How to be wise

@Daphnedenninghoff23 The religion of tomorrow by Ken Wilber. It’s a pretty gargantuan book, but it really ties together everything related to spirituality.

When Sadhguru talks about karma, he basically means ‘consequence.’ If you do x, then expect y to happen. For example, if you gorge on sugar, expect to gain weight. That definition of karma makes sense to me. But most people, especially in the west, define karma as ‘retribution’, which I believe is false.

@Brandon Nankivell Of course don’t forget Ramaji’s scale. He wrote a book called ‘1000’, and he numbered a huge amount of spiritual teachers. Very important model.

@The_Alchemist I do spiritual techniques several times a day. The remaining time I just waste on recreational videos, plus reading some spiritual books. I live a very sedentary lifestyle. I almost never talk to anyone. And no friends since three years ago. I doubt I could relate to anybody after my awakening last year.

@Chr1st1ne If I were you, I’d focus on enlightenment, the zen style. There’s plenty of distractions in the spiritual marketplace, including crystals and chakras. Do those things after you’re enlightened.

@Eren Eeager My guess is that the ego is infinite, meaning that it never gets fully dissolved no matter how much work you do. That’s why all gurus will have some ‘egoistic tendencies.’ The prime example is yogiraj siddhanath. Despite having a high level of consciousness (LOC 1000), I saw a video where he was shouting at his students because they were sneezing too much!

@machinegun This may be hard to believe, but everything that happens in life is a gift for you. Everything, bar none. If it wasn’t for your highest good, it wouldn’t be happening. Karma doesn’t exist, but not because life is unfair. It doesn’t exist because nothing bad happens in life that requires retribution. This is something that I have directly experienced. The only reason you’re not seeing it is because your ego is doing a good job of hiding it. Once you’ve done enough work on your ego, I’m sure you’ll see it too. Life is good!

You're forgetting the third part. We humans are three part beings, as God said. Body, mind and soul. The soul is not inside the body as most people think. It’s actually everywhere. All of reality is your soul. So there are no such things as ‘individual souls.’ There is only one soul.

@xxxx The mind isn’t located in the brain. It’s actually located in the entire body. Every cell has a mind. The reason why we associate the mind with the brain is because the brain has the most cells. That’s it. The entire body is the mind. This is one of the most interesting things I learnt from the book ‘Conversations with God.’

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It will end one day, lol.

@benny It can’t be explained. Sufi story: A man asked a master, “what is the difference between truth and falsehood?” The master replied “4 inches.” The man asked him to explain, so the master said, “it’s the distance between the eye and the ear.” What you hear is always false, because truth can never be put into words. Truth can only be seen.

@MsNobody Leo has had a rough year due to his health. I doubt he will feel like celebrating Christmas this year.

‘Someone else’ is only a concept. And most people won’t enjoy raping even if it was legal.

Why shouldn’t we be selfish in life? We only have one of it, so we need to make the best of it we can.

@Striving for more Of course. Law of attraction says that if you really believe that you can get something, you’ll get it. The problem is, most people have limiting beliefs that tell them that they can’t have the money they want. Once those beliefs are weakened (through meditation) then you can be almost certain that you will get it.

@Elshaddai Wise and good only means: what will make me happy in the future. So if you think that children will make you happy, then it is wise to have them.

A depressed mind knows no rest. It will only rest in peace.

What proof do you have of that being true?

Of course you do. You’re doing it right now! Whatever you’re doing in life is valuable to you. Otherwise you wouldn’t be doing it!

@Fkdel Book by J C Stevens on Kriya Yoga.

@BipolarGrowth Everything in existence is you. And existence is just consciousness.

@SS10 Spend a small amount of time doing that activity everyday. So small that it doesn’t bother you. Then make it a habit. You'll find that as the weeks go on, you can slowly increase the amount of time you are working everyday. And within a few months, you’ll be comfortable working a good amount of time each day. In a nutshell, start small and increase slowly over time.

@Milos Uzelac Everything in life is a gift. And yes that includes your suffering. Just trust that you’ll be alright in the end (you will be!).

I'm sure that next Christmas won’t be very different.