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@Leo Gura how did you find your area of specialization?

@Gesundheit what does surrender exactly mean? Letting go?

Yeah it feels hard to drop your old habits

Shunyamurti in his last blog post said that meditation alone in this work is not enough. 'You can only get there through a very conscious understanding of the difference between the value system of the ego, the value system of the soul, and the value system of the higher self - and make a deliberate conscious choice to resonate at the level of the Atman'. I don't get it, does this mean taking psychedelics?

dis guy is amazing. He has so many insights about the power of the mind. Got my ass inspired!

Which SD stage would be The Sims game ?

It's just me seeking immediate pleasure even in the field of spirituality, don't care ? Shunyamurti spoke about this too

There are too many examples

Interesting perspective.

@Leo Gura I wonder why I don't fully get it even though I always try to understand people's wisdom?

@cobalto @Nahm @traveler thank you!

@traveler nice! but this reminds of a neo-advaita path of denial.

@Gesundheit thank you! Will definitely try this. @Guru Fat Bastard but how do you achieve that? What does 'experientially' mean? Meditation? I may sound dumb but I'm new to this so could you please explain it more? @allislove thanks for the advice! But I think it's very worthwhile to listen to Shunyamurti the wiseguy. @StarStruck thanks! What is integration? Is it shadow work?

I still don't get it very much but i thank everyone for your perspectives.

The Worshipped God I'm going to quote this book I've mentioned before (the words of the man who became God in my poor translation): 'People, people! You make lots of sins in your short lives, but the worst, the darkest of all of them is your inability to sincerely wish the good to each other. When a misfortune happens to others, you feel happy, stealthily, of course. If someone is lucky you feel sad, you despise the ones who are smarter, more talented than you. Why is it so? Is it because people hate themselves under the rose? By now, people are not truly free. They are the blind servants of their own mind. They don't rely on themselves, they rely on God! The earthly God, the skiey God! Actually, all people have the power to get closer to God. How? It's when they will learn to love everything like God! Only love can make people godly. Only love can make us pure, intelligent and generous. Love alone can make us free.'

A little bit about the shadow I read a book with a story of an ancient man becoming a worshipped God. I think that it must have taken place somewhere in South Asia since there are still rituals like this, though I'm not really sure about it exactly: Anyways, the requirements for a god in the ancient world were pretty much the same, except for the fact that he had to be a young beautiful man. He had to hear people's prayers and confessions, live in luxury, be worshipped and then finally be burnt in a sacrificial flame. 'I was trying my best to act like a god.' He talks about many lessons he has learned during that period of his life. For example, he understood that nearly every single person had secret dark intentions and a shadow side. And instead of trying to get rid of these, they would simply ignore that by turning to god and thinking that it was going to fix everything...

*Provocative* Every ego has false pride. I as an ego probably have a very bad kind of it. I was what you may call 'the annoying know-it-all-from-a-book' kind of a student in school. I just finished high school. I was so stupid that when I think about those days I want to die. But it was until I've stumbled upon these gems of ancient teachings on the net that I've started to experience less shame. More love and acceptance. Even though it hurt my pride to think about my old ways of dealing with my own non-existence, I was able to face the ego in all of its ugliness and false pride. Stop living under a delusion! Wake up to the real and come back home. God loves everyone no matter who you think you are.

@Anderz great! Did you Check out his latest video?

real beauty is generosity of spirit

I remember when I was really young I was OBSESSED with fairies. I watched Disney Tinker Bell movies and the idea of creating a house for fairies to catch them seemed brilliant. I would take cake packages, decorate them, make them look like a tiny house, put food inside and then wait for the visit. I was always dreaming about finally seeing a real fairy. I was always thinking about how they would look like, what clothes they would have, what language they would speak etc. We used to go to out in nature every summer for hay making and that's when I would roll up my sleeves. 'Nature is just the right place to search for them, mom!' So, I made a 'beautiful' house (which was very unfortunate, with the glue sticking out and all of that - no wonder the fairies didn't come lol) and put it in the woods that looked very suitable for them to live. Just for the record, my sister is 3 years younger than me. When I came back from home to check the fairy trap, I saw my sister standing there. Then, she said that she saw a real fairy near my craft. I was shocked. I believed her! I got very happy that my hard work finally paid off! But she was lying. I remember I cried INTENSELY because of it! *disappointed sobbing* Getting tricked by your little sister.. yep *mYsTeRiOuS place *

@DrewNows are you sure about that?

@Artsu sounds like unsubtle vanity.