Anoesjka

Pain is cruel, fear is cruel, in whichever life form it arises. In my little way of looking at things, it is. Maybe, if someday I will awaken fully, I will see it differently. Right now, I'm struggling with it. Man is part of nature and just as cruel. Indifference is cruel. All from my little ego perspective , of course. I know it isn't in reality. But isn't it all about how we perceive things? And how we rise above that perception, after we struggled with it for long enough?

Can you send it to me then, with enough food and water to last the journey of course. I now know what's been lacking in my life! Adorable, with all those little hairs and funny ears. So small, yet fully functional.

Creative guy, Gurdijeff, but his self invented words make it hard to understand. I almost have the feeling that I'm staring at a surrealistic text Dali has improvised. I tried to understand it and I failed.

Thanks so much CT, this is really uplifting. Sometimes one forgets all these things.

Hi zerostao, I live in the boondocks with a huge garden. Gardening seemed to do the trick in the past for me, but recently it has stopped being a remedy. I have everything I ever wanted, yet it doesn't fulfill me. Who could have imagined?

That's the key aspect, acceptance. I'm going to have to work on that one, I guess. But if even YOU turn away from nature's cruel aspects is there any hope for me?

I know all that rationally, and it's me that's doing all the labeling, but I'm feeling a bit depressed about the world lately. All those nice things in nature can't seem to make up for all the suffering and the world has lost it's sparkle for me. I hope it's temporary.

After years of watching the thinker, I think (really?) the thinker is an excellent association maker. Random things like images, pop up from your subconscious, and the thinker is taking that as a base for a thought. When I'm in the process of some meditations, I remove the attachment of the thinker to subconscious images bubbling up. But I think the bubbling still exists, even if you're letting go of the process of associating.

Another post http://thetaobums.com/topic/36465-nose-chakra/ reminded me of the following: recently since about a year I don't have a nasal cycle anymore. I breathe equally through both nostrils, throughout the day and the night. I used to have a nasal cycle of approximately 4 hours, after which the dominant nostril switched. I'd really like to know if there are more deviant breathers out here and if it's to be considered pathological.

Incredible things happening to people, I would have never believed things like that existed before. But I've experienced enough to know that it probably can be done. Still strange, when you think of it (but thinking destroys all that)

You're aware that there's a mudra practiced by yogi's, whereby the tongue goes into the nasal cavity to stimulate a very sensitive point there that brings instant bliss? Some people even remove part of their tongue to be able to do that. Too weird for me, though.

Last year we had an infestation of a black type of daddy longlegs. They would gather together in big clumps that looked like black hair somehow. At the link below you can see what that looked like. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/02/vine-pubic-hair-daddy-longlegs_n_4532310.html

It's warm, and has been for some weeks now. Way warmer then usual.

Those spiders, incredibly big this year. And so many! And one of my apple trees has been blossoming this month.

I already suspected such, nevertheless had to ask

Could you please tell me a bit about the 3rd nostril part? I'm very intrigued. to say the least.

I hope you're feeling better now!

I never heard of that, I almost feel like you're pulling my leg on this one. Is it the thing where your tongue curls backward and up?

I'm glad I'm not alone. I suspect there are many more here on TTB. Can I ask you a question though? Do you ever get a cold nowadays? When I think I get a cold, it's gone in a couple of hours.

Yes, I have that too, seems like the ego destroys it.

Not only sun radiation, but radiation from outer space. And nothing to shield us from that.

Aha!

What are you after, sex, or awakening? Make up your mind please.

Now here comes Einstein's special relativity theory into play.

You probably know that my kundalini has become active after becoming a member of AMORC, which is a Rosicrucian group. Now I wasn't a member for very long. But kundalini has been in my life for probably seven years, I never realized what it did until recently (although I suspected it) And now it's been speeding up a notch in such a way that I can't even meditate anymore. It's been robbing me of my sleep, generating so much heat and muscle spasms and strange phenomena. It even affects my husband sleeping in the room next to mine. (The heat cast him away long ago, lol) I'm a bit concerned, because I always meditated without a teacher or a group. I joined a yoga group recently, but it hasn't been helping me at all. Besides, I've been told by other rosicrucians that I ought to have influx from outside, a ray of some kind, which would be able to kill the kundalini, so as to reach liberation. It freaks me out, frankly. What can I do? Should I give up walking a spiritual path? This has been a great concern of mine. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.