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I know, it's looks really naff compared to this place. Plenty of discussion on non-duality if you can look past that, though.

This might be of interest to you: https://www.spiritualforums.com/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=165

In a sane world, getting an endorsement from this doink would be just one more nail in the coffin for Trump's election chances.

I've been listening to so much music recently, I swear I'm addicted. I always had a love affair with music, but I've had phases in the last few turbulent, trying years when I just fell out of love with it, had no desire for it - and a part of me felt so sad about it. As I'm slowly healing, though, I'm rediscovering my love for it - and I find myself wanting to share the music that stirs my soul with other people, the way my friends and lovers introduced me to music I would come to love deeply. In that spirit, my first choice is going to be a song that was shared with me by one of the most beautiful people I ever met, a wonderful Texan woman called Zulabelle - she introduced me to so much music, and I swear she never shared a song with me that I didn't absolutely adore:

Not quite, octogenarians are in their eighties and Trump's only 78, which makes him a septuagenarian. Though admittedly that doesn't roll off the tongue quite as easily. (I say 'only', obviously that's still pretty ancient and just one of about a hundred reasons why he's not fit to be in office.)

'The word enlightenment conjures up the idea of some superhuman accomplishment, and the ego likes to keep it that way, but it is simply your natural state of felt oneness with Being. It is a state of connectedness with something immeasurable and indestructible, something that, almost paradoxically, is essentially you and yet is much greater than you. It is finding your true nature beyond name form.' - Eckhart Tolle

I struggled with this initially, too, I found that the trick was just to let the lens come into contact with the eye and then the eye would 'take' it, whereas trying to force it into the eye wouldn't work.

Great! A consistent meditation practice is one of the best things you do for your general wellbeing, in my opinion.

Investigate what's going on inside you when you do find yourself getting triggered, notice what sorts of feelings and emotions get stirred up in you when you think about this person, be very aware in your body; notice where in your body you might be feeling tightness and tension, and allow that inner resistance to release and let your body relax and breathe. As you do so, notice any feelings that might then arise, and just allow those feelings to be felt. This is likely not an issue that's going to go away overnight, so make this into a regular practice, deepen your bodily sensitivity.

Ahh okay, didn't know that - thanks! You've also got to press save when you're done, I almost missed that.

Thanks for sharing bro, excellent resources.🙏

I've just googled 'v.v meaning', and apparently in emoji form it expresses sadness or great dismay. Though maybe MuadDid just leant on their keyboard, Christ knows.

@Keryo Koffa I hear you. Don't mind me, I'm just feeling a bit cranky at the moment.

It's asking too much of people to expect them to read a giant wall of text like that, you need to have some consideration for the reader and break it down into digestible paragraphs.

That's nice of you to say, thanks.

@gettoefl Love it.

'Surrender isn't about having a certain experience. It's about simple, open vulnerability to whatever is, right now.' - Jon Bernie

@ivankiss Yep, absolutely. I actually think that the majority of the work we have to do in order to become fully actualised is done below the neckline, so to speak, on the level of the body of the emotions, and a fixation on the intellectual and conceptual side of things is likely going to lead to stagnation. But the realm of ideas and abstractions tends to feel safer to people, particularly men, compared to the often-chaotic, uncomfortable, and painful nature of emotions, and so people often get stuck on the level of thought.

What do I desire the most?

@Leo Gura In the past, you'd get an error message after a few seconds sometimes (I forget what the exact message was, it's been a while since it happened), seemed like it was terminal at that point. Maybe it would have embedded if I'd waited a bit longer, I don't know.

I know, I said I had to delete the link before refreshing the page if it didn't embed because it wouldn't work on the second attempt if I didn't. Anyway, seems to be working fine at the moment, thank goodness.