Bojan V

I am so sorry about your situation. But why is it so expencive to get a passport, air-ticket and money to stay alive? And who would give you so much money? I know there is no democracy in Iraq and you are in a very difficult situation, as you described in several of your posts. Is there any cheaper way to get out of Iraq?

Nobody here gives any explanation of witchcraft or magic or any other thing. Only shallow, short pseudo-descriptions plus some unsupported claims, without any knowledge or introspection. Same as with any other theme. The only exception here are people with genuine mystical realizations. However even they don't have any adequate, integral knowledge about almost anything. Maybe people who really know stay silent... I don't claim i have some adequate knowledge or universal paradigma, not at all, but i wouldn't write nonsense, originating from my ignorance. So i am asking is there anyone who has some deep, adequate knowledge about magic? I am certainly willing to listen and to learn...

@Fleetinglife Thank you for your kind reply. But no apology is needed. I am half Slovenian/ half Croat and i should also apologize for the croatian persecution of almost 200 000 Serbs at that time, which was such a terrible tragedy! Non of this is our fault, my brother. All is well between us??. Peace?

I live in a very rural area. In fact my home is sorrounded by forrest. Only one house is 100 meters away, the rest of the village is even further away. There are zero people interested in spirituality here. In fact they are very ignorant about many things. Only one neighbour in the village nearby was willing to talk about it. However there is a beautiful nature all around. Many animals come to visit: birds, deer, fox, sometimes bear... It is really like a fairy tale. One spiritual teacher i knew said that nature enables spiritual development. From my experience this is true. So, regarding spirituality, my connection is mainly with the nature. And i come here on this forum to chat and to inform myself about spiritual stuff... I actualy like it that way...

It is interesting that all the teachers mentioned by people here are only either from the West (Usa, Canada) or from the East ( India,Tibet). There are other countries and places on this planet as well. I mentioned one spiritual teacher from Serbia. Where are spiritual teachers from Chile, Mozambique, Kyrghistan, Sudan etc.? Why are people so limited to only a few countries considering teachers and also other issues? Is it because they only speak and read english language? Why don't they learn other languages? This is such a limitation! Spiritual riches are all around this planet!

Žarko Karišik Durmitara. He was amazing spiritual teacher from Serbia. His spiritual path was a combination of hatha yoga + Jung's active imagination. His approach was healing and reintegration of the psyche first and after that enlightenment happend to him (the lowest type of enlightenment, as he said to me). He wrote several books, the main book is "Naša joga i prosvetljenje". In english it means "Our yoga and enlightenment". However his books are writen only in serbian/croatian language so probably you won't have any use of them. Also he passed away and i don't know who is selling his books now. But you can check his blog and read some of his writings with the help of Google translate. http://durmitara.blogspot.com Probably this will be more helpfull to people from the Balkan area and to those who understand serbian/croatian language... The other spiritual teacher (or should i say writer because of his blog and book) is David Davidya Buckland from Canada. You can check his blog too: http://davidya.ca He is writing about different stages of enlightenment, about healing, reincarnation etc. I hope that is helpfull to you in some small way...

Yeah i've seen this and similar justifications before. I'm not buying it.

Radical openmindedness doesn't mean we should believe in every nonsense. "Other threads" can be full of hardcore nonsense as well. Personaly, i am not Leo's "follower", and i am openminded. But this sufi "master" is fake. He is just typical muslim and i don't trust anyone who is a follower of a murderer and pedophile.

@Arcangelo What you is not what it really is.

@BlueOak Many thousands of people are spirituality waking up. Not only that, many also continue their journey on higher stages of enlightenment. As a result of that, there are some consequences, affecting the entire collective. The tide is coming and all boats are rising up with it, ready or not. People who resist this process create some drama. It is very unpleasant to experience suffering. But insted of accepting and healing their inner wounds, they project them onto others, which causes conflict. However for many others this is a great oportunity to heal and to grow. I am somewhere in the middle. Resisting a lot, because it hurts and because i am unwilling and/or unable to process the pain. But because this approach is not going anywhere, i let go eventualy, stop resisting and let the healing happen... On the collective level all of this is much more complex and i am unable to decifer it's complexity. Anyway, even do i have some doubts about all this, better times are ahead of us all...

