Sir Darius the Clairvoyent

So, first ill let ChatGPT define the term: So yeah, remote viewing, manifestation, Sheldrakes morphic ressonance, telepathy etc. From what i have gathered, there has been some solid research showing that these phenonema are real. I also do not like the term super natural (defying the laws of nature?), as i belive they are a part of the «natural laws.» Probally because my personal world view is that it is all mind, and i reject a mechanistic/newtonian world view. Whats your take, my dear bums?

So, we have been talking about God. And then we have the devil. I havent offered him a thought, but does anyone else belive in the satan? And is the biblical satan our old friends Lucifer/pan/dioniousys/prometeus and the OT god.. the demiurge? Apologies @Daniel, i dont take any of this stuff literally, but from an historical, Christian/gnostic perspective? ———— also, a lot here, myself included, seem to view God as present in everything (the universe/nature)… but is he also outside it?

Some (in fact, most modern people) would say that your reality is so out of touch with the objective Reality, that there is no evidence for it and that it is possibly psychosis. It could be. I am not in that camp myself, buuuut… i dont think your argument (im not even sure what it is) is very convincing. I to had experience where i saw colors around me that seemed to represent various forces or auroas or whatever, that others around did not percieve. It felt very meaningful, and it was just as real as anything other i experience…. BUT i can not say conclusivley that it was not madness (by that i mean, a break with Reality).

I do belive ik the existence of these, yes. What are you trying to get at?

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Made it sound more special then it is. Thing is, Norway is basically the same size as germany/italy/uk etc, but with 10-20times less population. So a lot of space, every native family has at least one, maybe two. And then you inheiret a farm or maybe a small summer house, and yeah, quickly accumilates. But it is nice.

I listened to a philospher yesterday. Cant recall his name right now unfortunatley, but ill do If it comes back. I think it was based on nietzches and heidegger, and something called perspectivism. Basically, Reality with capital r doesnt exist, and even if it did, we would never be able to see it. So we got to «choose» and be able to switch between different paradimes (ideally), depending on how usefull it is. Was a great talk for me as, as ive recently struggled with a destruction of my old, life long perfection of reality (lower case r) and has been struggling building a new one. But maybe i dont have to build, but can pick and choose and adapt instead.

Id join in a heart beat. Buuut somehow i got a feeling that one of my cabins is better suited for a mountain retreat than yours. But i guess the vast land of the aussies has a lot of geographic variations ———- edit: looking at Your latest post i see you have it all set up, so nvm the above statement

A little diffuse, but i think you understand. If it exists and you have discovered it, how did you discover it, what is it and do you move towards it?

Im not sure i understand

At the moment, i am «working» on being completly authentic. Autheniticity in words, action and honesty. I think a lot of earlier stress/struggeling was a result of believing and trying to be someone i am not. I thought i knew who i am, but seems like that was how other people thought i should be instead. The result was a constant fight against myself and a lack of purpose.

Maybe so. ___________ My fav cow, the primordal and cosmic one, i present to you, Audhumbla:

The golden calf, wasnt that cananite ba’al, asscociated with child sacrifice? Or Moloch maybe?

…but?

The bearer of bad news 🐻 https://youtu.be/dslafN9afMg?si=xgyjDx5q3sn1Y2rR

What does silence mean to you? Feels strange to say, but the concept is somewhat foreign to me. Same goes with «nothingness» and «emptiness.» That said, i do belive wisdom is more about «forgetting» the programming and returning to the source, in lack of a better word

i somehow doubt many If you are in to rap, but lyrics are 10/10. #matrix

So, i made this thread after a strong feeling of peace and unity. When the sensation ended, i fell a deep longing to return. My old world view was shattered, and i tried to construct a new one. I was not able to. I fell in to nihilism, believing there is no purpose and no one got the answer. It has been depressing to be honest. Many say the meaning of life is to find your own meaning. But how is that possible? i am reading Thus spoke Zarathustra at the moment. I love it so far. I think it might contain the answers i am desperatley searching for (the road Out of the desert), and think i will male a thread about it when im finished. Tagging @Nungaliand @Daniel to see If they have anything to add.

I see quite a lot of you are jewish, witch is ofc perf fine… but it is allowed to bring politics in? If youd forgive me, i cant help but sympathize with the palestinians, considering their treatment and oppression, and i am also worried that the actions of Netanyahus goverment might lead to an enourmos rise in anti-semittism, and that the geo-politics of the situation might bring all Israelis with them to the abyss. Sadly, i am worried it is to late allready.

Ill share this, not because i like the song that much (a little old fashioned for my taste), but because of the lyrcis/meaning of the song, as well as the countless time I've heard It played live at family gatherings. Lyrics in spoiler. Feels a little weird to throw out a song from a kids show, but I think its a touching song tbh:

