Evelyna

Peak? So you don't think there is grater foolishness than drinking alcohol?

“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” – Edgar Degas Hmm , once after a mushroom trip I painted an amazing combination of what I saw, which definitely was not of this world nor inspired by that what already is on earth As an artist I can say that we as humans can definitely come up with new things not necessary being inspired by what we see around us every day or what knowledge we have, sometimes its tripping on psychedelics that can provide an inspiration LOL.

I think we are always connected to everything at all times, I also think that it is more about attention. Some people tend to hold their attention elsewhere rather then on nature around them, for example a busy city worker rushing to their office does not pay attention to trees they are passing on their way, it doesn't mean they are disconnected it just means they are focused on other things. Maybe looking at it from another point could be helpful , people may. not pay attention to nature but what if nature pays attention to people, its never one sided I personally like to hug trees, talk to them and all other plants, animals and so on. I have plants at home, they all have names, I greet them and say good night to them. Funny enough when I eat my veggies im my mind I say thank you for providing me with what I need. I strongly believe everything around me is aware and responsive in some way even if I dont fully understand how.

Oh @Unlimited I am so very sorry for your loss. In the last 20 years I've been through this 3 times, and every time it is a horrible experiance. I am sure you have given this beautiful creature the best life and enormous amount of love and your doggo sure gave you the same, he had a good happy life and gave you opportunity to experiance part of life with him, and thats what counts. Good Blessing to you.

Anything is possible

@Wisebaxter It is possible that you just programmed your creativity to work only when you smoke, I’m just making an assumption. This would mean you have created a habit and habits can be changed. I suspect your problem here is that you have no desire to change this habit because smoking works for you, it’s effectiveness was a decisive element. Now, you always have a choice in either keeping the habit or changing the habit. People move away from pain and move towards pleasure , it’s almost encoded in us. Question I would ask is: have tried any other way to be creative? Have you looked for inspiration any other way? Maybe there’s something else that could also work , you just need to find it.

Generally people will try to move away from pain and move towards pleasure ( or happiness ) so as someone mentioned we are always seeking something that will make us feel good whatever this may be. I think we are all seeking some kind of positive experiance.

James wrote his response in to a response , I’ve done that few days ago accidentally 😂 he said : “ All humans blood appears red”

You exist

I personally dont care much if people try to convince me I should drink along with them. I just say no and don't feel the pressure because I am sure of my own decisions. Drink don't drink I don't care.

😂😂😂😂 I am laughing right now !! Brilliant!

it could be a fan

@JoshB Not everyone will be willing to accept your point of view, it doenst mean they are stupid or less then you, I understand it as everyone has a different journey they are on, you for example chose to explore spirituality and possibilities of consciousness and beyond, your scientific oriented friends chose a different path the one of science or a different way of thinking, I choose to integrate all possibillities and shift in and out of different ''realities' ( here I mean scientiffic, spiritual, objective , subjective and so on) depending on what's needed in the given moment for me. You could assume that your point of view isn't everyones point of view and some people just won't be convinced of it and that is fine. You could choose different topics to talk about or even explore their view of reality, you dont have to agree with it or argue it is not true, understanding that truth might be different to different people and acceptance of it can help you be more loving towards them. You can always find people with similar views to talk about spirituality like here on this forum. Acceptance is what I would work on if I were you, what you will choose to do is up to you. Many years ago I struggled with this one myself until I realised that they get so angry when I try to '' help '' them understand ( and only I thought I was helping ) because my so called help possibly interrupts with their path. I understood I can't help everyone and it is not my job to do so, not always anyway , sometimes I mentioned spirituality to a person who never thought of it before and it prompted a new thought and presented a new point of view which they accepted, which meant to me I showed up at the right point of their journey to help them along a little. Demonizing would instantly indicate to me that they are just not ready for this part of the journey yet and I would not mention it again around them.this worked for me so far.

exactly!

I think we always influence our reality wether we conscious of it or not. I also think focus might be the key, if I have a ''belief'' that things happen in a certain way the reality shifts to that point of focus and things will happen the way you think they do, also it is possible we shift/bend this reality all the time, continuously and the power is in the moment, change this 'belief' and again reality will align with this change and again what will start to happen is what you think will start to happen. World is what you think it is.

Depends on perspective and personal experience, personal judgment and so on , man is not always to blame. For example many homosexual relationships also fall apart. To really dive in to this you would need to look at each particular case and this isn’t really possible , I personally keep an open mind and simply assume I don’t and can’t know who’s to blame in any relationship.

For me I often listen to my intuition, also if there’s something I want to know , if I keep my focus on the Desire to find something out , things just seem to pop up around me that provide me with answers , it is a quite natural process , energy flows where attention goes. The right teachers will come to my awareness because I keep my focus on the Desire to know/ understand something. This could be anything , sometimes one of my clients will mention an article or book they have read or a podcast which relates to what I’m discovering , I will check it out and some information in it will be what I was looking for.

The way you focus your attention determines what comes into your awareness. I may be wrong but I think that catching woman’s attention feels good to you so you want more of it, it makes you feel confident, when your focus is on that feeling pretty woman who make you feel good will come to your awareness. , I’m guessing you are young ? Have you actually ever been in love with a woman who loved you back in the same way? I’m asking this because I remember being young and before I’ve met my husband I encountered many situations like the one you are describing, it also felt good to me. We have been together with my husband for the last 22 years, we love each other and are still in love with each other, I know that when you meet this kind of love , your missing piece of a puzzle , all the other man/woman become just not important and almost non existing, because our attention is on each other. I don’t know much about today’s interactions between young people but what I do know is that being in love gets rid of the need to be admired by many, you will only seek admiration from the one you are in love with and vice versa, in a romantic sense. Of course I can only speak for myself so this is from my own experiance.

You can't actually know for sure to make such sure statement. Maybe from your beliefs point of view that is true to you, but it is just your opinion.

And I thank you for your contribution it was an interesting discussion!! ❤️ you said : "there's only one way to get out of it", I re refer to this statement in saying there's always another way, but again this is from my own perspective and experiance I don't deny you are having a different experiance and experiencing a different perspective, and isn't this amazingly interesting!! I thoroughly enjoy different points of view I sometimes agree sometimes not agree but I learn something every time, thank you again:)

That's an interesting perspective, I was referring to the authors of this post understanding, which is another perspective. Very interesting.

I think so too and I agree. Theres always another way to do something and all of the ways can lead to similar results, Being open to all possibilities gives us an option to choose , and having a choice broadens our perspective. @DreamScape Thank you for clarifying your point of view, I understand what you meant now. I think the process of discovery itself is one of the most amazing things we do here on earth. The adventure of uncovering more and more of ourselves. I personally am not that bothered wether it will lead to awakening or not, it is leading me to understand myself and people, animals.... all nature around me more and more and thats the adventure I want to have Many years ago I chased the truth and discovered it is really different for each of us, but thats ok , thats what makes this interesting and if I can just learn to shift between those 'truths'', that I have a choice in which one I want to use based on its effectiveness and that everything is pretty much equally real, equally true and equally made up I can lead a pretty harmonised life here, and I love living.

Of course!! All animals can teach us many things.

There is always another way to do something, I can not agree that there is just one way.

Thank you for the input. Imaginary identity and illusion of control? I really don’t understand how you got to that reading the post. I see your perspective but I would never tell you , you should or shouldn’t do something, or what it is you are looking for , that’s an imaginary identity, means of control, and your own bubble, and that’s fine if you fine with it, I choose my own outlook. If you said “ you COULD get out of the web of meaning” your reply could be more appropriate, this would present a possibility instead you presented your perspective as a necessity.