Sources That Tickled My Mind

[Sincerity]

This week I came back to this great video about al-Hallaj. I liked it so much and had so many insights that I watched it twice.

10:55 - I resonate with that wish to have people kill me. I experienced it once on a "spiritual high" for a few days.

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Kill me, friends, for in my killing is my life.My death is in my life; my life is in my death.
Annihilation of my essence is the noblest of my glories.
And my attributes remaining is the foulest of my crimes.
My spirit tires of my life amid its lingering traces,
So kill me, burn me in these fading bones,
And later pass my dust in ruined tombs — You will find my lover’s secret folded into my remains.

22:08 - I also resonate with that desire for spiritual annihilation. 

Beautiful:

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I saw my Lord with the eye of my heart
I said: ‘Who are You?’ He said: ‘You!’
But for You, ‘where’ cannot have a place
And there is no ‘where’ when it concerns You.
The mind has no image of your existence in time
Which would permit the mind to know where you are.
You are the one who encompasses every ‘where’
Up to the point of no-where
So where are you?
And in my annihilation my annihilation was annihilated and in my annihilation I found you!

23:40 - I am the Truth/Real!

So simple, elegant and direct. 👌 This is what it's all about.

Also this:

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Subhani!

'Glory be to Me!'

32:12 - I don't know about the two spirits. I'd omit the second sentence and then it resonates:

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I am the one I desire, the one I desire is I;
we are two spirits dwelling in a single body.
So when you have seen me, you have seen him,
and when you have seen him, you have seen us.

34:59 - Al-Hallaj was also awake to Love, seeing it as the core of reality. Very inspiring. I'm not awake to that yet.

37:40 - And lastly, I find al-Hallaj's interpretation of satan very interesting, seeing him as the "ultimate monotheist".

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"God had said to him "Bow down (before Adam)?" —
"Not before another (than You)!" —
"Even if My curse falls upon you?" —
"It will not hurt me!" And Satan said:
"I reject (Your command)... in order to affirm You Holy!
My mind is going mad because of You!
What is Adam? Nothing but for You!
Who am I then. I. Satan, to distinguish him from You!"

I interpret this as embracing "this life" vs rejecting it in favour of God. I enjoy to choose the former (embracing high energetic choices as much as possible), and to me that's the greatest spirituality. The latter doesn't make much sense if given more thought, although I do understand it. I can't help but recall when Leo said that he stopped brushing his teeth because only truth mattered to him anymore. 😆

Perhaps there's some truth in both. I'm considering that someday, embracing energetic choices fully could lead me to full asceticism, rejection of the worldly and total devotion to God. But that'd still be the embrace of this life. So yeah, rejection isn't the way for me.

Also, I wonder if al-Hallaj saw himself in that devil, at least to an extent.

Overall, very inspiring figure. I want to learn about him more.

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This channel is a goldmine:

I "study" these videos - listening on 0.9x speed, making notes and thinking them through deeply. And observing the mind in action, of course. I want to deconstruct and become wholly aware of the pervasive "self"-orientation of the mind.

My best friend recommended it to me. 

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By Roger Thisdell:

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I like this guy:

I listened to him quite a lot over the summer. He makes me laugh a lot. Retardmaxxing 4ever. 

In a way, he's basic. But I know also that there's things to him that I'm missing. So I'm supplementing his energy every now and then. He's an inspiration.

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"Kiss the joy as it flies."

"The grass is greener when you water it."

"We can complain that rosebushes have thorns, or rejoice that thorns have roses."

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You are God.

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Here are my more detailed thoughts on Bashar. He’s a mixed bag.

What I don't like

I hate how sloppy he is with his predictions and how he’s not being held accountable by his audience. Recently I listened to a talk from him from ~20 years ago and he was saying how 2010-2015 was going to be the time for (beginnings of) first contact and that 2012 would be the turning point for humanity in going into a more positive, lighter state/direction. Now he’s saying the time for first contact is like 2027-2033. WTF?

I get the justification that you shouldn’t expect definitive predictions and that he’s just „reading the current energy field”. But like, come on. Just sloppy. I don't buy it.

I don’t like all the talk about fucking crystals, other alien civilizations, the „history” of humanity and these aliens, different densities, hybrid children, et cetera. Shit you can’t validate. Just stories, beliefs.

I will not believe any such crap until I somehow discover it myself. Will I? Probably not. What matters is that which is, what I do in life, my energetic landscape which determines what I do, etc.. I doubt specific fucking alien civilizations or crystals would ever be relevant to that. I can’t help but facepalm when people ask Bashar questions about the details of these insignificant things - like, how did the greys destroy their planet? Am I a hybrid child? What density was fucking Jesus? I don’t know. Ridiculous.

