- - Spirituality and Awakening
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Oriphiel
05-07-2018 06:42 AM
She met jesus on an acid trip.
Lisnaholic
05-07-2018 06:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Celladorina
(Post 1947318)
Lol.
^ I've tried reading a couple of Alan Watts books, but never quite made it to the end of one, so I was very pleased to see the man himself; lucid and making a clearly understandable point. Thanks for the clip.
Elsewhere I once read a similar idea about how difference so easily becomes agression - about how, the very minute you talk about "us" you are defining a not-us, which you call "them." We all know how most religions, politically theories and armies view "them" - not quite as enlightenedly as Alan Watts. :(
It was from Alan Watts, among others, that I learned the importance of tolerance and if anyone else takes that message away from your clip, then you've done a service to MB Celladorina, but as for too much analysis and over-thinking of life, I prefer to live by this banal maxim: "Life is a mystery to be lived, not a problem to be solved."
Trollheart
05-07-2018 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Oriphiel
(Post 1947552)
She met jesus on an acid trip.
Yeah, Jesus is always going on acid trips. Satan keeps meaning to go with him one of these days, but his work schedule is hell.
Lucem Ferre
05-08-2018 11:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Celladorina
(Post 1947304)
So over the last year, I have learnt some of the hardest lessons I have in my entire life. I learnt my strengths, weaknesses and had huge mental health issues. Throughout it, I have learnt more about being awake. I am not sure who else here is awake, awakening or discovering it, but I'd like to know and have some discussion about it.
Basically, we live in our own worlds, stories. Similar to that thread a long time ago I read about how none of the things in our life is real. It's all constructed in our minds, but one collective mind. I think light shines through us and we can create and destroy our stories how we see fit. I've even tested this and literally had conversations with it. I promise I am not going crazy.
So like a mix between phenomenology and Buddhist spirituality?
Wait, who's the guy that talks about the shadow self?
Oriphiel
05-09-2018 04:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre
(Post 1948688)
Wait, who's the guy that talks about the shadow self?
