Zigzag Idiot

Almaas gives a fair amount of discourse on the Logos. Basically he goes to a great deal of trouble to say, - 'shit happens',,,, The Universal Mind in its dynamic form is what is called the Logos; it is the level of the changes and transformations within reality, according to the noetic forms of the Nous. The Logos has both life and death in it; it does not say that one is better than the other. One simply comes after the other; or more accurately, things just change and transform. Ocean becomes rain, and rain becomes ocean. The Logos does not say which one is better. It just does both. Diamond Heart Book Four, pg. 339 https://www.diamondapproach.org/glossary/refinery_phrases/logos

The practice of Centering Prayer has allowed me to experience empty beingness. Non conceptual awareness or objectless awareness. Monkey mind on either side but with practice the experience of objectless awareness can be expanded into a few minutes. Pryor to practicing Centering Prayer meditation was a few months where I attempted Zazen practice, which is very similar. This was about 4 years ago.

Seeing this clip reminded me of what I am as an Enneatype 6 fear (doubting) type more so than my Virgoness. Overcompensating type that's me. Just like Baby face Nelson. I don't act like the Character George but,,, well yeah sometimes I do,,,, The inner process,,,, Overcompensating is the key word. It's how I pinpointed typing myself on the Enneagram.

You can't get anymore tragic-romantic than Barry Manilow. I had to make myself go ahead and put that last song on there because it was making me innerconsider like crazy. To innerconsider that @Mandy and @jabrams would think I was flirting so I went ahead and posted it as an exercise against inner considering. This post is my attempt at external considering on behalf of Mandy and Jon. I can sleep sound tonight knowing that I did my best in explaining the data from my Causal body. Like a joke that breaks the tension. I leave behind no traps of projection. I've got a lot going on at once. The thought came to me that George Clooney is the embodiment of basic trust when he plays the role of Everett having a conversation with Dan the Bible salesman. https://www.diamondapproach.org/glossary/refinery_phrases/basic-trust

What's the healed version of the tragic-romantic? Using The Enneagram,,,, Point 4 – Holy Origin What does this mean? Each Holy Idea, as we have seen, presents a particular implicit truth about reality, a certain facet of how reality is and how it appears. If we perceive reality as it is without any filters, we will see these nine Ideas as different manifestations of it. They are inseparable, since they are nine different aspects, expressions, or elements of the same experience. The facet of reality that is highlighted by Holy Origin is the perception and understanding that all appearance (meaning whatever can be experienced and perceived—inner or outer) is nothing but the manifestation of Being, the Holy Truth..........See also p186. This inseparability of appearance from its Source is the perception elucidated by Holy Origin. This is a very deep understanding which is not easy to apprehend. Without it, we can have experiences of our essential nature which actually feel separate from who we are. For instance, we might have a profound experience of the presence of boundless compassion or of indestructible strength, but actually feel that we are having an experience of something other than who and what we are. Essence can feel like something that comes and goes, rather than seeing that our perception of our inner nature is what comes and goes because that perception is not clear. Holy Origin is the knowledge that you and your essence are not two distinct things. Essence is the nature of the soul. We might believe that the Divine, or God, is something outside ourselves, residing somewhere else, which we are either connected to or not. Believing that you can be connected or disconnected from God means that you don’t understand the Idea of Holy Origin. Facets of Unity, pg. 185

We are multifaceted. My imagination has always outdone me. That's a given of my chief feature. My tragic-romantic i is laughable, as is everybody's. Astrologically my moon is in the sign of Leo. My mars is in Scorpio. My sun sign is Virgo. People whose sun is in Cancer are the natural tragic romantic types. I don't know what Virgo's are really because we never really see ourselves or I should say our personality type, the false part of ourselves, Our ego enneatype. Somehow YouTube knows how to trigger my tragic romantic side. I'm going to list the songs that Youtube has queued up for me this afternoon. Is this making some of you uncomfortable? Maybe that's your tragic-romantic shadow,,, Might as well just laugh about it. I'm just glad I no longer drink alcohol. Talk about a potential laughable, pitiful, character. Oooo Outwardly I really don't have much of a personality but inwardly my Queen of hearts is on fire at times.

