mandyjw

I liked original Jesus' metaphors better.

Why do you use the word stuck?

WHOA, hold on. Do you think your past self was wrong? You only had half the story, now you've rejected half for the other half. Bring the two halves together and you'll have the whole story. In the meantime here's a hug.

To a very young child, the empty boxes and wrapping paper ARE the fun.

What things do you really appreciate about your Mom? Contemplate those to stop the momentum of the negative thought patterns you have about her and the situation. If it's too heavy of a subject, think of an area of your life that is going well and direct more of your thought energy to that.

@Preetom Sorry, I'm protestant.

Most people see what they want to see, they don't doubt it, they don't question it. We are the ones who can't help but try to dissect it all into parts because we so desperately want to understand the truth of them. The more we try to understand the individual parts the more we understand that there aren't any parts and there isn't any understanding, and yet this realization can be called great understanding. Thanks for holding it all together.

@electroBeam

Is the Devil leaving, fully integrating or being fully seen for what it is?

That's a really important point for all of us even if psychedelics and very specific practices aren't a part of your journey.

As soon as I think I got it, I don't. I don't got it at all.

First understand that there is no right answer. Which solution feels right? If there isn't one, why do you feel that you need a sense of direction?

There's no need to be right unless there exists in oneself a belief that it is possible to be wrong. Out of that belief insecurity is born, then the need to be right arises from that insecurity.

We are both equally the boy and the tree as we go through life. It's a mistake to think that either the boy or the tree were wrong. They both lived out their lives as they were programmed to do so. This is an illustration of how we live off of mother earth but the interesting addition is how in love the tree is with the boy and how much she desires to make him happy. The sadness is in how the boy doesn't really seem to love her back, he doesn't seem to be capable of love. She never notices this though. Happiness evades the boy, but the tree in her giving is the only one who experiences it. She is only sad in their separation. She only strives for connection with him and is unconcerned with herself. The sadness of the story is healed when you love mother earth, accept your role as the boy and the tree, and understand the cycle of life. The Native American's regard for the earth and their tradition to thank her, take only what is needed and ask before taking life is what our obsession with thinking cuts us off from understanding.

No one is afraid of death. They are afraid of being afraid of dying. It's easier to tackle it if you think of it that way.

I think people are too hard on themselves sometimes. Your mind is a liar, all thoughts are lies. We are always trying to understand with the mind more and more how both sides of a paradox can be true. This understanding is necessary but the real understanding is in the space between the words, the space between the thoughts. Solipsism is like being conservative in politics. I DID THIS THING, I don't need teachers, I AM my teacher. Then you can be liberal and way too reliant and trusting and worshipful of teachers or too caught in other people's shortcomings to make progress yourself. The thing is, we are going to have to have some wobble, some wavering between the two in order to balance out. The mind can never truly hold this paradox. A teaching will almost always be skewed one way or another. Ground yourself in thoughtless awareness, then get back on the roller coaster of the mind and try to understand it. The mind will always make you feel like you're being thrown off your center a bit. When we see other people thrown off their center, we try to balance them by going in the opposite direction. That's because we inherently know that they are us.

Your parents are just starting to learn that their role is changing and they can't keep you safe anymore. No matter what you do with your life this is a painful process for most parents, just because of your age and the fact that it's really hard to let go after your main concern has been keeping your child safe for 19 years . Be patient with them but be true to your inner guide. As for staying safe, my own theory is that since the law of attraction brought me this far, it can also help me through. Know the things that raise your spirits is really important, even make a list of them, make a vision board of things that make you happy and raise your spirits, come here for support, try to have other real life people in your life you can go to if you can. Remember that as serious as this journey is, it's really just play. This is fun, it's the adventure of a lifetime. What's an adventure without some really scary, low times?

@hariseldon74 That's AMAZING!!!

@The Blind Sage Hugs. @Inliytened1 Spiritually gifted or cray cray?

Oh. @Truth Addict We need to have a talk.

Ok, I'm even starting to really annoy myself now.

I believe that he knows exactly what he is doing. Being older and getting a bit senile might play into it some, but don't be fooled, he is a genius when it comes to making the common man think that he has their best interests at heart. What we need to someone who can make them believe it and who actually DOES have their interests at heart. That's a major challenge. Sometimes you have to appear at just the right moment when they realize that what worked for generations isn't going to cut it anymore. Timing is everything.

@tsuki You're as blind as a bat my love. So was Grammie, by the end.

@tsuki I did tonglen for my Grandmother, the night she died. It bounced back and I received a feeling of peace and well being stronger than I was able to give. An hour later my mom told me that she was gone. Everyone wanted her to hurry up and die. She was inconveniencing everyone, she stopped sleeping and started seeing dead people and she got mad at people for not understanding her reality. Grammie just needed to finish her vision quest. All in good time.