Arkandeus

there is nothing wrong with power, power is good, it is a good feeling, its expansion. the ego is the one telling you that there's something wrong with having power. you are soul capable of creating reality, ascending dimensions, reincarnation, psychic abilities and much more... you deserve to feel powerful! because you are. but anyhow don't worry, the real powers do not come to those who don't have the wisdom to do good with it

did the core teachings of buddha also teach you that time is an illusion? Therefore if time is not real, then what will decide how fast you will get where you want to go? It is truly intent. < For that you have to be conscious of your power as a spiritual being and your responsibility. It means that you have to believe and intent for it to happen now. There's no ''objective'' measure, you are the creator of your reality, beliefs and intent are arts that need to be mastered in order to succeed at this. Now I know it won't happen right now, even if you tried, because you aren't proficient yet at intent. But in order to be good you have to start now, literally, believe and intent that everything can happen now, and slowly it will happen now. It will take you believing that things are happening right now that aren't actually happening right now. It is direct practice of seeing beyond physical reality....and seeing the real potential spiritual reality. you are the leader of the ship, if you want the ship to go the right, you have to believe and intent for it to go to the right, even if its going to the left at the moment. this practice obliterates the modern ego that only wants to look at objectivity and facts and steer from that data.

keep changing, you'll grow spiritually and evolve to a point where you will radiate awareness, love, warmth, uniqueness, and much more... THEN people will be ready to listen to your spiritual advice. timing is very important, it is a matter of feeling, some people will be ready to discuss this with you, some not. But people are always watching, as you evolve they will start being curious, and when you thrive you will feel it, you will feel that they are ready to listen. so have the timing of a cat, the day will come when your family will want to hear what changed you so much, they are always listening subconsciously and consciously, do not worry ,just keep growing. also your stuffed animals are made of consciousness and atoms that posses a consciousness, your stuffed animal is pretty much alive and has its own form of consciousness. so do not feel alienated, when you share your stories with your stuffed animals, that is a beautiful act of love

principal of acceleration, a positive spiral, the more you advance, the better you get at advancing the beginning really is the hardest part of spirituality, once the ball gets rolling I assure you that change happens fast and constantly. the promise of spirituality is a life of constant joy and happiness and fulfilling, does anyone sometimes think about what it takes for them to be in a state of constant joy and happiness? it takes some serious changes in the degree, intensity and variety of your reality. spirituality WILL blow your mind, literally, you will experience things that will make your mouth drop. the beginning is slow, that is normal, you're slowly awakening to your identity as a soul if you really want to advance faster I suggest you read a book called ''seth: the eternal validity of the soul'' written directly by an highly awakened soul that lives in the ethereal world beyond physical life and time. it is literally a teacher from beyond our dimension

its just someone having fun in their own creative way

notice that you are in the zone regularly, notice those moments when you are already in the zone. do you have any fear of falling when you walk? do you have any fear of failing to walk? when we walk we are in the zone, and walking is no easy or ''simple'' feat. It is a complicated string of physical calculations and balance, but because it is the first thing we learned and mastered we sort of gloss over it and think its just a natural occurrence. Same with reading, most people are very confident in their reading abilities , they read in a ''flow' state yet reading is not something simple at all. You can find your own personal flow states in many of your daily activities where you act with full confidence and grace. To recognize that you already have flow states gives you the ability to investigate how to achieve a flow state. How did you achieve a flow state while walking? how did you achieve a flow state with reading? You'll see that before you could walk with full confidence, you were crawling, you tried hard for many months, you desired to walk, you fell many times yet you pushed through with amazing dedication. No baby goes after falling a dozen times : ''well that's it : I'm tired of trying to learn walk, I give up, it's too hard'' A baby doesn't doubt for a second its determination, yet it fails many times before it can finally walk properly into a flow state. this process is amazing, and there's a lot to learn from it. so for me to get into a flow state is to have the determination of a baby to set to do what you want to do, and no matter how many times you fail or ''fall'', get back up and keep striving to set out your desires, till you don't notice when you fall, till the idea of failing doesn't seem ridiculous, it never even enters your mind to begin with,and then before you notice it will the come state with zero doubt, the state where you act with your full intent and will power and confidence, because winning and setting out to do what you want is your only reality.

