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Just a reminder for ya'all.

@SriBhagwanYogi Any specific challenges that occurred? Did the ego fight a lot? What was the greatest trick it tried to use to stop you? Has your personality changed? Did you get feedback from friends and family that you seem different?

Glad you liked it I'm not much of an Elliot person myself, but Paul Chek is a whole different deal.

r/Buddhism offers a fantastic book list of with many different categories. It's too long to put here. Go see it directly. The list.

I'm pretty sure Rick Archer chooses who will be interviewed. Not much Leo could do about it

maybe the one about addiction touches on this a bit. But not completely. But really, you don't need a video. Just remember, when the stress comes next time, sit down and keep patiently asking what it really is, even if it would mean burning in the fire of your emotions for 2 hours and not getting anything back.

You cannot convince it. You must experience it. And then experience it again, and again, and again. You want to start with that? You must go for inquiry/contemplation when the problem comes. When the stress and anxiety comes, instead of looking for the outside solution SIT DOWN AND ASK - "What is really going on?" Even though you are not convinced it will work, give it a try. Take it as an experiment. Sit down and refuse any answer that comes from the mind, from the outside. If you can actually sit for enough time, refuse the mind's explanation of the problem and keep asking for reality, soon you will discover personally that: It's not easy in the beginning, but it's the only way.

Paraphrasing from the Dalai Lama's book: "How does that person feel?" "What do we have in common?" (body, mind, emotions... we are both born, we both die...) "What kind of an environment does the person come from?" Contemplate each of these questions. Use your imagination. Really put yourself in that persons shoes. If it's uncomfortable (as you are holding a grudge), good. Do it anyway. Do it so much that you totally understand and love the person in the end. These questions are what you need. Do you have the balls to do it fully? Good luck

not from the list - 'nonviolent communication'

If you really want to use affirmations for enlightenment, try these: "OK" "I don't know" "Thank you" to anything that comes.

There are books that are just bad, there are books that are fine, there are books that are a brilliant read and then there are books that change everything. This was one of them for me. It came into my life at just the right time. I started listening to the audio while communing to work every day. Very quickly one fact that the author was stressing hit home. Negative emotions are not a problem, but an opportunity. I heard this before, but never has it sunk so deeply and never has it been acknowledged so clearly in my experience. As the book continued, and the author was giving more and more examples of the letting go process, this very mechanics was spontaneously manifesting in my life. Reflecting on it now, I see that the critical point was, when I let go of the resistance to letting go. Surrender took a life of its own and nothing is too holy for it to work on. Relationships, LP issues, health, spiritual life. All was touched and I can very easily forsee that it is only a matter of time before huge amounts of negativity and resistance in all these areas, and other ones, are released. Every day I discover new facets of life that get purified with the power of surrender. As you see, this book had a very special effect on me. Read it, maybe it will benefit you? =================================================================== Title: Letting Go: The Pathway To Surrender Author: David R. Hawkins Number of pages: 368

This is a man after a lifetime of practicing sagehood

Devil vs Not-Knowing I am selling my soul to the devil, that's what it seems . I know I am acting out of fear, yet what will happen if I don't? Will I live or will I die? Will my loved ones let me go? Will my life just fall apart, and I'll find that I was wrong? How to find this mighty courage that will let me act as Love? - ' Just be quiet, simply quiet. What you'll get, you will have.'

Ask yourself. I mean it. If you are writing this post, maybe you could benefit from it. Going to a AA meeting will not hurt, it could be an interesting experience.

The super-cool swami. Swami Vivekananda

don't worry about it, don't call it anything, don't give it special value, don't resist it, don't think about it, don't post about it, don't encourage it, don't stop it, don't mind it

@Elisabeth Your notes are great, thanks

My mom made super tasty halva

Surrendering is not an activity of the mind, it is the natural condition of awareness. Where you ever able to hold on to any experience?

Fascinating. how do you feel day to day? How is your health?

How to be happy. The question of happiness is one that concerns us all. We all want to be happy. Life is complex and there are many avenues where we can cause unhappiness to ourselves or others. I came up with these 5 branches, which if balanced and fulfilled, increase one's chances of leading a happy life dramatically. These branches are Spirituality, Body, Work, Knowledge and Relationships. Spirituality is concerned with questions such as 'Who am I?', 'What is life?', 'What is our purpose?'. It is centered around the idea of the Ultimate Truth. The main practice of spirituality is that of transcendence. We want to go beyond our ordinary experience and see what else is here. The secondary practices of spirituality are these of healing, purify and developing the mind and the emotions. This makes our journey towards transcendence easier and helps us to embody whatever we come across. Body is concerned with questions such as 'How do I want to feel?', 'What is health for me?', 'How do I like to move?'. It is centered around the idea of care towards the body. An attitude of care is what is the pinnacle of this branch, however how this attitude is expressed may differ and branch out much further. Some of the basic further branches are Diet, Exercise, Rest. Work is concerned with questions such as 'What do I want to do in my life?', 'What do I want to create?', 'How do I want to express myself?'. It is centered around the idea of creativity and of being an individual. Knowledge is concerned with questions such as 'What interests me?', 'What do I want to learn?', 'How does ... work?'. It is centered around the idea of understanding. The two types of practices here are the outer and the inner. We receive knowledge from books, teachers, movies etc. (outer) and the we assimilate it, think it through in our own minds and hearts (inner). Relationships is concerned with questions such as 'What do I want from others?', 'What is the best way to live with others?', 'Who do I want to be for others?'. It is centered around the idea of love and compassion.