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  1. Posted · Edited by Wisebaxter

    59 minutes ago, Nahm said:

    Yes, as listening to content goes, Abraham Hicks is the best imo. 

    But I don’t suggest any content as supplemental to writing what you want on your board, and allowing it. Imo, all of the rewriting neural pathways etc is conceptual overlay, and is unnecessary activity of thought. Not as veiling as the activity of thought ‘mind games’, but equally unnecessary. 

    @Nahm

    Yeah I'm the Prince of conceptual overlays I think :)

    I really like this passage from the article you linked:

    "What’s dispelled & seen through are conceptualizations of yourself, how you feel, and reality. The ‘shift’ from focusing on (unknowingly) believing conceptualizations… to what you are actually feeling - emotions - it a shift from focusing (often exclusively) on thought(s)… to receiving the emotional guidance of, Source."

    I spend too much time in the attic of the mind, that's my issue. Lost in concepts, detached from the present moment and my body. Concepts just beget more concepts and are constantly recycled right? Like it says in the article, they make you detached from truth.

    I'm feeling much better already. Have been feeling a bit despairing and trapped by habitual thinking patterns and emotions I can't seem to break out of. 

  3. Posted · Edited by Wisebaxter

    On 10/02/2022 at 9:19 PM, Nahm said:

    Added a webpage for it which you might like. ?? 

    https://www.actualityofbeing.com/dreamboard-1

    @Nahm Thanks Nahm. My manifesting game never quite materialised. I read that book from Leo's booklist, the great one on visualisation, but I've never put the time and effort into directing my focus and intention in such a way to rewrite my neural pathways and create what I truly want from source. I'm still stuck with a lot of uneccessary ego smog. Also, the distractions are immense. But when you mention dreamboards, and having read a bit of that article you sent me, something inside me knows this is the way forward. I have to use the present moment to take myself out of 3D consciousness, which Matt Kahn calls a time Loop. My present is constantly being defined by my past due to the churning up of stagnant memories and beliefs which keep me locked in reacting to them rather than proactively creating something different. I'll finish your article and try out dreamboards. I think I remember you saying that Abraham was your go-to. That must be for a good reason 

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    On 08/02/2022 at 5:37 PM, Nahm said:

    No. ‘It’s’ quite set in stone. Absolutely.  

    Infinite mind is infinite mind, and not even. There is no other thing or entity, outside of, which can define, infinite mind. However, this does not prevent infinite mind from deluding itself via believing apparent finite thoughts that there is a separate self, which can define infinite mind as life, and life is or as mind game(s). The contingency to perpetuate this belief, is that there are other finite minds, which the conceptual separate self and or finite mind, is playing games with. Truly, one can only ‘play mind games’ with oneself, believing one is playing mind games with others. Just two cents, but listen to the discord, vs overriding it with justifications of projections of the discord of the very infinite intelligence spoken of, onto apparent perception, or, as a concession, a ‘teacher’. Also just two cents, but there is a momentum inherent to such discord, and this does manifest as infinite mind as a multitude of apparent health issues. It’s sneaky & unfortunate, but the ‘life is mind games’ thought attachment can also be employed as justification, for the discord in matters of health, or, simply, well being. 

    I’d just write what you want on a dreamboard and allow it. 

    @Nahm Thanks for that Nahm. I'm finding it a little difficult to get my head around though. Could you expand on this thing about the dream board and please explain what that is and why you think it's a good idea for me? 

  7. Posted · Edited by Wisebaxter

    On 05/02/2022 at 4:57 AM, hyruga said:

    Sure everything is a mind game if everything is perceived by your mind. 

    But reality is more than just your mind's game. If you are old, you are old. If you lost an arm, you lost an arm.

    If you have a illness, you have the illness until it is removed. Little to do with your mind's game. 

    @hyruga How can I ever verify if anything I perceive lays outside if my mind, if everything occurs within my mind? When I experience myself as old, that's still a subjective, relative experience, that occurs within my mind? Or is it just the labelling of it that occurs in the mind? Can we differentiate between awareness and mind perhaps? 

    Are you saying that there is phenomena and then the perception of that, the labelling etc, is mind activity, but there is. something more primal? 

    I always took Leo's teaching to mean that even the sense perceptions are an aspect of mind and so is consciousness itself. If the universe is an infinite intelligence, isn't it akin to a Mind? For me this also explains how reality can shift and distort on a psychedelic. 

    There seems to be a lot of people that either haven't watched the video I referred to for this discussion or disagree with its teachings. What kind of cult is this? :D :D jokes 

  8. Posted · Edited by Wisebaxter

    23 hours ago, Nahm said:

    Why play mind games when there is an ocean of decency, self-respect and integrity within you? When you are already attracting all that you want?
     

    Surely I’m missing something here because this thread makes absolutely no sense to me. 
     