I've been some kind of Idiot all my life. The nature of my psychological blindspot allows for a proclivity in which I occasionally hang myself in front of other people. At times it will be something really cringeworthy. Sometimes in front of medium to large audiences. Sometimes I'm just a dick. When I observe it, I return to ordinary Idiot. That's the routine. Beginners mind. Don't pass go. Don't collect $200. This morning I feel like an Authentic Idiot. Maybe even a Genial Idiot.

Maurice Nicoll A DREAM OF NICOLL’S “I see someone teaching or drilling some recruits. That is all. At first sight there seems nothing marvelous. He smiles. He indicates some- how that he does not necessarily expect to get any results from what he is doing. He does not seem to mind. He does not show any signs of impatience when they are rude to him. The lesson is nearly over, but this will not make any difference to him. It is as if he said, ‘Well, this has to be done. One cannot expect much. One must give them help, though they don’t want it.’ It is his invulnerability that strikes me. He is not hurt or angered by their sneers or lack of discipline. He has some curious power but hardly uses it...He seemed purified from all violence. That was the secret. That was the source of the curious power I detected in him. A man without violence...From this glance I know better what going in a new direction is and what a new will purified from violence means. I know also that the possibilities of following this new will and new direction lie in every moment of one’s life.” V. 4, p. 1500 from The Psychological Commentaries

Great perspectives! What is the frame of reference? I ask rhetorically. In Fourth Way literature, it is said a fully Conscious or awakened person is actually incapable of violence. When the emotional center is purified.

Gurdjieff referred to humans as 3 brained beings. http://vivitskaya.blogspot.com/2007/10/we-are-three-brained-beings.html Ken Wilber said our blessing is our curse and becomes a source for neurosis. We think ourselves to death. The good thing about being a pig, a cat or a dog is they don't do that.

I just discovered people of walmart adult coloring book on Amazon. Ive always been a people observer. I believe our instinctive center can gain intelligence doing this. No words are necessary.

This guy articulates some interesting distinctions about different channeled entities. Discusses ACIM and the Ra Material. As well as Urantiia, Abraham. The idea of Starseeds. He helps tie things together. Thanks for sharing with me @DrewNows

It was a beautiful fall day. Had a hard frost last night which gave the distinct smell of the plants getting frost burnt. It's a good earthy smell.

My daily I CHING reading was 45 Gathering Together with changing lines 1,2,5,6 resulting in a second hexagram 38 Separating/Opposition. The following is a portion of changing Line 2 Letting oneself be drawn brings good fortune and remains blameless. If one is sincere , it furthers one to bring even a small offering. "Letting oneself be drawn" refers to allowing the correct way to show itself by responding only, rather than taking the initiative. By responding to what our inner senses tell us in relation to the situation of the moment, we remain blameless. In this circumstance, we restrict ourselves to saying only what we feel is correct for us. We never tell others what they should do or how they should feel; thus, we do not lose our Cosmic protection. "Letting oneself be drawn" informs us that by holding to our integrity, regardless of what others say, the help we need will come as we need it, since the Cosmos freely helps every person who is sincere in his way of life.

If one can eat cheetos and still be a buddha, then why not? ? Surely I couldn't deceive myself,,,, could I? ??

@Anderz Thanks for sharing this in your ACIM journal. I put it here for those who might have missed it.

