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Feeling quite creative today. So I just thought of this fun way to share a few 'life advices' that I wish my dad (that I never really had) would've told me. Maybe you have a few of your own advices/pointers that you'd like to add. I would appreciate that a lot. So here's what's coming to my mind right now: 1. Son. You feeling good about yourself and being happy will most likely piss off a lot of people that do not feel good about themselves and are not happy. 2. Son. Do not seek love in another. Find love within your own heart and then share it and celebrate with someone who has found love within themselves. 3. Son. Sometimes you will have to do things that you do not like or enjoy. It's just how growth and transformation is. Sometimes you will have to push yourself a little bit. Sometimes you will have to endure tension in order to break through to that next level. And I trust you will. I know you can do, achieve and accomplish anything you put your mind and heart to. The power is within you. 4. Son. Remember these words: Finance before romance. Trust me on this one. Do not risk your financial security for a romantic relationship. It's just not going to work out fine. Do not prioritize a partner over the money that's supposed to put food on your table and keep a roof over your head. First take care of your own safety and then search for a partner. 5. Son. Not everyone has your best interest in their minds. Truth is; most people you will encounter will not give a damn about you and your well-being. They are too busy serving their own agendas. Their own needs. No need to feel sad about that. It's just how life is. Everyone has free will and some use it to run over others. Be careful not to be ran over. Careful who you trust. ⬆️⬆️⬆️ So that's what came through for now... Might add more later. Peace.

This takes me places

Had to ?

@blackchair That's beautiful.

I just handled an awkward situation like a boss. I feel very proud of myself. And the reason I do, is because I see clearly how I could've easily used a different, more twisted approach. I could've easily manipulated the situation and turned it in my favor. I could've simply not cared about other's thoughts and feelings. But instead; I chose honesty. And everything went smoothly. All I was doing, was communicating my truth clearly and directly. Kinda bluntly, too. This action eliminated all possibilities of confusion and even suffering. I imagine it was not exactly pleasant for the other person involved in the situation... but it was clear and straight forward. It was true. No BS. The experience triggered a rather sweet realization. Kinda obvious on first glance, but it goes very deep. What hurts us, and causes us to suffer and even inflict pain and suffering onto others... is deceit. Lies. Manipulation. Twisting reality in efforts to hide the truth. To gain some sort of advantage. To extract something. To steal it. And all of that is Fear, at its core. You lie because you are afraid. You cheat because you are afraid. You manipulate because you are afraid. And what you are afraid of... is You. Love. Truth. God. You are essentially lying into your own face - all the time. Lying to Love. Lying to God. Because deep down you know if you were to be honest... You would slowly but surely dissolve into everything. Into All That Is. You would lose yourself in Love. You'd lose your fake identity... And that's totally fine. Love is patient. Take your time. Just don't think you're fooling anyone else but yourself. Whenever you choose to lie to your own heart - that is. A cherry on top of this whole experience was listening to Leo's video on integrity earlier today. God sure does have a way of making things come together; magically. Choose honesty as often as you possibly can. Until honesty, love and compassion becomes simply what you are. Peace.

@Meditationdude @BlackMaze ❤ That's pretty much how my mom used to communicate with me ?

What's that? Is there Truth in modern metal music too? Glad you asked.

There is deep truth in metal music, too ? In my opinion; Chuck Schuldiner was one of the biggest gifts to the genre and the world in general. This is one of his late projects... This material came to life just before he passed away at age 34. He died of a brain tumour. 'For most it does not come easily For some it comes with pain From a thought to a living sight For some it's a life, for some a game'

@WaveInTheOcean Yup. I love Matt Khan's teachings, too ?

I'm someone who grew up developing an inferior ego - if you will. As opposed to the superior ego type. Meaning; my ego structure was such that it fed itself by believing it was less than others, unworthy, a no-good, a failure etc. While the superior ego feeds itself by believing it is better than everyone else. It comes with a sense of entitlement and grandeur. So what I noticed on my spiritual journey, is that most of the teachings and practices 'out there', are mainly focused on the superior ego structure - when it comes to doing 'the work'. And guess what? That stuff was pretty much useless to me. In fact; had I not realized this, it could have been potentially dangerous, even. I did harm myself a few times by forcing myself down the 'wrong path' - if you will. But thankfully I was guided back to where I was supposed to be - pretty fast. What I'm trying to say; is that perhaps you yourself have fallen into this 'trap' and may not know it. You could be doing the practices and learning stuff that are not relevant for you, really. Not truly in alignment with your unique journey and highest calling. So if you happen to resonate with this post, chances are; you might find this approach/path more suitable: Meet your Ego with unconditional love, acceptance, compassion and understanding. Understand its point of view. Its pain. Its struggle. Its story. Do not turn your back on it. Do not pretend like it does not exist. That's just gonna piss it off real bad. And then you'll have to deal with all kinds of shadowy stuff. Hell, even. Do not abandon the ego. Do not neglect it. Form an alliance with it. Level with it and it will level with you. Be honest with it and it will do its best to be honest with you. Yes; I am essentially encouraging you to develop a relationship with yourself. With a 'less conscious' part of yourself. But the purpose of creating this duality is to resolve any form inner conflict. To untangle yourself. To free yourself. If you do the work right; the duality will inevitably collapse into itself. You will be One. Whole and free. If Love is the only answer; why not show Love to the part of you that suffers the most? Why not love the one that's holding on for its dear life? Why not respect its boundaries, its experience, its process? Idk. It just makes sense to me. Might not make sense to you. We're all walking our paths alone. Yet we're all in this together. ...And if you're someone who'd say something like; 'But there is no ego. How can you form an alliance with something that doesn't exist'? Or perhaps you'd say: 'But the ego is evil. It made me suffer. Why would I want to be friends with it?' Well... To that I'd say, that you're either being a clever little devil or you're just ignorant of how deep this goes. And that this work is not a one-size-fits-all type of deal. At the end of the day... I only know what works for me. And destroying or killing anything does not. I'm more about transforming things. Elevating stuff to the next level. The ego is the receiver of your experiences. It's not meant to be eradicated. It's meant to be transformed. Integrated. Aligned. And then...it's like it's not even there. Barely noticable. Doing the job its supposed to be doing. Hope someone finds this helpful. Peace.