    Really does depend what you mean, but in my opinion playing mind games is synonymous with denial, monkey mind, manipulation and delusion.  I would self reflect as to why you’re believing you need to, or why you’re going that route in the first place. Seems like there would be a lot of discord in the mental gymnastics sense trying to do this. But again, by this, I mean basically just not being yourself for whatever reason. 

    @Nahm When you saying 'being myself,' isn't this something that's not set in stone, but something I'm constructing constantly, hence the mind game? Leo has said lots of times that reality is inifinte mind, and this is what I mean by playing the Mind Game, I'm referring directly to his teachings, unless I've gotten something wrong. I can't see how I cannot be myself if my 'self' is all there ever is? If the universe is an intelligent mind, what I'm asking is, how do I create, as the intelligent mind that I am, as skillfully as possibly, in order to self actualise and evolve up the spiral efficiently? Hope this clarifies things for you buddy  

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    @Matthew85

    On 04/02/2022 at 8:34 PM, Matthew85 said:

    @Wisebaxter Two of the things that helped me the most were cultivating a focused mind and aligning my belief's with my desires. Most of us have very unfocused minds. Our thoughts are running all over the place. You need to learn how to focus your mind and intentions to gain more mastery over shaping your experience of life. Meditation and mindfulness practices help a lot with this. Secondly, your beliefs. Realizing that almost everything you believe is not a universal truth, it is just something you adopted as truth from someone else. Your dominant belief's, assumptions and expectations about yourself, others and the world shape what you call "your life". By doing the work to make sure your belief's and assumptions are aligned with your desires, you begin to gain more mastery over molding and shaping your life experiences. 

    @Matthew85Thank you, I got a lot from this. Focus, align your beliefs with your desires and realise there's nothing you hold as true that's objective. It's amazing how much power we have, if only we know how to break out of Homeostasis and sacrifice short term comfort for long term gain. If right now my beliefs are out of sync with what I want, and there's a lot I hold to be true about myself that limits me, I have to spend time doing practices that address that

  12. Posted · Edited by Wisebaxter

    I'm referring to Leo's video entitled 'Life, it's all a Mind Game.'

    Anyone got any hot tips on how to nail the mind game? The issue I'm having is, who should I use as an example of an effective player? Someone who has Maslow's triangle nailed maybe? 

    How do you win the mind game of having an effective mind game? Where do you start? 

    Is anyone here acing the mind game like a straight up legend? ? What's your secret? How do you know when you're improving? 

    What I'd like is a neat little manual or a pamphlet if anyone has one :) ;)

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    25 minutes ago, Mason Riggle said:

    @Wisebaxter for me, it's really liberating to realize that 'effort' doesn't take any effort.  Whenever I try to do something, I never had to try to try to do it. 

    I often notice that I am already doing what I do, without trying to do it, even if 'trying to do something' is what I'm effortlessly doing.  This can be notice now, directly.  

    Ask yourself, 'how hard am I trying to be myself right now?'  Notice that it takes no effort at all.. you just always 'are being yourself', and you couldn't stop even if you tried.. because that would just be more 'what you are doing', which is 'being yourself'. 

    @Mason Riggle I really liked that and it make perfect sense to me, so thanks. I hadn't realised that this idea of 'making an effort' was a concept or an assumption. I was under the illusion there could be something in my present experience that wasn't me, that was counter to me or getting in the way of me. Because I felt that this 'I' was doing something, this created a duality or an experience of 'effort being made.' But there was no effort. I'm gonna examine this experience of 'effort.' 

  14. Posted · Edited by Wisebaxter

    @Mu_ Thanks for the exercise. I'll definitely experiment with that and report back.

    9 hours ago, VeganAwake said:

    Maybe the apparent issue is the belief that one state is better or more spiritual than another?

    @VeganAwake Yeah there's definitely something to this. There's a lot of sneaky conceptualising going on. I'm getting caught up in Mara. I think I have an aversion to the mind wandering experience, as I don't feel 'present' in it. But of course I am, I'm just not experiencing that thought or belief? I remember Leo saying reality is just composed of an infinitude of states and I'm favouring one over the other, this experience of 'favouring' being just another state. But here I go weaving more conceptual webs lol. I'm really looking for a way to stay present more, whatever that means. I wanna stay in a watchful or mindful state but like I said there's this feeling of 'I need to maintain this.' 

    Feeling like I wasn't aware is just another thought...feeling like the experience is contrived, is another one...I can create an experience where there is no thought, but it feels like effort. Hmm, I suppose my problem is the way I've created this distinction at all, between thought and awareness. There's still a controlling element going on, based on preferences?  

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    When I'm practising mindfulness I almost feel uncomfortable or it feels unnatural as I have to work to maintain this awareness. If I lose my awareness of the present moment/truth and get lost in thought, then I'm back to unconsciousness and automatic thinking, which I'm trying to move away from. Does mindfulness or an aware state always feel like this? Like it's effort? How can letting go really be letting go when it requires a level of control? 

