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When you realize that you are just playing a part in a story, you're able to go about pretending as if there's you and other characters, but you know deep down that it's not real. You just have to learn to be a good actor, that's all. You can be anyone you want to be. You're writing the play as you act it out.

@Scholar Anyone that is too interested in one particular truth misses the greater picture.

@Serotoninluv You statement just felt defeating to me, I'm sorry if i projected that. Truly if you can enlighten yourself and you can enlighten the world.

Have you ever really watched the inclination in yourself to play the devil's advocate? It's so strong. When someone says something to us and they are SO SURE that they are right, something rises up in us and we want to show them that they are wrong. We inherently know that any firm position isn't truth, that it's utter bullshit. But, instead of recognizing that fact, accepting it and being still with it, we become it's opposite so that we can strengthen our own egos to oppose it. In the end, no one is really wrong and no one is really right. No one even wins the argument. There's no angel and there's no devil. They are both you. You can't be the devils advocate, you are the devil. If you're going to have a political discussion just go into it knowing that you're having an argument with yourself. If you enjoy that kind of thing, go right ahead. If it's making you angry, ask why you're angry with yourself. @Serotoninluv Collective consciousness and individual consciousness is another duality.

@Mikael89 You devil, you tricked me again. I come in here thinking I'm going to enlighten you and teach you the ways things are and instead you teach me. DAMN IT. I love you. This place is brilliant, it really is.

OH. MY. GOD. MIKAEL, YOU'RE A GENIUS. I love my dog, I don't want to eat him, I love cows, I eat cows. I love my Easter Lily, if I eat it it will poison me, I love green beans, I eat green beans. You can love everything, but still be selective. You still have to choose and know what's right for you. But no one elses choices are anything less than perfect, even if they are different from yours. But you can still CHOOSE THE THINGS YOU WANT in life! It's all ok! OF COURSE! Just like our true selves. Neither male nor female.

I forgot to water my Easter lily. She's totally pissed at me. Be right back.

@Mikael89 Thanks Mikael, I'm self centered and sometimes forget that everyone here isn't merican.

Ok. You're playing the part of a pious goody two shoes. I'm playing the part of a whore. I'll teach you how to have a good time if you'll teach me how to have some self respect.

@now is forever Spiritual work is being able to flip flop on every issue. Who are you? Are you in touch with all your darkest fantasies? Have you created a life for yourself where you can experience them? I have. I am fucking crazy. But I am free.

I have seen realize bizarre forms of spirituality/ veganism where people worship animals and despise humans. They recognize the ego in humans and hate it, not knowing it's themselves that they truly hate, not others. Cows are truly holy. That's why you must eat them.

The same rule applies as it does to eating my dog.

@now is forever I love Rich Roll and Dave Asprey both. They are both well worth listening to and give great advice. How can that be?

@now is forever Veganism is a diet, not a religion. Everything changes consciousness.

@JohnnyBravo Is money evil?

Yes! I want a pet tiger next. @Mikael89 The way they are raised for meat is a symptom of a very unconscious society. That is a valid concern. If I was legally allowed to do so I would eat all locally hunted deer and moose meat. The only way i can get it is if someone gives me some. For now I buy free range, grassfed and hope that they were raised in better conditions. I admire anyone who can be vegan or vegetarian, I just don't feel good eating that way right now. Maybe someday.

Yep. If he was the last thing to eat, I'd eat him. They did this in World War 2. The doberman breed was almost lost. What other choice did they have? My dog has been "dying" for two years now. I've cried over him and said goodbye thinking that was it several times. He's my spiritual teacher. He taught me how to let go of love and beauty and companionship, and that if I did let go it could never really leave me anyway.

Some dogs can stomach it and some can't. We created a lot of suffering in deer populations by killing off all their natural predators. The cycle of life can't be frozen at some random point that we decide is preferable.

My dog does TOO have intellect and other fancy stuff, and he can make choices and he definitely acts to make the world a better place. He's even a spiritual teacher on youtube. I'd choose your life over his given the chance but still, that doesn't mean he isn't incredibly valuable. No, I'm saying it doesn't matter what you eat, or what animals you accidentally kill in the process.

@Mikael89 What if I said that I love you the same that I love my dog? I want you to live your life without a single thought of guilt.

@Mikael89 I feed my dog meat. Should I put him to sleep for being a murderer? Forgive yourself. You're already perfect. @pluto I recently discovered that too accidentally. Spiritual awakening/easiest/most difficult diet I've ever tried.

"Later they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Jesus to catch him in his words. 14 They came to him and said, “Teacher, we know that you are a man of integrity. You aren’t swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are; but you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it right to pay the imperial tax to Caesar or not? 15 Should we pay or shouldn’t we?” But Jesus knew their hypocrisy. “Why are you trying to trap me?” he asked. “Bring me a denarius and let me look at it.” 16 They brought the coin, and he asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?” “Caesar’s,” they replied. 17 Then Jesus said to them, “Give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.” And they were amazed at him." "But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also; if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well; and if someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two.…" Matthew 5:40

Try to be aware of that 'flow" state when you're running, when you and the trail and what you're observing are all one. Try to appreciate the times when you are present, when you do see the beauty when you do feel connected. Then just work for more of that. It's tough when we recognize the ego for what it is and realize how much suffering it causes. But try not to focus on the ego and the suffering because that's the part that we want to get rid of. Focus on the love, connection and beauty in between.

@lmfao Always try to judge the experience as a whole. No one says that Harry Potter is a terrible series or not worth reading because Voldemort is in it. No Voldemort, no book.