johndoe2012

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  1. Taoist Enlightenment : UG Krishnamurti

    I think his pain in the neck was the cause of his grumpiness http://www.bodysoulandspirit.net/mystical_experiences/read/notables/krishnamurti.shtml I seem to recall a Tai Chi teacher saying that the neck channels are extremely hard to open / purify. See also Actual Freedom where the founder found the nape of the neck instrumental to his version of enlightenment. http://www.actualfreedom.com.au/ My own opinion based on personal experience is the nape of the neck symptom is the end of the thinking mind and thus causes extreme grumpiness at times caused by triggers. So passing this will result in the elimination of the thinking mind and enlightenment = complete absence of suffering.
  2. Probably was true according to her own lenses and filtering, a lot of people will make these things up because they have blindspots. If one is interested if it is true or not, meditate beyond the mind to get the answer or just sense into it.
  3. Reiki

    It is always very interesting to see people demanding your time is worth zero ie your sessions should be free while they are fine earning money on a regular job. Double standard, anyone?
  4. Reflections on Self-Worth

    So far, in my own research, there are different ways to navigate life. 1. Accept suffering and negativity as part of life, embrace it, don't try to change it. 2. Look at how suffering starts a negativity cycle within you and actively root out beliefs that trigger negativity. My own experience is that I have felt best when there was zero self reflection aka no self concern at all. It also was received best by others so I guess there was something attractive to the state just like watching a funny comedian that makes you forget the grim world a few minutes. This morning I felt a bit crazy, ungrounded as internal dialogue was bouncing around. I began to investigate the belief that started it. It was 'I need to make a decision on the way forward'. Once seen I could let it go and my mind was calm again and the feeling of craziness disappeared.
  5. Reiki

    Earl Grey I can understand what you are saying but bad and good is coupled together so nothing is 100% bad. Also everything is an appearance so it is basically Divinity disguised as bad. The book I have shared a link to in this thread is actually the opposite of McDonaldsization as the Reiki crystal that is imparted is handed down directly from the founder, Mikao Usui and is a way around the traditional Reiki schools. I am part of another lineage where the founder decided not to do only distance transmission due to wanting to build a community around the lineage. The community members can then help each other in both sharing stories and healing each other. I think this is a good approach.
  6. Reiki

    Same and sameness is not the same. Manifested energy can have different properties. Meaning different lineages transmit different energies. Like a dog is not a cat. Though in the end it is from the Self to the Self.
  7. Reiki

    Is that your perception? It depends on the method of energy exchange. I wouldn't be worried about this issue as clearing your field is so easy.
  8. Does the soul know the difference?

    Video games (and movies) make an energetic imprint in your mental energy body which makes an impact but does not turn us into monsters. It can be easily cleared with the right healing tools. If it was video games that was the root cause then both Europe and Asia would have shootings like in the US. Gun ownership has gone down from 1973 to 2014 - 47% to 31% but mass shootings are up http://www.norc.org/PDFs/GSS Reports/GSS_Trends in Gun Ownership_US_1972-2014.pdf https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/08/05/more-deadlier-mass-shooting-trends-america/ I think there multiple reasons for the shootings, some are copy-cats, some are fed up of feeling rejected/useless resulting in rage attacks. I think the militarization of society plays a role together with drug use, bad education, societal breakdown https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-developing-nation-regressing-economy-poverty-donald-trump-mit-economist-peter-temin-a7694726.html etc etc.
  9. Tantric Buddhism and Archetypes

    There is no fixed, separate self as a unit, but there is a selfing process that develops as part of growing up due to the self reflective nature of the thinking mind. This can be seen by noting one's experience moment by moment or just noticing the insistence of the thoughts claiming one to be 'someone'. This 'one' means the body unit. My experience so far.
  10. Why do YOU think the world is so messed up?

    Just say no to constant negativity. Opt out and start being happy right now.
  11. Why do YOU think the world is so messed up?

    1-3 are linked since thoughts can generate problems that do not exist in reality - other than as thoughts. So you can 'shadow box' the problems but they still appear until you remove the source of the thought. I have been working on my 'life sucks' attitude for some time and it can be difficult to root out. News act as confirmation bias that something is wrong but it is the background attitude that makes you feel that life sucks. Cleaning your own consciousness makes an impact on others but of course sometimes government intervention is needed in cases of environmental protection, movie regulations etc. If you want to help clear the need for watching such movies then there are Divine tools that one can use. Sometimes when I have used them on external issues then the tool used pointed back to my own source of irritation with the issue as the problem to work on.
  12. Why do YOU think the world is so messed up?

