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Oh ok. Yeah. I've been married almost 10 years and I'm still barely figuring that one out.

@Aakash Yes, all concepts and beliefs look like solid ground but are actually quicksand. That's really funny because my friend just told me a story about when he went mudding and he drove his car over what looked like solid ground and it was actually a leach field for a sewer that had dried on top. They had to spent the entire night immersed in shit getting the car unstuck. It's a pretty good analogy really. Do you mean to say that your choice to marry isn't actually a choice? You have different customs and expectations than we do here in the US I assume?

@Aakash I think I brought it out into the light and awareness but I'm working on dealing with it now. The thing about beliefs is that they have long tentacles that reach into and affect all areas of your life and then you have to untangle the whole mess.

@zambize God speaks to me sometimes, and he told me to send you this. Make sure you listen all the way through. I'll be watching.

I'd love to meet him someday.

That was my most recent realization. I had a belief that I needed to avoid close or special relationships and it was keeping me from growing and being open. It had a lot to do with my childhood and judging my sister as a whore for opening up to men and having so many male friends. Relationships do hurt though, even with the best intentions. We want to protect ourselves from that hurt, but in spirituality, all hurt is growth.

@Michael569 Macadamia nut oil is supposed to be a good one for up to 400 degrees, it's got a lot of saturated fat.

I'll put you to work if you want. I've been told many times that I make a good slave driver.

People shouldn't have special relationships with particular people because they are egoic relationships. Spiritual people don't do much of anything. Spiritual people aren't tied to a certain place or thing. Spiritual people can't want things.

@Salvijus That's the push I needed to really start listening to Sadhguru, thank you.

Supposedly the environment is so inundated with it that it's in the water and on your organic veggies.

@Truth Addict We're all one after all!

I focused so much on my spiritual growth that now my external life is a complete mess. So back to the basics it is for me. Love this.

@Serotoninluv I had a impluse to turn over this rock the other day. On the other side was all shell imprints. I guess it's not really a fossil, but shell imprints, I was told? I'll send it to you if you want it. There are a lot more like it around here.

@Serotoninluv Online dating seems to work out well for a lot of people though. I think the bottom line is that we're all magic. The ego says one thing is more magic over another. It says that one person is better than another. All things are sacred or nothing is sacred. And yet, we/life choose special people and things to come to us. It's another paradox.

Yes, if you use your intuition, it probably doesn't matter if you pay for something or if it's free. Hone your intuition first, then you can find out about if there's any value in crystals.

Yes. But if you find a special rock on the beach and it's meant for you, it might have powers, who knows. But no I don't think the powers can be bought and sold. Some things can only be given not bought.

@Zigzag Idiot Thank you. I think the belly is my biggest challenge right now. The empty head and open heart came easier.

Hugs Shin. Miss you.

I like to do anything between a mile and five miles depending on how I feel and what else I do that day. Normally I do around 2 -3 miles. Just go by what feels right, running is really enjoyable once you learn to relax into it.

I'm already taken but since there's no you and no me maybe I already did. @DrewNows I had never heard that one before!

There's no time but there's also no past to return to. Because there's no time.

Hmm... I'm really interested in this topic but don't have an answer. I'll give you some thoughts that may or may not be accurate though. I believe that anything you put a lot of focus into can transmit power to an object or place. So I don't believe that the crystal has powers in itself but that you can give them powers. Is your lucky underwear really lucky? Or is it psychology? I say your lucky underwear has mystical powers because you do.