RisingLane

Oh yes, I remember this, along with Adya’s summation of the teaching with a clap. It was meant to be Adya’s final public event, but he recently held A Gathering of Friends.

I'm pretty sure Jed was exaggerating as well, which just makes it even funnier.

Infinite Nothingness has Infinite Power and Infinite Will, and it's willing this moment into existence. As an Infinite Mind, it can imagine anything it desires, just as your finite mind creates thoughts and ideas within the limits of its conditioned will.

No one claims that choices aren't being made. Clearly, choices are made, but they aren't made freely. Your preferences are influenced by conditioning. Your breathing occurs automatically. Your gaze is directed by an intelligent designer who can lead your attention wherever they want you to focus.

Reminds me of Jed McKenna, who claimed he’d rather end his own life than spend a year in prison, or even push children in front of a train if that’s what the universe required of him.

Why would a follower of Actualized.org define God in that way? God is Infinite Nothingness. Maybe loving it and accepting it are the same thing. Tell that to Jesus.

Yes, it's about loving what is. What is, is God's will.

Stephen Gray, Richard Alpert, and Jagadish Vasudev wouldn’t have sold a single book.

If I can do as I please, why can’t I fly to the moon? It’s clear that this wasn’t meant for me in this lifetime, so it won’t happen no matter what I try.

Interesting thread on Reddit. "The whole programme is chalked out. ‘Not an atom moves except by His Will’ expresses the same truth, whether you say ‘Does not move except by His Will’, or ‘Does not move except by karma’. As for freedom for man, he is always free not to identify himself with the body and not to be affected by the pleasures and pains consequent on the body’s activities."

If everything is predetermined, then whether we learn it or not has already been decided.

I'm not so sure about that. That's a skill that develops gradually with age and awareness, but it’s still not exactly the same as free will.

Sages have been claiming for ages that free will is an illusion. What do you think "there is no doer" means? Modern science is starting to acknowledge this truth. Consider Robert Sapolsky's work on the subject:

The word you might be searching for could be intriguing or eerie.

I liked the first episode, but the rest didn’t keep me engaged. Honestly, waking up in an empty small town all by myself doesn’t sound too bad. Twin Peaks is another intriguing show inspired by The Twilight Zone.

Just watched Wake Up Dead Man, and it’s my favorite of the three Knives Out films. Thought of Leo twice while watching. Excited to hear that Rian Johnson plans to make more.

You're not a figment of his imagination; he is a figment of yours. There’s a big difference.

I was moved. It’s a bit annoying how they keep playing that entire voice message over and over. By the way, that’s Patrick Fabian’s voice, who plays Howard Hamlin in Better Call Saul.

You get what you are, but how did you become what you are? It wasn't entirely your doing, so that's where compassion comes in for yourself and others.

Thank you. I take full responsibility for this choice.

I do, actually. It makes life easier, doesn’t it? Pure, beautiful surrender—a sense of relief—just watching the show unfold. So why the need to be in charge of everything? It feels like Sadhguru isn’t being completely honest, even though there’s value in what he says. It just doesn’t seem like the whole truth. You can’t appeal to a wide audience with complete honesty, and it seems his main goal is to reach as many people as possible.

The Stimulation Clicker is crazy!

If we could truly control our emotions, wouldn't we always choose to be happy? In reality, though, that's not possible, and karma is the reason why.

"The world is yourself pushed out." - Neville Goddard In a way, this is true, but you don't control your state.

What I’ve been listening to while contemplating.