this is like learning to walk....you will fall from time to time. you are very conscious of what happened and your desire to change and become better is the sign that you will learn an enormous amount from this and overcome this sort of behavior eventually. you can't do more then that, don't feel too guilty, your ego is the one making this hurt, putting pressure on you that you should've ''known better''. this is a long road, as long as your intent is in the right place you will get there, don't panic when you have drawbacks, the car is turning around slowly but surely and the more you go the more you accelerate. how wonderful it is that you are so conscious and that you care so much about the way you affect the people around you. an error is just, an error...it never defines you, you can learn from it, if you feel you hurt someone you can talk to them and express your feelings. where will you prove the strength of your heart, the strength of your belief in yourself but in those moments of weakness? be grateful for it is a chance to enlighten yourself even more. Who are you in rapport to this event? What kind of reaction will you take, that most clearly reflects the type of person you are? Are you able to be forgiving towards yourself?to never stop believing in yourself? to forgive others? good luck

once you start chosing something to listen to you are doing something in my opinion. now if there is natural sounds in your environment that are not under your control then listening to these sounds is just a natural occurrence

Forever All ways In The Heart - Faith Forever Always in The Here Free Allthings Inside The Heart I personally love spiritual acronyms, they seem to help me get certain concepts

Try to be more of yourself. Feel less guilt. Feel less shame, feel less anxiety, feel less anger, in that process you have to help yourself overcome your negative feelings. Your ''inner demons'' so to speak. You have to realize that all demons are illusions, and illusions are real, but they're made real by you. Meaning that to overcome inner demons you don't fight them directly, for your focus is empowering, you have to pay less attention to them. What you look at directly, disappears. To look directly at something is to look at it with acceptance as though it is happening to you, but in front of you, you are merely a witness to it. It is possible to be calm in anger, it is possible to be calm in a state of anxiety, to be calm in sadness, to be calm in jealousy, to be calm in pain. The be calm and accepting is to ''understand'', one cannot accept what he does not understand, so to be calm in the face of your negative feelings, your inner demons so to speak is to understand them subconsciously. Also work on your positive feelings. Be more free, be more loving towards yourself, believe more in yourself

balance as always, love others but also love yourself. even just having the will of wanting to love another is a beautiful thing, even if you don't find the time to actually do it because you're too busy with your own problems. just that intent alone, is a gem that fires loves vibrations in all directions, you'd be surprised how your presence alone plays its role in many thing in this world, and for that I personally couldn't be more thankful for your habit.

amazing question. Sometimes your thoughts translate your heart, sometimes they don't have it right. feelings are always true, but we misunderstand our feelings very easily, with the ego in the way. our heart might be pointing towards one direction and the ego in the other which brings up mixed feelings, mixed thoughts, and confusion. I basically just repeated what you already said...it's something very personal I guess. If I were to give you advice is to first ask your higher self this : ''I want to be able to understand the feelings of my heart better'' Even if asked just once, the intention is set, and in the following days or weeks you will get better at it. A spiritual law I read about is what you ask, you get, but you have to ask. I guess for more deep advice when making a decision, pay careful attention. heart feelings tend to be quite grounded, the ego jumps all over the place, it's not certain. The heart follows excitement and joy, the ego runs away from fear and discomfort. How does it make you feel the idea of quitting school? does it excite you?do you think you'll be able to do something more interesting and authentic? The ego likes to do keep doing things that don't work, the ego would rather stay 'secure' in comfort then change what doesn't work. Is school working out for you? If you give something a decent try and it doesn't work out, then change and try something that might work. If you make a decision out of a place of fear it's most likely the ego. ''If don't go finish this school, I won't have a job,I'll end up on streets''..... that is the ego. I'll tell you this, you have a higher self that oversees millions of parallel realities, that sees into the future and the past, that attracts events and people in your life for your benefit and joy....all you need to do is trust your heart, you are amazingly powerful. Don't let fear guide your life. It's really a matter of trust, if you feel like you're ready to trust your higher self, that everything will work out if you quit school then do it, if you're not ready yet don't do it. till you feel that confidence. Once you start trusting, once you start living your life this way and you see results, you see that the universe has your back you will never to go back to not trusting again. It just feels so good to trust and just follow your excitement!

