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Beginners Mind: Nurturing Relationships
With any relationship involving ones self, another, or an aspect of life, there is a curve of interest and involvement. When it is new and special, the excitement drives involvement, and as interest wanes a persons interaction with that relationship becomes more and more habitual, and less conscious. Perceptions about the relationship begin to ( Read more... ) -
Non-Duality & Psychology
An awesome video on happiness, how it works and under what conditions, as unveiled through an experiment conducted at Harvard.
I greatly recommend watching this.
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Enlightenment Is & Is Not
I've been considering the meaning of enlightenment, and have a couple of personal observations.
Enlightenment is often:- Pursued like a goal.
- Perceived as a thing achieved in the future after X hours of spiritual practice.
- Assumed to be complete liberation, no rebirths and a way to escape this 'horrible world'.
- Reserved for spiritual elists such as ( Read more... )
- Pursued like a goal.
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"Faith without Works is Dead"
While often taken in a religious sense to lead stupid sheep to the slaughter, for me this phrase means:
- Does a person act the truths felt within? Or do they simply have beliefs?
- Does one accumulate knowledge? Or does one test the truth of that knowledge by LIVING it day to day?
- Does one silently bear witness to the results of their actions? Or ( Read more... )
- Does a person act the truths felt within? Or do they simply have beliefs?
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Russia Builds a New Bomb ....
"The main destruction is inflicted by an ultrasonic shockwave and an incredibly high temperature," the reports said. "All that is alive merely evaporates ( Read more... ) -
Edu-ma-cate Yo-Self
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Music Swap
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Being
There is no end to the quest for knowledge and knowing, yet one has no need to learn how to be oneself. -
Crafting a Grimoire / Lexicon / Personal Book of Secrets and Wisdom
Magic formula, spells & incantations, mantras, songs and mystic diagrams; the students of mysticism and the occult love these things. It's neat, its interesting, they capture the attention and seem to be fulfilling. Delving into secret or sacred lore bestows a power of knowledge, and the illusion of power. Seeking answers from external sources is ( Read more... )