@loub Thanks! Watching now. Never listened to his teachings before. Like his attitude ?

Absolutely there is no right or wrong. Absolutely there is no karma.

But you are infinitely powerful, right now. You're just not aware of it. In fact; you're so intelligent and so powerful that you can make it seem as if you're totally powerless. And dumb.

By 'argue' I mean discuss politely, of course. I'm looking for honest opinions; backed up with actual experience. Not the usual 'there is no I or other' type of comments. I'm obviously speaking of relative matters here. So if the above mentioned statement is true; you becoming awake should result in an awakened collective, instantly. The moment you're enlightened; everyone is enlightened. Flawless, real-time synchronisation. On the other hand; the idea is that once you awaken; the game continues on another level. Your job now is to spread your Light, your love and your wisdom and assist in the awakening of the collective. I myself am kinda neutral here atm. Maybe leaning a bit more towards the second idea. I've had experiences where it seemed as if me being super conscious meant that everyone around me was too. It seemed as if everyone knew damn well exactly what was going on. They did not use words to tell me directly that they're all God, but it was as if they were conscious of it. No matter what was being said or done. Then again; I've also had experiences where it seemed as if I was far more conscious than everyone around me. This would imply that there are levels and degrees to consciousness. Which many disagree with. Would you say that we live in a 'enlightened world' right now? Apparently; there are many enlightened beings on our planet. How come the collective is not there yet then? How come there are teachers/gurus who teach others about all this awakening stuff? Wouldn't that be unnecessary if all they really needed was to wake up themselves? Or could it be that they are not truly awake? Is it perhaps how they keep on waking up themselves? By seemingly assisting the awakening of others? I think these are some very interesting thoughts to entertain. Let me know where you stand. ...Unless there is no you, no other and no world. In that case rest in eternal silence. Thanks.

It's Nothing to a labeling mind and Love to a pulsing heart.

@fridjonk ??

Because 'not allowing' something (suffering) would be a limitation. And God is limitless. Unconditional Love includes and 'allows' absolutely everything. Otherwise it would not be unconditional. This can seem confusing or even unjust at times, but it actually makes perfect sense. If this is truly realized; it leads to deep healing and slowly but surely eradicates all suffering from one's experience.

Now downloading... A digital expression of Absolute Oneness. Infinity speaks just for You; Actualized.org Usually I would write about stuff for the purpose of reaching a higher conceptual understanding of nothing. For the benefit of everyone and nobody. At this given time, I will do the opposite. So basically the same. There is no one who could know or understand anything, at all. And there is absolutely nothing to know or understand. Yup. You guessed it; it's all an illusion. Surprise! Seems pretty darn simple and straight forward, right? If there is no you; how could you know or understand anything? No rocket science. However, thoughts are stubborn. They will ask. Complicate things. Run in circles for all eternity. All until awareness shines through all. Slays through dense clouds. Spreads through itself and fulfills itself, with itself. Knowledge is a two-way illusion. It double-fools. Both he who attains, as well as he who provides are imaginary. Nonexistent. In other words; both the perception of knowledge as well as the source of it are illusory. Hallucinations. The need for knowledge stems from fear. You know you want that safety net. You wanna secure yourself. You wanna know the unknown before stepping into it. Which is rather stupid of you. That is, if you seek freedom. There are no seatbelts on this ride. No seats at all. You are the ride. Riding yourself. You do not need safety nets. Why do you still fear yourself? Have you not caught your own tail already? Have you not stopped chasing nothing? Knowledge will never get you past fear. It will only let you know; you know nothing. And you seem to be afraid of not knowing. You overlook the thrill and excitement not knowing brings. No wonder you feel like there's no free will. You could not be imposing more control over yourself. You know you are keeping yourself as a hostage. Freedom is known by no one. Understand this: You do not understand. Never have and never will. You think. Thoughs produce pleasant emotions when thoughts seem to be making sense. When all seems to be falling in place. Clicking. Running smoothly. But that is simply the nature of thoughts. They stick together. No identification with thoughts = no need for knowledge or understanding, whatsoever. No fear of the unknown. More like; excitement and anticipation about not knowing anything at all. Emptiness. Infinity. Freedom. One must conceptualize nothingness while one fears emptiness. While the victim within finds eternal peace. Emotions arise. It's just energy in motion. Thought creates a story. Thought believes it's story. Awareness contains it all. Produces it all. Why, you might ask? Because it's freaking free, baby! Doesn't give a flying fuck. Doesn't have a need to know or understand a single thing. It knows itself simply by the obviousness of it's presence. No question about it. No thought about. Only Consciousness. Omnipresent. Omnipotent. Synchronicity is precisely how everything occurs. Or seems to be occurring. Synchronicity is not just you seeing a cute sign somewhere. Or feeling like the song from your radio speaks directly to you. Or getting a phonecall from someone exactly when you thought of them. No no... It is much more than that. Everything is precisely synchronized through a divine orchestration. You seeing cute numbers and signs is just the tip of the iceberg. You barely caught a few glimpses. Thoughts distort your perception too much. Just breathe and observe; everything is flawless. Nothing is ever too late. Nothing is ever too soon. Everything is precise and exact. Happening exactly when it is supposed to be happening, precisely as it is supposed to be happening. Effortlessly so. Unstoppably so. Everything is N O W. Always and forever. That is why knowing is not needed. That is why knowledge is not needed. That is why fear is no more. Just because nothing is; doesn't mean everything isn't.