Another thing is: I hate how he's sometimes talking with full confidence about things he can't be confident about at all. For example, someone will very superficially describe their dream to Bashar and ask him what it meant, and then he will with complete confidence tell them what it meant for their life. Man, again, this is just sloppy. A single dream could mean completely different things for different people. You can't just impose these meanings on someone. You simply don't know. (And these people of course buy what he's saying. Sigh.)

In general, I feel like often times Bashar will pander to people he's talking about. Again, they ask him about the meaning of their dream, trusting that he can give them an answer - and he will provide a meaning for them, no questions asked. He'll often (but not always) tell you what you want to hear - at least that's my impression. That's baaaad.

He's not always pandering though. I will give him props for this:

• He will not indulge in conspiratorial thinking.
• He will not indulge in trumpism. In fact, before the election he said Trump would destroy the US.

The reason this is relevant is because a large share of his audience seems to be partaking in that. But when asked questions from that frame, he will usually dissuade people from going in these directions.

I wouldn't be surprised if like 50% (or more) of Bashar's audience were anti-vaxxers. Or Trump supporters. I've listened to a lot of questions from these people and my conclusion is that a significant share of them are morons. Attracted to feeling special, having some special knowledge, escaping with the aliens, being God damn hybrid children, part of something big and unknown to others. Against the establishment and mainstream narratives. This is all connected to conspiratorial thinking in a way.

What I like

His most basic teaching is gold - The Follow Your Excitement Formula.

1. Act on your excitement, your passion, whatever is most exciting to you, in the moment. Do this every moment that you can.
2. Do this to the best of your ability. Take it as far as you can go until you cannot take it any further.
3. Act on your excitement/passion with absolutely no insistence, assumption or expectation of what the outcome should be.
4. Choose to remain in a positive state regardless of what happens.
5. Constantly investigate your belief systems. Release & replace the un-preferred beliefs: fear-based beliefs, and the beliefs not in alignment with who you prefer to be.

To me, this is what's best about him. The formula is simple, but of amazing quality and importance. I've derived a large share of it for myself through my work on understanding the energy domain (in short: follow your highest viable energy in the moment) - and then later realized he was saying something similar. This is what I'm trying to apply every day. It's brought so much love into my life, so much confidence in my choices and actions (when I'm acting on my highest viable energy = doing the best I can in the moment. Because really, what else can I do?) and so much joy. It's really simple when you think about it. But it's true, it works.

I like listening to him guiding people in relation to the formula. People come to him with their unique dreams and fears/limiting beliefs (why they can't be doing the thing they want most), and he will help them realize how they're not applying the formula in their life. It's been useful for me to listen to his advice for others, to see through my own fears and beliefs.

I like the concept of permission slips. I think it's very true - we do indeed treat all techniques, objects, etc. as permission slips to be the way we want to be. There's nothing inherent in techniques/objects. It's all about the energy we bring into them and assumptions/beliefs about them.

I agree with his basic "existential" teachings like: You are consciousness. You are physical reality itself. You are eternal and consciousness cannot cease to exist. Everything you experience is another aspect of yourself. There is only one moment in creation, and everything you experience is that same moment from a different point of view. Your essence is unconditional love.

And finally, I like how loving and non-judgmental he is, especially when assisting people. That's a good sign of character.

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Ultimately, I really don't care whether he's an alien or not. I try to judge him by his teachings. There's gold in what he's saying, and then there's also shit. It takes discernment to determine which is which.

Note: My position hasn't really changed on Bashar. I basically like and dislike the same things as before. Previously I simply skimmed over the things I didn't like, but now I wanted to be a bit more critical and call it out.

Edited yesterday at 03:25 PM by Sincerity

[integration journey]

5 hours ago, Sincerity said:

Here are my more detailed thoughts on Bashar. He’s a mixed bag.

What I don't like

I hate how sloppy he is with his predictions and how he’s not being held accountable by his audience. Recently I listened to a talk from him from ~20 years ago and he was saying how 2010-2015 was going to be the time for (beginnings of) first contact and that 2012 would be the turning point for humanity in going into a more positive, lighter state/direction. Now he’s saying the time for first contact is like 2027-2033. WTF?

I get the justification that you shouldn’t expect definitive predictions and that he’s just „reading the current energy field”. But like, come on. Just sloppy. I don't buy it.

