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As you probably know Manny is highly religious. I think he prays before every match. Well on the other hand we know that generally negative emotions make you slower while positive ones make you faster. More than that however it's the decrease in energetic blockages that increases speed drastically. In Bruce Lee's case we know that he practiced Taoism and to that I think it's a lot to that that we can account his extraordinary speed and strength. Well I personally find that Manny and Bruce have a lot in common.

I have come to the same conclusion Songtsan. However, the problem is not sex, but lust. Lust is the greatest hindrance on the path. The problem is even if you know it you can't just stop it like that. You need to find an activity through which you can transform all that sexual energy.

Hi, by now I have developed quite a deep understanding of human psychology due to observation and meditative practice. However, I always was and still am a social klutz. A lot of times when I want to help people I tend to say the wrong things. That's why I am looking for a book that only deals with how to say the right things to a person in distress. Any suggestions?

Both Jules and Silent Thunder you are right that listening attentively is the most important. Or more accurately it's most important that all your attention is focused on helping the other person. When you do you will automatically listen and think of the best solution. However, for me the best solution is most always something a long the lines of do pure land recitation etc. For me this is the universal solution. Not always, but a lot of times. Like I just see the other person who is depressed and I see myself in it and just think 'you could be so much happier if you were to recite Namo Amituofo' However, I realized that people who are in an emotional slump aren't yet ready to do that. So yeah I decided that I first have to help them get out of the slump with normal methods. Actually, I didn't know the correct term for it. Didn't know that psychotherapy was what I was looking for. So, I decided to order the 'Gift of Therapy' by Irvin.D.Yalom as that sounds exactly like what I am looking for.

Hah this is so true, you cant tell if someone is an ass by how they act when they are drunk. I for my part always end up kissing everyone when I am drunk. Lol, if I were to do that in japanese society then they would probably think that I am gay haha.

Yes we could, however it gets rarely used. It's not something people identify with and there lies the problem.

Yeah, but in that situation one could lie and say that it wasn't a gift and he stole it. That in turn would impose the need for either witnesses attesting before the court and/or some proof of ownership, no?

Not if the other person retains the bill for it. Or some other proof like a credit card statement. I think that ownership doesn't change unless stated in a contract. If it is in your house it is different as anything on your property is considered yours by law. However, not if the other person can prove ownership with one of the above. Though I can imagine if it is only a bill it would prove quite difficult to prove as the other person could just have stolen it.

You are absolutely right. However, for me the first thing that comes to mind when I think of faith is the church. Even while I know that faith can also be used differently. Like sometimes you see faith used in books referred to person. Usually it says something like 'I have faith in him'. In that context I find it is still all right because you have faith in a person. To have faith in someone you know and trust is easy. However, to have faith in someone(like Amitabha) you have never met is difficult. The problem is that having faith in a friend is not used a lot as it is used mostly associated with religion and that is where the problem is. Well maybe that just shows that there is nor real faith between friends in general in our society anymore... Hmm this is a tricky topic. I was never religious, had and have trust issues, so faith is as far as I am concerned a very foreign word to me. However, due to pure land recitation I have come to know what faith is so I can relate to now. Still when I think of faith I use it as believe or hope like you put it. The funny thing is I made a test just now. When I thought of 'faith' what I felt was 'doubt', even when I thought of Amitabha. When I used trust however I got 'faith'. That's why I had really avoid using that term rather use trust and/or unconditional trust. That feeling of unconditional trust is part of the Higher Self so it's very important. As doubt is part of the Ego it will only hinder progress. One simple exchange of words can make such a big difference...

I am the same. Narcism is always based on an intense inferiority complex. The only way to heal that is 'Love'. I am trying to do by being of service. I find the moment when you help someone and that person is grateful to you at that moment all your problems vanish. What you need is Self-Love my friend. Maybe you should consider giving Louise Hay's 'you can heal your life' a read. Very good book on the subject.

I don't really like the term 'faith'. Faith is something I can't relate with. Faith for me is a word I relate with religion. Christianity has ruined anything religious for me. Also, faith is usually used in relation to a deity. Calling a Buddha a deity would mean that you are never able to reach the same level. Also, for some it may mean that it isn't real. That's why I prefer trust. The one thing I would recommend every beginner of a tradition like Pure Land Recitation to do is to picture the Buddha they are connecting to as their best friend. That way unconditional trust(faith) will come on it's own.

Hi, I have been wondering what actually distinguishes a Buddha between a normal enlightened person? Is it only a matter of 'amounts of energy' or is more something like a Siddhi of awakening. What I know is that when you do recitation of 'Namo Amituofo', at some point you get a dream of Amitabha Buddha and from then you get that golden ball of light around the head.(which I personally call Buddha Lamp ) So I have been wondering if the transmission of that ball is maybe something unique to Buddhas? Though of course I can't say if this is the case for every mantra. Is it different for others??

