Tibetan Book of the Dead
The book is calibrated at 575 in TvF, but there's some bizarre stuff in there, i.e. Chapter 8, "Natural Liberation through Recognition of the Visual Indications and Signs of Death." Should we take it seriously?
Spirituality
"No tree can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell"
Attributed to Carl Jung, referring to shadow integration.
"You cannot experience anything unless you resist it"
Request: A Doc quote.
level: all suffering is rooted in how you see things
Request: calibration of the statement.
Yoga Vasistha (ancient text)
Priority request: It is a historically popular and influential syncretic philosophical text of Hinduism. It is attributed to Maharishi Valmiki, but the real author is unknown -- wikipedia.
Is cancer karmically determined before birth?
Setting aside mechanistic, reductionistic, scientific reasoning.
Yoga Nidra, by Swami Satyananda Saraswati
Request: Yoga nidra has very high calibration, so it would be great to find good resources on this topic.
level: all suffering is by choice
Request: There’s been some suffering lately, but also there’s been a high-end awareness that it’s by choice and could be let go of at any moment. What does this high-end position calibrate at, and what is the entry point for this awareness?
all terror is an illusion
For comparison with "all fear is an illusion."
T/F: hell does not exist
Request: Conversations with God talks about how hell does not exist. Is this false?
One can let a feeling go in a matter of seconds
Priority request: according to Doc.
that which aligns with Consciousness is already enlightened
Alignment with fields of power or force is by awareness, intention, capability, and energy quality. Thus alignments, identification, beingness, and subjective reality may be to enlightened or unenlightened levels of Consciousness. The being is not enlightened unless alignment is with enlightenment.
level: mantras and affirmations keep the ego busy so the Higher Self can shine through
Priority request: I am wondering if mantras and affirmations are a way to lessen resistance to enlightenment by getting the ego aligned with the goals of the Higher Self.
The Practice of the Presence of God, by Brother Lawrence
Priority request. “I am doing now what I will do for all eternity. I am blessing God, praising Him, adoring Him, and loving Him with all my heart.”
statement: all beings are already enlightened
Not uncommon to hear this from a spiritual teacher. Is it true, and what is the source of it?