in my opinion if you're looking to understand a message from the higher self always look straight into your heart. what your heart tells you is your answer

I'm not gonna tell you you are wrong. If you feel ugly then that is your reality and experience and that has to be respected. But know that you could experience yourself in an entirely other way, I guarantee you, you could look at yourself in the mirror and be amazed. I didn't like my body and my face so much either before spirituality. Now I do. I didn't ''change'' who I was in that perception, I changed perception altogether. So in that old perception I'm still the loser, and I will always be, because that is the way that perception works. You have to realize it's just a perception. It's not the stone cold truth. I assure you that others see you in an entirely different way then you see yourself. If I would see you no doubt I would find you beautiful. Would that mean my perception is better or the truth? Not at all! I think the key here is understanding that no one is safe from looking ugly, there is for everyone a perception of themselves where they look ugly. which is why you can have models that think they look ugly, pop stars with insecurities, or just a regular guy or girl that thinks he/she is ugly... No one is safe from this shit. Because no one is objectively beautiful or ugly, it doesn't exist. It really is our perception that decides what is beautiful or not. Most of us are stuck in society's perception of ugly and beautiful, and yes in that one most of the people are not beautiful.Most of us are ugly. That's just the way it is. But what is society? it's division, it's war, it's violence, it's manipulation, competition...do you really want to base your perception of yourself on our society?Society is nuts, don't believe it. Any spiritual person you will encounter will see the true beauty of your body, and I'm not talking about ''pretend or inner beauty'' but the actual true beauty of your body and face. And I tell you that the body viewed from a more spiritual perception is a ten thousand times more beautiful then the superficial perception of society. When I walk around the streets it's like half the people I see are models. it's up to you if you chose to believe in society's perception or in the perception of the spiritual community. If you chose the latter you will be able to access an entirely different perception of your body

So I came across this in a book recently, apparently aside from touch, smell, taste, sight, hearing, we have sixth sense that is knowing. And suddenly I'm recalling past experiences and having new experiences related to that, it's starting to resonate with me and I'd like to investigate this further with you all. I've been stretching for about half a year now, I go to the gym sometimes and a I sometimes feel sore in a particular spot on my back and my regular stretches aren't always helping that spot. Then about a week ago I just had the sudden idea to try to stretch in a new way, I just did a set of movements and it helped. I was surprised because I never knew much about stretching and here I was doing my own personal stretch. Never would I have been able to come up with my own stretches, as I would be too fearful to stretch in a bad way and make damage to my body, yet I just knew how to move and that it would help that particular spot. The same thing happened not long ago. From a past injury on my left elbow I sometimes feel sore there if I exercise too much, I've been having this for about a year now. If I just let it be it passes after a day or so. Today I have that feeling again in my elbow and suddenly I have the idea to massage the tissue with my fingers in a special way, and the result it feels better. Now the idea that ''massaging my elbow could probably help the soreness'' isn't new, it's not a biological concept I'm unfamiliar with. But what happened is that suddenly I knew how to massage it and I knew it would help in that moment and that is not something I'm used to at all. I also have another example with a dog, where one day I was retrieving some cash at the bank and this guy came in with this huge dog. Now I love dogs but sometimes I'm slightly scared. I just suddenly felt like I knew I could pat him with absolute safety and I did and it went well. Immediately after I left the bank I wondered ''why did I feel so certain I could pat this particular dog? why don't I feel this way with all dogs?'' Im slowly starting to get what this sixth sense is about. I'm wondering if anyone on the forum has similar examples and situations to share?

very nice...your post shows the truth. You long to stop seeing people in that light, yet you know that you see them in that light. So do you really see people in that light if you desire to not see them that way anymore? This is a very nice entry point into learning about awareness. Your belief system has changed, but your reality and your perception still has to follow. You are aware of people in a certain way, and the way you are aware of them bothers you. You want to be aware of people in a new way, more expansive, more loving. So don't identify with your arrogance you are already above it. Your very desire to change is proof that you're not arrogant anymore. Now about your perception of people, it will slowly change over time. You've already done the hardest and most important part, you admitted what was going on and you desire to change. Soon you will see people in an entirely new light, and I guarantee you that you will be surprised. Arrogance is really an illusion, people are very intelligent, from the guy who takes your trash away to the cashier to the ceo. when you see and understand this, you'll be in another dimension quite literally, which is why spirituality is awesome

