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@Flowerfaeiry Read Resurrecting Jesus by Adyashanti and you'll get a whole new perspective about Jesus and christianity. 🙂

And "nah this is not me just me feeling" "is just a thought."" "how do I do this", "No matter what I try to do it's just more thought or feeling" "Gaaah" "here I go again, more thinking" 😆 In my opinion feelings are meant to be felt fully. No matter how "good" or "bad" they might seem. Only once we start to cling to or resist certain feelings do they start to be a problem.

@PurpleTree Sounds like all religions including science. Used as a way to control and manipulate the masses.

Binary seems like a duality too. 🙂

I haven't seen it either but I do move chairs on a daily basis. I envision it in my mind's eye and suddenly a hand appears and moves it for me. 😁

Yeah maybe it's not as black and white as they make it out to be. It's good to be both critical and open minded to teachings. You could test this out. Can you be hungry and happy at the same time? Sure goals can be good. Depending on your goals 🙂 with spirituality you might need to choose. But take it as it comes. There's a difference between having thoughts and emotions, and being identified with them. There's a "stickiness" to them when you are identified with them, believing them to be true.

It doesn't say anything about Islam but it does say alot about ISIS and how far they have developed. Because they talk to completely different crowds. Have you watched the spiral dynamics series by Leo? Imagine talking to a red/blue crowd vs a green-yellow crowd. How would you adapt your teachings accordingly? You can see acts of terrorism in all religions. The acts are not reflection of the religion but the ones committing the act.

Happy new year everyone!

You can't displease God. Being afraid of hell IS hell.

A survival mechanism perhaps.

True. 🙂

Give it attention. Listen to it. Let it be just as it is.

Seems pretty far away. Maybe in 200 years or so here in Sweden if I'm optimistic. If you ever release a book of this and how to evolve todays political system towards this I'm buying it. 😁

@Leo Gura What's your political views in broad strokes?

Lao Tzu seems more right wing liberal to me in the Tao te Ching but I'm open on thoughts about that.

Yeah definitely. Someone public need to have higher standards and be able to think straight while getting their ass kicked in the comment section. 😁

Yeah mislead themselves and others. At best they can guide others up to that point but not any further. At worst.. I guess that's how cults are made. 😆

I think it's so common that I'm reluctant to point fingers to specific persons. The best antidote in my opinion is humility and openmindedness.

Doesn't (almost) everyone doing spiritual work go through this state though. We have many examples of that here on this forum.

@mrroboto Yeah beliefs are just that, beliefs. They are a mix of thought's and emotions that one identify with.

@Breakingthewall I see. Then I'll stop derailing this thread. 😁

@Breakingthewall is that a magic card in your profile pic?

Then give it all the love it needs. 🙂

@OBEler

@OBEler Probably meant as a joke.