I don’t like all the talk about fucking crystals, other alien civilizations, the „history” of humanity and these aliens, different densities, hybrid children, et cetera. Shit you can’t validate. Just stories, beliefs.

I will not believe any such crap until I somehow discover it myself. Will I? Probably not. What matters is that which is, what I do in life, my energetic landscape which determines what I do, etc.. I doubt specific fucking alien civilizations or crystals would ever be relevant to that. I can’t help but facepalm when people ask Bashar questions about the details of these insignificant things - like, how did the greys destroy their planet? Am I a hybrid child? What density was fucking Jesus? I don’t know. Ridiculous.

Another thing is: I hate how he's sometimes talking with full confidence about things he can't be confident about at all. For example, someone will very superficially describe their dream to Bashar and ask him what it meant, and then he will with complete confidence tell them what it meant for their life. Man, again, this is just sloppy. A single dream could mean completely different things for different people. You can't just impose these meanings on someone. You simply don't know. (And these people of course buy what he's saying. Sigh.)

In general, I feel like often times Bashar will pander to people he's talking about. Again, they ask him about the meaning of their dream, trusting that he can give them an answer - and he will provide a meaning for them, no questions asked. He'll often (but not always) tell you what you want to hear - at least that's my impression. That's baaaad.

He's not always pandering though. I will give him props for this:

• He will not indulge in conspiratorial thinking.
• He will not indulge in trumpism. In fact, before the election he said Trump would destroy the US.

The reason this is relevant is because a large share of his audience seems to be partaking in that. But when asked questions from that frame, he will usually dissuade people from going in these directions.

I wouldn't be surprised if like 50% (or more) of Bashar's audience were anti-vaxxers. Or Trump supporters. I've listened to a lot of questions from these people and my conclusion is that a significant share of them are morons. Attracted to feeling special, having some special knowledge, escaping with the aliens, being God damn hybrid children, part of something big and unknown to others. Against the establishment and mainstream narratives. This is all connected to conspiratorial thinking in a way.

What I like

His most basic teaching is gold - The Follow Your Excitement Formula.

1. Act on your excitement, your passion, whatever is most exciting to you, in the moment. Do this every moment that you can.
2. Do this to the best of your ability. Take it as far as you can go until you cannot take it any further.
3. Act on your excitement/passion with absolutely no insistence, assumption or expectation of what the outcome should be.
4. Choose to remain in a positive state regardless of what happens.
5. Constantly investigate your belief systems. Release & replace the un-preferred beliefs: fear-based beliefs, and the beliefs not in alignment with who you prefer to be.

To me, this is what's best about him. The formula is simple, but of amazing quality and importance. I've derived a large share of it for myself through my work on understanding the energy domain (in short: follow your highest viable energy in the moment) - and then later realized he was saying something similar. This is what I'm trying to apply every day. It's brought so much love into my life, so much confidence in my choices and actions (when I'm acting on my highest viable energy = doing the best I can in the moment. Because really, what else can I do?) and so much joy. It's really simple when you think about it. But it's true, it works.

I like listening to him guiding people in relation to the formula. People come to him with their unique dreams and fears/limiting beliefs (why they can't be doing the thing they want most), and he will help them realize how they're not applying the formula in their life. It's been useful for me to listen to his advice for others, to see through my own fears and beliefs.

I like the concept of permission slips. I think it's very true - we do indeed treat all techniques, objects, etc. as permission slips to be the way we want to be. There's nothing inherent in techniques/objects. It's all about the energy we bring into them and assumptions/beliefs about them.

I agree with his basic "existential" teachings like: You are consciousness. You are physical reality itself. You are eternal and consciousness cannot cease to exist. Everything you experience is another aspect of yourself. There is only one moment in creation, and everything you experience is that same moment from a different point of view. Your essence is unconditional love.

And finally, I like how loving and non-judgmental he is, especially when assisting people. That's a good sign of character.

* * * * *

Ultimately, I really don't care whether he's an alien or not. I try to judge him by his teachings. There's gold in what he's saying, and then there's also shit. It takes discernment to determine which is which.

Note: My position hasn't really changed on Bashar. I basically like and dislike the same things as before. Previously I simply skimmed over the things I didn't like, but now I wanted to be a bit more critical and call it out.

I kinda feel the same way about him. 
trying not to confuse the signal for the noise with him.

[Sincerity]

18 hours ago, integration journey said:

I kinda feel the same way about him. 
trying not to confuse the signal for the noise with him.

Nice