I think the ego serves its function in playfulness. You know if you are with your friends and suddenly you make a contest of who can throw the rock the furthest away, or who can chug the most beer, or who can dance better....actually that's a better example. Take a look at dance battles. It's like playing, it's like acting. ''see how I can dance?can you do better?!it's your move now'', then bam the other guy comes in and shows his moves! This is how the ego can be playful. Same with animals, take cats or dogs, they don't have any ego but they play fight sometimes. Or like acting, actual movies. The ego can be used to portray different personalities, even evil ones, but it's a movie, it's not serious. I think the purified version of the ego is a more playful version, it serves you to access your joy in different ways, to play with others, instead of the monster ego that drives you to be serious and step over others and abuse them.

Paths to enlightenment are infinite. Who knows maybe trusting your mind can lead to you and your mind working together towards enlightenment. To trust your mind is not necessarily to submit to its will, it can be to trust that it will work in your favor. it may just be a teaching that doesn't serve you if it doesn't feel right. I'd never read such a book,as I know I don't want to trust my mind, I don't want to hear of it. if you're interested I heard about this book called ''the Law of One'', apparently that one's also a gem, I'll certainly check it out soon

You remind me of one my personal investigations this week. That is to enlighten, we will have to completely accept the state of not being enlightened. How can we be at peace with our world, how can we be at peace with the people in our world that are not enlightened? If we cannot accept and love the state of not being enlightened then there is conflict. And to love is to understand. It makes for a very interesting approach....I've noticed not-enlightened people are a roadblock to me. I have this desire to ''teach'' them , to ''free'' them. It really makes me realize that I view people as an intimate part of me, a part of my identity, so much that I automatically want to apply what I learn to them. Otherwise if I'm enlightened and others are not it feels sorta wrong?But that's the cue. It is possible to be enlightened and not enlightened at the same time. Through my intimate acceptance of the lives of people who are not seeking the spiritual path, I am not-enlightened and at the same time I am enlightened through my personal endeavors and those of my fellow lightbringers. So the ''ultimate'' enlightenment might be to be both enlightened and not-enlightened at the same, through the people in your world that make the ''total'' you up. To merge with the present moment, to be with All That is, is also to merge with all that your personal self is NOT trying to be and thus rise above the personal self to embody a greater all-encompassing self. I think I'm starting to really respect the power of acceptance...

I'm confused by absolute do you mean they experiences most of the time union with All That is or do you mean their state of being?

maintaining a posture is doing something, stop maintaining a posture. believe me it won't ruin your meditation, all this talk about ''chakra'' flow if your posture is right is not bullshit but it's not true either. It's necessary for beginners to have ''rules'' they can enforce so they can believe in their spiritual growth. But past a point you don't necessarily need one way or another to grow spiritually, you can meditate doing dishes, walking, talking with someone....it's not about what you do in the physical world it's about what happens inside. Do nothing, let yourself have a natural posture, that changes, that is unpredictable, that is always new,so you can relax and be yourself.

for there to be a hero there has to be a villain. I think evil as we define it in human terms is a very essential building block of the universe. But as we are consciousnesses taking a portion perspective of positiveness I doubt we will truly understand its purpose any day soon since it's our identity to move away from it and loathe it. If we truly understood evil, could we then still be good? It's to understand to be? I think it's something like that. Maybe being evil is a different form of love, one we do not get. There's probably a dimension full of evil societies where spiritual evolution is based around getting more and more evil. The universe is infinite...

I understand your perspective Shin. But if she cannot say no that is her fault and responsibility. Now if he was beating her and threatening her with something I'd completely agree. But in this case he's not hurting her, he doesn't owe her an attachment either, if she wants to keep seeing him under these circumstances that is her responsibility. well that's my personal perspective

don't pity her, you're both adults, it goes both ways, you're both responsible for yourselves, if she's still seeing you then she has something to gain from this as well, you don't have to feel any guilt.... your deepest most honest self-interest is always in the greater good of everyone. it's not a typical relationship, who cares? let things be what they are, if you're fine with it and she is, let it go on, if it's not your thing deep down then stop

when I listen to metal I can feel my own pain screaming through the band and the song. anyone else?