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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
“When you turn to technology for comfort, meaning, or a sense of the sacred, what does it give you, and what do you still need from people or tradition?”
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The Pathology of Ungrounded Development
One of the ways psychological development can become pathological is if the current primary level from which a person operates isn’t grounded in skillful integration of the previous level.... - Philip...
Are We Ever Awake/Free/Thriving Enough To Not Practice?
Through the years, I’ve had periods in my life where I feel so overwhelmingly good that all my daily spiritual practices (yoga, meditation, prayer, Big Mind process, relatefulness, spiritual study, etc) fall to the wayside.... Ordinary Love
An invitation to true wellness culture Postmodernity is too egocentric. This includes current “spiritual” trends. Here’s what an alternative can look like: Yesterday Dara asked Jason to install a window A/C unit in Val’s room; he came over and did it.... Welcome and glad to have you here Nithya! Thank you for this. I haven’t heard of Atisha before this. Suddenly inspired to give my version in poetic tao te ching form, as a way to meditate on what’s been transmitted/expressed here… Unlearning "separation" Comes from relentless... - nithya...
Atisha's Pith Instructions
So this is my first post on Uptrust. Good to be here! I have been inspired by this teaching from Atisha (a master who taught in India & Tibet over a thousand years ago) but I wasn’t fully satisfied with any translation.... - laymanpascal...
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The article here on Relatefulness vs Circling, and numerous instances of listening to people try to nuance intriguing distinctions between various tweaks of intersubjective practice, turns my mind back to the shamanic.... AMA with John Mackey
Wednesday, 2/11 at 2:00 PM CT We’re here to talk about A Course in Miracles, and The Disappearance of the Universe, and how we can help each other home with the practices of true forgiveness.... - onWhat are some of your uncertainties? Experiences of failure (that maybe you still haven't turned into learnings yet?) Obvious realizations?bynithya...
The way I see it the confusion is because of the word suffering. Which is an inadequate translation of the original “dukkha”. Maybe a better way of saying it is that Buddhists aim to end all resistance to WHAT IS.... 🕊️“Awakening” and “enlightenment” are terribly vague terms for most people
🕊️“Awakening” and “enlightenment” are terribly vague terms for most people. sometimes referring to the universal, undeniable sense of being that is so simple and everpresently already here that we almost never think to pay attention to it (without training), except when... - nat...
A Jhana rabbit hole
Someone on X/Twitter introduced me to a meditation retreat company called Jhourneys that focuses on helping people get into Jhana states. Apparently there are different stages of Jhana.... Because "projection makes perception" and its all a dream, being ethical is an act of self-love
When thinking about everything being a dream, it's hard to see where ethics fits. If you know it's a Star Wars video game, why not play-to-win as the dark side? <-- You are separate from the video game, so this question makes sense.... - Thea...
The declaration that “none of this is real”, or that “reality is an illusion” is trivial and does a disservice to the pursuit of truth and love.
The power of recognising that “everything is an illusion/nothing is real” lies wholly in using this as a portal to deeper wisdom and knowledge. The danger of recognising that “everything is an illusion/nothing is real” is in mistaking this as a conclusion that implies that... an inevitable future of unconditional love
"The world is sacred. It can't be improved." says verse 29 of the Tao te Ching. I know the experience this statement comes from. I believe everyone knows it.... - dqueencat...
Lessons from the Rescue: What Rescue Teaches Us About God's Mercy
Amidst the chaotic rush of our everyday schedules, we frequently miss the profound insights waiting in unlikely corners. The rescues serve as one such sanctuary of wisdom, where dedicated caretakers labor without ceasing to preserve life and extend comfort.... - johnrblake...
from thomas keating: prayer hands pointing up is a material symbol of gathering all your faculties together and pointing them toward God. contemplating a "sacred" word is a mental pointer in the same way.... - nat...
ooh, I love the idea of states like vitamins! Yeah, I’d love to learn too. There’s a guided meditation on YouTube to bring you into the first Jhana. I listened to it last night. It put me into a deep meditation but nothing blissful.... Who I Follow On the Internet and Why
My internet interest fall into three categories: Politics, NFL Football, Connection/Spirituality/Consciousness. I imagine lots of people follow to first two in combo and the combo of three might be a little unusual....