You misunderstood. I know that in the first stage you are 'actively' letting of attachments. What I meant with letting go is that you have let go of all attachments. Meaning if you wanted to you could chose not to eat, drink and die just like Master Wang. Though I made a mistake what Dr.Hawkins calls enlightenment is what you call non-existence. He says there are still different stages to this. He actually he puts like lv 700-1000, 1000 being Buddhahood. The first step of enlightenment he puts at 500 unconditional love while he says that real enlightenment starts at 600 which is absolute peace. No actually he calls lv 600 illumination. It's a little confusing, but as I see it's that lv 700-1000 that is important. If rebirth in pure land is at lv 500 it would mean that js only half of the way^^

I would define enlightenment as the letting go of all earthly attachments, when you are not bound by them anymore. Like in Master Wang's biography at one point of his training he meditates for three days straight without eating or drinking and then experiences what Taoists call Great Death. He is hen literally dead for a few hours or(can't remember) and from that point on you are called 'immortal', I would define that as enlightenment? Actually in his book Dr.Hawkins said that the first step of enlightenment was unconditional love. Then in the next stage which he called simply 'enlightenment' you don't experience yourself as your physical body at all anymore. Like you don't have any identity anymore.

Well, according to Dr.Hawkins there are several stages to enlightenment. As an example he placed Mother Theresa at the first stage. In Pure Land tradition, they make a clear distinction between the first stage of enlightenment where you escape the cycle of birth and death and the last stage called 'Buddhahood.' In Michael Lomax's book he writes that he asked Wang Juemin if he had achieved the ultimate level? To which he replied that there are always higher levels... Then I read somewhere on here that the founder of Mo Pai had achieved full enlightenment, though they put it as levels 72? (No Mo Pai discussion please) So it seems that there are either always 1) higher levels or 2) a final state which only a few in human history have achieved. I think it's safe to say that Lao Tsu was also one of those and may have been one of the first? Furthermore I wonder if what may distinguish a Buddha from other people may be the ability to awaken even people that wouldn't normally? I mean without the mantras, only a select few would be able to awaken in one lifetime. Even with the mantra, there are still people who probably won't. I mean narrow-minded people. Maybe someone who is a Buddha just has such a big effect that anyone who is around him gets a long-term effect? no matter what his Karma?

Hi, For those that don't know me or I haven't read my story, I have now been possessed for 5 years or so. That corresponds to the time I have been meditating. I doubt there is anyone on here who can give you a more detailed account of what a possession really is like.. First, as you probably there are several kinds of entity attachments, mine deals with negative entities only. If the term demon does bother you just put a different name in there : jaggernut, rabbit, shit, whatever it's just a name after all... (keeping this for fun's sake ) Negative Entities : Negative Entities are entities that are malicious in intent. They have two main purposes 1) suppress the spiritual development of the host and 2) manipulate the host's thoughts and emotions 3) use the host's energy to attack the people around him As for 1) If you feel that you aren't making any progress in your spiritual practice that may well be because of an entity attachment. If you are effectively dissolving your blockages, releasing emotions/getting happier and more loving, healing old childhood trauma, getting healthier, those are signs for spiritual progress. 2) Usually, for people without an attachment when they get angry, the anger builds up slowly in the stomach and then explodes when it gets too much. In my case, the anger explodes out of nowhere. There is no way to let it go because it's like chasing after a phantom. More than that there is an increase of other negative emotions, mainly apathy and fear. As for the thoughts are manipulated in such a way that there is more increase in negative emotions. If you may think that 'the situation is hopeless' 'everyone hates you' 'they are out to get you' that is the entity manipulating you. Negative entities, they increase paranoia greatly. 3) This one is pretty easy to notice. If people avoid, or you feel that every time you hang out with people and they get tired easily or they don't have nearly as much fun with you there that could very well be an entity attachment. Entities they are dependent on Yang Chi (Vitality) to remain on the physical plane. That's why they not only draw energy from the host, but also from those around. That is why people with entity attachments are generally known as energy vampires. Finally, I want to say that there is only one technique that I have found that works when possessed. The technique is called chanting 'Namo Amituofo'. Not only will it decrease negative emotions as it strengthens your Higher Self, but it will also make you aware of the entity. (in my case at least) This is also the best protection against entity attachments (as it increases Light) and works perfectly with any energetic practice. With this people who might not have been able to see entities before might well be able to. I can't say for sure as I don't have any other experiences to go on apart from myself. If you got angry reading this and 'think something like how is that supposed to do something' or 'like demons are real lol' then I beg you to look more closely at yourself. Negative entities they will do everything they can from doing a technique that might actually help or contacting some who can help. Also, they will do everything they can to manipulate you into thinking that they are not real. When I don't chant at all, I don't feel the entity at all thinking that they might not exist after all. Basically, they get angry at everything that helps in spreading Light. I know because every time I write something that benefits the Light (like this) I get furious.

I thank you Juls for the valuable advice and no there is no offense taken, why would I when you are only trying to help? The thing is I don't have nearly any paranoia more at all. I haven't taken any drugs sine 20 january, I don't drink and don't smoke anymore. All I need is to be of service, no more powerful medication out there for entity attachment. Also, I am afraid that medication will reduce my light not too mention that I feel happy as long as I help people and don't get a failed removal. I just wish the people I am helping would come to me instead of me having to search for them. That would spare me a lot of time.