    Everything, you are right. It is better to root out the beliefs that make you feel bad including the belief 'the world is messed up' than to try to fix the world by external means.
  13. Why do YOU think the world is so messed up?

    'Everything is fine' can be the reality of the realized but can also be a cover for avoidance for the unrealized. The majority of humanity is still following the egoic desires and destroying the Earth in the process. Not very intelligent.
  14. Surf's Up !

    Usually when we repress anger it is because we do not feel safe in the situation we are in. That's why children behave differently when at home with parents than outside the home with other people. I wouldn't say I have completely cleared all my repression issues even with all the years of cultivation under my belt. Sometimes I have connected to Thor, the Nordic god of thunder and I have felt a natural expression of power arising in me that is different from my learned response which is more repressing than expressing.
  15. What happens to suicides?

    I have been suicidal for a long time due to feeling like a failure when compared to the success that I perceived others having. I have healed that using Divine energy on all issues surrounding success, money, relationships plus listening to awakened teachers on YouTube that point to our True Nature. Fred Davis have nice practices on Being and Paul Hedderman points to not-self so you can see the selfing process in action. Also long walks in nature helps plus volunteering on causes that help others give something back that is not tangible but helps the spirit. Hope you feel better soon.
  16. Yi Jin Jing

    I am famous for playing the corpse in American TV series ('hey we got a John Doe here') but never been to Virginia Tech before
  17. Yi Jin Jing

    Not sure if it the same thing, but there is an instruction to recognize the awareness behind the eyes and then feel the awareness watching the whole body as yet another object, the same way as watching other objects that gives a nice effect and detachment.
  18. Yi Jin Jing

    I have not tried the one you linked but this one I have tried and found it very yang and beneficial I think this one is more isometric than the one you linked.
  19. Nice article. The funny thing about the Western lifestyle is it dependent on people working until 65-70 years old which is very hard as outlined by the article. One thing that I recommend is at the beginning of your career is to save as much as you can and invest in index funds. Then you will be more independent of work than your peers.
  20. The Harsh Reality of Awakening

    I am not the best at creating connection but when I am most successful I ask questions about other people's interests, lives etc, being curious and open about how the conversation will go and also feel a sense of joy of the spontaneity appearing in front of me. Also noticing where I feel blocks in conversations which I then can work on later. The harshness you feel, which is revealed in the title, is a disconnected aspect of yourself you can meet with love and awareness to melt and dissolve over time. Then reality will appear less brutal and more loving than it appears today.
  21. The Harsh Reality of Awakening

    In the lineage I am part of we have worked on the way technology is being used by the collective consciousness to bring about a change so the usage becomes more natural. Of course the issue is big so doesn't change overnight. Sometimes I also feel lonely, but I think it is my own weaknesses that determine if I continue being lonely. I think it is better to stop being cynical and open up to the joy of interacting with people even if it is just saying hi to your neighbor and doing some smalltalk here and there.
  22. The Brexit Thread

    I don't know about BBC but if it is like the national service in my country then it serves as a brain washing centre. I did not notice before but suddenly I could sense the intention behind most of the articles 'you should do this and not do that' like don't eat lots of meat etc. So people who are not aware will mostly just do what the programming tells them to do. This is how the elite programs people. The good news is that lots of people are waking up and can't be programmed any more.
  23. The Brexit Thread

    Islam is like Christianity: the belief system involves actively converting others to their faith and look down on others who do not agree. I know this from many Muslims I have engaged in discussion with and they say it when you talk one to one. So of course it creates tension in Western societies which generally do not care about religion. The insanity of organized religion is not a step forward but backwards. All European countries now are getting stricter immigration laws. The EU was created as a trade union first and then became more of a political union. Germany has benefited from the Euro and the internal EU market because they can sell cars, washing machines etc easily using the laws of the internal market. Big Politics, like Big Pharma, Mega Corp etc do not generally care about the connections between humans. Everything is top-down shoved down your throat and benefits the top elites only. Merkel is a symptom of this top-down "broad-view" approach which favors THINKING over real life connection. Regarding whether Muslims are more savage than others: I do not think so but you have to think about the inherited violence they bring along because of all the wars etc they have experienced. This is not only a Muslim thing, I have seen Albanians react very violently as well and see violence as completely natural. Whether it is true or not: I heard that dark people are seeing as enemies "instinctively" because the plague in Europe killed so many and the victims of the plague were black skinned and thus seeing a dark/black skinned person creates fear instinctively.