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Lotus
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I did an icebath on 31st of January for two minutes. We air dried ourselves outside in the middle of the wind. We weren't allowed to get dressed until we were dry. Until then, breathing and tai chi were the order of the day.
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Bathed in a freezing cold mountain spring today. Last time I did this was probably four years ago. The last time I did this my body was stiff and tense and I moved frantically to warm myself up. 5 minutes max in the water.
Today, I fully relaxed, enjoyed the cold, enjoyed the inner heat, and stayed about 10 minutes in the water, with ease. Yay!
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2 hours ago, Mandy said:
Are there two Sources, one of good and one of bad?
There can only be one. One existence, one creation, one source. It would be a spiritually learned answer to say that One = Good. To stay truthful and honest, I gotta say that I don‘t know whether source is good or bad. I also don‘t know source. I only ‚know‘ that this is it, and that this is one, and that it‘s always now.
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Why then does it sometimes seem like that source has given up on you? Source proved me wrong many times, but still.
It probably comes down to beliefs. Only believing thoughts makes it seem like source has given up on you.
Why then does source allow us to believe thoughts in the first place?! I‘m probably selfish af to say this, but why not just the good stuff, source? 😂
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33 minutes ago, Mandy said:
Grace is a matter of fact
What does that mean?
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On 9/2/2022 at 2:14 AM, Orb said:
Do drugs block the repressed emotions?
Not really imo.
I finally took some distance from weed and realized that I misused the herb to distract myself from things I don’t want to feel. It didn‘t really block emotions, because I still could feel that something within was off. But it sure was distracting. Or in other words, I used weed as a means of aversion. Aversion can come in many forms, be it substances, TV, or even sports. We are so clever that we can use literally anything to not look within.
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„How meta do we want to go?“
Phil: Yes.
😂
9 hours ago, Phil said:Even the awareness awareness is aware of. 🙂
Language makes spirituality seem complicated and hard to understand, but being is simple. Thank. God.
Thinking spirituality is like 🔙➡️⤵️🔝⬇️↗️↩️⬆️ „ehh what does the awareness awareness is aware of even mean“
Being is like ⚪️
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2 hours ago, Phil said:
Is awareness really a thing?
Not really. Awareness escapes definition, because everything awareness is aware of, is not awareness.
2 hours ago, Phil said:In the sense eventually requires time.
Oh. Well, in that sense, everything is kinda fluid, nothing is really static. Everchanging right now.
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12 hours ago, Phil said:
Maybe. But… maybe not.
I don‘t understand. The only unchanging thing seems to be awareness. The rest, for example a flower, a cup of tea, a car, societal structures, all of those don‘t seem to be permanent and they seem to be in a universal cycle.
12 hours ago, Phil said:Well you know I’m not one to infringe on anyone’s beliefs. 🙂
No of course not. 😂
12 hours ago, Phil said:So then can any thing eventually pass?
In the sense of „can anything happen at all“?
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22 hours ago, Phil said:
How do know it’s true though? What if you die first?
Sure, that could happen, too.
I think that the sting is a nice reminder to cherish the time you have with your loved ones.
And even if I die first, there are a lot of other things, which are impermanent, too.
22 hours ago, Phil said:What if no one really dies?
Well, that‘s the thing which makes me feel good. I „know“ that they will be in a good place, when they die. The tragedy doesn‘t happen to them, but to the ones who remain.
I believe that the false self, namely the ego/the body/the human being dies, but the spirit is timeless aliveness.
22 hours ago, Phil said:Can anything really eventually pass?
Anything which I am aware of passes in my direct experience.
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5 hours ago, Phil said:
Is it true?
Sure, I would miss them. I‘d be reminiscing the time I had with them.
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„It is not impermanence that makes us suffer. What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not. We need to learn to appreciate the value of impermanence. If we are in good health and are aware of impermanence, we will take good care of ourselves. When we know that the person we love is impermanent, we will cherish our beloved all the more. Impermanence teaches us to respect and value every moment and all the precious things around us and inside of us. When we practice mindfulness of impermanence, we become fresher and more loving.“
- Thich Nhat Hanh
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18 hours ago, Phil said:
There isn’t actually either. No resolution needed. 👍🏼
But my parents will die one day. It hurts it will be over one day.
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I might not be seeing the forest for the trees. Haven‘t thought about the ego for quite a long time. It‘s funny because when I started the spiritual journey some years ago, my main goal was to annihilate the ego and gain universal/existential knowledge. Now I hardly care or think about it, and just wanna have a good time here.
Ok maybe a few universal mindfucks here and there, too. 😂
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On 8/31/2022 at 4:01 PM, Phil said:
By simultaneously appearing as two spheres & forgetting that I am. Then it seems like there is finite, finite dreams & therein, discord. But there isn’t finite, and that’s what seems discordant.