Thank you Liminal. I meant that I considered it, but not that I wanted to. Life is too much fun for that even with an entity. However, it's greatly disturbing for me that I am spreading suffering. I never once in my life wanted that. I am sick of being a tool for the dark, not like there isn't all ready enough suffering in the world. Stupid little me...

A small update : Actually, it's gotten worse and better. I haven't masturbated/ejaculated for more than three weeks. For me that's without precedent. I have no doubt that I am on the best way to fixing my masturbation habit. However, at the same time the entity got even stronger. This is due to me reading Dr.Hawkins 'Power vs Force'. I am not sure if the energy in the book is meant to remove entities or just a resolution of duality. Whatever it is, it worked as failed removal. So I can say be extremely careful of failed removals. You can tell a failed removal in an increase of tiredness and apathy. I don't know how it is for other people, but in my case the entity is opening astral gates if my light (shen?) is low. I knew I had a portal back at my home which I couldn't do anything about while my place at Uni was clean. Before heading off to Uni, I posted a status on FB in which I used a lot of my light. I used so much actually that during three days I slept for like at least three hours every afternoon additionally to night sleep. Two of these were at Uni. By the end of it I realized that during my sleep the entity had opened a portal there, too. Even though I was still chanting every day it was not enough to prevent it. However, after that I stopped masturbating and spending all of my time to being of service. That made it a lot better. However, after that last removal it went downhill big time again. The effectivity of chanting has decreased dramatically now. It's just through service that I am feeling better again now. However, I don't care about me at all in this. I have become a walking disaster for humanity and honestly I can't even say if one part of me didn't even want for it. It's hard to tell these days what is mine and what isn't. All I know is that the last thing I want to bring to the planet is suffering. I have been thinking of committing suicide and putting an end to this, it's that bad. However, I can't do it as I have a responsibility to see this through. So the bottom-line is this : Please for the love of God be careful of what you do. Don't be stupid like myself and lust for power, may that be sexual or not. Be especially careful to not do any powerful energetic practices with an impure mind. Also avoid if you are lonely.

You are right, Sifu Jenny is like that, too^^ Blue eyed snaked it's not what he said about entities that disturbed not in the least. In the end I even agreed with him. What picks at me is how he called me stupid( i detest that word) for using terms that a lot of masters use. Also, you can see that he didn't read my comments clearly or he would never have said the thing about serveral Gods. For me God is the Universe, that means all of existence. In that space there are serveral powerful light being that can be considered Gods. Gautama Buddha himself lived serveral lives like that.

This is some wise counsel, Thank you Songtsan

Oh spotless you are hacking on the smallest of things. You are missing the point just as well as me. I know other term than God and to call it Universe would be strange. You are setting this all into a contex of christianity. To be clear, I never liked the Church and never will, the whole institution is full of old inflexible old toads. They are just NAMES so get over it. it doesn't matter what calls one what. I agreed to change the name demon for you are right that it engenders fear, I was just hoping to take that away by making people familiar with it. Honestily spotless you are a pain in the ass, I mean where the hell do you even take the motivation to write pages just discussing something so trivial as 'names'. In that time it took you to write all that stuff I was able to do lots of chant. Take life easy that's how it is meant to be. If we ever meet in real life I will just call you spotless, that name certainly suits. I will say 'now that shirt is spotlessy clean Mr.Spotless' or 'now that's what I call some spotless hair (bald) Mr.Spotless'

If you take a look at my story, you will see that I elaborated on how one can find that the healer in question is able to remove the entity. I never claimed that only she could do it. From the top of my head I can name Sifu Hinata or any other master from the Spirit Fighting Sect. She didn't beg me to share the story, neither did she plant the idea in my head. She just told me 'Jos the fastest way to up your Karma is to share your story' and that sounded obviously quite delighting me. So you guys please don't go assuming things and judging people you never even had one conversation with in your whole life.

From now I am gonna use the term 'negative energies or negative entity' just as Master Hawkins does and since he keeps the term God I will keep that as well. Also on another note you should be aware that light beings such as the archangel Michael they definitely exist, to deny their existence you could as well deny the existence of any other celestial master.

I am not religious spotless, not at all, never have been. That's the same thing as with demon, it's just a god-damn name for christs sake! Really the last thing I want to do is spread fear here, God know(^^) there is already enough fear on this planet. The reason why people fear demons is because 1) people think that demons can take over our body which is of course utter bullshit 2) people are afraid of something they can't see As to the reason why I didn't use another name because it's bothersome and some real information should dim the fear. As for the dark forces I can't if there is truly something(mara) that counteracts God/Light directly because if God wouldn't exist neither would we. However there is no doubt that there are dark forces fighting the Light. On this planet they are trying with all there power to prevent our spiritual evolution and by doing that , they cause exactly what they don't want.