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peace is nothing to do with the world, it is what i bring to the table i have no say in what goes on in the world so why would i lose my peace over it anything can happen and most likely will ... i know this ... so why would i lose my peace over it the world does not touch me, i touch the world, i either bring peace or i bring war

if you always agree or (always disagree) with people you are being inauthentic authenticity is agreeing sometimes disagreeing others and standing up for your particular point of view you are giving them a sample of the real you, the one they need at the moment, the one that may correct them from poor decisions

yes ... if people pointedly transgress or violate your boundaries, it may be righteous to take measures to demonstrate displeasure and indignation hard to think of cases where you physically retaliate but there could be scenarios, an exampe of which is the clip above you have to pick your battles carefully and also you have to weigh the likelihood of will your action bring about change in their behavior or not usually best to do nothing but on the other hand don't become the local whipping boy and yes this story is spoken of in all 4 gospels of the bible: The narrative occurs near the end of the Synoptic Gospels (at Matthew 21:12–17, Mark 11:15–19, and Luke 19:45–48) and near the start in the Gospel of John (at John 2:13–16).

their hate is needed to test how awake you are you need more work to become untouchable unflappable dispassionate empathetic when you bring awareness to the lion's den you will be indifferent to whatever malice is hurled at you indeed you will be an agent for transmuting their negativity into civility sticks and stones break my bones and words they never hurt me

certainly had to scratch and claw to dismiss the endless distractions ... world and mind don't want to go down easily our destination is the same but our path and speed need not intersect ... me i am one of life's worker bees rather than the gifted gilded elite even though i am ruthlessly laser focused on self i do look to love those i pass by day to day take a look at my timeline on twitter and reddit if you want, same username as here, i don't post but do speak to what others say

hedonism/asceticism is for a person is there a person here

for me i don't think about this work i set it in stone and do it ... if i did think about it there is no way i would be able to follow through i do listen to the body, when it was too cold this winter i stayed in bed, i know the temperature that makes the sitting unbearable, i don't negotiate with myself and say you did good this week take a day off ... no i take days off for explicit reasons ... what i know is the mind will use any trick to stop me meditating, its life is on the line, so i have to set the plan and stick to it meditation is the answer to every ill in life for me ... this is not an opinion this is my experience ... if you knew me a year ago you would agree that i am unrecognizable for me it is not self help but self halt

of myself i do nothing is the same as the buddha saying sit until you get to no self so that god can take the wheel

it is damn arduous and a not for everyone sacrifice getting up in the dark the eerie silence the cold every morning i am giving it all for what i consider the most important thing i will keep giving more and more as my body allows i seek absolutely nothing except a fantastic now

everyone acts according to their level of consciousness do you know their past their pain their parents for example? have mercy ... you are not that virtuous ... why you don't remove the log in your own eye before you criticize the splinter in mine everyone has the same destiny and everyone is taking a different route to get there your route is not their route and your speed is not their speed

put in a life time's effort in one day and see if god gives one more

utter exhaustion ... you went to the max... you survived you thrived ... what didn't kill you will build you ... you did god proud and will be recompensed as a good and faithful child ... to him who gives much to him much will be given ... this is the well lived life and the only sound night's sleep

welcome ... contemplate that there can never be one like you, you bring the best thing ever to the table, no one will ever unleash the riches you alone produce

existence equals created plus uncreated created was created from the uncreated uncreated was ... not created your job is to go from created back to uncreated ... from the dreamed to the dreamer ... that's where the fun is

there are two hearing every message the ego and the god your trouble is you yourself as ego can't get god's attention can you that's what meditation does

forget life ... what have you done of value today ... don't go to bed til you have done something of value ... then you can die happily

jealousy is 2 things 1. i compare myself unfavorably to others, i am not as valuable as them ... namely i have self esteem issues 2. i think my partner is open to dumping me ... namely i have trust issues with this particular person eliminate either one and jealousy is gone or better eliminate both

only mom will take a bullet for the child you won't

a-nother n-ot g-ood e-go r-eplies a-lgo n-ot g-od r-eally y-ou

want to go to bed tonight collapse into bed utterly exhausted then to get up tomorrow just as exhilarated and exuberant fear it not gonna happen but trust me it's okay i have put in the work today and i am ready and willing to call it a day

samadhi is indistractability, imperturbability, unshakability, impassivity <Impassibility (from Latin in-, "not", passibilis, "able to suffer, experience emotion") describes the theological doctrine that God does not experience pain or pleasure from the actions of another being.>

you are correct yet to see you have to first know what is being talked about

what happens in meditation is none of your business

anger is the belief, the world has wronged me and i need to assert myself and right that wrong contemplate this then ask has an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth ever worked to bring harmony trust peace

i wrote a decent thread delving into the logos this morning if anyone wants to read