'Clever got me this far, then tricky got me in'

That you created - you imagine. You are. All of it. Now. That it depends on you - you imagine. There is no one to be dependent on another. There is One, only.

@allislove @Nahm ❤

Not directly, but kinda...

Quarantine 'n' chill

Hello loved ones. I feel like sharing a few thoughts about The Almighty Shadow. Perhaps you'll find the information to be relevant. I like referring to 'The Shadow' or 'Darkness' as just a 'different shade of Light'. Because it is, in fact, Light - unrecognized and unacknowledged by You. The Shadow cannot help itself but be You. Be The Light. You cannot help yourself but be it. The Shadow's one and only job is... to maximize your ability to Love unconditionally and fearlessly. To accept and embrace fully and willingly. It's such a cleaver and powerful 'mechanism'. And in case you disagree with that; well, then you have not truly felt its claws. The Shadow has no more and no less power than The Light of God does. It is equally magnificent, equally intelligent and equally real. It is equally beautiful and divine. But it does not know that. Thus it is 'The Shadow'. It's always here, but not always active. As I said - it is just God being very cleaver and...well... a little bit gangsta. The Shadow is patient. It has all the time in the world. It will wait and wait; until you think you've got it all figured out. And then it's going to jump out of nowhere and ruin your cute little enlightenment. That's right. The Shadow doesn't give a flying fuck about your spirituality. It does not care about your realizations and insights. If anything; those are the very things it will objectify and use against you as a weapon in your darkest hour. There will be no mercy. No tolerance. One cannot bullshit their way out of darkness. No amount of spiritual concepts, methods or practice will save you. Darkness will swallow you whole. How willing or unwilling you are to surrender yourself to it...determines how painful, agonizing and persistent it will be. So how do you accept The Shadow? How do you recognize it as The Truth of who You are? How do you escort it back into The Light of Perfection? It's simple. Not easy. And not comfortable - at all. But simple. The Shadow demands above and beyond all one thing, only. And that is... R E S P E C T Need I remind you just how exactly you're disrespecting The Shadow? Gladly; I will. You are disrespecting The Shadow by hiding it. By hiding from it. By denying it. By demonizing it. By being ashamed of it. By thinking it's less than pure perfection. By acting like it's not even there. By neglecting it. By abandoning it. By putting everything that's nice and shiny before it. By surprising it. By forgetting about it. By fighting it. By silently hating it. By treating it as an enemy. By wanting nothing to do with it. By not having the balls to look right into its eyes. By judging the living crap out of it. By convincing yourself it is the reason for your failures and misfortunes. By blaming it. By resisting it. By negotiating with it. By manipulating it. By lying to it. By keeping your heart closed for it. By not inviting it in. By keeping it locked in the basement. And if you think The Shadow is stupid enough to be fooled by your funny little games... You're in for a rude awakening. It has the power to arise as fire and bring hell into your reality. To burn down everything in its way - including you. It has the power to annihilate everything you hold close to your heart. To take it all away from you and never give it back. To diminish you. To force you into submission. It will burn down everything until nothing but it remains. Until you finally give up and gather the courage to show it respect. Even saying 'I don't know how to respect you the way you deserve it' is a very good first step in establishing the connection. Even saying 'I wish I could accept and include you into my heart' is enough. What matters is that you are being honest. The Shadow can smell bullshit before you even shat it. There is no way around. No negotiation. You either level with it - or you burn. Once You earn its Trust and you become a team that operates together as One... The true innocence of your Being will start shining through. There will be no Darkness. No Shadow. Only one Being loving fearlessly whatever arises. Purity. Honesty. Courage. Love and Respect.