Mal
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@Teags Keep making subject an object until there is nothing but Absolute subjectivity. You won't have to ask anymore questions.
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If you suspect there is a possibility there may be a little dependency and you see this happening in real time before it's too late, that's a good start! Maybe the answer is to develop some kind of moderation between hanging out here, practice and life?
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@PeakPerformance A quick and easy way to deal with this is the path of least resistance. Thoughts are like children, they are begging for attention. Pay attention to them. Listen to what they have to say. Look, listen but don't get too involved. Listen to their bodily manifestation (your emotions), feel your emotions. There is wisdom inside these mental and emotional fluctuations. They are a person's guiding light if treated well and not taken too seriously. If you have other options, like Witnessing Presence you can check to see if your thoughts and emotions are lying to you. Come back to the breath and alternate between awareness of your thoughts and feelings, make your life an "Integral" Practice. Thoughts and feelings are a tool for living life and navigating this object world. They are not the be-all-and-end-all of life, but they are there, they are useful and they assist in getting your bodymind's requirements met. Mal
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@Raquel Hi Raquel, Judgement is fine and necessary. What causes unnecessary strife is fixed beliefs and adherence to view. A little flexibility over thought and were just fine. Judgement itself is included in all things as part of the whole. Mal
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Aha! Thank you! Re: The bentonite, buy an edible powder, or one in liquid form (Healthy Origins does a fine one). I wouldn't attmept the low grade facial stuff, but if you are feeling adventurous.... If you have any metal fillings drink the shake through a thick plastic straw then brush your teeth immediately afterward, as the clay starts to pull the metal out of the filling. I always use a wooden teaspoon to mix the drink. Warmly Mal
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@jes Hi jes, Don't eat too much fruit. It's high in acid and sugar, aids candida and mould growth which zaps energy. It also keeps your body working overtime in an attempt to balance the pH. Try more alkaline foods like raw greens, broccoli, wheatgrass. You can pulverize this into a smoothie, but don't make it too smooth because you will destroy all the fibre cells and it will pass through you like a freight-train rather than cling to your intestine to be absorbed. I buy a supplement called edible bentonite clay and mix it with this http://m.nowfoods.com/Fiber-3-16oz.htm which I drink twice per day. Bentonite clay is a mineral that has a charge and attracts all the metallic residue build up in the body. It's the most powerful antioxidant known to us. The fiber supplement absorbs the toxins carried by the clay and helps carry it out of the body while cleaning the colon. Stay away from tap water - for obvious reasons. But the main toxin in tap water is fluoride which is highly toxic and leeches the body's energy. Buy distilled water instead. For keeping your liver healthy, blitz one raw garlic clove with a small piece of ginger (unpeeled) with a cup of distilled water and a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil. Yes it's disgusting and it repeats on you like an episode of Friends, but it's worth it! Try it and you will soon feel like you're plugged into the National Grid! Enjoy the radiance! -Mal
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@Vishal What else are you on this planet for? To transform it, or to run away into the hills like a coward and sit dissociated in the Absolute. A place where nobody benefits. The choice is ours
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@ashleigh How do you know your direct experience is even truth?
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Whatever you do, don't waste it on here...
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@Vishal I happen to agree with Sarah. My take is that self-worth is a concept, something that is a necessary stage along the way of development but not the complete picture. The next stage is cultivating the skill of being generative. This is about helping others free the shackles of their suffering while transcending ones own limitations. This is what Maslow meant when he coined the term Self Transcendence. Mal
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Life experience. You learn from your mistakes. That's the nitty gritty of it.
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You "get over it". I don't need anybody to be anything other than the way they are, including myself. I have access to high values because I developed them. But ultimately they are nonsense in the face of reality. I hope this answers your question as I wasn't sure exactly your context. Mal
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@BeckoningCat Thanks for responding and clarifying. I'm very sorry to hear of your experiences. If you need to somebody to talk to you are most welcome to p.m. me. Warmly Mal
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@Saarah @Saarah Ok, you see that. Do you think the person you are helping will be able to congnize in the same way you will? Think about that for a while. In my experience all we can really do is be an example of unconditional acceptance. I didn't know what unconditional love was until my mentor modelled it for me consistently while I went through extreme periods of self hate. He always seemed to be OK with my needing to answer back or get angry. It took a long time. Then I went through a period of imagining that he himself was the source of love, and put him on a pedestal. He made sure I took him off that pedestal by doing something imperfect that I would become disappointed at him for. It was such a long process. I eventually realized that I would not have been talked into that way of thinking, I had to integrate it myself. This reminds me of that old saying in the spiritual community "Be the change that you want to see happen in the world" Mal
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@Saarah What's beyond the selfish/selfless duality? Both selfish and selfless are ideas. What would be beyond these ideas?
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@jes Hey, Hating our hatred is what makes us a low consciousness human being. It is as it is. Resisting it does not make it go away. Explore the feelings, find out their origin, embrace yourself and be the witness of yourself you will lift yourself out of hatred and into good vibes. Love -Mal
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@Saarah Why are you not allowed to be both? If you embrace your selfishness you can only embrace others selfishness, which will make you selfless. If you disown your selfishness you're not being selfless, you merely create a shadow like so many spiritual people do. Mal
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Mal replied to abrakamowse's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
Lol, The instruction was rhetorical. It was for you rather than me. I have no need for an answer. Never mind Mal -
@Magnifico Hi Tim, I've never met a real grown up person in my life...
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Mal replied to abrakamowse's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
Nonsense. Do you want to experience the transcendent? Use your thinking mind to solve this problem. Come back and tell me as soon as you can find anything that is absolute. I await your answer -
Mal replied to abrakamowse's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
Of course it's all real. It's just not absolutely real. -
Mal replied to Heart of Space's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
@abrakamowse Hey, @All_Around_Me Gave us a perfect example of dissociation. She "didn't notice" her projection onto Wilber, but only noticed it after using the 3-2-1 technique on herself. All of us do this all the time. Even self-realized masters. -Mal -
This will be different for everybody. Let me draw a very crude analogy. No doubt you have met a person who left your workplace because something in that environment didn't agree with them? They can either leave and try to get the world to adjust to them. Or they can stay and transcend their environment. People who master and transcend are happier and are motivated by growth needs rather than deficiency needs. Yes, contemplation and digging down to find ones own values is what I am suggesting. What I am cautioning against is trying to become something one is not because of some external influence. As long as a person is their ego, they must dig deep to find their values within their emotional "self" and live them. One has to fully live and taste each level of development in order for it to become tired and ripe for transcendance. I hope this clarification is sufficient. I am happy to elaborate further if needed. -Mal
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@rush It depends on ones definition of results. We need to be ready for this kind of change and not just do it because somebody suggested it. Think about this, is it what you want, or are you letting somebody else tell you how to live your life?