Posted on 04/19/2012 12:34:52 PM PDT by Greg Swann
Dude.
Look, I’m a big follower of Eckhart Tolle’s works. I know of the power of right now. Byron Katie is another author of great spirituality.
I understand being In Joy In This. I empathize with the joy of existance.
But dude: this sounds like you’ve crossed from that place, to self worship. The whole article reads like you are fapping the entire time.
I’m also a 12 stepper, and one of the first things we learn is, “there is a God and I’m not it.l
Here. Something else. This is offered with great love, because it is obvious you are a seeker. Please shed the offense you may feel upon reading this, it will get you truly closer to what you seek. I will be quite blunt, but do not mistake my bluntness for trying to offend. Quite the opposite: I seek to offer a hand.
Okay. That said, here it goes:
You are an addict. You are completely addicted to your mind. It’s a fact we have thoughts, but our thoughts are not facts. It’s a fact we have feelings, but our feelings are not facts.
You are not your mind. You are not your thoughts. You are not your emotions. You are not even your body.
What are you, then? You are as I am: Pure love, manifested.
To place such faith in mind is to place faith in illusion. Your story of who you are is a complete fabrication, present only in your mind, and only fleetingly — while you are alive — and even only fleetingly during your life.
The path to some level of spiritual enlightenment will lead you to these very truths. I encourage you to keep seeking.
BY THE WAY: There is nothing wrong, whatsoever, with believing as you do, right now. You are RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE. This is perfect, just the way it is. I do, however, want you to get a glimpse of what might lie before you if you continue to develop and realise all the things you already actually knew. :)
LOL. I appreciate you reaching out. It's wonderful. It's absolutely adorable. :) However, please know I am so very very free. I serve everyone around me to the best of my ability. I live in a constant state of love. I am madly in love with the entire human race. Those around me remark that I am uniquely uplifting. I don't know for sure, since I'm not around myself that often. ;)
I've learned that life is not The Lazamataz Show. I used to arrange all you people as bit players in my movie. Now I have come to understand that there IS NO LAZAMATAZ SHOW, and that I am privileged to be a bit player in all of your shows.
(Of course, that leads me to another truth that I have come close to grasping: There is no seperate YOU or ME at all. The seperateness is also an illusion.)
LOL, this stuff will confuse you at first. I have had the privilege of being taught by spiritual giants. I live in a state of constant joy now.... :)
> I live in a state of constant joy now
You approached me.
Enjoy. I wish you great fulfillment on your journey. It is a wonderful journey to be s Seeker. :)
I’ll be in your head from now on. It will be interesting for me to see what you do about that.
I do wish you growth. You are pointed in the right direction, if you are a seeker at all. I am delighted to share any of my discoveries with you, all you need to do is ask.
> all you need to do is ask
You approached me.
——the adoration of your self that is Splendor.——
I don’t think you know yourself very well.
There is One Who is Good, True, Beautiful and Being Itself. And it ain’t me or you.
Have you read Aristotle? He’s very grounding.
http://www.aquinasonline.com/Topics/natrphil.html
> I don’t think you know yourself very well.
How much first-hand experience of my life are you able to share with me?
Unless you are God, you are not all Good, and worthy of adoration.
Are you a follower of Eckhardt Tolle?
The world tells us to love self, but Christ calls us to die to self. The focus of adoration should be Christ. This article is a lie and deceives others.
Hey STA. Is it just me or are you catching some negative, slightly-more-hostile waves, than perhaps we are emitting? Love ya, champ. See ya around!
Oh, and if you were directing the Tolle question to me, yes. Tolle actually was able to show that Christ may have been (MAY have been, lol) misinterpreted... the one parable about the bridesmaids and the oil made a LOT more sense when presented in terms of being RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW..... being in the present, and thusly, being at the wedding. :)
Not yet, but I’m bracing myself ;-)
Stay cool. Gotta run do some stuff. With that, I will leave you with some of the most profound thoughts to ever be uttered by a singer.... most notably, the line, "I just made you up, to hurt myself...."
(stupid 15 sec advert at begin, but it goes quick)..... Enjoy
I was wondering if Greg was, since you mentioned Tolle’s name. I was trying to figure out where he’s coming from.
Never would have guessed you were into Tolle.
> I was trying to figure out where he’s coming from.
I’m coming from realty. I can prove everything I have to say — and I’m not interested in any claim that cannot be proved in ontology.
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