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    If an ego, through needing to survive, distorts God's will through resistance, thinking its a separate thing, doesn't this idea create another duality, or an imaginary distinction, between egoic will and God's will? If I'm getting in my own way, as God, is this not God's absolute will, still occurring? If this is the case, isn't the seeking out of a higher will, a more absolute will, still an act of getting in my own way? 

    In other words, if I, as a desperate self, make the effort to not be a separate self, this feels like a distortion of God's will to me. A manipulation. 

  17. Posted · Edited by Wisebaxter

    In the episode on the Absolute vs The Relative Leo says first of all that anything relative has to be contained within the absolute so can't 'be' it. For example, if we use terms like big or small, that's always a comparison. But then later in the episode he explains that the relative is all there is...that there are no more layers to reality than what you see. What am I missing here? Other than direct experience probably lol. I can see how this experience right now has to be ultimate truth, and how the relative is the only layer, so then are you just experiencing the absolute anyway when experiencing the relative? In which case how is an enlightened person different from a normie? 

  20. Posted · Edited by Wisebaxter

    On 28/02/2021 at 3:13 AM, m0hsen said:

    Yes, you need to be there to be able to tell us your story as being unaware. 

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    Can you be aware of not being aware?

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    Is it anytime when awareness is not aware?

    @Adamq8 @Carl-Richard @m0hsen This was eluding me! Thanks. I think I was referring to the small I, y'know, the I that thinks it's only there when it has a thought saying 'I' am aware. 

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    For example, if I suddenly realise I've just been daydreaming, and I was unaware of awareness, lost in thought etc, could you say that I was at all conscious? I find this hard to investigate as by the time I do the experience has already passed and I'm looking backwards. There's no recollection, or experience of being aware. Just a memory. Is there always awareness to some degree? 

     

  22. Posted · Edited by Wisebaxter

    @PopoyeSailor That's fascinating stuff. Thanks for the book link, I had a little read and it looks great, I'll definitely keep going. Yeah that's a really good point you made about dreams which I hadn't considered here. It's like reality has different layers or infinite parallel dimensions where things can manifest. I've heard the word 'timelines' used as well. I think we can jump between them and do so more than we think. We could be walking down the road, feel a bit oppressed and just own it as ours as an ego whereas it could be being empathed from the collective consciousness. But I'm a sucker for concepts, clearly :) 

     

  23. Posted · Edited by Wisebaxter

    29 minutes ago, Shunyata said:

    @peanutspathtotruth just wanted to say that obviously slaying demons is nothing but a metaphor LOL, for remaining fiercely as pure awareness and not identifying with I-thoughts with a gravitational pull to bring you back to your egoic sanskaras.

    I would caution against fiercely defending against I-thoughts or egoic sanskaras. If you have something to defend against, it's like you're implying that something in God's plan is less than perfection. It could be seen as a very masculine, controlling or 'pushing away' approach. The universe will give you more to fight against as it thinks that's what you want.  I believe in a new paradigm of spiritual evolution which incorporates the feminine more, hence it's about not fighting and offering love for whatever arises, including your desire to fight of course. This battle only exists to show you what hasn't been embraced yet as divine. What power could a concept such as ego sanskaras have over God, which is pure love. Sometimes God loves to fight something fiercely. That's a also a beautiful thing to behold. I love how devoted you are to this practice of self growth. Your language really signifies that. 

  24. Posted · Edited by Wisebaxter

    @Shunyata I'd say be cautious of going in with a 'slaying demons' attitude, as badass as that is. I'd been rocking a more 'integrating the darkness using unconditional love' approach.' Basically a Miyagi-Do thing instead of Cobra Kai. After all it's your inner child we're talking about here. It's just forgotten itself as the light and is scared. If you're going to go digging around there come baring gifts. Evil is only evil because it's seen through that lens as a projection. Thank everything that arises and compliment it. Ask it to stick around and always feel safe talking to you. A good practice is to meditate and bless everything that comes up for attention. A lot of that will be shadow related. This is the crux of David Rico's book 'Shadow Dance.' Self love is the only way. Matt Kahn is a great one to check out for shadow work. He says that micromanagement isn't the way. Keeping records of your judgements etc. The best way is to love them. Once love is your response to everything, you can't go far wrong. After all, everything is the divine, even the devil.

     

     

  25. Posted · Edited by Wisebaxter

    @Mafortu Yeah, you're probably right there. But a past life regression sounds so much cooler! :D I was Ragnar freakin Lodbrok! lol. Na I was just tripping balls listening to viking music. It was mad though, I really felt like I'd tapped into their psyche and emotions. The wind and rain probably sent me deeper into it. Or maybe as @Adamq8 said, reality is just imagination, so if a viking imagined this happening at one point, through his experience, and reality is infinite and timeless, surely one could re-experience it to some degree. Then the question becomes, are past life regressions a thing at all and how do you really know when you're having one? At the time I postulated that my location had something to do with it, like the memories were infused with the land. I probably watch too many movies. Regarding your computer game analogy though, Link has never been alive as an actual entity (or at least experienced himself as such). Maybe you could tap into the collective consciousness's experience of him though..