I should have mentioned Gems of Wisdom is a condensation of 6 volume set of The PSYCHOLOGICAL COMMENTARIES ON THE TEACHING OF GURDJIEFF AND OUSPENSKY - by MAURICE NICOLL. There is a light heartedness in Nicoll's writing which makes him a joy to read. From page 35- SEEING ATTITUDES “Now try to see an attitude in yourself. I mean, really try. Realize that you have not got an open mind. I want—as always—examples based on your own self-observation...A man cannot change himself unless he changes his attitudes. Try therefore to see the results of attitudes. Notice when you feel shocked, for example. Notice when you feel intolerant, contemptuous, etc. Notice when you tut-tut at things. Notice when you judge, and if you can, notice when you are speaking from attitude.” V. 3, p. 1172. A point that's made in ACIM is that all attitudes are egoic except for peace and joy. In other words, ultimately, only peace and joy are considered authentic. Any other frame of mind besides either peace or joy is considered egoic and is thus false.

This one tickled my funny bone.

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That last quote - ATTRACTING HELP is from Maurice Nicoll. https://inner-world-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Gems_of_Wisdom.pdf From The Preface “Man’s possibilities are very great. You cannot even conceive a shadow of what man is capable of attaining. But nothing can be attained in sleep. In the conscious- ness of a sleeping man his illusions, his ‘dreams’, are mixed with reality. He lives in a subjective world and he can never escape from it. And this is the reason why he can never make use of all the powers he possesses and why he lives in only a small part of himself.” – G. I. Gurdjieff

What is a miracle? The people who shit all over you Truly forgive them and you'll blow their minds and whoever else is watching. But they have to see it in your Being. You can't fake it. You have to begin by faking it though, some say. Put a steering wheel on a drug psychosis and get a Cosmic merit badge. That's another way. The Oracle, the Sage and the nature spirits don't judge you. They only want to help. This song was popular when I was a little boy I remember that the lyrics disturbed me Big boys don't cry Big boys don't cry ATTRACTING HELP “It is a necessary part of this Work that everyone must eventually pass, to see in himself by sincere observation, how he clings to his negative emotions with one hand and tries to free himself with the other. The Work inevitably leads everyone to the same places and the same experiences. A man must reach the point of discerning his own helplessness—of realizing his own mechanicalness. And this, if it is not a negative experience, will bring him into a state of self-remember- ing. Through seeing his helplessness he attracts help.” V. 1, p.85

@Nahm ? From Maurice Nicoll TRANSFORMING NEGATIVE STATES “Sly Man. . .notices distinctly that he lies, for example. He observes it over a period and does not seek to disguise it to himself, to justify himself. He notices it, sees it, acknowledges it, accepts it, and so swal- lows this particular pill. Then he must digest it. It tastes biter in the mouth. But once digested it becomes sweet...It seems paradoxical to say that if you will accept what you disapprove of you reach a higher level. People imagine that by increasing their sense of self-merit and virtue, they get higher. On the contrary, they descend. This is worth thinking about.” V. 3, p. 1000 TRANSFORMING NEGATIVE STATES II “G once said: ‘One emotion can only be conquered by another emo- tion.’ . . . The feeling of helplessness and the feeling of nothingness that come from the realization that one is a machine have nothing to do with negative emotions. At the back of negative emotions lie an- ger, violence, suspicion, bitterness, internal accounts, and so on. But behind the emotion arising from the realization of mechanicalness lies peace. And it is this emotion that can overcome negative emotions.” V. 3, p. 1013 EMOTIONAL CENTRE’S LANGUAGE “What language does the Emotional Centre use? It uses the language of visual imagery. The Emotional Centre does not know any intellec- tual words or theories, but it understands visual images. For instance, if you are in danger and feel nervous, and you meet a man who is visibly quiet, it helps the horse—that is, the Emotional Centre. The calm man is a visual image and this affects the horse and calms him.” V. 2, p. 465

Besides it's just coming from a case of mistaken identity. The i's of our multiplicity. We are not our thoughts. We are not our emotions. We have them.

Everyone does this. Seeing it in oneself is real honesty. You can't really love unless you forgive yourself. I observed the guilt from my Schadenfreude. It feels good on the other side.