@Arcangelo The world is NOT going to the toilet! Why are so many spiritual (or "spiritual") people so afraid? Why do they interpret everything through the lense of fear? I am still the beginer on the spiritual path, also i admit there is a lot of fear in me waiting to be resolved. However i try not to colour the world with my projections of fear. A purification process is going on in the world right now. The repressed submerged shadow-aspects of our (relative) selves are emerging on the surface to be seen and to be healed. This process is happening on the individual and collective level. It is very painful and complex and it manifests itself on various levels and in many forms. But the final outcome of that is not some dystopian era, a New Middle age of cyberpunk shallow tirany. No. The final outcome and result is the New Era of Enlightenment. Homo Novus, New Human, is being born, within us and around us. It would be nice if we all participate in that process, be that with some form of inner healing, meditation or any other transformative spiritual path. Then our outer actions will spontaneously reflect our inner peace and Love...

It is very easy to talk about the war when people don't experience it directly. Personaly i did not experience war directly, only indirectly, when walking on the bridge above the river, avoiding tank-mines, which were there to prevent the serbian army to cross over the bridge. Also few kilometers away from me there was shooting and in the city further away there were battles and we could see and hear the explosions. Also radical political party bought my father's car and their leader was killed in that same car. And of course there was hatred among people combined with the radicalization of society. But that happend on the whole teritory of ex-Yugoslavia. I wasn't involved in war back then, but only because i was to young. If i was older i don't doubt i would be recruted in croatian army. I don't know how that would end. Personaly i never hated the Serbs, maybe i would not comply with the military, i don't know, and this is only one of the personal dilemas i have to deal with. War reveals (and causes) so much hardship on so many levels, personal and collective. Maybe it really is some form of purification, but it is the worst one...

@Yarco Hey! It is a hellish life, isn't it?! You said psychology can't help you. However, it would be good to find a depth oriented clinical psychotherapist. Only he or she could really be able to help you. It is important for you to be happy, but your child deserves a happy parent too. And one very important fact to remember: unresolved shadow issues in parents are replicated in their children. Please understand i don't blame you in any way, i only wish that you and your family are happy...

As a long time ACIM student i have to say it is much more nuanced and complex then you described in your post...

Apparently the book will have 1000+ pages! I am so excited about it!

This is such a wonderful testimony of your life and its struggles! Thank you for sharing it with us and i'm so happy for you! Bravo??...

@Sine I discovered one and only message i send to him. I asked him, after his claims about higher states of Consciousness and being one with God, what happend to his wounds as a relative person. I suspected some spiritual bypass. He answered back telling me he is preety much healed but there is always some room for continues healing in the collective... But i never thought he would die by suicide... This is so sad...

WaveInTheOcean, rest in peace??... My condolences to you and to all of his family and friends... ?️

@DoTheWork Maybe you should try some serious inner shadow work. If possible with competent psychodynamic psychotherapist.

@itachi uchiha You are just talking nonsense.

Please, seek help from professional therapist or psychiatrist. There is the solution to your difficulties. Hugs, my friend. The darkness can appear total, but in Light there is no darkness. Call the emergency and this will be your first step toward the solution. ?

@WokeBloke Oh please. I don't listen to Sadhguru, just like i didn't listen to Sai Baba when he was popular and still alive. Fake gurus and avatars are not my "thing".

God is NOT selfish.

@Tyler Durden What i'm interested in is your lower head?.

@Meliodas That's not true. There are many opportunities in other countries and there are amazing people all around. In other 1st world countries and 2nd world countries as well. Many americans are living in a bubble unaware about the rest of the planet.