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Not quite, octogenarians are in their eighties and Trump's only 78, which makes him a septuagenarian. Though admittedly that doesn't roll off the tongue quite as easily. (I say 'only', obviously that's still pretty ancient and just one of about a hundred reasons why he's not fit to be in office.)

'The word enlightenment conjures up the idea of some superhuman accomplishment, and the ego likes to keep it that way, but it is simply your natural state of felt oneness with Being. It is a state of connectedness with something immeasurable and indestructible, something that, almost paradoxically, is essentially you and yet is much greater than you. It is finding your true nature beyond name form.' - Eckhart Tolle

I struggled with this initially, too, I found that the trick was just to let the lens come into contact with the eye and then the eye would 'take' it, whereas trying to force it into the eye wouldn't work.

Great! A consistent meditation practice is one of the best things you do for your general wellbeing, in my opinion.

Investigate what's going on inside you when you do find yourself getting triggered, notice what sorts of feelings and emotions get stirred up in you when you think about this person, be very aware in your body; notice where in your body you might be feeling tightness and tension, and allow that inner resistance to release and let your body relax and breathe. As you do so, notice any feelings that might then arise, and just allow those feelings to be felt. This is likely not an issue that's going to go away overnight, so make this into a regular practice, deepen your bodily sensitivity.

Ahh okay, didn't know that - thanks! You've also got to press save when you're done, I almost missed that.

Thanks for sharing bro, excellent resources.🙏

I've just googled 'v.v meaning', and apparently in emoji form it expresses sadness or great dismay. Though maybe MuadDid just leant on their keyboard, Christ knows.

@Keryo Koffa I hear you. Don't mind me, I'm just feeling a bit cranky at the moment.

It's asking too much of people to expect them to read a giant wall of text like that, you need to have some consideration for the reader and break it down into digestible paragraphs.

That's nice of you to say, thanks.

@gettoefl Love it.

'Surrender isn't about having a certain experience. It's about simple, open vulnerability to whatever is, right now.' - Jon Bernie

What do I desire the most?

@Leo Gura In the past, you'd get an error message after a few seconds sometimes (I forget what the exact message was, it's been a while since it happened), seemed like it was terminal at that point. Maybe it would have embedded if I'd waited a bit longer, I don't know.

I know, I said I had to delete the link before refreshing the page if it didn't embed because it wouldn't work on the second attempt if I didn't. Anyway, seems to be working fine at the moment, thank goodness.

Works fine for me. Embedding links could be problematic even before the crash, sometimes I'd have to delete the link, refresh the page, and try again. It would usually embed on the second attempt.

The browser you're using could be a factor, going off what others have said, which one are you using? I'm on Microsoft Edge which mostly works fine for this forum (though I still can't embed links).

I tend to believe it due to the testimony of people whose opinions I respect (the Buddha and Adyashanti both saw their past lives when they became enlightened, for example), and also because of what I've been told about my own past lives by people I consider credible. But it's only a belief, so I don't see much value in dwelling on it. I'm really only interested in what I know for sure.

No sense in trying to force yourself to feel a certain way, far better to simply acknowledge how you actually are feeling and then sit with what you're feeling and feel into it - there's often a lot going on underneath the surface feeling of, say, jealousy or depression, but we tend to get caught on that surface level. See if you can feel what's going on at a deeper, more vulnerable level, and allow those deeper feelings to be felt, and expressed if necessary.

Are you ticking the 'Remember Me' box when you log in?

It can do, because awakened energy is inevitably going to bump up against any blockages in your energy system (and pretty much everyone has blockages) and reveal everything in you that's unresolved - beliefs, traumas, repressed emotions, and so on. And working through these unresolved issues is a big part of spiritual growth, I've found, though people usually don't want to do this sort of inner work.