame - Yeah it's really interesting! If you're interested in the movie, it's free to watch if you have an Amazon Prime subscription. -
Joshe replied to Joshe's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
@Nahm ahhahaah - That was the exact book I was reading when the I came across the word "coincidence" at the same time it was spoken on TV -
Joshe replied to Joshe's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
@EvilAngel Yes it is. It definitely helps to solidify the magic going on here Thanks for the reply! Gonna look into those terms. -
Joshe replied to Moody's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
The website is a cheap or free Wordpress theme and looks like it's been put together by a novice. Could have this done for about $100 on Upwork. If he can't invest a few thousand in his web presence, he's probably not successful or either don't know shit about business and marketing. I'd stay away from this one. -
Joshe replied to How to be wise's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
I think negative emotions are severely diminished by Enlightenment and I think Emotional Mastery gets you closer to Enlightenment. Would there be a need to master the positive emotions or just the negative ones? For me, it'd just be the negative ones as I'm perfectly content with positive emotions. So we're basically talking about rewiring ourselves to not have thought patterns that bring us to suffer. To do that, we'd need to become aware of those patterns, find their root causes and use awareness and observation to change them. Off the top, I'd venture to say that judgment and attachment/desire are the primary culprits of negative emotion, which are also what Enlightenment teachers preach to undo. For me and my situation, the need for Emotional Mastery or the elimination of negative emotions that I impose on myself is currently more important than Enlightenment, and I think that's probably the case for most people. To become calm and centered and not so worried or agitated that you can't even practice spirituality. Strategically, this could potentially fast-track you to Enlightenment. Emotional Mastery is a good target but I think that if you could reduce the negative emotions causing you the most suffering, you'd be happy just cutting those down by 50% and then Mastery might be a waste of time. Either way, I agree that this is an important subject and definitely something to consider.