kakapo

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-democracy-report-1.7486317

@kakapo never attended a school nor had a qualified teacher, which is why he reacts that way when any esoteric term, such as astral travel, is mentioned. Please don't assume. You know what happens when you assume. I am very grateful to my school and teachers.

The observer continues from one lifetime to the next, the ego, the identity, the memory was the subject of observation. Those are left behind and a new round of observation begins, new memories are formed, a new ego and identity is established. This is the case for most people. Some groups of people viewed this as a problem, and some practices and lineages were created to address this perceived problem. Also please be careful with who's advice you listen to in this thread. I see you interacting with a person here who thinks they can shoot eye lasers, fly faster than the speed of light, give themselves brain power injections, open portals to other universes, kill ancient Naga demons, and has a harem of anime elf girls. No I am actually serious, they claimed this publicly here on the forum. Please realize that some people here are either role playing or delusional or some combination thereof, and please be careful of who's opinion's you listen to.

Imagine that a man from the USA was traveling to France. He was mugged and they stole his ID and Passport, and pushed him off a bridge. He fell a great distance and hit his head, resulting in a traumatic brain injury. He was in a coma for many years, and when he awoke, he could not remember anything or even speak. He had to learn the language (French), and learn everything again as a child would. Years later he has no memory of having lived in the USA, and only knows of his new life in France. There is no self in the sense that ego, identity, and memory do not usually survive between lifetimes (unless specific criteria are met)

Correct me if I am wrong, but aren't you the same guy who thinks he can shoot eye lasers, fly faster than the speed of light, give himself brain power injections, open portals to other universes, kill ancient Naga demons, and has a harem of anime elf girls? Or is that another person with a similar name? Don't you guy's also run https://ancientmasters.org/ ? https://ancientmasters.org/school/masters I have a friend who went to their discord and asked if he dedicated 30 years of his life to their teachings what he could expect to gain, and all they could say was enhanced visualization ability. I mean at $120.00 per month that sounds like a good deal to me! Anywho thank you for the advice.

Some ideas: 1. I have seen instructions of the system I study, edited and then posted online. People removed the most important parts. People removed the most important precautions you must take. People added new things which are not compatible. People market this as the real deal, and post it online everywhere. People then get hurt. People blame the system I study as the cause of their ailments. The problem becomes people who don't understand and want to blend together everything they have learned into something new, and then re transmit the knowledge to others without understanding what they are teaching. It is necessary to screen people to make sure you don't end up sharing information with someone who is silly like this, as people will be hurt as a result of doing so. 2. All abilities are double edged swords that can be wielded for both good and evil. Imagine that any person could go to the grocery store and get the ingredients to make a bomb 1 billion times more powerful than the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. If you don't screen the character of the people you are transmitting that information to, then you will wind up with insane sociopaths abusing the knowledge and perhaps destroying society. I think this is a large reason why teachers work so hard to uncover the character of the students they take, as the actions of the students affects the karma of the teacher as well. Most real schools historically have only had a few inner door students, and no more. This is because they do not want to create monsters. 3. Hidden in a haystack of false teachings. The spiritual community is filled to the brim with millions upon millions of teachers, and teachings. Almost none of these do anything more than placebo. Let's say a training book for a legit school was leaked online, how would you possibly know that it's methods were real, when there were 100 million others to try out as well which are false and do nothing. One person cannot try all possible teachings.

What do you wish you knew at the start? When I first started I was so naive and excited. Each day some new master appeared, and each day was amazing. Somewhere along the way I realized that these masters were not masters at all, some were well meaning delusional people, and others just charlatans looking to make a quick buck. At some point I realized that just because you can sell more books and videos than another teacher, doesn't mean you are a better teacher, or your lineage or practice is more legitimate. What I realized is that ultimately there is a way to tell the difference between fake teachers/teachings, and real teachers/teachings and that is the results they get, and how those results are documented. What I eventually came to understand is that just like anything in life, it is necessary to employ critical thinking and demand proof that a teacher, or a teachings actually does something more than a placebo. Personal testimony does not matter, even if lots of people make claims, harder evidence is needed. When you use this manner of thinking as a flashlight, you will see all but a few practices and teachers evaporate into nothing. What made biggest difference when you added it? Earthing/Grounding, celibacy, deep trance, and laser like focus. What surprised you the most? That the majority of spiritual seekers need no evidence to justify pursuing most teachings or teachers, but become violently skeptical whenever good hard evidence is provided. So long as there is no evidence it's legit, but as soon as good evidence is provided it's a hoax or a scam. This manner of thinking has always flabbergasted me.

Most paths do not do anything at all, good or bad. The few paths that do anything at all, can be very very dangerous if you are not able to follow instructions to the letter. To know which practices are legit, you should be demanding good hard evidence that the practice does something. If no such evidence exists you should pursue some other practice.

Some systems teach it is necessary to absorb yin chi, which is required to develop in those systems. Some systems do not have such a requirement or belief. I guess it boils down to which teacher, and teaching you believe is accurate.

When I say grounded I meant electrically grounded, it's easy to test if you are electrically grounded. There are plenty of times we are not electrically grounded.

The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle spoke of the Telos, or ultimate purpose of something. To Aristotle the Telos of an acorn was an oak tree. Imagine the journey of an acorn, how profound and powerful it is. An acorn falls to the earth, and embeds itself in the soil. It pushes it's roots into the soil, and it's shoots into the sky. It hungrily absorbs water, and minerals from the soil, and sunlight and air from the sky. It is able to capture and direct the energy of the sunlight so that it does it's bidding. What does it command this energy to do? It commands it to grow. It hungrily grows more roots, and more shoots, and more leaves, and a bigger trunk. It drinks the sunlight, it drinks the air, it drinks the water, and consumes the minerals. With exquisite precision and intelligence it directs the flows of energy, and grows, and grows and grows. One day many years later it has become a mighty oak tree. While some might read this and assume it is a metaphor for something, I mean it more in a literal sense. The view is that humans are not born with an immortal soul, but rather an acorn. For most humans their acorn never grows because it is never given sunlight, air, water, or soil. The goal would be to grow your acorn into a mighty oak before your physical body dies. That would be to fulfill your Telos, or ultimate purpose as a human being.