Bill W

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  1. I swear you and Truth Addict are not human beings and just bots that came with the software package Leo purchased for this forum. Come on man. Who said he was a beginner and what the hell is a normal meditation practice?
  2. My main guides in terms of books are the following; Alcoholics Anonymous (variety of texts) Divine Therapy & Addiction - Thomas Keating Recovery - Russell Brand Letting Go - David R. Hawkins The Buddha Said - OSHO Meditations – Marcus Aurelius Dancing With Life – Phillip Moffitt Jesus Speaking on falling in love with life - Gina Lake The Bible (Good News Bible) The Mastery of Love - Don Miguel Ruiz The Fifth Agreement - Don Miguel Ruiz The Success Principles - Jack Canfield Life Strategies - Dr Phillip C McGraw The Chimp Paradox - Dr Steve Peters Two texts that may well prove to be very important that I haven't started yet are; A Course In Miracles Shadow Dance - David Richo Other authors who will be referenced aside from the above include; Gerald Jampolsky The Happy Buddha Thich Nhat Hanh Rick Hanson Russ Harris Viktor E. Frankl Ruth Field John B. Arden Charles Duhigg
  3. Nice post. I needed to hear that. ?
  4. What is frustrating is other human beings. You are getting on nicely, focusing on one thing at a time, and then some bastard starts talking to you and competing for your attention. I yearn for the day when in society it becomes a crime to needlessly disrupt someone's focus and serenity. It's an invasion of consciousness. Assault and battery. Then of course, there is the shit we just do to ourselves. Like an act of self-harm on your effort to become more conscious and mindful. Self-sabotage.
  5. I don't know what the hell that weird clip is about. Looks and sounds like a mixture of Priscilla queen of the dessert, the benny hill show and friday the 13th or Halloween music. Strange as fuck! Yeh I don't really buy into any of this nondual theory and I agree that it's a belief people hold. But for some the word belief is like an insult. Like you are comparing nondual to Santa claus. Regardless, there is enough brilliant self actualization material in general on this forum to keep me really glued to a lot of content.
  6. Maybe you don't need to. Maybe understanding homosexuality just isn't for you. Maybe you are not cut out to understand it. Understanding it might be beyond your capability.
  7. Mark my words; Trump 2020 is a real possibility Come on man, this is like stating "Mark my words; Rainfall in Seattle during 2020 is a real possibility"
  8. Love your post Michael and your input. I just query the last bit. Did I miss something in Anna's post about media, instagram etc? Surely there is nothing wrong with having a goal of weight loss if you are overweight? I know where you are coming from with the peer pressure dangers and the fad diets etc, but there is no point being overweight if one can safely get to a safer weight. By safely I mean physically and emotionally.
  9. @Zigzag Idiot This looks awesome. You've done it again Zigzag. Inspired me Love this journel. @Sahil Pandit
  10. If people are "harmed" by Greta talking then so be it. People standing up for the environment are not going to stop just because someone's feelings will be hurt. Tough. She's doing the world a favour.
  11. Lol, fair enough. Okay, it's probably good you don't mention then that often the choice is suicide or spirituality!
  12. Spirituality involves an ever deepening surrender to a power greater than yourself. It is the pursuit of a more meaningful existence where you connect on ever deepening levels with yourself, others, nature, and the Universe as a whole. It is the sacrificing of one half of yourself so the other half can step forward into the light. It is ego and animal instinct modification. Following the spiritual path is always linked to suffering and this suffering has ignited the desire to move away from, and surrender your plan, for His plan. It's usually through your own personal suffering. However, for some, it is the suffering of someone else who has passed their wisdom (spiritual path) directly to you, and you have been blessed enough to receive and act on the wisdom (spiritual path). Future suffering then strengthens the spiritual endeavour as long as you stay on the spiritual path and continue to surrender yourself and your prior plan, surrender your problematic ego states and surrender your problematic animal instincts. Phew... sorry probably too long. I didn't look at Google or books for any of that. I just sat here for 45 minutes and tried to write something that makes sense to me.
  13. Nonsense is usually less valid, unless nonsense is what you want to watch, which of course would then make it valid. There is a thread on the forum for enlightenment jokes and he belongs in there.
  14. Come on, this is a parody. Fake mustache?
  15. I'd be careful with that analogy. Some people reach "peak performance" at the expense of emotional mastery and not because of it. For example, people can high perform in their career and be dependent on substances to achieve this. Substances to self medicate their emotional turmoil once work finishes. Even striving for peak performance can compromise emotional mastery if you are obsessive and compulsive. My idea of emotional mastery is when you can consistently transcend the animal instinct to the benefit of yourself, others and the situation. To be able to resist impulse. To be able to resist instant gratification for longer term gains. To lose arguments and fights you don't really need to win. You control your emotions more than they control you. You park your emotions and feelings for the greater good. Emotional mastery to me is humility without being overly passive or submissive. It's courage without being reckless. It's honesty without using honesty to harm an another. Yeh you could say peak performance to a degree, but a peak performance which is more than performance if that makes sense. You don't even care too much for performance. You have transcended performance.
  16. My take is The are no bullshit thoughts but there are bullshit actions.
  17. Good video. Not sure why he is linking acceptance to "everything is okay as it is" though. Man I love it when someone can deliver a powerful message in a few minutes of video. Keep it simple. Job done. Great message he gives.
  18. @pluto Thanks for this. Lovely post. Funnily enough I'm about to start the book Man of No Ego. I'm pretty sure I got that idea of the book from you
  19. Who wants Truth? I think we need to put everyone's Truth into a hat and pull out one Truth from the thousands there are and just stick with that one. I'm getting confused about all the different Truth's out there. You can't have the Truth. You can only buy into someone else's or make up your own.