How does that lead to the accurate interpretations of dreams? (Assuming that it is accurate)
On 8/31/2022 at 4:01 PM, Phil said:Maybe the behaviors & actions have been ‘cleaned’ as in aligned, yet the belief in separate selves as thinkers persists, in believing the thoughts about the me, who’s actions are questioned. If so, it would be thoughts which are ‘clung to’, not feeling. The feeling ‘speaks the truth’ of ‘the finite dreams’, and is the seemingly finite dreams.
Sounds like I gotta pull out the good ol‘ emotional scale and question questioning myself. 😂
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I recognized that I‘m working best and most efficient, when I‘m feeling good.
Maybe consider quality vs. quantity: 1 hour of full focus with a relaxed mind vs. 4 hours of overwhelmed thoughts with a stressed mind. When I recognized that I could get done more within a qualitative hour as opposed to 4 hours, it was a no brainer to me that feeling good is the number one priority. It also made the tasks I had to get done more fun.
One-pointed concentration is deeply relaxing for the mind. Combine one-pointed concentration with everything you gotta get done and then say byebye to all stressful thoughts, which aren‘t serving your wellbeing and productivity.
Oh yeah, it might be worth mentioning that it‘s not the load of work which stresses you out, but rather the overwhelming thoughts about the work which you gotta get done. One step at a time, always. Hope this helps.
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Feeling a wave of bittersweet melancholy again.
I love my parents, I love the time with my friends.
Amidst the pain of clinging to the ones I love, I can feel God's love. Everything will be okay. I don't know how to express this, but I can feel it. And it's both heartbreaking and full of love. There's a sense of coming to terms with it; accepting it; allowing it.
Man. 🥲❣️
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3 hours ago, Aware Wolf said:
This is what i point to if someone wonders about meaning in coincidences, dreams, tarot, iching,
What an awesome video, I love it!
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9 minutes ago, Phil said:
By simultaneously appearing as two spheres & forgetting that I am. Then it seems like there is finite, finite dreams & therein, discord. But there isn’t finite, and that’s what seems discordant.
Maybe the behaviors & actions have been ‘cleaned’ as in aligned, yet the belief in separate selves as thinkers persists, in believing the thoughts about the me, who’s actions are questioned. If so, it would be thoughts which are ‘clung to’, not feeling. The feeling ‘speaks the truth’ of ‘the finite dreams’, and is the seemingly finite dreams.
This one, I need to digest in silence. Much appreciated!! Thank you, sir. 🙏
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3 minutes ago, Mandy said:
Only when they are striking and or memorable. If you keep giving thought to something it's because there's a message in it or different way of looking at it, whether it was a dream or waking occurrence.
I felt an odd ease in my heart when I read "different way of looking at it".. as if there's a perspective, which isn't that heavy on my heart, which works equally well or even better. It feels really good, actually.
10 minutes ago, Mandy said:Expression, (saying what you mean), is purifying.
It's interesting that you mention that. When I say what I mean, I'm usually pretty direct. I believe that I'm too direct to some people. Thus, I decorate my sentences with more words than necessary, and more words than I actually meant/want to say. Perhaps another thing that's connected to that is the fear of "awkward silence", especially when I'm just with one person. It's twisted, because I don't even desire to talk that much. 😂
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Wow, that's some food for thought. Thanks, Phil!
Having a dream journal, expressing what was felt, and reflecting on that, is one thing. But you seemed to pinpoint it quite directly. How?
10 minutes ago, Phil said:Looking in the mirror represents introspection. Cockroaches represent what is ‘dirty’ and difficult to dispose of / let go of. Bleach-white cockroaches represent a cleaning of what is dirty having occurred, yet not yet a letting go of. On the tongue / the word, points to where the ‘cleaned cockroaches’ are kept going / kept alive or ‘in play’ so to speak.
I'm not sure whether it represents the following, but what comes to mind is that I still tend to overthink when it comes to relating with others. It's all good and fine, people tend to like me, and we get along well. Yet, especially after, not really before, having said something or hanging out with peepz, I question my actions a lot, more often than not in a negative light (e.g. "you shouldn't have done that, you shouldn't have said that, you could've said it like this"). And I actually do struggle to let it go, even if everything's fine.
I often remind myself that everything's fine, and it is, and I find evidence for it, yet I cling to the feeling that it is not.
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Hello folks,
so I‘ve had this really weird dream where I woke up, walked to the bathroom and looked in the mirror. As I opened my mouth, I spotted three bleach-white, dried out cockroaches on my tongue. Then, the dream ended.
This kinda stuck with me and I‘m not sure whether this dream wanted to tell me something or not. In the dream, feeling wise, I wasn‘t even disgusted by it. Just confused. Now that I‘m out of that dream, the confusion remains.
Do dreams necessarily have encrypted messages in them?
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I'm appreciating everyone who's trying to heal in this forum. It's simply amazing to see how peepz help each other, and it's awesome that we have, and make use, of such opportunities. ❤️
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