Hello all, wanted to share what i got put of this text. Ill hapilly listen to what you got out of the gita, or Your thoughts on the topics. here we go: Dharma O Sun, sole traveler of the Heavens, controller of all, Surya, son of Prajapati, remove thy rays and gather up thy burning light. I behold thy glorious form; I am he, the Purusha within thee. Isha Upanishad Over 3,000 years ago, two rivaling royal families stood ready to battle in northern India. Arjuna, the rightful heir to the throne, was prepared to fight for his rights. But as he looked at his relatives, teachers, and friends on the opposing side, he was overwhelmed by deep sorrow. How could he kill his own kin? It was at this moment that the Supreme Personality of god, Krishna, revealed Himself to Arjuna. In the text, Krishna is described as the source of all existence. Arjuna humbly asked for guidance: "Now I am your disciple, and my soul is surrendered to you. Please instruct me." Krishna/the Supreme Personality of Godhead said: "My dear Arjuna, how have these impurities come upon you? They are not at all befitting a man who knows the value of life. They lead not to higher planets but to infamy. (...) Give up this petty weakness of heart and arise." Through gripping dialogue, Arjuna learns about the transient and ever-changing nature of the material world. They explore temptations, desires, and suffering and how these affect our lives. They learn about the three qualities that govern the universe: goodness, passion, and ignorance. Krishna also reveals the essence of the soul and its boundless nature: "I am the soul, O Arjuna, which exists within the hearts of all beings. I am the beginning, the middle, and the end of all that lives." The soul goes through a cycle of bodies, just as a person changes worn-out clothes for new ones. Although Krishna teaches us about the illusion of the material world, it does not absolve us of our duties. It teaches us that we must perform our roles selflessly, with love and devotion to God. In the end, Krishna reveals His universal form, showing that He is the source of all creation and destruction. "The Bhagavad Gita" addresses profound philosophical and ethical questions and provides valuable guidance on how to live a life of purpose and meaning. Its teachings have inspired countless individuals on their spiritual journeys and continue to be a source of wisdom and inspiration for people around the world." "Karma in line with dharma leads to liberation and spiritual growth. The text provides us with timeless guidance on how to achieve this liberation. Furthermore, by acting in Krishna consciousness and performing actions with love and devotion, we can attain yoga - union with the divine. Krishna consciousness strengthens our personal connection with the oversoul and provides a deeper understanding of the divine aspect in our lives. Sri Krishna said: It is far better to perform one's own duties imperfectly than to perform another's duties perfectly. Even though they may be imperfect, one's own duties are related to one's natural disposition, while performing another's duties without fully understanding them can lead to danger. The illusion of the material world does not free us from our duties. The Gita teaches that one can practice dharma (righteousness) through karma (action). These actions should be performed without attachment to the results. Understanding and living in accordance with this not only is virtuous but also leads to self-realization and purpose. A teacher teaches, an apple tree bears apples. A leader delegates, inspires, and leads in battle. A baker bakes bread, and a good baker bakes good bread. Karma in harmony with dharma leads to liberation. By acting in Krishna consciousness, with love and devotion, one can attain yoga: union with the divine.

«The “dark night of the soul” is a term that goes back a long time. Yes, I have also experienced it. It is a term used to describe what one could call a collapse of a perceived meaning in life…an eruption into your life of a deep sense of meaninglessness. The inner state in some cases is very close to what is conventionally called depression. Nothing makes sense anymore, there’s no purpose to anything. Sometimes it’s triggered by some external event, some disaster perhaps, on an external level. The death of someone close to you could trigger it, especially premature death, for example if your child dies. Or you had built up your life, and given it meaning – and the meaning that you had given your life, your activities, your achievements, where you are going, what is considered important, and the meaning that you had given your life for some reason collapses. It can happen if something happens that you can’t explain away anymore, some disaster which seems to invalidate the meaning that your life had before. Really what has collapsed then is the whole conceptual framework for your life, the meaning that your mind had given it. So that results in a dark place. But people have gone into that, and then there is the possibility that you emerge out of that into a transformed state of consciousness. Life has meaning again, but it’s no longer a conceptual meaning that you can necessarily explain. Quite often it’s from there that people awaken out of their conceptual sense of reality, which has collapsed. They awaken into something deeper, which is no longer based on concepts in your mind. A deeper sense of purpose or connectedness with a greater life that is not dependent on explanations or anything conceptual any longer. It’s a kind of re-birth. The dark night of the soul is a kind of death that you die. What dies is the egoic sense of self. Of course, death is always painful, but nothing real has actually died there – only an illusory identity. Now it is probably the case that some people who’ve gone through this transformation realized that they had to go through that, in order to bring about a spiritual awakening. Often it is part of the awakening process, the death of the old self and the birth of the true self. The first lesson in A Course in Miracles says “Nothing I see in this room means anything”, and you’re supposed to look around the room at whatever you happen to be looking at, and you say “this doesn’t mean anything”, “that doesn’t mean anything”. What is the purpose of a lesson like that? It’s a little bit like re-creating what can happen during the dark night of the soul. It’s the collapse of a mind-made meaning, conceptual meaning, of life… believing that you understand “what it’s all about”. With A Course in Miracles, it’s a voluntary relinquishment of the human mind-made meaning that is projected, and you go voluntary into saying “I don’t know what this means”, “this doesn’t mean anything”. You wipe the board clean. In the dark night of the soul it collapses. You are meant to arrive at a place of conceptual meaninglessness. Or one could say a state of ignorance – where things lose the meaning that you had given them, which was all conditioned and cultural and so on. Then you can look upon the world without imposing a mind-made framework of meaning. It looks of course as if you no longer understand anything. That’s why it’s so scary when it happens to you, instead of you actually consciously embracing it. It can bring about the dark night of the soul – to go around the Universe without any longer interpreting it compulsively, as an innocent presence. You look upon events, people, and so on with a deep sense of aliveness. Your sense the aliveness through your own sense of aliveness, but you are not trying to fit your experience into a conceptual framework anymore.»

@Nungali If i have my feet on the ground? Kind of, kind of not. I am a lot more open, but struggeling making sense of reality with out my old framework. And if i try to comprehend it all, it becomes overwhelming. Feet on the ground, eyes to the skies, warm heart, cold mind