RickyFitts

Beautiful.

I love you more than I can say...

Hehehe, cheers bro, and you're welcome! <3

Be interesting to see how Nahm deals with this situation, seems like it could actually be an acid test of just how spiritually advanced he actually is. I've got to say, I'm personally not disappointed to hear about this latest development, his input on the forum just seemed like spiritual egotism a lot of the time quite frankly, and it was really getting under my skin, particularly as I couldn't put him on ignore as he was a moderator.

@Gregory1 It's like John Lennon said, my friend: 'Life is what happens when you're making other plans'. Life often doesn't go to plan, but that's all right, that's just how it goes sometimes - there's always another chance to make things right, you don't have to be perfect.

I can't add a whole lot to that ?

Humility, I'd say. Hugely important that people on the spiritual path learn the value of that, it seems to me.

I love this, I think there's so much wisdom in this. Edit: I think @flume's post is spot on too, those emotional issues really are so important to resolve.

@Natasha Comforting to know ?

I was thinking of that quote just yesterday, funnily enough, don't know why.

Excellent, glad you liked it!

@Gianna That makes sense, thanks for elaborating I struggle with surrender, too - takes a leap of faith, I think

Here's one I posted elsewhere on the forum recently that might be worth a shot, I thought it was very good:

Would you mind expanding on this a little?

I love this

I personally prefer to meditate with my eyes closed - my meditation practice is all about turning attention inwards, and objects in my field of vision are liable to be a distraction.